Pirates: From Vice Captain to Lord of the Dead

Reiner turned back awkwardly and said, "I won't interrupt you if I don't want to."

Just as he was about to eat, Nami suddenly kicked him and broke the leg of his chair, as if irritated by something.

boom! !

Seeing Reiner suddenly fall to the ground for no apparent reason, Vivi was startled and tried to get up quickly.

"What's going on Reiner! Are you okay?"

"Ah, it's okay."

With one hand on the stone table, Reiner covered his head and slowly emerged. A shoe print appeared on the back of his clothes. He smiled and said, "Just change the chair. Don't worry about it."

Bell, who had been standing silently in the back, saw the whole process. He mustered up the courage to step forward and help Reiner up. He also considerately patted his back and moved the chair next to him over.

"Thanks. Oh! It's the birdman!"

Reiner was also quite surprised to see the newcomer. "Long time no see. You've helped us a lot along the way. Let's have a drink together."

"That won't do. Please continue eating and I'll serve you." Bell took two steps back.

"Really? What's the big deal?"

Weiwei glanced at him unhappily, "What princess and guards are you talking about all day? It's just a meal. And the same thing goes for Jiaka."

"No, no, no, as a subject, how can I..."

"Come on, put away your old stuff."

Bell was interrupted before he could finish his words. Reiner waved his hand and said with disgust: "I am still a pirate. If you say that, I have to kneel down and watch your princess being eaten."

"No, it's not!"

Bell panicked when he heard this and hurriedly explained, "That's absolutely not my intention! Lord Reiner, you are Alabasta's great benefactors. How dare I offend you!"

"I'm talking to you, bastard."

Reiner touched his chin and whispered teasingly, "The expectation in your eyes is almost overflowing. Don't be so unmotivated when you have the chance. Or are you hiding something?"

"you you you!"

boom!boom!

These words frightened Bell so much that he rolled backwards several times until he hit the corner of the wall!

Bell, who was usually serious and solemn, now blushed all the way to his neck. He raised his head and shouted in panic, "What are you talking about, Lord Reiner! No, no, no, it's not what you think!"

"Uh, what am I thinking?" Reiner was a little confused.

"Eh?"

"What's up with him?"

Nami and Vivi were still a little confused, but Kaka, who was standing in the corner, couldn't help but laugh at Bell, who was slumped at his feet and looked a little flustered.

Ever since Weiwei was a child, they have always treated each other as sisters.

It was fine before, but as Weiwei grew up and gradually came into the public eye, they had to hide their feelings.

After all, her status is different. Weiwei is now a national figure and has the responsibility of governing the country. In order to maintain the noble image of the princess, she naturally cannot act like she did before.

Although Bell usually looks stern, he is actually pretending to be serious because he is not very good at hiding his inner feelings.

In comparison, Gaka was much calmer and helped Bale up with a gentle smile.

Sitting at the head seat at the long table, Cobra smiled calmly.

These two have followed him since they were young. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are his sons, except that their brains are more rigid than this old man's.

"Gaka, Bell."

Cobra turned his face and said seriously: "Come and sit down. Don't let the guests laugh at me and think that I am usually very strict with you."

"Your Majesty, this."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Jiaka agreed, turned around and patted Bell's shoulder, "Okay, let's go."

"I"

Bell hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but glance over, and found that Weiwei was also looking at him with a smile.

He shook hands unconsciously, walked forward somewhat stiffly, and sat down with Jiaka on either side of Weiwei.

Soon, the dinner became more lively.

Reiner and Nami chatted with Vivi and the others, sharing their adventures along the way.

From the sky island in the sky, the water city of seven water cities, the huge ship in the fog, to the tree islands that emit bubbles.

They kept talking about how they and the supernovas broke into Impel Down and participated in the Battle of Marineford, information they could only read in newspapers.

"Everyone is now training in different places, preparing for the adventure of entering the new world in a year."

"Reiner and I are currently on Visalia, a small sky island. We just happened to come here to do meteorological research. By the way."

At this point, Nami thought of something and changed the subject, asking, "Do you know the legend of the goddess of life?"

"Yudi, you are talking about the goddess Nephthys, right? This is a very ancient legend. Are you still studying this?" Weiwei looked puzzled.

"No, it's just that we found nothing in the Rain Land today, and then we thought of the rumors we heard from the locals." Nami sighed.

Then he briefly told Vivi and the others about Visalia, and they roughly understood why Reiner and the others came here.

"So that's how it is. Although I probably can't help you much, the royal family actually has detailed records about that legend." Cobra suddenly spoke.

Weiwei continued, smiling, "I've seen it, too. When I was a kid, I thought it was a real story."

"Nephthys, the goddess of harmony and life, Set, the god of war and the desert, and the story before the founding of Alabasta."

Chapter 233 Stop Your Road Flying

"The two names you mentioned sound a little familiar." Reiner frowned and murmured softly.

"Have you heard this story?"

Hearing this, Weiwei and the others turned their eyes over.

Reiner waved his hand and continued, "Oh no, I may have heard a sentence or two somewhere, I don't remember."

He has lived in this world for two and a half years now, and has traveled all over the world since he went to sea. He may not remember everything he has heard and where.

The few people didn't take it seriously. Reiner often knew things about the sea, and Nami had long been accustomed to it.

Weiwei continued to tell them the story.

Legend has it that once upon a time, a huge rift split the earth into two, with many tribes living on each side.

The west is called "Gree" and has many oases, while the east is almost barren.

There is a lack of fresh water and food, and there are only ferocious beasts everywhere. The desert is full of dangers.

The people there lived an extremely hard life, but the harsh environment did not defeat them. Instead, it honed their strong physiques and gave birth to countless brave and skilled warriors.

Due to the shortage of supplies in the barren land, it was difficult for the warriors to obtain enough supplies by fighting wild beasts alone, so another means naturally emerged.

--plunder.

Fighting between tribes was particularly frequent in the east. At that time, the entire east was in a state of war and fighting for many years.

However, if you want to survive in the desert, there is one thing that cannot be obtained by force.

water!

People from the tribes in the east began to come forward and lobby for a ceasefire, attempting to bypass the Great Rift Valley and open up new land to the west.

But this is easier said than done.

Each tribe has deep hatreds from years of bloody battles, and the outcome of land reclamation is unknown. No one knows what awaits them on the other side of the canyon.

Things were difficult to achieve until the drought continued.

When the land is barren and filled with starving people and suffering, people no longer have the energy to pursue any hatred.

If you don't go out, you will end up in a dead end.

The leaders of various tribes quickly came together, gathered all the warriors and marched westward.

They traveled through the depths of the desert where few people had ever been, fought with countless wild beasts along the way, and bypassed the rift that almost went through the earth.

then.

[Gree], which owns a large number of oases, came into their sight.

"From then on, the Wasteland began a long and tragic battle against Gerry."

Weiwei looked calm and said calmly, "Legend has it that the Rainy Land today was the front line of the war back then, and it was the first tribe to be discovered."

How would people who have been suffering from water shortage in the desert and constantly fighting for food react if they suddenly saw a fertile oasis?

The previous civil unrest in Alabasta had already given a stark answer.

In a country with a population of tens of millions, a war of one million scale can break out, with one soldier among ten people.

Excluding the elderly, the weak, women and children, one out of every two to three young and middle-aged people is fighting in a war. This ratio is already exaggerated.

"So what happened later? Was the oasis in Gri occupied?" Nami was so engrossed in what she was hearing that she couldn't help but ask about the follow-up.

Weiwei shook her head and said softly, "This land is very vast. Even for a brave warrior, it is not an easy task to cross the desert, not to mention that they have to fight after a long journey."

"And Geri's tribe had abundant resources and was well-rested, so this long war never came to an end."

Weiwei continued to tell the legend that the person who ended the war was born in a young man in the Eastern Tribe, which was far away from the Rainland across the Great Rift Valley.

Set, god of war and desert.

Judging from the other party’s title, it is hard not to think of a certain follow-up.

For example, he was powerful, ruled and united all the tribes in the east, and then he used his military skills like a god and easily captured all the oases in Gri.

Reiner and Nami both guessed so.

However, Weiwei chuckled and shook her head, saying, "That's not the case. This story has a happy ending."

Then Weiwei continued to tell them the subsequent story.

Staring at each other across the rift valley and rain land?