Codex Pirates

Chapter 167

William approached step by step, while the guards in front of him protected Norton I and retreated step by step, as if he was some man-eating beast.

Even if he was as stupid as Norton I, he would not believe what William said when he led his troops into the palace.

"What are you doing?" William scolded, frowning.

Boom!

As soon as William finished speaking, one of the guards suddenly shot at him.

As early as when the opponent secretly aimed at him, William felt a slight numbness between his brows, and suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of the gun.

At this moment, the beast-like intuition brought to him by the [High Vigilance] specialty, the high-speed reaction brought to him by the [Lightning Reflex] specialty, and his own solid swordsmanship combined, I saw the light of the sword like a rainbow, William's sword shot instantly. Jian was already holding the knife in his hand, and the bullet that flew towards him was hit by the knife.

Seeing their companions attacking, several other soldiers of the guards also shot one after another, but they saw William's face was stern, counting knives in a row, and the knives hit the bullets with precision. When the bullet was empty, William still had no injuries at all.

The dumbfounded guards mechanically pulled the trigger, William sneered, and slashed upwards with the knife, a stream of knife light across the roof, and there was a bang, the roof above everyone's heads was broken by William's knife, and the rain was unscrupulous It rained down, but when it hit William's head, it made a sizzling sound, and instantly vaporized, forming streams of steam.

As soon as William beckoned, many steams gathered together, and the soldiers of the guard team saw the magical power of this devil fruit, and they couldn't help talking loudly.

The next moment, the dense steam vaguely condensed into a dragon shape rushed towards the guards. As soon as the high-temperature steam from Baidu touched the skin, the soldiers of the guards let out screams, and then the steam dragon suddenly exploded, and the steam explosion formed shock and shock. The heat wave mixed together, directly smashed them to pieces, and fell to the ground, covering their bare skin, moaning softly.

Although William had already controlled his power, Norton I, who had been hiding behind the guards, was also affected by the shock wave from the steam explosion. He sat on the ground with his buttocks, and there were a few more red marks from the high-temperature steam on his bare white and tender skin. , the crown fell to the ground and rolled to William's feet.

William picked up the crown, played with it and walked towards Norton I, and lifted Norton I who covered his face and screamed unceremoniously, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it seems that the guards also have a lot of Reard's accomplices." .”

William pulled the overwhelmed Norton I into the group of Morgan Pirates.

Seeing Harden staring at the distraught King Norton I with staring eyes, he lightly raised the guard soldiers lying on the ground moaning, and ordered: "These people are the accomplices of the traitors, execute them."

These people were able to run to protect Norton I in the chaos at the first time. They must be diehards. William did not intend to keep these people alive.

Harden grinned grimly, and walked towards the guard soldiers lying on the ground with a knife in his hand. These people's skin was severely scalded, and their bodies were also internally injured by the explosion. Their minds were in a mess and they were powerless to resist.

William had already looked at Aramis: "You lead someone to 'protect' His Majesty's safety." When he said the word "protect", he emphasized his tone.

Aramis smiled slightly, showing two canine teeth, and nodded knowingly.

William looked at Edmund again: "You take someone to find His Majesty's family, and then send them to Aramis for 'protection'."

"Shi, Stolt," the panicked Norton I finally couldn't help shouting, "What exactly are you trying to do?"

"Please call me William, Your Majesty." William glanced at Norton I expressionlessly, "This rebellion involves a lot and can be characterized as a long-planned collective rebellion. I don't know how many nobles and officials participated. I can't guarantee it, so at present, you can only be considered safe if you are under the protection of me and my people."

"It's impossible!" Norton I said in disbelief, and he didn't know whether he was against William's statement that this was a long-planned collective rebellion, or against his statement that he was only safe under their protection .

"Director Crowe of the Liquor Smuggling Investigation Bureau holds the evidence against Reard's accomplices," William grinned, with a bit of sarcasm, "Reard's intention was to escape being an underground alcohol trader because he violated the Prohibition Law. The mastermind behind the crime of instigating others to smuggle alcohol and launch a rebellion, then of course, anyone who illicits alcohol at home can be counted as his accomplices, who is innocent, and I and my people need to follow Slowly review in the days."

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For several days in a row, the riots in Kalmar City had just subsided, and William had already controlled the entire palace at this time, and the city gates were all guarded by his subordinates. Outside the city, the sea routes connecting other places were also blocked by his pirate ships. .

In a blink of an eye, the actual control of the entire city and the representatives of the country's highest power were all controlled by William, and the naval branch that governed this area also turned a blind eye to the riots that occurred here. The reason was naturally that it was as official as possible— — This is a conflict among the people of the Navia Kingdom, and it is no longer within the scope of their duties, and it is inconvenient for the navy to intervene.

The riot was also quickly identified as a rebellion led by the former Minister of the Interior Reard. In fact, William did not lie. The act of mobilizing the army to attack other ministers is undoubtedly a rebellion.

The folks firmly believed in this statement, and the civilians who had suffered losses due to the riots hated Ridd, a group of rebellious officials and thieves.

William began to purge the leadership of Kalmar City's army with excuses. Only then did the nobles of Kalmar City know what real persecution is. With William's instruction, Crowe at the time would at most put him in prison for interrogation, and it was impossible for him to die.

But now, in the name of investigating traitors, William changed the Liquor Smuggling Investigation Bureau to the National Security Bureau. In view of William's characterization of Reard, he rebelled because he escaped the charge of running the underground liquor trading market, so he participated in the Any liquor trader, in other words an aristocrat with liquor at home, was likely to be an accomplice of Rield.

But how could there be no alcohol in the homes of various nobles? Under William's instruction, Crowe had obtained enough evidence in the past days, so whether he was an accomplice of Reard's party was up to William to decide.

So now, those nobles who cursed Arcadio day and night not long ago and hated the chancellor's death, now miss him very much.

Because the person who replaced Arcadio is now even more domineering, in the current city, the man named William can almost cover the sky with one hand.