Julian spent the entire afternoon exploring the island. He directly activated his Fire Dragon Form and flew around it, discovering that this Lost Island had indeed once housed a civilization. Many human buildings had already collapsed into ruin. Looking at the island, Julian was curious why all the humans had vanished.
Julian prepared to continue flying. Once an island no longer bore any trace of humans, its plants and trees rapidly grew out, already swallowing the entire island. Julian flew around this deserted island for more than half a day but found nothing.
Julian took out another treasure map. This pirate crew had been fairly powerful, leaving all their treasure on an island called Lost Island. The island also had many strange and unusual creatures, and their treasure included two Devil Fruits. This pirate crew had later been defeated by other pirates, who seized their treasure map. Based on the casino worker's description, Julian had directly bought this map.
From this island, sailing straight to the left would lead toward Reverse Mountain. If they maintained high speed, they would reach Reverse Mountain's Knock Up Stream in a little over two months and advance into the Grand Line.
Julian planned to collect resources from deserted islands as they sailed. If he rushed straight to Reverse Mountain, the trip might take less time. But Julian changed his mind. Gathering more resources from deserted islands and more supplies from several affiliated kingdoms before heading to the Grand Line would be far more beneficial.
Julian thought to himself, My crew will only grow stronger. If Herbert keeps accelerating while we sail, or if I do it myself, we can greatly increase our sailing speed. That way, we can raid a few more kingdoms and search a few more deserted islands.
Thus, Julian chose this