"Your Majesty, there's no need, this old minister—"
Minister Ah Fu shook his head, but before he could finish, he couldn't speak anymore.
"Leave? In front of me, none of you are getting away!"
Before Nox even reached the Venus Kingdom's port, he had already arrived at the Venus Kingdom's royal palace.
This was to prevent the nobles and the King from taking the opportunity to escape with their treasures.
It seemed his method was wise; if he had been a little later, perhaps a portion of his treasures would have been taken away.
"Limitless Great Swordsman Nox, how is this possible? Didn't we just receive news that you hadn't arrived yet?!"
Minister Ah Fu trembled as he looked at Nox and spoke.
"Someone, quickly, someone!"
The moment King Petri saw Nox, he screamed in terror.
"Heh heh, you don't need to shout. Even if you scream until your throats are hoarse, no one will come to save you."
Nox rarely used such a classic line, but it was a pity the other party wasn't a beauty.
Before coming in, Nox had already knocked out everyone in the entire royal palace with his Haoshoku Haki.
Even if the soldiers outside the palace rushed over, it would take some time.
"Esteemed Limitless Great Swordsman Nox, we can give you anything you want. Please be merciful and spare us!"
King Petri shouted a few times, and seeing that no one was truly coming, he instantly slumped onto the throne and said in despair.
"Heh heh, what I want, I will naturally obtain with my own hands. I don't need you to give it to me."
"However, this time I came to the Venus Kingdom not to destroy the country, but to occupy it."
"So for you, this is good news, meaning you have a chance to survive. It just depends on whether you want to live or not."
Nox walked up to the throne, grabbed the so-called King and threw him down, then sat on the throne himself, smiling at Minister Ah Fu and King Petri below.
"Occupy this country!"
Nox's words were like a bolt from the blue for King Petri and Minister Ah Fu. Originally, he thought that even if Nox plundered this country or even destroyed it, there would still be hope for its revival after Nox left.
He hadn't expected Nox to directly occupy the country. This completely extinguished any hope of recovery for this country!
As for the chance to live that Nox mentioned, they knew without thinking that Nox needed them to manage this country.
And this was merely nominal management; the real power would be in Nox's hands. They would just be puppets supported by Nox!
"You don't need to rush to answer my question. Wait until your Venus Kingdom's army and generals are defeated by my subordinates, then you can think about this!"
Nox said indifferently while sitting on the throne.
"Esteemed Limitless Great Swordsman, I am willing to surrender to you. Please spare the soldiers and generals of this country. I will also persuade them to surrender and submit to you."
Hearing Nox's words, King Petri immediately pleaded.
"If I want to occupy a country, if I don't beat this country into submission and let them witness my terror, how could they possibly surrender?"
"The army and generals are the backbone of this country. Only by breaking this backbone will this country submit to me, submit to my might!"
Petri's little thoughts had no chance of being hidden in front of his Mind Reading ability.
And Nox just stated his thoughts so directly, his thoughts on conquering this country.
"How could this be..."
Hearing Nox's words, the minister and the King knew it was over, everything was over.
Without the soldiers and generals who obeyed them, they had no chance of resisting.
At the Venus Kingdom's port, two thousand soldiers and the General Ruffiel were resisting Nox's two thousand-plus subordinates.
But even though these soldiers were ten times more numerous, they were no match for the fierce Pirates.
Originally, Nox could have knocked out these soldiers with a single blast of Haoshoku Haki, but he didn't. His subordinates didn't need waste.
This level of slaughter was specifically left for him to screen for elites.
Only the Pirates who truly survived were qualified to follow him.
"Pirates, get out of this country!"
The Great General Ruffiel of the Venus Kingdom was a strong individual comparable to a Marine Rear Admiral, the most powerful person in this country.
He was also a Devil Fruit user who had eaten the ordinary Zoan-type Devil Fruit, Snake-Snake Fruit, Giant Python form.
At this moment, he transformed into a giant python and charged into the Pirate ranks, sweeping away and sending the charging Pirates flying.
"Seeking death!"
Seeing this, Karoo also transformed into his six-meter tall, fully-formed Sword-Winged Tiger form and charged forward.
"Tail Whip!"
When Ruffiel saw Karoo charging, he turned around, and suddenly his tail swept violently, directly sending Karoo flying.
Although Karoo had eaten an Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit, too much time had passed, and he hadn't had time to develop it, nor was he familiar with fighting in this form.
Relying on the defense and vitality of the Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit, he could be considered a Rear Admiral level, but in terms of combat experience, he was completely no match for Ruffiel.
So Karoo was completely suppressed by Ruffiel now, but Ruffiel also couldn't defeat Karoo. Karoo's skin was simply too thick. Every time he knocked Karoo down, Karoo would get up and continue to charge forward to fight him.
After a while, after Kano had dealt with his opponent, he joined forces with Karoo to deal with Ruffiel.
Finally, they defeated Ruffiel.
Nox watched Karoo and their battle with Kenbunshoku Haki the entire time, and he was somewhat satisfied with their performance.
After all, he couldn't demand that everyone be like him, making rapid progress and becoming strong in a short period.
He was already quite satisfied that Karoo and the others could Training arduously on Gravity Island and finally barely reach the Rear Admiral level.
With the Great General Ruffiel defeated, the soldiers of the Venus Kingdom were also almost completely defeated. Over ten thousand of the more than twenty thousand soldiers were killed, and the rest were all injured, disabled, or had surrendered.
"Senior Brother, all those soldiers have been taken care of by us. This is their Great General!"
Karoo carried the Dying Ruffiel into the royal palace and said excitedly.
Behind Karoo were Kano, Marley, and others, as well as the more than two thousand surviving Pirates. The entire royal palace was instantly filled with Pirates.
They were all looking at Nox, who was sitting on the throne, with great excitement, waiting for his command.
"All the nobles in the royal palace have been knocked out by me. Go and bring them over, and also search all the treasures in their homes and bring them to me."
"Remember, you are only allowed to search the nobles' treasures. If the civilians do not disturb you, you are not allowed to lay a hand on them, understand?"
Nox looked at the more than two thousand Pirates below and said.
"Yes, Captain!"
Hearing Nox's words, the many Pirates excitedly rushed out of the royal palace, then found the nobles' residences, and went to plunder!
As for Nox, he went to the Venus Kingdom's treasury alone. He had already obtained the location of the treasury from Petri's memory and didn't need anyone to lead the way.
After opening the treasury, there were many ordinary treasures here. The glittering treasures of all kinds almost blinded people's eyes.
He took a rough look, and there were at least 6 billion in treasures here.
However, Nox didn't care about those ordinary treasures at all. Instead, he went directly to the innermost part of the treasury and opened an iron box.
According to Petri's memory, there was a Devil Fruit that the Venus Kingdom had obtained many years ago inside.
"It really is a Devil Fruit!"
"And it's the Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, the Medicine-Medicine Fruit!"
When he saw this Devil Fruit, Nox recognized it at a glance.
Nox would remember the patterns of some special Devil Fruits or Devil Fruits that were useful to the people around him.
This Devil Fruit was one of the Devil Fruits that Lesley had wanted to obtain before.
"Lesley would be very happy if she saw this Devil Fruit."
"This Venus Kingdom can also be considered a medicinal country, which is just right to provide various medicinal materials for Lesley."
Nox took this Devil Fruit and walked out of the treasury. Someone would naturally help him collect the treasures here later.
"Captain, all those nobles and treasures have been brought up."
When Nox returned to the royal palace, he saw that there were many more treasures and those nobles in the palace.
These treasures combined were not as much as what he had seen in the national treasury just now.
But there were at least 3 billion worth.
"Marley, Kano, you take three-tenths of the treasure. Karoo, you take one-tenth of the treasure and distribute it among the brothers. The remaining three-tenths of the treasure belongs to me!"
Nox simply allocated the shares of the treasure.
Kano and Marley led a team of a thousand people, and now only seven or eight hundred remained.
Karoo led his more than one hundred Senior apprentice brothers. This distribution method was just right.
Among the many Pirates, not a single one dared to be dissatisfied with Nox's distribution.
Even if Marley's team only received three-tenths of the treasure, when distributed to each of them, it was still a large sum of money.
The many nobles who were brought up, seeing their treasures being divided by this group of hateful Pirates, many of them dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.
"Listen to me, all of you. This country has been occupied by me. I need a group of people loyal to me to manage this kingdom, and these people will be selected from among you!"
"But I don't use everyone. Among you, I won't use all of you. I will only choose to use a portion, and the remaining portion of people will all be killed!"
After his subordinates finished dividing the treasure, Nox began to deal with this group of nobles and King Petri.
"Respected Esteemed Limitless Great Swordsman, I am willing to be loyal to you!"
"I, I, I will be wholeheartedly loyal to you, Esteemed!"
"And me, me too!"
"..."
Hearing Nox's words, the nobles, who were originally resentful and fearful, all echoed and begged for mercy, stating that they were completely loyal to Nox.