Void Pollution Point, the Princess of Alabasta

"Professor Ramon, hold on a little longer." Lin Ye looked back at the panting old man. "According to the Dawn Blade, there's a city about ten kilometers to the southeast."

Ramon was a scholar with graying hair. In his hand he held an oddly shaped tuning fork—the Time Tuning Fork. The ancient artifact was silver-white, covered in intricate runes of time. Now and then it gave off a faint hum, as though answering some invisible surge of energy. Ramon's face was pale and his steps unsteady. The earlier battle had clearly drained too much of his life force.

"I'm fine." Ramon forced a smile and wiped the sweat from his brow. "Compared with what happened at the Moon Base, this is nothing."

Both fell silent, remembering the Moon Base's final moments a few hours earlier. The Void Legion, led by the Five Elders themselves, had stormed the Spectrum Temple. Its ancient defenses had failed one after another, and the guardians had fallen in turn. Silver Moon, the temple's last Guardian, had given her life to activate an emergency teleportation system, sending Lin Ye, Ramon, and the Spectrum Key to one of the safest places on Earth: deep in the Alabasta Desert.

"Do you think Silver Moon is still alive?" Lin Ye asked quietly, his eyes full of worry.

Ramon slowly shook his head. "Against the Five Elders, even Silver Moon couldn't... But her sacrifice gave us a chance. As long as we still have the Spectrum Key and the Time Tuning Fork, there's hope."

Lin Ye brushed a hand over the Dawn Blade on his back. Forged by the Ancient Kingdom, the divine weapon had been passed down through his family for generations. It was also one of the seven keys. "The Barrier Blade cuts the connection between the Void