New World, Dressrosa.
Endless malice shrouded the land, and the full moon hanging high in the sky almost turned to blood.
All kinds of cries and pleas for mercy filled the air, constantly assaulting King Riku's nerves.
"Uwaah! Uwaah!!"
"Please stop! Your Majesty the King!!"
"Help!!!"
"I'll give you all the money, please spare my life!"
King Riku's face remained hoarse and pained as he slashed at the people beneath him with the sharp blade in his hand.
"Stop it!! Don't make me hurt my own citizens!"
"It's better to let me die!!"
"Who can kill me quickly!!"
Almost every time the long knife was swung down, it brought up squirts of blood.
Although King Riku kept shouting confusing words, the visual impact of his actions was too strong for the people to handle!
"Why, Your Majesty King Riku?!"
"What big mistake did we...make?!"
"Your Majesty, you have always been right! You are the king we have always been proud of. Because you asked everyone to contribute money, we gave all our property to you."
Some people still had a glimmer of hope for King Riku and even started to kneel down and beg him.
But...
How could a puppet have feelings of its own?
Swish--! ! !
The knife rose and fell, and with a cry of pain, a civilian kneeling on the ground was cut down instantly.
Finally, someone began to resist.
"...King Riku, you have trampled the people's hearts under your feet!!"
"Took away the money and now plan to kill us to silence us!"
"For your own selfish reasons! Treat us like trash, bastard King Riku!! We hate you!!"
"You are simply the scum of mankind!!!"
The hymn of mankind is the hymn of courage, and the greatness of mankind is the greatness of courage!
When life and property are threatened, there will always be people who burst out with inexplicable courage.
This kind of courage can break the inherent class concept.
This kind of courage comes from the desire for life.
Just like the people of Dressrosa at this time.
Even as commoners, they dared to scold the king!!
"Fufufufu!!"
Suddenly, just as the people were panicking, a loud and deep laughter resounded through the sky.
clang! ! !
The butcher knife was still swinging, but a black silk thread blocked its path.
The civilian looked helplessly at the blade that was close at hand. The bloodline remaining on it was clearly visible. Even though it had cut down so many people, there was still no chip at all.
This was a famous sword!
But he couldn't think of so much at this time. He was so excited that he collapsed on the ground in a hurry.
"Huah...huah..."
He gasped for breath and looked around in shock.
His wife, son, parents...
All fell in a pool of blood!!!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in his heart, soaring to the sky!
"Are you here to put an end to this scumbag King Riku?"
The man yelled, his eyes red, looking at the man falling from the sky.
Let out the anger that belongs to the common people!!!
Suddenly, the people around who had stopped to watch and slow down because of the appearance of the man in the pink feather coat started yelling angrily.
"Kill this scum!! He does not deserve to be the king of Dressrosa!!"
"Uuuuuuuuuu——!! My son..."
Someone started whimpering.
Among them, some had lost relatives, some had seen loved ones die under the butcher's knife, and some had friends die from the arrows...
However, King Riku, who had calmed down, shouted angrily:
"Doflamingo!! It turns out to be...heh...heh..."
But the small blood mark on his neck quickly cut his throat, and a large amount of air was continuously sucked in, making only a meaningless sound of struggle.
Boom——!!!
King Riku covered his bleeding throat with both hands and reluctantly looked at the citizens, whose faces showed signs of survival after the disaster.
This country...is going to end!!!
Tank, everything is left to you.
We must wait until Kyros comes back!!!
Finally, as his consciousness continued to sink, King Riku stopped breathing forever, filled with reluctance.
His widened eyes never closed until he died.
"As you wish, my dear subjects!!"
"Fufufufu!!!"
Doflamingo stood firmly in the air with invisible threads on his feet.
The pale yellow moonlight shone on him, casting a large shadow over the people below, and it seemed that light could no longer penetrate.
"Subjects?! What... is he talking about?!"
"He means he's the king of this country?!"
"Although I am very grateful to him for saving us, it is impossible for a person of unknown origin to be the king of Dressrosa!"
Doflamingo's arrogant words instantly aroused doubts among the people.
The king of Dressrosa...is not someone you can take on casually.
Moreover, out of gratitude to the Riku family for eight hundred years.
Many of them still hoped that the next king would be from the Riku clan.
Even though the previous King Riku was such a tyrant.
"Fufufufufu!!! My name..."
"It's Donquixote Doflamingo!!!"
"..."
The citizens looked bewildered.
Obviously, being in the New World, they knew very little about Doflamingo, who had been hanging around North Blue.
Even though Doflamingo dominates the underground world of North Blue, it does not affect his shockingly low reputation in the New World.
"...My last name is Donquixote!!"
The veins on Doflamingo's forehead popped out and kept protruding outwards.
These guys have actually forgotten the original master of his country!
Unforgivable!!!
"Eight hundred years ago, the original master of this country was named Donquixote, and the subsequent Riku family were just throne-stealers!!"
"Now, the Riku clan is cruel and corrupt. I, Donquixote Doflamingo, have returned to this land again and wrested Dressrosa from the Riku clan!!"
Eight hundred years are enough to erase everything.
What's more, it was a ruling regime eight hundred years ago?
"..."
The citizens looked at each other.
Unexpectedly, there is such a story behind Dressrosa.
"Doflamingo!!"
I don't know who started it, but Doflamingo's name started to be called out:
"Doflamingo!!"
"Doflamingo!!"
Waves of cheers began to change from sparse to uniform and powerful.
And in the palace, a change was also quietly unfolding.
Dressrosa is starting to really change the world!!!
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