Pirates: How Many Divisions Do the Five Elders Have? Skyward

Sky Island.

Shandora Old Town.

Shandora, once known as the City of Gold, now has all its gold, except for its iconic Golden Bell, which Ma Qiao has taken away.

As Marx once said, "Gold and silver are not naturally money; money is naturally gold and silver."

In the hands of the Shandia people, gold was merely a glittering building material; it only created value when it entered the circulation process.

Of course, Ma Qiao did not treat these Shandia people brought their own funding unfairly.

Their former capital, Shandora, is now a magnificent city second only to Shurima.

Manufacturing plants sprang up everywhere, and wide, straight streets covered the entire God's Island.

The God's Island was quite large, enough for Enel and his Priests to create many fancy and elaborate training grounds.

But for a newly established city, it seems somewhat cramped.

Ma Qiao had already taken precautions by transporting a large amount of "Vearth," or soil, through the Hextech Gate.

Land reclamation was carried out on God's Island.

Moreover, White-White Sea has one advantage over Blue Sea: the depth required for land reclamation is significantly reduced.

These amazing cumulus clouds have considerable buoyancy, but they are not as thick or deep as the real ocean.

Furthermore, under Ma Qiao's strong mediation, the Skypieans and the Shandia people have gradually begun to merge.

It must be noted that Ma Qiao's mediation was not the kind of mediation where elementary school teachers would both be blamed equally and the mediation was a muddled approach.

The mediation took place after a thorough resolution of historical issues.

The original person in charge of the Shandora base was Leona, the Goddess of Dawn.

However, since Caitlyn specifically requested Leona, her good friend, to assist him, Ma Qiao readily agreed.

So Leona has already infiltrated the Navy. Currently, there are two people in charge of the Taliyah Shandora: Taliyah and Kayle the Justicar.

The skin color of the Taliyah is very similar to that of the Shandia people.

Moreover, he shared the same love for surfing and rock playing as the Shandia people, and quickly became popular among Shandia people.

Kayle, without a doubt, represents the Skypieans.

Her appearance was a perfect match for the Skypieans, except that she didn't have horns on her head.

Led by the Taliyah, Elephant Party was formed to protect the traditional brown neck of Shandora.

Led by Kayle, the Donkey Party was formed to protect the cultural diversity of Shandora.

The Shandora City-State Council is formed by the election of members from these two parties and is responsible for handling all matters, large and small, in Shandora.

Of course, no matter how things change on screen, the boss behind the scenes is always Ma Qiao.

Whether it's Taliyah or Kayle, they're nothing more than puppets in Ma Qiao's hands.

However, through this cleverly designed so-called program, the Shandora Shandia people and the Skypieans were bound together.

Ma Qiao believes that as long as no blond-haired guy comes along to disrupt things, this trick can continue indefinitely.

In short, many Skypieans have come to Shandora in the past two years in search of new opportunities.

Conis, a Skypieans girl, is one of them.

She is now an employee of the Big Bird Company's Special Den Den Mushi Conservation Center.

Today is the day that legendary president is visiting the center.

Conis put on her most beautiful uniform and carefully decorated her wings and antennae.

With a mix of trepidation and anticipation, after a long wait, she finally met the gentleman.

He changed the Sky Island.

"As expected of Mr. Ma Qiao, his female companion is absolutely stunning."

Conis looked enviously at the orange-haired girl nestled beside Ma Qiao.

As for Law, who followed behind Ma Qiao and Nami like a country bumpkin visiting a grand garden, he received absolutely no attention.

The existence of Sky Island is known to, or has been heard of, by some powerful organizations and veteran pirates.

But young pirates like Law knew absolutely nothing about it.

He was utterly astonished by everything he saw, and his awe of his enigmatic boss, Ma Qiao, grew even stronger.

Of course, the fact that Ma Qiao was willing to bring Law to the Sky Island meant that he basically accepted Law as his subordinate.

After all, Ma Qiao, with his God's perspective, knew that Luo was a relatively reliable kid and worth nurturing.

Most importantly, his Devil Fruit truly lives up to its reputation as a top-tier fruit, on par with the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika, with ridiculously powerful functionalities.

In short, this will be a very useful tool.

Nami was still curiously fiddling with the magic wand in her hand, unaware that she had become the envy of all the girls on Sky Island.

Today, Nami, as usual, was immersed in the joy of calculating the company's financial statements and the rocket-like rise in its value.

Ma Qiao suddenly appeared using the "Flying Thunder God Technique" and handed her the magic wand called "Rylai's Crystal Scepter".

Along with the ice staff, Nami was also given Thundercloud Zeus, which was stored inside the ice staff.

Ma Qiao originally planned to go back and ask Usopp to develop a "Clima-Tact" as a gift for Nami.

However, since Ma Qiao was in a hurry, he had to use an ice staff as a substitute.

[Rylai's Crystal Scepter], commonly known as the Ice Staff, can increase the user's health and enhance spell damage. Its most notable feature is its passive effect.

Frostbite: Damage-dealing skills slow enemies by 30% for a duration of [unspecified duration].

Whether it's the attribute that increases health or the passive effect that slows down enemies, the Rylai's Crystal Scepter is very suitable for Nami.

Of course, compared to the Clima-Tact that Usopp created, the Ice Staff has less potential for development.

However, with the boost from Thundercloud Zeus, whether it has potential or not doesn't really matter.

This time, Ma Qiao brought Nami to Sky Island, not just to visit his property.

Instead, it requires her superb airship navigation skills.

About a year ago, when Ma Qiao's personal airship, the Fathead Fish, was making its maiden voyage to the Goa Kingdom, it unexpectedly encountered a collision above the clouds.

The collision damaged the engine room of the Fathead Fish. If it weren't for Nami's superb piloting skills, the Fathead Fish's maiden flight might have ended in a crash and loss of life.

After that, Ma Qiao attempted to investigate the sea of clouds.

Of course, since it was already suspected that this was the location of the Golden Lion Floating Sky Island, Ma Qiao did not rush to go there in person, but instead sent Ashe's Spirit of the Falcon to investigate.

The final conclusion is that it was Golden Lion Shiki's Secret Base.

This guy is currently researching the mysterious substance "IQ" with the ship's doctor, Dr. Indigo, in an attempt to create enhanced animals to destroy the East Blue China Sea...

Considering that Shiki's plan was highly unreliable, and that he was staying on his own island without any intention of harassing Shandora, Ma Qiao had not bothered with him.

As the saying goes, "You raise an enemy for a thousand days, but use him for one." Now is the day to have a good talk with Brother Shiki.

Nami possesses the World's Strongest, while the strongest helmsman in the One Piece world is Jinbe, Fish-Man.

But in reality, Nami's skill in directly piloting the ship is also top-notch.

On the Sky Island, she mastered the Waver, which Conis's father had said required ten years of practice to control, in just one second.

However, due to her lack of physical strength, Nami is indeed not suitable to play Darius.

Today, Rumble is the official pilot and mechanic for the Ma Qiao Flying Fathead Fish.

While stroking Zeus, Nami directed Rumble to navigate through one dangerous cloud after another.

After a period of sailing, Ma Qiao and his crew finally returned to the sea of clouds where they had been struck.

In Ma Qiao's opinion, all clouds look the same, but Nami pointed to a certain sea of clouds and firmly demanded that Rumble fill up the gas tank and go full speed ahead.

Beneath the seemingly calm sea of clouds lie whirlpools.

The powerful engine of the Fathead Fish finally allowed it to pass through the danger.

After the darkest hour comes the dawn!

As the sea of clouds receded, the Fathead Fish reappeared above the clouds.

Not far away, several vast islands floated side by side in the air.

Like the Shandora, they are made of stone and mud.

The island boasts towering mountains, tranquil forests, shimmering lakes, and rushing rivers.

Even more amazing is that, unlike Shandora which floats on the White-White Sea, these islands are also surrounded by a large expanse of seawater, and the rivers on the islands flow into this floating seawater.

If he hadn't known that this was all a utopia created by Golden Lion using his Devil Fruit power, Ma Qiao would have been prepared to "open the door and deliver democracy."

These islands smell so good...

"Is this the lair of that great pirate? It's amazing!"

Even though he had already seen the Sky Island, Law was still overwhelmed with awe when he saw the beautiful scenery before him.

"Whether there's gold or not, what's so surprising about it?"

Nami was uninterested, feeling that this place was far inferior to Shandora.

The airship slowly flew towards the island.

Having passed the most critical vortex of clouds, Rumble, without Nami's command, successfully landed the airship on a beach.

Before the airship had even fully landed, a chilling howl echoed from afar.

Through the layers of trees in the forest, you can see many figures flashing by quickly.

Dozens of strange creatures are playing a battle royale game in the forest.

Some of them resembled a mighty lion, but had a long nose on their chest; others looked like a giant Banana Crocodile, but had the hooves of a horse and ran incredibly fast.

In short, these are not normal creatures.

Nami and Ma Qiao both turned their gazes toward Law.

Because these things are very similar to the pranks Luo played during his internship.

"It... it really wasn't me..." Luo hurriedly protested.

Ma Qiao sighed.

What's the point of Shiki and Indigo studying "IQ" for so long?

You have science, I have supernatural powers.

Science cannot defeat supernatural powers.

Ma Qiao wasn't sure if these strange animals were being raised by someone using witchcraft.

In short, they attacked and tore at each other relentlessly, fighting until the sky darkened and blood and flesh flew everywhere, a fight to the death.

The losing animal will soon be eaten by other animals.

Ma Qiao had no intention of paying attention to these matters.

To put it bluntly, he had no confidence in Shiki's animal warfare abilities.

I really don't know if he thinks highly of the East Blue or looks down on East Blue, given that he spent decades researching these things to destroy East Blue.

Nami was a woman who had seen her share of big events. Moreover, with Vivi away, clinging to Ma Qiao's strong arm gave her a great sense of security. She remained calm in the face of this situation and even had the leisure to look around and consider how to draw up a nautical chart for this area.

Suddenly, she looked up at the sky in surprise, pressing the already impressive mountain peak against Ma Qiao's arm. "Joe, look!"

Ma Qiao looked up and smiled, "The main character has arrived."

The man standing in the air was very tall, and his dazzling long golden hair was particularly impressive.

"Senior Golden Lion!"

Since he was there to negotiate, Ma Qiao still didn't say the words "brother".

Otherwise, someone like Golden Lion, who's obsessed with his reputation, might have felt insulted by Ma Qiao and gone to some remote corner to gather power for decades to seek revenge.

Do you know me?

Shiki sneered, "If that's the case, how dare you land on my island? Should I call you stupid or just plain dumb?"

"Ha ha!"

Faced with Shiki's cold smile, Ma Qiao suddenly burst into laughter.

Anyway, it's all about laughing.

This is the rule of the Jianghu.

If you meet someone on the street, you should exchange a glance and laugh heartily. The longer and louder the laughter, the less hostile it means.

Of course, this excludes Doflamingo's weird "fufu" laugh.

Shiki was woken up by his underlings while he was taking a nap.

For years, he had been living a peaceful, farming life on his Floating Sky Island, never imagining that outsiders would invade.

He hadn't even considered contingency plans in case someone landed on the island.

The sky is Shiki's home turf. Even if Roger were to reach this altitude of ten thousand meters, Shiki believed he could still control him.

So when he saw the young man, Ma Qiao, his first reaction was to kill him.

But after Ma Qiao's smile, Shiki was a little confused.

Before he could even ask who Ma Qiao was, a ripple suddenly appeared between Ma Qiao's legs, and then a huge Green-Skinned Toad emerged.

Shiki's eyes lit up; he thought this toad was handsome and would be perfect for crossbreeding with the animals he kept.

Tahm Kench, unaware that his genes were being targeted, opened his mouth and spat out a huge photograph.

Shiki looked closely and saw that the young man in front of him in the photo was playing a game of beating up his grandson with Garp.

"So they're the navy's henchmen?"

Shiki was furious. "If I can't beat Garp, I can at least beat you!"

However, he quickly stopped his offensive stance.

Then, the Green-Skinned Toad spat out another photo with a "yue~".

In the photo, the young man in front of us is sitting on the ground with Kaido, toasting each other.

"Who exactly are you? Did Kaido send you?" Shiki asked in a deep voice.

But his questions remained unanswered.

The Green-Skinned Toad is still spitting out photos.

This time, the photos are even more outrageous.

The young man was telling a story from a children's picture book, and Charlotte Linlin was listening intently.

Of course, Charlotte Linlin still looks the same as Shiki remembered, with a slender figure.

Immediately afterwards, a photo of Ma Qiao toasting with Whitebeard was also leaked.

Shiki's thoughts briefly stalled.

Although he lived in seclusion on the Floating Sky Island for a long time, Shiki still sent people or went to the ground every now and then to buy some living supplies.

Therefore, he knew about the so-called "Four Emperors" long ago.

Although Shiki scoffed at the so-called "Four Emperors," believing that everyone above him was an emperor and everyone below him Shaco.

But at this moment, he had no choice but to become serious. "Boy, who exactly are you? If you can't satisfy me in three sentences, I'll kill you! I swear!"

Of course, at this moment, Shiki also had a suspicion and a secret joy in his heart.

Is this guy in front of me some kind of photo collector who likes to take pictures with top-tier powerhouses?

I never imagined that even after so many years of being out of the Jianghu, my skills would still be recognized!

Old Shiki was greatly pleased.