Who told him to become the Pirate King!

Chapter 108 Is this what you call the King of the Near Seas? (Seeking monthly votes and subscriptions at the beginning of the month)

The blue-eyed white dragon soared into the sky, reaching straight above the clouds.

Ace was taken directly into the sky and couldn't help but let out a gasp.

But after a brief period of weightlessness, the feeling of soaring through the sky and being free surged into his heart.

Ace couldn't help but let out an excited cheer; this was a feeling of freedom he had never experienced in his previous sixteen years of life.

"Wuhu~"

But just as he started cheering, Ace suddenly realized that something was wrong.

The Blue-Eyes White Dragon's flight speed increased, and the winds surging from all directions became stronger and stronger.

Ace had to duck down and hold his hat down with his right hand to avoid the wind blowing the Blue-Eyes White Dragon off its back.

He turned his head to look down.

At some point, Corpo Hill turned into a low hill.

Dawn Island, where the Kingdom of Goa is located, has become a "green gem" adorning the azure sea.

The Blue-Eyes White Dragon was leaving Dawn Island at an unimaginable speed.

"Hey! You! Clam (Vongola)!"

Ace shouted towards the direction of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's head.

"Didn't we agree to eat? Where are we going?!"

"Huh? What did you just call me?"

Storm turned his head; he seemed to have just heard a new nickname he'd never heard of before.

"clams?"

"Aren't you called 'Clam'?"

Ace felt the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's flight speed gradually slow down, and he felt much more relaxed.

"Vongola Storm (literal translation)!"

"It's Vongola Storm!"

Storm said speechlessly, he didn't want to argue with Ace too much about the name.

He controlled the Blue-Eyes White Dragon to descend and gradually approach the sea surface.

Only then did Storm continue speaking.

"I was originally planning to find a restaurant to eat at, but since you've come along, let's try something different."

A fresh and exciting style?

Ace was taken aback. He looked around and saw only a vast sea all around, with not a single island in sight.

What exactly do you mean by "new ideas"?

Just then.

The blue-eyed white dragon suddenly opened its huge mouth and let out a deafening roar at the sea below.

"roar--"

The dragon's roar, capable of piercing clouds and splitting rocks, carried a terrifyingly powerful shockwave that crashed directly into the boundless sea.

There was a loud "boom".

The once calm sea was blasted open by the dragon's roar, creating a huge crater and sending water splashing everywhere.

The next moment, seawater surged in from all directions, filling the suddenly appearing depression. The massive amount of seawater collided with each other and shot straight into the sky, instantly forming a towering fountain.

slam-la-

The seawater surged into the sky and then poured down, as if a localized torrential rain had struck the area.

Ace looked at the suddenly turbulent sea and subconsciously touched the scales of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

That dragon... is incredibly powerful!

He seems even stronger than that big guy from before!

The violent commotion that erupted from the sea surface attracted the attention of deep-sea creatures.

A colossal creature rapidly approached from the deep sea.

The enormous black shadow that suddenly emerges from beneath the blue sea is enough to terrify any ordinary person.

wow——

Another torrent of water surged up.

A sea monster resembling a giant eel, with scarlet eyes and a blue dorsal fin, burst out from beneath the sea. Its eyes, like red lanterns, were fixed on the blue-eyed white dragon and the two humans on its back.

"King of the Coast!"

Ace stared at the creature that had burst forth from the seabed and exclaimed its name in surprise.

Having lived on Dawn Island for so many years, although Ace's main activities were at Mount Colbo and the Uncertainty Terminal, he would also visit Windmill Village in his spare time.

The ordinary people in the windmill village feel both gratitude and awe towards the sea.

Everyone is grateful for the food provided by the sea.

They also felt awe for the monsters that lived in the sea.

In the many "folk tales" of Windmill Village, it is recognized as the most terrifying creature.

This is the "King of the Nearshore".

none of them!

According to legend.

The King of the Near Seas is enormous in size and has a cold-blooded and brutal personality.

Even the notorious bandit king Sigurd, who had killed countless people and committed all sorts of evil deeds, and whose bounty was close to ten million Berries, was no match for the Lord of the Coast and was bitten to death by him!

Even the "Red-Haired" who became the Pirate Emperor this year.

That kid is no match for the King of the Near Sea!

Back when the Red-Haired Pirates were temporarily stationed in Windmill Village.

Every villager knows this.

The King of the Near Seas bit off one of the red-haired men's arms!

If it weren't for that redhead kid running away fast enough.

The King of the Near Seas could probably devour Shanks whole, skin and bones, leaving not a single scrap!

"Clams! Watch out!"

Ace originally wanted to remind Strom of his brutal reputation as the King of the Coast.

however.

The blue-eyed white dragon simply lunged forward and hooked with its claws.

The sharp claws pierced right through the skin of the near-sea king, and bright red blood instantly gushed out from the wound.

The Blue-Eyes White Dragon flapped its wings slightly and flew into the sky once more.

The near-sea king, which had just been attracted by its "dragon roar," was caught and lifted into the sky like a small fish.

Ace sat on the back of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, his mouth twitching violently.

This is the Lord of the Coast, who is so legendary among the villagers that even the Pirate Emperor is no match for him.

Is this some kind of ridiculous nonsense, folks?

"What were you muttering about just now?"

Storm glanced at Ace and warned him rather reluctantly.

"You can call me 'Vongola,' 'Storm,' or 'White Dragon'—these are the nicknames the people at sea gave me."

"But if you keep calling me 'Clam,' I'll call you 'Son of the Pirate King' or 'Supreme Grade Sword.'"

"White Dragon?"

Ace frowned deeply as he drifted into memories.

"I feel like I've heard this name somewhere before..."

"You're the White Dragon with a 20 billion Berry bounty on your head by the World Government and Marine Headquarters!?"

Before Storm could reply, Ace shook his head again, denying it outright.

"No! I remember now! The two billion bounty is on Whitebeard II! You..."

"You're the Shichibukai with a bounty of less than 100 million Berries!?"

I'm not angry... I'm not angry... I'm not angry...

What adult would get angry with a child?

Storm took a deep breath, then clenched his fist and walked up to Ace.

At this moment, Ace finally felt threatened.

"Clam, you—"

Boom!

No language required.

Storm's "Iron Fist of Love" slammed directly into Ace's head.

It was accompanied by a crisp sound like hitting a watermelon.

A huge bump instantly grew on Ace's head, turning from bluish-red to purplish-red and then to blackish-red.

"Ouch! That hurts!!"

Ace immediately clutched his head and rolled around on the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's back.

This is because the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's back is spacious enough.

Otherwise, he would probably have rolled straight into the ocean below.

Storm casually walked back to sit on the head of the blue-eyed white dragon, as if nothing had happened.

Ace rolled around with his head in his hands for a while before stopping.

At that moment, the large, purplish-red bump on his head became incredibly conspicuous.

At first glance.

Ace is like a "seventh brother" with a little gourd on his head.

"Vongola!"

After undergoing a rigorous training regimen comparable to that of his grandfather, Ace finally became docile.

"What do you mean by 'Supreme Grade Sword'?"

Ace didn't mention that "son of the Pirate King".

He himself is somewhat sensitive about his background.

Although Ace had no idea where Vongola Storm had gotten the information about his true identity.

However, he did not discuss his family background with a stranger he had just met.

Although Ace has not yet sensed any hatred or malice from Storm.

This is a rare man who knows his own identity and doesn't have any other opinions about himself...

However, no matter what, Ace and Storm's relationship was only "first meeting".

Ace deliberately ignored the nickname "Son of the Pirate King".

He didn't want to talk about this identity anymore.

But the "Supreme Great Sword" is different!

Ace was not a swordsman, nor did he use a longsword in combat.

However, he did have some knowledge of the so-called "famous swords".

Famous sword, swift sword, great swift sword, supreme great swift sword...

People who fight with swords on the high seas categorize their weapons into different classes.

The Supreme Grade Sword is the finest weapon.

According to the story my grandfather told me before.

The weapon of the strongest man in the sea, Whitebeard, is a supreme great sword—Murakumogiri.

In addition, the weapon of the world's greatest swordsman, Hawkeye Mihawk, is also a Supreme Grade Sword - the Black Sword Yoru.

"Didn't Hero Garp tell you about this?"

Storm looked at Ace with a puzzled expression.

"Portgas D. Ace."

"Your surname comes from your mother, Portgas D. Rouge."

"Your middle name comes from an ancient tradition, from the D clan."

"And your name comes from your father, Gol D. Roger."

"Decades ago, when your father roamed the seas, the weapon he used was one of the twelve Supreme Grade Swords, a pirate scimitar called 'Ace'."

Ace's expression froze.

He had never heard his grandfather mention such a thing before.

Or rather, his grandfather rarely mentioned anything about One Piece to him.

After all, my grandfather was a Marine, and a famous "Marine Hero" at that, who once defeated and captured the Pirate King...

Ace had no idea that his name also contained such a unique meaning.

So, the "trump card" my father used back then was actually his name...

Just as Ace was caught in a strange emotional state.

Storm's voice rang out once again.

"Don't make that face."

Storm wore a strange smile, which seemed both mocking and sarcastic.

"The Pirate King's sword 'Ace' is very good, but it is not Roger's most important possession."

"Roger's most important possession was the straw hat he wore back then."

"It was an ordinary straw hat, with a yellow body, a wide brim, and a red ribbon tied around it."

"This 'straw hat' was left by Roger to his successor, who then entrusted it to another successor."

"It's such a pity, Ace."

"The person Shanks chose back then wasn't you, but your younger brother."

"The person who was entrusted with the straw hat, and even with destiny, by the red-haired man was not you, but your younger brother."

"Monkey D. Luffy!"

(End of this chapter)