[ 5 days later ]
In a large room with a beautiful desk, Nicholas sat proudly and gazed at the green plains outside the large window beside him. His eyes were clear and devoid of any complex emotions. All he did was admire the beautiful greenery and the clear blue sky. After a few minutes, he sighed deeply, then looked at a large sheet of paper on his desk, filled with writings.
At the top of the paper he wrote in large font "East Blue" and at the bottom he wrote down all the details of the journey that Luffy experienced during his journey across this sea, as well as all the details that were mentioned or hinted at and that Nicholas still remembers.
On the underside of the paper was written in large red font "The rules of enslavement" and below it were written all the details that Nicholas received from the regime about the conditions and laws of enslavement.
Nicholas looked at the paper for a short time and then began to mutter to himself, "the higher the quality of the slave, the more experience and enslavement points I get, the more points my level rises and I get more advantages, the quality of the slave is determined by his strength and revolution, then his power and the number of followers, and the size of the area controlled or ruled, meaning if I enslave a weak king who rules a state, I may get the same enslavement points as a very strong pirate who has a low number of followers."
Nicholas scratched his chin and grumbled, " it's annoying, if I want to develop my level quickly, I have to enslave slaves with great power and strength, and this is harder than difficult, it's impossible for a weak person like me to reach them first, except for very few criminally minded people, if I'm not careful while dealing with them, I might die before I realize it."
Nicholas held up a red pen and crossed out several objects from the large sheet, leaving only three dots and circled them " I am currently in East Blue, and there are only three possible targets, maybe I can enslave them, but if I fail, most likely I may die."
Laughter!
"I don't understand why I'm hesitating, the only thing I might lose is my miserable life, if I don't venture into it, I'll still be trapped in the lower class like I was in my previous world, but I want to soar high in the sky of this world, fulfill my deepest desires and crazy dreams."
Having determined his intention, Nicholas took the paper, took a lighter out of his pocket and burned it, then went to open the office door and told one of the servants to call out to Mr. Alfred.
A short while later came Alfred, who seemed nervous, although Nicholas controlled his body completely, Alfred still had freedom of thought.
Nicholas sat majestically at the desk and asked in an indifferent voice "how much is your total wealth?"
Almost automatically, Alfred replied "50 million Berries, 51 million of which are assets, namely two merchant ships, in addition to several shops in a large city on one of the nearby islands, and this is not counting the palace and some agricultural land on this island."
"And what about the rest of your fortune? Where is it"
"I Store 4 million of them in a safe in the basement of the palace, the rest I have hidden in several different areas in case something bad happens to me and my family"
"Well, that's good, let me tell you that the bad thing has come, so bring me 70 percent of your money, and also if you have any valuable antiques and jewels that you hide from your wife, bring them to me too, you have 10 hours to collect everything and bring it to me without alerting anyone that there is something strange"
"Come on, let's get to work"
Alfred left quickly and headed towards the vault safe and started collecting money, at the same time Nicholas dressed in Alfred's hunting clothes which was a set of thick leather clothes, took a homemade rifle and left Alfred's mansion heading towards a certain area in the mountains.
After walking for several hours through the quiet forest full of greenery and small animals, Nicholas arrived at a worn wooden house in front of which some clothes were spread, the surroundings of the house were very quiet, and if it weren't for the clothes that the breeze of the air manipulated, Nicholas would have thought it was an abandoned house, and without any hesitation he headed towards the house and calmly knocked on its wooden door.
Knock! Knock!
Knock! Knock!
Even after knocking several times no one answered, which made Nicholas sigh resignedly, and then he got up and sat down on a wooden log in front of the house and waited calmly.
After some time, he heard a rustling sound coming from the forest and quickly turned around to look at the source of the sound, and then he saw a huge-built man with a muscular barbarian form coming out of the forest, the man's muscles were swollen and thick, full of scars like rocks, but his face was carved and full of hair, a thick beard and a big mustache, in addition to long hair made him look like one of the Viking men.
The muscular man's eyebrows arched when he saw Nicholas, but he did not care about him, and with heavy steps full of confidence he continued walking and passed by him without any indifference from him, then he opened his door and wanted to enter, but then he heard a word that made his body tremble.
"Don Krieg"
The muscular man turned and looked at Nicholas with eyes full of anger, but Nicholas continued to talk comfortably without any indifference.
"It seems that I'm not mistaken, you are the man who Don Krieg killed his wife, look at yourself, the mention of his name just made you tremble with fear."
"Shoot!"
Nicholas looked at him with Wonder and laughed, "You really trust yourself."
"Let me guess what you're thinking and want to say, there's one bullet and you're sure you can dodge it, and then you're going to hit me or maybe kill me."
The big man snorted, "flowery words won't do you any good when my fist gets in your face."
"Hey, you're really violent, is it because I mentioned Don Krieg?"
The big man's features changed and the anger in his face increased, but Nicholas smiled sarcastically when he saw this and continued, "You are really a fool, you get angry for the most trivial reasons, that's why you can't take revenge."
The big man walked a few steps and approached the barrel of the gun and said," What does a mean person like you know about revenge?"
Nicholas smiled strangely and calmly replied, " I don't know much, but I know how to get you your revenge."
"What are you raving about, Are you ignorant or a fool?" Don't you know who Don Krieg is, he's one of the four most powerful Pirates in the East Blue even the Navy men can't beat him"
Nicholas lowered his rifle and put it behind his back, and then he spoke seriously," I know who he is and I know how strong he is, but you are the ignorant one who thinks that Don Krieg is the roof of strength, this is a vast world, man, Don Krieg is just a small fish compared to the rest of the monsters, besides, he is not as strong as you think, but simply you are the weak one."
The big man's veins swelled from the intensity of anger and stretched out his hands wanting to strangle Nicholas, but Nicholas spoke, " anger will not deny the truth of what I said, but let me tell you this again, do you want revenge for the murderer of your wife?" "
The huge man pulled out his hands and looked at Nicholas with eyes full of caution," What are you after? I understand the nature of cunning people like you who would stab their comrades in the back for the most trivial reasons, do you think I'll trust you?"
Nicholas shook his hands, " but aren't you willing to take risks and follow a man like me in order to achieve your goal, staying on this miserable island alone living deep in the mountains like a beast won't solve your problem and make your heart calm down"
Nicholas stretched out his hand and said in a voice full of confidence, " follow me and I promise you to get your revenge the way you want."
The big man froze in place for a short period of time and then said in a strange voice, "well," reach out his hand, shake Nicholas and said in a different voice this time, " I am ready to follow you as my commander or even my master, but know this, if you do not achieve my revenge, I will kill you in the worst possible way."
Nicholas shook his head and smiled faintly, " that's fair to me."