Chapter 64: Messages Within the Wall
Even through the photos, Lynn can still feel the grandeur of that "wall".
Ikalem also added: "We have seen that the whole wall is about fifty meters high, and we don't know how thick it is, because it has no sides at all. ”
Fifty meters!
Lynn's eyes widened.
Dongli and Brocky are giants and are about twenty meters tall.
In other words, the wall was taller than Dongli and Brockie combined!
"In less than a day, from the time we sailed out to the time we returned, Alabastan was surrounded by a wall." Vivi looked at the photographs with a shudder, recalling the horror she felt when she first saw the wall.
"Hmm...... Did a wall taller than ours rise in a day? Dong Li also took a few photos and looked at them cautiously with his huge fingers, "Could it be some unknown natural disaster?" ”
"No, it should be man-made."
Lynn rubbed Vivi's head to ease the little princess's fear, then looked at Ikalem, "You just said that you took these pictures before you ran away, so there should be other news." ”
Ikalem nodded, explaining:
"Yes, we have a companion named Bell, who is the Bird Fruit - the ability of the falcon form, with the ability to fly."
"We spent a long time sailing around Alabastan and finally found that there was no way to get in, and at that moment, the sound of shelling was heard from above the wall."
"We looked up and saw that Bell was using his flying abilities to try to get over the wall, but it seemed to be spotted by someone on the wall and was immediately attacked violently."
Ikalem said as he pulled out a voice recorder bug.
"Bell in Falcon form has a good eye, and when we saw him, he saw us and tried to get closer to us, but the artillery fire on the high wall was so fierce that Bell couldn't break through."
"After that, he dropped a phone bug from a high altitude and tried to talk to us."
"This is the entire recording of the call at that time, but it seems that the sound is very muffled because of interference."
Ikalem turned on the phone bug, and his voice came from within.
"Hey, Bell, what the hell is going on in Alabastan, what's going on on this wall!"
Then, Bell's voice also sounded intermittently:
"Is it Ika......? King...... Pirates, trade, protect well, Wei ...... Princess, let's ...... for the time being All, don't ...... Sue the Navy, no...... National...... Dangerous ......"
Click!
The phone bug hangs up, or the signal is cut off completely.
Although the sound is staccato and staccato, it is not difficult to deduce Bell's complete words-
"Is it Ikalem? The king is trading with pirates, protect Princess Vivi, we are safe for the time being, don't report it to the navy, otherwise the people will be in danger. ”
However, the content of this sentence caused Lynn to think deeply.
Pirate?
Speaking of pirates related to Alabastan, there is only one person Lynn can think of, and that is the man who formed the Baroque Workshop and tried to seize the ancient weapon "Hades"-
One of the Seven Martial Seas, a natural sand fruit ability, [Sand Crocodile] Klockdahl.
However, it is still thirteen years before Klockdahl launches his plan and is finally defeated by Luffy.
The current [Sand Crocodile] may not have arrived in Alabastan yet!
Besides, even if he arrived, it would be hard for Lynn to imagine that Klockdahl thirteen years ago had the power to control the land and then enclose the entire kingdom of Alabastan with walls.
It can't be him, then who can it be?
Lynn frowned and continued to ask, "And then, what happened?" ”
Ikalem replied: "After the call, Bell was forced to return to the wall due to the shelling and lost contact with us. ”
"Immediately after that, the people who were shelling the wall also spotted us, and then, unknowingly, a fleet emerged from there, chasing after us, trying to sink us."
"Fortunately, the performance of the Alabastani ships is not inferior to that of the Navy warships, so we were able to barely escape."
"We wanted to ask for help from the Navy, but you heard Bell's words, he is a very thoughtful man and will not talk casually, so we don't dare to act rashly, and we can't put the people in danger."
"In addition, the supply on the warship was only reserved for a week, and we tried to save as much as possible, so we finally managed to survive until now."
On the other side, the guards who had been hungry for a few days had already eaten up the food in front of them, and Dongli saw this and gave some of his barbecue to the guards.
"Gahahahaha! Eat more, you haven't eaten as much as I did! ”
Vivi wasn't very spicy, so Lynn also asked Brockie to take some fish soup she made last night, reheat it, and let Vivi drink it slowly.
At the same time, Lynn also silently summarized the current information in his heart.
A pirate is in Alabastan discussing some kind of deal with King Kobra.
Perhaps in order to hide his tracks, the pirate used his terrifying powers to completely change the terrain of the Alabastan coastline in the space of a day.
The wall is more than 50 meters high, and the pirate also interferes with the communication inside and outside the country of Alabastan, and now Alabastan is a "lonely country" completely isolated from the outside world!
As for the thickness of the walls, it was not well known, but at least they were open enough to put a turret on them.
"So you're looking for someone to defeat the pirate?" Lynn asked.
However, Vivi shook her head, "We just want to go back to our own country, so we need someone to help us get over that wall." ”
"What about the pirates?" Lynn asked.
Vivi shook her head, "The power that that pirate possesses is terrifying, and I don't want to involve irrelevant people. ”
"In that case, your ideas are contradictory." Lynn said with a smile while drinking coconut water: "I want people to help, but I don't want to involve irrelevant people, little princess, you are really whimsical!" ”
Hearing this, Wei Wei put down the bowl in her hand, hugged her knees and buried her whole face.
Bean-sized tears fell to the ground, and under Ikalem's worried gaze, Vivi sobbed and said:
"I know, but Alabastan is in danger, and I just want to go back and face it with everyone, I'm sorry...... Sorry ......"
Seeing this, Ikalem frowned slightly, and said unhappily: "Mr. Lynn, your words are serious, it's good to come at me if you have something." ”
Afterward, Ikalem pulled up Vivi, whose eyes were red from crying, and bowed down to thank the two giants and Lynn.
"Thank you for your hospitality, Mr. Lynn is right, this is our country's business, it should be solved by ourselves, it is Vivi who is willful, we will leave now."
The more Wei Wei thought about it, the more she felt aggrieved, she looked up at Lynn, and asked while crying, "Mr. Lynn, I really don't know what to do!" ”
Lynn crouched down and replied, "You should ask your friend for help." ”
"But my friends are all in Alabastan......" Vivi's voice grew quieter.
Suddenly, Lynn grinned, and at the same time, Dongley and Brocky both burst out laughing.
"Gahahahaha! That's why you humans are in trouble! ”
Dongli swallowed a piece of meat steak, laughed and said: "What kind of favor, what interests, make friends and care so much, are you tired!" ”
Brocky also added: "For us, we are friends who have eaten together! Click, Horn, Horn! ”
"Friends who have eaten?" Vivi still didn't react.
"So......"
Lynn rubbed Weiwei's head and grinned, "Little princess, I helped with this!" ”
Looking at Ikalem and the others, who were still a little confused, Lynn and the two giants smiled even more happily.
After a month of spending time together in the small garden, Lynn found that she was really in a temper with the big guys of the Giant Clan, and their big grinning personality had a very down-to-earth boldness.
And he had to admit that the situation in the Kingdom of Alabastan really piqued his interest.
A closed kingdom? Mysterious pirates? The power to manipulate the earth?
Sure enough, this sea is really interesting!
At this moment, Brockie's afterglow noticed something strange on the sea in the distance, he squinted his eyes, and laughed, "Click! Today's little garden is really lively! ”
On the sea, three giant pirate ships with black sails are heading at full speed towards the small garden!