"Hey! Look, there's an island ahead! Zoro!"
Luffy's eyes suddenly lit up, and he got excited when he saw the approaching island not far away. He slapped Zoro on the shoulder crazily.
Feeling the heavy blow on his shoulder, Zoro remained unmoved, "Let's land first. I've really had enough of you, idiot."
Although they had been drifting on the sea for less than a day, Luffy's frequent lapses in intelligence really left him speechless. More than once, he had jumped directly into the sea just for a bite to eat.
Boom—!!
The ship's plank hit the shore, and the two of them turned over and landed firmly on the ground.
On both sides, there were sparse coconut trees.
There were seats placed under a few scattered parasols, and several villagers who had just finished working sat on them to rest, staring boredly at the sea not far away.
"Those two...should be Marines, right?"
A villager was awakened by Luffy and Zoro who suddenly broke into the field of vision. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and nudged his companion next to him.
On the sea, no one knows when pirates will suddenly arrive, so many villagers are extremely sensitive to all outsiders. Except Marines.
"Looking at the clothes he's wearing, he must be a Marine. I'll go up and take a look. You go...find Bell-mère!"
Darcy reacted quickly and rushed towards Luffy and Zoro.
As a former Marine, Bell-mère should be able to distinguish the true identities of the two people in front of her.
"My name is Luffy, and I am the man who wants to be the Marine King!"
Seeing someone walking up, Luffy said with his trademark grin.
"Marine King?"
Darcy paused, tilted his head, and looked at Luffy doubtfully, "Mr. Atlas?"
SH had only heard of the title Marine King from the current Marine Admiral.
Unlike all previous Marine Admirals, this one overthrew the Celestial Dragons and was determined to clean up all pirates in the world.
The position of Marine Admiral is far from summarizing that man's achievements.
"This... uncle? Is there a place to eat in the village? We haven't eaten for almost a day."
Not eating for a day may not be a problem for ordinary people, but for non-human beings with a big appetite, just lying down and consuming the same amount of calories as an ordinary person's strenuous activity for a day is undoubtedly fatal.
"Yeah, yeah!"
Luffy nodded wildly from the side.
"Come to my house for dinner?"
A hearty laugh suddenly intervened.
"Bell-mère?!"
Darcy said hello, "Then please entertain these two Marines."
"Leave it to me!"
Bell-mère was a slender woman, her gray eyes looking at Luffy with interest, and finally landing on his shoulder, "You are the missing Captain from Loguetown, right?"
"Sigh!"
Luffy suddenly realized, making a fist with his right hand and hitting the palm of his left hand, "So I'm going to work in Loguetown!"
Zoro: "..."
"How do you know? Red-haired aunt?"
Bell-mère:——?! Aunt?!
Looking at Luffy's face, Bell-mère still kept a smile on her face and turned around, "Let's go to my house for dinner first. I'll tell you in detail then."
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The vast sea.
A huge sailing ship with a panther-shaped prow and three decks sailed on the sea of East Blue.
Next to it were nearly twenty pirate ships, tightly surrounding the main ship in the center. All the pirate flags were uniformly adorned with a skull and two hourglasses.
If any pirates from East Blue saw it, they would definitely recognize it.
—East Blue Overlord! Krieg Pirates.
This notorious pirate crew originally threatened to enter the Grand Line and challenge the Marine's so-called authority!
However, at this time, the overlord pirate group with 50 pirate ships and 5,000 men looked a little embarrassed, as if there were some invisible monsters chasing them around.
On the main ship.
Don Krieg, with his light purple hair, turban on his head, golden battle armor, and fur coat, looked frightened. He stood on the side of the ship and looked around, especially the seabed, which he watched intently.
"How's it going? Are those guys gone?"
He was visibly shaken.
The confidant next to him— Gin, pointed to the shadow lurking underneath and said solemnly, "Not yet, there is news from the ships behind, they have been following us."
"..."
Boom—!!
His fist hit the side of the ship hard. Krieg was a little discouraged, "What on earth do those guys want?"
After conquering East Blue, he was ready to enter the Grand Line with unlimited ambition.
Who knew, before he really entered the Grand Line, fate gave him a big slap.
A huge Sea King, which should have been in the Calm Belt, suddenly attacked them, and as soon as it appeared, it destroyed more than half of his fleet.
Even with all their might, they could only scratch the surface of that Sea King.
Just when they were desperate, something even more frightening happened.
One head, two heads, three heads...
Seeing the endless huge bodies surrounding him, the Krieg Pirates' hearts collapsed.
What hatred or resentment? It felt like a whole family came to block them!
If it weren't for the racial differences, the pirates would almost think that their captain, Krieg, had wronged someone very powerful.
However, something unexpected happened to them.
—These Sea Kings did not attack them further, but instead surrounded them on three sides and drove them in one direction.
As a last resort, the Krieg Pirates could only sail towards an unknown destination under coercion.
During this period, they also tried to use various means to drive away the Sea Kings, but all they got in return was a violent beating, with each instance seeing another chunk of their fleet swallowed into the bellies of the Sea Kings.
This made them dare not act rashly for a while.
Because no one knew if their actions would provoke these creatures, and who would become food next.
Becoming Sea King excrement was an experience no one wanted.
"Then what do we do now?"
Gin looked at Krieg with a sullen face, whose expression mirrored his own.
"Let's follow them for now. I wonder what they want to do?"
Krieg was equally annoyed.
In his imagination, he should now be dominating the sea with the Grand Line, commanding over 5,000 men.
Crash—!!
Several Sea Kings rolled suddenly, and the huge waves they set off overturned the last few pirate ships, submerging them into the rolling waves.
Click, click, click!!
The crisp sound of chewing reached his ears, and Krieg knew that the pirate group had once again lost nearly a third of its members.
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