Pirates: Your Emperor is Back!

Most of the residents of Alabasta have embarked on a journey to coastal cities to prepare for refuge.

After all, the residents of Alabasta still have simple folk customs. Although they don't quite understand why their ancestors made such arrangements, they still did not hesitate and quickly started taking action.

If you use ordinary transportation, it will take about a day to go from the center of the interior of Alabasta to the coast of Alabasta.

But at this moment, Alabasta has already initiated emergency evacuation measures.

The transport animals that were usually used for daily transportation were now mobilized and began to transport inland residents to the coast in batches.

And because of Ryan Rowan's arrangements, this huge evacuation operation was carried out in an orderly manner.

In less than half a day, the inland residents had evacuated to the coast.

At the same time, the fishmen warriors who had been waiting in coastal towns for a long time began to distribute bubble coral to the people.

That was the gadget that Ryan Rowan showed to Crocodile earlier.

The fishmen warriors introduced the use of bubble coral to the people through the radio, and then explained to the people how to truly enter the "sanctuary" in Alabasta.

…

Even though he personally participated in the entire process of establishing the "Sanctuary", Kobra, the current king of Alabasta, is now finding it difficult to recover from the shock of hearing this plan for the first time.

It's been a while since that day.

That afternoon, Rowan and Cobra finished lunch and suddenly said to Cobra: "I plan to build a group of shelters here in Alabasta."

Kobra nodded.

Now that the Four Seas Alliance is at its peak, Alabasta is not as peaceful and stable as it used to be, but has become a bit of a mixed bag.

Even with the blessing of the Four Seas Alliance, the border defense force along the coast of Alabasta has increased compared to before, but this cannot make up for Alabasta's exaggeratedly huge coastline.

Kobra didn't want his people to fall into the flames of war, but as a king, he also understood an inevitable truth:

If you want to seek "development", friction and conflicts with the outside world are ultimately inevitable.

Because there are always some countries or "people" in this world, and their "development" is based on "relative".

For such people, the rapidly developing Four Seas Alliance can be said to be a considerable threat, and conflicts arise.

When this contradiction accumulates to a certain extent, war will eventually break out.

So "shelter" is actually very important.

But Kobra guessed two things wrong:

First, the so-called shelter was different from what Kobra had imagined—or even from the shelter anyone in the world had imagined.

Through the unique bubble coral of the fish people, and with the help of the fish people warriors, a large number of bubbles are used to build a "space" under the sea surface in the waters surrounding Alabasta.

This space will be filled with a large amount of air and infrastructure, enough to support people's daily lives in a short period of time.

Yes, the so-called "refuges" are actually "small fish-man islands" built one after another artificially.

But unlike the Fish-Man Island under the Shampoo Islands, there is no "sunshine" produced by the special natural ecology in these shelters, and it is impossible to naturally generate "air".

Such an ecological environment is only possible in the 10,000-meter-deep sea under the Chambord Islands.

Because a "refuge" is really just a "refuge", and humans cannot settle there for a long time.

But that's enough, isn't it?

Any experienced sailor knows that in the midst of strong winds and waves, the bottom of the sea is actually the calmest place.

If a violent war really breaks out, those shelters on the seabed will definitely be the best place to ensure the safety of Alabasta residents!

Second, Cobra originally just speculated that there might be other "countries" that would retaliate against Alabasta, but he didn't expect that the first person to take action against Alabasta would be the feared man on this sea. One of the four emperors!

Kobra is scared?

No, he was just worried.

As a king, it is normal to worry about your country.

…

At this moment, Cobra and Weiwei had evacuated to the fish-man village.

The murloc warriors who had been waiting here handed Cobra the bubble coral and taught him how to use this gadget.

"Please come with us, Your Majesty the King."

The fish-men warriors came forward and asked Kobra to follow them to the refuge under the sea.

But what they didn't expect was that the king, who usually seemed very approachable, was uncharacteristically different at the moment.

He was staring seriously in the direction of Alabasta's interior.

After a pause, Kobra said solemnly: "I can't leave."

When the fishmen warriors heard this, they all felt that this should be the realization of a king. Although this was worthy of respect from others, it was still a bit willful after all.

"Your Majesty the King, we understand your mood, but we also need you to comfort people in the shelter under the sea..."

"No, you misunderstood me."

Mrs. Kobra raised her head and grinned, "To be more precise, it should be that from the beginning, I had no intention of walking through it - the ancestors also knew this."

"Um?"

Only then did the murloc warriors notice that Kobra was not wearing his usual robes, but a pair of Alabasta-style light armor that was convenient for movement and fighting.

Cobra took his long sword from the guard on the side, gently stroked the sword body, and said slowly:

"There should be people preparing for war all over Alabasta now."

"The territory of Alabasta is too vast. If there is an all-out war with the Four Emperors, there must be enough combat leaders everywhere."

"The reason why I chose the Fishman Village as my evacuation location is because of this..."

Cobra smiled helplessly.

"You are obviously a very old man, but you always like to say impulsive things. I'm really sorry."

"But today, just let me do whatever I want."

"My country is about to be invaded. Do I even have to take refuge?"

"After all, I am also an angry 'king'!"

Uh-huh!

Kobra directly inserted the long sword in his hand into the ground, and then sat cross-legged on the ground.

"I will stay here until I witness the end of this war!"

Hearing this, the fishmen warriors stopped saying anything.

According to Kobra, Ryan Rowan seems to already know Kobra's thoughts, so there is nothing to worry about.

The decision you make must be put into practice!

And by Kobra's side.

The little princess with sky blue hair also sat down cross-legged.

She pouted and said angrily: "I am the princess of Alabasta, and I want to stay too!"

…

It’s not just Vivi and Cobra.

In the Four Seas Alliance, is there more than just [Golden Dawn] Ryan Rowan’s fighting power? And he was the only one who was not afraid of the Four Emperors?

So, everywhere in Alabasta.

Everyone, be prepared!