Chapter 172: Nine Snake Statue
Soon, after the three Hancock sisters recovered, the female warriors of Nine Snake Island were also released.
Hancock just said a few words casually, and those female warriors of Nine Snake Island immediately turned enemies into friends with Mino and the others, and the sweet fruit coupled with Hancock's charm, at least in terms of maintaining the loyalty of his subordinates, is comparable to the brain complement domineering of the god Bucky.
A few hours later, the pirates had returned to Nine Snake Island, and at this moment, the shore was already full of welcoming people, a group of tall and short, big and small, beautiful and strange women were standing on the shore, waving their arms, shouting the name of the queen of Nine Snake Island.
"Queen Hancock!"
"The queen is so beautiful!"
"Ahh I'm going to die! β
Standing on the splint, Mino looked at the fanatical residents of Nine Snake Island and couldn't help but be secretly frightened.
"These guys are going too far, aren't they?!"
Somehow, Minow, who was standing on the boat, suddenly thought that if Hancock directly hit his fanatical fans, it was estimated that the entire Nine Snakes Island would be extinct, right?
Hancock became so self-conscious in the later period, maybe he also had a part of the sweet fruit, if he was so admired by his own people every day, normal people would become more or less narcissistic!
However, this time, Hancock did not ignore his own people with his head held high as before, but pursed his lips slightly and walked straight down.
"Oh, the Empress seems to be a little nervous!"
"The nervous empress is so cute!"
"Hey, what's so strange about the person who followed the empress?"
"Wait, that guy...... That man is a man! β
"Men? Where are the men?! β
As Mino walked down with the empress, the residents of Nine Snake Island, who had originally focused on the empress, also saw Mino, most of the residents were ignorant and didn't see any other problems, but some women of Nine Snake Island who had gone to sea and given birth to children finally recognized Mino's male identity.
"Aren't we off-limits to men here? How can a man come over? β
"It seems that there was no rule on what men should do when they go to the island, right? It's just that no one has been able to pass through the windless belt before. β
"Male? It's weird! He followed Queen Hancock ......, did the Queen bring him here? β
Mino twisted his body, always feeling that he had become a giant panda on Daughter Island, and now he had a little bit of Tang Seng feeling that he had arrived in Daughter Country.
Speaking of which, the toughness of the women in the daughter country is probably not much weaker than that of the women in the Amazon Lily - in the original book of Journey to the West, it is a terrible country that directly plundered men as human races, essences, exhaustions, people, and cut meat as sachets after death!
"Hancock! How did you bring the man here! β
At this moment, a small old woman with a short stature, full of white hair, and a snake staff in her hand walked out, "What the hell is going on?" Nine Snake Island is not allowed to set foot on men! It's a rule that's been going on for hundreds of years! β
"And you used to hate men the most, ......, are you in love?"
"Alright, mother-in-law, it's not what you think! It's not convenient now, I'll explain it to you when I get back! β
Hancock waved his hand to her people, an intimate gesture she had never done before, and it succeeded in causing hundreds of Nine Snake Island residents to faint with excitement.
Hancock, who was a little embarrassed because of this, happened to hear his mother-in-law's question, and hurriedly whispered a few responses.
Unexpectedly, after seeing Hancock's movements and listening to her response, Mother-in-law's eyes suddenly widened: "You, you, you...... Who are you?! β
"Hancock couldn't be so approachable! It's impossible to be so polite! β
Hancock: ......
Gritting her teeth lightly and suppressing the nameless fire in her heart, the One Piece Empress tried her best to tell herself that she was no longer the same as before, she had to respect the old and love the young, and she couldn't kick this old woman away.
"What--mother-mother-mother-," Hancock smiled on his face, but there seemed to be a faint black air behind him, and for a moment, even the cheering crowd fell silent.
"There'sβwhatβwhatβthingsβfeelings! Back to the palace - again - say!
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It wasn't until Hancock's words were finished that the people below dared to whisper.
"Oh, Queen, what's going on? It feels horrible! β
"But such a cold queen is so beautiful!"
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"Hancock! Have you finally suffered from the incurable disease of lovesickness? Even men were brought in! I thought that a ruthless empress like you would never have fallen in love on this day......"
As soon as she entered the palace, the mother-in-law, who had been silent, babbled, and Hancock had bruises on his forehead, resisting the urge to throw her out.
"Enough, the concubine is not in love, and she is not lovesick!"
"I brought Mino and Nico Robin here this time, just to repay the favor!"
"Uh......" The mother-in-law was stuck for a moment, and looked at Hancock suspiciously: "Repay the favor?" β
With her mother-in-law's understanding of Hancock, a narcissistic person like her, how good others treat her, she thinks it should be, how can she have the idea of repaying her kindness?
Unless...... It's related to that secret!
Before Granny Mo could think more, Hancock took a long breath, "Granny Mama, those stone statues that I petrified are still there, right?" β
Hancock didn't say what the stone statue was, but Granny immediately understood the meaning of Hancock's words: "It's always there, Hancock, you want to ......"
"It's good that it's still there!" Hancock interrupted Granny Ma's, "It's time to correct the mistake I made!" β
"Wait, Hancock...... That secret ......"
"That shouldn't be a secret anymore!" Hancock's eyes were firm, and the surging overlord color domineering spirit permeated the entire palace, faintly revealing a sense of firmness.
The mother-in-law pursed her lips, and the look on her face was a little relieved: "Really? It seems that little Hancock, you have also grown a lot! β
"And you, Mary Gorud, Sandasonia, you've all really grown up!"
"Okay, we don't need you to say this kind of thing, we know it," Hancock waved his hand.
"Now take our benefactor to the treasure house, I promised to repay him with all the treasures of the Nine Snakes!"
"What?!" Why didn't the mother-in-law almost jump three feet high: "All the treasures? Hancock, are you okay? β
She was going to say Hancock, you're not crazy! However, after seeing Hancock's cold eyes, he swallowed his words.
Somehow, compared to the previous Hancock, who was unceremonious to her, although the current Pirate Empress is a lot more polite, the domineering in her eyes is completely different from before.
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"Please come in, this is the treasure house of Nine Snake Island!"
The two female warriors of Nine Snake Island opened the door of the treasure house and said respectfully to Mino.
On Nine Snake Island, Hancock is completely a word, and only Granny Na can object to two sentences - and basically to no avail.
Since she promised to reward Mino with the treasures of Nine Snake Island, and even the mother-in-law acquiesced, naturally no one else stopped her.
Of course, apart from some useful things, Mino has no interest in the gold and silver treasures of Nine Snake Island, and if he wants money, Mino has a way.
Not to mention the treasures he knew, with the entire Western Sea that he now controlled, as long as he looted a little, he was richer than ten Nine Snake Islands.
Entering the treasure house of Nine Snake Island, the first thing Mino saw were the two Devil Fruits.
"This is ......" Mino picked up a Devil Fruit in his hand, and there was an expression on his face that he didn't know what to say: "Superhuman - Harvest Fruit!?" β
The so-called harvest fruit, which naturally has the same effect as its name, has the power to make crops abundant.
In a way, this Devil Fruit is also definitely a top-tier Devil Fruit - if not in the One Piece world.
In this chaotic world, the fruits of the harvest are not worth a penny, but they really don't have much effect.
After all, using Devil Fruits also requires physical strength, and even if ordinary people eat the harvest fruit, their ability will cover the land of a small village at most.
And those who have abundant physical strength and can give full play to the power of the harvest fruit, their strength will not be weaker - how can a person with this strength look at the harvest fruit without any combat ability?
In fact, the resources of the pirate world are definitely very abundant, not to mention anything else, just looking at the monsters raised in the sea, you can see it.
A tiger several meters tall and a large snake dozens of meters long can pop out of the mountains behind Luffy's house, these animals can grow to such a big size, it must be very abundant in food, and it also proves from the side that although this world is very dangerous, it is by no means a shortage of materials.
As for the famine in the pirate world or something, nine times out of ten it is because of man-made disasters, in this case, you just make the supplies 100 times more abundant, and the people who should starve to death still have to starve to death.
As a result, the fruits of the harvest fell into a very embarrassing situation, those who did not have enough to eat, more needed the strength to resist oppression, rather than giving more supplies to those rulers.
Even in a less oppressive place like Nine Snake Island, the harvest fruit is not favored, after all, the entire Amazon lily culture is more important than hard work, and you can't expect a group of female pirates to understand the charm of farming.
Checking the Devil Fruit in his hand, Mino looked at another one, that is, a very ordinary animal-type Devil Fruit, an ordinary species-frog form.
On the island of Nine Snakes, which is full of snakes, a frog fruit comes out? It's no wonder that no one wants to eat it.
Of course, Nine Snake Island is relatively closed here, and it is estimated that not many people know what a Devil Fruit is, otherwise it would not have been possible to be deceived by the three Hancock sisters for so long.
After accepting the two Devil Fruits, Mino took another look at this treasure house, speaking of which Nine Snake Island has been robbed everywhere over the years, and because it is located in a windless zone, it is difficult to trade, so it has really accumulated a lot of good things.
Treasures such as ordinary gold, silver, and precious metals filled the entire warehouse, and there were also a lot of items such as famous swords and divine weapons.
These minos just swept by, and his attention was focused on some of the strange items collected on Nine Snake Island.
For example, a silver broken arrow, this thing was extremely sharp, almost comparable to a big knife, and several huge golden scales placed in the corner, each the size of a palm, Mino pinched it slightly, only to feel extremely tough, and I don't know what animal it was pulled from.
However, Mino's main concern was not these, but the statue of a strange hydra.
This statue seems to be made entirely of crystal, but Mino can feel that the entire statue is releasing a strange spiritual power, and even a faint sense of domineering.
"What is this?" Mino asked curiously, seeing that the two female warriors of Nine Snake Island were also at a loss, Mino simply picked up the statue, ready to ask Hancock when the time came.
Mino always felt that the statue was of great use to himβin terms of his domineering appearance, it was already some kind of prediction of the lake.
Walking out of the door of the treasure house, the mother-in-law who had been waiting at the door was slightly relieved to see that Mino hadn't taken too many things.
But soon, Granny Ma's eyes noticed the crystal statue in Mino's hand: "Hey, you actually chose this thing?" β
"Is this a treasure?" Mino asked, tilting his head.
"How so? It's not really a precious thing, but it's really monumental to our Amazon lily. β
Granny Ma nodded and explained: "A long time ago, the Amazon lily also had a famous sea thief, and that was a long time ago, one of our queens! It is said that she has the ability to transform into a nine-headed sea serpent and be immortal! Even the name of Nine Snake Island came from her! β
Mino was stunned for a moment, the nine-headed sea snake, immortal and immortal? A hydra that cuts off one head and grows two heads?
If there really is a hydra fruit, it is indeed perverted enough.
In Greek mythology, Hydra had the ability to grow two heads when his head was cut off, and only the use of fire could suppress his resurrection ability.
And the golden head in the middle is not immortal at all, and the legendary hero Heracrosse also used a boulder to suppress that head, which really killed Hydra.
If this is converted into an ability, eighty percent has a stronger survivability than the Yaqi Great Snake Fruit.
In addition, Hydra's venom is extremely poisonous, even Charon, the immortal in Greek mythology, can only wail all day long, just to die quickly.
It can be said that if you eat a fruit, as long as it is not a waste wood like the black charcoal snake, with a little exercise, you will at least have the second-tier top combat power on the sea.
And judging from the woman's enthusiasm for strength here in Amazon Lily, that queen is definitely not a case of a little exercise, and can make the entire Nine Snake Island named after her, maybe that queen is the pirate emperor of that era.