I reached the top of Pirates

Chapter 267, Section 266: Lucky Fortune!
The commotion outside did not seem to affect the situation inside the Ark of Eternity.

"I also want to participate in the world's number one swordsman tournament."

Yamato stood in front of Mercer with a grin, his eyes sparkling with amusement. Mercer chuckled and said:
"Although you don't use swords and can't be called a sword master, you can just carry a sword with you or use your ice to create a sword."

Nobody says a great swordsman has to use a sword, right? Go ahead and play if you want.

After spending several days forging weapons, Moses now had some free time, so he relaxed at the ship's bar with a few drinks.

Yamato sat next to Mercer, drinking a glass of fruit wine, with a straw in his mouth, blowing bubbles into the wine.

Seeing that the drink in Messe's glass was finished, Makino smiled and refilled it.

Erii sat on the other side of Messer, happily scooping out small cakes from the cup with a spoon.

Nami and Nojiko were playing with Ahri on the sofa nearby.

The little girl giggled happily.

Nami sighed, "Bellmere is really something. She left Ahri with you to take care of her while the two of them stayed home enjoying their time together."

Noki nodded in agreement: "They even asked the two of us to take care of their kids."

Ahri looked at the two of them curiously and asked:

What is "a world for two"?

Nami ruffled her hair and said with a grin, "You'll understand later."

Who knows, the second child might be born in a few days.

Nokiko thought to herself.

At that moment, Erii handed over a spoonful of cake with strawberries on it.

"elder brother."

Erii turned her head and opened her mouth to eat it, and immediately smiled happily. Yamato, standing to the side, watched Erii expectantly.

Erii pretended not to see it.

A slight smile played at the corners of her lips.

He continued to eat happily with his eyes half-closed and a smile on his face, taking small bites himself and then feeding one bite to Mercer.

Yamato's mouth bulged as he watched.

Where are we now?

Yamato chimed in, "Since we have nothing else to do, let's take the boat out for some fun."

Nami smiled and said:
"Okay, okay, let's go out and have some fun. As a navigator, of course I have to steer the ship."

Mercer: "Yes, that's fine."

The Observation Haki spreads out over a wide area.

A moment later, surprise flashed in his eyes:

"We are now in the waters near Gaya Island."

"Gaya Island?" Yamato said excitedly, "Let's go play on the Sky Island!"

"Sky Island?"

Nami asked in surprise, "Are there sky islands here?"

Makino blinked curiously and asked:
"Is this the floating island you stayed on when you were a child?"

Moses nodded: "You haven't been there, so you don't know. There are floating islands in the sky above this sea area. The legendary Golden City and Golden Bell are all here."

"Golden Country?"

Nami gasped, her eyes suddenly flashing with a golden light. Her body disintegrated into mist and flew over, her head close to Moses's, staring intently as she said:

“Messer, let’s go find the Golden City. When we find it, we’ll each take half.”

Mercer tugged at her cheek and chuckled, "Guess what? I lived there for over a year. Now that I know about the Golden City, do you think I wouldn't go looking for it?"

Nami pursed her lips, her face flushed, and she blinked. The next moment, her small chest heaved with anger. Messer said calmly:

"You've seen the gold in the treasure room of Da Bao Castle. Where do you think that gold came from?"

Nami looked at Mercer with a deep look in her eyes and said, "We've run out of gold. All the gold in the house was used to upgrade the power transmission system of this island ship."

Moses was taken aback by this, but he didn't seem to care much about such things, and chuckled speechlessly:

"Fine, let's just use it up. I remember there should still be some gold left on there, let's go look for it and have some fun."

"Really?"

Nami's eyes lit up again, and she smiled excitedly:
"Okay, let's go play on Sky Island. I'll go and send Ahri back right now."

Little Ahri, standing to the side, stared blankly at Nami, her eyes wide with surprise.

"Sister, aren't you bringing Ahri?"

Noki laughed: "Your body probably can't adapt to the environment at 10,000 meters in the air."

The voice just fell.

A cloud of mist swirled up and Ahri charged out, Nami's voice rang out:

"Wait for me, I'll be right back."

"I don't want to, but Ahri wants to go too."

"No, I won't take you."

"Nami, Ahri hates you."

Thud! "Ouch, waaaah!"

Mather shook his head and smiled. At that moment, Erii pulled Mather aside and whispered:
"Brother, shall we go see Connie?"

"Connie?"

Moses thought of the little girl with wings and laughed:
"Okay, let's go take a look together."

"I'll call them and ask if they're going."

A moment later, Nami returned Ahri and her lips twitched as she looked at the crowd that had gathered on the ship's deck:

Don't you have jobs?

Ace, dressed in a black suit, curled his lip and said, "Idiot, work is only a small part of life. How could I not go to such an interesting place as Sky Island?"

Crocodile can guard this ship.

As they spoke, the ship floated up and flew into the sky, watched by the people on the island ship.

On the balcony atop the ship, Pepe looked up at the sky with a nostalgic smile in her eyes:

"Hello, hello. It's been so many years since we last saw Connie. I wonder how she's doing now."

Connies had a good relationship with Pepe and Robin back then.

The ship is getting higher and higher off the ground.

It plunged into the clouds until it disappeared into the white sea.

Everything in sight was pure white.

They manipulate the air to converge into a thin film that envelops the ship, blocking out the sea clouds here.

With Shirahoshi and Sharahoshi by her side, Otohime looked around in amazement, leaning against the railing. She never imagined that she would be able to go to an altitude of 10,000 meters in her lifetime.

On a cloud that is as elastic as jelly.

Seeing them jumping and hopping around so happily, a smile appeared on Moses's lips.

White sea.

An island thousands of meters above the ground.

The ships broke through the sea of ​​clouds and floated on the cloud sea.

Looking at the Angel Island buildings and God Island Apayado not far away.

There's also Angel Bay.

The ship floated in front of the beach.

At that moment, a melodious and beautiful harp tune began to play.

The group of people looked over and saw a blonde girl in a light orange dress standing there.

He played beautiful and enchanting music with his eyes closed.

"It's Connie!"

Peipei recognized the girl's identity at a glance.

Mercer looked at her, while Pepe flew over.

It landed in front of Connie.

He reached out and poked her cheek. The girl jumped in surprise, opened her eyes, then looked stunned for a moment before rubbing her eyes.
"Am I dreaming?"

Peipei opened her arms and hugged her neck. "Hahaha! Now, surely my body temperature isn't fake too?"

Connie's eyes widened, the harp fell from her hands, and her fair arms tightened around Pepe's slender waist.

"Pepe?"

A girl's clear and melodious voice rang out.

Pepe held her tightly, a sly smile playing on her lips, as a phantom of negativity shot out from her chest and pierced through Connie's chest.

The next moment, Connie's body went limp, her head resting on Pepe's shoulder, and a pessimistic voice followed:
"I'm so stupid. I play the piano here every day and wait for you guys. I'm such a big idiot for daydreaming every day."

Peipei blinked, then sat down with her in her arms, gently rubbing her head with affection in her eyes.

Poor Connie.

A few seconds later, Connie blushed and buried her head in Pepe's neck, then gently bit her neck.

"You ambushed me again, forcing me to tell the truth. How could you do this?"

"Hah ah ah. Now you know it's true, right?"

We've come to play with you!

When they used to play together, this guy would often bully her with those spirit dolls, which made Connie both helpless and happy.

"Why has it taken so long? I thought you had forgotten about me."

Peipei chuckled:

"How could I forget? We're best friends."

"Come on, I'll take you to meet some new friends."

After a moment, having recognized everyone, Moses looked at her and smiled:
"Long time no see, Connie. You've grown up so much."

Connie tilted her head and stared at Mercer, still somewhat incredulous, and remarked:

"You've changed so much, and you've grown so tall."

Mercer laughed and said, "Can't you recognize me?"

Connie shook her head, then looked pleased:

"That's not true."

……

Sitting on the sofa in the cabin, Connie looked around. "This place is so big and beautiful. It's much bigger than your old little boat."

Moses laughed and said, "With more people in the family, it's natural to need a bigger house!"

Bai Xing then asked curiously:
"Lady Connie, do you have real wings on your back? Like Lady Asia?" Connie looked at the oversized little girl in front of her in amazement and nodded.
"Yes, it's true. We Sky Island people usually have them."

"Also, you don't need to call me 'sir.' I'm just an ordinary person from Sky Island, and I have...black wings?"

Connie looked at the large black wings on Asia's back on the other side, feeling somewhat lost. Compared to Asia, her own wings seemed to be underdeveloped.

Asya nodded at her in greeting.

Mercer chuckled and said, "The 'adult' that Shirahoshi uses is also a verbal tic. Like your 'Hasso' here."

"So this is ah."

As everyone chatted, it quickly came to noon, and they ate the lunch that Makino and Xiong Bao had carefully prepared.

in the afternoon.

Moses stowed the ship.

The group visited Apayadori.

"You need to be careful, the Shandians are preparing to fight us again."

"Shandian?"

Seeing Nami and the others' confusion at not having been here before, Robin began to slowly recount the nearly four hundred years of war history here.

Walk through the ancient, towering forest and listen to Robin's gentle voice tell the story.

Nami stroked her chin: "I see, I see."

Nojiko exclaimed in surprise, "Nami, you understood?"

Shirahoshi looked at Otohime and whispered, "The Sky Islanders are so mean, they stole the Shandians' homeland."

Otohime looked helpless. "These things can't be explained clearly. It's no longer important who's right and who's wrong."

Luo curled his lip: "There's nothing to say. It's just a matter of fist size. If you're weak, you'll get beaten."

Sabo nodded in agreement: "It's normal for ordinary people living on the ground to be weaker than those living at an altitude of 10,000 meters."

"It's like how an ordinary person on land can't beat an ordinary fish-man from 10,000 meters deep in the ocean," Ace added.

Connie was a little embarrassed. After all, it was something her ancestors had done, and it was somewhat frustrating to have it brought up by others.

Their descendants are the beneficiaries, and they have no way to refute it.

Bai Xing looked at Moses and asked:

"Lord Messer, could you please make them stop fighting? There is no future in fighting."

Moses smiled at the little girl, then looked at Ace, Sabo, and the others, and said with a smile:
"Go find the Shandians' lair and capture everyone inside, regardless of age or gender."

Before Mercer could finish speaking, Sabo raised an eyebrow, made a throat-slitting gesture with his left hand, and interrupted, "All gone?"

Moses raised an eyebrow, noticing the teasing look in Sabo's eyes, and then nodded:
"Yes, you go and wipe out their entire clan."

Princess Otohime opened her mouth, then fell silent. Wasn't this a solution? After all, blood had already stained their bodies and souls.

Shirahoshi rode silently on the kitten's back.

Sabo's lips twitched, and he said helplessly:
"I'm sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn't have interrupted."

Asya glanced at him indifferently and said, "Since you don't dare to go, then I'll go and kill them all."

Sabo fell silent.

Messer shook his head. "Asia, don't say such scary things. They haven't provoked us."

Go and persuade them all with your fists.

He then looked at Robin and Yamato, saying, "Later, you two go and persuade Ganful and the others with your fists as well."

Since we're already here, let's take care of things here while we're at it.

The group arrived at the top of the giant vine.

Looking at the solemn and majestic ancient golden bell in front of me.

Moses looked at Ace and Sabo, "Go and ring the bell, it sounds beautiful."

The two men stepped forward and pulled the chain.

clang clang.

Thump—thump—thump!!

After several years, the deep, solemn, and melodious sound of golden bells once again resounded throughout the sky.

Under this vast sky and on this earth, everyone looked up at the sky, their faces showing a peaceful and serene smile.

The others, including Moses, also closed their eyes and listened to the melodious chimes.

After a while.

With his Observation Haki spreading over a wide area, his perception penetrated the sea of ​​clouds to find the Shandians' lair, and Messer guided Asiya and the others in the right direction.

They disappeared here.

As he sensed something, a look of surprise appeared in Moses' eyes as he gazed in a distant direction.

Sensing a familiar frequency fluctuation there, I looked towards Robin and the others:
“Go and persuade Ganford and the others.”

After saying that, Moses looked at Otohime and smiled:

"Once they have subdued both tribes, the rest will be up to you, Your Highness, to deliver a speech and use your inspiring power to make them lay down their weapons and shake hands in peace."

Otohime looked at Messe in surprise, then nodded with a bright smile.

"Don't worry, a prolonged war has no future for them. I will help them."

"Alright, I've found an interesting place, I'll go check it out. I won't get involved in this matter anymore."

Erii grabbed Messe's arm, her eyes conveying, "I'm going too."

Shirahoshi, standing nearby, also grabbed Mercer's arm, her eyes sparkling with curiosity.

Moses nodded.

The cold dew flies out and grows larger.

Eventually, four people sat on it, and Pepe came along too.

Flying on a sword.

Soaring through the clouds at higher altitudes.

Before long, an island cloud appeared, hidden in the sea of ​​clouds.

Here, at a distance of several hundred meters, there is a piece of land on the island cloud, covered with a sturdy apple orchard.

The cold dew falls here.

Pepe looked at them in surprise, then turned to Mercer and chuckled:
"You're really something, finding such a hidden orchard."

As he spoke, he flew up to the tree and picked a bright red apple the size of a millstone.

"Wow, it's huge!"

Apples this size could only be found so easily on a floating island.

As Moses walked through the orchard, a strange-looking Devil Fruit appeared on the ground a dozen seconds later.

A Devil Fruit with irregular, golden-yellow protrusions covered in lightning bolts.

[A legendary item has been detected.]

[Logia Type. Rumble-Rumble Fruit (EX)]

Almost eight years later, I saw this natural fruit here again.

A smile crept onto Moses' lips.

"Where is she? Where is she?" Pepe's voice came through the phone, and she ran over to find Messer.
"Huh? Why are you holding a Devil Fruit?"

Moses laughed, "I'm lucky, I've found this Devil Fruit."

Peipei responded with an "oh," having seen it all before, she was no longer bothered by it.

"I thought it was something else, but it's just this. You look so happy, what kind is it?"

"It's nothing special, just average, it's a Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit."

Pepe nodded, looking at Mercer with a strange expression and speechless exasperation:

"The strongest Logia-type has become just so-so in your eyes, so what kind of type can be considered the strongest in your mind?"

Moses thought for a moment. The upper limit of a Devil Fruit's power is uncertain, but its lower limit is...

To be honest, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit is indeed quite good.

A vortex of gray mist appeared, and Messer went inside, followed by Pepe.

Looking inside, he asked curiously:

"It seems to have gotten much bigger."

Moses crushed the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and the gray mist swallowed and merged with the cold dew.

Plug and play.

Winding, lightning-shaped patterns appeared on the blade of the Cold Dew Sword.

The next moment, Hanlu transformed into a streak of blue-white lightning that flashed rapidly around Messer.

A buzzing sound of high-voltage current suddenly appeared in the surroundings.

Pepe covered her ears with one hand and hugged Mercer's waist with the other, burying her head in Mercer's chest, looking like a weak woman who was afraid of thunder and lightning and needed a hug.

The cold dew suddenly stopped in front of him, and a dazzling blue-white current pulsed on the sharp blade.

Mercer gripped the hilt of his sword, and the cold dew spontaneously interacted with him. Then, starting from his right hand, a blinding electric current pulsed through his body inch by inch.

Wow ya ya!

As soon as the electrical current in her body surged, Peipei jumped up as well, her body shaking and trembling.

Her small mouth slightly opened, exhaling a wisp of black smoke.

I got an electric shock.

Moments later, Mercer was helplessly pierced through the chest by a series of ghostly impacts.

Pepe was furious at that moment.

literal meaning.

Her hair stood on end.

His eyes were full of displeasure.

"Couldn't you have told me beforehand? It hurts a lot, okay?"

Mercer said helplessly, "I didn't control this ability well the first time I used it. It was a mistake."

Pepe, her face dark and teeth bared, roared, "You're kidding me! You think I'd believe something as trivial as the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's power?"

As he spoke, he pounced on her, grabbed her, and started kissing her.

My neck hurts a little.

Moses looked at her speechlessly:
"Don't even think about growing hickeys on me. With my constitution, I'll recover in a few seconds."

Pepe raised her head with a dark expression, grinding her teeth. Mercer, supporting her shapely buttocks with both hands, said helplessly to Pepe clinging to him:
"It wasn't intentional."

Peipei then laughed angrily:
"If you apologize, can you please stop hitting me?"

(End of this chapter)