Within the main room of the Lawless King, the Lawless King was standing overlooking his territory from above with a cold look. "My patience has run out, unlike my ancestors I cannot wait any longer. With my generation, I will be the one to achieve the ancestors wish. Too much time has passed to allow our bloodline to survive and grow in power but now it is my turn to achieve the goal of retaking the island. No matter what I must do, I will do it for the sake of that goal! Ahahahaha!"
He had a crazed look in his eyes and to him, the moon above looked blood red as he anticipated the blood that would be spilled. "Now is our time! It is time for the true rulers to take back the land from the filthy usurpers!"
He had been patient like his ancestors had wished for their descendants to eventually carry out the plan to build up power patiently and take revenge on the current king of Rica Island and his entire bloodline.
The ancestors of the king of Rica Island were of low birth but became a qualified guardian family and a trusted aid to the ancestors of the lawless king who ruled the island.
However that bond and trust was broken due to the lawless king's ancestors tyrannical way of ruling.
Their bloodline only seemed to produce children that grew up as a tyrant or perhaps it was due to the family teaching and upbringing that made them that way, they abused their power and hurt their citizens many times.
Even their most trusted aids who swore to protect the royal family eventually stopped carrying their swords with pride and then later were forced to turn their swords on their ruler and their bloodline so that a new age could be brought forward.
The man who killed the previous king was then crowned as the king of Rice Island and his descendants continued until the present day while the some of the bloodline of the previous king had gone through many difficulties before gaining power gradually within the ruins at the centre of the island.
Taking over the tribes and villagers with unfair methods, creating a lawless zone and establishing close ties to criminals, bandits, cannibals, mercenaries and pirates is what they had been doing for several hundred years so that they could build up their resources and power to take back the throne.
All they needed was to wait to build up that power and use it when the royals and nobles were at their weakest but the lawless king had become impatient and saw himself as the one who would achieve the wish.
It was either his delusion that he was the chosen one or his arrogance that lead him to believe that it was the right time for him to act but he had overplayed his hand when he got greedy.
Attacking the White Storm was something that he should never have done and it would cause everything that his bloodline had built up to collapse.
It could be that he had a short term memory and he had forgotten the previous warning and the information that he had gathered on the White Storm so with a long time of peace on the island, he quickly became complacent and arrogant but it could also be that he was just simply crazy and illogical enough to provoke them.
"There is an attack!"
"Prepare to meet the enemy!"
"There is an army approaching the front gate!"
"Report! Attack on the side gate too!"
"Prepare the crossbows and guns! Throw some spears at them and pour hot oil and water on those trying to climb the walls!"
"They have ladders! Quickly destroy them! Push them off the wall if they get close!"
"They have brought several battering rams! Take out those bringing them forward!"
"Do not let they reach the gates!"
"Man down!"
The man at the top of the building that overlooked everything revealed a crazed look in his eyes but no panic was seen.
He walked slowly towards a sealed box and revealed a creepy smile. "Ahahahaha! Now it is time! I have trained and endured so much hardship! With this final piece that is in place… I will overcome it all!"
He seemed to look towards the thing inside with desire as if it was something incredibly important that could turn even the worst of situations to his favour once again.
He took out the small fruit that was the size of a small bean and ate it without even bothering to check if it was safe to consume. "Ancestors! Bless me!"
It was as if he had already known the powers he would receive upon eating the Devil Fruit as he went straight to the food storage area and started to consume a large amount of eggs, nuts, fish, beans and different types of meat and poultry.
However his body did not grow any fatter as if he was digesting the food at a rapid rate. "Strength… yes.. come to me! Ahahahaha! Gulp. Ah! Sho.. good! Chomp. This is the rush I have been looking for all this time! Ahahha!"
The king of the lawless zone had further descended into madness as he anticipated the blood that would be shed in the battle since he believed in the power of his fruit along with his own power that he had built up. "Even those White Storm jerks! Ha! They are nothing to me now!"
He was already too far gone and could not have foreseen the future events that would happen and what was currently happening in different parts of the island.