One Piece: Starting as the First Mate of the Lothar Pirates

The midday sun shone down, scattering golden light across the city, shimmering with dazzling brilliance.

Even though it had been sealed away for over three hundred years, the moment it reappeared in the light of day was still incredibly awe-inspiring.

"Wow, hahahaha!"

Lox couldn't help but burst into laughter, which echoed through the city for a long time.

"The golden city... the golden village of Shandora, we've finally found it!"

The black bear leader and the brown bear second-in-command exchanged a glance, both dumbfounded.

In a city overflowing with gold, almost no sea monster can remain calm for even a moment.

"Men, pack them all up and take them away!" Lockes waved his hand.

The two silly brothers quickly grabbed the sack and started picking up money.

The legendary city built of gold is no joke.

The silly brothers experienced for the first time what it meant to pick up money until their hands cramped.

After working for an hour and collecting over a dozen sacks of gold, I stood up and glanced at the area, only to realize that I had only swept less than one percent of the area.

There are so many to pick up!

There's simply not enough to pick them all up!

Wow~

Just then, the sound of wind breaking came from the sky.

The young knight Ganford arrived on his spotted Pegasus, and upon seeing the scene before him, he was utterly awestruck.

"Where exactly is this place...?"

Ganford's mouth dropped open. As a native of the Sky Island, he had never known that such a place existed on the island.

Do not!

Not only him, but even the gods, and even the gods of all ages, probably didn't know that a city was hidden beneath the Island Cloud Ruins.

"This place... could it be the Shandora that the Sandia clan longs for..." Ganford thought of the Sandia clan's obsession.

Sizzle~

The flashes of electricity pulled Ganford's wandering consciousness back to reality.

“Young man, peeking isn’t a good habit.” Luo Chuan crossed his arms and looked at the boy, Gan Fu’er.

“You…” Ganford’s pupils contracted sharply.

The man in front of him, whose entire body was crackling with electricity, gave him an extreme sense of threat.

"I...I'm sorry, I...I had no intention of being your enemy!"

Ganford spoke hastily, then slowly guided Pegasus to its descent.

"Kid, who are you?"

Rocks sat on the steps of the central palace, calmly watching Ganford.

“I… my name is Ganford, and I’m a member of the Sky Island Patrol…”

Ganful suppressed his fear and spoke with Luo Chuan and the other person.

“I know you are adventurers from Qinghai, and you do not belong to us or Sandia… If your goal is the gold in this city, then I think there is no conflict between us!”

Luo Chuan and Lockes exchanged a glance and nodded.

“He’s quite a clever kid,” Rocks said.

“We have no intention of getting involved in your affairs, nor are we interested in this land. We will leave once we have packed up this batch of gold,” Luo Chuan added.

“Then, please let me help you!” Ganford said.

They were able to defeat the Sky Island Warriors and the Sandia Warriors in less than half an hour.

The strength of this four-person team is beyond doubt; they are probably unmatched by the combined forces of the entire Sky Island.

Given the immense power of this outsider, Ganford would not be foolish enough to make an enemy of him.

Since their target is just some insignificant gold, instead of trying to stop them, we should help them get away as soon as possible and end the matter once and for all.

“Besides the gold here, we also need food. Can you get some?” Luo Chuan asked.

“No problem,” Ganful readily agreed. “As for food, there’s plenty at the Divine Soldiers’ camp.”

Without further ado, Ganford set off on his spotted Pegasus.

About fifteen minutes later, Tianma returned carrying large and small bags.

"Oh, it's normal food!"

The eldest black bear cheered, and the second brown bear picked up a piece of pastry and began to dig in.

Luo Chuan and Lockes weren't in much better shape; they hadn't had anything decent to eat for months and were wolfing down their food.

After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Xing Si continued to work as a gold miner.

With the help of Ganful and Pegasus, the tomb was moved and the prize was won.

Pegasus made round trip between the altar boat dock and the Golden City, but after half a day, new problems arose one after another.

late at night.

"Something's wrong! Captain! First mate!" Brown Bear Second Brother rushed over.

"What's wrong? Is someone trying to steal something?" Lockes asked menacingly.

"No...no, it's just that our ship is full, there's too much gold, we simply can't fit it all in."

Upon hearing this, even someone as strong as Rocks was stunned.

He never imagined that one day having too much gold would also be a source of trouble.

"It's impossible for our ship to devour the gold of an entire city," Luo Chuan concluded.

"Oh, what should we do?" The black bear leader looked distressed.

What should we do?

Let's make a cold salad!

"Although we can't collect all the money at once, we'll treat this place like a 'bank.' If we ever run out of money, we can just come here and take some back with us," Luo Chuan shrugged.

"Hey, Luo Chuan, are you serious? I absolutely don't want to go through the same old ordeal again." Locke shook his head; he didn't want to drift aimlessly on the white sea again.

The black bear leader and the brown bear second leader both shook their heads like rattles.

Luo Chuan sighed helplessly and patiently explained, "This sky island originally belonged to Gaya. It was brought up by the Flowing Sea. Next time we come, we don't need to start from the Western Peak. We can just find Gaya's coordinates and fly up here."

Lox understood, but a new question arose: "Then why didn't we start from Gaya?"

"It's simple, because I couldn't fly back then!" Luo Chuan shrugged.

"First mate, what if other people who come to the Sky Island find out that we've stored the gold here?" Brown Bear's second brother raised his hand, raising this constructive question.

"Fool, of course we can't leave the gold in such an obvious place."

What Xiong Er could think of, Luo Chuan could naturally think of as well.

In fact, Luo Chuan had already realized this problem.

And they had already identified an excellent hiding place for the gold.

Over the next two days, Ganford and the goofy brothers were busy transferring the city's gold.

On the other side, Lox suddenly remembered something.

"In Noland's tales, there's a clock tower made entirely of gold in Shandora, the land of gold. Why don't we see it here?" Rocks asked.

"Good question, follow me!" Luo Chuan took the lead and rushed up the giant bean vine.

Before long, the two climbed to the top of the giant bean vine, one after the other.

Upon arriving here, Lockes finally discovered the magnificent, colossal object atop the island clouds not far away.

"The Golden Clock Tower!!!"

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Chapter 14 Edward Newgate

Green moss covers half of the bell tower, but it cannot conceal its magnificent nature.

The legendary Golden Clock Tower gleams brilliantly in the sunlight.

close!

A powerful sense of foundation swept over us!

In the darkness, it seemed as if the echoes of history were reverberating!

It tells those epic and moving historical stories!

Surprisingly, Lox, who had a certain obsession with treasure, did not show any greed this time.

He silently stepped forward, raised his hand to wipe away the moss from the base of the clock tower, and looked at the words on it, his pupils slightly dilated.

“Indeed, this place is also part of that lost history!” Locke murmured.

“Ancient weapon, Poseidon, the sea god!” Luo Chuan stepped forward.

"What?" Rocks was stunned for a moment.

“I said, this contains information about the ancient weapon Poseidon,” Luo Chuan said again.

“You…” The shock on Lox’s face was visible to the naked eye, “You can understand this ancient script!”

"I can still understand some of it," Luo Chuan said.

Lockes was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, I see. As expected of scholars from Ohara, you are indeed secretly studying historical texts."

Locke excitedly patted Luo Chuan on the shoulder and said, "A few years ago, I met a man with a clover-shaped hairstyle in the West Sea. He was also a scholar from Ohara and was searching for something along the way."

“You must be talking about Dr. Clover,” Luo Chuan replied.

“That’s right, that’s right, his name is Cloba.” Lox nodded.

From that moment on, Locke was completely convinced of Loch's identity as an Ohara scholar.

Rocks had little interest in the legendary Poseidon.

At that moment, he was pondering how to move the clock tower.

However, even with his superhuman strength, he could not carry away such a huge clock tower by himself.

"Luo Chuan, did you manage to copy any abilities similar to spatial storage cabinets before, something that could capture it..." Lockes scratched his head.

Having a treasure trove before you, yet being unable to take it with you, is a truly unbearable feeling.

Luo Chuan was both amused and exasperated, saying, "If I had that ability, I wouldn't have suggested depositing the remaining gold in the first place."

Rocks scratched his head, then suddenly drew his sword.

"Since we've come all this way, we can't leave empty-handed!"

With that, he leaped forward and slashed at the clock tower.

Swish!

A sharp, cold glint flashed, and a golden pillar on the left side of the Golden Clock Tower was snapped in half, the break as smooth as a mirror.

"Hahaha, that's perfect! Let's go!" Rocks hoisted the golden pillar and strode away, one step at a time.

……

……

The altar boat mooring point.

The first thing Rocks did upon returning to the ship was to cut down the mainmast and then erect the gold pillar that had been brought over.

Luo Chuan grinned, feeling it was a bit unreliable, but in the end he went along with the capricious captain and, with Lei Yejin's skills, firmly welded the golden pillar to the mainmast.