Please Give Them Names!

Early the next morning after the duel ended, Yixiao looked at the main city map that Igaram had rushed out, and then flew alone into the distant sky on the thick wooden planks beneath his feet.

Vidal had actually asked this question as well: why couldn't we control the shoes or clothes to fly? Wouldn't that be more convenient?

My response at the time was that it wouldn't feel grounded, and that would be uncomfortable.

Can you imagine a 'desert' covering your head?

As Yixiao drew his Bokken in mid-air, a purple halo landed on the ground, and Vidal and the others saw the sand layer covering several thousand square meters in front of the camp slowly rise up!

The scene was so spectacular and magnificent that, to the Alabasta people like Cobra, Igaram, and Neisesi, it was like witnessing a miracle performed by the gods.

Yesterday's fierce battle was already shocking enough, but the scene now is even more astonishing. However, although Nacil and Lieutenant Rogers were somewhat surprised, their reactions were still relatively normal.

The former had traveled extensively with Bondi Byrnndi World in the New World and witnessed many grand scenes.

For example, when they were being chased by Shiki the Golden Lion, the Flying Pirates that blocked out the sun and the blue sky was even more terrifying than the scene we see now.

The latter, formerly the direct Sengoku Admiral Sengoku, could handle things like splitting the sea with a single palm strike.

The last time I saw him was during the Sengoku period when he single-handedly dispersed an ice and snow storm; that's something I can't compare to now.

As for Vidal, watching the sand layers gradually rise overhead, he was more focused on estimating the area of these sand layers and then calculating how long it would take Yixiao to move all the sand from the main city area.

Several thousand square meters seems like a lot, but it's still not as big as a football field, which has a standard area of 7,140 square meters.

Question: How many football fields' worth of space would a city need to accommodate at least hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of people?

It's important to know that the area of a city is measured in square kilometers, and one square kilometer equals one million square meters, which is roughly equivalent to one hundred and forty football fields.

Even if the cities in this world aren't like those in the previous world, which easily span thousands of square kilometers, there are still two or three cities with a combined area of 140 football fields.

Of course, this refers to a large country like Alabasta, which ranks among the top five in the world in terms of size; the villages and towns on those small islands cannot be considered cities.

Therefore, Yixiao's workload can be described as quite large. Even though he cleans up one football field after another, his efficiency is many times greater than that of human workers.

However, the main city and the whole city are not the same thing. The former is just the area where people mainly live, while the latter includes the windbreaks and other surrounding areas.

Therefore, the main urban area will not be very large, and it should be cleared out soon.

At the same time, the sand layer that had been so plentiful in front of everyone disappeared, and the entire land seemed to have been stripped away several meters, revealing the bare ground at the very bottom.

Meanwhile, Yi Xiao was controlling the countless floating sands beneath his feet, sending them flying into the distance. He needed to find a place to settle all that sand.

"Let's go down and take a look!" Vidal called to the stunned prince and the others, and jumped down first with Nacil and Rogers.

There was no other way; once the sand layer disappeared, a gap of three to four meters appeared.

The area that Yixiao first "deducted" was the very center of the new city in the design plan, which was the place he had mentioned before where groundwater would be drawn out.

That way, Vidal will have work to do!

Ignoring Cobra and Igaram, who were being carried down by Neisesi on either side of him, he walked to the very center of the flat ground and looked to the left and right.

There's one thing he really wants to complain about: why is the shape of Issho's Devil Fruit ability round?

It's the size of a football field, but it's circular, so it looks more like a gladiatorial arena.

Since the first shape appearing in this new city is a circle, Vidal gestured to Nacil and the other not to follow, and walked to the center of the field alone.

[Smack!]

He crouched down and slammed his palms heavily on the ground. As the power of the Woods-Woods Fruit was passively injected into the earth, a thick wooden wall, about a meter high, slowly rose from the ground in a curve.

These are all anti-corrosion and waterproof woods that Vidal specially reinforced, dividing the circular flat ground cleared by Yixiao into two 'yin-yang fish' shapes.

In Vidal's mind, the area in front of him was the lake area, and the area behind him was to be used to build an office building, which was located exactly at the 'fish eye'.

This wooden wall is to prevent groundwater from overflowing later, and also to determine the exact extent of the lake.

After doing all this, he stood up again. Next, he was to dig a spring to draw out clean water from underground!

Without a doubt, the spring will be located on the other side of the 'fish eye,' perfectly symmetrical to the future office building.

[Whoosh!]

With a swift movement, he instantly appeared two meters above the 'spring,' using 'Geppo' to steady himself while looking down at the ground beneath his feet.

Then, a bright green light began to emanate from his body, which quickly condensed into a golden bull phantom behind him.

"The Giant Horn!!"

[Moo--]

The bull roared to the sky, then transformed into a golden beam of light that swept over Vidal's head and crashed into the 'spring' he had spotted.

[Boom!!]

The scorching beam of light softened the hard earth like tofu, and the entire process seemed to proceed without any hindrance; the Oxhead plunged into the ground in the blink of an eye.

In an instant, a dark, bottomless cave appeared beneath Vidal's feet, its edges edged in lava, and then silence fell once more.

Apart from the occasional gust of wind, Cobra and the others stood outside the wooden wall, staring intently at the cave entrance, while praying fervently in their hearts.

Water's coming out!

There must be water!

Water is the lifeblood of the new city, the core of the oasis!

Suddenly, a new sound seemed to appear in my ears, and the sound grew closer and louder until the huge hole suddenly roared and spewed out a jet of water.

"The water has come out!!"

At this moment, everyone in Alabasta, regardless of whether they were princes, commanders, or soldiers, was shouting and yelling with ecstatic joy.

Even when raindrops fell from the sky and hit her face, she cried with a look of pure enjoyment.

"Hehehe, what a wonderful day!"

"Please allow me to play a piece of music to liven things up." Brook was also caught up in the joyful atmosphere.

He picked up his violin, used his sword as a bow, and began to play a cheerful melody.

Hmm. Not 'Binks' Sake'.

Amid the music and cheers, Vidal observed whether the amount of water flowing out was sufficient, or if too much water was flowing out and it would overflow.

If it's the former, then another 'Giant Horn' is needed; if it's the latter, then the size of the spring needs to be adjusted.

However, the result was ideal; the water level stopped rising when it reached the middle of the wooden wall.

When Yixiao flew back, from a bird's-eye view, she saw a lake shaped like a fish suddenly appear in the boundless ocean!

The scorching sun shone on the lake, creating shimmering patches of soft silver light. This sight made Yixiao feel that all her hard work was worthwhile.

Because he knew that this lake would sustain countless desert people, and that many babies would grow up healthy and strong by drinking its water.

At that moment, Prince Cobra, with tears in his eyes, shouted loudly to Vidal, who was standing above the lake, "Mr. Vidal, thank you, thank you so much!"

"From this day forward, Alabasta will always be your friend, forever and ever a friend of Forest family!"

"Please, name this lake and this city!"

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