The Pirate Princess Becomes Queen

Chapter 160 Wapol's Tragic Fate

In Chapter 160 of the novel "The Pirate Princess Becomes King," Wapol's tragic fate is revealed. Sabaody Archipelago, where Crocodile resides, is a crucial hub in the world. Both the Storage King and the Shipping King have subordinates working within the archipelago. Such underground transactions don't require contracts. Crocodile simply pays his 800 million Berries, the Storage King procures supplies worldwide, and the Shipping King transports the food to Alabasta. The royal family then settles the remaining payment, and the transaction is complete.

Food supplies only provided immediate relief; the root cause of the problem remained unresolved.

Desertification, drought, and water shortage are problems that will persist for a long time. Vivi thought through the abilities of many Devil Fruits and felt that there was one fruit whose ability she might be able to try.

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King Walpo of Drum Kingdom stayed in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise for almost a month, and then, upon hearing that "Sand Crocodile" had left his country, he wanted to return.

He was a king in Drum Kingdom, but nothing in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise. No matter how good things are outside, nothing beats his own doghouse.

The World Government didn't try to stop him. They told him to get out of there and never come back!

Walpo, along with his men and the twenty doctors who had always followed him, sailed away from the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.

These doctors were all renowned physicians in the Drum Kingdom. After he implemented the law to hunt down doctors, they could only treat him; treating others would be "illegal."

Walpo's ship was large and he had a lot of manpower, so naturally, he needed a lot of supplies.

The Holy Land of Mary Geoise wouldn't provide him with supplies, so he had to come to the Sabaody Archipelago to replenish his resources. However, as soon as he entered the island, he was stopped by a mysterious person.

Old Fan said lazily, "Is this King Walbourne of the Drum Kingdom? I've finally found you, what a strange fate... I am..."

He suddenly lowered his voice: "I'm CP9. We found a will left behind by your father here. What's your opinion?...

"Hahaha! My deadbeat father's will! Is there money in it? How much money?" Wapol asked excitedly.

Old Van glanced at Walpo's men out of the corner of his eye, as if to say, "Are you going to say this in front of everyone?"

Wahlbo was somewhat wary of the Sabaody Archipelago because he had heard that "Sand Crocodile" was currently on the island. However, considering that the other party was under surveillance, his greed overcame his fear, so he ordered everyone to wait on the ship while he and Old Fan went ashore to retrieve the will and the gold and silver treasures attached to it.

"Is there any gold?" he asked.

"Yes," Old Fan said without turning his head.

"A diamond?"

"Have."

"What about gemstones? Do you have rubies and emeralds?"

Yes, we have them all.

Walbourne completely missed Old Van's perfunctory tone. His ugly face was full of joy. He seemed to have already begun to imagine the scene of returning to Drum Kingdom with gold and silver treasures. His favorite "food" in this life was roasted houses. Amid the cries of the people, he would set the houses on fire until they were perfectly cooked, and then swallow them whole. The taste was simply unforgettable. This time, he planned to eat roasted houses for three days straight after he returned!

Strictly speaking, the Sabaody Archipelago is made up of 79 trees. People live on the roots of these giant trees and number them from 1 to 79, which makes up 79 islands.

Old Van told Wahlbo that he would take him to Island 62, where the World Government had set up an office and where the will of the old king of Drum Kingdom was sealed.

The foolish and wicked Walpo was completely oblivious to the problem. Driven by greed, his chubby body moved with a swagger. It wasn't until Old Van put sea stone handcuffs on him, grabbed him by the collar, and threw him onto the ship like cargo, and after they set sail from another port in the archipelago, that he began to vaguely sense that something was amiss...

"Where is this...? Where's the will? Where's my treasure?" he asked Old Fan, looking dazed.

Old Fan, like some kind of perverted doctor, took out a syringe, injected the medicine, and then gave Wahlbo a shot in the neck.

Wapol felt dizzy and his whole body went numb. He fell straight into the cargo hold like a log. The combination of the sea stone handcuffs and someone's unparalleled anesthetic had knocked him unconscious.

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When Valpo awoke, he found himself lying in a dilapidated building, surrounded by ruins and the endless Gobi Desert in the distance.

The sea stone handcuffs made him very weak; his obese body couldn't stand up at all, and he could only lie on the ground and shout.

"Where am I?! I'm starving! Find me something to eat! Is anyone there? Help! I need to eat, I'm so hungry!"

The sound carried far, and not long after, he heard a rustling sound of footsteps beside him, like something being dragged on the ground.

He turned his head sharply, and after a long while, he finally saw a few pairs of feet.

It was a human foot, but the soles were dirty, with dark yellow skin tightly covering the bones. The "rustling" sound earlier was the sound of these creatures walking in the sand.

Wapol strained to lift his head, and his gaze met that of a "person" with pale skin, extensive festering sores, and missing eyeballs, leaving only two bloody holes in his eye sockets.

"Ah—a ghost!" he screamed in fright. A surge of power burst forth from his body, and he scrambled to his feet. Without even seeing where he was going, he took off running.

His clumsy body suddenly burst forth with astonishing power, and he ran all the way to the east side of the abandoned town, only to be blocked by two "ghosts".

He ran westward again, stumbled three times, and when he looked up, he saw several more "ghosts".

Wapol wandered aimlessly through the small, abandoned town like a headless fly. When his last bit of strength was exhausted, he collapsed and could not get up again.

"I'm so hungry..."

"Can anyone give me something to eat?...

"I'm not going to be eaten, am I...? I don't taste good at all, someone please save me..."

Wahlbo lay face down in the center of town, where what used to be a square had now become a large accumulation of quicksand due to its low-lying location.

"Eat... Since you're hungry, eat the sand..." a voice rang in his ear.

Wapol's first reaction was to refuse. What was there to eat in that sand? He wanted to eat crunchy steel and a fragrant roasted house!

But the voice kept talking in his ear, incessantly chattering, which annoyed him immensely.

In addition, he was indeed starving. He hadn't eaten anything since being taken out of the Sabaody Archipelago, and the escape had exhausted his remaining strength. So he couldn't help but stick out his tongue and lick the sand twice, then curled his tongue and swallowed the sand.

It tastes awful! It's bitter and astringent! But he had nothing else to eat, and his stomach was growling with hunger. So he had no choice but to eat it!

Chapter 161 Those who live by the mountain live off the mountain, those who live by the water live off the water, and those who live by the sand live off the sand.

The Pirate Princess Becomes King, Chapter 161: Relying on the mountain for sustenance, relying on the water for sustenance, relying on the sand for sustenance? While eating sand, Wapol realized that the sea stone handcuffs on his hands had disappeared sometime ago. His head was spinning, and he didn't have time to think about it. He sat up, scooped up a handful of sand and swallowed it. Then he found it unpalatable, so he picked up two stones from the side and crunched them down as a side dish.

He eats anything he can find: sand, stones, animal bones, dried tree roots.

There were still some pieces of wood, bricks, and wells in the abandoned town, but he didn't dare to go there because many of the abandoned houses were filled with "ghosts" that were all withered and looked like zombies. After he regained some strength, he wanted to run away, but there was only this abandoned town within a hundred miles. With his fat body and stupid mind, it would be a miracle if he could run five miles in the desert, let alone a hundred miles.

After Wapol ate his fill on the first day, he tried to escape, but the desert was too vast and he couldn't get out. He had no choice but to walk back. Although the place was abandoned, it was still a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

"I'll keep eating! Sooner or later I'll eat up this whole desert! Then I can get out!" Wapol didn't know where this idea came from, but he felt it suited his personality. Seeing that the zombies weren't attacking him, he stopped running and just sat on the ground every day, eating when he woke up and sleeping when he was full.

This abandoned town has been sinking because its groundwater has been depleted. It's still manageable for now, but if you come back in two years, it will most likely be completely submerged by the desert.

The town is located in a low-lying area, so sand naturally flows over there. Walpo doesn't have to do anything all day except sit on the ground and eat sand. When he finishes eating the sand in front of him, it doesn't take long before the sand automatically piles up around him, and he continues to eat.

After eating it for three days in a row, another idea vaguely popped into his mind.

The Drum Kingdom has been targeted by the "Sand Crocodile," and there is no way for them to return.

Since we can't go back, why not establish another kingdom?

He looked at the boundless sea of ​​sand, and realized that this was his true treasure!

He could use the power of the Gluttony Fruit to improve the sand in the desert, turning waste into treasure. He could use this opportunity to accumulate astonishing wealth, and at that time...

"Moo ha ha ha—Grandpa Walpo's chance to make a fortune has arrived!"

After some real or imagined scenarios, Wapol decided on his future goal: to keep eating sand! Eat as much as he could, as long as he didn't die from it!

Through the enhancement of his Devil Fruit ability, he can eat sand that was originally useless and strengthen it by adding various materials such as stones and tree roots. Finally, he spits it out, and what he ate becomes a completely new kind of sand.

A girl riding a duck passed through an abandoned town. Wapol felt that she looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her before. On a whim, he started promoting his newly "developed" sand. The girl was overjoyed and bought more than three pounds of reinforced sand with ten exquisite-looking gold coins.

"Did you see those zombies over there?" Vivi said to Wapol in a boastful tone, "My gold coins are all magic gold coins. You're really lucky. These desert zombies haven't appeared for many years..."

He didn't hear what Wapol said after that, but he did hear the word "magic coin," which sounded very valuable.

Vivi despised the guy's stupidity, but to go all out, she put on a show for him.

“These magical coins can control these zombies. Look, come here.” She threw out a “magical coin,” and Wapol saw the zombie that horrified him stagger toward him.

"bow."

The zombie put on a fawning expression and gave a stiff bow.

"run!"

The zombies ran like dogs, panting heavily.

"sit down."

After trying it a few times, Vivi looked at Wahlbo and asked, "How about it? Pretty amazing, right?"

"Can it really be controlled? Let me try!"

Wapol tried it once, and it worked well. The zombies obeyed his commands unconditionally, but each command cost a gold coin every ten minutes. The zombies would take the gold coins and leave without giving them back.

Vivi said in a rather mystical tone, "This is the price; everything has a price..."

Wapol had no restraint or plan; he spent all eight remaining gold coins as if it were a game.

Both of them were very happy. Vivi said that she needed more enhancement sand and that she would come back in a few days. Wapol was also very happy. He could make money and control zombies at the same time. He subconsciously forgot about escaping and his mind was full of thoughts about eating sand and then selling the sand for gold coins.

He convinced himself that if he left the desert, where would he find such abundant raw materials?

They waved goodbye to each other. Wapol continued to devour the sand in the desert, while Vivi circled around to the back of the town, collected all the gold coins, and then gave orders to the group of zombies acting as jailers nearby.

The zombies were naturally created using Karu the Duck's Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability.

Many people starved to death in Alabasta. If you want to find bodies, you can definitely find them. They don't need to be repaired; you can use them right away.

The shadows were cut from the bodies of pirates and death row inmates. These cut shadows gave the corpses, which were originally just civilians, some fighting ability.

Under Vivi's advocacy, Alabasta completely abolished the death penalty; as long as the original owner of the shadows doesn't die, these zombies can survive.

Karoo the duck quacked, and all the zombies, its servants, automatically mastered duck language to a high level. They all nodded, indicating that they understood! They would keep an eye on Wapol and would never let that guy escape.

Seeing that there were no oversights, Vivi and Karu the duck returned to the royal capital, Arubana.

She first went to the laboratory belonging to the royal family. Wapol was completely illiterate, but the ability of the Gluttony Fruit was indeed amazing. In the original timeline, he ate randomly and was able to "eat" Wapol alloy with memory function. She felt that the current enhanced version should also have some unique features.

The sand in the desert is called desert sand. This kind of sand is too fine, too sticky, contains soil, is severely weathered, has very poor plasticity, and cannot be used in construction. It can be said to be useless.

Royal scientists analyzed the enhanced sand "created" by Walpole and found that it was a completely new type of sand, unlike weathered desert sand. Judging from a few technical indicators, it seemed to be even better than river sand.

"Your Highness! This sand is perfect for use in building materials. Where did you find it?" the scientist from the royal family asked eagerly.

Chapter 162 Making a Deal with the Golden Emperor

The Pirate Princess Becomes Queen, Chapter 162: Making a Deal with the Golden Emperor. Vivi's answer was irrelevant: "Do you think anyone would buy this kind of sand if it were put on the market?"

"Yes! Definitely! Such good sand will make the structure of houses much stronger. We can build ten-story or even twenty-story buildings!"