One moment, the sea was calm and the wind was still; the next, waves surged and clouds churned.
Perhaps in the Pirate World, only the Grand Line had such bizarre weather.
The sky was clear, with vast stretches of white clouds drifting slowly forward like scattered threads.
The boundless sky was a brilliant blue.
Roy waved his hand, directing the island clouds to continuously expand forward along the route once taken by the Cloud Peak in the west.
"Whew, whew!!" After taking several deep breaths, he accepted a towel from Brulee beside him and wiped away the dense beads of sweat on his forehead.
He raised his head and looked out at the intermittent cloud islands stretching through the sky ahead.
Roy knew he had made things sound too simple. Building a massive Cloud Bridge that led directly to Mary Geoise was nowhere near as easy as he had imagined.
Setting aside the stamina required to control such an enormous sea of island clouds, merely avoiding the violent weather that could appear anywhere in the sky was already incredibly distracting.
Roy had originally believed that he was strong enough to develop this entire Cloud Bridge and cloud sea by himself, but now it seemed he had overestimated himself and underestimated the difficulty of the task.
"Lord Roy, let's take a break!"
Brulee looked at the sweat-drenched man before her with concern. Handing him a bottle of specially made energy drink, she could not help urging him to rest.
"It's all right. I can keep going. Brulee-chan, don't underestimate my stamina!!"
He rubbed Brulee's little head. Looking at the girl whose eyes held only him, Roy's gaze was equally full of tenderness.
Gulp, gulp, gulp!
He drank the energy drink Brulee had handed him in large mouthfuls, replenishing the stamina he