Governing a country is an extremely complex affair. However, if one adopts an indifferent attitude, treating the nation merely as a machine for extracting profit, then governing becomes very simple.
Bellamy couldn't care less about the fate of Dressrosa. After conquering the country, he first plundered all the wealth of its former rulers, the Donquixote Family. Then, he threw all the remaining members of the family into prison. Their fates would be decided later by the Riku Family.
After that, Bellamy single-handedly installed Viola, the eldest daughter of King Riku, on the throne. To prevent Kaido's forces from coming for retribution after they left, he chose to remain hidden in the shadows, staging a public spectacle of looting treasure in the inner city. The Bellamy Pirates, after seizing sufficient wealth, departed from Dressrosa by ship in plain sight of everyone, leaving behind only a burning city and a field of rubble.
At this point, the Riku royal family's princess, Viola, unable to bear seeing her people suffer, would step forward to save the nation. This was the script Bellamy had written for her. It was simple, but it would suffice for the time being.
After Bellamy's departure, Viola would immediately send a large tribute to Kaido and once again request that Dressrosa be allowed to fly his flag. Secretly, however, Viola had already been appointed as the director of the Bellamy Pirates' intelligence division, responsible for building an information network.
Bellamy wasn't too concerned about her loyalty. As long as the woman could not bring herself to betray her own country, it was highly unlikely she would choose to betray him. For Bellamy, destroying Dressrosa would be as easy as turning over his hand. Unless faced with a desperate situation, Viola would not risk the destruction of her country and family by betraying him. In fact, after a deep conversation with her, the woman had become exceptionally obedient.
With the support of the Riku royal family's remnants and Bellamy's crew working in the shadows, Viola easily secured the throne. However, because Bellamy had taken a vast amount of wealth and the inner city had suffered severe damage, and with a large number of slaves having escaped during the chaos, the highly useful Tontatta Tribe had also been liberated, bringing the factories in the outer district to a standstill. After Viola took over, the country was bound to go through a period of painful adjustment, which would be a huge test of her abilities.
In truth, if she could use this opportunity to reform the country, it might not be a bad thing. The strength of the Riku royal family was a far cry from that of the Donquixote Family. When Doflamingo was around, the surrounding nations and nearby pirates didn't dare cause trouble. But with the Riku Family in charge, Dressrosa was bound to fall into turmoil. Especially now, with the royal family at its weakest, it would be strange if pirates didn't come to take advantage of the situation.
Therefore, Bellamy specifically left Heracles behind to help Viola weather this storm. Heracles was the newest member and had never appeared in public; no one outside the crew knew he was a member of the Bellamy Pirates. With his strength and status, he was more than capable of protecting Viola.
After settling the affairs of Dressrosa, Bellamy immediately left the country with Law. Next, he needed to take Law to meet the Golden Lion to discuss an extremely important matter. If this matter succeeded, then his path to becoming the strongest would be halfway complete.
As for why he was bringing Law, it was, of course, because of his Devil Fruit ability.
After achieving his revenge, Law had briefly considered retiring. But the Op-Op Fruit was of immense use to Bellamy, and he would absolutely not allow Law to simply walk away. After some discussion, Law finally agreed to do three things for Bellamy to repay the debt of gratitude. With Law's personality, he would not refuse even if Bellamy asked him to risk his life for these three tasks. Such a promise was more than enough for Bellamy.
And the first thing he wanted Law to do was to heal the Golden Lion.
The steering wheel stuck in Shiki's head and his two missing legs had greatly diminished his strength. If someone could heal him, the Golden Lion would surely be willing to pay any price. And that price was a crucial part of Bellamy's plan.
Law's ability was sufficient to treat Shiki. The power of the Heal-Heal Fruit was something Bellamy would absolutely not reveal lightly. A power that could influence the entire world situation had to remain hidden until the time was right. For now, Mansherry had to disappear for a while.
Three days later, Morgans finally sent good news. The Golden Lion had agreed to the meeting and expressed great interest in Bellamy. The legendary pirate had already sent his subordinates to escort Bellamy to his aerial archipelago.
Bellamy was also very interested in the Golden Lion's sky base. Since Shiki had chosen to hold the meeting in his own lair, Bellamy had no objections. Both parties were enthusiastic about the meeting, and with their full cooperation, it only took a few days for the Golden Lion's subordinates to arrive, descending from the sky in a "flying ship" to find Bellamy's crew.
The range of the Golden Lion's Float-Float Fruit ability probably exceeded everyone's imagination. The only thing Bellamy could be certain of was that the man's Devil Fruit had definitely awakened. To be able to imbue his ability onto external objects from who knows how many kilometers away... such power was simply unheard of.
The Golden Lion's current location was likely at the same altitude as the sky islands of this world. At such a height and distance, for his Devil Fruit ability to still be effective showed the level of mastery Shiki had achieved with the Float-Float Fruit. In comparison, despite both being awakened and developed to their limits, the String-String Fruit was more than a notch weaker than the Float-Float Fruit.
After seeing the flying ship descend from the sky, Bellamy's interest in this meeting grew even stronger. The power of the Float-Float Fruit was truly eye-opening.
However, this time, Bellamy only brought Law with him onto the flying ship, leaving everyone else behind. Even his first mate, Drake, was left to watch the ship. Bellamy couldn't predict what would happen after meeting the Golden Lion. The legendary pirate of the old era had an extremely eccentric personality. Bellamy himself wasn't exactly good-tempered either. If their conversation went sour, it wasn't impossible that a fight would break out on the spot. Fighting on the Golden Lion's home turf while having to look after a group of people who couldn't fly would be a huge problem.
I hope everything goes smoothly.
The Golden Lion's ability was crucial to his upcoming plans. Otherwise, Bellamy wouldn't have been in such a hurry to meet him.