Losses: Zero.
If someone else had said this, Crocodile would have laughed coldly to show his dislike.
But when Rowan said this, Crocodile didn't want to believe it, but he couldn't bring himself to not believe it.
After thinking about it, Crocodile thought there was only one possibility.
He subconsciously felt that the man wasn't bragging or joking, but being serious.
Ryan Rowan really had the ability to do this!
Rowan noticed Crocodile's gaze and turned his head to smile, "Want to know my specific strategy?"
"Humph, no interest."
Crocodile turned his head away and said coldly, "I can easily handle it myself, I don't care about any strategy!"
He was telling the truth.
The terrain of Drum Island's main peak was very special, a huge mountain shaped like an upside-down iron bucket, with a slope of ninety degrees. Ordinary humans couldn't climb it without outside help.
But for Crocodile, who had the Sand-Sand Fruit power, he could completely use his erosion ability to create a staircase to climb the mountain.
As for the so-called castle fortress and the ordinary guards inside, they were even less worth mentioning in front of a natural-type fruit power.
If Crocodile wanted to, he wouldn't need seven days, just seven minutes, to sit on the throne in that castle himself!
He also believed that Rowan could do this easily, which made him even more annoyed.
"Tsk, stupid diplomacy."
Having strong force but doing ordinary people's things, Crocodile had never been able to understand this kind of behavior.
"Although I also think it's troublesome, doing this occasionally is also a kind of fun."
Rowan smiled helplessly, "Besides, relying on force alone can't build a Four Seas Alliance."
"But you can't make an alliance with idiots either."
Crocodile smirked and retorted, "I'm curious how you're going to 'discuss' alliance matters with that idiot king of Drum Kingdom. That scene must be interesting."
But Rowan's reaction was beyond Crocodile's expectations.
"Sorry, I probably won't be able to satisfy your curiosity."
"Huh?"
Crocodile was stunned, not understanding what Rowan meant.
Rowan was about to answer when he suddenly noticed that a small figure was missing from the sled they were riding on.
"Where's Vivi?"
Rowan and Crocodile looked around and found that the little princess had gotten off the sled at some point and came to Dalton, Jess, and Kromanlimon.
At this moment, Dalton was still arguing with the other two.
"We clearly agreed to the meeting in advance, why did His Majesty suddenly change his mind?"
Dalton's eyes moved slightly, as if he suddenly guessed something, and he looked up at Jess in front of him, "What happened?"
Jess was stunned when he heard this, "Hey hey, Dalton, what are you talking about?"
"Don't hide it from me, Jess."
Dalton took a few steps forward, got close to Jess's face, and said in a deep voice, "Although His Majesty often acts on a whim, he wouldn't do this for no reason. What happened in the two days I was away from the castle?"
As he spoke, Dalton's aura became heavy.
His back began to bend slightly, brown hair grew on his skin, and two hard horns grew on top of his head.
That was the unique human-beast form of the animal-type devil fruit.
This scene proved that Dalton was really angry, after all, this was a major event related to diplomacy between the two countries and the safety of the people!
Seeing that Dalton was serious, Jess quickly waved his hand to signal him to calm down.
Dalton's punches were no joke, he didn't want to get punched!
"Actually, after you left the castle to prepare, a group of outsiders suddenly came to the castle."
"Huh?"
Dalton was a little confused, after all, Drum Kingdom wasn't big, and its few harbors were guarded by people.
Logically speaking, anyone who came to Drum Kingdom would be discovered by the guard team, but he, as the captain of the guard team, hadn't received any news!
"Impossible, who are those people?"
"We also thought it was impossible at first, but we were almost killed!"
Jess touched his neck. At that time, the knife was only half an inch away from his vital point. If he hadn't begged for mercy quickly, his head would have been separated from his body.
He warned Dalton, "Those guys are from the World Government!"
Dalton was even more puzzled, "World Government? Why did they suddenly send people here?"
"They said they wanted to temporarily borrow a deserted forest area for a military exercise on Winter Island. Anyway, it was a very complicated matter!"
Jess spread his hands, "His Majesty initially wanted to give those arrogant guys a hard time, but he was punched and spat blood, and it took him a long time to recover."
"Those guys also said that they were just here to inform His Majesty and didn't intend to ask for permission at all, telling us not to get carried away."
Jess shuddered as he recalled the feeling at the time.
"In short, they were really a scary group of people. His Majesty was depressed for a long time after they left and is in a particularly bad mood now."
Hearing this, Dalton finally understood the whole story.
A group of people claiming to be from the World Government came to Drum Kingdom and forcibly occupied a deserted snowy area for a "military exercise."
King Wapol still wanted to show off, but he was severely taught a lesson and became very upset.
He couldn't vent this resentment on the scary guys from the World Government, so he set his sights on another group of guests who were about to arrive.
Bullying the weak and being afraid of the strong...
Dalton couldn't help but sigh deeply. The old king was definitely a wise and caring ruler when he was alive. Why didn't Wapol inherit any of his father's good qualities?
Moreover—
Dalton's eyes turned back to Rowan and Crocodile on the sled.
One was the emperor of the Empire who had recently been on the front page of the newspaper;
The other was Crocodile the Sand, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
Anyone with a brain could understand that these two were definitely not pushovers!
"Hey, Jess, and Kromanlimon, don't mess around with His Majesty, otherwise we won't be able to bear the consequences."
Dalton straightened his face and warned solemnly.
Seeing Dalton so serious, and feeling the pressure from the two tall men on the sled, Jess was also a little scared.
"Well, since you said so, let's go to the castle to rest first... Huh?"
As he was speaking, Jess lowered his head and suddenly noticed a small blue-haired figure.
It was Vivi.
At this moment, she was looking up at Jess.
Vivi had been to the World Conference with Cobra several times, but Jess had never been with Wapol, so he didn't recognize Vivi.
He just felt that the serious expression on this blue-haired girl's face made him very unhappy.
"Little kid, what are you doing here?"
"You're wrong."
Vivi stared at Jess's eyes and said seriously, "The country is the people, only the king's words are not the country!"
This was the principle that Cobra had always taught Vivi, and it was deeply remembered by the little princess.
Hearing this, Jess became even more unhappy.
"Where did this brat come from!"
He was about to teach Vivi a lesson when Dalton's big hand suddenly landed on his shoulder.
"Hey!"
Dalton's eyes moved, the meaning of threat was self-evident, "Jess, remember what I said."
Feeling the pain from his shoulder, Jess helplessly pouted.
"Tch, I can't be bothered to argue with a little kid!"
At this moment, Rowan and Crocodile also got off the sled and came to everyone's side.
Jess looked at the most conspicuous Rowan. Although he found it troublesome, he still said patiently under Dalton's threat:
"You're the emperor from the newspaper? It's been a long trip, please come to the castle to rest first."
Dalton bowed slightly and added:
"Please wait a moment, I will arrange your meeting with His Majesty as soon as possible."
But to everyone's surprise, Rowan suddenly shook his head.
"No, the one who will meet your Majesty is not me."
He crouched down, put his hands on Vivi's shoulders, and cheered for the little princess he had been teaching along the way.
Rowan smiled:
"The representative of Alabasta—she's here."
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