Sabaody Archipelago.
Silently, Silvers Rayleigh returned alone to Shakky's bar.
The excitent in his eyes was entirely unconcealed. His heart surged violently, impossible to suppress.
"Ha…"
"The Ancient King… a terrifying powerhouse from four thousand years ago… the glorious era of that ti… the war of endless races…"
"It's real… it's all real!"
"Everything the captain saw back then on Laugh Tale… was it all true?"
Taking a deep breath, Rayleigh clenched his hand tightly, unable to calm himself for a long ti.
His thoughts inevitably drifted back—
To the ti when Gol D. Roger returned from Laugh Tale…
And spoke to him with an expression he would never forget.
"Rayleigh…"
"This sea… is far more terrifying than we ever imagined…"
"Pirate King? Forget Pirate King—even the World Governnt has probably never imagined what truly lies beneath this ocean…"
"The Ancient King… is the ruler of the Uruk Empire from four thousand years ago…"
"In that chaotic era, a supre king rose, establishing the Uruk Empire and leading humanity to awaken in the face of extinction…"
"But in the end… he could not overco the power of the countless races… and was forced into slumber. The great war ca to a halt… and countless powerhouses fell into hiding…"
"One day in the future… the sea will be overturned! Those beings… those who nearly annihilated humanity… may descend once more!"
"And when that day cos… humanity may face the sa fate as four thousand years ago—or sothing even worse!"
At the ti—
Rayleigh hadn't understood.
He had been entirely confused.
Roger…
The uncrowned king of the seas, the Pirate King who stood above even the Four Emperors—
Was soone who should fear nothing!
And yet—
Rayleigh still rembered clearly—
Just how heavy Roger's tone had been when he said those words.
That kind of helplessness—
He had never seen it before.
Four thousand years…
An ancient catastrophe…
About to descend once more.
Even now, Rayleigh didn't fully understand what had happened in that distant past.
But when the Ancient King's revelations…
Aligned with what Roger had once told him—
He knew.
The era Roger both longed for…
And feared…
Was about to arrive.
"Clang…!"
A Western sword flew into his hand.
His aged eyes fixed upon the blade as he muttered, his voice filled with emotion:
"Old friend…"
"We may be past our pri… unable to keep up with the tides of this era…"
"But that ancient age… it's sothing the captain never stopped talking about until his final monts…"
"That old man went ahead and left first… but we who remain…"
"We should at least witness this new era for him…"
"Those powerhouses from four thousand years ago…"
"Heh… even this old body of mine feels a bit afraid now…"
Long ago—
When Roger reached Laugh Tale and deciphered an ancient stone tablet—
He had changed.
He would often speak about the strong beings from four thousand years ago.
That they were not dead.
That they might return at any mont…
And overturn humanity itself.
A crisis of unimaginable scale…
Yet no one in the world—neither the World Governnt nor any faction—seed aware of it.
If such a catastrophe truly arrived—
The entire sea could be overturned.
And so—
With his incurable illness…
Roger chose to surrender himself.
To use his final monts—
To send a ssage to the entire world.
Rayleigh had known all this.
But deep down—
He had always doubted the truth of those ancient records.
After all—
The recorded history of the sea only spanned eight hundred years.
Four thousand years…
Was simply too distant.
Too impossible.
But now—
After hearing of the Ancient King…
After witnessing everything unfold—
He finally believed it.
Everything Roger had seen on Laugh Tale…
Was real.
—
At the sa ti.
New World.
Within the territory of one of the Four Emperors—
The Red-Haired Pirates.
Shanks stepped across the deck, his usual carefree expression replaced by rare seriousness.
Roger had never hidden what he discovered on Laugh Tale from his crew.
And although Shanks had only been an apprentice back then—
His exceptional talent had earned him the captain's favor.
So—
He knew everything.
"So… it's all starting to co true…"
"Captain…"
"I wonder… in this era of ours…"
"How much chance do we really have… against what's coming?"
"If you were still here…"
"What would you do… in the face of this unknown future?"
His gaze lifted toward the distant horizon.
For a fleeting mont—
It was as if he could see Roger's familiar smile among the clouds.
"Crack…"
Shanks clenched his fist.
Determination flashed in his eyes.
This sea—
Carried a part of his captain's will.
And he would never allow—
Anyone—
To run rampant across it.
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