Traveler in the Pirate World

Green vines are spreading, weeds are growing wildly, and giant carnivorous plants are swaying in the wind. The city that was bustling with people yesterday has now turned into a green jungle. The morning mist is the poisonous gas exhaled by the plants. Everything that was once full of vitality has returned to deathly silence.

Old Benny took Rui to sit on the roof of the palace on the top of the mountain and looked down at everything.

"These plants will soon die, along with this small island country!" Old Benny looked at the rising sun in the sky with a dull look in his eyes, as if he was quietly waiting for death.

He shouldn't have used his knowledge in this way. What on earth had forced him to this point?

Old Benny turned to look at Rui who was also sitting quietly beside him, "I have been waiting for you to come back. All this was prepared a year ago, but if you can't witness it with your own eyes, then all this will only be revenge.

Don't blame yourself, my child. None of this is your fault. I don't blame you, Selena doesn't blame you, and Meilin won't blame you either!"

The skinny and rough hands pressed heavily on Rui's shoulders. The old man's body temperature could be felt through the clothes. "Live on, Rui! Live well, Rui! You have grown up and can take care of yourself. Don't make me worry anymore!"

The wind ruffled the strands of hair on Rui's forehead, and his eyes suddenly turned red. He could see the deathly silence in the old man's eyes, the kind of deathly silence that came after completing everything and heading towards death, just like his father back then.

"This is the only knowledge I haven't passed on to you. I thought you wouldn't be able to use it before, but now I think it's better for you to learn it." Taking out a neatly folded leather paper from his arms, old Benny stuffed it into Rui's hand, then turned to look at the fiery red sunrise.

That was the color he hated now, the blood-stained figure, the burning flames, and every time he dreamed of it, it made him go crazy.

Merlin, my wife, I'm sorry that I failed to protect you, and even more so, my daughter. I watched you die with my own eyes, but I was powerless to do anything. The only thing I could do was to let this kingdom be buried with us.

Since that day, old Benny's health has been deteriorating. He seems to have lost the motivation to live and it seems as if he will collapse at any time.

In the huge palace, the white walls with gold and jade carvings are full of cracks, withered vines and roots are intertwined, and yellow fallen leaves are rolling in the wind. From a distance, this city-state kingdom looks as lonely as early autumn, just like old Benny in the twilight.

"You should go, Ray!"

"No, I'm not going anywhere!" Rui shook his head firmly. He didn't want to wander alone anymore!

"You should go, Ray!" Old Benny repeated himself, but this time his tone was more serious.

"I don't want to go anywhere. I just want to stay with you, even if it's just to help you guard this grave!" Rui shook his head again. He no longer had any dreams. He just wanted to guard this home and his only relative.

"No, you can't stay here!" Old Benny looked straight into Ray's eyes, "Go to the sea! The sea is very vast. If you don't know what to do, just walk around. When you get tired, find a place to rest and stay and plant some flowers and plants.

If I meet someone I like during my journey, I will stop, get married, have children, and live the rest of my life in peace. If I meet the right person, I will pass on all my knowledge and let it shine in the right era.

Go ahead, if you want you will find a home and protect it."

"Master..." Rui stared at old Benny in a daze. After a long time, he turned around and left with a stiff body. "I understand!" He spoke every word heavily and took every step heavily!

Old Benny watched Rui's back as he slowly walked toward the door, just like when he sent the ambitious young man to the sea. "I don't blame you, so you can't blame yourself. If you really don't want to let go, then live well for all of us!

You are grown up now, you have to take care of yourself, don’t…”

The old man's voice gradually became weaker. Rui bit his lower lip tightly, and tears rolled down his cheeks.

"Bang!" A crisp sound rang out behind him, the ground began to shake, the magnificent palace was swallowed up by the huge tree that grew in an instant, and the former throne also completely disappeared. A smell that was not pleasant but very familiar suddenly bloomed, Rui turned his head with tears in his eyes, looked at the huge tree that buried the old man, knelt on the ground and cried heartbreakingly, "Ah..."

The white ball flowers bloomed in the blink of an eye and withered in an instant. The green fruits grew in the next moment and slowly matured. With the sound of thumping the fruits falling to the ground, the white "snow" was raised in this world and blown away by the wind.

Rui was dazzled by the white snow. When the sky and the earth were clear, the whole view was covered with white. The white ball tree that blocked out the sun turned into a dead tree, and the golden fallen leaves reflected the morning sun and scattered all over the ground.

Rui stayed on this dead island for a year before leaving, and this time he was going to the place that was familiar to him.

then

The flowers in the Gordon Kingdom have withered. The once capital of flowers no longer has the fragrance that filled the mountains and fields. Thorns growing from nowhere are growing wildly, and the prosperous kingdom has turned into decline in the blink of an eye.

Rui stood in front of the king, watching him lower his head and beg for his forgiveness. The cold body of the minister fell powerlessly beside him. But even so, Rui felt a little bit of the pleasure of revenge. But all he felt was endless sadness. What he wanted was never revenge.

Later, without a harbor, Rui drifted alone on the sea until he was captured by the navy, and then he stopped his wandering. He seemed to have accepted his fate and lay calmly in the Impel Prison, waiting to die in the endless darkness.

But when the colorless crystal fell in front of him, looking at the light blooming in it, Rui's dead eyes lit up!

"Rui, stay alive!"

……

"Yes, I have to survive!" Rui did not pay attention to the Eye of God on his chest that was swaying wildly with the hurricane, and was now shining with a brighter light. He just stood up in the wind and rain, threw the unfinished bottle of wine into the surging waves, and jumped off the cliff with his bag on his back, laughing. A huge lotus pod grew in the palm of his hand, and Rui flew away with the wind.

Lily looked at the figure gliding in the sky and waved to the wind. Then she looked at the black panther lying behind her and sleeping soundly and reached out to touch its head.

He gently stroked the soft fur on the black panther's belly, then lay down on his back and fell into a light sleep.

The wind direction suddenly changed, Ruishun fell to the edge of the lake and took back the lotus pod. He looked at the sky in surprise. The wind and rain were still there, but no raindrops fell here.

Most of the wild animals that had gathered had left, but some of them still came to rest. They just looked up at Rui, the human who suddenly appeared, and then continued to lie down and rest, ignoring him.

"Ehhh~ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

Following the sound, Rui saw a tiny whale floating in the air as if carrying the starry sky on its back, making grunting sounds and directing the crocodiles in the water to fight in an ambiguous manner. It seemed like a child's play, or more like two teams of little guys playing in the water.

Seeing it, Rui couldn't help but think of the girl. Looking around, he soon saw the girl lying quietly in the belly of a black panther.

At this moment, the girl calmly opened her eyes. Those eyes were so deep that for a moment, Rui felt like she was looking up at the endless starry sky.

"This is a quiet island. Not many people are lucky enough to arrive here. I will leave eventually, and you can choose to rest!"

The voice came from the direction of the girl, which surprised Rui, "Do you know me?"

"Yes, I should know most of the people in this world now!" Lily looked at the other person with a smile. She was never stingy with her kindness, nor with treasures that were extremely precious to others, because as long as she was willing, those were never precious things.

The value of items is never the same for gods and humans!