Chapter 479 Porusalino: You Opened a Dungeon Again While I Wasn’t Paying Attention, Right, Nephew!
The thousand-year-old dragon bone that can make people immortal - this is undoubtedly a more exaggerated legend than the previous king's treasure.
After all, being able to gain the power of the entire world is only the pursuit of ordinary people. To put it bluntly, they want to become strong and overlord. Immortality, however, is usually a higher-level goal pursued by the strong who have become the overlord of a party.
Therefore, after hearing the legend told by Elder Boku, Nami and others were stunned with their eyes widened.
Only Luffy was still a little confused: "Immortal?"
"It means never dying and becoming immortal." After Sanji said to Luffy, he lit the cigarette and took a deep breath.
"Huh? If one person never dies, then there will be no friends or enemies. What's the point in that!"
Luffy licked his nostrils disdainfully.
Regarding Luffy's usual strange thinking perspective, Nami shook her head helplessly, but then her expression became serious: "But this is just a legend without evidence... If it is a pirate, it is possible, but if it is even There is really no reason for the navy to be dispatched and even attack civilians."
As the largest violent institution and the largest security organization under the World Government, the Navy's existence is to maintain the existing system based on the World Conference and punish various enemies considered by the World Government to be lawless elements. There is no reason for it to be dispatched for any purpose other than that - not even Lieutenant General Nelson, who Nami thinks needs to be vigilant near Battleship Island.
Why would his subordinates go out just for a little girl on an ordinary island? Does he want to live forever? Or is it for some other reason?
For example, the so-called descendants of the Creator, the Celestial Dragons?
"Elder Boku, can you tell us more about this legend?"
Under Nami's questioning, Elder Boku continued:
"The original king of the Lost Island had three sons. One day, the king said to his three sons: My sons, go find the Star Tree in the Dragon Valley and bring it to me. Then the three The sons then went their separate ways..."
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Lieutenant General Nelson's communication arrived, and Captain Eric and Major Hardy of the GR-173 branch came to the communication room on the warship.
As the saying goes, if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam is crooked - being able to follow guys like Nelson, Captain Eric and Major Hardy, naturally cannot be said to be well-trained, just and brave. In fact, if it were not for the interests with Nelson Transport, these two people have already found a way to transfer them away.
"The girl with the clue to the Thousand-Year Dragon has returned to Ship Island, right?"
Fat Nelson's voice came through the telex bug from the far away G-11 Fortress.
"That's right, Your Excellency."
Major Hardy pretended to be respectful, "I received a report from the spy sent to Ship Island. Today, the pirate ship of Luffy and his group arrived at Battleship Island, and the little girl was also on it."
A few days ago, the naval patrol ship reported the encounter with Luffy's gang and their whereabouts to the various naval branches in the east. But whether it was Nelson himself, or Major Hardy and his deputy Captain Eric, , didn’t take it too seriously.
What kind of new pirate force caused a scene in Marine Headquarters and then escaped safely? If the dark boy at the head was not named "Monkey" and was not the biological grandson of Vice Admiral Garp of Navy Headquarters, would they still be alive?
That's right, those who knew Luffy's life experience all agreed that the so-called Luffy group could be easily manipulated.
"I will personally lead the team and head for Battleship Island right away."
"Very well, Hardy, Eric, I will give you the rewards you deserve after the operation is successfully completed."
"You are too kind, Lieutenant General."
Hardy and Eric felt very unhappy about Nelson, who was talking while eating and really regarded himself as their respectable superior.
"But I hope you can do one more thing, Hardy and Eric. Once you arrive at Battleship Island, you must not only recapture the Dragon Bone Girl safely, but also eliminate Luffy and his gang on the spot without giving them any information. Opportunity!"
"Understood, Lieutenant General, leave everything to us!"
"Then please!"
Communications were cut off.
"It's exactly what I said! Haha, I'm going to gather people first and try to set off tomorrow morning." Eric said sarcastically, and then walked out of the communications room.
Major Hardy looked at the charts hanging on the wall of the communications room and fell into deep thought:
(The little girl named Abisi, getting her is equivalent to getting the location of the Dragon's Nest and the keel of the Millennium Dragon... And the residents of Battleship Island are the descendants of the Lost Island, and they must also have the treasures left behind... Clues to immortality and lost treasures, I want them all! Nelson? Who do you think you are!)
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"Then the king of the 370th generation was a very wise monarch. He had a total of eighteen sons."
Night has come to Battleship Island, and Elder Boku's story still has no intention of ending.
Franky and Nami listened with interest, Sanji started smoking again, Zoro sat lazily with his arms folded, and Chopper and Luffy had already fallen asleep.
"He carried out drastic reforms, and this king had many sons, probably more than eighty..."
Once Elder Poku starts telling stories, there really is no end to them. The pork buns in the kitchen were almost ready, but the story of Elder Boku had not been told for a long time until the 1320th generation, and Luffy couldn't bear it anymore.
He walked to the door of the kitchen as if he was sleepwalking. Even in his sleep, he was attracted by the aroma of the steamed buns. Every move he made was instinctive. And Abis was hiding behind the kitchen door at the moment, holding a big wooden stick in her hand, waiting for Luffy to come in and knock him out. However, when Luffy entered the kitchen door, he fell asleep again.
Seeing this, Abis put some of the pork buns in a cloth bag and quietly slipped away from the back of the kitchen.
From the back of Elder Poku's house, there is a trail leading up the mountain. After crossing this path and walking along a cave, you will enter a deep valley. It is impossible to go forward here. There is a cliff blocking the way, and the bottom of the valley is not visible.
Abis showed her dexterity in climbing the mast on the warship before, climbed along the branches in the valley, and successfully reached the other side. Up to this point, it’s Abisi’s secret path. Elder Boku, who once told Abis about this trail, is no longer able to reach here due to old age and weak strength.
The slope in front was covered with a green forest. Carrying a cloth bag at night, Abis spent two or three hours climbing to the place equivalent to the sail of Battleship Island, where there was a hole.
This cave entrance is extremely hidden, let alone from the sea, even from close range, without careful observation, you can't find it, but Abis entered the cave with ease.
"Grandpa Long...!"
Abis called softly.
Woo...
The wind blew out of the cave.
"Grandpa Long...that's great, you must be very lonely!"
"Grandpa Long...is this dragon's name?"
Luffy saw the eyes of the older dragon, the feathers on his head had begun to fall off, and his scalp began to show.
"Hmm...it seems that Grandpa Long is getting old, so he looks very lethargic."
"It seems very lonely!"
"...Luffy?" Abis looked at Luffy behind her in surprise, "How can you tell Grandpa Long's mood?"
"Well, my knowledge and color domineering is quite special."
"What does seeing and hearing domineering mean?"
"This is hard to explain... But Abis, why can you talk to dragons? Do you understand the language of dragons?"
Nami, who was standing next to Luffy, saw the scene where Abis and Dragon were talking just now, and asked seriously.
"you……"
"We followed your footsteps," Nami, who guessed what Abis was going to say, answered first, "Luffy didn't come back after going to the toilet, and your figure also disappeared. I I was worried, so I went to look for you, and then I found out that Luffy had eaten all the pork buns in the kitchen!"
"It's nothing, I just ate one!"
"... Anyway, we searched around the area, then followed your footsteps up the mountain, and finally came here."
"Isn't there supposed to be a valley on the way? How did you get here?"
"We are pirates with special abilities!"
Luffy said with a smile.
"Special abilities... Luffy, you must have eaten a devil fruit, right?"
"Ah...have you eaten it too?"
"Yes, Grandpa Boku said, I ate the Heart Whispering Fruit. So I can understand the language of animals."
Nami suddenly realized: "That's why when you were escaping from the navy warship that day, you were able to detect in advance that strong winds were coming!"
"Yes, a seabird told me about it at that time."
"Phew, that's good... I almost thought my ability to predict navigation has declined!"
The ability of wild animals to detect weather changes is simply unmatched by humans, even the best navigators - Nami, who had been feeling very stressed these past few days, finally showed a relaxed expression.
"I met Grandpa Long because of the Heart Whisper Fruit. Not long after I ate the Devil Fruit, I went to play alone in the mountains and met Grandpa Long."
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who?
Abis, who was playing in the flower garden, stood up.
wind……?
Is it the sound caused by the wind blowing the flowers and grass? Abis thought so.
Who is it?
It shouldn't be human... For some reason, Abis always felt that a part of her heart could hear the language of animals, so she heard this strange sound.
Such a sad sound! This is really the first time I heard it! Abis thought so.
This sound is different from the rumor-telling cats around the house, the love-loving birds, and the dolphins that travel like poets. It is a cry for help.
Abis became restless and trotted towards the direction of the sound.
The wind blew down from the hillside. Abis held her breath and climbed up the mountain from the back of the island along a secret path that no one knew about. She thought to herself that I must help it.
With the support of this belief, Abis overcame her fear of the dark and walked along the dark hole. An old dragon, the Millennium Dragon, was lying there.
The dragon mentioned in Grandpa Boku's story has glazed skin and very long wings. The dragon was looking at this little visitor with its big vertical pupils.
"It's you who is calling for help!"
Abis said.
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"Grandpa Dragon is very tired. A long time ago, he left his friends and started looking for a place alone. That place is the Lost Island, where the Dragon's Nest is located."
"Is the Lost Island the legendary island?"
"It has a prosperous civilization, but that island sank to the bottom of the sea a long time ago!" Nami said.
"Yes, I heard that Grandpa Dragon's friends will return to their hometown, Dragon's Nest, once every thousand years to pay homage to their king there."
"A thousand years?"
"Their king?"
Nami and Luffy have different concerns.
"That's why they are called Thousand-Year Dragons, and Grandpa Long said that this time of one thousand years is almost within the next few days!"
"Doesn't that mean that dragon has lived for more than a thousand years! How amazing!"
Luffy said in surprise, but then his expression became excited: "But we are also very lucky! This is a once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity!"
“But Grandpa Dragon said he couldn’t remember the specific location of Dragon’s Nest, but he wanted to go back. Grandpa Dragon was old and had lost the ability to fly long distances, but he said he wanted to go back to Dragon’s Nest no matter what! So I think I must do something for it no matter what! But, I have no idea where the Dragon’s Nest is!”
"Elder Boku should know something, right?"
"Yes, but all Grandpa Boku knows is the legend of the Dragon's Nest and that the Dragon's Nest is on the Lost Island, and he has no clue as to where the Lost Island is."
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In other words, there was no point in asking - after understanding this, Nami suddenly dropped her shoulders.
But soon she realized something, and her expression became exciting - "Wait!"
"Um?"
"What's wrong, Sister Nami?"
Luffy and Abis both looked at her strangely.
"I know there is a person who maybe, no, he will definitely know the clues about the Lost Island!"