"Sure."
Loki agreed in a flat tone, as if Rocks hadn't thrown out an invitation for an alliance to overturn the world, but just invited him to an ordinary banquet.
"Huh?"
Suddenly hearing this answer, the unprepared Rocks was stunned. His hearty laughter came to an abrupt halt, and the smile on his face solidified into astonishment.
Why did you agree directly?
Alliances shouldn't be like this!
You should chat with me.
I'll chat with you about the magnificence of the sea outside.
Then have a hearty battle.
Finally, discuss our respective dreams and ambitions.
Until you also recognize my ambition, my strength, my spirit.
And then we form a pirate alliance.
"You agreed?" Rocks, who was prepared for a long battle, asked back in disbelief.
"Of course. Let's eat first; we can talk slowly." Loki nodded and took the initiative to invite.
Regarding Rocks, he had long made calculations in his heart.
The sun once said that engaging in struggle means making many friends and few enemies.
Of course, different worlds require different approaches according to local conditions.
If there were no super-standard powers like Haki and Devil Fruits.
Then naturally, one should cater to the World Government on the surface and exchange terms with major kingdoms in secret.
But in this world where individual power is enough to rival a nation.
Engaging in struggle naturally means enhancing one's own strength, winning over powerful allies, and doing big things together.
With such a powerful player like Rocks actively delivering himself to the door, he naturally had no reason to refuse.
"Good." Rocks didn't refuse and nodded happily.
"Loki, Dracula is weak again." Charlotte Linlin waved to signal.
Beside her, a blood-red bat lay next to Golden Lion, looking drained and exhausted.
Golden Lion's breathing had become much steadier, and his pale face had regained some color.
"Really useless." Loki was somewhat helpless. He raised his hand and transported some soul power to the blood-red bat.
Dracula, a special Homie created based on part of Charlotte Linlin's blood after vampirization, plus a soul.
It possesses Charlotte Linlin's ability to absorb the life vitality of other creatures.
But it was also placed under a soul restriction by Loki, unable to grow on its own.
The absorbed life vitality is just stored in the body.
It is a standing blood pack under Loki's command.
"Using a vampire as a doctor is indeed unreliable. It seems that after setting sail officially this time, I still have to find a Devil Fruit dedicated to healing." Loki thought to himself.
A while later.
Underworld Palace.
Reception Hall.
A giant long table capable of accommodating hundreds of people spanned the hall.
The table was filled with exaggeratedly sized dishes. Half a roasted golden and oily Sea King occupied most of the table, its skin sizzling with oil, overflowing with aroma; fist-sized berries were piled into small hills, crystal clear;
Miss Buckingham and the others sat on chairs of the same style as Linlin's, somewhat at a loss.
Golden Lion and Marlon, covered in supreme bandages, were also among them.
Golden Lion looked gloomy, not having recovered from his recent defeat.
Marlon's brain was swollen, and he was still a bit wilted.
"Everyone, this is the Polar Sea Intestine, which only grows in the ice lakes of the Underworld. This is charcoal-grilled large sea cow. This is made from the Treasure Tree Adam as raw material...." Streusen introduced them one by one.
"Don't stand on ceremony; make yourselves at home."
Loki broke the stiffness first, reaching out to lift the charcoal-grilled Sea King, which was three hundred meters long, tearing off a large piece of meat with a burnt aroma, and swallowing it in big gulps.
Fighting with Iron Thunder first, then sparring with Golden Lion for two moves, had cost him a lot of effort.
Now is the time to replenish energy.
After three rounds of drinks, Rocks looked at Loki and asked seriously: "Loki, you stay in Elbaf all year round. Do you know what allying with me means? I intend to be an enemy of the world."
Although Rocks had monstrous ambitions, he maintained a bottom line for the strong people he recognized, disdainful of using lies to lure the other party into the game.
"I know." Loki picked up the fruit wine beside him, rinsed his mouth, and spoke bluntly: "I've been unhappy with the World Government for a long time. They clearly occupy the most resources in the world, yet they only know how to hide at the top of the Red Line dreaming of being gods."
"Damn it! No divine power, no divine immortality, no divine miracles, no divine mercy. Just a bunch of self-proclaimed god pigs who are complacent and indulge in desires."
"!!!" Newgate, Golden Lion, Wang Zhi, all widened their eyes.
They thought Rocks wanted to dominate the world, and his ambition was already exaggerated beyond belief for ordinary people.
Unexpectedly, Loki's statement was even heavier, directly denigrating the divine name of the Celestial Dragons first.
"Wahahahaha~" Rocks was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, raising his glass and clinking it heavily against Loki's: "Loki, you're right. The World Government is just a bunch of insects. They need us to wake them up and re-recognize the current world."
Clink!
"That's right." Loki clinked glasses with him, full of disdain: "Founded nine hundred years ago, still playing cat and mouse games of Marines catching pirates on the sea. If I were Im, I would have fought into space and set the stars on fire long ago!"
He truly looked down on Im.
Nine hundred years, plus fruits with heaven-defying effects.
If it were him, he would have left this one-acre three-cent land of the planet long ago.
Don't understand where the pleasure is for Im to hide alone behind the World Government like a rat.
Anyway, Loki doesn't understand.
If not to show off in front of people, what is he working so hard for?
"You also know Im?" Rocks was surprised again.
All the surprises in his life were not as many as communicating with Loki today.
He also only learned of Im's existence from the agreement between the Davy family and Joy Boy.
He hadn't even told Newgate and the others.
"I have seen the future."
Loki held his head high proudly.
Do you understand what a transmigrator is!
"Observation Haki?" Rocks' pupils shrank slightly.
"You can understand it that way, brother. Enemy intelligence cannot be hidden from allies." Loki said meaningfully.
The most taboo element in team fights is incomplete intelligence.
God Valley in the original timeline.
Whitebeard, Kaido, Linlin, obviously none of them knew of Im's existence.
"You guy, according to giant age, you should still be a child." Rocks said unhappily. If he accepted this address, wouldn't his seniority be halved in front of Harald in the future?
"That kind of thing is not important." Loki changed the subject.
"However, I only know a few abilities. Able to possess his insects from a long distance, immortality, forced conversion.... I don't know the rest. This rat only likes to hide in the Holy Land."
Loki had no intention of hiding anything. He told Rocks everything just like the intelligence he told Harald back then.
In case Rocks gets blackened again, wouldn't that be giving Im a fighter for no reason?
As for after defeating Im...
At worst, defeat everyone including Rocks single-handedly!
With his ability, this is definitely achievable, absolutely achievable!
"Thanks, Loki." Rocks said solemnly.
This was indeed intelligence even he didn't know.
The auras he sensed in the Holy Land back then were too many; he didn't probe the most threatening Im directly.
"You're welcome. However," Loki changed his tone, his voice becoming serious, "Rocks, my covenant is signed with you, not the alliance you gathered."
"Is that so?" Rocks understood Loki's meaning. The other party trusted him, but not Golden Lion and the others.
"Hey hey hey, King of Giants, what do you mean?"
Wang Zhi stuck out his forked tongue. Combined with his burly yet wretched figure, he looked like a combination of a snake and a toad. Wonder if he's some special race.
"We can't pretend we didn't hear such words." Newgate also put down his wine glass.
"I mean, except for Rocks, I don't trust any of you."
Loki stood up, casting a large shadow.
The situation of the Rocks Pirates is special.
Not an ordinary Straw Hat-type team led by the captain, where the relationships and dreams between members are closely connected.
Nor a classic team like the one later led by Kaido, with Kaido's will as the general outline.
The essence of the Rocks Pirates is fragmentation, an extremely loose alliance system.
Can only say Rocks is playing something very new.
The result, well, led to Golden Lion, John, and others fighting among themselves for treasure during God Valley. Only Whitebeard, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin were willing to take action for Rocks briefly.
"You don't need to rush to refute."
Loki raised his hand and waved lightly.
The wall at the front of the reception hall slowly opened to both sides, revealing a suspended stone platform.
Below the platform was a wide training ground.
He stepped onto the platform, looking down at the training ground from above, his voice loud as thunder: "My soldiers!!"
Whoosh!
On the training ground, the giant warriors who were wrestling in pairs or practicing with axes stopped instantly, turning their heads in unison to look at Loki on the platform. They raised their hands, clenched their fists, thumped their chests heavily, and shouted in unison: "Your Majesty Loki!!"
The movements were uniform, the voices deafening, carrying the momentum of toppling mountains and overturning seas, even making the ground tremble slightly.
Sunlight shone on their heavy armor, reflecting a chilling cold light. Every pair of eyes burned with fanaticism and loyalty to Loki.
These giants who were unwilling to be mediocre in Elbaf, after coming to the Underworld, under Loki's cultivation, became a detached elite legion, serving only him.
Loki turned around and looked at Wang Zhi and the others: "My soldiers are ready to charge for me at any time. Are you ready to follow Rocks on the path to challenge the world?"
"You're right. It's none of my business if Rocks dies!" Golden Lion chimed in with a dark face.
He is just such a person.
Wang Zhi and John felt justified. They were not Rocks' subordinates, so they wouldn't risk their lives for Rocks.
Miss Buckingham covered her mouth and chuckled.
Newgate looked at Rocks, his tone firm: "As long as you don't change, I will follow you to see what the peak of the world is, but I am not your subordinate."
Even emphasizing independence here. Loki couldn't hold back his laughter and looked at Rocks: "Rocks, I genuinely admire you for possessing such strength as an ordinary human, but your governing philosophy is far behind mine."
Linlin was poached by him, and he plans to poach Kaido too.
In this way, if Rocks really fights, only Whitebeard can really help a bit.
Seems even more miserable than in the original timeline.
"Wahahahaha, it doesn't matter. I don't care. On the day of destiny, whether they are willing to follow me or not is up to them." Rocks laughed nonchalantly, his tone still heroic.
"Up to you."
Loki shrugged. This can only be said to be different personal ideas. Anyway, he can't tolerate having a pile of loose sand around him that runs away when encountering trouble.
He picked up Iron Thunder placed aside: "I'm full now. Can you let me see what the power that can contend with the old man looks like?"
"Come!!" Raging fighting spirit instantly ignited in Rocks' eyes. Haki surged around him unconsciously, his robes fluttering loudly.
Or rather, he also wanted to personally experience the difference between Loki and Harald.
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