And this sentence deeply penetrated Bach's heart.
The weak...have no choice.
To do this, we can only become stronger!
... ... ...
Mast on the deck of the ship.
Jia Ya was flipping through a yellowed ancient book.
This ancient book was a thank-you gift given to Jia Ya by an old man among the residents of Chunzi Island.
Mod glanced at the ancient book in Jia Ya's hand and asked curiously: "What is written in the book?"
Jia Ya turned to the next page gently and said, "It's the history of Twin Islands. It's very interesting to watch."
"History..."
Maude muttered, but she was not interested.
Jia Ya raised her head to look at Maud, who lacked interest. She turned the open page of the ancient book towards Maud, and at the same time stretched out her slender index finger to point to one of the lines.
"look here."
"Um?"
Maude looked at the text that Jia Ya pointed to, and surprise gradually appeared in her eyes.
"Did the Twin Islands split into two because a giant struck with an axe?"
"Interesting, right?"
Jaya smiled.
Maud scratched his forehead and said: "It's quite interesting... but I think this content is not like history, but more like a story."
"Just fun."
Jaya's eyes turned into crescent moons.
Chapter 48 Treasure Chest from Heaven
During the boring and monotonous voyage, you always need something to pass the time.
When the mast ship left the Twin Islands and sailed to the open sea, Jaya took the ancient history book and read it non-stop.
In less than half a day, she read the entire book.
Afterwards, Maude was idle, so she took the book from Jaya and started reading.
Compared to the description of time and changes in things in the book, Maude was more interested in the so-called story of the giant holding an axe.
Split the Twin Islands with one ax
Not a horizontal chop, but a vertical chop.
How many meters deep it reaches is not stated in the book.
When they landed on Chunzi Island, Mod's attention was mostly attracted by the giant yin-yang tree, but he didn't pay much attention to the rock walls along the coast.
Now that I think about it carefully, those rock walls along the coast are indeed as smooth as tofu, which corresponds to the content in this book.
However, if it weren't for this history book, Maud would never have thought of going there.
It is even more impossible to imagine that the spring and winter climate of the Twin Islands was actually created by the ax of this unknown giant.
For those who know enough about the strength of the top experts, just splitting the island in two is not shocking.
However, it is a little bit mysterious to split half of the "life" out of a winter island that is subject to wind and snow all year round with just one axe.
This is what Maud is very interested in.
Unfortunately, in this excerpt, several words have been erased.
Referring to the context, it can be barely seen that these smear marks correspond to the age of the giant when it attacked the island, as well as the giant's name.
Maude read this excerpt carefully and then slowly closed the book.
In this vast world, no matter before or now, there is no shortage of strange people and strange things.
"History."
Speaking of the history of this world, Mod could not help but think of Nicole Robin.
It should be about a year and a half before Luffy goes to sea...
At this point in time, Robin should be working under Crocodile Shichibukai.
When he thought of Crocodile and the Baroque Working Society, Morde's mind began to wander.
Before entering the Great Channel, Mod had considered the route where the [Small Garden] was located, in order to hunt down the two giants on that island.
Once he chooses to take that route, the starting island will be Whiskey Island, home to the Baroque Workshop.
At that time, it is inevitable that he will have an intersection with Crocodile.
But the matter of changing ships was more important, so Maude had no choice but to abandon the Little Garden route.
However, he will find a way to get the permanent pointer of the small garden after changing ships.
At the beginning of the route, he didn't want to miss the two giants in the small garden.
To him, the two giants were not only prey that could bring huge profits, but also two combat targets that could be used to hone their strength.
It would be a shame to miss it.
The divergent thoughts gradually left the little garden giant and shifted to Crocodile's original intention of attacking the desert country of Alabasta - the ancient weapon Pluto.
"Ancient weapons..."
Maude shook her head slightly.
Even if he possesses valuable information of a predictive nature, at this stage, it is impossible for him to touch such a hot potato.
Including Nicole Robin, who can read historical text, is also a hot potato.
Just as Maud was thinking wildly, the hull of the ship suddenly began to jolt violently, and the sky darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Are you here again..."
Maude got up from the deck chair and came to the bow of the ship, looking at the waves that suddenly became violent and the thick black clouds that quickly gathered from the distance.
This kind of weather change with almost no warning is a common occurrence in the Grand Waterway.
And every encounter is a challenge for the ship and crew.
Normally at times like this, as long as Lafayette didn't ask for help, Maud would just lie there obediently.
Facing the turbulent waves, the mast ship plunged into the violent storm, showing a precarious situation.
"Boom!"
A crack of thunder broke out from the thick black clouds.
A brief flash of lightning illuminated the world here, allowing Mod and the others who were waiting to see clearly the changes in the clouds in the sky.
I saw black clouds falling down from the surging black clouds like maltose.
Lightning flashes were visible in each cloud, and they were torn into various shapes by the strong wind.
"The clouds... are hanging down?"
Looking at this scene, Maude's eyes changed.
As soon as he finished speaking, another thunder sounded.
With the flash of lightning, the falling clouds that were torn and pushed were clearly heading in the direction where they were.
Such a strange sight immediately brought inexplicable pressure to everyone.
Before Lafayette could respond, another noticeable change occurred on the rough sea.
Suddenly streams of water rose from the sea, rushing toward the falling black clouds.
To be more precise, the trickle of sea water was "sucked" by the black clouds wrapped in the strong wind.
When the trickle of sea water connected with the black clouds, it turned into waterspouts accompanied by electric light in the blink of an eye.
The changes that occurred in a few seconds shocked the minds of Mod and others.
The Grand Waterway once again showed them the terrifying power of nature.
"Jim, turn left!"
After Lafayette discerned the direction of the ocean current as quickly as possible, he passed the order to Jim to make the right decision.
After hearing Lafayette's operating command, Jim's arms bulged with veins and he turned the helm crazily to the left, fighting against the resistance brought by the violent waves.
With Jim's frantic steering, the mast ship tilted to the left.
At this time, a wave brought out by the ocean current suddenly appeared on the "coin path" of the mast ship. It cleverly became the steering assist of the mast ship, helping the mast ship get rid of the whale-sucking current that gradually formed in front of it.
In less than ten seconds, Mod and others crossed the line between life and death.
But the harsh weather isn't over yet.
The command of the ship fell to Lafayette, while Maude ran to the right side of the mast ship and looked at the dozens of waterspouts rising from the sea ahead.
Under Maude's gaze, the dozens of waterspouts gathered together at an extremely fast speed, and then formed a huge waterspout that drew out a large amount of seawater.
With the help of strobe lightning, Maud even saw several badly damaged ships tumbling upwards along with the waterspout.
The rotten hull was torn into countless wreckage in an instant.
"Um?"
Suddenly, Maud's eyes narrowed and he saw one of the wreckage flying towards the mast ship.
In order to prevent the mast ship from being damaged, Maude took off on moon steps, preparing to intercept the wreckage.
"Treasure chest?"
Maud originally wanted to kick away the debris that was flying directly towards him, but after seeing clearly that the debris was actually a treasure chest tied with iron chains.
He hurriedly retracted his feet, turned to catch the treasure box with both hands, and immediately dropped it to the deck.
After picking up an inexplicable treasure chest dropped from the sky in this critical situation, Maude felt complicated for a moment.
This treasure box is quite heavy to acquire. The wooden box with iron bars welded to it is tied with several rusty iron chains that are tangled together. It is so messy and disorderly that it looks like a dead knot.
And embedded in the tight knot of the iron chain were two pale broken palm bones, which formed a strong contrast with the rust stains that could be seen everywhere on the iron chain.
Maud glanced at the metacarpal bones embedded in the iron chain, and could tell that the owner of the treasure chest must have been extremely unwilling before dying.
In an ever-changing place like the Great Waterway, there are many scenes of great joy and disappointment.
Chapter 49 Report
When pirates encounter a treasure chest, they take it back to the ship.
This is one of the true portrayals of the Age of Navigation.
The treasure chest is also something that can arouse the pirate's emotions in an instant.
Maude was full of curiosity about this treasure chest dropped from the sky.
But under the current circumstances, he had no intention of opening the treasure box, so he took the treasure box and put it in the cabin.
After coming out of the cabin, Maud first glanced at Lafayette, who was concentrating on observing the weather, and then looked again at the huge waterspout that broke through the clouds in the sky.
A treasure chest flew up as I rolled up and down. This kind of encounter was really imaginary, but it did happen.
Opportunity is something that cannot be explained clearly.
There once was a drunken pirate who had a banquet with his companions on an uninhabited island. Because he had a bad stomach, he found a secluded place on the island to settle the matter on the spot.
As luck would have it, the fluid excrement rushing out of his intestines happened to be poured onto a Devil Fruit.
After the pirate lifted his pants, he glanced at the excrement out of habit, and noticed the Devil Fruit that covered half of his body with excrement.
Then, the pirate's drunkenness disappeared by three points on the spot.
No one knew what the pirate was feeling at that time. They only knew that the pirate used the fastest speed in his life to fish out the indescribable Devil Fruit from the mess of excrement.
Then, without thinking, the pirate swallowed the devil fruit covered in excrement in two mouthfuls.
This is the wonder of the Great Waterway.