Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Tree of Sighs
As Sithun was about to leave the port, Woda and Gaji also returned on a "human raft......
"What kind of ship is this? Where's your Devil's Horn? Sitoun frowned and looked at Voda, his tone with disgust, as if he felt that this guy was discrediting the Greataxe Pirates.
"I ...... We were ambushed by the Fish-People halfway through. Woda is also a little afraid of Sitoun, after all, Situan is the master's right and left hand, and now his subordinates are unknown in life and death, and his confidence is even more insufficient.
Half to divert the topic, half to emphasize his own merits, Woda hurriedly introduced: "This is Mr. Gaji of the Vince Mock family, the guest of the Master......"
"So you were ambushed with your guests?" Sithun's face became even more gloomy.
In the shadow of Siturn, Voda has shrunk in a circle, although it is tempting to say that Master was also ambushed by the fish-men before, but thinking about it will only be a terrible death.
"I—I've got to go save people......" Woda stumbled.
"Then go!" Sithun whispered.
Apparently he was holding back his anger, so as not to disturb the "guests".
Then, after greeting Gaji, Situen put on a smiling face: "Is Mr. Gaji going to buy slaves?" Those fishmen don't have to worry anymore, I've found the best 'bait'...... If you want to buy fish people in large quantities, you can wait. ”
Sithun had not been on the island of Aix before, and he didn't know what Gaji was doing, so he thought he was "a noble guest who came to buy slaves".
"No, Captain Silveraxe and I have cooperation to discuss." Gaji looks like he doesn't care about the internal affairs of the Giant Axe Pirates.
"I see, then I'll take you to the Master!" Sitoun still looked enthusiastic, but he was immediately wary of it.
Based on what he knew about the Master, the only reason to "cooperate" with someone should be to annex - unless the partner is stronger than the Greataxe Pirates.
The current Jerma Legion...... Clearly not in the "stronger" category!
Situen took Gaji to find the silver axe that had returned, but he still escorted Aaron and the others, and Ziggy couldn't find a chance, so he could only follow all the way.
On the way, Ziggy found that the direction in which Sitoun was going was exactly the same as that of Boss Tiger's life card - both in the direction of the giant tree in the center of the island.
Ziggy also followed all the way......
The area of Aix Island is about the same as that of Magnetic Drum Island, and it does not have as many mountains that occupy space as Magnetic Drum Island, but it has an additional giant tree that also occupies space.
If you look at the canopy, most of the island is under it.
As the day began to lighten, Ziggy noticed that the trees were so dense that they made the whole island look very dark, and that the sky was darkened because of the black-purple flowers that seemed to be pus-filled and pollen.
Unlike the general island nations on the Great Passage, Aix Island does not welcome outsiders, except for the people of the Great Axe Pirates, who are "big customers", and...... The largest number of slaves!
Many of the "aborigines" on the island are also related practitioners.
The social structure of the islands actually controlled by the pirates can be broadly divided into three categories:
The first type is normal rule, such as Dressrosa more than ten years later - if you don't know the truth, Doflamingo is both the Seven Martial Seas and a normal king in the eyes of outsiders, and Dressrosa is also a famous city of passion, and it is not special because the king is a pirate;
The second type is oppressive rule, such as the current country of Wano - Kaido and the black charcoal snake, who are extremely oppressive to the country of Wano, only trying to squeeze out every bit of strength to arm and feed themselves, but still maintain the existence of the "country of Wano";
The third type is complete control, such as BigMom's Cake Island - in addition to the relevant personnel of the BigMom Pirates, the ordinary residents on the island who regularly donate their souls to BigMom are the "countries" that rely on the existence of the pirates.
And the social structure of Aix Island is somewhat like the cake island of BigMom.
It's just that many of the ordinary people on Cake Island are normal occupations that are harmless to humans and animals, such as "pastry chefs", while on Aix Island, they are basically slave trade-related industries, and they pay a lot of taxes to Silver Axe.
Such islands also tend to be the most controlling......
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After leaving the port, Sithun had already arranged the "carriage" - a row of half-drawn carriages!
It wasn't a special race, but the ability of the coolie slave to be manipulated to connect the upper body to the horse.
For this obviously unethical scene, Gaji is very ...... Interested!
"Is this what the fruit of surgery is capable of? It's magical! Kaji watched the scene with his eyes shining.
Although he has seen a similar scene in Woda, it is still a "grafting" between people after all, just a capable person, and Woda will not let him take a good look.
"That's right, now the life span of these coolies is getting longer and longer, and ordinary people like this can have a lifespan of ten years if they pick up the pack horses, a specialty of Bamo Island! The life span of the Bamo pack horse is generally only ten years, which is equivalent to the advantages of being obedient and easy to tame. Siturne took the opportunity to introduce it.
This is not confidential, but product information that is normally to be disclosed......
This is also why, there are only masters and cadres in the Giant Axe Pirates, and there are signs of transplantation - if the physique is not enough to support it, it will burn life!
The "centaur" who pulled the cart turned a deaf ear to this cargo-like evaluation, and just quietly pulled the cart.
Situen praised the strength of his master, but in Gaji's ears, he calculated it from a professional point of view and in his heart - the fruit of the operation...... Sure enough, to a large extent, it can solve the side effects caused by the mismatch of blood factors, but it is not perfect.
Ziggy didn't know what they were talking about, and after leaving the port, Ziggy didn't follow too closely, considering that there weren't many people on the road.
I don't know why, it looks like there are traces of human existence, or even the appearance of a neighborhood, but there are no people along the way.
Ziggy's domineering appearance is very concealed, but his body does not have a special concealment effect, and it is easy to be discovered when he is close.
It's a pity that he is not an "assassin...... Yes! No, it's not a pity!
At this time, Ziggy is tracking out of sight, to be precise, he is "tracking" - through the ability of "reasoning students", he locks the clues along the way, which not only maintains a very long distance, but also Ziggy is confident that even if the other party escorts Aaron and the others separately halfway, Ziggy can also lock the correct path!
All the way to the island tree, the other party didn't seem to have any intention of putting Ah Long and them in other places to lock up.
Ziggy had already seen the trunk of the island tree by this time, and found that there were many marked entrances on it, and the outside was carved with stairs, outer terraces, and windows, like a huge city-level castle.
It is said that the trunk of the island tree should be difficult to process and excavate, right? Roger's ship was built by Uncle Tom, the world's number one shipwright......
However, thinking of the fruit ability of the silver axe, Ziggy thought it was not strange.
Getting closer, Ziegy couldn't help but feel uncomfortable—he saw painfully twisted human faces appear on the trunks of trees around the entrances.
It's not the uncanny valley effect, it's the real human face, or human head, transplanted into the tree......
The Tree of Sighs—Ziggy didn't know what it was called before, but it was called after the Silver Axe was stationed here......