thefictionvixens Chapter 74 Hunting Sea Kings
Chapter 74 Hunting Sea Kings
"Eileen? What a nice name!"
Kaido smiled gently and said, "Regarding the surname, would you like to inherit your Figarand?"
Selene shook her head slightly.
"No need. Since you don't have a surname, she doesn't need to inherit it. You can add it to her name after you give yourself a surname."
Kaido lovingly stroked Selene's face, then stood up and gently kissed her forehead.
"You've worked hard, get some rest."
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Irene's birth was a shot in the arm for the entire Beasts Pirates.
Having a successor is more important than anything else!
Although she was a girl, inheritance rights in this world don't really care about gender.
Even among the various affiliated kingdoms, the number of queens is not small.
What's more, Charlotte Linlin's belly is quite big.
Whether she gives birth to a boy or a girl is still unknown.
After more than half a year, the residents of the Dragon Kingdom had completely accepted Kaido's rule.
Although the ruling class consists of pirates, the Dragon Kingdom is still a member state of the World Government.
Although other pirates are often captured and brought back to help them clear land and farm, and it is said that they will become new citizens in the future, under the oppressive rule of the Beast Pirates, very few of them actually cause trouble or sabotage.
Although the land in the country theoretically belongs to Kaido and no one can buy or sell it, the land allocated to each person is enough to support themselves and even their families.
Ordinary people don't ask for much.
Having enough to eat and wear, and a warm bed with a wife and children—this is basically the ideal life pursued by the vast majority of people at the bottom of society.
Now, Kaido has successfully fulfilled the life ideals of the vast majority of them.
The morale of the people throughout the Dragon Kingdom gradually began to rise imperceptibly.
Among them, especially those serfs and slaves who were oppressed by the old nobles, are now almost religiously loyal to Kaido, with almost all of them having a loyalty level of over 90%.
"The number of people enthusiastically signing up for military service has been steadily increasing recently, and a rough estimate suggests it has already exceeded 5..."
Yubel, holding the documents in his hands, reported to Kaido.
After six months of training, he has reached a level where he can work independently.
His domestic affairs ability has successfully exceeded 95, and he is gradually taking over Sunny's overall management responsibilities.
In other words, he was really going to rise from a nobody, barely better off than a slave, to the position of prime minister!
As a result, Yubel's loyalty level successfully broke through the 90 mark, and he began to regard the Dragon Kingdom as his new homeland!
On the throne, Kaido listened to Yubel's report and pondered, "Let's begin expanding our army!"
“Now, managing an army of 1 is already proving difficult.”
"The army has been officially expanded to 10 personnel!!"
"Ten...one hundred thousand?!"
Yubel was horrified.
"Expanding the army tenfold at once?!"
"Isn't this too much?!"
"Regarding national finances..."
In the past six months, the Dragon Kingdom has been dividing up land internally and continuously cracking down on major pirate groups in the West Blue, while also conscripting men.
The foreign trade of the two cities of Batam and Hilo was also not neglected.
Because the Dragon Kingdom has become the headquarters of the Beast Pirates and an absolute no-go zone for other pirates, the trade volume of these two cities has become even more prosperous than before.
It was thanks to the tax revenue from these two cities that the Dragon Kingdom was able to thrive for the first seven or eight months after its founding, coupled with the continuous supply of grain from the Flower Kingdom.
Now, Kaido is going to expand his army tenfold, which is not just expanding from 1000 to 1!
Instead, it expanded from 1 to 10!
Moreover, by Kaido's standards, these 10 people are all unproductive!
Even if they were allocated more land, it would mainly be their family members who cultivated it, or they would be directly assigned to labor camp prisoners to help them cultivate it.
With 10 professional soldiers, plus the Beast Pirates, which have now gradually expanded to 3000 people, the Dragon Kingdom's current finances simply cannot afford to support so many people!
Yubel voiced his concerns.
"Your Majesty Kaido, please at least wait until after the autumn harvest!!"
"After the autumn harvest, the grain will be collected!"
"The funds we originally used to purchase food from the Flower Kingdom can now be used to expand our army!"
"I've done the calculations, and after the autumn harvest, we can expand our army by a full 3! The total national military strength can then reach 4 standing troops!"
"That's quite a lot!!"
Upon hearing this, Kaido stroked his chin.
"Has our country become so rich?"
Yubel said irritably:
"This is also thanks to you. When we conquered the Kingdom of Bessel, we did not cause widespread destruction."
"Many existing buildings and facilities can be reused with only minor repairs, which is why the country can be revived so quickly."
"Uro ro ro ro..."
Kaido chuckled. "In that case, let's just make it live even faster!"
After saying that, Kaido walked to the villa's balcony, jumped down, and transformed into a blue dragon, soaring into the sky.
"Yubel! You should first prepare the groundwork for expanding the army by 10 men!"
"One month later!"
"I'll give you a financial miracle in return!!"
The azure dragon soared away into the distance.
Yubel ran quickly to the balcony, stared intently into the distance, a hint of worry on his face.
"Could it be... that His Majesty Kaido is planning to raid another country?"
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Meanwhile, after Kaido took off from the Land of Dragons, he headed towards the Calm Belt.
He certainly didn't want to destroy the country.
According to the agreement he made with the World Government, he is now untouchable by any member state.
Rather than member states.
Don't be fooled by the impressive appearances of countries like Wano Country and Elbaf; aside from these exceptional cases, they are all incredibly poor.
If they weren't so poor they couldn't afford to eat, who wouldn't want to be a member state of the world government?!
Therefore, the benefits of conquering a country now are actually not high.
Not only will you not get much money, but you'll also risk ruining your reputation.
Flying all the way to the Calm Belt, Kaido did not hesitate and plunged headfirst into the sea.
The long, slender dragon body meandered and swam in the sea, as if it were returning home.
The dragon wings on its back naturally retracted into its shoulder blades.
At the same time, thin membranes resembling fish fins naturally began to grow on the dragon's claws and arms, making it easier for him to move in the water.
Kaido dived deep into the sea and soon found his target: a colossal sea king with a body length exceeding 3000 meters!
Of course, at the same time that Kaido discovered it, it also discovered Kaido.
The lizard-like, colossal sea king's eyes flashed with ferocity, and almost without hesitation, it opened its blood-red maw directly at Kaido.
"Heh heh heh, you started it! Don't blame me!!"
With a soft laugh, the Azure Dragon's 1000-meter body rapidly expanded, quickly growing to 5000 meters.
The lizard sea king was immediately taken aback.
But by then it was too late to run.
Kaido swiftly swam forward, his long, dragon-like body coiling tightly around the lizard-like sea king, much like a python hunting its prey.
The lizard-like sea king tried to struggle, but once the python's constriction is formed, not every creature can break free.
A fierce glint flashed in Kaido's eyes, and without hesitation, he opened his mouth and bit down on the lizard sea king's neck.
Instantly, large amounts of life force began to surge into Kaido's body.