Departure: Fish-Man Island

At dawn, the sky was just beginning to brighten...

Above Grove 42 of the Sabaody Archipelago.

As an Air Door appeared in the air, a pirate ship blasted out on a jet of air, flew from within it, and slowly, silently settled onto the water. Then, bubbles rose to envelop the entire Twin Goddess in a massive coating, and the ship sank soundlessly into the sea.

"So amazing... so beautiful..."

The light of dawn filtered through the surface into the waters below, making the entire seabed glitter with brilliant radiance.

All around them were the enormous roots of the Yarukiman Mangroves reaching deep into the sea. Even the thinnest of them was as thick as the Twin Goddess.

Countless marine animals drifted among them, and there was no shortage of enormous, terrifying Sea Kings. It felt as though they were touring an underwater park.

"It's truly unbelievable!"

On the deck, everyone from the Sky Pirate Crew stared at the dreamlike sight, their eyes filled with shock.

At that moment, the most excited person was Fisher Tiger, the navigator in control of the entire pirate ship.

Ye Mu stood beside Tiger and sensed his excitement, offering him comfort.

"We're finally going home, Tiger!"

"Yeah!"

Looking into the dim seabed, Tiger wiped away his tears.

"It's been six years, Captain!"

"I'm really sorry. You could have gone home three months ago, but I held you up for so long."

Ye Mu spoke apologetically.

But Tiger shook his head.

"No... it's not like that... Captain, you were right..."

As he said this, Tiger clenched his fists tightly, feeling the immense power surging from within his body. His eyes shone with excitement as he said,

"The weak can't protect what they want to protect. I can feel how much these three months of training