The capital of Korfu, Stone King City.
At this time, the city was also in ruins, and in a castle at the highest point, a young man looked worriedly from the balcony to the outside world.
"king..."
An attendant bowed behind him and said, "There is information that our army was attacked by pirates when it entered Bom Village. It seems that the whole army has been annihilated."
boom!
The young man pounded the stone edge of the balcony hard, clenching his fists tightly, "That's a mine with bomb rocks! How dare those pirates do this? There are still our citizens there!"
The attendant did not dare to speak and just lowered his head.
The young man took a few deep breaths, turned around and asked, "Where is my father? How is he doing?"
The attendant paused for a moment, shook his head and said: "King Noadi's condition is very bad, his arm has..."
These words made the young man clenched his fists tighter, as if he was about to bleed, "That straw hat!!"
"But my father went too far. If he hadn't been so violent, he wouldn't have become like this. However, I will definitely avenge Straw Hat! Where is the World Government? Haven't the people sent there come yet? "
"Yes, I haven't received the news yet. If it was an inspection, maybe we wouldn't be notified..." the attendant said.
The young man looked worried and murmured: "Can this country really be favored by the world government now?"
…
In the stone village, Kuro led the people inside and stopped in front of a stone house that looked like an earthen oven. The door of the house was also a stone door, but it was ajar at this time. Kuro pushed the door open and entered directly.
The layout inside is very simple. Stone tables, stone beds, and stone furniture are all made of stone. But on the wall, there is a soldier-like man nailed there.
His hands were clasped together above, and a large nail penetrated the palms and was firmly stuck in the wall.
The same goes for both feet. The heels on both sides were pierced by nails and were covered in blood. There were whips and clamps next to them, all covered in blood.
"I won't give in..."
As if he heard the noise, the soldier didn't even raise his head and murmured feebly.
"Have you been abused..."
Qrow frowned slightly, and with a flick of his finger, the nail stuck on it was pulled out.
The soldier screamed in pain and fell to the ground.
"Lida."
"knew."
Lida stepped forward and touched the soldier's back with her palm, "Essence feedback!"
Under the infusion of powerful energy, the injured areas of the soldiers were gradually healing, and the flesh on the pierced palms and heels was gradually growing out.
"This, this is..."
The healed state made the soldier raise his head and look at Kuro and the others blankly.
"navy?"
It took a while before the soldier realized what he was doing. He looked at these people in navy uniforms and said, "Navy...are you sent by the World Government?!"
"It's very clear."
Kuro lit a cigar and said: "Are you a soldier of this country? I want to find out about the situation from you. What's wrong with this country? This is a country of pirates. Why do you soldiers still exist?"
The country of pirates must be full of pirates.
But if there are soldiers coming to wipe out the pirates, the problem will be different.
"Finally, finally here?!"
The soldier said excitedly: "Please save us! Those pirates are completely rioting! Ever since that straw hat boy came and defeated our late king, everything has been in chaos!"
"First tell me the situation, why you are here, and the specific situation in your country." Kuro said while biting his cigar.
The Kingdom of Korf used to be a country of pirates. Later, after their former king Korf Noadi came to power, he used the pirates as slaves to work in mining, so that no one in this country dared to be a pirate.
Because as long as he is a pirate, as long as he comes to this place, he will be treated as a slave, no matter he is a big pirate or a small pirate.
Noaadi's force alone and this specialty bomb rock can do it.
His rule has lasted for more than twenty years.
But since the arrival of Straw Hat, everything has changed. He defeated the king and released the pirates. Although a group of pirates set sail, more pirates stayed on the island to vent their revenge.
This village called 'Bomu' was retaliated by pirates. It used to have citizens, but after the pirates came, there were no people left.
After the current king heard the news, he used some of his limited troops to wipe out the pirates, but they were attacked before they even got close, and only a few people escaped.
In addition to civilians in this village, the mineral vein of 'Bomb Rock' is also here. If it is occupied by pirates, there will be more than a little trouble.
But they didn't know the location of the mineral vein, so the soldier was still alive and wanted to get the exact location of the mineral vein from him.
The excavation of bomb rocks is hidden in stone mines. This island has such things, but there are always more and less. The places where there are more gatherings are mineral veins, but people who know this kind of place have no idea. not many.
The former slave miners knew it, but the slaves in this area had already set sail.
Kvass's group of people came from other places and didn't know the mineral veins, so naturally they couldn't mine the bomb rock vigorously.
"Isn't this normal?"
After listening to the soldier's words, Kuro said: "There are consequences for treating people as slaves. I just didn't expect that after the incident of Fisher Tiger, there would still be people who would dare to blatantly keep slaves."
Even the Celestial Dragons are being covered up by the World Government. Although everyone knows it, covering it up and not covering it up are two different things.
Even the fact that Fisher Tiger crawled into Mary Joa with his bare hands and freed the slaves was covered up.
There is no country like this that is so blatant.
Riots are a certainty.
"But your new king is okay and knows how to protect the civilians... at least he sent you here."
Kuro blew out the smoke and said, "So, do you know the location of the mineral vein?"
"Yes, I know, but I didn't say that he is actually on the hillside in the north. There are a lot of bomb rocks there, but special tools are needed to mine them. If it is a simple mining pick, it will cause an explosion. "said the soldier.
The special existence of bomb rock requires special tools to be mined in this country. It is a pickaxe covered with a layer of bubble wrap. Only this kind of thing with no impact and full of elasticity can the bomb rock be mined. dig it out.
Ordinary means are of course useless.
"Okay, I get it."
Kuro nodded: "Someone will take him to rest for a while, and then we will set off and go directly to the capital. I will meet the king. As for me, I will walk around. The scenery here is good. Let me take a look at the terrain."
"Please hurry up..."
The soldier pursed his lips and said: "I heard that those pirates have gathered and are preparing to take revenge on us. But even if it is because of King Noadi, the new King of Aquitaine is right. He loves the people. The king, he is innocent, and so are the civilians, and those pirates should not attack them."
