svetikya Chapter 165 Prelude to the Sky Island, Columbus's Arrival
Chapter 165 Prelude to the Sky Island, Columbus's Arrival
Chapter 165 Prelude to the Sky Island, Columbus's Arrival
Golden Lion asked this question with such confidence, as if it were a matter of course.
Roger was taken aback by his sudden request for help, then burst out laughing.
Roger forcefully shook off the Golden Lion's hand.
"Hey, Shiki, this isn't how you ask for a favor! What do you take me for, you old bastard?"
"You dump problems on me to clean up your own messes because you can't solve them yourself?"
Upon hearing this, the Golden Lion bristled and glared, roaring angrily.
"Bullshit! What do you mean I can't solve this problem? If I wanted to, I could just chop that Blackbeard's head off with one stroke!"
"But I am Shiki the Golden Lion! Your destined rival, Gol D. Roger!"
"Your opponent got taken down by some underhanded means, and you don't even have a shred of decency?! Where's your pride?!"
Roger picked his nose, popped out an unidentified object, and looked disgusted.
"Who said you, old man, are my destined rival? That's wishful thinking. Newgate is more like it..."
"You bastard Roger! You want to fight?!"
"Come on! Who's afraid of who, old lion!"
"Who are you calling old?! You look way older than me now!!"
Two legendary pirate spirits who once stirred up the world are now bickering like children.
The tense, almost destructive atmosphere vanished instantly.
This move completely stunned the Kid Pirates and the Straw Hat crew standing nearby.
Kidd's forehead veins bulged, and the robotic arm creaked.
"Hey! Golden Lion! This isn't what we agreed on! Weren't you going to kill Roger?!"
Luffy scratched his head, looked at the two veteran pirates arguing heatedly, and suddenly burst into carefree laughter.
"Haha! This looks really interesting!"
Crocodile watched this utterly absurd scene, his lips twitching, and he couldn't help but mutter a curse under his breath.
"...Are these two legendary Pirate Kings and Flying Pirates—just like Straw Hat Boy—idiots? No wonder he was able to summon them."
He felt that his worldview had been shaken.
Tescat Riboka walked up to Luffy at some point, took a drag of his cigarette, and said leisurely.
"That's the interesting thing about fate, isn't it? Chosen one of this world, the entangled fates always re-weave in unexpected ways."
He paused, then looked up at the sky.
"Now we can go to the Sky Island. Blackbeard—he should be there."
Luffy picked his nose and looked at him with disdain. "My name is Luffy. I'm going to be the Pirate King, not a chosen one."
"You call yourself a god, yet you can't even guess where Blackbeard is? I get the feeling you're just like Zoro, a complete idiot when it comes to directions!"
Taking advantage of the captain's power, Usopp also mocked the main god.
"Luffy's right! What if Blackbeard disappears again by the time we get to Skypiea?"
"Who are you calling a directionally challenged idiot!" Zoro retorted irritably from the side, his face slightly flushed, clearly having been hit where it hurt.
Tescatlipoca chuckled softly, "This place is outside the rainforest. I am indeed not omniscient or omnipotent; I am merely following the arrangements of fate."
You'll know when you get there.
While the Straw Hat crew temporarily suspended their battle due to this sudden turn of events, the Blackbeard Pirates had already quietly left Devil Town.
They reached the other side of Gaya Island and found the settlement of the famous Ape Mountain Alliance.
And the residence of the man who guarded the last vestige of dignity of the Montblanc family—Wenblanc Cullick.
A large number of pirates whose minds had been corrupted surrounded the entire residence, while the Blackbeard Pirates simply stormed inside.
Kulik looked at the group of uninvited guests who had suddenly barged in and whose aura was fierce and hostile.
The sight of the burly, cruel-smiling man with the black beard, in particular, sent alarm bells ringing in his mind.
But he had already lost everything, and his only obsession was to prove his ancestors' innocence, so he had little fear and simply asked calmly.
"Aren't you the black-bearded guy who's been making headlines lately? What are you doing here?"
"Hahaha!" Blackbeard laughed loudly, his gaze sweeping over Kulik's simple house and the salvage boats on the distant sea.
"Hahaha, I didn't expect to become so famous lately! Now it's my turn to ask you something."
"You're Montblanc Kulik, the one who spent half his life trying to prove the existence of the Golden City, aren't you?"
Kulik's eyes narrowed: "So what if I am? My identity isn't a secret."
"If you're looking for the Golden Land, I advise you to abandon that idea as soon as possible."
"Sky Island doesn't exist, and I've spent half my life searching for the Golden City but haven't even seen a trace of it."
"Pfft, pfft, pfft, half a lifetime, what an touching persistence." The black-bearded man shook his head in a pretentious manner.
The man with the black beard patted the shoulders of the crew members around him, his face completely calm.
"See that? This is the kind of guy who pursues his dreams. I'm starting to admire him!"
When Blackbeard turned back to face Kulik, his calm expression instantly transformed into one of fervent joy.
"How can you admit it doesn't exist? Human dreams never end!"
"You yourself have presumptuously concluded that your dream is nothing but a pipe dream. Do you also secretly believe that your ancestor, Montblanc Nolando, was a big fraud?"
These words pierced Kulik's deepest resentment and pain like a sharp knife. His expression changed, and he gritted his teeth and said...
"—This is none of your business!"
"Hahaha! How could it not be my business?" A sly glint flashed in the black-bearded man's eyes.
He suddenly moved with lightning speed and grabbed Kulik's head!
The immense force made it impossible for Kulik to break free; he felt as if his skull was about to be crushed!
"Oh, you!"
"Don't be nervous, I have no interest in your worthless life," the black-bearded man grinned maliciously.
"I just need to borrow a bit of the connection between you and your ancestors."
He slammed Kulik to the ground, stomped on him, and then quickly began to draw the summoning circle he had learned from the count on the ground with his blood.
"That big liar Noland has been searching for the Golden Land and the islands in the sky for four hundred years. I'm interested in that too!" Blackbeard laughed.
"Use his bloodline as a guiding force, and combine it with the powerful guiding concept of searching for the Golden Land! Heroic spirits who respond to this obsession!"
Kurik's eyes burned with intensity. He had long heard the news of the Pirate King's return as a Heroic Spirit. Was Blackbeard about to summon that...?
The summoning circle burst forth with dazzling light!
However, when the light faded, the one who stepped out of the magic circle was not the Montblanc Nolando with the exaggerated helmet and known as "the fraudster" that was expected.
He was a man dressed in 15th-century explorer's attire and sporting a full beard.
He had a thin sword at his waist and seemed to be holding some kind of nautical instrument in his hand.
The guy's eyes were filled with a desire to explore the unknown world and a domineering desire to conquer, and this aura directly boosted his imposing presence.
"Hmm? Where is this?" The newly appeared heroic spirit looked around, his gaze sweeping over Blackbeard and the others.
Finally, the gaze fell on Kulik, who was being trampled on the ground. Kulik frowned slightly, his tone carrying a condescending scrutiny.
"A bunch of crude pirates? Their attire is not far removed from my time—it was you who summoned the great Christopher..."
Columbus?
Rider, Christopher Columbus! The explorer who discovered the New World, or the first colonist to discover the Americas!
Blackbeard paused for a moment, then suddenly understood after hearing the count's introduction of the man, and burst into laughter.
"Christopher Columbus?! The guy who discovered the New World?! Hahaha! Interesting! So interesting!"
"While it's not Noland, you're definitely more to my liking!"
Yes, both were about searching for the unknown land of the Golden Kingdom, both were controversial in later generations, and both had a strong desire for adventure!
The similarity of the concept, and the adaptability to the sea, led Columbus to answer the call.
Columbus glanced at the black-bearded man, a shrewd calculation flashing in his eyes. He patted his chest and bowed, his smile becoming warm yet insincere.
"Oh! So you are my Master? Did you summon me, Christopher Columbus, to explore this unknown ocean and search for the new El Dorado?"
"If so, I will serve you wholeheartedly! After all, exploration and colonization are the ladder of civilization's progress!"
"Hahaha!"
His laughter was surprisingly similar to that of the black-bearded man, both filled with greed for wealth and territory.
Blackbeard's eyes lit up: "Do you have a way to find the Golden City?"
Columbus nodded gently: "The Lord has granted me this connection to the Land of Gold! He will surely guide me forward! There is no need to worry!"
The count stood quietly watching the newly arrived Columbus, his gaze behind his glasses deep, a subtle smile playing at the corners of his lips.
Blackbeard looked at Columbus, who had voluntarily pledged his allegiance, and then at Kulik, who stood at his feet, angry but powerless.
He looked up at the sky again and let out a triumphant laugh.
"Hahaha! That's right! Sky Island! Golden City! They're all mine!"
"Straw Hat Boy, and that outdated One Piece—you can just sit back and eat my ass! All the treasure and Heroic Spirits will belong to me!"