Kapitel 61: Chapter 61 Greed

The Drum Kingdom.

Soldiers from all over the Magnetic Drum Kingdom became busy and began knocking on doors one by one.

The villagers who were knocked on the door by the vicious soldiers were frightened at first, but when they realized that the purpose of these soldiers' visit was just to ask if they had any medical books and materials at home, they relaxed.

As a major medical power on the Grand Route, most people in the Drum Kingdom know some medical skills, so some medical information is also preserved.

These books are not worth much to them.

So, in order to avoid trouble, everyone handed in the books at home.

From the beginning of noon to the time when the sun was about to set in the evening, a large warehouse of books had been piled up at the port of the Drum Kingdom.

But even so, compared with the hill of gold nearby, these books and materials look quite shabby.

According to the pirate's request, the surrounding villagers were called over to sort the books and remove the duplicates. This was not an easy project, but the villagers were very enthusiastic.

Firstly, this was much easier than working, and secondly, they could get paid, so the villagers had no reason to refuse. Everyone worked very enthusiastically, except for one person who was getting more and more anxious.

The young Prince Walpo watched helplessly as the number of books in the warehouse began to decrease despite everyone sorting them out and eliminating duplicate books. He was so anxious that sweat kept pouring down his face.

"We can't go on like this, my golden Jess Cromalimon, you guys need to find a solution for me!"

The man named Jace is like a circus clown, with thick wavy lips, long arms, and a bow and arrow on his back. He is Valpo's staff officer.

The man named Cromalimon was a man with an afro and boxing gloves. He was Valpo's affairs officer. Today was a complete surprise for both of them.

As Valpo's personal guards, the two men can be said to have a relationship in which they share the same fate.

Originally, due to the existence of the eldest prince Muxulu, the two did not have much expectations for their future.

After all, a country can only have one king. As long as the eldest prince Musuru is there, Walpo cannot become king, and the two of them can only exist as idle officials.

But today, good news came that the eldest prince Musuru was killed by pirates, and the second prince Walpo became the king's only son. This means that their master Walpo will become the future king of the Drum Kingdom.

If one of them succeeds, everyone around him will benefit, and they will control the power and wealth of the entire kingdom.

So, after learning the news, the two of them hurriedly ran from the palace, came to Valpo, served him, and tried to please him.

Hearing his master's question, Jace said in a flattering manner with some anxiety.

"Don't worry, Prince Valpo. I will let the soldiers try every possible means to collect what the pirates want." Cromalimon, who was like a boxer, said with some disdain after hearing this.

"How much can those useless books be worth? Even if they were piled together, they couldn't be worth 2 billion berries." "Don't we still have the devil fruit and the famous sword!!!"

Jace said tit for tat.

After hearing this, Cromalimon showed a strange smile on his face and said to Walpo.

"Your Highness, do you really want to give the devil fruit to those pirates?" Walpo looked dazed and asked his subordinates.

"CroMalimon, what do you mean?" CroMalimon immediately said meaningfully.

"That's a devil fruit, Prince Walpo. One is worth at least 100 million berries. Three is worth at least 300 million berries. If you take it to an auction house, it can be sold for at least 800 million berries."

Valpo's eyes immediately widened. He had never expected that these devil fruits were as precious as gold.

At this time, Cromalimon added more.

"Even if we don't exchange it for money, we can eat it ourselves. Prince Valpo, have you forgotten? His Majesty's chief guard Dalton is a devil fruit user. You have seen his power, Prince."

After these words were spoken, Valpo did not react much.

After all, as a prince, he who had always been domineering was not so eager for power, but Jace next to him immediately looked at Cromalimon with bright eyes.

At this moment, the two reached a silent consensus.

"Yes, Your Highness, Dalton has always been against you. Now that His Majesty is here, he may listen to you.

But if the King dies and Dalton wants to rebel, we can't stop him."

When Jace's words came out, Valpo really felt a sense of crisis. You know, from childhood to adulthood, Dalton often said bad things about his son in front of the king, and the two of them often had conflicts.

"So what should we do?"

Looking at the bewildered Valpo, Cromalimon finally stated his purpose.

"We can eat the devil fruits ourselves, Your Highness. Of the three devil fruits, the strongest one will naturally be yours to eat, but the other two can be given to us. Once we master the power of the devil fruits, no one in the entire Drum Kingdom will dare to oppose you."

Hearing what Cro-Malimon said, Valpo instantly danced with joy. "Yes, Cro-Malimon, you are right."

But soon, he became sad again. "But in this case, the gold..."

At this moment, Jace's eyes suddenly lit up and he said.

"Prince Valpo, I have a way to let you get the gold without giving anything to the pirate. You might even make a few billion berries."

Valpo stared at Jace with wide eyes and asked anxiously, "What's the solution? Tell me quickly."

"It's very simple, Prince Walpo. They are pirates, and they are the pirates that the World Government and the Navy are bountying on. If we tell the World Government and the Navy about their whereabouts and they are caught by the Navy, won't the gold be yours? Moreover, their bounty is 1.42 billion berries. If we help the World Government and the Navy catch them, they will have to give us a portion of the bounty, right?"

At this moment, wrinkles appeared on Walpo's face due to his happy smile.

"Great, Jace, your idea is great. But my father will definitely not agree to my request to contact the World Government with Den Den Mushi."

"It doesn't matter, Prince Walpo. Don't forget that we have a branch of the navy next to the Drum Kingdom. As long as we find a way to notify them, it will be fine."

"Yes, but do you have the Navy Branch's Den Den Mushi?"

"I do have this but it's very strange. No matter how I call, the Den Den Mushi doesn't respond." At this time, Cromalimon, who had not spoken before, volunteered to speak.

"Prince Valpo, I request to go to sea for you and inform the surrounding navies of this news," Jace said anxiously upon seeing this.

"I can do that, too, Your Highness."

"Great, then you should go out now and tell the surrounding navy to arrest them. By the way, you must negotiate the bounty first." "Don't worry, Prince Valpo, we will not let you down."

Both of them had happy smiles on their faces. There was no way they wouldn't be greedy for a part of the bounty.

A pirate group with 1.42 billion berries. Even if the navy is only willing to give half of that, that's still 700 million berries. Then two people can each take 100 million. Isn't that reasonable?

So the three of them sneaked to the soldiers' station at the port, and Valpo, in his capacity as a prince, forced the soldiers to dispatch a warship.

As the sun set, Valpo excitedly watched the warships go away. His heart was filled with joy at having obtained gold and bounty, and wrinkles appeared on his face from smiling again.

But just as he turned around to go back

Above the sea, there was a loud explosion, resounding throughout the entire Drum Kingdom.