One Piece: The Magician

The tunnel was a bit long, and even at the speed of the magic carpet, it took Sherlock and Elsa a while to reach their destination.

suddenly see the light.

The two came to a large space, and immediately, all their attention was taken away by the huge thing in the middle.

This is a giant building ship that is at least ten times the size of the Meili. It shines with golden light under the sunlight and has great visual impact.

There is a large word "divine" printed on the middle of the ship, which is very eye-catching. Judging from the large and small fan blades installed around it, this ship is probably not used to go to sea.

"It's so big." Elsa exclaimed. This was the first time in her life that she had seen such a big ship.

"Yes, it's so big." Sherlock said calmly.

Although the sorcerer who was once the president of the Glitter Gold Chamber of Commerce was not surprised by a ship of this size, when he noticed the giant human face that seemed to be made entirely of gold, his eyes under the lenses couldn't help but look... There was a hint of surprise.

"Didn't you say that the metal resources on Sky Island are very scarce? Wait, the legendary golden land."

After pondering for a while, Sherlock pushed up his glasses slightly: "Did that god use all the gold in Shantora to build this ship?"

As the former president of the First Chamber of Commerce in the East China Sea, adjectives such as rich and wealthy are a bit too modest when applied to Sherlock.But building a big ship made entirely of gold like this was something he, a top tycoon, had never imagined.

No wonder there is a saying that the third generation of construction is poor. It is precisely because of the existence of inhumane prodigal things like Enero, which is a waste of money and money. It’s foggy.

Just as countless strange thoughts flashed through the magician's mind, a certain little loli suddenly pulled on the former's clothes.

"Sherlock, Sherlock, I feel it." Elsa stretched out her hand and pointed forward, and said with a look of surprise: "There was a very weak sound in that direction."

"Oh, are there any survivors?" Sherlock did not dare to delay. He controlled the magic carpet again and flew in the direction pointed by Elsa, arriving at a room next to where the big ship was parked.

Then, what caught their eyes was a large figure of a person lying on the ground whose body was scorched and whose life or death was unknown.Judging from their postures when they fell to the ground and the crude weapons scattered around, these former divine soldiers should have tried to resist, but were defeated in an instant.

The whole room was extremely silent, and the air was filled with a burnt smell after ionization.Everything is like Shura hell, and those who watch it feel chilled in their hearts.

"It's so miserable."

Although she had already guessed the fate of these people, when Aisha saw such a tragic scene with her own eyes, her originally rosy face could not help but turn pale.She turned her head away, unable to bear to look any further.

"Where is that voice?"

Sherlock's expression was much calmer. He felt it for a moment, then walked to an empty islander who seemed to have passed out, squatted down, and asked:

"Hey, can you still speak? I'll ask you a few questions, you?"

Before the magician could finish his words, the Sky Islander suddenly reached out and grabbed the former's arm, and whispered in an extremely trembling voice: "Run away. Run away quickly."

"Escape" Sherlock looked at the charred palm that seemed to have used all his strength to hold him, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Who wants to escape where and why?"

"Leave the Sky Island, otherwise everyone will die, everyone cough, cough, cough." The surviving Sky Islander coughed violently, his chest rising and falling like a worn-out bellows box, and continued:

"Enilu, he, he is a complete devil and he plans to take advantage of it"

Having said this, the Sky Islander stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of a workbench, and opened his mouth as if he wanted to continue saying something.It's a pity that he was full of ambition but not strong enough. He tilted his neck and fell silent.

"Sorry, Sherlock. What did he say at the end?"

Sensing the disappearance of the last sound, Aisha's expression was very complicated.As a Sandian, she should be happy about this, but this kind-hearted little girl felt extremely heavy at this moment.

"do not know"

Sherlock stood up and walked towards the workbench that the islander pointed to last with a heavy face. The workbench was filled with thick drawings. He looked through it briefly.I found that these drawings were all related to the huge golden ship outside.

"Sure enough, after completing this golden ark called Proverbs, these people who lost their value were abandoned by God without hesitation. What a cruel and ruthless guy, Enel."

At this time, Sherlock inadvertently rummaged through the pile of drawings and found a stack of design drawings wrapped and bound into a volume. Compared with the relatively white papers of the other design drawings, this thick stack of drawings was longer than Many of them are old and look like they have seen some age.

"Ark Project"

The magician gently touched the yellowed paper with his fingers, and his eyes slightly narrowed under the lenses.He lowered his gaze, and a strange pirate symbol came into view, and it instantly took away all his attention.

This is a slightly ferocious skull, and behind the skull is a round rudder.However, the most peculiar thing is that this skull has long golden hair that is scattered freely like a lion, looking extremely wild and domineering.

"The symbol is the golden lion"

Sherlock was stunned. He was naturally very familiar with the flying pirate who had fought against the Pirate King many times.But the magician never imagined that he could actually see the traces left by this legendary pirate here.

"Could it be that this blueprint comes from the Flying Pirates, but hasn't Golden Lion disappeared since 20 years ago?"

After calming down his excitement, Sherlock quickly flipped through the drawings in his hand.

Although he couldn't understand the unclear mechanical structure diagrams at all, with the detailed annotations and various rumors about the Sky Pirates many years ago, the magician was able to analyze the Ark plan roughly.

Before the Great Pirate Age began, there was once a powerful user with the Thunder Fruit ability under the Golden Lion.

In order to realize his ambition to conquer the world, the Golden Lion planned to use his own abilities and those of the thunder fruit user to develop a weapon that was as powerful as the legendary ancient weapons, the so-called Ark.

The Ark in the design is transplanted with the flying ability of the Piao Piao Fruit and the thunder power of the Thunder Fruit. Not only can it fly in the sky at will, but it can also increase the power of thunder by generating a strange cumulus cloud. As long as there is a little guidance, all thunder can be unleashed, which is very terrifying.

The Golden Lion's Ark plan is to build one hundred and eighty Arks to form an invincible fleet, to give the enemies on the ground a baptism of thunder from high in the air, and to dominate the world from then on.

However, the imagination is very full, but the reality is very skinny.

Not long after this blueprint was drawn, when the golden lion happily hid in the sky and planned to silently climb the technology ladder, the person with the thunder fruit ability who was one of the key figures died.

Therefore, the Ark project was permanently shelved.

To be continued.

ps: This chapter is considered to be my personal property. I wonder what book friends think about the research on Devil Fruit abilities.

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