In the first half of the Grand Line, a huge ship was sailing on the sea.
All the pirate ships and merchant ships along the way decisively fled after seeing the flag flying on the ship.
Because the flag flying on the ship is the pirate flag of the New World Pirate Emperor, the Rocks Pirates.
Rocks sat lazily on the bow of the boat fishing, yawning constantly.
Since leaving Grims, Rocks had taken Tezoro, Ares, Louis, Spike, Perona and others directly across Fishman Island, all the way back to the first half of the Grand Line.
Rocks had no interest in this route that he had traveled countless times.
However, this was full of fun for Ares and his companions who were going out to sea for the first time.
Every time they arrived at an island, they would clamor for Rocks to stop the boat and repair it on the island, and then they would have some crazy fun on the island.
They stopped and started like this, and sailed on the sea for a week before leaving the New World and entering the first half of the Grand Route.
"Dad, how long will it take us to reach the sky island you mentioned?"
Ares finally got annoyed and ran to Rocks and asked.
Rocks glanced at Ares, changed his posture and continued fishing.
"Why, after such a short time, you feel bored?"
"Humph, it's really boring! I thought I could have a good adventure out at sea, but all the guys I met were either very respectful or ran away. It's not interesting at all."
Ares said unhappily.
They encountered many pirate ships along the way, but they all turned around and fled after seeing their ships.
Some pirates, after seeing Rocks' flag, ran up enthusiastically to show their courtesy.
He originally wanted to find some pirates to have a good fight with, but he had no chance at all.
"Okay, we are almost there. If you are really bored, go exercise."
Rocks waved at Ares and told him to go away and not disturb him fishing.
Looking at his father with a look of disgust, Ares left reluctantly.
Time passed quickly, and two days later, they finally arrived at their destination, Mogu Town.
Rocks took Ares, Louis, Spike, Perona, and Tesoro off the ship.
All the pirates in the port who recognized the flag dared not breathe, and hid aside tremblingly, watching the figures of Rocks and his companions going away.
At the door of a bar, Rocks stopped.
"Okay, you guys just wander around this island. After a day's rest, we'll go directly to Sky Island."
With that, Rocks went straight into the bar, not caring about Ares and the other kids.
Seeing that their father finally stopped caring about them, the little kids suddenly became excited.
"Well, now that dad is gone, it's time for our Ares team to go on their own adventures!"
Ares, as the leader of the group, spoke directly.
"Oh! The great adventure begins!"
"Hmph! Boring."
"Hei Luo Hei Luo, I can finally go shopping properly."
Several people ran noisily towards the town's busiest street.
In a dark corner of Mogu Town, a group of guys who didn't look like good people were hiding aside and watching the noisy Ares and his companions.
"Boss, are we really going to catch those little devils? They followed the emperor Rocks here, and we heard that little devil call Rocks "daddy"! If we catch him, Rocks will never let us go!"
A younger brother said tremblingly as he looked at the leader.
"Fool!"
The leader slapped his younger brother on the head.
"Those little devils are moving freely now, and Rocks is not following them at all. We just need to hurry up, catch those little devils and leave here immediately. When we get to a safe place, we can sell them directly and make a lot of money."
"Then we can all live extremely wealthy lives in our next lives."
After hearing what their leader said, several younger brothers became interested.
"Done! Damn, wealth and honor come from risk!"
"Go ahead, boss!"
"That's right, as long as we are fast, we will definitely succeed!"
The leader looked at his brothers with satisfaction and a smug smile appeared on his face.
At this time, Ares and his companions were happily strolling around the street, completely unaware that they had been targeted by a group of human traffickers with ulterior motives.
"Hey Ares, look, there's a weird guy over there!"
Spike suddenly saw something and said to Ares in surprise.
Ares looked in the direction Spike was pointing.
A tall, dark-skinned monk with short black hair, wearing a cassock and carrying a pair of white wings on his back is smiling and teasing a hot beauty.
"Hey, it actually has wings. Could it be the same species as Uncle Jin?"
Ares looked at the monk-like man with an interested smile on his face.
"Let's go and take a look."
Ares said something to his friends and walked directly towards the big monk.
At this time, the big monk was bargaining with the hot beauty with a smile on his face.
"Beauty, this night is really too expensive. I don't have that much money. Please be kind and give me a discount."
The beauty glanced at the big man with disdain and impatience on his face.
"You stupid monk, I've already reduced my price by a lot! From 100,000 Baileys to 70,000 Baileys, how much more do you want me to reduce? If you're that poor, don't come out to have fun!"
The big man paid no attention to the woman's ridicule, still looking at him with a smile on his face and his hands clasped together.
"Beauty, I only have 50,000 Baileys. If you're willing, I'll pay you right away. How about that?"
Perhaps the woman was really annoyed by this monk who kept pestering her, so she agreed directly.
"Alright, fifty thousand is fifty thousand Baileys. I'm so annoyed. I'm so unlucky to have met you today!"
After the woman finished speaking, she prepared to ask the monk to follow her to her house.
The monk was eager to follow the woman, but was blocked by Ares.
"Hey! My name is Ares, and I'm going to be the strongest man on the sea! Monk, what's your name, are you from the Lunaria tribe, do you want to be my partner?"
Ares looked up at the monk and spoke bluntly.
The monk looked at the little ghost who suddenly blocked his way with a confused look on his face, and his head was full of greetings.
"Little devil, who are you? Don't block my way. Can't you see I'm busy?"
The monk looked at Ares unhappily when he suddenly blocked his way and waved his hand to drive him away.
"Heh, monk, you haven't answered my question yet. Tell me, are you from the Lunaria tribe? And do you want to be my companion?"
Ares completely ignored the monk's attempts to drive him away and continued to look at him with a cocky look on his face.
Seeing the beautiful woman walking further and further away, the monk suddenly became anxious.
"I'm not some shitty Lunaria, get out of my way and don't disturb me from having fun!"
After saying that, the monk pushed Ares away and chased after the beauty.
Ares, who was pushed away by the monk, looked at the leaving monk with an unhappy face, and his palms were covered with a layer of black smoke.
"You bastard monk, you actually dared to reject my invitation, and even dared to push me!"
Ares roared in a low voice, and his palm covered with black smoke suddenly burst out with a terrifying suction force.
"Get back here, young master!"
"Hand of Darkness!!"