One Piece: God Killer

Chapter 421 King Riku and Dressrosa

After dealing with the Five Elder Stars, there is still King Riku.

As soon as he regained consciousness, King Riku struggled to thank Profek in person.

The king was also a "frank" person. He was really scared by Doflamingo and didn't want to have any more involvement with pirates. He directly offered to use all the berries that were originally collected and given to Doflamingo as a reward as a thank-you gift to Profic.

This is in "exchange" for the pirates not to interfere in this country.

At this time, King Riku had not experienced the "pain of losing his country" for ten years, and his gratitude to Plofick was far less deep than that to Luffy. Instead, he was more deeply afraid of his identity as a "pirate" among the "Seven Warlords of the Sea".

However, Profek rejected King Riku's proposal.

"You are too naive to think that you can bribe one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea with such a small amount of berries," Profek shook his head, "I am not helping this country for the sake of money."

Taking the money and running away is the behavior of a "mercenary". Those who do this are war organizations like Germa and Buggy Express, or underground forces like Doflamenco in the original work.

This kind of one-time deal that only takes care of the food and not the burial is not in line with Profik's style.

Having put so much effort into helping Dressrosa, he psychologically expected to get more from this country than Doflamingo did.

King Riku struggled and gave Profik a standard kneeling. He knelt on the ground and pleaded firmly: "You are so powerful that I can't do anything about it. But if you also want to harm this country like Doflamingo, then the only way is to step over my dead body!"

After the Doflamenco incident, he knew that Dressrosa's military strength was far from that of the Seven Warlords, but this did not mean that he would choose to surrender and give in when facing the Seven Warlords. On the contrary, the weakness in military strength further inspired King Riku's determination to protect the country.

"Don't think I'm as bad as that Doflamengo guy."

Profik was speechless.

Looking at King Riku's determined expression, Profek suddenly had the illusion that he was the "big villain".

"I came here to cooperate with Dressrosa!"

"Cooperation? What do you see in this country?"

Profek's attitude made King Riku relax his guard a little, and he asked in confusion.

He also knew something about Profek. This Shichibukai had a very different style from those pirates who only thought about burning, killing and looting. After becoming Shichibukai, he did the most to help Wano Country develop overseas trade.

The countries he had his eyes on, such as Fishman Island, Alabasta, and even the occupied Wano Country, are all countries rich in resources and have famous specialties.

However, the Dressrosa Kingdom was extremely poor and had no special products to trade.

In King Liku's opinion, it was not worth Profik's special attention at all.

"Your Majesty King Liku, you are indeed a good man, kind, peace-loving, and you love your people like your own children. You are respected by everyone, but you," Profek said slowly, "are not a qualified king."

King Riku's eyes widened.

There are many things he cares about, but the country undoubtedly ranks first among them. If he needs to exchange his life for the existence of Dressrosa, he will not hesitate.

In this country, he is respected and loved by everyone, and he has invested all his hard work and sweat into Dressrosa.

Even so, isn't he still a qualified king?

King Riku can accept all criticisms, but this one...

He wanted to refute, but suddenly found that he couldn't speak.

Today, if Profek and his Dawn had not arrived in time, Dressrosa would have fallen into the hands of Doflamenco.

How can a king who cannot protect his own country be qualified to be a "qualified" king?

"Your Majesty King Riku, there are completely different standards for judging a 'good person' and a qualified 'king'."

Liku Dord III was undoubtedly a "good man". Even the Liku clan, who held the noble ideal of "people do not kill", could be classified as "good people".

However, the standard of being a "king" is completely different. A king does not need to have extraordinary strength like a warrior, nor does he need to have extensive knowledge like a wise man, nor does he need to have a shrewd and capable mind like a businessman.

There is only one criterion for judging a king - his country.

Is Dressrosa a "good" country?

To some extent, yes, peaceful, civilized, enthusiastic and united.

To some extent, not really. It is poor, desolate, deserted, and all businesses are depressed.

So, is King Riku a “good” king?

Profek didn't know how the people of Dressrosa evaluated their king, but at least Profek felt that King Riku had not done enough.

Perhaps King Riku has done much better than most kings in the pirate world. Perhaps the mere absence of war is enough to make Dressrosa surpass most countries in the New World.

But this is not enough.

This country is too poor.

Doflamingo was too anxious. When he saw that the people of Dressrosa were willing to donate all their property to King Riku, he directly chose to implement the second step of the "Plan to Steal the Country".

If Doflamingo had been a little more "patient", he would have been surprised to find that the total liquid assets of all the citizens of Dressrosa were far less than 10 billion berries. You know, Dressrosa is a big country with a population of nearly one million!! And as a "currency", berries actually lack purchasing power.

If there had been no conspiracy to seize the country, if there had been no sinister secret dealings with opponents, if there had been no underground factories, if there had been no black industrial chain, if there had not been so many conspiracies and deceptions, just looking at the "achievements" in governing the country, Doflamengo would be more like an excellent king than Liku Dord III.

Perhaps King Riku has worked hard to improve the country's situation, he just lacks some talent and opportunities.

"Your Majesty King Riku," Profek stretched out his right hand, "Let's work together. I will make Dressrosa a wealthy and prosperous country."

King Riku believes that Dressrosa lacks the necessary "value". However, Profic does not think so. Like Doflamingo, he sees the value of this country.

But what Ming Ge wants is territory and the throne.

What Profik wants is population, tourism and technology.

The population of Dressrosa is not too large, but the size of the entire country is enough to rank among the top 50 member states of the World Government, making it a big country.

More importantly, the population of Dressrosa has a very high level of "organization", even higher than that of Wano Country.

In Profik's eyes, these people who obeyed King Liku's arrangements were potential industrial labor. Organizing them and investing them in production and construction would definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Dressrosa is known as the "Land of Passion" and has the warmest hospitality and unique flamenco dance that is one of the best in the world. Doflamenco used this to turn Dressrosa into a resort, earning the country the reputation of "the land of love, passion and toys".

When it comes to tourism, there is no reason for him to do worse than Doflamengo, the "indigenous resident".

As for technology, Dressrosa's technology is indeed nothing special, but the "dwarfs" living on Greenbit, the neighboring island of Dressrosa, have special technology for cultivating plants.

Of course, Profik does not need the dwarfs to help him grow plants for making artificial devil fruits, but the value that can be brought by cultivating some high-yield plants with economic value or special effects is no less.

He had every confidence that he could turn Dressrosa into a prosperous country and earn much more Berry from it.

However, looking at it this way, Dressrosa has been struggling on the survival line for a long time, and King Riku has to bear a lot of responsibility.

"it is good!"

Liku Dold III also reached out and shook Profik's hand.

This time he came to his senses.

So what if they are pirates? So what if they are Shichibukai?

The strategy on which the entire country had relied for eight hundred years was almost completely shattered by Doflamingo's conspiracy.

In the face of absolute force, he had no capital to refuse.

Dressrosa, maybe it's time to make a change.