novelraw Chapter 503: SDFI - 503
Chapter 503: SDFI - 503
After saying goodbye to Tama, Drake had summoned Phoenix, and had left Wano Country together with Stella.
Of course, Drake hadn’t forgotten to warn Kurozumi Orochi before leaving. Relying solely on Fukurokuju conveying his words, Kurozumi Orochi wouldn’t honestly listen to him with his personality.
So Drake had sent a Fire Dragon’s Brilliant Flame towards Kurozumi Orochi’s palace.
As Drake had expected, even though Fukurokuju hadn’t conveyed Drake’s threat directly, it had still made Kurozumi Orochi jump up in anger.
Having considered himself to be the master of Wano Country, Kurozumi Orochi wouldn’t allow anyone in Wano Country to defy him. Just as he had been about to send his ninja and samurai to level Drake’s farm, Drake’s true warning had arrived.
Drake didn’t care whether Kurozumi Orochi would be killed by his warning, and Kurozumi Orochi had indeed escaped a disaster with his devil fruit ability.
The Snake-Snake Fruit, Mythical Zoan Model: Yamata no Orochi, had the ability to revive.
But after escaping a disaster, Kurozumi Orochi also didn’t have the courage to cause trouble.
So Drake had left Wano Country with peace of mind, plunging into this wonderful sea.
Wano Country’s unique terrain could be called a natural barrier, but it didn’t count for much to Drake, who could fly.
After successfully leaving Wano Country, Drake had decided to head to the first half of the Grand Line, which had been called Paradise first.
This was mainly because Drake had run into a news coo after leaving Wano Country, and he had learned the accurate time point from the newspaper.
Krieg, the overlord of the East Blue, having been defeated by the new pirate Straw Hat Luffy was a matter that was too small to be any smaller to the sea.
After all, the East Blue had been called the weakest sea, and neither Krieg nor Straw Hat Luffy were small characters who could attract anyone’s attention right now.
Who could have imagined that the latter would fight the Shichibukai first, and then attack Enies Lobby, daring to raise his fist to the Celestial Dragons, turning Impel Down upside down, and would even defeat a Four Emperor in the end.
But this had also confirmed that it should be the stage when the Straw Hat Pirates had just started out right now, which was to say that there was still time to join in on a lot of famous scenes.
Thinking this, Drake had immediately decided to change directions, going to Paradise to meet the protagonist of this world.
Drake had quite a high degree of goodwill towards Luffy, and after all, there also wasn’t any protagonist who could have both the characteristics of childishness and maturity at the same time like him.
That’s right, Luffy was mature in Drake’s view, and his maturity wasn’t in his way of doing things, but was instead in the fact that he could adhere to his convictions from start to finish.
Becoming the freest person, experiencing the best adventures, and doing what he wanted to do! Luffy, who had been carrying these things out from start to finish, had never been confused apart from when Ace had died to protect him.
This was the characteristic that only the most mature people had. Unlike a lot of other protagonists, they always had to experience a lot of things before they could understand this point. Some couldn’t even do it in the end.
As for childishness, there was naturally no need to say more, and it was also quite difficult to be able to continue being willful like a child.
Although his goal was clear, navigating on the sea wasn’t that easy.
The Grand Line was a place where even the magnetic field and the weather were chaotic, and although Drake and them didn’t need to rely on a Log Pose, navigating from one island to another like the others, it really wasn’t simple to identify the direction on the vast sea.
Drake had wandered around for quite a long time before finding the accurate route to the first half of the Grand Line.
It was very difficult to return to the first half of the Grand Line from the second half.
The proper route was naturally the elevators on the Red Line that were managed by the World Government.
That was naturally a route that pirates couldn’t take, so there were two feasible routes.
One was to go through the coating, passing through Fish-Man Island below the Red Line. The second was to pass through the Calm Belt, which was a nest of sea kings, entering the four seas, and then returning to the Grand Line through Reverse Mountain.
It was naturally unnecessary for Drake to use anything that troublesome, and he had directly chosen the closest route, flying over from the back of Reverse Mountain. From this, you could see that the ability to fly was quite useful no matter which world it was.
So after going around and around, passing through several islands, Drake had seen that Red Line, which could be called spectacular.
It was possible that it was because Drake had been flying, so he hadn’t felt the danger of the New World.
Speaking of which, Drake’s luck had been good, and the flags that had been hanging on the islands that he had passed through had been those of Whitebeard and Red Hair.
Compared to the other two Four Emperors, these two’s territories were much more peaceful.
Above the Red Line, Drake could clearly see the five waterways that had been shaped like a cross, and the waterway in the very center was the one that had been leading to the first half of the Grand Line.
Phoenix had landed before the lighthouse at the foot of the Red Line, and this was the first stop of the Grand Line, which had been called Twin Cape.
Drake had recalled Phoenix, who had transformed back into a shikigami, thanking him for his hard work while replenishing his magic power.
The door to the lighthouse had opened, and an old man who had been wearing a flower petal decoration on his head had walked out.
"So there’s actually someone who can fly over the Red Line while riding a bird! Young man, you’re not from the four seas, right?"
The old man had been wearing a flowered shirt, and he had looked like an ordinary retired old man, but the things that he had experienced before this weren’t something that ordinary people could imagine.
After all, he had once been the doctor of the Pirate King, and had been someone who had gone to Laugh Tale together with Roger, and although he was old, his vision was still there.
Crocus had seen through Drake and Stella’s extraordinariness with one glance. The two had had an absolute difference compared to those new pirates who had just come to the Grand Line from the four seas.
Drake had opened his mouth, saying, "That’s right, we’ve come back from the New World. After all, Paradise also has quite a few sceneries, and it would be a shame not to take a look!"
Crocus had nodded, saying, "That’s true, there’s scenery worth seeing no matter where it is! But it’s indeed been a long time since I’ve seen someone like you!"
Having been at Twin Cape for this long, Crocus had seen countless new pirates shouting that they wanted to become the Pirate King, charging into the Grand Line.
For ambition, for fame, for wealth, for dreams... those people had all kinds of motivations for setting sail, but very few people could enjoy the journey to their goal.
Although enjoying the journey didn’t have any necessary connection with whether they could reach the end point, the people who could do this were definitely special.
Crocus had encountered this kind of person, and had also experienced the best adventure with him. And then that person had become the Pirate King who had created this era.
It was a pity that the intern on the ship who had inherited Roger’s straw hat had been entrusted with something quite heavy, otherwise he would definitely have become that kind of person as well.
And Drake had given Crocus a different feeling compared to Roger.
If Roger had been because of his innate personality, then Drake had been because of a state of mind that had been cultivated through experience. It couldn’t be said which was better or worse, but both were equally rare.
Just as Drake and Crocus had been speaking, the weather had suddenly changed.
The weather on the Grand Line couldn’t be deduced with common sense at all, and it could be clear and sunny one minute, and it could be raining and snowing the next.
A large amount of dark clouds had covered the entire sky in the blink of an eye, and it looked like there was going to be a heavy rain.
Just at this time, a special roar had rung out.
Crocus’ expression had changed, saying with an anxious look, "Is it coming again this quickly!"
After saying this, Crocus had turned around, running back to the lighthouse, and things had been constantly flying out from the window, and it looked like he had been rummaging for something inside.
Stella had said with a curious look, "What’s that sound?"
Drake had also seen that patch of scarred skin that had surfaced on the sea, and had also guessed what had happened.
So Drake had opened his mouth, telling Stella the story about the island whale and a certain pirate group’s promise.
After listening to the story of this whale named Laboon, Stella had become teary-eyed after looking at the scars on its head.
And then Stella had been surprised to see Crocus, who had been carrying a large pile of things, open a door on the whale’s body, directly entering Laboon’s body, which had surfaced.
And then, just like in the story, Laboon had straightened his body from the very front of the waterway, letting out a cry that had made people feel sad just by hearing it towards the sky.
Just as he had been feeling emotional, Drake had suddenly noticed a sailboat that had been flowing down along the waterway of the Red Line.
A sheep’s head figurehead, a skull pattern that had been wearing a straw hat, and also an orange tree on the ship, and those few people who had clear characteristics.
Drake couldn’t help but say, "This is really... too coincidental!"
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