At the same time.
Garp was in the Kingdom of Alabasta. This country was in the first half of Grand Line. The royal family was even one of the twenty kings who created the world eight hundred years ago. When the twenty kings and their descendants moved to Mary Geoise , the Nefeltari Family refused and continued to stay in this country.
They could have become Celestial Dragons, but in the end, they still thought that they would build a harmonious country with ordinary people.
Garp, who only had one arm left, walked in the desert with a team of Marines. This time, he did not come to see the royal family, but to find Altar of Ascension.
According to Makima, there were many Altar of Ascension in this world. In the end, Altar of Ascension was surrounded by the biggest and real Altar of Ascension. After careful investigation, there were indeed some ancient ruins in some places.
Some of them were on uninhabited islands, some were in places unknown to the large countries. At present, they had found about five or six, but they were all products that had become rotten after a lot of time.
Perhaps that thing had a strong effect, but now it had become a pile of rubble. The most valuable thing was some murals recorded on it.
Today, Garp brought a team of Marines to a new island.
Alabasta was a country with a long history. Although it could be said to be nothing much for thousands of years or tens of thousands of years, it was already very amazing in this world.
After Garp lost his arm, he was appointed by Fleet Admiral Kong to look for Altar of Ascension. This was also something that could not be helped. Before he was used to fighting single-handedly, his strength would inevitably drop by a lot.
The Marine Scientific Unit was originally researching artificial limbs. Unfortunately, Vegapunk was brought to Pandora Island at a crucial time to study demons. This was something that could not be helped. Garp did not feel depressed.
In the first half of the journey to Four Seas and Wei Wei, he would look for Altar of Ascension as a distraction.
"Why don't we go and ask the king directly?"
Behind Garp, his son, Monkey D. Dragon, said under the scorching sun, "Nefeltari have been royal in this country for hundreds of years. They must know something else."
Dragon came specifically to protect Garp because he was afraid that Garp would be met with an enemy or an accident when investigating Altar of Ascension.
In the past, Garp had dealt with too many pirates on the sea. His name was equivalent to a demon to some pirates. Now that they knew that he had lost an arm, someone would definitely come to take revenge.
"Idiot, this is a secret mission. Do you know what a secret is?" Garp rubbed his nose and said disappointedly, "In short, if there are no clues, we can ask again."
"How can there be a secret mission when you're involved?' The warship is parked at the port. Everyone knows that you are here!"
"Ah, this thing doesn't matter, right?" Garp raised his head to look at the sky. The sun was shining on him, making him feel a little uncomfortable.
He drank a mouthful of water and then continued walking forward.
Fortunately, they were a regular organization and had a lot of supplies.
The advantage of the Marine was here, and the logistics team was far greater than the pirates who had been passing day by day.
They had been in Alabasta for a while and were currently in the desert in the west of the country. Because they had to pay attention to their surroundings at all times, they did not ride on the camel of Alabasta.
Garp also brought elites. Traveling through a desert would only make their mouths dry a little. There would not be any accidents.
"The air is starting to become moist. There should be an oasis in front!"
Walking together with Garp was Tsuru, He was a Vice Admiral and also a Marine at the same time as Garp and Sengoku. At this time, she wasn't as old as when she was chasing Doflamingo, she was still in her prime.
She noticed that there was some change in the air, so she said to Garp, "Go there and resupply, and ask if there are any clues."
Garp nodded, and they quickened their pace, and soon found that there was a green area in front of them.
In Alabasta, there were many deserts but also many oases.
"Stop!"
Just as they were about to enter the oasis, an army suddenly walked out. The leader was a man with strange curly hair.
He was tall, but he was not very old. He was wearing the uniform of the army and looked a little young.
"Who are you?"
It seems to be the army of Alabasta, but why are they stationed here?
He frowned, but Garp said with a big face, "Can't you see? We are the Marine, and now we have to go in to replenish food and water."
"Speaking of which, who are you?"
In the face of Garp's questioning, the other side straightened his chest and said proudly, "I am Igaram of the kingdom's guard, why are you Marine here?"
"Ah? Are you an idiot? Didn't I say that we are here to buy some water and food?" Garp was a little speechless.
There were many soldiers behind him, and he was a little wary of the Marine. "Why did the Marine come to Alabasta? There are no pirates here?"
"I don't need to answer this question, do I?" Garp said unfortunately.
The Headquarters of the Marine is a subordinate of the World Government. Although Alabasta is said to be the Union of the World Government, it doesn't represent the World Government, so it can't be directly under the jurisdiction of the Marine. Therefore , there is no need for Garp to tell him his purpose.
Strictly speaking, the Marine also had to obey the orders of the World Government and the Royal Family, but this relationship was not very reliable. Garp did not even care about the orders of the World Government, so how could he care about the League Nation of the World Government?
"Since there are no pirates here, why don't you let them in?" Dragon asked while frowning.
"This... our abnormal behavior, can I understand that you have something to hide from the Marine?"
Even if the Marine had a place that they could not go to, it was an important place like the palace. Their actions were indeed a little abnormal.
This should not be an important place, why would Alabasta leave the royal guards here to guard?
"Alright, Igaram, let the Marine in."
While the two sides were confronting each other, a figure came out from the oasis. Then, a man came out. He was also very young and looked about the same age as Yin Ka Lai Mu.
When he appeared, the guards all bowed to him.
"Your Highness, why are you here?" Igaram asked.