Chapter 535: Roland Island, True Zero
Sea Calendar 1497, January.
The Roger Pirates landed on Roland Island.
The dangerous environment surrounding it caused them a lot of trouble, but after some struggle, they still managed to break through.
"That was really dangerous! I almost died. Now I have a bit of psychological trauma from Whirlpools."
Buggy stuck out his tongue.
"It wasn't so bad, after all, we've been through worse."
Shanks, standing beside him, smiled and patted Buggy's shoulder.
If it weren't for Captain Roger's ability and Fish-Man Sambell's perception of the ocean current, breaking through wouldn't have been so easy.
"Crewmates, let's land on the island and get the last puzzle piece."
Roger's heart was surging, and so were the others'.
However, they knew that although this was a place Hades had told them about, getting their hands on the Road Poneglyph wouldn't be easy.
They didn't know what connection Hades had with this Faction called "Sound Nest," which they had never heard of before.
But judging from Hades' words, "Sound Nest" was a relatively independent organization and not under Hades' control.
Roger was the first to land on the island.
It was clear to see that compared to the rest of Roland Island, which was covered in blooming violets, the Coast of Roland Island was a mess.
Wreckage from some Pirate Ships or Merchant Ships drifted along the Shore, or were washed ashore by the seawater.
This dangerous island, Roland Island, and its surrounding Dangerous Waters had buried who knows how many ships.
Some of the ships were many years old.
The special environment, influenced by a unique magnetic field, allowed the violets on the island to bloom year-round.
Heavy Hakumai drifted in the sky around the island, preventing ships sailing in the distance from seeing Roland Island.
Many ships were accidentally sucked into the Whirlpools around Roland Island and ultimately couldn't escape.
Many people knew that Roland Island was in this Sea Area, but due to the mist, they couldn't find its location.
Of course, most people wouldn't actively look for this dangerous island that didn't have many special resources.
Just searching for Roland Island took the Roger Pirates a long time.
They searched slowly and finally found Roland Island by relying on the ability to Hear the Voice of All Things.
"Seems like there's no one on this island?"
Someone raised a question.
"Hades wouldn't be lying to us, would he?"
Of course, that was impossible, but at a glance, the island indeed didn't look like anyone was living there.
There were a few simple wooden huts on the Shore, which looked decades old and had been dilapidated for a long time.
They might have been built by survivors who came to the island in the past.
"They should be in the sky."
Rayleigh looked up at the sky.
A Small Island floated hundreds of meters high, wrapped in a bubble, particularly dazzling under the sun's rays.
For a moment, they couldn't see the Small Island inside.
Buggy, meanwhile, excitedly ran towards the sunken ships and wreckage, hoping to find some valuable treasures.
"Haha! Buggy, stop looking. These wreckage have already been searched recently."
Seeing Buggy's impatient appearance, Roger shouted with a smile.
Roger could naturally sense whether anyone had been to this island.
He had even confirmed that there was only one person on this island, and they were on the Sky Island.
But Buggy ran too fast, so much so that he didn't hear Roger's words clearly.
"Haha! Old Man got ahead! All that treasure will be mine!"
In Buggy's opinion, the Crewmates behind him just wanted him to slow down a bit so they could search for treasure together.
The wreckage of so many ships must have accumulated a lot of treasure.
Unfortunately, his plan was quite ambitious, but it was all futile effort, just wasted effort for nothing.
Seeing Buggy like this, the Crewmates couldn't help but laugh, seeming to already see Buggy returning empty-handed.
"Let's go, follow me."
Roger said, striding towards the depths of Roland Island.
On the Sky Island, True Zero stood at the edge of the island, his gaze passing through the bubble.
He saw the Roger Pirates who had already arrived at a glance.
The Roger Pirates' arrival took quite a bit of time, but he had enough patience to wait.
In his free time, he had already explored the island more than once, searching everywhere for the treasure from the sunken ships, and even the treasure in The Sea.
He was just a clone.
Contacting seawater wouldn't make him disappear, nor would it make him feel weak all over.
He didn't even need to eat; the consumption of energy would all affect the main body.
There were rumors about Roland Island on The Great Sea, which meant someone had been here and someone had left.
The things on the island had naturally been searched.
True Zero didn't find much, but there was treasure worth several hundred million Beli.
After all, most were just wreckage, and many treasures had long been washed into The Sea by the seawater.
He just did a simple search.
If he wanted to search on a large scale, he would have to wait until a Stronghold was established in the future and he had enough manpower.
This kind of Small Island wrapped in bubbles in the sky is not uncommon in the New World.
The Roger Pirates had also experienced quite a few; it's just that the ways of landing on the island were different.
The way of landing on Roland Island was also a novel experience for them.
The center of the island had a type of giant violet flower, but bubbles would constantly rise from its leaves.
The bubbles kept rising into the sky and merged with the bubbles in the sky.
The Small Island in the sky would also spit bubbles onto the island.
This was the way to descend from the island.
Standing on the leaf, a bubble slowly inflated, connecting to their bodies, finally completely enveloping them.
With a "pop" sound, the bubble detached from the leaf, carrying them continuously upwards into the sky.
Arriving on the Small Island, as the bubbles burst, they all landed on the island one by one.
At this moment, True Zero was already standing not far from them.
"Speak, what price needs to be paid to get the Road Poneglyph?"
Facing the weak unfamiliar existence, Roger stepped forward two steps and was not polite.
His intuition told him this person was a bit strange.
Regarding the unfamiliar Faction named Sound Nest, he didn't want too much entanglement and only hoped to leave early.
"Since you've said so, I need all the Sea Charts of your Roger Pirates, especially those relatively special islands that don't exist on maps."
True Zero didn't want to say more either and directly stated his target.
Hearing this, Roger looked at his companions around him, especially the Navigator.
Seeing the Navigator nod, Roger directly agreed.
"No problem, but we need a little time to make a copy."
As long as they agreed, it was fine.
As for whether it was complete, True Zero didn't care, and Ignis didn't care either.
After all, some special islands are inhabited and might have connections with the Roger Pirates, not wanting to expose them because of himself.
(end of chapter)