Pirates' Max Level System

Will the moderates arrange for snipers to assassinate Rhodes, or will Rhodes stage the battle himself? This depends on who the winner is.

At this time, in a room on the second floor, Derek, Taotu and Qin Luo chuckled after hearing the noise below.

And why did the bullet Taotu was playing with look so familiar, like...

Chapter 582: Moving Bailey

Naturally, it would not be these pampered family patriarchs who would take action. These people only know a few rudimentary kung fu moves at best. If you expect them to fight, it is better to spare them.

The rules of the banquet are that each person can bring an extra guard to wait indoors, but the guards can only stay in the lounge at the back and are not allowed to enter the actual banquet venue.

Rhode was the only one who openly brought his men into the banquet as "friends".

After Rhodes and Edwin gave the orders, the first to arrive were definitely the guards waiting in the lounge at the back.

None of those who could be hired as personal bodyguards were useless. When these moderates broke in, they had already anticipated that something big was going to happen, and they were all ready to provide support at any time.

The moderates had the upper hand at the door, and men and soldiers kept coming in. For a while, the radicals were forced to retreat step by step.

However, the radicals are not pushovers either. It is not just the moderates who have made arrangements in the villa area.

With the sound of "bang, bang", all the windows on the first floor of the Drake's mansion were smashed. Because the door was occupied by the moderates, the troops under the radicals had to enter the room through the windows.

As the old saying goes, when God closes a door, you quickly smash the window to avoid God closing the window on you.

From the moment the battle began, the tranquility of the villa area could no longer be restored. Countless mercenaries, pirates, bounty hunters and gangsters filed out of each villa.

Because there are so many different forces involved, and they're so scattered, it's hard to tell who's who among these mercenaries, pirates, gang members, and bounty hunters. You can't just beat up anyone you see, and then find out they're hired by the same faction. That would be hilarious.

No one would reveal their faction, so how could anyone be sure that Zhou Weiquan was an ally, not an enemy? Furthermore, these "allies" might stab you in the back the moment you let your guard down. By then, wouldn't it be too late to complain to Death about your credulity?

Therefore, you can often see two groups of people who don’t know each other running calmly on the left and right sides of the same street, and even making a gentleman’s agreement not to attack each other.

This scene will continue until they reach the vicinity of the Drake family mansion.

The hired people don't know who their companions are, but the radical and moderate members who hired them don't know either.

The best way to distinguish between these people's camps is to decide whether to move towards the radicals who occupy the windows or towards the moderates who control the door of the mansion.

At such times, the two teams that part ways will usually politely say "see you later." Of course, if you think that's the end of it, you'd be naive.

The moment they turned around, the two groups turned around at the same time and pointed their weapons at each other.

Hey brother, are you planning a sneak attack?

Hehe, what a coincidence, me too.

This situation is not uncommon. In South Hillraf, a city ruled by merchants, wealth is everything and money can buy most things.

In South Hilllove, the richer you are, the more you can do whatever you want.

For example, the 99 seats in the parliament. Were you elected by the people of South Hill Raff?

You are wrong. These seats were purchased by these members with real money in the form of donations from the management chamber of commerce, and this money will be used as the daily expenses of the chamber of commerce.

Each councillor's position is limited to five years. Barring any significant problems, the position will be re-auctioned after five years. Even the long-established Rhodes and Edwin families cannot avoid this.

If you can't even pay the money and still want to use the power of parliament, the only way is to dream.

So, go to hell with all the gentleman's agreements and moral principles. It's not as practical as taking your head to get money from your employer.

In order to encourage these hired men to work harder, all employment contracts included a clause that the enemy's corpse could be exchanged for a bonus. Therefore, the enemy on the other side was not an enemy at all, but a moving Bailey.

But if you want to use the bodies of civilians and your own people to make up the numbers, these chamber of commerce members are not fools.

The first floor of the Drake family mansion became the largest meat grinder in the entire villa area, and the already small space became the place where the two gangs fought.

The banquet table was turned over to serve as cover. Swords clashed, screams and gunshots were heard. The ground was covered in blood, a thick layer, and the once gorgeous wool carpet looked as if it had been soaked in red dye.

The people outside knew that the fighting inside was very fierce, but they still kept pouring people in. Whichever side failed to fill in the troops first would be defeated.

Besides, the outside is not a good place, and the fighting never stops. Doesn’t killing people outside not count as killing?

Is there a missing force? To be more precise, someone is missing.

This is the Drake family's mansion after all, and old Drake is much more familiar with this place than anyone else.

At the beginning of the battle, his captain of the guards escorted him back to the side of the closet. Old Derek triggered a small mechanism, and a large hole appeared under their feet. With a whoosh, the two figures disappeared, along with the large hole, and the floor returned to its original state.

Old Derek's actions were not unnoticed. Old Derek, who had just been the focus, had been under the constant scrutiny of Rhode and Edwin.

However, none of them intended to stop him. Although Rhode had an old woman with the strength of a lieutenant general, Edwin also had a lieutenant general's guard. As long as he couldn't eliminate Old Derek immediately, Rhode wouldn't give up his advantage.

Not to mention Edwin's side, which was already at a disadvantage compared to Rhodes, so it was even more impossible for him to spare a master with the strength of a substitute general to deal with old Drake.

The old fox got away again. Rhodes and Edwin cursed in their hearts in tacit understanding.

Anyway, as long as they could get rid of him, Old Drake wouldn't be able to stay alive for long. Across the crowd of people engaged in fierce fighting, Edwin and Rhodes' cold eyes met, each of them knowing exactly what the other was thinking.

"Get rid of the three of you and help me take the old man's head. After that, I will give you all the things I promised you."

Rhodes' greater advantage in high-end combat power gave him more initiative. Following Rhodes' orders, the three people who had been protecting him walked towards Edwin.

Chapter 583: He was a respectable man in his lifetime

Rhodes and his group didn't know where they recruited these three strong men from. Not only were they very powerful, but the key was that their abilities were rather strange.

The old woman who had already taken action and the muscular man with metal gloves on his hands were both masters of close combat who specialized in fighting skills.

The muscular man's weapon was naturally the pair of boxing gloves in his hands. After wrapping his fists with armed color domineering, each punch could blow up a gust of wind.

Ordinary soldiers could not withstand a random punch from a muscular man. Not only would they be knocked away immediately, but the residual force would also shatter all the bones near the area hit by the punch.

This residual force was reflected on the ground, causing spider-web-like cracks with a radius of about one meter to appear on the ground.

The weapon hidden under the old woman's robe was revealed. It turned out to be a pair of iron claws. The half-meter-long iron claws were placed on the old woman's arms.

After the battle began, the retracted iron claws shot out and attached themselves to the fingers. At this moment, the old woman's hands seemed to have transformed into the claws of a demon, madly harvesting lives.

Why is it called crazy? Because this person does not distinguish between friend and foe when killing. In the eyes of the old woman, the weak are like grass, and they are killed without hesitation.

Wherever the old woman passed, a storm of death was set off in an instant. The broken limbs and chopped heads on the ground were a warning to others who didn't want to die to stay away.

The old woman's attack is not strong, her characteristic is her extremely high speed.

People killed by the old woman can often only see her afterimage. By the time they sense danger, it is already too late. The old woman may have already cut their body with her sharp iron claws, but their nerves have not yet reacted.

Seeing the old woman's speed, a doubt in Qin Luo's mind was answered.

No wonder Morgans still didn't know who was behind the incident after receiving so many letters.

Even if the newspaper people can find some clues along the mailing address, what can they do? Even if the newspaper people are watching the place where the letter is sent, what can they do?

With the old woman's speed, she could easily sneak into Morgause's office, leave the envelope, and then leave safely. Even if the newspaper staff sensed someone breaking in, they would be helpless against the old woman hiding under her cloak, and they couldn't even see her face clearly.

The third expert recruited by Rhodes is a devil fruit user.

In the South China Sea, this person is a "celebrity." Although he hasn't entered the Grand Route, his strength and numerous evil deeds are notorious to the point of being known to everyone.

If you compare this guy with a pirate who also has a bounty of 200 million, at least 80% of the people in the South China Sea will think that the pirate is more lovable.

A user of the Parahuman Cement Fruit, his name is not obvious because most people call him the Cement Devil.

The Cement Demon's ability is to turn his body into cement. Since cement has many states, from completely liquid to hard solid, the Cement Demon can also control his body to transform into various forms.

It can be generally divided into three forms: a completely liquid state that is not afraid of swords, weapons, or guns; a colloid state with strong viscosity and stickiness; and a solid state with great hardness.

In addition, the Cement Demon can also use cement to quickly prepare various shelters and props to deal with enemies. But this is not the reason why he is called the Cement Demon.

The Cement Demon is most famous for his ability to turn matter into cement. Anything the Cement Demon touches will slowly turn into cement.

Unlike the Empress's petrification ability, this transformation is irreversible, which means that she can be killed without being buried.

The Cement Demon used this power to cause the Living Sculpture Incident. An entire town was transformed into cement sculptures by the Cement Demon. Each sculpture was incredibly lifelike, imbued with the confusion and fear of those who died.

The appearance of the cement demon caused chaos on the scene. People from all camps were trembling with fear at the demon.

The Cement Demon was also a murderous maniac who made no distinction between friend and foe. As he advanced, many human-shaped sculptures appeared, and he kept muttering things like, "Sculpture is the best art."

Another monstrosity twisted in art.

"Why is it this monster?" Cursing inwardly, the swordsman on Edwin's side used two swords to attack the muscular man and the old woman at the same time.

It’s not that the swordsman wants to show off his strength by fighting two people alone, but he doesn’t want to face the more troublesome cement demon. If his two beloved swords are turned into cement by that monster, he doesn’t know who to cry to.

The remaining man in a suit frowned, but didn't say much, and faced the more difficult cement demon.

As soon as the man in the suit made a move, Qin Luo knew that this person was from the World Government, and was from the secret forces from CP0 to CP9.

Qin Luo was very familiar with the suit man's attack method. Wasn't it the Navy Six Styles?

The Six Styles of the Navy, as a secret tradition of the World Government and the Navy, are not something that can be copied and imitated by some unskilled person. Without a systematic training method, the result will be nothing but a hodgepodge.

There is nothing wrong with a member of the World Government with the strength of a candidate admiral, but Qin Luo is more concerned about when Edwin and his group colluded with the World Government.

While these masters were fighting, Rhode, Edwin and his group were also busy, fighting with their own unique fighting style.

……

"Big guy in the suit, if you stop and quit now, I will give you everything the old man promised you." Rhodes shouted.

Man in suit: ...

"Fifty percent, I'll give you another fifty percent."

Man in suit: ...

"Don't be so greedy. Double, I'll give you double. All you have to do is kill that old bastard Edwin."

Man in suit: ...

The man in the suit didn't hear it? That's impossible.

But as reinforcements sent by the World Government, the man in the suit looked down on Rhodes' promise. How much could Rhodes give? Could he even give the entire South Hill Raff to the World Government?

Furthermore, given Rhodes's ambition, letting him rule South Hillraf would only be detrimental to the World Government.

"Fuck, you dare to ignore me. Be careful or I will wipe out all the forces behind you." Rhodes, who was always ignored, said angrily.

The man in the suit spoke up now: "Okay, I'll tell them."

Seeing this scene, Qin Luo and Edwin had wonderful expressions. Others may not know, but they both knew very well that the power behind the man in the suit was the World Government.

What's this like? Trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm or hitting a rock with an egg. Qin Luo could even imagine Rhodes being knocked on the door by agents from CP0 to CP9 in the middle of the night, delivering a package.

Even when Master Rod is angry, he is still a decent man. Let's spit before leaving.

Chapter 584: The Mall is Like a Battlefield

While Rhodes was trying to poach people, Edwin was not idle either.

When it comes to poaching people, the key is to have a give-and-take relationship.

As Edwin's main target, the muscular man is constantly under Edwin's golden bullet attack.

No matter how disdainful the muscular man was of him at the beginning, Edwin never stopped.

There is no way, Edwin has no choice.

After looking around among the three masters under Rhodes, no matter how he thought about it, the cement demon and the old woman who were bloodthirsty and could not distinguish between friend and foe were both hot potatoes.

No one knew what Rhodes had promised them, and Edwin didn't dare to make any promises or conditions to them.

If the demands of these two people are particularly abnormal, should he fulfill his promise or not?

In the South China Sea, even the oldest family in South Hilllaf would not dare to deceive these two cruel masters, unless his entire family was tired of living.

Not to mention, the golden bullet offensive did have some effect. From the initial disdain, the muscle man later became a little hesitant.

This hesitation was clearly reflected in the muscular man's attack.

Any expert can see that the muscular man's punching force and speed are much slower than before, and the angle of attack is not as tricky.

Is 100 million Baileys enough? If not, then another 200 million.

The muscular man looked thoughtful, as if 300 million Baileys was already within his consideration.

Seeing that there was a chance, Edwin made a big move and directly mentioned 6 million Baileys. Here, Edwin used the preemptive tactics commonly used in auctions.

It might seem like the price had doubled, but in reality, 6 million was still within his means. Trading 6 million baileys for victory in this battle couldn't be a loss. Was the supreme ruler of South Hilllove actually worth less than a mere 6 million?

The psychological impact of slowly bargaining down to 600 million versus doubling it all at once was naturally different. Edwin's decisiveness and lavish spending truly shocked the muscleman, and from that point on, his offensive became hesitant, effectively giving up.