Old K_1
The new king of the Twin Horse Kingdom is called Alexander Francis. His Alexander surname is said to have a lot of history. Of course, this has nothing to do with Kuro. As he entered the castle and was led by the guards, he finally saw this figure who looks like the ‘K’ in poker cards.
“Oh! Are you the new garrison base commander of Pegasus Island, Luciru Kuro? I have heard of your name, you are a very powerful Marine!”
On the throne, Old K stood up excitedly and walked towards Kuro.
This made Kuro a little confused. He reached out and shook hands with Old K.
“Nice to meet you, Your Majesty,” Kuro said politely.
“I’m not a king yet, but I like the title.”
Old K chuckled. “Welcome to my succession ceremony. All your expenses here will be paid by the royal family!”
“Really?” Leda’s eyes lit up.
Although she had 800 million yuan, she would still be happy if someone treated her to a meal.
“Of course, this is the proper etiquette of the royal family.”
Old K said heroically: “The banquet is about to begin and you must stay in the castle to give me a chance to invite you. Thank you for your help in killing the pirates who invaded the port of my kingdom.”
“You’re welcome. It’s my Marine duty.”
Kuro was polite, but he could not persuade Old K, so they went to the banquet hall together.
His own Marines and Kaz’s Marines, hundreds of people, took their seats in the banquet hall, while Kuro and Old K sat at the main table. After drinking and eating, Old K suddenly asked the people in the banquet hall to leave, leaving him alone.
“Actually, I have a request.” Old K became serious.
Here it comes …
Kuro swirled his wine glass and was speechless.
He knew that this meal would not be so good. He would participate in the succession ceremony, eat, drink, and entertain everyone. He was just a colonel, so he would not be treated so well by the king of a country. Generally speaking, after he attended the succession ceremony, he could go back directly.
“I want to ask you to save my fiancée!” Old K suddenly shed tears and said, “My fiancée… She was taken away by the Witch.”
“What? Witch?”
Kuro was drinking wine and was stunned when he heard the word.
“Witch?” Crowe was also stunned.
“Chloe?” Kuro looked at him.
Crowe nodded and said, “There is a legend on Running Horse Island, but I have always thought that it is fake. It says that there is an ancient witch here who especially likes young and beautiful women. She will capture them at night and use their blood as wine to restore her youth.”
“Really? There are such nonsense legends?” Kuro’s expression was strange.
What kind of world is this? A world full of metahumans.
You can just say that this person is a metahuman.
“Wait, how old are you?” Kuro suddenly thought of something and looked at Old K.
“63,” Old K replied.
“Aren’t you getting married in your sixties? Diamond Man…” Kuro was surprised.
“Ah… not really.”
Old K said bitterly, “When my father was alive, he held my engagement until a few years ago. Later, it was delayed because of the war. Now that the war is over and my father is gone, my daughter is married. Fortunately, I found a new engagement and they also sent their daughter here. On the way, she was captured by the Witch. That person’s father is a very rich man. I need to marry her to ensure the prosperity of the Twin Horse Kingdom.”
“But now, the people in the kingdom are dying because of the war, and the remaining people are unable to bear the responsibility of finding the Witch. In the past few days, all the people I sent have been missing, so when I knew that you were on Pegasus Island, I was tempted.”
“Please, please save my fiancée. For this, I am willing to pay the price. How about the three-year tax of the port city? The only thing I can pay now is tax.” Old K begged.
“Forget about taxes…”
Kuro thought for a moment and said, “But in terms of population, I do need some of the bases where I am stationed now. If you are willing, transfer 10% of your domestic population to me.”
He didn’t really want to care about this, but on second thought, this was an opportunity.
There are too few people on Pegasus Island now. Although Pegasus Town has gathered all the population on the island, in fact, there are only a few thousand people, and there are even fewer strong men.
No one can show their vitality.
“Population? Sure! As long as you can find my fiancée!” Old K immediately agreed, feeling some contempt for Marine.
He didn’t want money, he only wanted people.
What use could that group of civilians be?
“What does your fiancée look like?” Kuro asked.
Old K shook his head. “I don’t know.”
“Huh?”
“I really don’t know, I’ve never seen it before, but it will be very cute. After all, it has to be matched with me, who is about to become a king. It can’t be too ugly, maybe it looks like this Marine.”
Old K pointed at the stork eating there and said expectantly.
Stork turned his head and smiled gently at Old K.
What did he say?
‘I didn’t really hear him.’
Forget it. Just smile.
A red light appeared in Kuro’s eyes and his Kenbonshoku (Observation) instantly spread across the entire island.
Well, he didn’t find any powerful aura. They were all very ordinary.
“Is there a specific location?” Kuro asked.
“Yes, I think it’s at Gunma Plains.”
Old K took out a map from somewhere and pointed to a location.
Kuro nodded and said, “Koro, you lead the team and let a few new recruits go to train. Donald, Stork, Basil, the three of you follow them. The others don’t need to be brought. It’s inconvenient to bring too many people. The few of you are enough.”
Kaz was not going to let him go. He was right under his nose. He did not believe that he could make any more waves.
“Yes, I understand.”
Crowe pushed up his glasses, stood up, and walked out with the person whose name was called.
They were only going to rescue one person. In their team, there were people with smell and color, and there were also people with Armament Haki. It was easy for them to go to a place to check for life aura.
“That’s it? Colonel Kuro, aren’t you going to follow them?” Old K was worried.
“No need. It’s just saving someone. It’s not as troublesome as you think.”
Kuro took a sip of wine and thought for a moment. “Speaking of which, the people in charge of dancing just now are all men. There aren’t many women in your country.”
“Yes, there are very few women on this island, but the number of women on Pegasus Island is the same as men, but now Pegasus Island…”
Old K said, “I am engaged to the daughter of that big businessman because their country has more women and they can marry their own people. Of course, I heard that the women in that country are all quite beautiful. They should be very good.”