After Kuro finished raking the wool, he let the soldier rest for a long time. After recovering some of his energy, he led his men towards the capital of Corfu, Stone King City.
As the capital of Corfu Island, he is also a trade center. Many forces who want to buy stones and bomb rocks will gather here and are led by professionals. On Corfu Island, other forces are not allowed to run around. Once they run around, they will be regarded as enemies.
Such a domineering approach was able to make Corfu Island stand until now because of the former King Noadi.
He has a strange ability. As long as he enters this island, no one can escape his detection.
It's not that there haven't been pirate invasions in the past, but without exception, they were captured by Noadi as slaves. No matter where they landed, they failed.
King Noadi is very strong.
Except that Straw Hat kid seems to be stronger…
Since the arrival of Straw Hat, Corfu Island has not been the same as before. Chaos filled the entire island, and this did not need the soldier to tell it. The dilapidated scene that Kuro saw along the way could prove all of this.
There were corpses everywhere on the island. There were pirates, soldiers, and civilians. The villages they passed were all dilapidated and filled with desolation.
Kuro walked to a place and stopped, looking at a body lying in the middle of the road. The body looked like a young man, his face and body were badly mutilated, and nothing could be seen clearly. He was holding a stone tightly in his hand, as if he was fighting hard before he died.
He walked over and stared at the corpse for a while, then looked at the other place. Not far from the road, there were some broken walls and ruins, full of char.
That was caused by a bomb rock.
Kuro moved his finger and the land around the corpse squirmed and wrapped around the corpse, forming a huge stone bag.
Then, he thought for a moment and moved his fingers again. In front of the stone bag, there were many grooves. The grooves were exactly the size of a human head.
"I will take their heads as a memorial."
Kuro said lightly and continued forward.
It has been decided that regardless of whether the matter of joining a country succeeds or not, he will not leave any pirate on this island alive.
After walking for a while, Kuro finally saw the so-called Stone King City. The capital city of Corfu is a typical medieval city-state, divided into a town and a castle. The castle is at the highest position, and the stone built is beautifully carved. Below the castle is a larger town, with no walls around it, and only some soldiers patrolling the various passes.
At this moment, a team of soldiers happened to see the large number of Marines advancing. After a moment of shock, someone reacted. "Marines! Marines are here!"
"Oh! The World Government that King Aquitaine mentioned is finally here!"
"Quick, inform King Aquitaine!"
A few soldiers quickly ran back. At this time, a soldier with sharp eyes saw a different person in this group of white uniforms.
The man yelled, "Meg! You are alive!"
"Is it Wooley? Yes, I am lucky, I am still alive." The soldiers in the team ran out of the Marine line excitedly and met up with those soldiers.
"Someone said that you were completely wiped out. I didn't see you, I thought you were also…"
"I was lucky and was saved by Marines, but the others…" The soldier lowered his head, full of loss.
"It's good that you're back, there will be a chance in the future!" The man patted the soldier's shoulder and then bowed to Kuro and others who came over, "Thank you very much for saving our people!"
Kuro waved his hand. "That kind of thing doesn't matter. What about your king? I am the Marine that the World Government is inspecting and joining. Just call me Kuro."
"Well, then Ku…"
"Huh?!"
Before the soldier could finish speaking, Crowe couldn't take it anymore. He snorted and said, "This is the head of the G-3 branch base, the direct subordinate of Admiral Kizaru, a Marine Vice-Admiral codenamed 'Golden Lion'. Be respectful, you can call him Vice-Admiral Golden Lion, or Lord Golden Lion!"
At this time, Kuro happened to bite his cigar and looked up with a proud face.
Not to pretend…
It was purely a coincidence. He just happened to look up and smoke a cigar.
Well, that was it.
"Great, Great General…"
The soldier pursed his lips and was a little stunned.
Even if it is not a World Government country, they have heard of the name of Marine Admiral.
And Admiral Kizaru's direct subordinate is a particularly important person.
"Lord Golden Lion…" The soldier said.
"No, no, no, stop."
Kuro quickly waved his hand. "Just call me Kuro. I'm very low-key. It's embarrassing for you to call me that."
The soldier blinked his eyes, but looking at the man in black suit and glasses with an unfriendly look on his face, he did not listen to Kuro in the end.
"Lord Golden Lion, please follow me. The king has ordered that if he sees you, he will directly welcome you to the castle."
"Okay, lead the way," Kuro said.
This 1,000 people is a lot. As soon as they entered the city, the nearby residents whispered to each other, but most of them looked happy.
"The World Government has sent people and Marines. Will our country be peaceful?!"
"Peace is good! I haven't worked for a long time and now I don't dare to go out. There is almost no food at home and there is not enough food in the city. Fortunately, they came and I don't know what to do."
Passing through the town, before reaching the castle, a group of figures ran over. The leader was a young man wearing a stone gray mink cloak. Before he ran over, he heard him shouting:
"I am the King of the Kingdom of Korf, Korf Akithan!"
Kuro raised his eyebrows. "Your name is quite unique. It sounds like surrender."
Aquitaine, a famous southwest area for filial sons, naturally has the tradition of filial sons.
"Please don't joke, I didn't surrender, I am still working for this country!"
Aquitaine looked bitter. "But now, we really can't support it anymore. Please save this country. For this, I am willing to pay any price. Exquisite stone sculptures and bomb rocks, as long as they are owned by the king, you can take them. Please save this country!"
"In that case…"
Kaku, who had not spoken for a long time, said, "Then let's…"
Before he could finish speaking, Kuro stopped him and said, "It's not a problem to clean up pirates, but it's a joining country, and it needs to be examined. You seem to be good, and your first impression is okay, but as for the specifics, we have to observe."
He had a good impression of this young king who looked to be in his early thirties. If that was the case, he could join a country for the sake of the king.
And things like eliminating pirates are really not used as an exchange condition.
"Vice Admiral Kim Jong-un!"
Stussy also said at the side, "We should seize this opportunity. Do you know that the higher-ups are interested in materials like bomb rocks…"
Kuro glared at her and interrupted her.
"I want you to teach me what to do? I am a Marine, and Marine's duty is to destroy pirates. The higher-ups did not give me the relevant orders, so I will do my duty."