Traveler in the Pirate World

The ruins of the city were filled with smoke and flames that ignited the earth and illuminated the night sky red. Countless soldiers lay in disorder on the ruins, and only a few generals were searching around for possible traces of existence.

Erens lowered his eyes to look at the ashes in front of him, squatted down and reached out to take the book that had lost all its brilliance, but he touched nothing. The book disappeared before his eyes. After a moment of hesitation, he turned around and grabbed the dim Eye of God.

"A divine creature chooses its master, so it is worthy of being a divine creation?"

Erens stood up slowly, the wind and sand lifted his cloak, and Vilanzer turned into ashes and disappeared in the wind, just like Rodsim who had completely disappeared.

"History will not remember you, Vilanze, but I will!" As if talking to himself, Erens took the Eye of God that once belonged to Vilanze into his arms.

"Reporting to the corps commander, we have found a large number of tunnels under the rocks behind the ruins. Preliminary exploration shows that it may be an underground maze composed of countless mines. Some areas have collapsed. We suspect that there may be an evacuation route that the target has prepared in advance." After a long time, a colonel came running over.

"Have you contacted our informant?" Erlens didn't look back, looking at the disappeared black city with mixed feelings.

Compared to these ignorant soldiers, he, who grew up in the Holy Kingdom as a child, knew the true history.

"We just contacted the other party through some of the awakened Den Den Mushi, but the call was suddenly interrupted. The informant may have been discovered. However, I heard the sound of waves. The target may have been on the sea!" The face of another colonel who just ran over was not looking good, which meant that the mission had failed.

"I understand!" Erens waved his hand, signaling the two to leave. After a moment of silence, he dialed the Den Den Mushi in his hand, "It's me, Erens! Mr. Zambaron V. Nasujuro Sei, I'm sorry that my mission has failed!"

After hearing his current name, Si was still a little uncomfortable. After a moment of daze, he said in surprise: "I remember that you are now dealing with a mission related to Rodsim. According to the intelligence, the people who are now entrenched in Rodsim City should be just a group of bandits. It seems that something unexpected has happened. Tell me about it!"

“About half a month ago, the CP submitted a report on an ancient relic called Rodsim. It’s no doubt a surprise to me that this name has appeared in our field of vision again.

In this regard, I conducted an investigation of the entire Rodsim City. About ten years ago, a group of bandits discovered the ruins of Rodsim City and gradually took root here. By using the only valuable mineral in this vast desert and the peculiar protection fee mechanism, they slowly attracted a group of businessmen and many people who could not afford the sky gold. After nearly ten years of development, it has gradually become a large-scale city.

The man who created all this was named Vilanze! About three years ago, this man had gone out to sea once, but he was almost wiped out by a pirate whose bounty was only a few hundred million in the Grand Line. This made me underestimate him.

Through the material transactions in Rodsim City in recent years, I found something strange, that is, the other party's food reserves have increased significantly, and several ships have been purchased successively. However, because Rodsim City itself cannot produce food, I did not investigate it deeply at the time.

But now it seems that Vilanze was already preparing a way out for the people of Rodsim City at that time. However, these preparations were probably not entirely due to his status as a bandit, but more likely to be in response to the coming of a great flood.

Yes, that guy knows about the Great Flood, and I guess it is very likely that he is a natural Observation Haki holder with similar Observation Haki as Roger.

From the few words in the ruins, he bore the fate of the city lord. He could have escaped, but he chose to be destroyed along with the city of Rodsim.

Even though he used the last of Rodsim City's strength to only stop me for a short time, and even though his strength was extremely weak, I cannot deny that I tasted the taste of failure at the hands of this weak guy." Erens' tone was calm.

"A lion will use all its strength to fight a rabbit, but since Rodsim City has been successfully destroyed, the mission cannot be considered a failure. Fragments of history cannot give them the truth, nor can they change the final outcome. Come back, you have other missions." After saying that, Si had already walked to the colored glazed window, overlooking the entire holy land of Marijoa. He looked at the Celestial Dragons who were teasing the slaves as if he was looking at a group of pigs being fed. After a long time, he said to the Den Den Mushi who had not hung up yet, "When we end everything, all the history we have buried will return to the world, and all our actions will be judged by future generations. It doesn't matter whether they will be infamous for thousands of years or famous for centuries. History will not be forgotten, and neither will you, and neither will Vilanzer."

As he spoke, he took out a thick notebook from somewhere, which was covered with densely written ancient characters. He turned his wrist slightly and wrote the three words "Villanze" on it, saying, "Come back when you have time and tell me in detail. The last lord of Rodsim City is worthy of me writing for him!"

"Okay!" Erens answered decisively. He looked at the starry sky beyond the sea of ​​fire, wondering what he was thinking about.

……

On the sea, several ships were moving forward in a V-formation. After briefly explaining the mission, Roland came to the door of a room in the cabin alone.

He didn't have a front door, but walked straight in. The woman who was talking to Den Den Mushi inside was startled by the sound of the door opening. She turned back in horror, and the moment she saw Roland's face clearly, her face turned pale.

She tried to argue, but Roland just put his index finger to his lips, walked towards her step by step, and gently hung up the Den Den Mushi.

"I always thought you were the most sensible and the smartest, but now it seems I was wrong." There was no sadness or joy in Roland's voice, but it was like a deep pool without any ripples, which made people feel inexplicably palpitating.

The woman bit her thin lips with her silver teeth, biting the corner of her lips, revealing a bloodless corner of her mouth. Her body trembled uncontrollably, and her eyes were dead silent.

"Father……"

He couldn't finish the two words he squeezed out from between his teeth, and then he heard Roland's voice again, "The moment the artillery fire set the entire Rodsim City on fire, that kid and I knew that something was wrong with the people around us. After all, we were the only two people who controlled the defense map of the entire Rodsim City's perimeter and interior.

You probably thought that we would be suspicious of each other, but it's really a pity that if there wasn't even this little bit of trust, I wouldn't be the chief instructor and commander-in-chief of the garrison.

It really makes me sad that my own daughter doesn’t understand me like that brat does.”

As he spoke, Roland's rough big hand had already grasped the woman's fair and slender neck. Cold sweat wet his palm. The woman's skin was a little cold and her face was almost bloodless.

"Your desire has clouded your mind, so much so that you still have a lucky mentality about their promises. It seems that you have forgotten what I taught you. All your ambitions and desires need to be based on your own wisdom and strength."

As he spoke, Roland slowly tightened his grip, which made the pale woman panic. "Father, you can't... I do all this for my children... their... noble status... I... can't be a bandit forever..."

Her voice began to become hoarse and unclear. She used her hands to try to pry open the big hands that were like iron chains. Her feet gradually left the ground and swung and kicked unconsciously. Her originally pale face turned red, veins bulged, and the whites of her eyes slowly occupied her eye sockets. With a crisp click, she completely stopped moving.

"I suddenly understand your choice, Vilanze!" Roland let go of her hand, and the woman fell to the ground with a plop. In the dim room, he muttered to himself, "This is like a curse, and it has also become fate."

On the deck, the sea breeze blew the sails and also ruffled the girl's long hair. Lily was lying on the side of the ship with a thin book in her hand.

Turning over the blank pages of the book, the light magic that belonged only to Vilanze had disappeared, exhausting the power of his flesh and soul, leaving the man dead completely, along with the ancient city.

Lily gradually loosened her fingers, and the four-leaf magic book in her hand cut through the sky and flew away like a shooting star.