I reached the top of Pirates

Chapter 174 173. Relics!

"After this newspaper acquired our news territory in Donghai, it almost completely revitalized it."

"Now, almost every major town in the East China Sea has a branch of our newspaper. By then, with just a few phone calls, printing, and faxing, our newspaper will be able to cover most of the islands in the East China Sea. For those islands without branches or ships sailing on the sea, we will also have crow newspaper sellers to run sales."

The two walked out of a newspaper office.

"Whoo~"

Robin, wearing a beige shirt and a denim skirt, held Messer's left wrist with her right hand and exhaled softly.

The full upper body floats gently.

He raised his head slightly, wearing a brown sun hat, and looked at Messer with a smile.

"How are my business abilities? My boss, sir, do you feel like you've made a killing? Do you wake up laughing every night?"

Mercer, who was wearing a black fisherman's hat, looked down into her eyes and chuckled:
"So, what reward do you want?"

Robin blinked, raised his left index finger, and tapped his lips. Seeing this, Messer raised his eyebrows:
"Want a kiss from me?"

Robin was startled when he heard this, and tilted his head. Then he reacted and gave Messer a helpless eye roll. He raised his index finger and shook it left and right, and said with a smile:
"I don't want it. I was just thinking about what reward I want, not asking you to kiss me."

After saying this, her crystal white earlobes turned red. She turned her head and saw an ice cream shop, and her eyes narrowed with a smile:

"I want to eat that. I want to eat a five-layer ice cream with five flavors."

Mercer complained, "I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it. I actually sent you away with just an ice cream. You're too cheap."

Without saying a word, Robin grabbed Messer's wrist and walked towards the place. When he got closer, he pushed Messer to the front of the line.
"Ha! Go get in line."

He chuckled and shook his head, and soon bought two extra-large five-layer five-flavor ice cream cones.

Robin reached out to take his own, licked the top layer of matcha flavor, then looked at Messer's ice cream. Seeing that Messer's top layer was strawberry flavored, he laughed:
"I want to eat your strawberry flavor."

Messer raised his eyebrows and handed it over. Robin opened his mouth with a smile and took a bite, but the next second he covered his cheek with his hands, looking like he had a toothache from the cold.

"Hiss~ So cold."

Mercer was speechless and said, "Who told you to bite so hard? You bit off all my strawberry flavored ones in one bite."

Robin covered his mouth and blinked at Messer. After a few seconds, he swallowed the ice cream in his mouth: "It's not my fault. I didn't say I only took a small bite."

Messer raised the corner of his mouth, lowered his head and took a bite of her matcha flavored one.

Chewed it twice and swallowed it.

Mercer looked at her helpless face, handed her his cone, and said with a chuckle, "My layer is matcha flavored. Want a bite?"

Robin rolled his eyes at Mercer, opened his mouth and took a bite, but this time he only took a small bite:

"good to eat."

Mercer was walking on the street eating his ice cream, and Robin took Mercer's arm and licked his ice cream.

After the two of them had been playing in the town for quite some time, Robin used his ability to guide them along the way and helped them eat all sorts of delicious snacks.

There were a lot of snacks bought, but Robin only took a few bites of each delicacy, and the rest went into Mercer's stomach.

At this time, the two were sitting on a bench in a park, enjoying the cool breeze under the shade of a tree.

"Let's go back to the Little Bear. There's nothing much to do here. Even though we've already been playing for most of the day."

Yamato, Ace and the others are visiting the Pirate King's execution platform in the city center. Why don't you go and see it for yourself?"

Robin looked at Mercer curiously.

Moses chuckled and said:
"It doesn't mean anything to me. I've already seen it with my observation Haki. It's just an ordinary execution platform. The World Government really has a bad taste."

Robin pursed her lips and felt a little depressed. Messer glanced at her but did not try to comfort her.

At this time, Robin stood up from the bench, adjusted her skirt, and smiled as she extended her right hand to Mercer:

"Let's go back."

Reaching out and grasping her fair hand, Robin gave a strong tug, pulling Mercer up, and said with a smile:
"Our next stop is to play there. It feels like we've been out for ages in the blink of an eye."

Mercer and Robin walked towards the port. "Next stop? I remember there's an ancient ruin not far from Gunkanjima. Do you want to go check it out?"

"Hmm? Have you been there? The ruins."

Robin's eyes suddenly lit up, "Okay, let's go there then."

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he tightened his left arm around Messer.

Soon, we arrived at the port and boarded the ship.

Mercer looked at Xiong Bao, Ya Da Bao, and Asiya fishing on the fence and asked:

"Have you returned from buying ingredients? Have they not returned yet?"

The three of them shook their heads, and Xiong Bao said:
"No, they were having so much fun that no one was in sight."

"Is that so? Then let's wait a little longer."

Moses took a fishing rod from the cabin, put bait on it, sat down at the railing of the boat, and cast the fishing rod into the sea.

Waiting quietly for the fish to take the bait.

After waiting quietly for a long time, he saw only circles of ripples on the sea surface around the fishing line. One or two fish appeared not far away, but they didn't bite the hook. Messer fell silent and saw several fish swimming in the bucket behind Asia.

Robin lay on the fence next to Mercer, covering his mouth and chuckling:
"It seems your luck isn't very good today. Don't you usually catch one every time you fish?"

Messer turned his head and gave her a blank look, then took off his shirt, put the fishing rod in her hand, leaned forward, and plop!
Moses dove in headfirst, making a small splash.

Ripples spread out, and Xiong Bao Asia looked at the water in silence.

Robin blinked and chuckled:

"Puff! He got angry out of shame."

As soon as he entered the water, Moses saw many fat fish eating the bait underwater. When they saw Moses appear, they swam quickly towards the deep sea, flicking their tails.

The corners of Messer's mouth curled up, and a layer of water film appeared in his mouth and nose. Swinging his arms and legs, Messer set his target on a four-meter-long fish below.

There is an elephant trunk between the eyebrows, a sausage-shaped mouth with a pair of tusks at the corners of the mouth, a snow-white belly, and a back covered with dark blue spotted leather.

Abnormally beautiful.

Elephant tuna.

This is a rare species from other sea areas. I am so lucky to encounter it here.

Mercer's feet slammed into the water, and his figure plummeted. In less than two seconds, he caught up with it and slapped it on the forehead. With a bang, the elephant fish's eyes rolled back and it fainted.

Moses grabbed the ivory, turned and swam upstream. A few seconds later, when he was close to the sea surface, he swung his right arm upwards with force, and there was a splash!

The big fish exploded out of the sea and flew towards the boat. Robin's heart skipped a beat with fear and he stepped back reflexively.

Bang! A muffled sound.

The elephant tuna landed heavily on the deck, blocking half of it.

Moses stepped on the sea surface and jumped onto the ship's railing. Flames rose from his body, evaporating the sea water.

Seeing Robin's speechless expression, Messer raised his eyebrows and smiled at her:

"Elephant tuna, a rare species. I'm lucky. I'll have Xiong Bao take good care of it tonight."

Robin's mouth twitched, "Then you are really lucky."

Xiong Bao looked at the big fish with shining eyes, "This is a rare species. I have never eaten it before. I have only seen this kind of big fish in the food guide."

"Well, I'll leave it to you. Steam the belly, chop the head with pepper, stir-fry the trunk, braise the body, and make soup with the bones. I'll give you the tusks to play with."

Xiong Bao blinked as he listened to Messer's menu and added, "Take the meat off the bones and fry it into meatballs."

Moses gave him a thumbs-up.

"good idea!"

Robin covered his mouth and laughed so hard that his whole body shook. What a funny thing!

Xiong Bao asked Ya Da Bao to take him and the elephant tuna to the kitchen. He couldn't wait any longer.

Half an hour later.

Yamato and his friends and Ace and his friends came back one after another.

When everyone arrived, they raised the anchor and hoisted the sail. Mercer gathered the wind and fanned the sail, and the Little Bear sailed quickly into the distance.

After getting away from Rogue Town, Ya Dabao put away the Little Bear and, guided by the nautical chart of the entire East China Sea of Meser, flew to the area of Battleship Island an hour later.

With his observation Haki spreading out, Mercer quickly found the location of the ruins and commanded Ya Dabao to fly over.

As we approached, the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds and it started to rain heavily. However, after breaking through a mirage-like air film, the surroundings suddenly became clear.

Under the dim sky, a lush island appeared not far away, covered with dense forests, and among the forests were dilapidated buildings.

Mercer stood in front of the French window in the lounge, looking at a vine-covered building on the top of a distant mountain. Robin beside him said in surprise:
"Wasn't that a mirage just now?"

"And is this the ruins you mentioned?"

Moses nodded and said with a smile:
"Well, let's go take a look."

The crow outside flew away with a roar, and soon landed in front of the building on the top of the mountain.

In a ripple of space.

Moses and his people came to the outside world.

Looking at the tightly closed stone door covered in vines, Robin looked at the ancient dragon pattern on it, walked forward and gently stroked it:

"It looks like hieroglyphics, at least a thousand years old. This place is so interesting. Moses, do you know how to open this stone door?"

The observation Haki spread out, and through the stone door one could see a huge space inside, but it was covered with vines that looked like tree roots.

Yamato squatted down and looked at the crack in the ground, then looked up at Robin and smiled:

"The ground seems hollow and not solid. How about we smash a big hole here?"

Robin looked hesitant, somewhat reluctant to destroy the ruins. Mercer looked at Xiong Bao beside him and smiled, "Go ahead."

Xiong Bao grinned, walked over and punched him. The next moment, there was a loud bang.

I originally just wanted to smash a small hole and then use my mouth to chew a bigger hole, but I didn't expect the ground to be so fragile.

The entire ground collapsed instantly.

"Aww~ I ****"

Xiong Bao fell down cursing.

Yamato and the others also fell down.

"Ahhhhhhhh"

A chorus of howling screams echoed. Mercer took the Moon Step and, reflexively, grabbed Robin, Eri, and Makino beside him, leaping into the air and landing at the cave entrance, which hadn't yet collapsed.

Ya Dabao was flying in the air, only able to grab Chopper in his claws. At this moment, he was looking at the smoke-filled cave entrance with a smirk on his face.

Chopper swallowed his saliva, looked up with a look of fear and thanked Ya Dabao:
"Brother Dabao, thank you."

Ya Dabao laughed and shook his head:

"You're welcome. Just give Crow a full body massage later."

Chopper nodded speechlessly.

"Okay~_~"

Putting the three of them down, Mercer laughed unscrupulously:

"A bunch of idiots, they didn't use the Moon Step when they had it, they deserved to suffer."

Makino said with a worried look on his face:

"Is Pepe okay?"

Moses blinked, walked quickly to the cave entrance, and shouted inside:

"Pepe, are you okay? If you're okay, let me know."

There was an echo from inside.

The next second, Perona's voice rang out, "Something's wrong. I'm hung on a vine. Come down and give me a hand."

Mercer's face lit up immediately and he said with a smile:

"Why don't you just use ghost bombs to blow up the vines around you?"

Perona shouted angrily:

"My clothes are caught. Using a bomb will tear them apart. Come and save me."

Mercer burst out laughing and turned to look at them. "I'm going to go downstairs to rescue stupid Pepe. You guys let Dabao take you down."

As he said that, he jumped down from the cave, his breathing rising and falling. As he fell, the wind wrapped around his body, and there were dense vines everywhere around him. After a few seconds, he grabbed a thick vine and came to Perona's side.

Perona was hanging upside down in the air, stuck between some vines. Fortunately, she was wearing denim shorts, otherwise she would have been exposed. Moreover, a branch-like vine was pulling on the collar of her short-sleeved shirt.

"Still looking?" Perona said angrily, "If you don't rescue me, I will ignore you for the whole day."

Messer rolled his eyes and said, "If you have the guts, ignore me for two days."

Having said that, Mercer pulled out the Cold Dew from behind her waist with her right hand, and swung it in an instant, cutting off all the vines that were stuck on her.

At the same time, he put his left hand around her exposed snow-white waist, stepped on the air, brought her down from mid-air to the ground, and turned her body in mid-air.

With a soft click, she landed steadily on the ground.

Perona's feet were suspended in the air. She looked up at Messer and said helplessly:

"Put me down now! My feet haven't even touched the ground yet. Why are you so tall?"

A smile appeared on Mercer's lips as he put her on the ground, her height only reaching his chest. Pepe was only 1.4 meters tall, short but also quite cute.

Perona looked up at Messer and said speechlessly, "Do you think I should take some of the human giantization potion made by Sister Doriel?"

"No, please don't. You're fine now. Once you learn how to return your life, you'll naturally be able to control your body's growth. Or when the fruit awakens, you'll be able to control your size. There are too many uncontrollable aspects of eating that thing. You don't want to grow to five or six meters tall and turn into a giant Peppa Pig, do you? "

Hearing this, Perona's mouth twitched. "That huge size is really hard to accept. Just forget I didn't say anything."

At this time, Yamato came over, slapping his body, and looked at Messer with resentment:

"Why didn't you save me just now?"

Mercer rolled his eyes. "You guys are all tough and strong, and you're not afraid of falls or beatings."

Yamato's mouth twitched, "We'll have a one-on-one duel later. I'm not happy about it."

Messer smiled and said, "Okay."

"Moses, where are you looking?"

Robin came out of Ya Dabao's space and immediately saw the mural on the dome above his head. He pointed it out to Mercer:

"The sun and the moon, the dragon and the man, what a magical mural, it seems to be telling a story about a thousand-year-old dragon."

At this time, Kuleha emerged from the castle space, looked at the mural above her head in the dim light, and asked Messer with interest:

"Did you find those thousand-year-old dragon eggs you brought back a year ago near here?"

"Well, on the seabed beyond the Battleship Island in front, there's a strange protective current. That's the lair of the Millennium Dragon. That's where I found it last time."

"Want to take a look?"

Kuleha rolled her eyes at Messer:

"I'm a person with special abilities now, so I can't swim."

"It's okay. If you want to go, I have a way. I can make you breathe underwater."

Kuleha blinked and said, "Okay, I'm quite interested. Take me to see it later."

After a moment, Robin used pen and paper to record some relief patterns, looked at Mercer and blinked, and said:

"I have a good idea. We can publish this pattern in the newspaper and write a suspenseful story, without mentioning the specific location, as a gimmick. How about it?"

"You are so bad, you are worthy of being the son of the devil. Good, let's do it."

Robin rolled his eyes at Messer speechlessly:

"We're the same. Maybe you're even worse than me."

"We both get along."

Messer said with a smile.

At this time, Ace, Sabo, and Page One ran out of an aisle carrying a sculpture, and it fell to the ground with a thud.

"Messer, look at this dragon sculpture."

Moses looked at it and raised his brows slightly. The sculpture was lifelike. It was a thousand-year-old dragon sculpture, and it was made of white jade.

Three meters long, one meter wide and two meters high.

"Where did you find it?"

Messer asked curiously.

Ace grinned and pointed to an aisle. "In the innermost part of that is a secret room. On the altar in the middle is this jade sculpture."

Messer's eyes were subtle.

[The presence of an item with legendary properties has been detected.]

Item rating: C
Moses looked at the jade sculpture in front of him, took a step forward and touched it, and with a thought, he plundered it.

[Merit Points +5000]

No matter how small a mosquito leg is, it is still meat, so don't despise it.

Sensing that there was still a faint trace of merit gathering on the dragon sculpture, the corners of Messer's mouth curled up slightly.

Reaching out and patting Ace's shoulder:

"Good, keep working hard next time."

Ace looked at Messer blankly, then curled his lips: "Money-grubber."

Moses did not explain.

Everyone went to take a look at the secret room discovered by Ace and the other two, and saw the scene of some ancient islanders offering sacrifices to the thousand-year-old dragon.

Looking at this scene, Moses thought:

"So is the Millennium Dragon Fruit an ancient species or a mythical beast species? It should be an ancient species."

After searching everywhere inside and out, no other treasures were found.

Afterwards, Ya Dabao led everyone out of this space.

We will leave this sea area soon.

An ice layer froze on the sea surface not far in front of Gunkanjima, and Messier took them in batches to visit the dragon's cave at the bottom of the sea.

Everyone was so surprised that their mouths were wide open.

night.

In the restaurant, everyone enjoyed a rare elephant tuna feast.

Ya Dabao released the Little Bear sailboat into the sea and let it drift with the current.

He and his little crow girl lived in a world of two crows, with a luxurious bird's nest on the deck.

Rooftop lounge.

bru bru bru bru
The Den Den Mushi chirped.

After Moses answered the phone, Uta's cheerful voice suddenly rang out:

"Messer? I have good news for you. I'm going to the kingdom of music, Elegia, with Shanks and the others.

When I learn more songs, I will sing them to you in the world of songs. How about it? Am I good to you? Hehe! "

Messer raised his eyebrows:

"Elegia? I remember it was somewhere in the front section of Grand Line Paradise. Are you going to take the Upside-Down Mountain?"

Uta's joyful voice rang out,

"You know that too, right? Yes, we're going up Upside Down Mountain. We've just arrived in Rogue Town. After a night's rest, we'll be able to reach Elegia tomorrow."

"Oh?" Mercer smiled. "That's good."

"Hey hey hey, Messer, are you coming to the Song World to meet me?"

Uta smiled happily:

"I feel like I can maintain the world of songs a little longer today."

Messer: “Okay then.”

Uta: "I am the wind"

As the song begins, the perspective changes.

(End of this chapter)