After three days of flight, the Flame Dragon Ark traveled directly from Punk Hazard to the skies above Dressrosa. In truth, the Flame Dragon Ark was no slower than an ordinary airplane. By sea, the journey would have taken at least ten days.
Moreover, the first half of the New World was quite peaceful under Whitebeard's management. There were hardly any pirates in sight; instead, merchant ships engaged in maritime trade were far more common. The island's civilians also lived quite well.
The current Dressrosa Kingdom was also exceptionally beautiful, known as the Island of Flowers. The Tontatta Tribe lived here as well. The flowers of Dressrosa Kingdom were all planted by the Tontatta Tribe to repay Riku King.
Dressrosa Kingdom was enormous, a circular island roughly the size of a "bend," equivalent to about one-third the area of the Flame Dragon Kingdom.
Julian knew that Dressrosa currently possessed four Devil Fruits: the Paramecia Stone-Stone Fruit, the Paramecia Power-Power Fruit, the Paramecia Stitch-Stitch Fruit, and the Paramecia Heal-Heal Fruit. Princess Mansherry of the Tontatta Tribe and the Tontatta warrior Leo had not yet eaten those two Devil Fruits.
Julian looked seriously at Dressrosa Kingdom and suddenly noticed a Pirate Ship docked at Dressrosa's harbor. Dressrosa's army was fighting a group of pirates at the docks, and those pirates had captured a pink-haired girl and were retreating toward their ship. The girl looked helpless, with a pirate's blade pressed against her neck and several muskets aimed at her. She could only let the pirates do as they pleased.
Julian looked puzzled and said, "What is this? This feels so familiar. That pink-haired girl seems to be Riku King's daughter, Princess Scarlett." In the original story, she had been captured by pirates, and Dressrosa's gladiator Kyros had leaped onto the Pirate Ship