This journey was more interesting than Alistair had imagined.
Though it was just the Calm Belt, it perfectly showcased the world view of the One Piece world.
With the two serpents pulling them, forget about fishing, but the blind giant sea kings would still occasionally try to sneak up from behind, trying to swallow the ship before the serpents could react.
This was when the Amazonian warriors had to fight.
What was even more remarkable was that even giant sea kings hundreds of meters tall were no match for Haki.
Rindo was the one who was specifically responsible for dealing with sea kings. She always carried a huge cannon, and she was an advanced Haki user who could infuse her cannonballs with Haki. One blast from that cannon would pulverize hundreds of meters, the giant sea king's head would be blown away by half with a single blast, it was terrifying.
These blind giant sea kings were everywhere. Sometimes, they would annoy the Empress, and she would turn them all to stone.
This was the first time Alistair learned that the Empress's petrification worked on creatures as well. But the Empress explained to him, "It only works on sea kings of this size. If I really encounter those giant super sea kings, I can't turn them to stone."
That explained it.
Like Shirahoshi, who could hear and control those super-sized sea kings, which could be considered a giant fleet. These sea kings were not something even Aokiji and Akainu could easily take down, let alone the Empress.
But if the Empress continued to grow stronger, this Mero Mero Mellow might not be unable to defeat those sea kings. After all, "Heavenly Demon" Donquixote could cover an entire city with his "Birdcage." As a fellow Logia user and possessor of Conqueror's Haki, Hancock should be able to turn everyone in a city to stone. She must have other abilities.
So, Hancock's fruit ability was only developed to the first stage, she hadn't awakened it yet?
If the Warlords, who were below the level of the Yonko and the Three Admirals, were considered the third tier, then there were strong and weak within the third tier Warlords. The top tier would be Mihawk, Kuma, and Donquixote. The middle tier would be Hancock and Jinbe. And the bottom tier would be Moria and Crocodile.
Mihawk was self-explanatory. Kuma and Donquixote were probably already strong enough to have developed their fruit abilities to the second stage. They could probably fight evenly against the core cadres of the Yonko. They weren't weaklings. Jinbe could withstand a direct blow from BIG MOM without injury. He was probably even stronger than Hancock.
As for Hancock, she might be fine now, but her future combat strength was probably a concern...
But Alistair smiled slightly. He wasn't worried. Though Crocodile was a weakling, Enel was not. If he couldn't find the Goro Goro no Mi, then Hancock would probably have to fight Enel.
He knew what he was doing. Luffy's departure was still five years away at the earliest, three years at the latest. Even if Enel got stronger after eating the fruit, he would still be panicked and overwhelmed by Luffy, who was immune to his attacks. He couldn't possibly beat Hancock.
But Hancock, facing Enel with the Goro Goro no Mi, would probably have a tough fight.
By then, Hancock, who thought this trip was just a picnic, would soon realize that even in the first half of the New World, her strength wasn't invincible.
Once she understood that, it would be natural for her to develop her Devil Fruit's second stage ability.
Thinking about this, he sighed. Donquixote was truly a brilliant strategist.
Take a closer look at what Donquixote did. He opened casinos and auction houses everywhere, then relied on Kaido, one of the Yonko, and the World Government to conduct legal underground deals. He then bought and sold Devil Fruits. He kept the powerful Devil Fruits for himself and sold the trash Devil Fruits, giving his subordinates powerful Devil Fruits to boost their strength. The Donquixote Family naturally became stronger and stronger.
And by running the black market, he not only built up connections, channels, and powerful Devil Fruits, but he also had a lot of money. Plus, Doflamingo, who was once a Celestial Dragon, knew all kinds of secrets. He even had the time and money to fund Caesar to create artificial Devil Fruits. He had almost reached the edge of creating Devil Fruits: SAD + killing a Devil Fruit user, and you could harvest that person's Devil Fruit from the SAD-infused fruit tree.
This wasn't some kind of luck, it was real technology.
And once this technology matured, imagine how much the Donquixote Family's strength would inflate.
And among the Yonko, except for Shanks, the rest were all over fifty years old. They were strong, but time was on Donquixote's side. He only needed to patiently wait a few more years. How much would his strength and his forces inflate?
Unfortunately, he ran into the Straw Hat Pirates.
Thinking about the technology of artificial Devil Fruits made him drool. If he wasn't so weak now, he would definitely go and snatch Caesar first.
You can't do anything without strength...
Alistair sighed inwardly and continued his daily, continuous training.
He was doing it gradually, never pushing his knees or body. He knew he was a flesh-and-blood traveler, his body's strength would never be able to compare to the physical strength of the monsters in the world of One Piece.
They had been sailing in the Calm Belt for a month, but they still hadn't seen a single person. Though the course hadn't changed, Ran, the navigator, seemed to keep the ship in the Calm Belt, not far from the Grand Line. It was safe and stable here. Besides being careful of the giant sea kings every day, they didn't have to worry about the bizarre weather and waves of the Grand Line. They just had to sail forward peacefully.
But today seemed a little different.
The lookout, Violet, suddenly rang the bell. The clear sound of the bell echoed throughout the ship.
Alistair didn't understand what it meant, but when the Amazonian warriors, armed with snake bows, appeared on both sides of the deck in groups, even he, a fool, should have understood that they had encountered an enemy.
"Alistair, please go to the Empress's room," Sandersonia and Marigold came to Alistair's side, practically sandwiching him and taking him off the deck.
Any pirate who could appear on the Grand Line was no ordinary pirate. Considering that this was the Calm Belt, the level of the enemy was already enough to surpass most pirates in the Four Seas.
No wonder they were a little nervous.
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