I reached the top of Pirates

Chapter 277, Section 276: Pure Gold!

A gentle steepness.

A vast expanse of white earth.

A narrow and secluded road section that was muddy and difficult to navigate.

This is a mysterious yet inhabited area that must be explored.

The entrance was spotless, without a single piece of clutter.

The hospitable homeowner opened the door wide to welcome us, leading us to the innermost part of the house.

As the sun rises, a ray of morning light shines in through the window.

On a soft, large bed.

I opened my eyes and looked at the familiar ceiling; this was my home too.

Just as she sat up, a snow-white arm reached out from the side and wrapped around Mercer's neck.
Looking at Moses with sleepy eyes, Hancock rested her delicate chin on Moses' shoulder, exhaling warm breath:

"Honey! Let's go back to sleep, it's barely dawn."

His voice carried a languid quality, as if after a storm.

Looking at the delicate lips so close to hers, Mercer turned her head to savor them gently, and her breathing became rapid again.

The sun rises and the dawn rises.

Looking at the fairy who had fallen asleep again beside him, Mercer couldn't help but rub his temples.

"Look how messed up this is."

The water flowed together, cleansing the hormonal buildup on the two of them.

Shortly after, Moses left the room.

Walking through the Nine Serpents City, I was constantly being watched by curious eyes.

Not long after, Moses was practicing his morning exercises in the depths of the outer sea.

It also devoured several thousand-meter-long sea kings, extracting their essence and blood.

The seawater outside flowed rapidly around Mercer, and the domineering energy within his body also circulated rapidly.

It is tempered by the cold dew and death.

Sensing the two weapons, Messer sensed something:
"It seems that it won't be long before I can master the black blade, and these two walnuts will be considered fully formed."

The unity of body and soul.

Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki interact and circulate within his body, with wisps of blue-white electric arcs flashing within, together tempering every corner of his body.

Lightning-forged body.

Feeling a slight stinging sensation throughout the body, the water essence flowed into the body to cleanse and refine it.

Time flies, it's 8 a.m.

They returned to the ship at mealtime.

After a delicious breakfast.

On the ship's deck, Uta looked at Mercer with some reluctance, "We're leaving now."

"Well, walk slowly."

Mercer laughed.

Uta pouted, "Aren't you going to say goodbye?"

Mercer glanced at her: "See you in the world of Songs later."

Uta rolled her eyes at Messer, then pouted and chuckled.

"That's true, we can see each other anytime."

They arrived aboard the Redford together. Seeing that they were ready, Moses looked at Shanks and smiled:
"Walk slowly without sending."

Shanks' lips twitched, and he nodded, saying, "I'll come see you when I have time."

Moses asked curiously, "Looking for a beating?"

"roll roll roll."

Shanks laughed and cursed with a dark face.

"Mese~ Stop arguing."

Uta tugged at Messer's sleeve and acted coquettishly. Messer patted her head and ruffled it. "Haha! That's all for now, take care!"

Shanks rolled his eyes.

Mercer floated up and watched their boat leave down the central river channel.

Back at the bar counter.

Looking at the bar where only Makino was, "A whiskey."

Marcino sighed in annoyance, and a dozen seconds later, a glass of drink was handed to her:

"Your wine, busy man."

Mercer took the glass and held the fair, smooth hand, carefully observing the beautiful hand with pores invisible to the naked eye.

Like the finest mutton fat jade.

Makino rested her left hand on the bar, watching Mercer play with her hand, a mischievous glint of joy flashing in her eyes.

"you"

Rumble!
The island suddenly began to shake violently, and the ships anchored there rocked violently.

Moses's gaze sharpened, and his Observation Haki instantly located the culprit.

A colossal anglerfish, tens of thousands of meters long, appeared beneath the surface of the sea, rubbing its massive body against the steel gears beneath the island ship.

Scratching an itch?
At this moment, everyone on the island panicked.

But there are smart people among them.

The clever ones immediately realized that it must be some annoying giant sea monster causing trouble again.

Mercer watched this scene with a dark expression, and a terrifying aura spread outwards.

The next moment, the entire island ship broke away from the sea and flew into the sky.

Makino looked at Mercer with a slightly frightened expression; this was the first time she had ever experienced such a violent impact.

"Mercury, are Sea Kings attacking the island ship again?"

A hint of panic flickered in Makino's eyes, while amusement gleamed in Mercer's.
"Let us give thanks for the gifts of the sea."

"Eh?"

Makino looked puzzled, and Mercer laughed:

"It's a super giant anglerfish."

Moses laughed and said, "Come on, I'll take you to pick fruit."

The gray fog devoured and merged.

With their bodies and souls united, Makino instantly saw the enormous sea monster in the ocean from Messer's perspective.

Boom!

His body transformed into a bolt of lightning and appeared beneath the island.

The next instant, a colossal creature emerged from the sea, first appearing as a lantern-like object with a diameter of over a thousand meters.

Round, huge, and dazzling.

A soft, mysterious, pure golden light shone forth on the sea.

The incomparably dazzling golden light exudes endless mystery and magnificence.

Makino's shocked voice appeared in her consciousness:

"What kind of monster is this? It's terrifying. If our island ship were just a small island, it would probably have swallowed it whole."

And the lantern on its head, what is that? Golden light, so beautiful.

Mercer laughed and said, "That's pure gold. The pure gold light it emits can slow down the physical development of a creature to the point of almost stopping it when it shines on it."

In other words, it gives you an abundance of time.

It can slow down or even slow down the physical aging process of inactive organisms.

"Hiss! There's actually something like this in this world? Is it real?"

Makino voiced her question, but in her heart she was already certain of what Mercer had said.

A feeling of joy welled up inside me.

Moses laughed and said, "Are you happy?"

Makino was overjoyed. "Yes, once you have it, I can be with you forever."

She has such a sweet tongue.

It's just not convenient to taste it right now.

Mercer laughed, and the lanternfish below let out a deafening roar. Its prey had actually escaped?

With a swift movement, Moses transformed into a bolt of lightning and appeared on the lantern above his head.

Inside the lantern wall beneath our feet lies a massive, irregularly shaped, pure gold block, hundreds of meters in diameter.

The spirit materialized and disappeared into it. The next moment, a wisp of gray began to surge within the lantern.

Like a celestial dog devouring the moon.

The pure gold was swallowed into the small world, and a golden light bloomed in the sky of the "small world," like an eternal sun.

Mercer looked at the thick pipes inside the lantern, as gray mist spread out, and Makino appeared beside him.

As soon as he stepped out and looked at the surroundings, his lips twitched. "I thought you were going to kill this sea king. I didn't expect you to make this decision."

At this moment, the giant lantern anglerfish discovered that its lantern had gone out, and its eyes, thousands of meters long, were filled with bloodshot veins:
"lalalalalalalalala——"

The terrifying roar caused huge waves to surge out.

The anglerfish went mad.

It churns and roars in the ocean.

At that moment, Runti's figure, with a deep blue eye embedded in her forehead, suddenly appeared beside Messer, and at the same time, Pepe's spirit appeared as well.

“What a huge lanternfish! Mercer, you’re here too.”

Runti stared in amazement at the enormous fish, which was comparable to an island. "Why is this lantern empty? I remember that the light inside a lanternfish's lantern should be constantly on."

Makino explained with a smile.

After a few brief words, Pepe looked at Mercer in amazement: "So, you took all the pure gold that it had been accumulating inside for who knows how many years?"
"Aren't you going to kill it?"

Mercer smiled faintly and said, "Pure gold is refined from a variety of unique ores."

And this lanternfish should be able to extract pure gold from the minerals it swallows, barring any unforeseen circumstances.

Such a rare species, there might only be one in the entire world, so let's keep it and let it continue to accumulate pure gold on its own in the future.

They took such a large piece; it's enough for our future use.

Robin's voice came from a mouth that suddenly grew out of Runti's face:

"Are you trying to pursue sustainable development?"

Looking at Runti's deep blue eyes on her forehead, Messer smiled:

"Not really, it's useless to me now. Let's go, since Runti is here, let's go straight to its belly and take a look."

I sensed an interesting scene. The gray mist engulfed the three of them, and the next moment, ignoring the lanternfish's roar, it sensed a space within its body.

Swish!
Mercer's figure vanished instantly, arriving in a dimly lit stomach-like space.

This giant lanternfish has three stomachs.

Each stomach has a small island.

Currently, Mercer is on Island Number Three, which is the innermost rocky island.

There is a historical site here.

The gray fog spread out, and the three of them appeared there.

Looking at the surroundings, they were all amazed as they climbed the steps in front of them.

Looking at the murals and inscriptions on the stone wall, Runti's Robin eyes blinked, and her mouth spoke:
"Runti, go take a look. I'm a little interested in the writing here."

Feeling like she was being used as a tool to be directed, Runti said helplessly, "I don't want to. It's too troublesome and so boring. I'll go back and bring you with me."

As he spoke, his figure vanished in a flash.

A moment later, swish again!

Three figures appeared.

Robin, Ulti, Reiju.

Robin looked helplessly at Runti. She had just been working, but Runti came over and was about to take people with her. Robin had no choice but to assign her work to someone else.

Then, when she heard that she was going on an adventure inside the belly of a sea king, Reiju quickly raised her hand to indicate that she was going to do it, and that's how she ended up like this.

Robin immediately fell into an archaeological state upon arriving, reaching out to touch the murals and inscriptions.

After a while.

After finishing reading, Robin breathed a sigh of relief, a hint of surprise in his eyes:

"This is Alkemi, the steel city that disappeared about two hundred years ago. I heard that the ore synthesis there was the most advanced in the world at that time."

Seeing that this was clearly the entrance to a large laboratory, Robin's eyes flickered slightly:

“Let’s go in. I’m also curious about this place and want to know what happened here back then.”

Just then, a head peeked out furtively from not far away. It was a blonde girl with red eyes, about six years old.

However, there was something off about the scrutinizing look in his eyes.

Mercer turned to look, and the little girl quickly hid her head behind a rock.

Everyone noticed the little one. Runti's eyes flickered, and she flashed over and grabbed the back of her neck.

Whoosh! The figure reappeared.

They left her in front of everyone.

The little girl looked at Mercer and the others with a helpless expression, then looked at Mercer and said, "As a man among a group of women, you must be the leader."

She was just a little girl, she didn't know anything, she accidentally fell into the sea and was swallowed by the Lantern Master.

Please let me go.

Moses' lips curled into a smile as he looked at the two-hundred-year-old girl in front of him.

He was seized by a playful impulse.

"We are treasure hunters. The legendary Alkemi possesses pure gold that can grant immortality, so we have gone through countless hardships to come here in search of it."

In ancient legends, there exists a pure gold witch in Alkemi.

She is cute, with blonde hair and red eyes.

Legend has it that eating a single bite of a witch's flesh grants ten years of life, while steaming it in a steamer before eating grants eternal life.

"Don't you agree, little girl?"

A smile crept across Moses' lips, revealing a set of white teeth, as he stared at the blonde, red-eyed little girl with a burning, greedy gaze.

Olga looked up at Messer and froze. She knew about the legend of pure gold in Alchemy, but did the legend of the witch exist?

What the hell is that? That bastard dad never told her.

A blonde, red-eyed cutie?
But the next moment, she suddenly realized that this was describing her.

His eyes widened in shock. Oh no, oh no, oh no! He hadn't encountered a living person in all these years, and now he was met with the legendary cannibals.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't come any closer! Let me tell you, I haven't taken a bath in almost 194 years. If you eat me, you'll be suffocated by the stench and suffer from diarrhea."

Mercer chuckled, “I knew it, it’s the Pure Gold Witch. Pepe, extract her soul.”

Upon seeing that Mercer seemed to know something and was in a playful mood again, Pepe forced a similar sinister smile onto her lips.

One after another, pure ghost dolls appeared, emitting eerie laughter, and wrapped around the right arm.

Pepe's right hand suddenly plunged into the little girl's chest:

"Hala ala, look at my little ghost cuties, they're going to devour the soul inside you."

The little girl stared blankly at the arm that had sunk into her chest.

His head lolled to the side, his eyes rolled back, and his body fell straight to the ground, unconscious.

Pepe blinked at Mercer, a little embarrassed, and said, "Hey! She seems a bit easily scared."

Reiju, standing to the side, twitched her lips and muttered speechlessly:
"Who can stand the two of you like this? Peipei, your abilities are truly bizarre."

Pepe looked at Reiju with a deep gaze, "I'm giving you a chance to rephrase your words."

"I was wrong, I'm sorry, please forgive me."

Reiju sincerely bowed and admitted her mistake, and after admitting it, she laughed at herself.

Pepe chuckled and looked at Mercer curiously, "Now tell me, why did you scare her just now?"

Mercer sensed the unique frequency fluctuation, pointed to a ring on her left hand, and laughed, "Take this ring off and you'll know."

Runti blinked and took the ring off her finger.

time.

A dazzling, brilliant light emanated from the inside of the ring.

Incredibly gentle and incomparably beautiful.

"How beautiful. This light. Is this the radiance of pure gold?"

The next moment, the entire island began to shake violently.

It was the anglerfish outside that sensed the presence of pure gold inside its body and began to stir.

Moses said, "Put it on her."

Runti put the ring back on her finger, and soon the anglerfish calmed down again.

Robin exclaimed in surprise:
"In other words, this little girl may be older than that."

Mercer nodded. "If nothing unexpected happens, it's because of the effects of pure gold. Judging from what she just said, her real age is probably much older than all of us combined."

"Hmm, a blonde little girl and an old woman."

Pfft!

Robin suddenly covered her mouth and laughed, giving Moses a hard glare:
"Don't say that when you get back. Otherwise, Sister Doriel will definitely think you're making fun of her."

Moses said speechlessly:
"I'm not stupid."

"Let's go inside and take a look. If I'm not mistaken, this is the birthplace of Alkemi's pure gold."

I can already sense that unique frequency fluctuation within it.

"You don't need to say it out loud. The fun of adventure lies in the process. Let's find it step by step."

"What about this young girl and old woman?"

Pepe looked at Mercer and smiled.

Messer looked at Reiju, "She's yours. You carry her."

Reiju rolled her eyes at Mercer, a thick cloud of steam condensed and lifted the little girl into the air, saying helplessly:
"You can do it yourself, why do I have to do it? She's already passed out, it's fine to leave her here."

Before Mercer could speak, Makino laughed and said, "Maybe he's just too lazy to do it."

This girl must have quite a connection to this place.

Snapped!
Moses snapped his fingers. "Not bad, just too lazy to do it. This little guy must have a close connection to this place."

Runti: "Why?"

Robin laughed and said, "Because the pure gold ring is exactly the same size as her finger, it is obviously custom-made."

She must have a deep connection to this place.

Six people entered the ruins.

Before long, they arrived at a bedroom.

There are obvious signs of life here, and unsurprisingly, a family portrait full of the passage of time was found on the outer wall.

The little girl was between a young couple, being held in the arms of a blond man in a white coat.

However, she was a bit younger than she is now.

There was nothing else in the room.

After a series of adventures, we found that there were still many traps in some places.

However, this was no challenge for them at all.

Finally, we arrived at a platform that resembled a stage, complete with a piano.

There is a sheet of music on the piano.

Turn to the last page, and it's incomplete.

Robin stroked his chin, thinking about the traps they had encountered along the way, and chuckled softly:

"It seems we're on the right track, but this road is a dead end, and there's stomach acid all around."

There were originally no roads in this world, but as more people walk on them, they become roads.

Mercer sensed the dead end ahead, nearing its end, as the gray mist engulfed him.

The next instant, a neat round hole appeared in the wall, and a path appeared beneath their feet.

Mercer led the way inside, and soon they arrived at another checkpoint.

Without a word, they violently destroyed it.

Robin watched helplessly from behind. This savage man—but what could he do? He was his man.

Let's just spoil them.

As they walked, they arrived at the last stone gate, sensing the unique fluctuations of pure gold within.

The gray fog swallowed it up.

Immediately afterwards, soft, dazzling golden light appeared in my eyes.

A piece of pure gold, slightly larger than a fist, placed in a cylindrical container filled with solution, came into view.

"So beautiful!!!"

"so big!"

"How many rings could this make!"

It must be said that they have a rich imagination.

If they saw that one in the small world, wouldn't they be so happy they'd faint?
(End of this chapter)