Ancient Island—also known as "Little Garden."
This was a small island that had seen no progress for thousands, even tens of thousands, of years, remaining completely unchanged.
Due to the Grand Line's chaotic climate, the island still retained the appearance of the dinosaur age. All manner of large ferocious beasts lived there as well, making its natural environment extremely dangerous.
But those were merely the reasons it was called "Ancient Island."
As for its other name, "Little Garden"?
That was because, to the residents who lived there, the island was as small and delicate as a garden!
Today, two warriors from Elbaf, the kingdom of the Giant Tribe, were still carrying out their agreed-upon duel.
And that duel had already lasted nearly a hundred years!
At that moment, a ship slowly approached Little Garden.
The vessel was lavishly and meticulously decorated. The flag flying from it was not a pirate flag, but a clean and orderly national flag—
The Alabasta Kingdom.
This was a superpower located in the first half of the Grand Line, with the Nefertari Family serving as its hereditary royal house.
This family had once been one of the twenty royal families that founded the World Government eight hundred years ago. However, they had refused the privilege of moving to the Holy Land Mary Geoise, and thus did not become what the world called Celestial Dragons.
Under the Nefertari Family's rule, the people of the Alabasta Kingdom lived happy and peaceful lives. Nefertari Cobra was now its twelfth-generation king.
And Cobra was also the father of one of the Straw Hat Pirates' companions—Nefertari Vivi.
Therefore, no matter what country in the world this ship bearing Alabasta's national flag visited, it would receive that country's most sincere and enthusiastic welcome—
Provided it was a "human" country.
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