"Hahahaha... You damn king! This is my country! By what right do you think you can take it? Dream on!"
Wapol laughed heartily. As a user of the Munch-Munch Fruit, he could transform anything he swallowed into a part of his body and manipulate it, thereby gaining great power.
For this reason, there was a treasury prepared in the royal palace, storing various kinds of weapons. That giant cannon was one of them.
After being attacked just now, he had his subordinate wheel it out, fully prepared.
Now, having swallowed the cannon, he had obtained extraordinary power and was not at all afraid of the golden king before him.
"That golden ship looks pretty good... it suits me perfectly. Hahahaha!! Go to hell!!"
Wapol laughed, incredibly arrogant.
The next moment, without a word, he directly raised his right arm, which had turned into a huge cannon, and fired instantly.
Boom! Boom! Boom—
A dense barrage of cannonballs rained down on the king in the sky.
Seeing this, the Hero-King faced it all with indifference.
"The clown's comical performance ends here!!"
In his ruby-red eyes, a fierce light of disgust flickered.
The Hero-King would never acknowledge that such a cheap person before him would dare to call himself a king.
It was a blasphemy against kingship, and a great disrespect to him.
"To struggle like a clown until the end, watching you has been somewhat amusing. But mongrel, you just did something absolutely unforgivable. A mere ant, just for calling yourself a king, that is a grave sin. From ancient times to the present, there has only ever been one king, and that is I. You small fry who dares to profane the king's majesty, disappear, you mongrel."
In an instant, the Hero-King unleashed the crimson lotus of a king's fury, blasting it all down on the humanoid cannon below, intending to annihilate him completely.
Golden treasures, several times the number of cannonballs, crushed down like a storm.
In mid-air, the cannonballs were blasted to pieces, and the explosive wind pressure blew away the snow and wind.
Boom! Boom! Boom—
The rain of treasures carpet-bombed the area. In the Hero-King's eyes, the people below were all filth, and he would absolutely not allow them to dirty his sight.
The indiscriminate attack included Wapol and all his soldiers within its range.
Seeing this, Dalton's pupils shrank. He quickly transformed into a wild ox and ran out of the Hero-King's attack range, saving his life.
The white snow and dust completely obscured the view. Wapol, who had swallowed the giant cannon, was also blasted into a deformed shape by the treasures.
Watching this scene, Dalton was silent. He looked up at the king in the sky, feeling fear in his heart, which in the next moment turned into relief.
"Wapol... is finished. To have provoked such a strong person... no, this might not be a bad thing. Wapol's death is a joyous occasion for Drum Kingdom. It's just that, after this, I don't know how the golden king will treat this country."
The Hero-King's immense power made it impossible for Dalton to even think of resisting.
And, recalling the Hero-King's earlier words, he intended to reclaim this kingdom.
In other words... the next king of Drum Kingdom might be him.
"I hope he will be a wise ruler."
Dalton sighed, giving up on resistance. For a country like this to be destroyed in such a way, perhaps it was its destiny.
The Hero-King, of course, did not know Dalton's thoughts, nor was he interested.
After the rain of treasures, the Hero-King smiled and controlled Vimana to descend slowly.
Due to the explosion of the cannonballs, many treasures had deviated from their trajectory and had not delivered a fatal blow. Now, golden ripples appeared again, and the Hero-King intended to finish the job.
However, at that moment, the cold voice of the system suddenly sounded in the Hero-King's mind.
"Ding! Special energy detected nearby!!"
In an instant, the Hero-King was stunned. The golden treasures that were about to be fired in an instant also stopped.
"Special energy!?"
The Hero-King muttered to himself and then, following the system's guidance, looked up towards a direction in the palace.
"There... there's special energy in there!!?"
Without a second thought, the Hero-King immediately controlled Vimana to move towards the palace, quickly disappearing, no longer caring about Wapol's fate.
The smoke slowly dissipated.
The ground was a mess. All the soldiers had been killed instantly. Wapol had been blasted by the treasures into an unrecognizable shape. If he hadn't swallowed a cannon earlier, he would have long since become a soul under the treasures' might.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it... what the hell is that guy!! Go, quickly... take me to the armory! I'll definitely kill him!!"
Hearing this, the severely injured Chess quickly helped Wapol up, and they limped around the royal palace towards the armory.