Pirates: The wages are in place and the Yonko will be kicked out.

"Keep your head up, little girl."

Abis suddenly heard such a voice, like a young big sister - even on this battlefield filled with artillery fire, it was very clear, as if it was right next to her ears, and seemed to be full of meaning that made people want to The power to listen and trust.

"Who are you?"

Abis raised her head blankly, but the voice did not appear again. Instead, it was——

"Jie Jie!"

The ugly face of the grinning Lieutenant General Nelson suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, and expanded rapidly!

Wow——

Sensing the abnormal situation, Nami and Franky immediately rushed to the stern of the ship - the automatic driving system of the Golden Melly was temporarily activated.

"Abis!"

"what happens?!"

In the water mist stirred up by the cannonball, the rope connecting the Golden Melly and the raft had been cut cleanly - and the person who cut the rope came to the Millennium Dragon in an instant following the cannonball just now. Lieutenant General Nelson!

He took action himself and lifted Abis's body.

"Abis!"

"Sanji! Luffy!"

Aware of what happened on the Golden Merrie, Sanji and Luffy looked over from the side of the warship where the assault team was located.

"Don't move, pirates!"

Lieutenant Admiral Nelson looked at Nami and Franky on the deck who had already pointed the weather-beating palm cannon at him, then glanced in the direction of Luffy and Sanji, and shook Abis's body in a demonstrative manner:

"I just want the dragon bone, but if you don't know what's going on, this little girl's life will not be guaranteed!"

After finishing his words, Lieutenant General Nelson stamped his feet confidently - the huge raft carrying Grandpa Long, Abis and him suddenly grew a wooden propeller at the end.

"W-what is this?!"

"Is it... a superhuman type of fruit?"

Nami recognized Lieutenant General Nelson's abilities.

Although the devil fruit abilities in the world of One Piece are diverse and varied, the ability to fly is quite rare, right up to the plot point where Porusalino travels through. And the superhuman zodiac fruit of Cadre Buffalo, who belongs to the Don Quixote family, is one of them.

Of course, compared to the level of development that Buffalo can only turn any part of his body into a propeller, Lieutenant General Nelson's ability to create a propeller on a raft is obviously a level of awakening - from this From a perspective, his qualifications are equivalent to Lieutenant General Garp, which makes sense.

The wooden propellers rotated rapidly, and Lieutenant General Nelson controlled the huge raft, passing through the chain formation, away from the Golden Melly.

"Stop bullying Grandpa Dragon like this! It just wants to return to the Dragon's Nest as soon as possible, why are you treating it like this!"

Being held by Lieutenant General Nelson with one hand, Abisi cried loudly as she struggled with all her strength to no avail. Instead, her breathing became a little difficult.

She felt sad about what happened to Grandpa Long, and she felt sad that she couldn't do anything to help but was dragging down friends like Luffy.

"Grandpa Long? What a kid!"

Lieutenant General Nelson laughed out loud and did not explain anything to Abisto.

But Abis heard the answer - it was still the same voice as before:

"Because there are always people who want to make everything in the world their own and let them do whatever they want, little girl..."

"Because there are always people who want to base their happiness on bullying others..."

"how so……"

Abis answered subconsciously.

"..."

Lieutenant General Nelson didn't care. He seemed to be completely unable to hear the female voice, and just thought Abis was talking to herself.

He looked at the Golden Melly, which was already at a certain distance from the raft, and took out the phone bug: "Continue to fire at that pirate ship and use up all the ammunition!"

After saying this calmly, Lieutenant General Nelson let go of his hand and let Abis fall down by herself.

boom!

Abis fell heavily onto the raft, her head was hit hard, and blood oozed out. She remained motionless, her breathing fading.

But both the female voice and her consciousness became clearer:

"I don't know why this is the case. Perhaps, when the real Creator created human beings, he deliberately left us with such bad traits..."

"The true Creator? Bad nature?"

"It's hard to understand, isn't it? You don't need to understand this, little girl, you just need to be clear-"

"…Clear what?"

"If you want to stop these things that you think are unacceptably cruel, you must have power!"

"strength……?"

The amulet on Abis's chest, the pendant made of the claws of the Millennium Dragon, began to glow with blue light.

…

"Um……?"

Abis, who had completely lost consciousness at some point, suddenly opened her eyes - she woke up, but she was still dazed.

Lying on the raft, looking up at the sky, her vision was blurry - what was the man named Lieutenant General Nelson saying loudly? The smell of gunpowder and black smoke from cannons filled the air.

A whoosh.

A huge figure stood up.

Just like the huge figure depicted on the patio painting in the temple of the Lost Island, it appeared in Abisi's field of vision. Huge and gorgeous wings, and two claws stepping on the raft.

"ah……!"

Lieutenant General Nelson, who was talking loudly to the phone bug, seemed to notice this strange thing and turned around.

"What?!"

His pupils suddenly shrank, and the already mute Lieutenant General Nelson was hit by a huge wing and flew out. With a scream that ripped through the air, his body drew an arc in the air and plunged into the sea.

"ah……!"

The fruit can be used to create propellers - propellers are commonly found on submarines - and Lieutenant General Nelson, who everyone thought would be of great use, sank straight to the bottom of the sea like the Titanic in distress.

Grandpa Long...?

Abis stood up unsteadily.

The Thousand-Year Dragon spoke——The Thousand-Year Dragon, whose pupils were shining with light, spoke to Abis, the only one who could understand its words so far.

"This time, it's my turn to help you, Abis."

…

The original Battleship Island——

I must help it... Abisi thought so, overcame her fear, and entered the dark cave.

An old thousand-year-old dragon was lying there.

The same glazed dragon as in Grandpa Boku's legend lay there with its wings paralyzed, welcoming the little visitor with its big pupils.

"Are you asking for help?"

Abis asked.

It was precisely because Abis asked this question.

The old thousand-year-old dragon is now in this sea area, and with its sacred thousand-year-old dragon companions, it sings to the sky with all the memories and gratitude.

A powerful long cry sounded on the battlefield on the sea! It seems to be able to shake people's souls!

"Roar--!!"

Waves appeared on the sea, and a whirlpool suddenly appeared and expanded instantly - in just the blink of an eye, it was already huge enough to involve the fleet in a series of formations!

The sailors were unable to make any movements at all. Under the influence of the roar, their heads seemed to be about to burst!

"Grandpa Long..."

Abis raised her head and looked at the Millennium Dragon, which had completely lost its aura of decay.

The roaring stopped.

Grandpa Long slowly spread his wings.

The wings that had returned to the gorgeous glazed color opened wider and wider, blowing the wind powerfully, and a powerful updraft suddenly appeared on the sea!

"It's flying!...It's so awesome! Grandpa Long is flying!"

Abis even couldn't help but doubt her own eyes.

The fleet, which had been affected by the huge whirlpool and was likely to be destroyed at any time, also chose to implement the original plan while running at full speed to escape from the whirlpool without knowing that its commander had been buried in the sea.

"Shoot, shoot! Shoot down the Thousand-Year Dragon!"

"Run! Grandpa Long!"

Seeing the naval fleet firing in unison again, Abis shouted to the sky, "Fly high, fly to a place where the cannonballs can't hit!"

Boom, boom, boom! !

The cannons that kept spitting out tongues of flame once again caused a column of water to rise on the sea around Abis.

And Grandpa Long also made a decisive decision - it instantly jumped into the air from Abis's side, and then roared again.

Abis felt the anger flashing in Grandpa Long's eyes.

An ancient roar that could shatter people's eardrums once again silenced the sound of cannons. Grandpa Long showed his sharp claws and flew towards the fleet in a series of formations.

"Hey, it's flying this way! Shoot this monster down!"

From time to time someone in the fleet shouted like this.

Boom boom, boom boom boom!

Grandpa Long dexterously dodged the cannonballs one after another, and those that could not be dodged were also affected by the airflow stirred by its wings. The trajectory of the attack was affected - and even a small part was directly crushed by it.

but--

boom--!

A scream that was significantly duller than the rest of the cannons, with red and black tail flames, hit Grandpa Long.

"Roar……"

The glazed feathers spread out instantly! One of Grandpa Long's wings drooped visibly to the naked eye, and the entire dragon instantly lost speed and fell into the water.

It was just one shot. Grandpa Long, who was hit by this special shell, began to sink into the sea with hatred and anger.

Standing on the swaying raft, Abis saw all of this.

"Grandpa Long...!"

The roar of the Thousand-Year Dragon and the huge sound of cannons that could shake the sky were all silenced, leaving only the sound of the girl who lost her voice due to grief and the sound of the waves.

"Grandpa Long...!"

Abis stood up and shouted at the top of her lungs.

Abis's mood infected Sanji and Luffy - their faces darkened and they acted more fiercely. In the blink of an eye, the two warships emitted billowing black smoke, as if the ammunition depot had exploded.

"It seems that this kind of power is not enough, little girl."

That mysterious female voice sounded again in the ears of Abis, whose brain seemed to have shut down. Abis's eyes instantly regained their vibrancy, and she looked anxiously at the surrounding air:

"Who are you? You, you must have a way to save Grandpa Long, right!"

"I beg you, please help—"

"You don't need to ask for my help, little girl, you obviously have the solution to all this yourself-"

A woman's voice is still clear and full of power that brings peace of mind and unconditional trust.

"But I can't do anything, I..."

"Lalul should have told you that every one thousand years, they will return to their hometown of Dragon's Lair to pay homage to their king there."

"Laruel...Is Laluel the name of Grandpa Dragon? Then you, you are their king?!"

Abis instantly thought of this.

"No, I'm just an ordinary human being who has become friends with Larul. I'm a girl like you, and the same blood flows in my body... You can call me Sister Lily."

"I was once just like you. I hated myself for being weak because I had no power. Because I had no power, I could only watch those evils and tragedies happen..."

"but--"

"Well, if you want to hear more stories, I can tell you later, but now -"

"Dip your hands in the sea water, little girl! The appointed time has arrived!"

As a person with abilities, Abis would usually feel extremely uncomfortable even if she touched a glass of sea water, but at this moment, she instinctively followed the instructions of the mysterious female voice and immersed her hands in the sea.

Not only because of the mysterious female voice's convincing and inexplicable power, but also because she is willing to do this - she wants to save Grandpa Dragon and help Luffy and the others who regard her as their partner!

"ah"

A nauseating dizziness hit Abis' brain, causing her to lie down on the raft - but at the same time, the amulet hanging around her neck seemed to be burned and dissipated into Countless light spots followed her hands and poured into the sea water.

The color of the sea quickly changed. In just tens of seconds, it changed from dark blue to light green, then to light yellow, and finally began to become turbid.

"Hey, what's going on with this change in the sea water?"

"In such sea areas... there shouldn't be submarine volcanoes, right?"

The sailors on the warship started talking in panic, and Abis also felt as if there was an earthquake on the bottom of the sea, and the waves began to surge again.

"Roar……!!"

Grandpa Long, who was floating on the sea as if he was completely powerless, noticed something and roared again!

Its eyes are fixed on the sky!

Abis's eyes widened, she heard - she heard many voices!

After punching a certain sailor into the sea, Luffy subconsciously looked into the distance: "Hey...who, who is singing!"

Roar……!

On the horizon where everyone could see, a black shadow like a cloud appeared.

It's wings!

Dozens of thousand-year-old dragons, no, hundreds or even thousands of thousand-year-old dragons, appeared out of thin air with huge pressure, flooding the sky!