Carlvan Kingdom, North Blue:
This was an Allied Nation, but due to the advent of the Great Pirate Era, it had suffered several attacks from Pirates, causing significant losses to their Kingdom.
Later, two neighboring non-World Government member states invaded, leading to the Kingdom being in a state of war.
Their Allied Nations had previously requested assistance from the World Government and the Marine. The Marine came twice, but only after the Pirates had already fled.
Later, when other non-World Government member states invaded, the Marine used the excuse that they weren't Pirates and refused to come. The World Government sent a few people over to go through the motions, saying that the enemy was too strong and the World Government needed to send more personnel, but then they simply stopped coming.
In their helplessness, the King of Carlvan could only heavily purchase Limitless Pirates's military supplies from the underground World to equip the Kingdom's army, barely managing to resist the invasion of the two non-Allied Nations.
"Nahanahanaha, Young Master, those idiots from the Carlvan Kingdom have agreed to buy our military supplies, and this is the second time they've bought our military supplies!"
"We buy military supplies from the Limitless Pirates, and then sell them to the Carlvan Kingdom. After deducting transportation costs and other expenses, we've earned a total of double the price. This is simply too profitable!"
Trebol excitedly leaned towards Doflamingo's face and said excitedly.
"Trebol, you're too close to me!"
"Before, our own weapon sales were sluggish because the Limitless Pirates's weapons were too strong."
"Now, we don't need to manufacture weapons ourselves, but instead act as a middleman, earning the difference in price. That way, we don't have to bear the problem of weapon losses, and we just need to sit back and count the money."
"Right, prepare some more weapons. The two non-World Government member states attacking the Carlvan Kingdom will definitely know that the Carlvan Kingdom is using the Limitless Pirates's weapons. At that time, you find someone to leak the information to them, that we have the Limitless Pirates's weapons in our hands, and then they will come to us to purchase weapons."
"However, we can't sell too many weapons to them. We can't let them conquer the Carlvan Kingdom because they've obtained enough weapons. I want the war between these three countries to continue indefinitely."
Doflamingo said as he pushed away Trebol's face in disgust.
Although the Limitless Pirates had secretly established many merchant stations in the Four Seas, it was impossible to cover the entire Four Seas area, as this required far too many personnel.
Therefore, the Limitless Pirates would only establish merchant associations to sell goods in prosperous Kingdoms or islands.
However, some remote areas and Kingdoms had no way to buy the Limitless Pirates's military supplies, and even if they wanted to buy them, they would have to bear the risk of transporting them back after purchasing.
Therefore, the countries that could buy the Limitless Pirates's military supplies were a minority in the entire Four Seas.
This gave Doflamingo an opportunity, an opportunity to be a middleman.
Furthermore, Doflamingo was doing very well as a middleman, relying on his own abilities to earn a large amount of wealth in a short period of time.
Because he didn't just sell military supplies, but anything from the Limitless Pirates, he would transport it to some remote islands or Kingdoms and sell it for several times, or even more than ten times, the price.
It was just because military supplies were the easiest to sell and the most profitable, which was why he put enough effort into military supplies.
Not only did he find countries that were in the midst of war, but even countries that were not at war, he would actively instigate war in secret, all for the sake of selling more military supplies at a higher price.
"Nahanahanaha, Young Master, you are simply too brilliant! This way, we can continuously earn the middleman difference from them in military supplies!"
Trebol said excitedly.
"Young Master, although we have made a lot of money as a middleman, we are limited by the Limitless Pirates's supply of goods. We are just starting now, so maybe it doesn't matter, but when we get bigger and bigger, the military supplies we are currently purchasing won't be enough!"
Lao G said with some worry.
"Fufufufufu, Lao G, you are absolutely right. That's why I have already expressed my desire to purchase more military supplies from the Limitless Pirates and further cooperate with the Limitless Pirates. And the Limitless Pirates will send someone to negotiate with us about cooperation today, which is why I asked all of you to come here."
Doflamingo laughed heartily.
"So Young Master had already thought of it. As expected of Young Master!"
Lao G said admiringly.
"Nahanahanahana, did you hear something!"
Trebol suddenly said.
"Wuwuwuwuwu!!!"
Just then, they heard a huge roar coming from the distant Sea.
As the sound got closer, they saw a black dot speeding towards them from the Sea.
Only when it got closer did they realize that there was a white mecha motorcycle speeding across the Sea in the distance. Wherever the motorcycle passed, the Sea turned into an ice road.
The motorcycle was speeding on the ice surface, and its speed was very fast.
On the motorcycle was a woman wearing a ice-white tight-fitting suit and with a long red hair fluttering.
The woman came from the Sea to the land at an extremely fast speed, stopping at the coast with a graceful drift and brake.
Then, with a flash, she appeared not far from Doflamingo and the others.
"How could it be her, the eldest daughter of that World's Greatest Swordsman, Alucard Esdeath!!"
Doflamingo said solemnly, looking at the woman in front of him.
He had thought that the Limitless Pirates would just send someone over, but he didn't expect that the long princess of the Limitless Pirates had come!
Esdeath was different from Gaenie and the others. Ever since Esdeath reached the top of the Battle Pyramid and was promoted to Grand Swordmaster.
With Esdeath's consent, Nox announced Esdeath's identity to the whole World. It was from that time on that most people in the World knew that Nox actually had such a grown-up daughter. Before that, the outside World had never received any news.
As soon as the news was released, many people all over the World paid great attention to Esdeath. After all, she was Nox's daughter, which meant her future achievements were immeasurable. How could they not pay attention?
"It's really her. Why would she come here? Is she here to meet us as part of her training?"
Doflamingo's many Executive Officers were also very surprised when they saw Esdeath.
"Doflamingo, I heard that you want to further cooperate with our Limitless Pirates in military supplies. However, the forces in the whole World that can obtain a large amount of military supplies from our Limitless Pirates need to be tested by us."
"Only by passing our test can you get more military supplies. Otherwise, you can only get a limited amount of military supplies within a certain period of time."
Esdeath's aura was extremely cold, but even her words were so cold, making Doflamingo and the others feel as if they were facing an iceberg.
"Fufufufufu, our Donquixote Family naturally wants to further cooperate with the Limitless Pirates. What is your test?"
Hearing Esdeath's words, Doflamingo naturally wanted to cooperate further. After all, if he was limited, his identity as a middleman wouldn't grow much.
More importantly, once he reached a cooperation with the Limitless Pirates, he could then use the Limitless Pirates's name to expand other businesses, which would cause his family's power to directly take off!
"My father tests Executive Officers with a sword!"
"As long as you can withstand one of my father's swordsmanship comparable to a top-tier fighter, you can be promoted to a regular Executive Officer. If you can withstand my father's full-power sword, you can be promoted to a core Executive Officer!"
"Now I will also use a sword. As long as you can withstand one of my swords, you will pass the test!"
"If you can't withstand it, you die!"
If this wasn't her first mission, Esdeath wouldn't have said so much nonsense and would have just drawn her sword and attacked.
As she spoke, the Supreme Grade Swords shura sword at her waist was already drawn, and a cold and killing Sword Intent emanated from her body.
She instantly entered her hybrid form, and a cold aura burst out, freezing everything within a hundred meters, turning it into ice crystals.
"Buzz buzz buzz buzz!!!"
More importantly, Esdeath's ice-white Haoshoku Haki soared into the sky, pressing down on Doflamingo and the others.
"Nahanahanahana, how is this possible, that is the same Haoshoku Haki as the Young Master, a king in a million!"
After feeling the Haoshoku Haki emanating from Esdeath, Trebol and the others instantly felt as if a mountain was pressing down on them. That aura was even more terrifying than their Young Master's.
But how was it possible? Their Young Master and the girl in front of them were clearly the same age. How could their Young Master be inferior to others!
"Fufufufufu, all of you, get out of the way!!"
Doflamingo also unleashed his Haoshoku Haki, colliding with Esdeath's Haoshoku Haki. Blood-colored lightning instantly flew wildly, blocking all the pressure for Trebol and the others.
"Young Master, you must be careful!"
Hearing Doflamingo's words, Trebol and the others immediately ran away!
"Fufufufufu, if it weren't for your good father, you would be dead today!"
Doflamingo's laughter was full of anger. He was so proud, and hearing Esdeath's cold words, his heart was already boiling with killing intent.
As he said, if Esdeath wasn't Nox's daughter, he would have wanted to kill the woman in front of him today!
Esdeath didn't say any more nonsense. As the dark red Ryuo covered the shura sword, an extreme cold aura spread upwards.
After Esdeath learned Nox's Bloodlust sword technique, she comprehended her unique Sword Intent based on it, the Ice Lust Sword Intent!
The Grand Swordmaster's Ice Lust Sword Intent surged, a combination of extreme coldness and endless killing intent, forming her unique Sword Intent, the Ice Lust Sword Intent!
As Esdeath exerted force with her foot, the ground instantly caved in, forming a huge pit dozens of meters wide and more than ten meters deep. She instantly disappeared from her original spot, appearing in front of Doflamingo in the blink of an eye.
"Ice Lust · Ice Mountain Blood Sea!!"
With a full-power sword strike, an endless cold air instantly erupted, and the area within a thousand meters instantly felt like it had entered hundreds of degrees below zero, bone-chillingly cold.
Even Trebol, who was thousands of meters away, had his entire sticky body frozen into ice because of this!
Doflamingo, who was under Esdeath's sword, was the most terrified at this moment, because he felt the danger of death from that sword strike!!
"Spider Wall!!"
Doflamingo used his most powerful defensive ability with a wave of his hand, and white threads like spider webs quickly formed a spider wall-like defense.
"Crack!!!"
However, Doflamingo's self-proclaimed strongest defense was easily cut in half under the shura sword. The shura sword even continued to cut towards his head with unstoppable force.
Seeing that his strongest defense was broken by the opponent's sword, Doflamingo was horrified and subconsciously covered his hands with Busoshoku Haki to block in front.
"Bang!!!!"
The moment the shura sword struck Doflamingo's hands, the powerful force instantly broke his hands and even cut through his hands onto his head.
At the same time, the extreme freezing power froze Doflamingo into a block of ice and sent him flying.
Doflamingo, like a falling meteor, smashed diagonally into the depths of the earth along the ground.
"How is this possible, Young Master actually lost!"
"He couldn't even withstand one sword from the opponent, how is this possible!"
Trebol and the others watched Doflamingo being defeated by a single sword, their jaws almost dropping to the ground. Their Young Master couldn't even withstand one sword from the opponent, and more importantly, the opponent and their Young Master were the same age!
This huge shock that overturned their worldview made them forget their identity as subordinates and forget to go and check whether Doflamingo was dead or alive.
"Hey, that guy is your boss, right? Tell him that he passed my test, and he can cooperate further with the Limitless Pirates in the future!"
"You can get up to two billion in military supplies from the Limitless Pirates every year. As for whether you can get more, that depends on your own abilities in the future!"
After Esdeath put away her sword, she looked at Trebol and the others and said.
After speaking, she walked towards her motorcycle, drove it into the Sea, and left directly.
"Young Master, yes, go and save Young Master quickly!"
After Esdeath left, Trebol and the others finally reacted. Their Young Master was not dead, so they quickly rushed into the deep pit and dug Doflamingo out.
However, the Doflamingo they dug out was a block of ice.
"Crack!!!"
Just as Trebol and the others were thinking about whether to use a hammer or something to break the ice and save Doflamingo, the ice block began to crack little by little, revealing Doflamingo's body.
'Cough cough!!!'
Doflamingo coughed up several mouthfuls of blood mixed with ice shards, lying on the ground weakly.
"Fufufufufu, I lost, I actually lost, I couldn't even withstand one sword from the opponent!!"
Doflamingo laughed like crazy at this moment, his laughter filled with endless anger, frustration, and unwillingness.
He was actually defeated by a peer with a single sword. This shameful scene actually happened!
"Young Master, that Esdeath said when she left that you passed her test, and from now on, we can get two billion in military supplies from the Limitless Pirates every year!"
Trebol said excitedly when he saw that his Young Master was fine.
"From now on, you will be responsible for the military supplies. Don't bother me unless it's something important!"
Compared to Trebol's excitement, Doflamingo felt even more angry and humiliated. What he got felt like something Esdeath had given him out of pity, which made him extremely unhappy.
It was from this sword strike that he saw the gap between himself and Esdeath. He would take back much of the energy he had previously put into business and put it into Training.
Through this lesson, Doflamingo deeply realized that his current strength was too weak.
The defense created by his String-String Fruit power was fragile in front of Esdeath's freezing power, his Haki couldn't even block Esdeath's sword, and his body art was too weak, failing to fully exert his own strength.
When he achieves success in Training in the future, he will personally wash away today's humiliation!