aircannonsinc Chapter 280 The Celestial Dragons truly deserve to die!
Chapter 280 The Celestial Dragons truly deserve to die!
Chapter 280 The Celestial Dragons truly deserve to die!
Looking at Granny Za's complicated expression, west Yan asked curiously, "Granny Za, are you... very familiar with Uncle Whitebeard?"
Why did he feel like the other person knew the white-bearded uncle very well?
"Of course we're familiar," Grandma Zha said, having composed herself. "We were on the same ship back then."
Although it wasn't for a particularly long time, we were still partners for a while.
"Is that so?" west Yan asked.
He really hadn't expected that this seemingly frail old woman had once been Whitebeard's partner. This...: ...She doesn't even have the aura of a powerful figure.
"Yes, there are," Grandma Za nodded, "but that was decades ago."
As she spoke, a hint of reminiscence appeared in Grandma Za's eyes, and the scene from the time on the Rocks ship flashed through her mind.
Although the time they spent together was short, it was enough for her to remember it for a lifetime.
"Decades ago?" west Yan Lun Yi said, "That's so long ago."
"Yes, it's been that long."
"So you're a crew member of the white-bearded uncle?"
"No way!" Grandma jumped up as if her tail had been stepped on, and retorted, "He is not qualified to be my captain!"
She acknowledged that Newgate was very strong, but he wasn't qualified to be her captain!
"So you're his captain?"
"No, not exactly."
"That.
"Alright, stop guessing," Grandma Za interrupted. "I'll just tell you directly, we share a captain."
These words immediately piqued west Yan's interest.
"Who is it?" west Yan asked. "What's their name?"
"Rocks!"
Grandma said, "But you probably haven't heard of this name before..."
"No, I've heard of it!"
"Um?"
The old woman was clearly taken aback for a moment, then asked in surprise, "You've heard of it?"
The World Government has already erased all traces of Rocks, so how did this kid know?
Could it be... that this kid knows some people who escaped from God Valley?
Thinking of this, Grandma narrowed her eyes.
"Yes, I've heard of it," west Yan nodded.
"Where did you hear that?"
"I heard it from my companions," west Yan said. "As for some details about the Rocks Pirates, Robin told me. Brook only mentioned the name at the time, but Robin told me some information about the pirate crew!"
"Robin?"
"Ah, she's our ship's historian," west Yan explained. "She's from Ohara and is the only survivor of Ohara."
"So you're a historian from there..." Grandma nodded and said, "That makes sense then."
Although the World Government tried every means to erase Rocks' existence, some clues would always be left behind.
Historians are best at deducing past events from the smallest clues!
So it's normal that the other party would know some things about Rocks.
Then, Grandma Zai asked, "What did she say to you?"
"She told me that the pirate crew was extremely powerful, a terrifying force that once suppressed an entire era," west Yan said. "Then, I don't know what happened, but the pirate crew suddenly disappeared."
"And Rocks himself has completely disappeared without a trace."
"This... is all that Robin knows."
Robin had no idea what exactly happened, since... there were no records of that!
"It seems the World Government has put in a lot of effort," Grandma said with a complicated expression.
Otherwise, O'Hara wouldn't have only received this much information.
"What exactly did you guys do back then?" west Yan asked curiously, "You actually forced the World Government to erase all traces of your pirate crew."
Could it be that these guys went to attack Mary Geoise?
Hmm... it's not impossible!
After all, that man named Rocks is the captain of the Whitebeard Uncle's ship. Anyone like that is capable of doing anything!
"This is a long story."
After saying that, Grandma Zha picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, and then continued, "In short... we've done a lot of earth-shattering things!"
After finishing speaking, Grandma Za paused for a moment, then said, "I won't talk about anything else, let me just talk about the final battle at God Valley."
"That was also the last battle of our lives, Rocks."
"God Valley...the Great War?"
Hearing this name, west Yan felt a sense of awe and mystery.
"Could it be that that place is Celestial Dragon territory, and Rocks and his group went there to kill the Celestial Dragons?" west Yan wondered to himself.
That's quite a possibility!
As if sensing west Yan's thoughts, Granny Za said, "God's Valley is just the name of that island; it doesn't have any special meaning."
"But there are indeed Celestial Dragons there."
west Yan nodded upon hearing this, which was similar to what he had thought.
"Kid, do you know about the Celestial Dragons Hunting Tournament?"
"I don't know," west Yan shook his head.
He only learned about the Celestial Dragons after he came to this world, so naturally he couldn't have known about the Celestial Dragon Hunting Tournament.
"Then let me explain to you what the Celestial Dragon Hunting Tournament is."
After speaking, Grandma Za paused for a moment, then said seriously, "According to the information I've received, it was an extremely brutal competition!"
"The World Government selects islands from non-member states as hunting grounds, and the people on those islands become sinners, becoming prey along with the slaves placed there by the Celestial Dragons."
"Then... the Celestial Dragons will step in to hunt them down, and the hunt won't end until the last prey is killed!"
"In this way, the island becomes the treasure of the world government."
"And this... is the Celestial Dragons' hunting competition!"
"Varied......?!"
Hearing her mother-in-law's words, Meili's eyes were filled with disbelief.
Kill the people of an island?
Isn't this...a bit too cruel?
That's an entire island's worth of people!
"It seems I underestimated the evil of the Celestial Dragons!" west Yan said with a grim face, "They truly deserve to die!!!"
He really didn't expect that the Celestial Dragons would create such a competition just to satisfy their own desires... This is too cruel!
Kill everyone on an island at once?
How many people would die!
"The Celestial Dragons are far more despicable than you imagine," Granny Za said. Xi Yan paused for a moment upon hearing this, then asked, "How often do they hold these hunting competitions?"
"I don't know about that," Grandma Za said, shaking her head.
She didn't get any information on that.
"Even if it's held once every hundred years, eight countries would still be wiped out," west Yan said, frowning.
Eight countries...that must be a lot of people.
"They're so pitiful..." Melly said, her eyes brimming with tears.
He did absolutely nothing and yet he's about to be killed by the Celestial Dragons...: ...That's so pitiful!
"It should take less time than you think," Grandma Za said.
Anyway, she didn't believe that the Celestial Dragons would hold a hunting competition every such long interval.
"Then this number will have to be increased further," west Yan said, frowning.
It seems he underestimated the evil of the Celestial Dragons.
After shaking his head, west Yan said, "So your purpose in going to the Valley of Gods was to stop them from holding that hunting competition."
"How could that be?" Granny Zha said helplessly, "We're pirates, not philanthropists. Why would we go to God Valley for something like this?"
"So why did you go?"
This time, Grandma didn't answer immediately, but became somewhat hesitant.
After a moment, she said, "Rocks was probably trying to kill the Celestial Dragons and also steal those powerful Devil Fruits that were the prizes."
As for whether there are any other purposes...
After finishing her sentence, Grandma paused for a moment, then her eyes flickered, and she said, "To be honest, I don't know either."
west Yan didn't notice anything unusual about Granny Za, and instead stroked his chin, saying, "Killing Celestial Dragons and stealing Devil Fruits, huh...?"
"Looks like this guy has big ambitions."
A Devil Fruit that the Celestial Dragons would offer as a prize must be an extremely powerful one.
If we can get our hands on this Devil Fruit... the Rocks Pirates will become even stronger!
"Of course he's big," Grandma Za said. "His dream is to become the King of the World!"
"King of the World?"
"He's really an extremely arrogant person."
"He certainly has the ability," Grandma Za said, "but... he's just not very lucky."
"luck?"
"Yes, he encountered Garp and Roger at God Valley and was ultimately defeated by the two of them working together," Granny said.
If it weren't for those two people, Lox might have succeeded.
After all... the Celestial Dragons' defensive forces are no match for them!
west Yan:
"A naval hero and a pirate king teaming up against an enemy?" Xi Yan's lips twitched. "Isn't that a bit too fantastical?"
Why would two opposing forces join forces against each other?
Could it be... that guy Rocks is planning to kill both of them?
After recalling Grandma's description of Lox, west Yan felt that the probability was not small.
After all, this is an incredibly arrogant person!
"It is indeed magical, but that's the truth," Grandma Za said.
"What about the rest of your pirate crew?" west Yan asked. "Didn't anyone go to help Rocks?"
"No," Granny Zha shook her head and said, "Our pirate crew is a bit special. We're people who came together because of a common goal, so when we encounter danger..."
west Yan remained silent after listening to his mother-in-law's words.
This pirate crew is really outrageous.
"Has he gathered a group of ambitious individuals with differing motives by relying on his formidable strength?" west Yan thought to himself, "This man named Locke is really a bit too confident..."
Perhaps that's why he suffered the backlash.
"Actually, if Rocks could have defeated those two, the pirate crew wouldn't have fallen apart," Granny said. "But unfortunately, those two were just too strong."
Although they couldn't defeat Rocks individually, they could defeat him when they joined forces!
"It's pretty absurd, really. How can two people who've been fighting for half their lives be so in sync?" Grandma thought to herself, speechless.
Recalling the scene of the three fighting back then, Grandma's lips twitched.
"In the end, it's probably because he's too confident in his own abilities," west Yan said.
"Yes, that's true."
Rocks was indeed extremely confident in his strength, after all... he could even kill a Marine Admiral!
"And then?" west Yan asked.
"And then..."
Recalling her past memories, Granny said, "Later, after discovering that Rocks was no match for Garp and Roger, the pirate crew began to retreat off the island."
"Lox himself fought the two men to the very end on the island, and ultimately died at their hands."
At this point, Granny Za paused for a moment, then said with a complicated expression, "After confirming that Rocks was dead, I left with Whitebeard and the others."
"And this... is the story of the Battle of God Valley."
After hearing Grandma Za's story, west Yan said with some emotion, "Lox was really tricked to death, wasn't he?"
If anyone had been willing to help Rocks, he probably could have killed Garp or Roger.
"I suppose so," Grandma Za said, "but it was his own choice."
After all... Rocks never uttered a single word asking for help!
This is one of the reasons why Whitebeard and his group didn't make a move.
This time, west Yan nodded and said nothing more.
"Grandma, did you get the Devil Fruit?" Mary asked curiously.
"no."
My mother-in-law gets angry whenever this is brought up.
"I didn't get anything!" the old woman said through gritted teeth. "Those bastards took all the benefits!"
Not only did she not get any benefits, she was almost beaten to death by those so-called Knights of God!
"Who took all those Devil Fruits?"
"I don't know about that," Granny Zha shook her head and said, "but I guess those guys probably got their Devil Fruits from God Valley."
Kaido's Mythical Zoan-type Azure Dragon Fruit, Shiki's Float-Float Fruit, Marco's Phoenix Fruit...
These guys probably stole their Devil Fruits during the great battle at God Valley!
But she got nothing...
Damn it, I'm so angry!
"Those guys?"
"Ah, Whitebeard, Kaido, Big Mom, Shiki, and so on..."
west Yan: ? ? ?
No, does this mean Rocks had three Yonko under his command?
What a terrifying guy. No wonder old man Garp had to team up with Roger to fight him.
Seeing west Yan's reaction, Grandma Za laughed and said, "Surprised, aren't you?"
"I'm truly surprised..."
"If you had seen that man with your own eyes, you wouldn't be surprised," Grandma Za said with a sigh.
After all... that man truly possessed that kind of strength and charisma!
It's just that I was unlucky, otherwise.....
Hey.
After letting out a silent sigh, Grandma Za said, "Anyway—what I'm telling you two today must remain a secret. Don't tell anyone, understand?"
"Otherwise, it might cause you trouble!"
"clear!"