I, a Celestial Dragon!

As for the rest of us on the ship, we fought with the other elites led by Rocks.

Therefore, we would most likely lose that year, because the final outcome would ultimately be determined by the victory between the captains.

But Roger and Rocks, haha, even two Rogers may not be able to beat Rocks!

That guy's strength has surpassed any monster-level powerhouse recorded in history!

As for why we won in the end..."

Rayleigh paused suddenly, then snorted in dissatisfaction.

"Humph, that's because that old bastard Garp has also arrived.

In short, Garp and Roger killed Rocks, and Jabba and I beat back Sky. This was the famous Battle of the Valley of the Gods.

So Xia Qi, don't blame me, blame Karp instead.

We didn’t ask him to do this!”

Having said that, Rayleigh turned his head to the side and snorted heavily again.

At the same time, Gion beside Gao Wen suddenly said with a smile.

“But, Mr. Rayleigh, this is not what I heard from Garp-chan.

He said that Rocks' attack was launched very suddenly and he was unable to arrive immediately.

It was not until more than two hours after you and Rocks started fighting that he arrived in the Valley of Gods.

At that time, you were beaten very badly, and your entire pirate group was about to lose its combat capability. Rocks had also broken into the Valley of the Gods and turned all the adult and children of the Celestial Dragons in the Valley of the Gods into prisoners.

At this moment, Garp arrived. He fought against Rocks and Shiki alone, and restored your strength when you were almost in despair.

I still remember what Kapu-chan said back then.

He said that he was beaten crazily by Rocks and Sky for more than twenty minutes, and it was not until he was almost dead that Roger and that group of bastards recovered.

So, Cap and Roger teamed up to suppress Rocks, and you and Jabba suppressed Golden Lion. At this point, the pattern of the war finally became clear.

Then, after the war lasted for three days and three nights, Rocks finally fought to his last drop of blood.

But Rocks would rather die than surrender, and after he finally died, Shiki used the Float-Float Fruit to escape from the battlefield.

At this point, the battle of God Valley is completely over! "

After he finished speaking, Gion smiled mischievously at Rayleigh.

"So, Mr. Rayleigh, Garp-chan saved you back then~."

“Humph, bullshit, we were just saving each other, or at best we were working together to save millions of innocent slaves!

He saved us, huh, how can a bastard like him who mistook his friend's son as his grandson have such a good moral character! "

Having said that, Rayleigh patted the gold under his butt in dissatisfaction.

"It's so unlucky that we ended up talking about that bastard Garp. This is totally wrong!

Come on, let me get back to business. What I want to tell you is not about the past of Garp and Roger.

What I want to tell you is the greatest secret treasure of this sea, the legendary Raftel!"

Rayleigh stroked his beard excitedly, and then looked up at the sky with nostalgia.

"Let's not talk about Rocks. He lost anyway, and after he failed and died, his remaining crew members scattered and formed their own pirate groups.

Newgate, Shiki, Linlin and Kaido, all established their own pirate groups.

But Linlin and Kaido were too naive after all, and in the war among our countless pirate groups, they were eventually defeated.

As a result, a situation of three emperors standing side by side emerged among the pirates at that time.

My captain Roger, Newgate and Ski, our three teams were the Three Emperors at that time.

As for Linlin and Kaido, at that time, they were at best...candidates for the Three Emperors?"

"Hey?"

Gion on the side quickly took a sip of wine.

"Old man, please stop making fun of me, or I will start bullying the elderly!"

"Haha, good, good, your little peach rabbit's sword is very sharp.

Enough joking, let me tell you the point. The point is the war with Lingling at that time.

We chased Lingling for more than sixteen days, and it was in that war that Lingling was defeated to the level of Three Emperors that Roger and I snatched a rubbing of the red historical text from Lingling's ship!

At that time, we never imagined that thirteen years later, we would be sent to Raftel and Roger would become the Pirate King...

It turned out to be the paper seized from Lingling!

This is the evil fun of fate, haha!"

Chapter 193 The Secret of Raftel

When talking about the rubbings seized from Lingling, Rayleigh smiled particularly happily.

“At that time, we had no idea what we had seized from Lingling. We only knew that although we couldn’t understand the words, Lingling cared about that thing very much!

Since she valued it so much, it must be a good thing, so we put it in the cabin to keep it under control.

Later, after Rocks' death, the sea gradually calmed down and we no longer needed to devote our energy to endless wars.

So after that, we returned to the starting point of the Grand Line, Upside Down Mountain!"

Having said that, Rayleigh stretched out his hand and gestured twice on the gold.

“As everyone knows, when we passed through the Upside-Down Mountain from the Four Seas and officially entered the Grand Route.

We will be faced with a choice!

There are a total of seven routes on the Great Route, each of which has its own ocean currents. Once we choose one, we cannot change the route midway and can only follow the selected route.

When we sailed for the first time, we took the leftmost route, which was the route that came down from the Upside-down Mountain, started from Meteor Island, and passed through the Kingdom of Baltimore.

So after the second voyage, we boarded other routes.

And so, year after year, we searched on every route for the path that would bring us closer to that final island.

But ten years have passed, and we still haven't found any clues to the final island!"

Rayleigh took a long sip of his drink.

“That’s not one or two years, but a full ten years, and most importantly…

In these ten years, we not only have scars all over our bodies, but also received a piece of news that is extremely painful to us.

Roger has an incurable disease!!!"

On the side, Gao Wen nodded thoughtfully after hearing this. Finally, it came to the key point.

He listened to what Rayleigh said very carefully, because even he didn't know much about this information before he traveled through time.

After all, Gawain is just an ordinary fan. He is not a fanatic and he does not deliberately remember the timeline of the world of One Piece.

So, like everyone else, he listened quietly and carefully to the clues of history.

Rayleigh just let out a long sigh and then continued his story.

“When Roger knew he had a terminal illness, he was anxious, really anxious!

In other words, we all got anxious.

We quickly went to invite the most powerful doctor at that time, Kurokas, and had him board our ship.

Ha, that old guy is very unhappy about this, he really doesn’t want to be a pirate, but…”

Rayleigh smiled and pointed at Gawain.

"Gawain, you haven't met Roger in person, so you won't be able to feel his charm.

That is a kind of... As long as he is determined to invite us seriously, we can't resist his charm!

But, haha, although you can't feel that kind of charm, Momosagi, Jinbe and everyone, we can feel that kind of charm. I actually felt that kind of charm for the second time.

Because your charm is even greater than Roger's!!!"

On the side, listening to Rayleigh's examples, a group of people suddenly understood what Roger's charm was like.

As for Gawain, he chuckled and waved his hand.

"Old man, no matter how much you praise me, I will not increase your pension, so just keep telling your story."

"Tsk tsk, you are neither arrogant nor impatient. In this respect, you are different from Roger, who is a very noisy guy.

But it’s okay this way, this is who you are, and it’s your calmness that gives me more confidence!”

Rayleigh nodded, then he looked around and continued.

"After Roger fell seriously ill, we increased our speed. At the same time, although we had no clue, we also found many stone tablets similar to Lingling's historical text rubbings all over the world.

Although we couldn't understand it, we regarded it as one of the clues and frantically pursued the traces of the final island.

During this time, trouble came to us again. This trouble is called the Golden Lion, Shiki! "

Rayleigh gritted his teeth in dissatisfaction.

"That guy's ambition is growing. He has never been satisfied with being one of the Three Emperors. He doesn't even care about the position of Pirate King. He just wants to become Rocks of the past, gather all the pirates together, and go to war with the World Government!

For this, Golden Lion approached Whitebeard, but unfortunately, Whitebeard did not agree to Golden Lion's plan.

After all, Whitebeard is no longer just a pirate. Now he is the head of a family. He cares very much about the safety of his sons. He doesn't want to go to war with anyone and cause more killings.

So, Golden Lion, who had failed in negotiations with Whitebeard, teamed up with Lingling and set their sights on us!

You must have all heard about the Battle of Etwor in 1497 of the Haiyuan calendar. It was in that damn place that I faced the most dangerous battle of my life.

Even when we were fighting Rocks back then, we weren't forced into real trouble because of the help of that bastard Garp.

But that time, we fought to the point where both of us were close to death!

Fortunately, God was on our side and a sudden huge storm brought an end to our war. In the end, there was no winner between our two teams.

But after this naval battle, our ships became increasingly dilapidated and were almost unable to sail on the sea.

Moreover, Roger’s health is getting worse and worse…”

Rayleigh took another big sip of wine, and after drinking the entire jug, he threw it away.

Then he continued.

“In order to find the final island at the end of our lives, we needed a faster ship, so in 1498, we came to the Seven Waters City.

By the way, that year, that kid Franky just became Tom’s apprentice. Haha, we had seen him when he was very young.

Anyway, we asked Tom the Shipwright to build us a new ship, the Oro Jackson!

Afterwards, we drove the speedboat back to the New World and continued to collect information about the final island.

And in the process of our collection, the final factor that led to our success appeared!!!"

In Gawain's eyes, Rayleigh was extremely excited at this moment. Although old, his heroic spirit remained undiminished, as if he had returned to the days when he was full of vigor and vitality.

He just clapped his hands heavily.

“In the New World, we met Whitebeard again while exploring an island, haha.

To be honest, our two pirate groups rarely fight each other, but this time, there seemed to be a newcomer with good strength in the Whitebeard group, and that guy charged towards us from a long distance.

We don't need to look, we all know that he is a young man, but seeing that he is very strong, Jabba and I both want to fight him.

But, haha, the closer Roger was to death, the more he missed the feeling of fighting, so he just robbed the enemy.

With a quick dodge, Roger chopped the young man away more than 800 meters, and he only stopped after crashing into a dozen huge trees.

So Roger fought with the protective Whitebeard for another three days and three nights.

After the war was over, we drank with Whitebeard. While we were drinking, Roger knelt down in front of Whitebeard and asked Whitebeard seriously to lend that young man to us for a few years!

Because the young man's surname is Kozuki, which is the surname of the family that created the main text of history!

Logically speaking, it was impossible to succeed in borrowing crew members, and Whitebeard was directly furious, and we almost had another fight.

However, the young man actually wanted to join us on his own initiative, and he asked Whitebeard to follow us.