Roy's eyes flashed with excitement, his heart filled with barely concealed emotion. Although he didn't know what kind of treasure the Mermaid Tears was, he could tell from the sea god's description that the Skypieans's Mantra ability might have originated from the Mermaid Tears.
"No wonder I didn't feel that soul-stirring, soul-cleansing sensation when I listened to the sound of the Golden Bell before." Just as Roy was thinking to himself, he found that the space around him was shaking violently, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing. The dreamlike bubble suddenly burst, instantly repelling Roy away.
"Hmm? What happened? Could it be that the soul power that the Shandia ancestors entrusted to the Golden Bell has been exhausted? Oh well, since the goal has been achieved, there's no need to linger in the dream." Roy didn't delve into it, but instead walked out of the illusory dream into the real world.
However, the dialogue continued on Jaya Island eight hundred years ago.
Before the High Priest could even savor the story hidden within the Mermaid Tears, he was overwhelmed by a soul power akin to divine might, almost rendering him unable to straighten up. As the High Priest of Atlantis, he was naturally no weakling, but before this power, he was as small and helpless as a child.
The world was completely silent except for the roaring sea, as if venting its fury.
"Your Lord Poseidon, what is this?" He asked, feeling as if he had been granted a pardon, after the heavy pressure in his heart had dissipated.
"I sensed some unfamiliar emotional fluctuations just now, as if some villain was spying on me. Now it seems that perhaps I've been under too much pressure lately and sensed things incorrectly." Despite saying this, a shadow fell over her heart. She had developed her Observation Haki to its ultimate level; how could she not even be able to accurately grasp her senses?
"You Atlantis believe in the power of the soul. I hope this Mermaid Tears can help you rise again. We don't have much time left. We can't let go of any power that we can fight for."
"Your Lord Poseidon, you must be careful of those enemies. They have perfectly fused the power of gods and demons and called it Uranus, a power that is completely beyond our imagination." Seeing that the sea god intended to leave, the High Priest quickly warned him.
"What? They actually dare to touch the power of demons? Aren't they afraid that the nightmare from ten years ago will repeat itself?"
"Your Lord Poseidon, perhaps we are all wrong. By blindly rejecting that power, we have unknowingly fallen behind the tide of the times."
"He once said that power itself is not scary, but their masters are! Is this the will you wanted to convey to me? Unfortunately, I understood it too late!" After hearing the High Priest's words, the sea god was somewhat dazed. He looked up at the blazing sun and said with a sense of loss.
Roy, who was walking in the long river of dreams, rubbed his swollen head. The amount of information was so overwhelming that he didn't even know where to start complaining.
"What's with this strong fantasy vibe? Did I really wander into the wrong movie set today? They're even using such absurd ideas as destroying the world."
Roy never believed that anyone would do something as thankless and exhausting as destroying the world. If, like in the novels he had read in his previous life, destroying the world could enhance one's understanding of some kind of law of destruction, then that would be somewhat plausible.
But this is the Pirate World, who would be so bored as to destroy the world?
Moreover, the world is not a toy; it cannot be destroyed at will.
Just like Roy, destroying a country is very easy, but completely erasing a country from the world is not an easy task, even for Whitebeard.
Roy didn't intend to waste any more time on this kind of thing. Eight hundred years had passed, and if the world was going to be destroyed, it would have been destroyed long ago. Besides, if the sky were to fall, there would be tall people to hold it up. It wasn't his place, a 1.8m disabled person, to worry about this.
A colorful vortex emerged from the Shandora Ruins, and Roy's figure stepped out.
"Captain, how come you're back so soon?" As a sniper, Jin was most sensitive to changes in the surrounding environment and was the first to look at Roy and ask.
"Hmm? Did I take a very short time?" Roy realized something was wrong. He had traveled upstream through the dream world, which took at least half a day. It couldn't be described as a short time.
"About half an hour," Jin said, not entirely sure.
"To be precise, exactly twenty-seven minutes and thirty-two seconds have passed since you Dream-Enter, Captain," Robin said softly, checking his pocket watch.
"The flow of time has slowed down by more than ten times!" Roy was extremely surprised. He had thought about controlling the flow of time in his dream, but with his limited development of Devil Fruit Ability, he was still not capable of it. Unless the Devil Fruit Awakening, he would not be able to access that forbidden area.
"Could this be the power of the Golden Bell?" Roy was secretly horrified. He was extremely wary of the legendary Ancient Weapon. The Mermaid Tears, which originated from the Poseidon, had such an effect. It seemed that this Ancient Weapon truly deserved its title of "god".
"Captain, did you gain anything from your dream journey?" Crocodile the Sand's eyes burned with fervor. He now realized the importance of Haki. If he could raise the level of his Observation Haki, he wouldn't be so uncomfortable being suppressed by Enel.
Roy didn't say anything, but walked straight to the bottom of the Golden Bell and took down the bead hanging in the center.
The golden bead looked radiant and complemented the Golden Bell, but it was inconspicuous in the entire bell tower. Moreover, in Roy's perception with his Observation Haki, it was just an ordinary bead with nothing special about it.
Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, Roy gently crushed the bead in his hand, and a teardrop-shaped aquamarine fell into Roy's palm.
"Poseidon's Observation Haki is indeed terrifying. Even the Mermaid Pearl left over from eight hundred years ago can completely suppress my senses. Even when it's right next to me, I can't detect it." Roy's tone was full of endless emotion.
His Observation Haki has been unlocked to the point of almost Future Sight. Few can match him on the high seas. He has been invincible all the way, which has made Roy blindly confident in his own Observation Haki.
If I hadn't witnessed that scene in a dream, the treasure would probably have remained untouched.
"This... could it be the Legendary Mermaid's tears!" Reiju lightly covered her lips, her expression shifting.
"Mermaid Tears? Is this thing famous?" Roy frowned slightly. He remembered that the High Priest's expression when he saw this scene was quite interesting.
Robin looked at Roy as if he were an alien, and after a long while said in a low voice, "Mermaid Tears are said to be the last tears shed in a lifetime by only the purest-hearted mermaids after experiencing a deeply unforgettable love."
Even Xia, who had only recently left the sea, was very interested in this topic. "Legend has it that Mermaid Tears can grant wishes, and some say that they can bring people back to life, making them the most magical 'medicine' in the world. There is also a saying that Mermaid Tears are the curse of mermaids, which will accompany the holder to the end of hell!"