On the other side, the Straw Hat crew had also arrived at the palace.
By this time, it was almost dawn, and the rebel army gathered their forces and began to advance towards the Alabasta palace.
A full 700,000 troops, riding camels, roared and surged towards the palace, dust flying all around, and shouts of battle shaking the sky.
Seeing this scene, Vivi's eyes showed a hint of shock, and she was about to run up to stop the rebel army.
However, Vivi hadn't run two steps before Raynor grabbed her arm.
Vivi turned her head and glared at Raynor.
"Hey, what are you doing? Let go of me!"
"I have to stop Koza, otherwise, Alabasta will be covered in blood."
As she spoke, Vivi tried to break free, but Raynor's face darkened.
"No one can hear the wailing of ants. In front of tens of thousands of troops, you are not even an ant."
Hearing this, Vivi gritted her teeth.
But she couldn't say anything to refute it.
Because that was the truth.
But the next second, Raynor simply took Vivi into his arms.
Seeing this scene, the Straw Hat crew were dumbfounded, especially Sanji, who was jumping up and down in a hurry.
"Hey, Raynor, don't take the chance to take advantage of Vivi, or I'm not done with you."
Raynor ignored Sanji and said, word by word:
"Leave the rest to me. I won't let a drop of blood stain the Alabasta palace."
Hearing this, Vivi's eyes trembled.
Such a ridiculous oath now sounded so practical to her ears.
Along the way, she had seen Raynor's power, and she was willing to believe that Raynor could really do it.
Seeing that Vivi was no longer speaking or struggling, Raynor pushed Vivi away and walked towards the palace.
Then he said:
"Do what you need to do, and we'll meet inside the palace."
After speaking, Raynor didn't wait for their reply, and silently said in his heart:
"System, extract the Rabbit Talisman."
As soon as he finished speaking, a hexagonal stone appeared in Raynor's hand. Raynor then activated the ability of the Rabbit Talisman, and his body quickly disappeared from the spot.
When he reappeared, he was already behind the Alabasta palace.
Raynor hid behind a pillar and looked forward. At this moment, he saw three people walking in from the back door.
It was Nico Robin, Crocodile, and the captured Cobra.
Seeing this, Raynor revealed a sly smile, and then took out the Den Den Mushi he had drawn before, and placed it there.
The Den Den Mushi's eyes were facing Crocodile.
Then Raynor activated the ability of the Rabbit Talisman again, and then arrived outside the palace.
He found a relatively flat wall and put down the other Den Den Mushi.
The two Den Den Mushi quickly connected, and then the other Den Den Mushi began to record.
This Den Den Mushi was responsible for playing it back, and instantly a large screen appeared on the front wall of the palace.
At this time, 700,000 rebel soldiers were already approaching the city.
The royal army was also ready to fight.
But this sudden image made the 700,000 rebel soldiers stunned.
The content shown in the image shocked them.
At this moment, Cobra was nailed to the wall by Crocodile with nails.
He was covered in blood and looked very miserable.
Seeing this, Koza's eyes began to shake, and he immediately ordered the 700,000 rebel soldiers behind him to stop.
"Hey, everyone, wait a minute, something is wrong."
After speaking, Koza and the 400,000 rebel soldiers stared at what was happening in the image.
At this moment, Raynor turned the loudspeaker to the maximum, and then flashed back to the back of the palace.
At this time, Crocodile, who didn't know anything, let out an evil laugh.
Then he looked at Cobra and said:
"You can stay here and enjoy the bloody battle between the royal army and the rebel army."
"But it's a pity that you won't be able to see it, but just listening should be okay, right? This will be the most beautiful music in the world."
Hearing this, Cobra's eyes trembled, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"Hey, Crocodile, what is your purpose? You can come at me, please don't hurt my people!"
Hearing this, Crocodile's mouth curved up, revealing a sly smile:
"You treat them as your people, but they don't treat you as their king."
"I just stirred up a little discord, and those people couldn't wait to take your head. Are you still treating such foolish people as your people?"
Hearing this, Cobra's face became serious, and he said, word by word:
"The core of a country is its people. If the people want to rebel against me, the king, then there must be something I'm not doing well."
"As long as the people are still here, Alabasta will not perish!"
Hearing this, Crocodile's smile gradually disappeared, and he grabbed Cobra's throat.
"I didn't expect you to be so eloquent, even though you look honest. But it's all too late."
"I might as well tell you another secret. In fact, the years of drought in Alabasta were not caused by natural climate at all, but by me, who stole Alabasta's rainwater!"
"Making this country a natural wasteland!"
As soon as these words came out, Cobra's pupils shrank, he gritted his teeth, and his body trembled violently.
Despite being strangled, he still let out a final roar.
"Crocodile, why, why are you doing this? What did the people of Alabasta ever do to offend you!"
Hearing this, Crocodile laughed again.
"You say what did they do to offend me? Yeah, what did they do to offend me? If I had to find a reason, it's that they are too weak."
"Like ants, tens of thousands of them can die and no one would care."
As soon as these words came out, the 700,000 rebel soldiers outside the palace exploded.
They felt fear, sadness, and anger in their hearts!
They never expected that the kingdom hero they admired was actually a thief who stole the country!
They even thought about promoting Crocodile as the new king after taking Alabasta. Thinking about it now, how ridiculous they were.
"Hey, are you kidding me? Crocodile, why would he want to take Alabasta!"
"Damn it, aren't the Seven Warlords of the Sea under the control of the World Government? Why would the World Government allow him to do such a thing!"
"What have we been doing all these years? Damn it!"
The rebels felt regret in their hearts, and the royal army was even more angry.
Some of them quickly surged towards the back of the palace, vowing to fight Crocodile to the death.
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