Chapter 230
"My name is Urouge, nice to meet you."
Thus, Urouge, the local strongman of the Sky Island, also climbed onto Zeus's back.
After Buckingham gave him a quick treatment, the man lay on Zeus's back like a dead fish, tilting his head to check the situation on the sea of clouds, and then guiding Zeus in the right direction.
Whether it was due to his carefree nature or his inherently unrestrained and bold personality, even in this situation, the man was still chuckling and sighing.
Upon seeing Anthony and his group, he exclaimed, "Oh! With that kind of attire, you must be pirates from the Blue Sea!"
After seeing World lying on the ground sound asleep, he chuckled, "Haha, is he taking a nap? Be careful not to catch a cold."
Upon seeing those colossal beasts, he exclaimed, "Incredible! There are such enormous monsters!"
After discovering that Zeus could speak, he exclaimed, "Island Cloud actually alive? Hahaha! Blue Sea is truly mysterious!"
He even tirelessly asked Anthony and the others what the sea below looked like.
Anthony actually started chatting with him.
A man with such courage certainly deserves to be highly regarded.
And so, very soon, the God's Domain was approaching.
The so-called "God's Domain" refers to the country comprised of two islands located in the central region of the White-White Sea.
One of the islands is formed by the Island Cloud that are most common in this sky, and it is called Angel Island.
The other island is quite different; it's the only island in the White Sea and White-White Sea composed entirely of mud and rock.
It is said that this island suddenly appeared in the sky four hundred years ago. After the people of Angel Island occupied the island, they did not dare to move there for four hundred years. They regarded it as the abode of the gods and called it the God's Island.
Now that we're already close, then...
Urouge suddenly saw the man who had been lying on the ground just like him suddenly stand up.
Are you awake?
"Lord Night King!"
At the same moment, everyone bowed down in respect of that figure.
"Huh?"
Urouge was slightly taken aback. "Is he the boss?"
I initially thought he was some insignificant nobody because he was lying on the ground asleep like a stray dog on the street!
This is what they mean by "a true master doesn't reveal their abilities"!
Naito glanced down at him with interest. "Urouge, it seems this is a destined encounter."
I randomly asked someone for directions on an island in the White-White Sea, and that's how I found this man.
If this isn't destiny, then what is?
"Haha, fate?"
Urouge laughed heartily, "That's remarkable!"
"From today onwards, you are one of us."
That's what Naito said.
This guy may be a bit old, but he still has potential; at least his Devil Fruit ability is pretty good.
"Huh? What?"
Urouge was genuinely taken aback this time. "Wasn't it just about leading the way? I've never even considered joining you..."
"Shut up."
Buckingham stomped on Urouge's mouth, rewarding him with a sharp thud from the veteran jailer, "Before Lord Night King, just obey!"
Wow!
Urouge vomited.
However, now is not the time to deal with this guy. The two islands on the sea of clouds ahead are already clearly visible.
Zeus flew without stopping, heading straight for that lush, verdant island that was unique in the sky.
Just as the white clouds reached the edge of the island, at the very top of the enormous soybean vine that stretched across the entire island from bottom to top, inside the newly completed shrine in the center of the island.
"Um?"
The man who was eating an apple suddenly looked up.
"Hahaha! A stray dog has come to amuse this god!"
Crack!
The man's body instantly transformed into a bolt of lightning and vanished from the divine palace.
Chapter 157 The Frog in the Well
"It truly is an island that stands out from the crowd."
Salt exclaimed, but the next second, he changed his mind, "No, it's this sky that stands out from the crowd."
The sea of clouds floating in the sky, and the cloud islands above it, are truly the most outstanding.
What the Skypieans considered a God's Island was, to them, an ordinary island from the sea.
"But why is there such an island in the sky?"
Buckingham was utterly baffled. "This just doesn't make sense."
While Island Cloud and Sea Cloud are indeed wondrous, they also have a scientific basis. They have a machine here that they seized from the Marine Science Unit, which can mass-produce Island Cloud.
However, this island is quite strange.
Genuine rocks and soil, real trees and grass, are things that should never appear in the sky.
"A meteorite that fell from the sky?"
Anthony speculated, "Did it get caught by this sea of clouds as it fell, and gradually evolve into an island?"
"What nonsense are you spouting!"
Buckingham glared at him, annoyed. "Island Cloud are much more fragile than rocks and soil, and Sea Cloud are even more so. Their buoyancy is not even comparable to real seawater. How could they possibly catch a meteorite falling from the sky?"
"Then, it came from the sea?"
Salt also speculated, "Couldn't the Golden Lion have done something like that? Perhaps he was a previous Devil Fruit User."
"Um?"
Buckingham paused slightly, then nodded slightly.
This guess is quite reasonable.
In this world, anything that defies conventional thinking can be easily attributed to Devil Fruit.
"This island did indeed fly into the sky four hundred years ago."
Naito gazed at the enormous vine soaring into the sky from the center of the distant island and casually remarked, "But it has nothing to do with the Float-Float Fruit."
"Huh?"
Buckingham was utterly astonished. "Not the Float-Float Fruit? What's going on then?"
"There's an island directly below here called Jaya Island," Naito continued.
Jaya Island?
Salt immediately perked up. "I've been there. It's also a small pirate island. Lord Night King, is there any connection between this island and Jaya Island?"
"This island is half of what was once a complete Jaya Island."
Naito said, "That Jaya Island in the sea is the other half."
Four hundred years ago, this island was swept into the sky by a massive, Knock Up Stream.
He pointed to the vine in front of him, "It just so happened to land on that huge bean vine, using it as a support, and has been stuck here ever since."
"A massive ocean current!"
Salt exclaimed in shock, "That's right, that's right! There are indeed often huge, towering Knock Up Stream in the sea near Jaya Island! Any ships that get close are instantly reduced to ashes, it's quite spectacular! But, can that thing really lift an entire island ten thousand meters into the air?"
"Such a thing actually happened?"
Anthony was speechless. "The power of nature is truly terrifying!"
The sheer power of that ocean current that could propel such a massive island to an altitude of ten thousand meters is simply unimaginable.
"I see,"
Urouge, still lying on the ground, nodded knowingly. "This island is also from the Blue Sea? Haha, the God's Island that the people of Angel Island cherish is just an ordinary island in the sea below?"
"Nothing special?"
Naito smirked. "Not exactly. Four hundred years ago, there was a man known as Noland the Liar. He claimed to have found the City of Gold, but when he returned with his fleet, there was nothing there, and he was executed for it."
"..."
Buckingham paused for a moment.
Why are you suddenly bringing up such a legend?
But she immediately realized that Lord Night King wouldn't make such a statement without a reason.
Etc!
Four hundred years ago!?
"Lord Night King!"
Buckingham almost trembled. "Could the City of Gold that Noland couldn't find back then be this island that was swept into the sky?"
Naito nodded slightly. "Quite a coincidence, isn't it? He had barely left when this island was swept into the sky by a massive ocean current."
"Really? Such a thing exists?"
Even Buckingham couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.
Noland the Liar, the liar, did he actually not lie?
No, what should surprise you now is something else!
"So, the City of Gold is right here!"
Salt was incredibly excited. "According to legend, Noland found a city of gold!"
Are you short of money?
Naito glanced back at him.
"Forehead..."
Salt paused for a moment.
That's true.