I can only achieve nothing and become the Pirate King.

Chapter 374: Wall of Fat, the Man-Eating King

Lily's words made the guy who looked like a chef and a doctor pause for a moment. He glanced at the scattered trap parts beside the broken hole and sneered:

"That natural disaster will be solved. Do you think our king is just a decoration? Also, do you think I only rely on traps to win? Let me show you."

He drew out the extremely long chef's knife from his waist and pointed it at Lily, "Chef of Yunshan Kingdom, the power of Herod!"

"Swordsman?"

Lily looked him up and down. "You don't look very strong. You lack the aura that is unique to a swordsman."

A strong observation Haki and a powerful swordsman can both sense the aura of a famous sword and a good swordsman, but no matter which one it is, Lily didn't think that this man named Herod was that powerful.

"I'm the head chef!"

Herod called out, tightening his grip on the chef's knife and slicing straight down at Lily.

There was no power or skill in the blade's chopped movement; it was just a simple vertical cut. The only thing worth mentioning was that it was fast.

Lily was about to draw her sword to block, but when the blade just touched the chef's knife, she saw a strange smile on Herod's lips.

It was like some conspiracy had succeeded, or like something exciting had been foreseen.

At that moment, a red dot flashed in Lily's pupils, and the blade that collided with the chef's knife was stained with a layer of black.

when!
The two-finger-wide rapier collided with the chef's knife, making a crisp sound.

"How can it be!"

Herod screamed, but his reaction was not slow. After missing the first strike, the blade slid along the rapier and slashed diagonally towards Lily's shoulder.

laugh!
The knife hit an illusory afterimage, and the blade followed the afterimage, smoothly cutting through the white stone bricks under his feet, leaving a large gash.

Lily appeared on the other side, frowning slightly.

At that moment just now, she felt something was wrong and used her domineering power in time.

She glanced at the smooth cut on the ground and asked, "A person with special abilities?"

"Yes, I am the 'anatomist' who ate the 'anatomist fruit'. As the head chef, I can cut those hard bones and thick flesh smoothly."

"So far, no matter whether it is hard stone or fine iron sword, it cannot stop my ability!"

Herod held the chef's knife in both hands and said sinisterly, "That sword seems quite good. I will study it carefully after you die."

"I see, don't you understand domineering?"

Lily nodded. "As a swordsman, even if you don't know Haki, you should be able to feel the strength of power and aura."

"I've already told you that I'm not a swordsman, I'm the head chef!"

Herod raised his knife high and moved forward quickly. Just as he was about to chop down with the knife, his eyes blurred and a cold light flashed across his neck like thunder.

The action of raising the blade remained in stalemate for a moment, and then he turned his head, looked at Lily who had her back to him, grinned, turned around and chopped down.

"it's useless."

The roar was full of energy and suddenly weakened until the last word, as if it was cut off. As the sound dissipated, the head rolled down from the neck.

Lily made a sword flower and put Bai Lei into the scabbard.

Click.

With the sound of the sword being sheathed, the head fell to the ground, taking with it the entire headless body.

Lily turned around, not even looking at the dead man, and walked towards the hole. She paused until she reached the hole and said:

"Compared to being a swordsman, you're even worse as a cook. Any chef on our ship is better than a guy like you who has no smell at all."

How can someone who cooks often not have odor?

Each of the chefs in the Calamity Pirates had the aftertaste of long-term experience in handling ingredients and dishes, and even Marika was no exception.

However, the scent on Marika is more like that of spices, not very strong, but very pleasant.

I don't know if it's because of his superb cooking skills or because of the return of life.
"king?"

Lily walked out of the cave, looked at the extremely long corridor in front of her, and shook her head: "No matter what kind of king, he can never be a match for Sager."

It is undeniable that there are still many strong people on the sea, but there is a limit to how strong one can be.

Just like Kaido is recognized as the strongest in sea, land and air combat, now Sarge has also touched that line.

If there was someone who could become Sag's rival, then the Yunshan Kingdom would not be so unknown. It should be as well-known in the world as the Flower Kingdom.

"Just a chef?"

Lily reached out and rubbed the wall with her index finger again. Looking at the glittering light on her finger, she frowned and asked, "Oil?"

……

It was white and glowing, the fluorite was glowing on the white wall.

Even Sag's hair had an extra layer of reflected light on the glowing white wall.

Nothing else.

"What the hell are you doing? Is this still the palace?"

Sager rolled his eyes and cursed.

As far as the eye can see, there is nothing golden, no jewelry, no statues, no weapons, and no other castle or palace equipment. There is nothing except the white, glowing walls.

White, white, and white!

The place where he was now was an unusually empty inner hall. There was nothing but passages and walls in front, behind, left and right.

I had been thinking of wandering around looking for some treasure or something. After all, he was a pirate, and treasure hunting was also a pirate's job.

As a result, Sager has lost all interest now.

Which royal palace is like this?

The poorest palace that Sag had ever encountered was the palace in Alabasta, but even so, they just didn't have money, they still had everything they needed.

I originally thought that since I had spent so much effort collecting taxes and the people under my rule were almost starving to death, I should have money anyway.

As a result, Sager realized that he had encountered a new historical low in the palace.

"You are so poor, why are you still hollowing out the mountain? You might as well just build an open-air park in the center of the capital."

"It wasn't like this before. When the old king was on the throne, this place was still very rich. King Ferngard sold everything."

As soon as Sager finished speaking, someone immediately responded with a voice that echoed in this empty space.

He glanced back and saw a middle-aged man in a white coat and chef's apron walking out from another passage behind him.

This man had an untidy beard, unkempt hair, and dirt all over it. There were also pigments of different sizes on his clothes. He looked even more homeless than Kuzan. "Hello."

He bowed his head slightly and performed a salute that seemed to be a local custom.

"My name is Grace and I'm a flame chef!"

"Oh? One of my subordinates has been talking about you a lot along the way. Now that you appear in the palace, does that mean you have joined here just as he said?" asked Sag.

"No, no, I came in secretly because the king didn't allow me to enter. I had no choice but to do this. I had already drilled a hole in the ground before, and was ready to find a chance to beg the king."

"It's just that the guards are too tight. In addition to the sentry post below, there are Gornir guarding the hall, and Herod on both sides of the passage. They are responsible for protecting the king. But when you came, they couldn't take care of me, so I found a chance to come here."

Grace said with excitement in her eyes:
"I have discovered another method. This time, I can definitely create a new flame that will not harm people. It is a real, usable flame!"

He danced with his hands and said, "This flame does not conflict with the flame the king desires. He will definitely agree. As long as we have flames to cook with, we can all have enough food!"

"What are you going to do?" Sager asked with interest.

"Look, this is my invention!"

Grace took out a transparent jar, and the contents looked like liquid, but also a bit like gas.

"I call this a fire pot. It's small, and it will explode if there is a violent collision in a sealed place. The gas brought out by the explosion can burn, and it can start a fire!"

Sarge raised his eyebrows, "So the explosion I saw before was caused by this?"

"No, it's me."

Grace scratched her head apologetically. "I just wanted to bring about the flame. I thought I would succeed, but I failed. But it was also due to these continuous failures that I finally found this method after debugging!"

"Since this thing emits toxic gas and cannot be used directly, then we can just blow up the mountain!"

Grace smiled and said, "According to my calculations, as long as we blow this place up, we can create a volcanic eruption-like scene, triggering the volcano inside the island. After a short period of eruption, it will cause some landforms to change."

"Although it's not flint, there will definitely be those slabs of rock that are hot enough to boil and roast, but that's not fire, and I won't disobey the king's order!"

"As long as it explodes, this country will be saved!"

"..."

Sager was stunned for a moment, looking at Grace as if she were mentally retarded. He pointed at the ground and asked, "Where is this?"

"The royal palace."

"Where was the palace built?"

"The palace of our Yunshan Kingdom is embedded in the mountain. It is a very representative kingdom. Before the old king died, this was still a tourist area. We can open part of it to tourists."

"Well, what are you going to do?"

“Blow up the mountain.”

"That's the problem."

Sager laughed and said, “You have a talent for being a clown, hahahaha!”

Grace was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was going to do and smiled bitterly.

"Besides, if you do this, you won't please either side. You must have been disliked by the people of this country."

"It's ok."

Grace bared his teeth, revealing a bright smile that was completely different from his decadent attire. "Since you already hate it, then just keep hating it. I'm not the kind of person who pursues that kind of thing."

Boom!
Just as he finished speaking, a muffled sound was heard from the wall in front of him.

"Food! The food isn't ready yet!"

An unusually heavy voice was heard from within the wall.

Yes, heavy.

This word shouldn't be used to describe the sound, but Sager still feels that way.

He let out a light exclamation, a red dot flashed in his pupils, and his observation Haki extended over, revealing a hint of surprise.

Tap tap tap.
Footsteps could be heard from behind. They were chefs pushing huge food carts one after another. They came out from the small passages on both sides of the front wall and pushed the carts straight into the wall.

As if being absorbed, the food cart entered the glowing wall, and was spit out after a while, but all the food on the food cart disappeared, as if it had never appeared.

The chefs didn't breathe a sigh of relief until all the food on the dining cars was sucked in and then spit out.

"Hey, you guys."

One of the chefs just noticed Sag and Grace and was about to speak, but the huge white glowing wall began to vibrate again.

"Not enough! Not enough at all! There is very good meat. I can smell it. It is fresh, healthy, and top-grade meat! Top-quality food, food that is more advanced than any other ingredient!"

The heavy sound caused the "wall" to shake, like sticky water, flowing down all at once, rushing forward and stopping in front of Sager.

"Oh! That's the taste, that's it!"

The flowing white substance with a hint of yellow was exactly the same color as the real wall, but the substance began to change into another shape, and right in front of Sage, a huge human face emerged.

It was like an exaggerated human face that was drooping due to being squeezed by fat. At this moment, he was sniffing his nose. His eyes, which were squeezed by the fat and could not be seen clearly whether they were open or closed, made Grace next to him feel that he was sending out a signal of greed and desire, and she could not help but take a few steps back.

The fat face showed an extremely intoxicated look, "Firm meat, delicious meat, this is the best meat! I want to eat this!"

Sag saw clearly that it was not a wall at all, but a mass of flowing fat.

The light emitted by the wall we encountered was not some special lighting device.

It's just a simple layer of fat and oil on top.

It is really.
"Disgusting. Hey, um, Grace, right? Is this your king?" Sag asked sideways.

Grace swallowed hard, "I don't know. The last time I came here, I was blocked from entering. Although King Ferngard has always been fat, he hasn't become like this."

This is no longer considered a human being.
But even though that face was deformed by fat accumulation, he could still recognize it.

This does resemble the facial features of Ferngard back then.

"I want to eat this! I want to eat this!" Ferngard opened his mouth and roared, making an extremely heavy sound, as if his vocal cords were infinitely squeezed, and the sound came out from a tiny gap and became a line, and then it became heavy as thunder.

"Your Majesty! That's a human!"

The chef next to him reminded: "That is not edible! Please wait a moment, we will prepare new top-quality dishes for you!"

"Nothing fancy! I'm tired of all that stuff! Now I want this!"

Ferngard's eyelids were blown open, creating waves and revealing a pair of huge eyeballs that seemed to have no eyelids, filled with devouring desire.

With his mouth opened, a lot of saliva flowed from his mouth at this moment, "This kind of meat is delicious even when eaten raw!"

(End of this chapter)