I, the great swordsman, am definitely not a bootlicker

"See!! I was right! There was definitely someone here yesterday! What I saw was real, I definitely wasn't dreaming!!"

Looking at the repaired Merry, Usopp shouted excitedly.

Alas! That's Merry! Although Sauron has carefully protected this ship, it has not been pierced by the navy's crossbow, nor eaten by Wapol, nor broken in two by Bellamy when he grabbed the gold.

However, the harsh environment of the Grand Line also left this small boat scarred. The bottom of the boat leaked several times, and the sails were torn countless times. Luffy, the idiot, once broke the mast to fight with Laboon... Speaking of Laboon, it also broke the head of the Merry... and the strong ocean currents on this trip to Sky Island had long exceeded Merry's load capacity.

It will be damaged again when it leaves Sky Island in the future. It would be too cruel to expect it to continue sailing on the Grand Route.

"Hey! Hey! What are you guys still standing there for?" Money-loving Nami couldn't wait any longer: "The retreat team will be responsible for cleaning up last night's aftermath, and the exploration team will be responsible for going on adventures!!"

However, she stayed in the retreat team and faced Luffy's questioning - why do you keep talking about Gold but don't you go yourself?

She said confidently: "Nonsense! Because I'm scared!"

So Nami, Sanji and Usopp retreated with the seriously injured Sky Knight, while Luffy, Chopper and Robin chose to explore.

This made Zoro very embarrassed. There were only two people on the ship, and they had to choose a side. He didn't know who to go with.

Finally, Zoro thought about the past and decided on Robin, well... because she was more polite, so he also followed Luffy and the others into the island.

"Let's go!" With Captain Guapi's order, the Straw Hat Pi split into two groups.

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"Hey! Zoro~~ Your big dog, let me ride it~" Luffy said sarcastically.

"No!" Zoro was very self-aware. He knew he would probably get lost if he left this big dog.

"Can you lend me your baseball bat?"

"No!" It must have gotten wet because I peeled it and roasted it all night.

"Stingy!" Luffy pouted and went to pick up the stick himself.

Chopper looked at the stick Luffy had just picked up, his eyes full of stars: "Luffy! Your stick looks so fun!!"

"Hehe! It's fun, right? I won't give it to you. If you want to play, find it yourself!"

"Stick...stick..." So Chopper also looked for sticks everywhere.

Chopper was having a lot of fun: "I used to think this forest was so scary, but now I realize it's not that big of a deal. Hahaha! With the three of you, I'm not afraid of anything."

It smiled and then stopped smiling...

Because on the road ahead of them, it seemed like a huge tattooed body was wriggling, Chopper's face was full of fear, and in an instant, a flock of crows flew together, making a creepy cawing sound.

hiss! !

A giant python suddenly appeared in front of them, with four fangs as thick as masts exposed from its bloody mouth.

Luffy was very excited, with a smile on his face: "Run away! The big snake is coming!!"

"Wow!!" Chopper was so scared that his eyes were about to drop.

"It's really huge..." Robin also broke out in a cold sweat: "Is this also caused by the environment here?"

Zoro complained wildly in his mind: The air is thin, how could there be such a large creature? Forget it, this is the world of pirates, and all rights of interpretation belong to Oda.

Thinking that the snake was highly poisonous, Zoro didn't want to kill it, so the adventure group fled in all directions.

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After getting rid of the big snake, he tactfully patted the dog's head and said, "Holy! Let's go back to where the big snake came out!"

So, he did not get lost and successfully met up with Robin.

"Hey...Robin, let's go first! Don't wait for them." After seeing Robin, Zoro was very proud and said directly.

"Huh? Don't we have to wait for them?" Robin had just returned to the original place and came to reunite with everyone.

"They can't wait. They are two directionally challenged people, not even as holy as they used to be!" Zoro raised his proud head.

Robin deadpanned, "That's true. They might have been digested by the giant snake."

Zoro was shocked: "Are you a devil?"

After they had walked for a while, they began to hear some noises in the distance: screams and the sound of cannon fire...

Robin heard the sound and said, "The forest has become... lively..."

"Yeah! They're quite lively." Zoro closed his eyes and sensed his surroundings. He found a figure approaching from a distance, so he grinned and said, "But, things will soon get lively here too."

"Hmm?" Robin looked at Zoro in confusion. "Did your Observation Haki see something?"

"Yeah, there's a figure coming."

Looking at Zoro's smug expression, Robin chuckled, "Then I'll leave it to Mr. Swordsman."

Gradually, the ground under their feet turned into old stone bricks, and suddenly a towering tree appeared in front of them, with an old and deformed house coiled at its roots.

"Is this the remains of the city?" Looking at the ruins before him, feeling the ruthlessness of time, Zoro couldn't help but sigh: "Such a close distance, compared to the prosperity of Angel Island, the vicissitudes of life here always make people feel like they are in another world."

"Does Mr. Swordsman feel the same way?" Robin glanced at him inexplicably, then a look of worry crossed his face. "This should be the place where the residents were once the farthest from the city. It's the remains of an urban area submerged by the forest. It should be fine, right?"

"Bah!"

Following a sheep's cry, a divine soldier with horns on his head, wings on his back and dressed in white jumped onto the ruins. As the ruins were already rotten, his step broke a corner of it.

"This road leads to the shrine. If you go any further, don't blame me for being unreasonable."

Before Robin could say anything, Zoro spoke up: "Deliberately destroying cultural relics is a crime!"

Before he could finish his words, Zoro raised his sword and slashed him down with a long-range strike.

Robin felt a little distressed. Looking at the shattered corner of the ruins, he showed a rare wave of emotion: "That's too much...!"

And Sauron, for the first time in his life, felt a sense of empathy and offered words of comfort: "This broken corner will also bear witness to future history."

"Ok?"

Zoro pointed at the knife marks on the tree and said, "Tell me, four hundred years from now, when people come here and see the knife marks on the tree, the broken remains, and the dry bones on the ground, what kind of reverie will they have?"

Robin looked at the swordsman in front of him in confusion: "Mr. Swordsman, you are very different today."

"Huh?" He scratched his head awkwardly, not knowing how to respond. "Maybe it's a little touching. Think about the bricks beneath our feet. They're not just weathered by four hundred years of time, but also the work of craftsmen four hundred years ago, piled up with every drop of sweat under the scorching sun. What we feel beneath our feet is the warmth of history, and the weight that transcends time and space."

Robin chuckled with a pair of crescent eyes: "I know, Mr. Swordsman is being pretentious today..."

Ding! Find a common topic with girlfriend No. 10, and gain +50 love points.

Why didn't you say it earlier?! Talking about history, I'm good at it! Uh, but I'm not familiar with the history of the pirate world...

As for Nami...should I learn how to draw a map? No, I'm directionally challenged. I'm not worthy...