The Calm Belt was a narrow stretch of sea that hemmed in the Grand Line from both sides.
For some unknown reason, no sea breeze ever blew here, and no currents churned beneath the surface. There were scarcely any ripples on the water, which lay as calm as a mirror stretching beyond sight.
But that did not mean there were no disturbances at all.
A colossal creature sped through the water.
"Hahahaha!! Warrior Alexander rides the wind and breaks the waves!!"
Warrior Shrimp laughed loudly, his four massive claws constantly smashing through the water.
"Oh, it's really fast!"
Rayleigh sat atop Alexander's head. Unable to understand what Alexander was shouting about, he sipped his wine and said with great interest, "If Roger had possessed an ability like this back then, I wonder how much smoother our journey would have been."
"Rayleigh,"
Bright, who had been gazing out over the sea, turned around. "Just how strong was Roger?"
Who was the strongest person on this sea?
People had argued endlessly over that question. Even now, when Whitebeard was still near the end of his prime, many believed Kaido possessed strength no less than his.
Bright had never fought one of the sea's true top-tier powerhouses. The only one he had encountered was Rayleigh, and that had only been for training his Conqueror's Haki. He was truly curious about just how powerful the real monsters were.
Especially that man who had conquered the Grand Line, a man guaranteed to rank among the top two known powerhouses no matter how strength was measured.
"Roger?"
Rayleigh wiped his mouth and said somewhat nostalgically, "That guy was unreliable in many ways, but he truly was a conqueror who defeated every storm and tempest on the sea."
He said seriously, "Bright, even you as you are