Chapter 600

Zhuge Zhuge Zhuge Lanqi could not help but ask.

"Hahahaha!"

The one-legged doll soldier burst into wild laughter after hearing this question.

"My identity? I am nothing more than a failed father and husband! I could not save my wife's life from the enemy, nor could I change my daughter's fate!"

"But I cannot let these people continue to harm my daughter! So, even if I have to give my life, it is worth it!"

"So that means you are King Riku's son-in-law? Holy crap!"

After hearing the doll soldier's words, Zhuge Zhuge Zhuge Lanqi could not help but let out a curse.

"What on earth happened here? Why would the people be so hateful toward the Riku clan, who are so beloved?"

Robin Ke asked with confusion.

The doll soldier looked at Robin Ke and the others and began to explain earnestly.

Ever since the Riku clan began ruling Desa City, there had not been a war for nearly five hundred years.

For any city, this was a very rare thing.

A stable environment also brought huge benefits to the residents.

However, since one night ten years ago, all of this changed.

Doflamingo appeared directly in King Riku's bedchamber.

"Good evening, King Riku! The grace of your clan is truly admirable!"

"Who are you?"

"Me? Have you not seen the imperial decree? I am the trusted Seven Warlord, Doflamingo!"

Doflamingo smiled.

"No matter who you are! Leave my bedchamber immediately, or I will make you regret it!"

After seeing this, King Riku's expression turned grim.

"Is that so? Don't be so agitated! I came here to do business; I have taken a liking to your Desa City!"

Doflamingo stated his conditions without any courtesy.

"What do you mean?"

King Riku frowned.

"I want you to give up control of Desa City and hand it over to me."

Upon hearing this, King Riku snorted coldly and said, "Delusional! Even if you are a Seven Warlord recognized by the imperial court, you cannot act so tyrannically!"

"Tyrannical? This is just the beginning! If you don't agree, I will have my brothers enter Desa City and begin a massacre. You are a man who loves peace, aren't you?"

"You wouldn't want your people to suffer a massacre, would you?"

King Riku was stunned after hearing Doflamingo's words!

Then he shouted, "Bastard! This is simply lawless!"

"Hahaha! You are wrong!"

Doflamingo laughed: "In this world, whoever has the biggest fist is the one who speaks the truth. If my fist weren't hard enough, how would I dare to stand before you?"

"Stop with the nonsense! You should know that the number of troops in my Doflamingo clan is quite large!"

Doflamingo's mouth was full of smiles, yet he made people feel fear.

"No! I absolutely cannot agree! I would rather sacrifice myself than allow you to harm our Desa City like this!"

King Riku refused Doflamingo firmly.

Doflamingo was not angry when he heard this.

Instead, he revealed a strange smile.

"Since that is the case, let our negotiation end here. Prepare to go to war with the Doflamingo family!" After saying this, Doflamingo turned to leave.

"Wait! There are so many towns nearby, why did you target my Desa City? The people here haven't experienced war for many years! What you are doing is too cruel!"

King Riku asked through gritted teeth!

"Because... I like this place. How about this! It's fine if you don't hand over Desa City; if you can produce one hundred million taels of gold, I will spare your lives. How about that?"

Doflamingo suddenly stopped and cast a cunning look: "Of course! If you are unwilling, then we can only go to war~"

"You!"

After hearing this, King Riku almost vomited blood: "Fine! I agree, give me a few days to raise the money!"

King Riku had no choice; after all, Desa City was his most precious treasure, and he could not just hand it over to others.

"Three days? That won't do. I will only give you one night! Also, you cannot tell the people that you were coerced into doing this, understand?"

After saying this, Doflamingo turned and left.

Leaving King Riku standing there in a daze!

"What kind of enemy have I provoked!"

King Riku shook his head and sighed helplessly.

One hundred million taels of gold—even if all the assets of Desa City were sold, it would not be enough to gather such a massive fortune.

Furthermore, having to keep it from the people made it even more difficult!

"Sigh! I can only try!" With that, King Riku walked out of the bedchamber and found Jia, the deputy commander of the Vanguard Battalion.

"Master City Lord, is there something you need to instruct me on, coming out so late?"

Jia said respectfully upon seeing King Riku.

"Jia, gather the troops immediately!"

King Riku said solemnly.

"Ah?"

Jia opened his mouth wide in surprise! He did not understand why King Riku would suddenly gather troops at such a time. Could it be that a war had broken out?

However, King Riku was his superior, so he could only follow the order.

Half an hour later, the elites of the Vanguard Battalion had all arrived at the command post.

"City Lord, is there something important you need us for?"

Deputy Commander Jia asked respectfully.

King Riku nodded and then told everyone about Doflamingo's attack on him today.

"What?"

After hearing this, everyone was extremely surprised.

"City Lord! Let's just pick up our weapons and fight these guys!"

"That's right! City Lord! Although they are powerful, there is no such thing as defending against thieves for a thousand days! And this time they actually dared to rob you, City Lord. It's simply audacious! I suggest we must resist!"

"Resist!"

"Resist!"

"Resist!"

The soldiers of the Vanguard Battalion responded one after another!

These soldiers were the powerful armed force trained by King Riku, and they were usually under his command... They were loyal to King Riku!

King Riku took a deep breath: "No! The people of our Desa City cannot withstand a single massacre, so I have to ask you all to raise the money. If we can collect everyone's money, plus some of my private savings, we should be able to gather this one hundred million taels of gold!"

"What?"

Upon hearing this news, the other generals exclaimed in shock.

This was the foundation of a city; were they really going to hand it over to Doflamingo?

"City Lord, are you sure this will work? What if we hand over all the money to Doflamingo and he still occupies our Desa City?"

"That's right!"

Everyone discussed it heatedly.

King Riku also fell into silence, his expression shifting.

"Everyone, this is just a delaying tactic!"

King Riku clenched his fists: "The people of the Doflamingo family will definitely be watching us from the shadows. We are doing this just to show them. During this time, we will secretly transfer the people to other cities to hide, and we can return after the storm passes."

Hearing this, the other generals nodded one after another, agreeing with King Riku's view!

This was the only way to think about it now!

"Since that's the case, City Lord, hurry and mobilize the manpower! I'm afraid that delay will lead to changes!"

After everyone spoke, they dispersed.

King Riku's expression was very grave; he did not know if he could successfully transfer all the people.