"But don't worry, it's just the shadow of the apostle over there. ”

"Shadows?"

"It's a derivative. ”

Kirby nodded, her hands on fire, a whim of her Ace Fire Fist.

Although the flames do not erode the fire mages themselves, no mage will never cover themselves with flames to attack others, and the usual attack method of mages is just to throw the fire elemental in a different way, although simple, it can derive powerful magic similar to the "roar of the dragon".

Kirby took a deep breath and stared at the sand dunes in front of him without squinting, once the spiritual power was deployed, the enemy hidden in the sand was the same as standing in front of him, Kirby could easily see each of the other party's tentacles and suction cups, the octopus obviously had no defense in terms of spiritual power, even if it had been fully perceived by Kirby, it still maintained a state of readiness to sneak attack at any time, once Kirby took two steps forward, I believe it would preemptively drag Kirby into the quicksand.

"It's a big guy. ”

Kirby chuckled and took two steps forward.

As expected, the behemoth hidden in the sand dunes suddenly appeared, and the sand dunes suddenly rose, and a two-story octopus with eyes suddenly jumped out.

The color of the octopus octopus itself is not much different from the sand, it should have long been adapted to the environment here, and at this time, the sky is not yet bright, and the huge shadow in the shadows instantly engulfs the petite Kerby.

"Kirby!" Nami cried out in a hurry, but was stopped by Abyss.

"Don't worry. Abyss shook her head slightly, "That guy, it's going to be fine." ”

Sure enough, just as Abis said, the battle soon came to an end, and it was only a matter of a moment that Kirby was swallowed by an octopus, and the next second, the flames that soared into the sky ignited the entire earth.

Rumble!

The dune was blasted into a large crater, and the effect of covering the fist with flames was not as effective as Kerby had imagined, and the fire punch in the octopus's mouth did not perform very well, so that Kerby finally used the "Flame Burst" to knock the lurker down.

"It seems that other people's moves are not very easy to learn. ”

Kirby walked out of the mouth of the octopus that had been blackened, the "takoyaki" behind him was still smoking, and a behemoth fell behind a petite shadow It looked a little incredible, but everyone was used to it, and they were not too surprised, only Luffy ran over with an excited face, picked up the tentacles of the octopus and gnawed on it.

"Meat!!"

"Uh..."

Kirby smiled bitterly and waved at the crowd.

"Come on, it's all right. ”

Luffy, this guy hasn't been able to eat a big meal for several days, and at this time he has turned into a hungry wolf, and he has gnawed a tentacle in three strokes and two clicks, and his stomach is bigger than a person, and he pats his stomach with satisfaction, it seems that the desert octopus tastes really good.

Everyone also came over one by one, out of the habit of the barbecue master on the boat, the octopus at this time has been roasted by Kirby to the outside and tender, Abys cut off a piece of octopus meat with two knives and chewed it in her mouth, giving Kirby a thumbs up.

"Well done, Kirby. ”

"Well..."

"Which way is the next town heading?"

...

"Over there, it's almost there. It used to be a poor area in the kingdom, and it was not rich because of the lack of water, but the geographical location was very good, and it was the only way to run a business, and it was later developed by people, and it seems to have been very prosperous. ”

Vivi explained to the crowd.

"I'm afraid..."

"Hopefully it won't be like Ermaru. Zoro said with a calm face.

Although everyone's spirits have recovered a lot after a full meal just now, the problem of water shortage has not been alleviated, and meat alone cannot solve the problem of water.

If the next town remains like the previous Elmaru, Kirby will have to fly out to find water.

"We're a third of the way through, and the rebels shouldn't have reached this side yet. ”

As they approached, the crowd breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, as Vivi said, the bustling scene here did not seem to have been affected by the rebels.

But think about it, such an important stronghold, even the rebel army should not destroy it, but occupy it.

In any case, there is a place for supplies, and this is the point that everyone is most concerned about.

The town was unfortified, and the gate could not be seen, and the nearest one was a storefront with a sign in front of it that was open for business.

"Welcome. ”

As soon as everyone walked into the store, the shopkeeper ran out to pick up customers.

I wasn't surprised by the strange people in the costume shop, but almost all the tourists in the desert were dressed like this, with their hats covering their heads and their whole bodies wrapped in trench coats, and there were many tourists who didn't take off their hats even when they entered the store.

"Thank you, we need to replenish water and food reserves. ”

"Okay, it's a total of three thousand two hundred baileys, don't get a fraction, even if you have three thousand baileys. ”

"Thank you. ”

The shopkeeper was very welcoming, and it didn't seem like it was always a place where people would pass by, and although the town was large, it had a desolate atmosphere, and if you didn't walk into the shop, you wouldn't believe that there would be people in such a store without a sound.

"It's all ready. ”

The shopkeeper nodded to Sauron, who looked fierce and vicious, and everyone pushed him out, and it seemed that the deal was going well.

"By the way, boss, I would like to ask about the shortest route from here to Juba?"

"Ah, are you going to Juba, it's a land of chaos. The shopkeeper glanced at Zoro, and the rest didn't even think of taking off their hats, and Vivi tightened the brim of her hat for fear of being recognized.

Perhaps it was Zoro's natural ferocity that played a role, and the shopkeeper hesitated to lean over.

"Could it be... Are you going to join the rebels?"

Without waiting for Sauron to answer, the shopkeeper laughed and patted the man on the shoulder.

"Hahaha, don't worry, there's nothing you can't say, the king can't be relied on these days, there are many people from all over the country who want to go to Juba, it's your freedom to join either side, but there is one thing I want to remind you. ”

"What?" Zoro tilted his head in surprise.

"You see, this is the route. The shopkeeper took out a map, which looked eighty percent new, and it should have been changed recently.

"This is a new route to Juba, see this point?"

The shopkeeper's hand points to a small red dot beyond the curve.

"The route to Juba has already been drawn here, so please be careful not to trespass into it again. ”

"What?" Zoro raised an eyebrow.

"I don't know. ”

The shopkeeper shook his head unexpectedly.

"Because the people who trespassed in there by mistake have not heard from them, and I only found out about it after listening to the news of passing tourists, in short, it seems that there is no idea when a new religion has emerged, and the people who have broken into it seem to have never come out again. ”

"Religion?" said Kirby, with a slight sideways look.

"That's right!" the shopkeeper nodded affirmatively, "I don't know what they believe, but it's said that they found ancient ruins there, so they have been occupying that place all along. ”

"Ancient ruins!" Luffy's eyes lit up.

...