Devil Fruit As a design for the future evolution of human beings by the scientists of the Giant Kingdom, because it is disgusted by Mother Nature, those who eat the ability of Devil Fruit will be landlubbers for the rest of their lives. And once it is thrown into the sea, it is absolutely bad luck under normal circumstances.

But—

Fortunately, at the last moment, Abith grabbed the railing of the ship's side.

"Hey! Stop it! Hurry to the cabin! In this situation, Sanji also "no longer gentle" and screamed angrily.

On the other side, Zoro and Chopper, who had grown bigger, finally put the sails away in unison.

However, Abyss did not choose to listen to Sanji's words, but jumped from the stern of the boat - in her opinion, the raft that Grandpa Long was riding on was originally used as a wagon, and although it was very strong, it would definitely turn over in such a hurricane.

And Grandpa Long himself is so weak, once he falls into the sea...... She couldn't let Grandpa Long stay alone no matter what!

"Grandpa Long, are you okay? You have to hold on tight, ah......! ”

A large wave struck and weighed down from the height of the deck of the Golden Melly.

"Ahh

Ablis was hit the cheek by something.

It turned out that one of the ropes connecting the boat to the raft had broken, and this rope was like a whip, and it was whipped hard at Ablis on the cheek - although it only grazed her face in the end, the second rope also broke.

"Ah......h No way! ”

As if she had been awakened from a dream, Ablis quickly grabbed the rope. A scorching sting pain came, and her white palm was scraped, and blood seeped out of it. However, in such a violent hurricane, the strength of adults is completely negligible, let alone a little girl like her, Ablis instantly sank into the sea with the rope.

But—

“…… Sanji?! ”

"Damn it! Didn't I tell you to go into the cabin!? ”

Sanji, who heard Ablis's call, rushed over in time and held the rope tightly from above Abyss. Changing his position, Sanji took advantage of the railing at the stern of the boat and put his foot on it, preventing the rope and Abyss from sinking.

"Grandpa Long, no! Where the hell have you taken us? ”

"How's it going? Abith! ”

"Don't give up! I'll be here to save you! ”

Grandpa Long opened his eyes and looked over here, a dragon that could no longer fly, in the hurricane, could only lie on the raft.

Forget it! It's too dangerous, so forget it! Grandpa Long didn't say this, but just said thank you to Abith seriously.

"Didn't you say you were going back to the Dragon's Lair together! Isn't it already agreed? Didn't you say you wanted to go home? …… Since you have said it, you should never give up easily! Bastard! ”

Sanji shouted loudly.

"Sanji ......?"

"The Lost Island will definitely be found! We'll be able to go to the Dragon's Lair! ”

Although no one has ever seen it, it is just a fantasy-like legend. But that's why Sanji was so adamant about the existence of the Lost Island and the Dragon's Lair, and he never had any doubts in his brain - through his expression and words, Abyss felt a strong belief in his heart.

"Darkwater!"

At this moment, Luffy, who was supposed to be in the bow of the ship, suddenly arrived.

Luffy crossed his legs around the mast, and then unleashed the ability of the Dark Fruit towards the raft - the darkness with the ultimate gravity, although it did not make direct contact with the raft, it kept it in a stable posture with the Golden Merry.

"Luffy?"

"Leave it to me! Didn't we make an appointment, we must send Grandpa Long back to his hometown! ”

Luffy straightened up and prevented the raft from detaching and sinking - the sea water swept up by the hurricane made it very unbearable for a person with this ability, so he could only grit his teeth and not dare to let up at all.

"Where's Abith? Where is she? ”

"Hey! What is that? ”

In the hurricane and torrential rain, Luffy and the others saw hope. With a pillar of light shining down from the cloudy sky, Frankie activated the propulsion device, and the Golden Merry stood out from the encirclement.

……

"It turns out that this island is surrounded by hurricane seas!" Nami, whose hair and clothes were soaked, muttered in a low voice, "It's similar to some of the islands in the New World......

The group went through the wind and rain and finally saw the rainbow!

A black band of thunderclouds wraps around the surrounding sea at 360 degrees, but there is no wind in the center. Moreover, even the waves are calm. The clear blue sky stretched into the distance, and the pillar of light just now was a ray of sunlight shooting out of the thunderclouds.

Then, beneath the center of the hurricane, lies an island quietly.

Colonel Malvern, Polusalino's old superior, now the spokesman of the New Navy, would have felt more and more intimate here—the desert island where he had been given fruit was more or less the same, except that the hurricane had turned into a strange current that was forever churning inward.

"No one has ever seen it, and it's not recorded on the charts, so that's it!"

A mirror of illusion of unknown principle, and a ring of hurricanes around the island. With these two covers, the island disappeared from the eyes of the world.

Chopper looked at everything in front of him, and inexplicably remembered the previous Crown Island - unlike Luffy, who arrived later, when he first came there, it was also because of an accident, a storm and an undersea volcano eruption or something. And according to Mobangbi and others, the island is also a legendary island, and no one can find it......

"Anyway, it's finally here! Lost Island! ”

Luffy shouted.

The Golden Melly slowly entered the mouth of the river, and after dropping anchor, the group landed on the shallows.

"Look! Isn't that stone statue very similar to Grandpa Long? ”

Ablis pointed excitedly ahead.

A huge statue of a dragon stands in front of you, looking down at the sea at the mouth of the sea, and statues like this one can be seen everywhere on the island.

"It's as if half of the island has sunk to the bottom of the sea."

"That's true...... Look, there's a road to the bottom of the sea! ”

After Luffy said this, Nami also looked at the bottom of the sea at the mouth of the sea. In the sea, there are patchwork of roads made of stone and man-made buildings. These places used to be land, but for some unknown reason, the island sank and they were submerged.

As you can imagine, the current coastline would have been mountainous.

"The Lost Island, which sank to the bottom of the sea a long time ago, is very consistent with the legend! They are also said to have built an unprecedentedly prosperous civilization! ”

"But despite this, the people who live on this island are swallowed up by the forces of nature!"

Sanji sighed.

But Nami frowned slightly, and she knew something that her companions didn't know about...... Is it really because of the forces of nature? The Lost Island?

Ah, last time on Crown Island, she still hasn't had time to say anything!

At the front of the road is a stone building, completely covered with trees and various plants, with a green surface that has not been invaded at all.

"Hey! Grandpa Dragon! Grandpa Dragon! ”

Abis turned to look at Grandpa Dragon, the old millennium dragon was riding on the previous wagon, which was moving up the steps of the estuary under the impetus of Sauron and Frankie.

"We've arrived at the Lost Island where the Dragon's Lair is located, Grandpa Dragon! Get up! Get up! ”

"Did it say anything?"

"It says it doesn't know much about itself."

Grandpa Long just opened his eyes for a moment, and Abisi directly passed Grandpa Long's words to Sanji.

"Is it trying to say that this isn't the Lost Isle?"

"Probably not, right?"

"Hey! Look! ”

Luffy was the first to discover something as always—"That's the highest point of the island, and you can see anywhere on the island from there!" ”

"Hmm...... No amount of progress will be made here if you think about it for a long time......"

"Then let's go there!"

Sanji "snapped" and tapped Ablis on the shoulder.

Following the stone-paved road, the group climbed to the top of the mountain. From time to time, the sunlight leaked through the trees, and it was very quiet.

Luffy and Zoro pull the van in front, and Frankie and Sanji push forward in the back.

"Hey! Come on! ”

"Nami, this guy won't help us at all! Hurry up and do some more work! ”

"Idiot Green Algae, don't you have the strength yourself, you have to ask Nami to help!"

"What? Roll your eyebrows, I think you're already weak, right?! ”

While the "young duo" was arguing with each other, the truck came to a very steep slope. There are deep marks on the slope, as if people who lived on the island in the past used this road to carry things.

"Ahh Village! ”

Ablis stopped in front of her.

On the gentle south-facing slope, there is a staggered row of stone-made dwellings, of course, all weathered and damaged, and only ruins remain, and even the ruins are mostly covered with vegetation and entwined with the roots of large trees.

"That's amazing! I've had a lot of people living here! ”

"That's right! There are so many houses. ”

"This kind of scale of residence can indeed be called prosperous......

"Hey, Abyss, maybe the people who live here are your ancestors?"

While talking to his companion, Sanji turned his head.

Ablis descended the steps into the haystack, where an ear of wheat hung down in the overgrown land—presumably a dry land before, but the field had begun to fend for itself because of the departure of the people.

It looks like Grandpa Dragon!

Abyss picked up something on the side of the road, a small stone sculpture in the shape of a thousand-year-old dragon, only the size of a palm.

On this island, is it possible that the Millennium Dragon lives with people?

Ablis imagined people looking up at the thousand-year-old dragon flying in the sky.

"Hey, birdie, hello!"

Overhead flew a few small birds with glass-colored feathers, and Ablis greeted them—the birds were surprised to hear Abith speak a language they understood. But he was soon relieved, and one came to a stop on Abyss's shoulder.

"Oh, I see, when you were born, this island was no longer inhabited!"

"Abith, keep up!" Sanji shouted from the top of the slope. Abis immediately trotted over and quickly caught up with the van.

"I just heard from the birds that there is a dragon on the top of the mountain!" Abyss shows the stone carving she has just picked up to Sanji.

"Is it true?"

"Maybe it's the Dragon's Lair!"

Bored, Abyss overtook the truck and climbed up the slope.

"Ahh It's finally here! I can't do it anymore. ”

The wheels had crossed the last step, and Chopper, covered in fur, was on the verge of collapse, and he was sweating profusely and sat on the ground with his butt.

Zoro was feeling comfortable—that's the rhythm of his workouts!

"Thank you for showing us the way!"

Ablis thanked the little bird that had perched on her shoulder, and the glass-colored bird chirped and flew up.

Sanji looked in the direction where the bird flew away, and the view at the foot of the mountain was unobstructed, which was really refreshing.

"Oh, what a climb!"

From here, you can see a panoramic view of the green island surrounded by black thunderclouds. It is clear from the stone-paved road that winds up the hillside that the inhabitants of the island once regarded the summit as a place of deep significance.

The group finally stood in front of the huge stone building.

Above the building, a huge tree measuring thousands of years old holds up a huge umbrella. It should be a banyan tree, dozens of meters high, and the branches hanging from the umbrella take root and sprout on the ground, and then grow new branches and expand outward, a banyan tree is enough to be equivalent to a forest. Branches and roots poke out of the cliff and stretch like nets down the mountain.

"This is ...... It's a thousand-year-old dragon! ”

Nami approached the building, and on top of the building's stone door, a dragon was painted with red paint. Although the lines are very simple and abstract, as the birds say, this is what a dragon with wings looks like.

"Could it be the Dragon's Lair?!"

Luffy approached the building unsuspectingly.

(End of chapter)