Arceus’ Pirate Journey - Chapter 1504

Chapter 1482 26: One Man Makes an Army

“Esdeath, I’m really curious about what exactly did my bastard dad teach you?”

“Well, fight, become stronger, and…”

“Okay, you don’t have to say it anymore. I roughly know what he is talking about. He really sticks to his original intention.”

Esdeath and Yamato have many similarities. If Yamato’s intelligence is special attack against Kaido, then Esdeath’s is combat special attack.

On the battlefield, she is a natural commander and a general who leads her troops into battle fearlessly.

But in her daily life, she behaves like an innocent little girl, and even appears silly and cute occasionally. You can get a sense of this when she counts on her fingers the things Kaido has taught her.

A strong man on the sea may become discouraged once he loses his goal. Kaido is undoubtedly qualified in this regard. To this day, he is still fighting with his original goal, and even found a more suitable successor, although this successor was sent by Yamato himself.

“So what are you going to do next?”

“Use this place as a base, recruit people, expand to the surrounding areas, and finally overthrow the empire.”

Simple and clear, but lacking in details, it can be said to be an idea made on the spur of the moment. After all, as long as you are strong enough, many things can be omitted.

“I have already inquired along the way. The current empire is very corrupt and unpopular. As long as I can achieve enough results here, I will definitely be able to attract enough resistance forces. Then we can temporarily join forces and further expand our power.”

It wouldn’t take long to simply take down this city, but Esdeath was still gathering intelligence along the way, such as where the city’s granary was and which city could provide support quickly, otherwise she would have demolished this place long ago.

“Hey, you, go inform the other people in the city. I’m going to open the warehouse to distribute supplies later. Everyone can come and get them.”

“Um, sir, the warehouse is empty.”

Esdeath wanted to order a surviving guard to do something. In places where people are living in poverty, opening the granaries and releasing grain can always achieve the goal simply, but she failed at the first step.

“Empty? You are a border city, and the granary is empty?”

“Well, the city lord sold all the food to the northern foreigners in exchange for their promise not to attack this city within six months.”

In half a year, the city lord will be promoted. As long as everything is stable here within these six months, what happens afterwards will have nothing to do with him. He also bribed Ernest with a large sum of money, with the purpose of finding an unlucky person to take over his job.

The city was attacked after he left, but everything was calm when he was there. This would be an achievement to be shared with others, but he met Esdeath.

“Oh, it seems that I underestimated the termites here. They really dare to do anything.”

Esdeath had not expected that even an important border town would encounter such a situation. The reason why the empire has not collapsed until now, except for those officials who are still devoted to the country, is that it relies on its size back then.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even though the once prosperous empire is coming to an end, its powerful military force cannot be shaken by outsiders.

“This country is really weird. It feels just like that idiot Orochi.”

Even if one wants to be corrupt, the prerequisite is that the country’s status must be stable. Yamato can’t think of any reason why a ruler would do everything in his power to harm his own country, except for the purpose of revenge like Orochi.

“This is the result of Ernest’s manipulation of the imperial power, and it is also the primary goal of the revolutionary army. Since you also plan to rebel against the empire, do you want to join the revolutionary army?”

At this time, Najensita walked in from the door and invited Esdeath and Yamato.

“Revolutionary Army? This term sounds familiar. But it’s true. The empire here has become like this. It’s normal for some people to resist.”

Yamato recalled his past experiences. Where there is oppression, there is resistance. There are revolutionary armies in many of the worlds he has visited.

Although their methods may not be correct and their results may not be good, most of them have courage far beyond ordinary people.

After witnessing Esdeath’s power and realizing that she had the intention of rebelling against the empire, Najenda thought of recruiting them.

If such a powerful force joins the revolutionary army, it will undoubtedly be a good thing for the future.

“Join? If you are willing to join my army and obey my orders, then that’s fine. After we conquer this empire, I will give you everything you deserve.”

“Um. I meant to join us.”

“That’s right. I’m the boss. Isn’t that also joining?”

After all, she was taught by Kaido, so Esdeath’s ideas are somewhat different. At least she doesn’t think that members of the Beasts can become subordinates of others.

Najeshitan had thought of all possibilities, but she had never thought that the other party would be the boss, which made her not know what angle to use to speak.

“I think there are some misunderstandings between us. Perhaps we can find a safe place to talk slowly. This city is connected to the Grand Canal. After the Empire’s navy receives the news, they will soon come to support us.”

“Navy? Is there a navy here too? What a nostalgic name.”

“Navy? They should bring a lot of military rations. It would be great if we could persuade them to defect. Even if we can’t, we can still further enhance our prestige.”

Najensitan failed again. Yamato and Esdeath’s focus was completely different from hers. The only thing they had in common was that they didn’t take the navy seriously.

At this time, the revolutionary army was not yet ready to go to war with the empire. Their main area of activity was in the south, and their main activities against the imperial capital and northern border cities were still assassinations.

Seeing that neither of them planned to leave, Najeshitan told them the location of a secret passage in the city so that they could withdraw from the city if they found that they were no match for the enemy alone, and then she could recruit them.

As for why she chose to trust Esdeath and Yamato, it was because Najeshita didn’t think that there was anyone in the current empire who had the courage to use an important border town and Ernest’s relatives as bait.

But the fact is, Najeshitan guessed wrong again. After hearing that the navy troops were coming to support here, Esdeath took the initiative to wait for them at the canal.

“BOSS! There’s something new!”

“What happened? Didn’t they get out in time?”

“No. The Imperial Navy’s support forces were all wiped out, and even the Imperial Equipment Users who were accompanying the troops were captured.

I saw the blue-haired woman transform into an orc, which was even more dramatic than my Lion King’s transformation. Then she froze the entire canal with one move!
The white-haired woman didn’t even make a move. The entire navy was no match for her alone!”

(End of this chapter)