Volume 2 Fighting on the Sea Chapter 171 Finding the Sky Island
About half a month after this incident, Searle submitted a leave application to the headquarters.
In recent years, the situation in the new world has been turbulent, speaking of which Searle has not taken a vacation for several years, as the old boss, the steel bones are empty, and the other party is very happy to approve Searle's vacation for a month, and it just so happens that Karp has nothing to do recently, and directly ordered Karp to be stationed in the G1 branch on behalf of the class.
Serge's reason for taking a leave of absence was to go back to Elbaf, but in fact, he had more important things to do, not so much one thing as a place, a place that only existed in fairy tales.
Changing into casual clothes and bidding farewell to the G1 branch, Serre set off for Gaya Island, the target location this time.
After a long flight of nearly ten days, Serre finally arrived in the waters near Gaya Island.
According to legend, Gaya Island was originally a skull-like skull that disappeared several years ago, leaving only the teeth as the island.
As for where most of them went, some people say that they have been destroyed, some people believe that this thing does not exist at all, and some people rumor that Gaya Island has been washed up nearly 10,000 meters in the air.
Legend has it that Gaya Island contains countless amounts of gold, and if you can get it, you can instantly gain wealth beyond that of a country.
The rumor is indeed true, countless pirates for this so-called gold took a boat to take advantage of the high sea current to embark on a journey to find the empty island, and the result was naturally dangerously surviving, even if they came back, no one believed what they said.
Rumors have it that a man from a long time ago, known as Rolando the Great Liar, was sentenced to death for deceiving the king and the people.
After years of inquiry, Searle was almost 100% sure that the high-altitude current would appear in the near future, and he was going to take advantage of this current to go to the sky island.
As the name suggests, Sky Island is an island built in the sky, there is more than one Sky Island in this world, and the part of Gaya Island that Searle wants to go to is just one of many Sky Islands that are washed up into the sky by the current.
There are many ways to get to the Sky Island, and the easiest way is to fly straight up, which is not a difficult task for Searle, but in order to avoid going to the wrong place, Searle still chooses to follow the sea current mentioned in his memory to the Sky Island.
Speaking of which, Gaya Island is not a peaceful island, the most chaotic of the many islands in the first half of the Great Voyage, after all, the so-called Gaya Island was completely established by pirates.
The most famous of the archipelago is the town of Magic Valley, which is also the most prosperous part of the entire Gaya archipelago.
How did the prosperity come about? It's also a bit funny to say, the prosperity here is completely driven by pirates, yes you heard it right, it's those bastards who do all kinds of evil in all directions that drive the prosperity of Magic Valley Town.
This is the first gathering place for pirates from all over the world to enter the Great Passage, and here, the villains seem to be very well-behaved, which is the only reason why the navy did not choose to destroy this place.
There's no doubt about how a well-behaved group of pirates is better than a pirate who seems to be sabotage.
Coming to Magic Valley Town, Searle's size is too conspicuous, this trip is essentially a concealment of the navy and the government, so Searle deliberately uses the ability developed in recent years to reduce the proportion of the body to about four meters, of course, this is already the limit, if you want to be a little smaller, it is estimated that you will have to wait for the further development of the fruit ability before you can do it.
Although the height of four meters is more than that of ordinary people, it is not a strange thing in this world of pirates with frequent freaks.
Searle can only be sure that the current will appear in the near future, but he doesn't know the specific time, there is a way to prefer to advance rather than delay, but wait for a few days on Gaya Island, the appearance will always appear, as long as the current appears, he plans to go straight to the sky along the sea lane.
When he was bored, Searle went to the most crowded tavern in town, and asked for information about the currents.
There are a lot of pirates gathered in the tavern, and the word fierce is definitely apt for them, but of course this is only for ordinary people.
Searle is used to seeing the real sea pirates in the New World, and now looking at these people, he thinks they are like a group of harmless little milk cats.
These people are only worthy of running rampant in the Paradise, and when they arrive in the New World, they are probably not even cannon fodder, and even in the Paradise, they are just small minions that can be destroyed at their fingertips. Their ferocity is only built on the common people.
But it is often these people who are the most harmful to the world, and they should be glad that Searle's operation this time is a private operation, otherwise they would have been arrested a long time ago.
The sturdy figure walked into the tavern and sat straight down next to the front desk.
"Boss, bring anything delicious to you, and come to the two halls of wine by the way." Serge said with a smile.
"I'll be right away, please wait."
The owner of the tavern was a relatively vicissitudes of life, a short-haired old man, with a deep scar carved into the left side of his face, which took up almost two-thirds of the length of his face, and it was clear that this old man was definitely not a good stubble in his youth.
"The food you wanted." The waiter is a young man in his teens, and his facial features look very similar to those bosses at the front desk, thinking that he should be the boss's son or something.
"Oh oh oh, thank you, sorry Ha was a little distracted just now." Serge had an apologetic look on his face.
"It's okay, it's your first time, I've never seen you before."
"Yes, it's my first time here." Searle replied absentmindedly.
"By the way, little brother, I want to ask you something." Serge returned to Shinto.
"If you have any questions, just ask, as long as I know, I will tell you." The young man nodded.
The answer was too fast, and Serge looked the young man in front of him up and down.
"Forget it, there are some things that shouldn't be very clear at your age." Serdau.
"Nani? Don't underestimate me, although I'm young, but as long as it's something that guests inquire, I rarely don't know, but... The young man bared his teeth and smiled and stretched out his right hand.
"Hahaha, no problem." Searle said to the young man's hand, "Do you know the currents?" Try to be as detailed as possible. ”
When he heard the word ocean current, the young man's face froze, and he reluctantly placed Bailey on Serre's table.
"Sorry guest, I don't know the currents you said." With that, the young man turned and left.
"Wait." Serge suddenly stopped the young man and casually stuffed the money on the table back into his hand: "There is no reason to take back what you have given away. ”
"But..." The young man looked at Serre in great embarrassment, standing rather than walking.
"Help me ask if the meal is ready?" My stomach is almost hungry. Serge snorted and ignored the young man.
"What about these guests, I'll urge them immediately." The young man turned and quickly ran to the back kitchen.
After a while, the food was brought up one after another, filling the whole table, and without saying much, Searle stuffed the food into his mouth in a big gulp, and after nearly ten days of flying trip, Searle did not eat a drop of water, and when he saw the food, he naturally swallowed it desperately, and he didn't even chew it twice.
Whether it was food or wine, it tasted quite good, and after a full meal, Serge walked to the front desk to pay the bill.
"Young man, were you just asking about the news of the current?" The tavern owner asked, wiping his glass.
"yes, you know?"
"If you're talking about the legendary ocean currents that lead to the Sky Island, I do know a little bit about it." The boss replied nonchalantly.
When the boss said the word "Sky Island", the pirates in the tavern immediately burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha, another stupid person who treats fairy tales as real events."
"That's it, he's looking for death, so many years have passed, and the number of people who died under the current is eight hundred, if not a thousand."
"Good baby, let's go back to your mother and let her tell you a few more fairy tales."
Insults, mockery, curses, all sorts of ugly words came out of the pirates' mouths.
For these ignorant and timid weak chickens, Searle really didn't bother to move his hands.
Ignoring the taunts of the many pirates, Serge then asked, "Can you tell me the exact direction of the current?" It's important to me. ”
"This is naturally no problem, the location of the ocean current is on the channel west of Magic Valley Town, and when the current appears, it is very moving, and it is easy to see." The boss glanced up at Searle and said, "But are you sure you want to go after that place that only exists in the story?" ”
"Heha, since you're already here, why don't you go up and see what to do, the men on the sea are never afraid of danger." Serge smiled heroically.
Hearing Searle's answer, the boss's face showed a look of admiration: "I haven't seen a man like you for a long time, come on young man." ”
"Thank you, boss, how much?"
"You don't need money, this meal should be practiced by a real man like you!" The boss said with a smile.
Serge still took out Bailey and put it on the counter of the tavern, even if it was the money for the meal, it was also the consultation fee for inquiring about information.
Under the puzzled gaze of the bar owner, Searle smiled: "Admiration is admiration, and it is the rule to pay for eating." ”
Serge turned around and strode out of the tavern, and a faint sentence came: "The extra money, when I come back, treat me to another meal." ”
The owner of the tavern and his son are shocked by Serge's pride, this is not only a man with dreams, but also a man with dignity.
The young man quickly ran out of the tavern and shouted at Serge's back, "You must come back alive!! ”
Hearing this, Serre, who was in the distance, turned his head and grinned, raised his fist at the sky, and then disappeared into the town of Magic Valley.
Two days later, there was a sudden violent tremor in the sea area on the west side of Magic Valley Town, as if a volcano had erupted at the bottom of the sea.
Naturally, the residents of Gaya Island did not ignore this peculiar scenery and flocked to the nearby coast to watch it.
And Serge was standing on the reef near the surging currents.
"It seems that my speculation is correct, the current is finally here!"
On the line between the sea and the sky, a huge undercurrent of the sea gushes out of the sea with the power that can push an island into the sky.
"Boom !!"
The sound of the waves is deafening, like a curtain covering the sky and the sun, which is spectacular.
The power generated by nature is simply beyond the imagination of man, and the creatures in the sea have long since lost their knowledge of where to escape, and their ability to perceive danger is much stronger than that of humans.
"It's !! now"
Searle stepped on his feet hard, and the wings of the Force fluttered, and the whole person turned into a blue light and flew towards the rising current.
"Look, what's that?" The people watching the excitement on the shore saw the conspicuous blue light at a glance, and it was vaguely seen that it was a man with wings.
The owner of the tavern and his son were also standing on the shore at this time,
"Is that the guest? He's really not an ordinary person. The boss stared at Searle's figure with burning eyes, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Daddy, you mean, that light is the guest the day before yesterday?"
"That's right, only a man like him would dare to face the tide head-on at this time." The boss sighed with admiration.
"Come on! Guests from afar!! ”
In front of everyone's eyes, the blue light flickered several times, and the height became higher and higher, gradually disappearing from everyone's field of vision.
"Is that guy?" A pirate dressed as a sailor guessed as he looked at the disappearing blue light.
"Huh? What nonsense are you talking about? His companion scoffed.
"It's him, it's the man who threatened to go to Sky Island yesterday, it must be him!!" The pirate sailor was very sure.
"You're saying that the guy just now was the fool from yesterday?"
"No, he's not a fool, he's a brave and fearless man!! Real Men !! The sailor sighed, and just now his heart seemed to have been touched by something, yes, there was a kind of blood in his heart.
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The empty island is in a place that is difficult for normal people to reach, 10,000 meters above Qinghai, and there are only two ways to go up, one is to take the rising current like the straw hats, and the other is to enter the white sea about 7,000 meters from the corresponding air channel of the current.
To be on the safe side, Searle chose the first method, learning the Straw Hats to follow the upwelling current to Sky Island.
Searle is a capable person, and the only role of the current is to guide him, and besides, he spreads his wings and flies up, so it doesn't matter if there is a current or not.
The speed of the current erupts so fast that even the most advanced warships cannot match it, and the sky island is located at an altitude of about 7,000 meters above the surface of the sea, and above there is the white sea, which is even higher. The White Sea is located at an altitude of 10,000 meters above the surface of the sea.
At Searle's current speed, it will take at least half an hour to reach the airport, and as the altitude gets higher and higher, the oxygen in the air becomes thinner and thinner, and if you are a normal person, I am afraid it will be a little uncomfortable.
But this has no effect on Searle, after all, his body structure is different from ordinary people, let alone high altitude, even at the bottom of the sea can survive.
Layer upon layer of white clouds were swept by the current, and under the cover of the clouds, the scene of Qinghai was completely invisible.
……
"Whew!!"
A figure quickly broke through the clouds and appeared on the surface of the White Sea.
"It's tiring to finally come up."
As soon as the blue light vanished, Searle fell above the clouds.
"Sky Island? The White Sea? True to its name! Serge muttered as he looked at his surroundings.
Although the name of the white sea is sea, the essence of the white sea is actually clouds, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a sea of clouds.
White, no matter where you look, it looks white, this is a white ocean, white clouds are like waves blowing in the breeze slightly undulating, this is like the beauty of heaven.
Maybe that's what the kingdom of heaven looks like.
Looking at the starfish-like gate that was getting closer and closer, with intricately decorated decorations,
"Haha, there is really something like a door, does this mean that this is the gate of heaven? No, ascending to heaven doesn't sound auspicious. ”
Searle scratched his head, and couldn't help but think in his heart: "Then call it the gate to the Heavenly Holy Land!" ”
This gate is the only way from the White Sea to the White Sea, and it crosses a height of 3,000 meters through the Cloud Road, a specialty of the Sky Island, and then passes through the White Sea to the White Sea.
At this time, the Amazonian mother-in-law is not as old as 28 years later, although she has long passed her youth, at least her face does not have so many wrinkles, and her body has naturally not shrunk to the extent of being so short.
Her hairstyle was still the one Searle remembered, her pink hair combed into two strange balls, and of course, the most striking thing was the small pair of wings behind her back, which was a common feature of the Sky Islanders.
"Good afternoon, ma'am." Serge walked to the door and politely greeted the woman in front of him.
"Ah, who are you?" Amazon walked around Searle and looked at Searle's back.
"You can't be from Qinghai, are you?"
"Yes, it took a lot of hard work to finally find the legendary Sky Island." Serge smiled dashingly.
"Mmmmmm, speaking of which, the last time I saw Qinghai people, my grandmother was still alive, so long time has passed, you are the first Qinghai person to land on the sky island, I have to say, you are very powerful, young man." Ms. Amazon looked at Seldo in admiration.
"Well, Miao praised, in fact, the two of us should be about the same age." Searle spread his hands helplessly.
"Nani? But~ But you look young, at most in your twenties. Amazon looked at Searle's face with a slight suspicion.
"Don't worry about these details, I'm a half-blood giant, with three to four times the lifespan of an average human, in fact I'm 42 years old." Serge patiently explained.
"You mean that kind of tall giant on Qinghai, I have indeed heard of this, I really envy you, you have such a long lifespan, unlike me, I am afraid that it will die in more than twenty years at most." Ms. Amazon sighed.
"Heha, don't worry, a cheerful lady like you, even if it takes another thirty years, she can still live well." Serge said seriously, there was no compliment in this sentence, this old woman lived until Luffy and his gang arrived on Sky Island, and her body was still very tough.
"Hehehe, you are really good at talking, a handsome and talking man like you, if you were young, I would definitely pursue you." Amazon joked.