章節 9: -Little Garden

Jumping off the docks, Ian started flying in the direction of the Reverse Mountain.

The thing with telekinesis powers as far as he could tell, is that it grows strong as long as his body is strengthened.

He had noticed this in the very beginning when he had just learned how to use it. As he was still young he ended up using an amount of energy his young mind could not take. And so he ended up injured with blood flowing from his mouth and eyes.

And each time he became stronger he had more energy to use. And so with this increase in strength he got, he could use greater energy than before, which resulted in his flying speed doubling with almost no effort.

As such he didn't take very much to reach Reverse Mountain. It was barely an hour and the mountain was in his view. Once he reached it he was able to see the water gates that one would usually pass with a ship, still, he flew straight along it, and was amazed at such a weird phenomenon.

The water was going upwards on a mountain all the way to the top. It was absolutely breathtaking.

Once he reached the end, he went to the left sideway, which is the one that will lead to the Grand Line. And also the only pathway that leads down. As all the other four will lead you to the top.

At the end of the pathway, he noticed the so-called 'laboon'. It is an extremely large whale, comparable in size to most of the Calm Belt's Sea Kings at 400 m; his eye alone is several times larger than the Going Merry. His skin is black (blue in the anime), coupled with short fins and a fluked tail. Much of his head is crisscrossed with scars, from his many years of tackling Reverse Mountain. He thought about taking its blood, but then stopped, thinking that it is already sick what with its interior that contains a complex network of metal chambers and tunnels, installed by Crocus to deal with his habit of swallowing ships that challenge or annoy it. And so he hid his presence and flew above it.

Once he was down, he took his log pose and strapped it to his arm. In this crazy sea, he would have to constantly check it lest he ends up flying randomly.

Not even 40 minutes later Ian reached the so-called Cactus Island where the city whiskey peak is located. The crazy ever-changing weather of the Grand line proved no trouble against his telekinesis as he flew surrounding himself in a dome of energy functioning as a shield.

Since he didn't want to bother with the bounty hunters in this town, he just flew at a higher altitude than before while hiding his presence. As he did so he got a glimpse of the island.

On Cactus Island, there are several rock mountains with multiple graves on top. The shape of the mountains along with the graves gives the mountains the appearance of giant cacti.

There is a river flowing through the island allowing ships to dock inland.

Ian found a tree to sit at while waiting for the log pose to reset.

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His stay there was peaceful, and soon the next day had come with him only training his observation Haki with conjuncture of his telekinesis. He had found out that he could now reach a very good distance and detect all things around him.

But now, the Log pose had reset and was now pointing to the next island. As such he took off in the direction it was pointing at.

He flew while thinking of a method to get the blood. He could ask, or he could take it by force.

Of course, he would not be able to physically overpower a giant, but he was still more powerful than them. However, due to their size, it was possible they would not even be able to feel him when he takes their blood using a needle. Well, he had many options.

He would see what to do once he reaches there.

Normally with a ship, it would probably take two days or three, but since he was flying, at most it would be 6 or 7 hours of continuous flying.

Along this small trip, he encountered many sea kings even if it was 'paradise' and not the 'calm belt'. He didn't remember if he saw in the manga something similar, but he concluded that it is possible.

Soon he spotted the island.

Little Garden is supposedly a Prehistoric Island and as such is still in the age of the Dinosaurs. He didn't know much about Little Garden, other than it seems to develop very slowly. Due to the extreme climate and dangers of the dinosaurs and the duels between Dorry and Brogy the two giants he came for, no human has been able to stay there the entire year for the Log Pose to reset without dying. But since Ian already had an Eternal pose for Alabasta he was not concerned at this.

Since he was flying really high he could see that the island is in a circular shape. On each end of the island are 2 identical mountains that are in reality the skulls of two Sea Kings. Many of the trees and plants are fauna from a Prehistoric Era. The island also houses many volcanoes.

Because the Grand Line can have so many climates, Little Garden's climate is one of dense jungle. This has led it to be behind the average island in the Grand Line by millions of years. The climate is unbearable for many humans that plan to stay long, as well as providing ideal conditions for fatal illnesses to survive, some thought previously extinct. This is why Ian covered himself in a layer of energy to protect himself, even if he was confident in his regeneration.

Seeing the two skulls with the size of a mountain from afar he was excited, and not scared. As this means that such huge sea kings do exist in this world. Which could only be good to him.

He lowered himself and then went into the jungle.