One Piece: Lord of Disaster.

Chapter 362 A World Where Hope Has Vanished! Space Pirates!
The New World, in a city of natural disasters high in the sky.

The monsters of the pirate alliance were pointing and gesturing at a huge world map.

They are dividing up territory.

Now that the whole world is nominally under Roya's control, it's finally time to divide up the territory.

There are six sea areas in this world. If we just divide them up to the Flying Pirates, the Beasts Pirates, and the Charlotte Family, it would be too easy. Each family would have one sea area to spare.

The problem is that Roya's men also want to join this feast.

Teach and Loki were the most mischievous, while Doflamingo, Bege, and others, though aware that they were not worthy of being on equal footing with these monsters, made no secret of their desire to acquire territory.

In addition, Charlotte Linlin also refused to share a territory with Katakuri.

She's planning to create a new Charlotte family.

Because of her pure gold, she basically maintains the physical condition of someone in their forties, and having another batch of children would be no problem at all. You should know that in the original work, Charlotte Linlin's youngest child was born when she was sixty years old!
Moreover, there is another crucial issue: although the world is naturally divided into six seas by the Red Line and the Calm Belt, which seems easy to divide, the Grand Line is much narrower than the four seas.

Although everyone had been active in the Grand Line before this, and the whole world called the Grand Line the greatest sea area.

However, when it came time to divide the territory, all that remained for Paradise and New World was disdain.

Everyone was arguing like old men and women shopping at a market, staring at the world map.

Roya didn't seem to care much about this. He simply sat leisurely on the throne, with Hancock on his right and Robin on his left, whispering to the two beauties.

"But, Roya,"

Robin whispered worriedly in Roja's ear, "Although I find it hard to imagine that they would betray you one day, is it really okay to just divide up the whole world like this?"

"Really,"

Roya chuckled and pinched Robin's remarkably prominent nose. "Are you trying to sow discord, Robin?"

"I'm just curious."

Robin raised her hand and casually pushed Roya away.

This was no simple action. At least among all the women around Roja, apart from Robin and Hancock, no one else dared to refuse any casual gesture from Roja.

"Well, I've already said I'm not interested in ruling,"

Roya casually said, "If it weren't for Im's terrible performance, I wouldn't even bother competing with him for this world."

"Was it really because it was so badly done?"

Hancock quipped, "Is it because there are still happy countries in a world ruled by the World Government?"

"Right!"

Roya looked indignant. "Im is terrible because he's not a good person, but he can't even be a good bad person."

"Who could be as bad as you?"

Hancock poked Roya's face with her finger.

Without each other noticing, the two seemed to have gotten used to all sorts of intimate interactions.

It's not just the simple physical intimacy of the past, but a deeper, more heartfelt exchange.

"I'm just a foodie who simply craves delicious food."

Luo Ya felt he had been slandered and said with some emotion, "My childhood dream was to turn this world into a world of delicious food."

I vaguely remember that when the captain heard about his dream back then, he laughed so hard he almost fell over.

"You're really a glutton."

Hancock rolled her eyes dramatically.

"There's nothing I can do,"

"People often assume that as their status, power, and wealth increase, they will live a more comfortable life than before," Roya sighed.

"But in reality, at least in this world, everything that people can enjoy is limited."

"Once power, strength, and wealth reach a certain level, no matter how much they are improved, the things one can enjoy will not become of a higher quality."

"It's like,"

Roya pinched Hancock's chin. "I already have the most beautiful woman in the world. After that, no matter how powerful I become, there will never be a more beautiful woman."

"Of course, I'm the most beautiful!"

Hancock's cheeks were slightly flushed, but her expression remained radiant.

"Yes, it's so captivating."

Roya couldn't resist giving the woman a light kiss on her red lips.

It has to be said that he was indeed somewhat addicted to it.

"I see,"

Robin nodded in realization. "The pleasures that come with power and wealth are limited. They are no longer a novelty to you, so you don't care. But your evolution is limitless."

"Yes."

Luo Ya chuckled softly, "That's why I said this world is too narrow. No matter how much it's exploited, this world can no longer allow me to undergo another evolution."

"So sooner or later, we will go into the universe to explore a wider world."

"The universe?"

Robin was slightly startled, then happily hugged Roya's arm. "If you leave this world, will the people living on this planet finally be able to usher in the dawn?"

"Wow, really, they're not even bothering to hide their intentions anymore?"

Luo Ya said with a hint of amusement.

Robin simply gazed into the boy's eyes and said earnestly, "If we choose to hide ourselves, then it's not truly loving you wholeheartedly, is it?"

Luo Ya simply smiled and pulled the woman into his arms, nuzzling his forehead with his chin.

I know this woman wants to save the world and prevent me from bringing further disaster to humanity.

But knowing is one thing.

Two such beautiful women openly revealed their feelings to him, painstakingly trying to understand his preferences, and enveloping him in the most intense love—

Luo Ya is human too. Although she's a bit mischievous, it's really hard not to be attracted to them.

After all, humans are creatures that judge by appearances, and Robin and Hancock are just too good-looking.

Robin quietly pressed her face against Roya's chest, listening to the pounding of his heart.

She was getting to know Roya better and better.

To be honest, in his daily life, Roya is not a particularly vicious person.

At least he usually gets along well with his uncles, aunts, and older brothers, joking and playing around, and even occasionally showing the temperament of a young man.

His terror stems primarily from two reasons.

First, it's because they don't care.

He didn't consider most people in the world to be human, and he didn't care how many died.

Second, is evolution.

Evolution—that's probably the thing Roya is most obsessed with in this world. Anyone who stands in his way will be eliminated without hesitation.

Because he doesn't care, and because human suffering is the fuel for his evolution, Roya reveals his malice to the world without reservation.

Perhaps because she had been telling herself that she must love Roja unconditionally, Robin even felt a little heartache when she realized this.

Roya, isn't he being completely driven by his own abilities?

Fortunately, besides evolution, which is the ultimate goal, Roya is not without other hobbies; at least he is quite lecherous.

Roya glanced down at him and knew what Robin was brooding over.

He could only laugh at this.

Robin, I think you don't understand at all.

For us male protagonists in this kind of online novel, the main storyline is all about leveling up and collecting girls!

In the City of Calamity, while monsters fiercely argue over dividing the world, the half of the world that has just been conquered is finally beginning to face hardship. East Sea, Goa Kingdom.

Not far from the port that had been completely destroyed in the sea king's rampage, on a makeshift dock, ships set sail.

This is a large fleet, and more importantly, every ship is a warship.

But at this moment, pirate flags were flying from the masts of these warships!
Although in the other half of the world on the Red Line, all ships must fly pirate flags, this rule has clearly not yet been passed down to the East Blue.

So why do these warships fly pirate flags?
The reason is actually very simple.

"This country is finished!!"

In the center of the fleet, on the deck of the largest, best-equipped, and most luxuriously decorated ship, a man dressed in fine clothes, with thick lips and a brown mushroom-shaped haircut, was giving a passionate speech.

"Lord Roya's heavy taxes will completely crush this country! Just like those countries in the Western and Northern Seas!"

"If we stay in the Kingdom of Goa, we will only face death!"

"So we have to set sail! Becoming pirates is our only way out! On that vast ocean beyond the Red Line, pirates are the only people who are not bound by any rules!"

A group of well-dressed nobles were gathered on the deck of the large ship.

Among them, the person surrounded by everyone in the middle wore a crown and had white hair and beard. The king of this country stroked his beard and looked at the mushroom-headed man with satisfaction.

He turned to a nobleman beside him and said, “Otruk, you have raised a fine child. If it weren’t for him, we might still be waiting to die on the island.”

"You're too kind, Your Majesty,"

Otruk quickly bowed his head respectfully and said, "Sterley only made a preliminary suggestion. Without your wise leadership, everything would have been in vain."

"Ha ha ha ha."

The old king laughed heartily, "But I never imagined that one day I would actually go to sea and become a pirate!"

"Your Majesty's words..."

A mushroom-headed man named Sterry approached, extremely respectful, "Even if you become a pirate, you'll definitely be the king of pirates!"

"Hahahahaha!"

The old king was immediately flattered and beamed with joy.

The atmosphere on the deck was also joyful.

In short, in order to protect themselves, the nobles of this country hurriedly set sail with a large amount of treasure.

At this point, they did not realize that pirates simply faced fewer restrictions, and no one had ever said that becoming a pirate meant safety.

These nobles of the Kingdom of Goa were not the only ones who shared the same idea.

In Loguetown.

"Hahaha! Hand over all the treasure!!"

A group of sleazy thugs brandished their weapons and looted wantonly in a block of Loguetown.

"Jack! What are you doing?!"

An elderly man, who had been mercilessly slashed to the ground, screamed in terror. He looked at the man in the lead with disbelief. "You were born and raised in this neighborhood, why would you do such a thing!"

"Of course it's because I'm getting ready to set sail, you old man!"

Jack, a petty thug himself, kicked the old man away without a second thought.

"Hahahaha! The era of pirates is about to begin! Who wants to stay on this island and wait to die?!"

"Once I've built a powerful pirate crew, I'll join the Catastrophe Company! At that point, the whole world will be mine to roam!"

Amidst the maniacal laughter, people scattered with screams.

"Where's the navy! Why isn't the navy here yet!"

"Where are the Marines now?! They've either all been killed by that giant, or they've become soldiers under the Catastrophe Company! No one will protect us anymore!!"

"Help me!!"

Despair is spreading.

In fact, not only in the East Blue, but also in the South Blue, in Paradise, and on this half of the world on the Red Line, large numbers of people flocked to the sea, hoisted pirate flags, and became new pirates!

After all, everyone knows that Roya is only somewhat lenient towards pirates.

While many of them were forced into this situation and simply wanted to preserve themselves, there were also quite a few mad, ambitious individuals.

After openly conquering half of the world, the Disaster Corporation has begun its operations again.

Cocoa West Village.

The villagers were all gathered together and formed a long queue.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak, one by one. Lord Roya's only requirement for you is to pay taxes,"

The laughter was unusually strange. A man wearing a long trench coat, a hood, and with three whiskers on each cheek, looking like a rat, grinned and spoke.

"Anyone who doesn't pay taxes will face certain death!"

Behind him stood a group of heavily armed navy soldiers, their cold gun barrels pointed at the angry but silent civilians.

In the queue, Nami gritted her teeth.

The Navy has now become an accomplice of that Roya guy!
Moreover, such taxes—

Just one payment and our family is almost starving!

What about next time?

What should I do if I can't pay my taxes next time?
Everyone knows that paying taxes is just a slow death.

But no one dared to resist.

This group of corrupt navy men alone is already a force that the villagers can hardly contend with.

Not to mention the companies behind these scoundrels that are plagued by natural disasters.

Everyone had no choice but to obediently pay the money.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak."

The former naval branch colonel, who looked like a rat and was also nicknamed "Rat Colonel," chuckled strangely.

Although the tax base issued by the higher authorities was already quite high, he still added a little extra to it.

Being a pirate is so much more fun than being a marine!
"Ok?"

Colonel Mouse suddenly paused, noticing the two sisters who stood out from the crowd.

"Oh!!"

The man, who looked like a sleazy rat, suddenly brightened up.

It is said that the great Lord Roya was very fond of beautiful girls!

In any case, in this half of the world, the Disaster Corporation has also started collecting taxes.

Everyone knows that this half of the world is also gradually heading towards collapse.

But no one could stop it.

Because it seems like there is no hope left in this world.

And at the same time.

A city plagued by natural disasters.

Gaji suddenly received a communication.

"Lord Judge! We've been attacked! It's a group of pirates!"

A somewhat dull voice came from the other end of the specially made communicator.

"Attack?"

Judge was genuinely taken aback and subconsciously glanced at the communicator in his hand.

"You mean, the base on the moon was attacked? By space pirates?"

(End of this chapter)