Chương 109: Chapter 109: Movements of All Parties, Eve of the Final Battle.
"Hahaha, a trial, I'm so excited~~"
Luffy stood at the bow of the ship, which was being carried by the 'Super Express Shrimp', laughing as if he were going to a banquet.
"Gold or no gold, it doesn't matter. I'm just worried about Roman~~"
Nami's eyes sparkled. Indeed, women and dragons both love shiny metals. However:
"What does this have to do with me?"
Roman rolled his eyes, looking at the rapidly approaching island ahead. — Unlike the previous Angel Island, which was built with white clouds and compressed 'cloud bricks', this place was real soil and land!
"God's Island - Sanctuary."
Roman looked at the island with its vast forest, "It also has a name we are familiar with, the City of Gold, Shandora. It was once half of Jaya Island!"
"Listen up, the four priests who preside over the trials here all possess a skill called 'Mantra', which we call 'Observation Haki'. They can not only predict their opponent's attacks but also transmit information through 'Mantra', and even hear conversations from far away..."
"Wait a minute!"
Nami raised her hand to ask, "Roman, do you mean that the other side already knows we're here and can even hear our conversations?"
"That's exactly what I mean," Roman nodded. This is why he said Sky Island is a 'no-strategy situation'.
The so-called strategy involves three factors: timing, geography, and human harmony.
However, on this Sky Island, Enel has all the advantages! Combined with his unparalleled power and the ability to monitor the entire island with his Observation Haki, any strategy is pointless. — Unless we don't go to Sky Island in the first place, but then we'd face Blackbeard's pursuit...
"Alright, so you're basically saying 'we're coming to fight, get ready', right?"
Nami rubbed her forehead, knowing with her gut that the other side would be fully prepared.
"Don't panic,"
Roman waved his hand and then looked at the Straw Hat crew.
"Everyone, it's time to test your training results! After playing the puppet game for so long, don't mess up when facing real people!"
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'Everyone, it's time to test your... don't...'
In a village hidden in the sea of clouds, a little girl named Aisa sat on the ground, feeling dejected. She had sneaked off to the Holy Land to steal some soil again today, only to run into their village's great warrior 'War Demon' Wyper on her way back.
Not only was the soil confiscated, but she was also scolded harshly! Fortunately, the images Aisa recorded near the Holy Land seemed to attract the attention of the warriors in the tent.
"These Blue Sea people..."
Watching the confident Straw Hat crew preparing to challenge the trials in the images, the jungle warriors in the tent were speechless.
Calling these guys ignorant, they were clearly very familiar with the priests' most powerful ability, 'Mantra'. They just called it 'Observation Haki'.
Calling these guys strong, they didn't look like strong and tough warriors. One or two of them were skinny and short (normal-sized people entering the Grand Line are like third-degree disabled), shouting slogans about defeating the priests, which seemed overconfident...
"Aisa, can you 'hear' their voices? How strong are they—"
A black-haired female warrior patiently asked. Among this group of jungle warriors with wild and murderous looks, she was an odd one out.
The little girl surrounded by the jungle warriors was Aisa, a genius born with the ability of 'Mantra'. She could not only hear the 'voices' of creatures from a long distance but also distinguish their strength and emotions.
"Very strong," the little girl turned to look at a Mohawk man wearing sunglasses, "Stronger than you, Mantis."
!
"You little brat, what do you mean?" Using me as a unit of measurement...
"What about compared to me?"
A wild voice rang out. Sitting in the main seat was a strong man with fierce tattoos on his face and shoulders, holding a rocket launcher and smoking a cigarette. — The great warrior 'War Demon' Wyper!
The strongest among the Shandia warriors.
"Among those Blue Sea people, is there anyone who can compare to me?"
Facing the great warrior's proud question, the little girl Aisa hesitated.
Should I say there are three voices...
"Oh?"
Even if the little girl didn't answer, her expression clearly betrayed her thoughts, causing the surrounding jungle warriors to angrily rebuke her!
"Aisa, what do you mean?"
"Wyper's strength, you still don't—"
"Shut up!"
The half-tattooed great warrior stood up, "This is even better!"
"Since these Blue Sea people are so confident and have some skills, let them take the lead."
"If they can take down one or two priests, it will be our ancestors' blessing! Everyone get ready, we set off tomorrow morning—"
If they could really take down one or two priests, the opportunity Shandia had been waiting for might finally come.
To take Enel's head,
Reclaim the homeland from 400 years ago!
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On an island called the Holy Land,
At a higher place, there is a shrine.
"Why has God summoned us?"
Four priests arrived in front of the shrine. They were: the sunglasses-wearing, tattooed warrior 'Sky Herdsman' Ohm, carrying a cloud sword; the 'Blue Sky Knight' Shura, holding a knight's lance and wearing a flying cap; the round, ball-like 'Forest Great Satori' Shadley; and the serious-looking but actually goofy 'Sky Guardian' Gedatsu.
"Open the door!"
As the shrine's door opened, the four of them immediately took defensive stances! The fat 'Chief Divine Soldier' Yama sighed as he walked out.
"Please remain humble before God, sirs."
"Before?" The 'Blue Sky Knight' Shura, stepping into the shrine, pointed at the large, empty altar.
"Then tell me, where is God?"
Crackle—
Before the words were finished, a figure flashed like a sudden thunderbolt, like lightning breaking through the air!
In an instant, the four priests, who possessed 'Mantra'—also known as Observation Haki—were all struck! Lightning passed through them, knocking them to the ground, and then snaked into the altar.
"I am—"
A man with a white turban, long earlobes with earrings, bare upper body with four Tomoe drums on his back, golden bracelets on his hands, wearing lantern pants, barefoot with rings on his toes, lazily leaned on the altar bed.
"God!"
"Am I not right here?"
Maybe if someone else said this, it would sound both pretentious and awkward, but this man calling himself God in a calm voice seemed so natural.
"God..."
"What are you..."
"...Why are you toying with us?"
"You urgently summoned us for..."
Facing the four priests kneeling on one knee, the man who called himself God, the ruler of this Sky Island—Enel, took an apple from the tray held by a maid and took a bite.
"Hahaha, I'm too bored! Sit down first."
"You seem to have underestimated those Blue Sea people who came up today," Enel casually glanced at the four subordinates sitting cross-legged in front of him.
"But do you know, those Blue Sea people are already deciding who will take you down."
??!
"Arrogant—"
"Monkeys who don't know there's always a higher cloud!"
"My 'Iron Trial' with a survival rate of zero will make sure they never return."
The four priests were furious. They were the judges of 'sinners'! And now these Blue Sea people dared to see them as prey and challenge their authority?
Intolerable!
"They will set out from the central altar tomorrow—"
"Meanwhile, the Shandia warriors will also seize the opportunity to attack."
Leaning lazily on the altar bed, Enel took another bite of the apple.
"In fact,"
"The Ark 'Maxim' is already completed. It's time to end things on this island."
With these words, except for the four trusted priests and the 'Chief Divine Soldier', everyone else in the shrine looked confused.
"Tomorrow, it doesn't matter where the 'trial' takes place. Anyone can judge—because I will depart,"
"To the world of dreams!"
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Chopper: "I picked up garlic, walnuts, bananas..."
Zoro: "I picked up frogs and mice."
Sanji: "Great, throw them all into the pot."
???
"Hey, wait a minute!" Nami turned back angrily, "I think I just heard something I can't accept as food!"
"Hey, don't women eat garlic?"
"It's the mice! You idiot!!!"
...
In the center of the forest, at an altar-like structure, the fully assembled Straw Hat crew was camping. — With their strength, as long as they didn't split up for no reason, they didn't worry about ordinary beast attacks or disasters.
"Come here, Zoro, give me a hand."
...
"Hey, hey, hey, my swords aren't for this!"
Zoro, holding the pot with his two swords, looked helpless, but at times like this: "Shut up, or you'll be eating raw mice!"
???
Hold it in, hold it in! Arguing with the cook at times like this is the worst...
'Roman, about the location of the gold?'
On the other side, Robin was flipping through a book while casually glancing at the other two holding paper and 'talking'.
'Most of it was taken by that 'god' to make flying machines. The largest golden bell should have been pushed to a high place. Anyway, Sky Island isn't that big...'
'Is that bell really as huge as you say? Ten stories high?'
Taking the paper Nami wrote on, Roman shook the white paper in his hand, and the words on it disappeared, replaced by new ones.
'I said a few stories high, don't exaggerate...'
'Forget it, the golden bell or whatever...'
'We'll talk about it after we win.'
Enel, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit user~~~ This time, we can only rely on Luffy.
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