Pirates: Usurping a Kingdom Is Surprisingly Easy

Kael ascended to the top of the execution platform, step by step, looking down at the crowd, exuding a magnificent aura.

"Roger, this height of yours is too low!" Kael grinned. His ambition was far greater. He was preparing to usurp Imu's position as the King of the World. A short-lived Pirate King, a useless Pirate King title, would not make Kael envious.

Kael, who was looking down at the crowd, was full of momentum, but he suddenly saw a green-robed figure on top of a building. The green robe fluttering in the wind made Kael's surging momentum solidify, and his eyes became extremely solemn. This guy is actually in the East Blue! Is he here to see his son?!

Kael's gaze suddenly met the green-robed man's gaze. The leader of the Revolutionary Army, Monkey D. Dragon! The greatest enemy of the World Government and the various Allied Nations.

"The Emperor of the Goa Empire..." "What is your conviction...?" A voice carried by the strong wind reached Kael's ears, full of oppressive power, making Kael's platinum cape flap wildly.

Dragon, expressionless, was just passing through Loguetown this time, but he felt a faint aura and came over curiously to investigate. It turned out that this was the Emperor of the Goa Empire, who had recently been in the limelight. The new monarch of his hometown. He knew Kael, the King of Exile. This could potentially become one of the Revolutionary Army's powerful enemies. He was considering whether to eliminate this Emperor, who seemed to be awakening Conqueror's Haki.

However, he learned that the current policies of the Goa Empire were not tyrannical at all; on the contrary, they were more lenient than other Allied Nations, and the people's lives would get better and better. This made Dragon hesitate for a moment. This kind of king was not a tyrannical king that the Revolutionary Army wanted to overthrow at present. Moreover, if he were to kill Kael, the renowned Goa Emperor, now, the World Government's retaliation against the Revolutionary Army would likely be very intense. So he wanted to know Kael's conviction, to see what kind of threat it posed!

"Do I have to answer just because you ask?! Monkey D. Dragon!" Kael stared intently at Dragon, an unprecedented sense of crisis making his hair stand on end. But this sense of threat and oppression made him feel incredibly excited, and the aura erupting from his body became even more immense.

"You really know me. Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?" Dragon looked coldly at Kael. This was another lawless monster, just like the Four Emperors. He had seen such eyes on those domineering and arrogant pirate overlords. This Goa Emperor actually had such eyes too.

"Too many assumptions will make one lose the heart to rise against!" At this moment, Kael gave up thinking and instinctively resisted Dragon's pressure and killing intent, looking at Dragon without restraint. He knew his opportunity had come. He might die!

"Interesting! Regicide is not my wish! But disrespecting a strong person comes at a price, Goa Emperor!" "Let me see your limits and your destiny!"

Haoshoku erupted from Dragon, and a solidified Wind Blade, shimmering with metallic reflections, carrying endless killing intent, rapidly slashed towards Kael. Above, the wind and clouds surged even more; the sky suddenly darkened, and heavy rain poured down in an instant. A bolt of lightning illuminated the sky and earth, striking down with a roar towards Kael on the execution platform.

The sudden change in weather frightened everyone in the square into a panic.

"Oh no!! An assassin!! Protect His Majesty!!" Van Augur, who suddenly appeared, screamed in horror. He was the first to see the terrifying Wind Blade and dazzling lightning striking towards Kael.

"What!!" Eric and Eldoraggo shouted in alarm one after another. But the sudden crushing, violent aura made them all dizzy and kneel down. Saga supported himself with Shusui, kneeling on one knee, his eyes filled with shock and fear. Even Zoro propped himself up with his two swords, his veins bulging on his forehead, his teeth tightly clenched, blood seeping out. He would never allow himself to kneel. He still forced himself to look up at Kael, who was being attacked on the execution platform.

"My attitude itself is my answer!" Kael did not choose to exile himself to avoid Dragon's killing intent. He frantically unleashed his Time Domain, forcefully exiling Dragon's terrifying Wind Blade and violent lightning.

"Hah!!!" Kael roared up to the sky, and the terrifying Wind Blade and lightning slowly disappeared. Even Dragon's eyes narrowed at this scene; he didn't expect Kael's Exile Power to be so powerful. He could even exile his attacks.

"Very strong, but not enough!" "Take this blow, and I will admit you have the right to disrespect me!" Splashing black and red lightning erupted around Dragon, swirling around the second solidified Wind Blade. This Haoshoku-infused Wind Blade broke through Kael's Time Domain with a roar and slashed towards Kael.

"The remote exile of the Time Domain really can't exile Haoshoku-infused attacks!!" Looking at the rapidly approaching solidified Wind Blade, Kael's eyes were filled with madness. He still did not exile himself to escape this attack.

"Ah hahaha! Let me try the power of Haoshoku-infused attacks!" Kael's eyes burst forth with unprecedented madness. He actually drew his sword and slashed at the Haoshoku-infused Wind Blade. A majestic aura erupted from Kael's body, crushing outwards in all directions with a roar. The people below the execution platform once again suffered an indiscriminate crushing from the aura, one by one rolling their eyes and falling down.

"Crack!" Kael's long sword shattered with a roar. The terrifying Haoshoku-infused power turned Kael's long sword and clothes into dust, and hideous scars appeared on Kael's body, splattering out gushes of blood.

"Boom!" The Haoshoku-infused Wind Blade annihilated Kael and the execution platform into dust. The upper and middle parts of the towering execution platform completely disappeared, and even Kael completely vanished.

"Dead?" A trace of red light flashed in Dragon's eyes, and his face was a little solemn. This was a bit troublesome! He seemed to have really killed the Emperor of the Goa Empire. He activated his Observation Haki to foresee the future, but he didn't see Kael's figure even a few seconds later. Observation Haki also couldn't detect Kael's life force. Kael had truly disappeared, or truly died.

"How is that possible...?" Dragon murmured softly. He clearly saw Kael's confident and arrogant eyes. Moreover, when Kael resisted his Haoshoku-infused Wind Blade head-on, he did indeed awaken Haoshoku. He didn't believe that Kael, who had awakened Haoshoku, would die like this.

"Ah!! Emperor Kael is dead!!" "It's the Revolutionary Army!!" "It's over! Even Captain Smoker can't come back!" Tashigi, who had endured two rounds of Haoshoku crushing, shakily supported herself with Shigure and stood up. She looked at the green figure high above and immediately screamed in horror. Endless fear and despair occupied her heart. The Emperor of the Goa Empire was actually assassinated by the Revolutionary Army in Loguetown! Even Captain Smoker, who was exiled by Emperor Kael, was forced to be buried with him.

Tashigi couldn't accept this result, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted. She survived two Haoshoku baptisms, but she actually fainted from fright. Seeing more and more people looking at him, and even news reporters filming him, Dragon frowned tightly and could only turn into a storm, leaving Loguetown first. He really hadn't intended to kill Kael when he came to the East Blue this time. But he had a vague feeling that Kael hadn't died just like that.