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Chapter 1259: Beacons That Should Be Erased!
"Elbaf refused?"
Inside the study on Noah's Ark.
Im played with a gem shaped like a duck egg, yet entirely blue-green and covered in strange patterns, while speaking on the Golden Den Den Mushi on the table.
"Did you mention the 'Minority Race Autonomous Region' to King Harald?"
Im did not get angry because of this.
Considering the existence of countries of other races on the World, he had previously borrowed from the system of his Previous Life to create a 'Minority Race Autonomous Region System'.
That is, although the kingdom's name would be gone, they could still continue to manage their clansmen through the government official positions granted by the World Government.
For example, District Chief, Mayor, Town Chief...
Of course, the World Government would definitely dispatch some Human Officials responsible for supervision and assisting with government affairs.
"Yes, the Officials from the Member State Affairs Division have clearly explained the various treaties, but King Harald and those Elders refused to sign the agreement, citing that the history of Elbaf Kingdom is longer than that of the World Government. However, they emphasized their willingness to continue serving the World Government."
Marcus Mars Saint, one of the Five Elders, calmly stated the situation.
Im did not answer immediately, instead thinking about his attitude towards Elbaf.
This Giant Nation, claiming to be the world's foremost kingdom, indeed needed to be treated cautiously.
"Im will dispatch a few Giant God Soldiers to persuade them. If they remain stubborn, they will be forcibly suppressed, and the survivors will be imprisoned in Impel Down."
Im stated his decision in a detached tone.
Although King Harald possessed Admiral-level combat power, and the other Giant Elders were considered Vice Admiral-level combat power, with thousands of Giant Warriors possessing Vice Admiral-level combat power, they could indeed be called the Strongest Kingdom on the World.
But this level of strength was not enough to resist the World Government.
And Im only gives one opportunity!
"We respectfully obey Lord Im's Imperial Will." Marcus Mars Saint responded deferentially.
"What about the attitudes of the other Kingdoms?"
"Reporting to Lord Im, Edward Newgate of the Whitebeard Kingdom and King Cobra of the Alabasta Kingdom signed the agreement on the spot and promised to read out the content at the Reverie."
Im nodded and smiled, very satisfied with this result.
It was not surprising that Whitebeard agreed; after all, he had fought a battle with him.
And the existence of the Warrior God Garp made him realize that the gap between the two sides was unimaginably large.
Compared to that, Alabasta felt more troublesome.
Of course, not because of their strength, but because of the background of this kingdom.
It was one of the Twenty Kingdoms that supported him in establishing the World Government back then.
If Lily had not chosen to leave Mary Geoise back then, the Nefertari Family would definitely be a Celestial Dragon Clan now.
Therefore, the World Government needed to give Alabasta more importance and preferential treatment.
Firstly, Im allowed the Nefertari Family to continue to have ownership of the entire Royal Palace and the Underground Burial Temple.
He also allowed a hundred-person Imperial Guard to be responsible for guarding the Royal Palace and their ancestral grave.
Of course, at that time, it could no longer be called the Royal Palace.
It should be renamed 'Nefertari Castle'.
Secondly, King Cobra, as the current king, would be given the peerage of a Fourth-Rank Duke.
However, the corresponding fifty thousand square kilometers of Territory stipulated in the regulations would not be given.
This was the price they had to pay for continuing to possess the 'Royal Palace'.
Regarding this, King Cobra said it didn't matter; they originally didn't want to move to the Red Line.
Although he was no longer King, he could still interact frequently with the surrounding residents.
If the government officials responsible for management in the future did anything wrong,
he could also use his identity and influence to speak up for the citizens.
"Let Cobra be the first High Official of Alabasta."
Im felt this could play a good stabilizing role.
After Cobra retires and an outsider is appointed, the local citizens will likely have already become accustomed to the direct rule of the World Government.
Crucially, as a transmigrator familiar with the Canon, he clearly understood that Cobra's character was trustworthy and wouldn't cause any trouble.
"Yes, Lord Im!"
Marcus Mars Saint naturally had no opinion.
He then waited for two seconds, and seeing that Im was no longer speaking, he continued his report.
"Lord Im, according to the report from the officials dispatched there afterwards, the current Snake Princess Empress of Amazon Lily Kingdom, Silaya, originally had a rather poor attitude and was prepared to refuse to sign the agreement."
"However, under the persuasion of the former former Snake Princess Empress, Flame Flower, she finally agreed to sign, and at the same time, proposed to our side the hope of obtaining autonomy."
"Please instruct, Lord Im, whether to agree."
Im fell silent after hearing this.
Kuja Island did contribute to the World Government, mainly in three parts.
The first was submitting the cultivation secret method that allowed people whose physical ability met the condition to quickly master Armament Haki.
The military can now use whether one has mastered Armament Haki as the criterion for judging whether they have reached officer rank combatants, which is thanks to this cultivation secret method.
In the past, many Headquarters Majors, Headquarters Lieutenant Colonels, and even Colonels,
even if they could skillfully apply various techniques of the Six Powers, might not necessarily be able to master Armament Haki.
They basically only accidentally awakened it during intense life and death battles.
For example, Smoker in the Canon was like this.
A Colonel from Marine Headquarters, in Loguetown, surprisingly didn't know Armament Haki.
Honestly, if he wasn't a Logia User, he probably wouldn't have gotten the Colonel rank.
And the current military, basically any Major, will definitely know Armament Haki.
As for Observation Haki, that depends on one's mental talent.
Speaking of this.
The Breathing Style from the Demon Slayer World has been confirmed to have a certain help in awakening Observation Haki.
Because these Breathing Styles can make the spirit active.
They can even temporarily release mental power through certain specific movements, forming various vivid elemental illusions.
So, if a person's Breathing Style realm reaches Total Concentration: Constant, but they still haven't awakened Observation Haki, then it can basically be judged that they don't have this aspect of talent.
This is actually a good thing, saving people a lot of energy and time.
Let's talk about Kuja Island's second contribution: allowing female warriors to join the Military and Political Department to teach archery to soldiers who are interested in it.
Well, this contribution is not particularly large.
Moreover, the ninjas from the Imperial Arms World's Shenhe Island Nation, although they don't know supernatural ninjutsu, are all proficient in archery, and most of them are also female.
The last contribution is his Kuja Guards.
Although their strength on this Ark can only be considered better than average but not the best, if they encounter a truly powerful expert attack, it still depends on Cipher Pol and the Holy Land Garrison.
If they can't stop a powerful expert attack, then the Giant God Soldiers will be dispatched.
But as the Imperial Guard closest to him in daily life,
their silver-white battle skirts, paired with silver bows and silver swords, are actually very pleasing to the eye.
Moreover, this Noah's Ark is equivalent to a harem, and these female guards are indeed needed.
So, for various reasons, Im is very willing to take care of Kuja Island.
But he doesn't like Silaya's attitude; she really thinks highly of herself.
"No autonomy allowed. Dispatch female officials to take over the administration, but allow the former former Snake Princess to participate in government affairs and give her a suitable official position."
Marcus Mars Saint on the other end of the Golden Den Den Mushi was just about to bow his head and respectfully agree.
Unexpectedly, another faint, cold remark entered his ears.
"There is a beacon on Kuja Island that should be erased from history..."
Marcus Mars Saint was startled, but immediately understood who this 'beacon' referred to.
"Respectfully obey, Imperial Will!"
"Elbaf refused?"
Inside the study on Noah's Ark.
Im played with a gem shaped like a duck egg, yet entirely blue-green and covered in strange patterns, while speaking on the Golden Den Den Mushi on the table.
"Did you mention the 'Minority Race Autonomous Region' to King Harald?"
Im did not get angry because of this.
Considering the existence of countries of other races on the World, he had previously borrowed from the system of his Previous Life to create a 'Minority Race Autonomous Region System'.
That is, although the kingdom's name would be gone, they could still continue to manage their clansmen through the government official positions granted by the World Government.
For example, District Chief, Mayor, Town Chief...
Of course, the World Government would definitely dispatch some Human Officials responsible for supervision and assisting with government affairs.
"Yes, the Officials from the Member State Affairs Division have clearly explained the various treaties, but King Harald and those Elders refused to sign the agreement, citing that the history of Elbaf Kingdom is longer than that of the World Government. However, they emphasized their willingness to continue serving the World Government."
Marcus Mars Saint, one of the Five Elders, calmly stated the situation.
Im did not answer immediately, instead thinking about his attitude towards Elbaf.
This Giant Nation, claiming to be the world's foremost kingdom, indeed needed to be treated cautiously.
"Im will dispatch a few Giant God Soldiers to persuade them. If they remain stubborn, they will be forcibly suppressed, and the survivors will be imprisoned in Impel Down."
Im stated his decision in a detached tone.
Although King Harald possessed Admiral-level combat power, and the other Giant Elders were considered Vice Admiral-level combat power, with thousands of Giant Warriors possessing Vice Admiral-level combat power, they could indeed be called the Strongest Kingdom on the World.
But this level of strength was not enough to resist the World Government.
And Im only gives one opportunity!
"We respectfully obey Lord Im's Imperial Will." Marcus Mars Saint responded deferentially.
"What about the attitudes of the other Kingdoms?"
"Reporting to Lord Im, Edward Newgate of the Whitebeard Kingdom and King Cobra of the Alabasta Kingdom signed the agreement on the spot and promised to read out the content at the Reverie."
Im nodded and smiled, very satisfied with this result.
It was not surprising that Whitebeard agreed; after all, he had fought a battle with him.
And the existence of the Warrior God Garp made him realize that the gap between the two sides was unimaginably large.
Compared to that, Alabasta felt more troublesome.
Of course, not because of their strength, but because of the background of this kingdom.
It was one of the Twenty Kingdoms that supported him in establishing the World Government back then.
If Lily had not chosen to leave Mary Geoise back then, the Nefertari Family would definitely be a Celestial Dragon Clan now.
Therefore, the World Government needed to give Alabasta more importance and preferential treatment.
Firstly, Im allowed the Nefertari Family to continue to have ownership of the entire Royal Palace and the Underground Burial Temple.
He also allowed a hundred-person Imperial Guard to be responsible for guarding the Royal Palace and their ancestral grave.
Of course, at that time, it could no longer be called the Royal Palace.
It should be renamed 'Nefertari Castle'.
Secondly, King Cobra, as the current king, would be given the peerage of a Fourth-Rank Duke.
However, the corresponding fifty thousand square kilometers of Territory stipulated in the regulations would not be given.
This was the price they had to pay for continuing to possess the 'Royal Palace'.
Regarding this, King Cobra said it didn't matter; they originally didn't want to move to the Red Line.
Although he was no longer King, he could still interact frequently with the surrounding residents.
If the government officials responsible for management in the future did anything wrong,
he could also use his identity and influence to speak up for the citizens.
"Let Cobra be the first High Official of Alabasta."
Im felt this could play a good stabilizing role.
After Cobra retires and an outsider is appointed, the local citizens will likely have already become accustomed to the direct rule of the World Government.
Crucially, as a transmigrator familiar with the Canon, he clearly understood that Cobra's character was trustworthy and wouldn't cause any trouble.
"Yes, Lord Im!"
Marcus Mars Saint naturally had no opinion.
He then waited for two seconds, and seeing that Im was no longer speaking, he continued his report.
"Lord Im, according to the report from the officials dispatched there afterwards, the current Snake Princess Empress of Amazon Lily Kingdom, Silaya, originally had a rather poor attitude and was prepared to refuse to sign the agreement."
"However, under the persuasion of the former former Snake Princess Empress, Flame Flower, she finally agreed to sign, and at the same time, proposed to our side the hope of obtaining autonomy."
"Please instruct, Lord Im, whether to agree."
Im fell silent after hearing this.
Kuja Island did contribute to the World Government, mainly in three parts.
The first was submitting the cultivation secret method that allowed people whose physical ability met the condition to quickly master Armament Haki.
The military can now use whether one has mastered Armament Haki as the criterion for judging whether they have reached officer rank combatants, which is thanks to this cultivation secret method.
In the past, many Headquarters Majors, Headquarters Lieutenant Colonels, and even Colonels,
even if they could skillfully apply various techniques of the Six Powers, might not necessarily be able to master Armament Haki.
They basically only accidentally awakened it during intense life and death battles.
For example, Smoker in the Canon was like this.
A Colonel from Marine Headquarters, in Loguetown, surprisingly didn't know Armament Haki.
Honestly, if he wasn't a Logia User, he probably wouldn't have gotten the Colonel rank.
And the current military, basically any Major, will definitely know Armament Haki.
As for Observation Haki, that depends on one's mental talent.
Speaking of this.
The Breathing Style from the Demon Slayer World has been confirmed to have a certain help in awakening Observation Haki.
Because these Breathing Styles can make the spirit active.
They can even temporarily release mental power through certain specific movements, forming various vivid elemental illusions.
So, if a person's Breathing Style realm reaches Total Concentration: Constant, but they still haven't awakened Observation Haki, then it can basically be judged that they don't have this aspect of talent.
This is actually a good thing, saving people a lot of energy and time.
Let's talk about Kuja Island's second contribution: allowing female warriors to join the Military and Political Department to teach archery to soldiers who are interested in it.
Well, this contribution is not particularly large.
Moreover, the ninjas from the Imperial Arms World's Shenhe Island Nation, although they don't know supernatural ninjutsu, are all proficient in archery, and most of them are also female.
The last contribution is his Kuja Guards.
Although their strength on this Ark can only be considered better than average but not the best, if they encounter a truly powerful expert attack, it still depends on Cipher Pol and the Holy Land Garrison.
If they can't stop a powerful expert attack, then the Giant God Soldiers will be dispatched.
But as the Imperial Guard closest to him in daily life,
their silver-white battle skirts, paired with silver bows and silver swords, are actually very pleasing to the eye.
Moreover, this Noah's Ark is equivalent to a harem, and these female guards are indeed needed.
So, for various reasons, Im is very willing to take care of Kuja Island.
But he doesn't like Silaya's attitude; she really thinks highly of herself.
"No autonomy allowed. Dispatch female officials to take over the administration, but allow the former former Snake Princess to participate in government affairs and give her a suitable official position."
Marcus Mars Saint on the other end of the Golden Den Den Mushi was just about to bow his head and respectfully agree.
Unexpectedly, another faint, cold remark entered his ears.
"There is a beacon on Kuja Island that should be erased from history..."
Marcus Mars Saint was startled, but immediately understood who this 'beacon' referred to.
"Respectfully obey, Imperial Will!"
