"How much farther? We're already in the Calm Belt, aren't we? Why haven't we seen any large Sea Kings?"
Sitting on the King of the Sky's back, Werther felt the sea breeze die around him and couldn't help feeling curious.
The sea was the same, the sky was the same, and even the surroundings, temperature, and climate were unchanged. Yet the moment they entered the Calm Belt, the air stopped moving.
The Calm Belt was a sailing ship's nightmare. If a ship strayed into it, losing the wind was the least of its problems. The worst part was the vicious Sea Kings lurking there.
"The Sea Kings in the Calm Belt usually gather together. We'll find them soon enough."
Two people had accompanied Werther on this trip from Dressrosa.
One was Doffy, lounging on the King of the Sky's back with his legs crossed. The other was Sugar, who was looking around.
That was right: Sugar. Werther and Doffy had brought her out of Dressrosa.
Sugar was no longer quite so important to Dressrosa.
She hadn't been out in a long time, and she was visibly excited. Watching her, Werther couldn't help thinking.
In the original story, the main reason the Straw Hat Pirates managed to defeat Doffy a year later was that Usopp had knocked Sugar unconscious with a spicy shot.
But after Werther arrived, Dressrosa was no longer the place it had once been.
The Corrida Colosseum had been renovated and expanded to five times its former size, and Doffy was now planning to enlarge the island itself.
Werther sometimes had a nasty thought: what if the Straw Hat Pirates came to Dressrosa and, through sheer dumb luck, managed to take Sugar down?
Dressrosa would become a living hell!
After flying for nearly the whole morning, Werther still