Chapter 408: The Kings Arrive

Red Line, Sky City Port.

As a luxury item sold in the System Shangcheng for one million points, Sky City covers an area five times that of the Holy Land Mary Geoise, sufficient to house twenty million people.

It is even larger than Alabasta.

Besides supporting facilities like the City Lord's Mansion, Administration Hall, Conference Hall, Banquet Hall, and Celestial Prison, it thoughtfully includes two ports.

One port on the left and one on the right, perfectly gripping the entrance and exit from the Grand Line to the New World.

During the battle with Imu, Saint Saint Saiwen Wu Xiang Yi Dao charged to his limit and severed the Red Line with a single strike, forming an artificial channel called the "One-Line Sky," connecting the Grand Line and the New World.

With these two ports in place,

they can control exchanges between the Grand Line and the New World, while also collecting taxes from passing merchant ships and tolls from passing vessels.

Even with the taxes,

it is faster, safer, and more cost-effective than ships diving ten thousand meters underwater to reach the New World via the Fish-Man Island route.

One must remember, coating ships also costs money.

The reason Lei Li stayed in Sky City is precisely because the "One-Line Sky" cut by Saint Saint Saiwen caused the Sabaody coating shipyards to lose the vast majority of their clients.

All of this forced Saint Saint Saiwen to admit: spending those one million points was truly worth it.

Unfortunately, there is only one chance to purchase.

Otherwise, Saint Saint Saiwen would have bought several more cities, placing them in different regions of the seas, to intimidate the four seas while allowing him to live wherever he wished.

As the World Conference draws nearer, almost all kings have arrived at Sky City.

Whenever a king arrives, seeing the Red Line severed by Saint Saint Saiwen and the "One-Line Sky" channel connecting the Grand Line and the New World, their souls tremble.

A power beyond human capability.

If Saint Saint Saint Saiwen is already this powerful, severing the Red Line with a single strike, then how strong must Mihawk, the world's greatest swordsman, be?

The Morning Star Group is truly terrifying!

The kings gather in small groups; some stare blankly at the "One-Line Sky" channel, while most tour Sky City.

At first, no one noticed the anomaly.

But when a king suffering from asthma found his condition vanished upon entering Sky City, people gradually discovered: their ailments were cured!

Oh, heavens! Saint Saint Saint Saiwen is truly a god.

As news spread that kings were cured upon entering Sky City but fell ill again upon leaving, the kings attending the World Conference went mad!

Whoever wants to be a king can be one.

No matter what, even if they must kneel before Saint Saint Saint Saiwen, they will not return.

The status of a king is indeed important, but compared to life itself, it is ultimately merely an external possession.

Moreover, recalling the deeds of the Marines and the Revolutionary Army in the four seas, the kings understood that their era had passed.

This era is named Saint Saint Saint Saiwen.

If they are pragmatic and lay down their crowns, they can still preserve their families and fortunes; those who remain obstinate will only end up with their heads separated from their bodies.

The longer they stayed in Sky City, one king who had brought his queen discovered one night that his long-standing hidden ailment had suddenly become vigorous and mighty again.

He made his queen scream and howl.

The kings who arrived early spread the word by word of mouth, while those who arrived late tried with full skepticism, eventually coalescing into a storm—

Sky City has been blessed by a god.

It not only freezes diseases but restores health, and even ordinary sleep restores the spirit faster than outside.

Several kings familiar with King Cobra invited a few others and visited Cobra together.

Standing before Cobra's residence, these men regretted why they had not known Saint Saint Saint Saiwen sooner; if they had known Saint Saint Saint Saiwen earlier, they too could have had a residence in Sky City!

"Gentlemen, please come in."

Cobra desperately suppressed his upturned lips.

"Your honorable presence brings glory to my humble home; please forgive any lack of proper hospitality."

Compared to the residences of the Morning Star Group executives, his residence as the King of Alabasta, though not large in area, is just as effective.

Precisely because of this, upon hearing the Provincial Plan, Cobra hesitated not at all and immediately brought his wife and daughter over.

Alabasta's defense is currently managed by the Moria brothers, Crocodile, and others.

Will people accuse him of selling his father's fields without caring?

Come on, the World Government established by the great ancestor Queen Lily is gone; does he still need to persist? Moreover, Saint Saint Saint Saiwen loves his people as his own children.

By cooperating with the Provincial Plan, both the citizens of Alabasta and he, the king, possess a bright future.

After inviting the guests to sit, Cobra asked.

"Gentlemen, what is this?"

The kings elected a representative.

"King Cobra, I am the King of the Goa Kingdom in the East Blue. I have suffered from asthma for many years without cure, yet I was healed immediately upon arriving at the Holy Land."

"We heard you are quite familiar with Saint Saint Saint Saiwen, so we thought to come and ask if we might settle down in the Holy Land."

"We are willing to offer everything to Saint Saint Saint Saiwen, only requesting to settle in the Holy Land. Rest assured, there will be a heavy reward once the matter is accomplished."

Cobra showed a look of difficulty, but inwardly he couldn't help but think: You offer everything to Saint Saint Saint Saiwen? Where is my benefit?

Either you are lying to Saint Saint Saint Saiwen, or you are lying to me.

However, for the great dream of Saint Saint Saint Saiwen to build a world where everyone can eat their fill, Cobra decided to employ a small trick.

"Gentlemen should know that Saint Saint Saint Saiwen is very busy; all affairs of the United Kingdom rest on Saint Saint Saint Saiwen alone. I will ask a little later."

There are three days until the World Conference; as long as he tells these people before the conference, it will suffice.

With their cooperation, the Provincial Plan and the Red Line immigration plan can be advanced more effectively.

Hearing this, the visiting kings immediately beamed with joy.

"Thank you, and sorry for the trouble."

Similar news trickled in through Cobra, Neptune, and others to Saint Saint Saiwen's ears, making him understand: the Province Plan was mostly a done deal.

The Sky City's buffing aura was one part; the larger part was because: the iron-fisted methods the Navy and Revolutionary Army had displayed over the previous three months.

Made that group completely abandon their侥幸心理.

After all, Saint Saint Saiwen's previous overthrow of the World Government was like catching the thieves by first seizing their king; the Celestial Dragons had seen blood, but the Four Seas had not.

Some people are just like that: cheap.

They had to make Saint Saint Saiwen kill several million old nobles and confiscate countless treasures before they could see reality.

"Tell them this matter is under discussion."

Things obtained too easily are not cherished by anyone; Saint Saint Saiwen decided to use the qualification to immigrate to the Sky City to harvest this group's wealth.

And let the Four Seas enter an era of great unification.

And the Red Line, which blocked communication between the Four Seas, was time to cut through a few more places and set up ports to collect taxes.

At this moment, Sengoku knocked on the door, slightly awkward.

"Saint Saint Saint Saiwen, a small matter has arisen from your hometown."

Hearing "hometown," Saint Saint Saiwen's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Senior Sengoku, what's wrong?"

"Uh." Sengoku inexplicably turned a bit red: "The Navy and the Revolutionary Army... almost came to blows over who would protect Cocoyasi Village..."

"Eh?" Saint Saint Saiwen asked in confusion: "Senior Sengoku, my hometown is Housha Town, not Cocoyasi Village."

"In the past two years, most of the townspeople of Housha Town moved to live in Cocoyasi Village..."

After listening to Sengoku recount the sequence of events, Saint Saint Saiwen was immediately at a loss between laughter and tears.

So many people on the Grand Line want to progress.

Enel was one thing; after all, he was already a formal crew member of the Morning Star Crew, but Smoker, that thick-browed, big-eyed guy... actually wanted to progress like this too.

"Never mind, I'll have Senior Shi Ji go there and bring all the villagers to Inazuma."

"As for the Navy and Revolutionary Army causing trouble, you and Dragon can just criticize them normally."

Before Sengoku could leave, Saint Saint Saiwen looked at his exclusive secretary, Xia Lu: "Have someone send some gifts, thanking these lovely soldiers in my personal name."

For this group of oxen and horses wanting to progress, Saint Saint Saiwen must give them a chance.