Hawkins is 28 years old this year, but he hasn't been a pirate for long, and as a Devil Fruit ability, he only came to prominence after obtaining the Devil Fruit ability.

But now his pirate group has become a group of pirates in the North Sea to be reckoned with, as well as Trafalgaro and X Drake, the three pirates are now competing with each other in the North Sea, as if they want to compete to see who is the strongest pirate group in the North Sea.

As for the Great Route, the three pirates are all looking forward to it, it is a paradise for adventurers, a place of trial for pirates, and various legends of the Great Voyage are attracting pirates to continue to challenge.

Hawkins knows very well that not only him, but also the Hearts Pirates and the Drake Pirates, everyone may be thinking in their hearts that they are about to embark on a great voyage after they are ready.

In fact, when he heard the phrase "windless belt", Hawkins felt that he was ready to embark on the great voyage at any time.

However, the divination results just now made him feel alarmed.

The 50% chance of death now exists in him and his pirates, which means that it is possible that the entire pirate group will collapse at the slightest thought.

Such a powerful enemy should not have been caused by the other two pirates......

Just as he was thinking this, the lookout on the mast suddenly shouted, "Captain! Something seems to lie ahead! ”

Hawkins raised his head, glanced in the direction the lookout was pointing, then turned his head to look, and then his heart was shocked, because the direction of the lookout pointed was exactly the south.

No wind zone!

This point immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the Hawkins Pirates, and they stopped what they were doing, came to the side of the ship, set up a hand shed and looked ahead.

Although the distance was a little far, everyone could still see that there was nothing on the sea!

However, just when everyone thought that the lookout could be mistaken, suddenly a huge splash suddenly rose on the sea in the distance!

A very large sea king, like a sea serpent, suddenly jumped up from under the sea, and then slammed towards the sea from a high altitude and rushed straight down.

This sea king, looking at the action, seems to be hunting, although I don't know what it is hunting, but because of its appearance, the sea in front of it is turned upside down.

The members of the Hawkins Pirates were stunned when they saw this scene, they hadn't seen the Sea Kings before, but it was really the first time they had seen such a huge size.

"Captain!" A pirate came back to his senses and said anxiously: "That must be the sea king in the windless belt, I don't know why, it actually came to our North Sea!" We have to dodge! ”

Hawkins nodded and shouted, "Turn the rudder, let's get out of here!" Let's hope that after the hunt, that guy doesn't stay in the North Sea. ”

At that moment, Hawkins thought that the 50% chance of death of his pirate group was fulfilled in this large sea king, and when he thought of the so-called decision of life and death in a single thought, Hawkins immediately made the decision to escape.

However, just as his pirate ship had just finished turning, a loud wail suddenly came, and the members of the Hawkins Pirates turned their heads and were horrified to find that the sea kings that were raging on the surface of the sea just now had broken in half without raising the part that was exposed to the water!

This sea king was decapitated by something!

Rumble! The body that fell off weighed at least a dozen tons, and it made huge waves on the sea.

Witnessing the killing of a large sea king, everyone in the Hawkins Pirates couldn't come back to their senses for a while, staring blankly at the sea where the sea kings died.

Because of the death of the sea kings, the sea area finally returned to calm, and it was only at this time that everyone could see clearly that there seemed to be a small wavy line on the surface of the sea, which was slowly moving towards this side.

"It's a person!" The lookout on the mast cried out in horror: "There is a man swimming in the sea!" ”

After hearing this, the members of the Hawkins Pirates shivered in unison, looking at the sea around here, there were no other ships at all, where did this person swimming in the sea come from? Could it be that the giant sea king like a sea serpent just now was hunting this swimmer?

"Captain? Shall we still go? One member asked Hawkins.

"......" Hawkins is not easy to answer this question.

There is no doubt that the sea king was killed by this swimming man just now, and if this person is the enemy in the divination prophecy, then it is normal for Hawkins to choose to leave immediately.

But here's the problem, the so-called thoughts, no matter how you interpret it, who knows whether the decision to leave is right or wrong?

If the person who swam this way was going to find a ship to ask for help, and he left with the boat and ignored it, would he be in trouble?

"Stay here!" Hawkins thought about it and finally made such a decision.

Then the others stopped talking, and their eyes were fixed on the approaching waterline on the sea.

When the waterline got closer, everyone realized that it was really a person, and the speed of swimming was quite fast.

As if seeing Hawkins and their boat in front of them, the swimmers picked up a little speed again and hurried towards their boat.

"What about the captain? Do you want him to come up? A crew member asked Hawkins again.

"Get him up!" Hawkins said: "It's an enemy or a friend, you have to see it to understand." ”

Soon, the man approached the ship, and the Hawkins Pirates lowered the rope ladder and let the man climb up.

"! Finally there is a ship! As soon as the man got on board, he sat down on the deck and said this breathlessly.

Hawkins looked at the other party's appearance and found that it was a young man who had come to the boat, he was shirtless, with a katana at his waist, a bandage with a bell wrapped around his right wrist, and his wet hair tied into a ponytail hanging down the back of his head.

"Who are you?" Hawkins couldn't help but ask, "Did you kill that sea king?" ”

"Oh! I killed it! The young man raised his hand and said, "That guy is so cunning that he has been quietly following me since the windless belt, but when he was about to get out of the windless belt, he attacked me, and I was almost eaten by it!" ”

"Windless?" A member of the Hawkins Pirates couldn't help but ask in surprise, "You swam all the way from the windless zone?" ”

"Halfway there!" The young man said: "The boat was still not saved. ”

"You...... You brag! One of the pirates exclaimed, "The windless zone is at least a hundred kilometers wide, and even if you start swimming halfway, it will be at least more than fifty kilometers, how can you swim that far?" ”

"yes, it's hard!" The young man smiled: "If you swim slowly, you will always be targeted by some sea kings......

The pirates looked at each other, they didn't believe the young man's words at all, but the other party's words always gave the pirates the illusion that "he really swam over......

Hawkins spoke again at this time: "You haven't answered me yet, what's your name?" ”

The young man was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Ah, it's better not to say the name...... By the way, you're a pirate group, I'm looking at you, you're quite familiar! ”

Don't think about it, this person who swam from the windless belt is naturally Ian, although he decided to cross the windless belt, but Ian still underestimated the danger of the windless belt, his small boat named "Friendship" really capsized in the windless belt, of course, the so-called ship name was only raised by Ian after it was overturned, which is self-deprecating.

And the reason why the boat capsized was because he encountered a group of giant sea kings in the windless zone! And it wasn't these giant sea kings who attacked him, but he was very unfortunate that as soon as the ship sailed to the back of the people, the sea kings came out of the water, and he was directly pushed up.

When he was in the air, Ian fell, but his boat was left on the back of the Sea King, and I don't know what happened, the boat actually slid down the smooth back of the Sea King, and when it reached the tail part, it was gently flicked by the tail of the Sea King, and it was crushed!

Of course, Ian couldn't talk to these sea kings about compensation, and he was actually glad at the time that this giant sea king had a mild temper, and he didn't notice him, so he quickly swam away.

And for the next journey, Ian really swam all the way, thanks to Reilly's care, Ian's swimming skills are really good now, plus he has been exercising under the gravity of the vine tiger for so long, Ian has enough physical strength to swim this distance.

Along the way, Ian was also attacked by some sea kings, these sea kings didn't necessarily want to eat him, and there may also be a curious factor in it, wanting to see what Ian's little bug was, which caused a lot of trouble to Ian.

Those who wanted to attack him were all killed by Ian, and curious, Ian could only play with them for a while, and only after they lost interest and left could they continue to swim forward.

On the contrary, this sea snake-like sea king, has been quietly lurking at the bottom of the sea, following Ian, and when Ian was about to get out of the windless zone, he suddenly launched an attack, Ian was caught off guard and was bitten into his mouth, fortunately he reacted fast enough, escaped before the other party's mouth closed, and then began to fight with this sea king.

After killing this sea king, Ian saw a ship appear in front of him, so he swam directly towards this side, but fortunately the other party did not leave because he was afraid.

However, after waiting on the ship, Ian found out that this was also a pirate ship, and to Ian's surprise, he actually recognized Hawkins, a future supernova!

Ah, yes! Hawkins is a pirate born in the North Sea, but it may be a year before he travels to the Great Voyage and becomes Luffy's "classmate......

Ian didn't know much about Hawkins, but at least he knew about this person, so he only felt that he was lucky, and he saw someone with an impression as soon as he came to Beihai.

However, there is an impression that the other party is still a pirate, so Ian will not be polite to the pirate, so Hawkins said: "Although I am very grateful to you for saving me, but I'm sorry, I have to requisition your ship for a while!" ”