Chapter 423 The Ancient Island
The Abyss, flying the gilded dragon ghost flag, slowly sailed away from the waters surrounding Alabasta.
Leaning on the side of the deck and looking at the distant ancient desert country, Adrian's inner thoughts were undulating like the sea water below.
When I came to Alabasta this time, as I had guessed before, Crocodile, the "first king of the Shichibukai", did not trigger any side missions related to the Shichibukai.
But it is undeniable that the harvest from this trip is not small.
[Contact 8 pieces of ordinary historical texts and read the information recorded on them. The current progress is 4/8]
In addition to the progress of [Prophet]’s career upgrade mission.
More importantly, Adrian has a lot of information about the legendary ancient weapon-Pluto.
"I never expected that the legendary ancient weapon [Pluto] would actually be the Ark [Noah] buried deep under the sea of 10,000 meters! That ship carries the dream of the residents of Fish-Man Island to move to the sun. Boat!”
Adrian's eyes narrowed, and the messages in his mind were summarized one after another, flowing past like water.
"And Pluto's main gun, which is said to be able to sink an island with one shot, turns out to be the [Explosive Rock] mentioned in the original movie version of "The Strongest Enemy Z"!"
The information about the ancient weapon Pluto really shocked Adrian.
There are a few things I thought I couldn't do with eight poles.
So they were tied together.
"Pluto's main gun... This is not beyond common sense. After all, there are only so many high-energy bombs on the sea. The only one with the power to destroy an island with one bomb is [Explosive Rock]!"
"Furthermore, according to legend in the sea, [Explosive Rock] already possesses terrifying power comparable to ancient weapons."
"But having said that, the darkest black technology on Pluto is not its main gun, but its weird power system..."
"Franky's Coke Power? That's outrageous!"
"It should be other liquids that are easier to collect and more common in the sea, such as... seawater!"
"As for Pluto and Noah being the same thing, this is completely unexpected."
Adrian grabbed his hair, pushed the ends of his hair back, and tied it back into a bun with his hands, frowning slightly.
"No! In fact, it's not necessarily..."
"Involving eight hundred years ago, the blank one hundred years, there are roughly a few points, 'Joy Boy', 'Ancient Weapons', 'Historical Text', etc."
"'Joyboy' roughly corresponds to the protagonist eight hundred years ago, 'Sea King' corresponds to the contemporary mermaid princess, who has the ability to summon the sea king; 'Pluto' corresponds to the giant ship Noah built at the time, which used sea water to As power, use dynamite rock as attack method; 'King of Heaven'..."
"What does the King of Heaven correspond to?"
"The more you know, the less you know, there is indeed a grain of truth in this saying."
Adrian took a deep breath of air, then let it out long and clear his mind at the same time.
As the number of ancient historical texts he came into contact with gradually increased, he also began to gradually get closer to one of the ultimate mysteries of the sea, the "Blank Hundred Years."
"Looking forward to the moment when the historical mystery is completely solved!"
……
Leaving Alabasta, the Abyss continued sailing towards the next stop.
The sun rises and the moon sets, the stars move, and time passes quietly.
As we get closer to Upside Down Mountain, the starting point of the Grand Line, the probability of encountering new pirates increases.
Most of the pirate groups from the four outer seas did not know the Abyss and the dragon ghost flag at all.
As soon as these pirates saw this large three-masted sailboat with a gorgeous shape and unique style, they had only one thought in their mind, and that was - grab it!
He casually waved a flying slash, splitting a pirate ship that fired cannonballs at the Abyss into two pieces. Seeing the group of pirates wailing and sinking to the bottom of the sea, Adrian finally dispersed the spirit in his hand. Light sword.
"Every time I get close to Upside Down Mountain, I always encounter such a stupid green pirate, it's true!"
Love looked at the group of pirates submerged in the sea and said in an old-fashioned way.
Adrian gently tugged on her ears but said nothing.
Rumi's shout came from the steering wheel.
"Adrian! Love! We are almost arriving at the Ancient Island! There is still about half an hour's flight left!"
"Really?"
Love's eyes lit up, and she immediately gave up on the pirates, and hurriedly ran to the observation room of the Abyss, raised the brass telescope, and looked around.
Although there are not many people on board the Abyss, it is fully equipped with everything that should be there.
Not long after.
A huge island with an original and simple shape appears on the edge of the sea level.
Wait until you get closer.
From a distance, the island's coastline is covered with lush, endless woods, and there are several towering peaks dotting the center of the island.
There are even three or two volcanoes near the eastern part of the island. Wisps of black smoke emerge from the top of the mountains and merge into the surrounding white clouds. It seems that they have erupted several times just now.
“What a beautiful island!”
Love cheered.
"Adrian sama! Are we docking here?"
As a little fox of the fur tribe, her environmental aesthetics are slightly different from those of normal humans. Islands full of primitive and wild atmosphere are her favorite.
Adrian stretched his waist and said with a gentle smile: "Of course, the final destination of this return trip from the paradise is this [Ancient Island], also known as the Little Garden."
"Why is it called the Ancient Island?" Love asked curiously, "And this island doesn't look like a 'small' garden at all. It should be a big garden."
"This is just a conventional name," Adrian touched her head, and then said with some uncertainty, "Maybe it's because... there are dinosaurs on the island?"
"Wow! Dinosaurs!"
Love cheered.
"I really want to try the taste of dinosaur meat!"
"...I will help you hunt one."
Adrian rubbed Love's head hard.
"But be careful when you go to the island. There are a lot of poisonous insects on this primitive island."
Love imagined what the poisonous insect looked like, and couldn't help but tremble a few times, and the hair all over her body exploded.
"I hate bugs!"
Adrian couldn't help but smile a little, stretched out his hand, touched the little fox's head, and smoothed back the white fluff that exploded on her head.
The Abyss slowly docked.
Adrian took Love off the boat and landed on the island.
Rumi put away the boat and slipped into the lead-gray pocket watch in Adrian's pocket.
The trees and plants on the Ancient Island are surprisingly tall. Giant trees more than ten meters high are common here. In the dense jungle, primitive plants that cannot be seen in ordinary plant illustrations grow everywhere.
Love jumped around and followed Adrian, her crystal eyes constantly looking at the natural environment of the small garden. This primitive island gave her an extraordinarily familiar feeling, as if she had returned to Zou. Same.
Suddenly, the little fox's ears moved slightly, he raised his head to look at the sky, and let out an exclamation.
"Yeah! A green dinosaur with wings!"
Adrian also raised his head, followed Love's line of sight, and looked at the miserable green dinosaur in the sky that was flying this way.
"Even the head is green...it looks very unfortunate, so don't eat it."
Love nodded and agreed: "That's right! It doesn't look delicious either."
As if sensing the unpleasant aura of the two weird creatures below, the green dinosaur hesitated in the sky for a moment, and finally decided to ignore the two weird creatures and wanted to spread its wings and fly away.
Adrian lowered his head and looked at the little fox.
"Love, do you want a dinosaur mount?"
Love's eyes sparkled instantly, "Eh? Is that okay?"
"That dinosaur in the sky looks pretty smart and should be able to understand what we mean."
Adrian raised his right hand, and solid spiritual pressure instantly gathered in his palm, shaping it into a pale whip of light.
Su——
A sharp sound broke through the air, and the spiritual pressure whip flew toward the sky with a roar. In the blink of an eye, it flew hundreds of meters and landed on the location of the pale green dinosaur with incomparable accuracy.
The pale green dinosaur was instantly frightened and wanted to wave its wings to leave this weird "rope".
But under Adrian's control, the pale light whip turned several times with great flexibility, and was firmly attached to the body of the pale green dinosaur.
Adrian exerted a little force and pulled the spiritual pressure light whip.
I saw the pale green dinosaur howl, and instantly fell from the sky. Along with the flying green feathers, it fell heavily to the ground of the island, throwing up a puff of smoke and dust.
Adrian's eyes narrowed slightly, and he waved his left hand, using his sword-free technique to create a ball of howling wind and blow away the dust.
"Adrian sama is so awesome!" Love clapped her hands excitedly.
After Adrian's gentle persuasion method of "moving with emotion and understanding with reason".
The green dinosaur gratefully expressed its willingness to be the white ghost's crotch mount.
Adrian picked up Love from the waist and flew onto the back of the pale green dinosaur, using the newly condensed spiritual pressure light whip as a leash.
Love stepped on the dragon's back and lightly stamped her feet.
"Little dragon, take off!"
Woohoo——
There was a sound of wings vibrating, and the green dinosaur flapped its wings and flew into the sky again.
Love stepped on the dragon's back, feeling the breeze blowing in front of her, looking at the lush small garden below, giggling non-stop.
Just then.
Boom——
An earth-shattering crash sounded, and the entire ground of the Ancient Island seemed to be shaking slightly.
A moment later, a violent gust of wind suddenly arose in the originally calm air, causing the mount Xiaolong to become unstable.
The green dinosaur kept screaming in terror, but under Adrian's strong suppression, he managed to keep quiet.
Love closed her eyes tightly and curled up in Adrian's arms. Her original comfortable mood directly turned into nervousness.
After the sound calms down.
Love then opened her eyes and looked at Adrian nervously.
"What is this sound? It's not a volcanic eruption, is it?"
Adrian touched Love's head and calmed her down, his voice soft and calm.
"No, it's just two stupid giants fighting." (End of Chapter)