Vodka Kingdom, one of the World Government's allied nations and Kaido's homeland.
Due to poor economic development, the nation constantly waged wars of plunder against foreign lands to obtain the Heavenly Tribute required by the World Government.
Thus, the Vodka Kingdom was also known in the New World as the nation of endless war.
Nine years ago.
To secure a seat at the Reverie and thereby improve the country's economic situation, the King of the Vodka Kingdom betrayed Kaido, then the kingdom's strongest warrior, selling him to the World Government.
And this was the reason Kaido became a pirate.
York leading his pirate crew to attack this kingdom now was partly to avenge Kaido, but also with the intention of occupying this country.
Because, through conversations with Kaido, York knew.
The land resources of the Vodka Kingdom were actually quite fertile; otherwise, it couldn't support years of foreign wars.
What the Vodka Kingdom lacked was cash flow and normal economic trade.
If not for this, the Vodka Kingdom could be completely self-sufficient and live a stable life similar to Alabasta.
Boom boom boom!
The ships entered the range of the Vodka Kingdom's coastal defense artillery, and the opposing side immediately fired a dense rain of shells.
"Wororororo!"
Kaido laughed like thunder, transforming into an Azure Dragon and soaring into the sky.
"Blast Breath Barrage!!" (Bolo Breath)
Like spitting water balls, several fireballs of dragon breath smashed into the positions, triggering a series of violent explosions.
Sturdy fortifications shattered into flying debris, and the defenders were blown to pieces, their bodies charred black by the scorching flames.
Boom!!
The Red Flag crashed onto the embankment as planned. The Red Flag pirates shouted and hollered, leaping from the ship like locusts.
"Kill!!"
"Kill!!!"
The fierce battle cries were not just from the pirates; inside the Vodka Kingdom, an even larger number of defenders brandished swords and charged out.
Two waves of people collided like ocean tides, instantly splashing waves everywhere.
"Evil pirates! You picked the wrong target for invasion!!"
The soldiers of the Vodka Kingdom roared loudly, their tone filled with confidence in their own combat power.
"The destruction of the Vodka Kingdom is today!!"
"If you ask why! Because Captain York is here!!"
The Red Flag pirates were equally unyielding.
Both sides fought fiercely, blood and severed limbs splashing everywhere.
Kaido looked down from the sky.
Among the Vodka Kingdom's army, he saw many familiar faces from the past.
These people seemed to have become the mainstay of the Vodka Kingdom's army.
Under their leadership, the Red Flag pirates, lacking the participation of their main officers, were losing ground.
"Hanafuda! Do you still recognize me?!"
Kaido suddenly shouted, reverting from Azure Dragon to human form, descending from the sky and smashing his club towards a dinosaur-man wielding a scythe and a meteor hammer.
This dinosaur-man's scythe handle was connected to a meteor hammer by a chain. Seeing Kaido descend suddenly, he immediately raised his scythe, wrapping the long handle in Armament Haki to block the descending kanabo.
Bang!!
The Haki-wrapped scythe handle was bent by Kaido's smash, and the dinosaur-man was forced back several steps uncontrollably.
Only then did the dinosaur-man clearly see who this bastard launching the sneak attack was.
"Kaido!! It's actually you!!"
"Wororororo!"
Kaido rested his kanabo on his shoulder and smiled. "Hanafuda, are you still working for that stupid king?"
Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Hanafuda cursed back at Kaido: "Kaido! You traitor to this country, you still have the face to return! I, Hanafuda, will bring you to justice today!!"
Hearing this, Kaido narrowed his eyes. Offering no further explanation, he swung his kanabo and engaged Hanafuda in battle.
York stood at the prow of the pirate ship, looking down at the battlefield below.
He suddenly realized that the Vodka Kingdom's military strength seemed less than he had imagined.
Considering he planned to recruit this group of people as subordinates in the future, if too many died or were injured now, the hatred would be hard to resolve.
So he decided to use his ability to end this battle quickly.
Holy white light radiated from York's entire body, and a soft whisper rang from his lips.
"Sleep! Feel the joy of slumber!!"
Under the gentle holy light, the battlefield, which had been a fierce deathmatch a second ago, gradually fell silent.
One by one, the soldiers of the Vodka Kingdom and the pirates of the Red Flag crew fell asleep.
In the blink of an eye, almost only Hanafuda, who was being suppressed by Kaido, remained standing on the entire battlefield.
Of course, even so, he was struggling to resist the drowsiness and was actually barely able to stand steady.
Kaido stopped his attack, and York leaped down from the ship.
As the source of the holy light drew nearer, Hanafuda ultimately couldn't resist York's ability.
With blurred vision, a humanoid sun imprinted itself in his mind. Then he fell to his knees, collapsed to the ground, and fell into a deep sleep.
York walked up slowly, watching Hanafuda gradually revert from a dinosaur-man to an ordinary human with oni horns like Kaido. He smiled gently and asked Kaido: "A fellow clansman little brother?"
Kaido snorted slightly in displeasure.
"Just a stupid little brother."
"In that case, he still has value for recruitment. Especially looking at his ability, it seems to be an Ancient Zoan, Tyrannosaurus Rex."
The value of an Ancient Zoan was still very high.
As a transmigrator without a system, York had no reason to let go of such an elite Vice-Admiral-level seed.
While speaking, countless holy light tentacles released from York, winding around the bodies of the Red Flag pirates one after another, withdrawing the ability he had applied to them.
The Red Flag pirates held their heads as they woke up. Seeing all the enemies lying on the ground, they were instinctively startled at first, then instantly realized this was York's ability.
Sure enough, York issued a new order next.
"Tie up all these Vodka Kingdom soldiers! In the future, they might become your colleagues!"
Tying up prisoners was something the Red Flag pirates knew all too well.
Since joining the Red Flag Pirates, this crew had been in a cycle of war and recruitment.
It could be said that the vast majority of current Red Flag Pirates members were once prisoners of the Red Flag Pirates.
Not long after.
With over 4,000 Red Flag pirates busy at work, nearly 10,000 Vodka Kingdom soldiers were completely disarmed, stripped of armor, and tied together.
They even used up all the spare ropes and iron chains on the ship to tie them up. In the end, Kaido had to release Flame Clouds to bind quite a few people.
After cleaning up the battlefield, Stussy, Shakky, Ivankov, and about 1,000 pirates were left to guard the prisoners.
York led Kaido, Dragon, Ginny, Kuma, Maga, and the remaining 3,000+ pirates to march into the island's interior.
"Same order as before!"
"You can kill the nobles to the last man!"
"But civilians must not be harmed in the slightest!"
"Violators will die!!"
<><><><><><>
Read Advanced Chapters on: patreon.com/Anna_N1
~Every 150 PS = Bonus Chapter!
~Push the Story forward with your [Power Stones]