Chapter 331
Shamrock Arrives!
Chapter 331 Shamrock Arrives!
Fishman Island, Dragon Palace.
The Dragon Palace City was in complete chaos.
"Not in the Sunshine Zone!"
Have you searched for Hai Zhi Sen?
"We've looked, but we can't find it."
"This old minister...this old minister has failed His Majesty Neptune and Queen Otohime!"
"Minister of the Right! Minister of the Right! Someone come here! The Minister of the Right has been knocked over!"
The guards of the Dragon Palace patrolled the city.
"Still haven't found Shirahoshi!?"
Before the throne in the Dragon Palace, an old merman, his face flushed with anxiety, his enormous size resembling that of a giant, with a red nose and orange beard, stared wide-eyed at the Left Minister before him.
He is the current king of Fishman Island, the lord of Dragon Palace, the 'Great Knight' Neptune!
However, at this moment, this usually serious and composed fishman was unusually excited.
Beside him, his three sons, 'Shark Star', 'Royal Star', and 'Overturned Star', showed the same anxious expression, and some were even flushed with excitement.
There is no other reason than this.
They received the news not long ago.
Their sister, Princess Shirahoshi, the most precious treasure in the Ryugu Palace, and her pet 'Mecaro' have both mysteriously disappeared.
"No, it's almost certain that Princess Shirahoshi has left Ryugu Castle."
Even the Right Minister of the Dragon Palace trembled slightly in front of Neptune and the three princes.
"Leave!?" *N
Upon hearing this, Shark Star's eyes widened in fury: "Because of that damned Vander Decken, White Star has never left the Hard Shell Tower—she was clearly kidnapped!"
As the eldest brother, he cares deeply about his younger sister.
In his view, his younger sister could not possibly have left the Hard Shell Tower on her own initiative—someone must have somehow infiltrated the Hard Shell Tower and kidnapped her.
But upon hearing this, the Left Minister gave a wry smile.
He had initially thought so too—but all the traces inside the Hard Shell Tower indicated that Princess Shirahoshi had left the Hard Shell Tower intentionally in some way.
"Brother, let's go find her right now, even if we have to search every inch of Fishman Island!"
"Yes! Let's go right now!"
Although they still couldn't believe it, the three princes felt that the most important thing now was to find their sister.
At this moment, Huangxing and Fanchexing were the first to speak.
As he spoke, he headed out of the Dragon Palace.
But
"Stop right there, all of you!"
Instead, Neptune called out to his three children in a deep voice.
"Father?"
The three princes looked at their father with suspicion.
"Now is not the time to go find Shirahoshi!"
Neptune, who usually dotes on Shirahoshi the most and even has a bit of a 'doting father' tendency, said in a deep voice.
"Don't forget, we are the royal family of Fishman Island."
"The most important thing right now is Fishman Island!"
As he spoke, he looked intently at the bubbles in front of him.
He was, of course, also very worried about Shirahoshi.
But as he said—the most important thing now is the entire Fishman Island.
He was also aware of the unusual activity that had been taking place on the sea recently.
He had already activated the 'sentinel tower' near Fishman Island to monitor everything happening in the surrounding waters.
He had to admit that all the intelligence he obtained through the watchtower made him uneasy.
According to his intelligence, not only the elevators in Sabaody Archipelago and Mary Geoise have been running almost nonstop recently, but World Government warships have also been 'stationed' around Fishman Island, including in the New World.
All of this told Neptune that things were not looking good.
But Neptune still held out hope—or to be more precise, he didn't want his wife Otohime's past efforts to be in vain.
Therefore, during this period, he has been trying to communicate and make contact with world governments.
Unfortunately, the government doesn't seem to have any intention of having a deep conversation with him—his attempt to speak with Mary Geoise yesterday went unanswered.
What happened today made him increasingly uneasy.
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Neptune's gaze fell on one of the many bubbles in front of him—information transmitted from the Fishman Island's watchtower through the island's unique bubble technology and the 'light energy transfer' effect of the Sun Tree Eve.
Normally, these bubbles display a rainbow of colors, and intelligence reports from various watchtowers are transmitted from within them.
But today, one of the bubbles on the sea surface has turned gray.
"Father, you're overthinking it!"
The three princes, however, did not take Neptune's words seriously.
"The 'First Sentinel Tower' is the furthest from Fishman Island. Even with the help of the Sun Tree Eve, it would be difficult to ensure uninterrupted communication. It is very likely that the communication was temporarily lost due to the influence of ocean currents."
"Yes, the government's ships are still at sea and haven't moved. Besides, didn't Jinbe already go to the Sabaody Archipelago to investigate?"
"My mother had already gained the approval of a Celestial Dragon back then, and with our mediation over the years, the government has also expressed its willingness to let us participate in the next World Government Summit. How could they possibly target us!?"
The three princes were like their father.
Influenced by Queen Otohime, they all longed to live in peace with humans.
Over the years, they have also believed that Fishman Island has never had any major conflicts with humans.
Not to mention they all knew it in their hearts.
"Fishman Island is located 10,000 meters underwater. Even if the World Government really wanted to take action against us, it wouldn't be able to remain inactive."
Shark Star hadn't finished speaking.
Your Majesty
"Buzz!"
Neptune saw that beneath the dim, extinguished bubble in front of him, another bubble seemed to be letting out a cry of surprise.
But the merman guards at the watchtower only had time to utter one word.
The next moment, the bubble also went out.
And clearly this is just the beginning.
"Buzz!" "Buzz!" "Buzz!" "Buzz!"
They didn't stop for almost a moment.
The countless bubbles began to flicker in an instant, and then went out.
The interval between each bubble extinguishing was less than ten seconds, and it kept going down lower and lower.
Without exception, from the moment each bubble lit up until it went out, Eve, the sun tree connecting to Fishman Island, couldn't even send back any effective sound.
"!!!"*4
Upon seeing this, Neptune and the three princes' expressions changed drastically.
They understood what this meant.
Each bubble represents a watchtower on Fishman Island, and they are distributed at various depths in the sea above Fishman Island.
Numerous sea kings block the way, and even fishmen need to be careful and spend a lot of time to pass through these areas—especially as they get closer to the deep sea and Fishman Island, the more dangerous it becomes and the stronger the water pressure becomes.
But at this moment, the time interval between the bubbles extinguishing was extremely stable.
This is enough to illustrate the point.
"Something is destroying watchtowers all the way and heading straight into the deep sea without stopping!"
It ignored the immense water pressure, crossed the barrier formed by the sea kings, and easily destroyed all the watchtowers in its path.
What is that?
Was it an army they had never discovered? Some kind of incredibly powerful behemoth? Or some kind of terrifying weapon?
Neptune didn't know.
But he knew what he had to do.
"Shark Star, Imperial Star, Overturned Star—immediately notify all the people of Fishman Island to take refuge via the 'Great Conch Shell' in Dragon Palace."
"Minister of the Right, immediately order all soldiers to assemble."
Neptune took a deep breath. "Whatever comes—we must protect Fishman Island!"
As they spoke, the three princes and the Right Minister immediately took their orders and left.
Neptune watched the bubbles keep going out.
He started to get dressed.
Until the very bottom bubble also went out.
Neptune finally put on the armor he hadn't worn for many years.
That silver armor, full of heroism and domineering presence, and the trident in his hand, were the symbols of the former 'Great Knight' Neptune.
then
He raised his head and leaped upwards.
The dome of the Dragon Palace opened instantly, and Neptune swam into the sea—he raised his head in the distance, preparing to greet the being that had arrived at Fishman Island.
At that very moment, the three princes, who had already used the conch shell to evacuate all the islanders, along with many soldiers, followed the king's lead and sailed directly above the Dragon Palace.
Just as mentioned before.
The so-called Dragon Palace is the 'palace' at the very top of Fishman Island.
The so-called Fishman Island is a 'kingdom' that exists based on the Sun Tree Eve.
So at this moment, Neptune and the three princes, who swam out from the dome of the Dragon Palace, saw clearly at first glance the enormous tree located above the Dragon Palace.
That enormous tree, radiating endless brilliance and shining like the sun in the deep sea, is none other than 'Sun Tree Eve'.
Of course, even the fishmen of Fishman Island have never seen the truly complete form of that enormous tree.
But today they could vaguely see the view above the tree canopy.
At this moment, in the deep sea illuminated by the sun tree Eve.
Something is falling.
Wherever it passed, enormous corals and fish in the sea were instantly cut apart and smashed.
Wherever it passed, even the surrounding sea kings roared in fear and made way for it.
Wherever it passed, the black and red lightning almost stirred up the ocean currents.
At this moment, that existence is like a meteorite.
But at this point, Neptune and the princes were completely certain.
That wasn't a meteorite.
But
"people?"
As a fish-man with senses far exceeding those of humans, Shark Star had already seen the figure falling from above.
That was a human being.
He was dressed in white armor, had red hair, and a sword at his waist.
"Is it 'red hair'?"
Emperor Star and Flip Star recognized the face—on the entire ocean, the appearance of the Four Emperors was obviously no secret.
This puzzled them; why would one of the Four Emperors suddenly appear on Fishman Island?
But
"No, not 'Red-Haired' Shanks."
Neptune spoke in a deep voice.
He gripped the trident tightly in his hand and looked at the figure.
The falling meteorite had stopped above Fishman Island.
So Neptune could see the other's intact arms, his unmarked face, and his cold eyes.
He recognized Shanks—he had met him when Roger visited Fish-Man Island.
Neptune had even heard Roger's crew vaguely mention Shanks' identity.
He was certain that the other person was not Shanks, but...
"His twin brother... he's a Celestial Dragon!"
At this thought, a dark look flashed across Neptune's eyes—an instinctive sense of unease had risen in his heart.
But
"Your Mightiness."
Neptune still forced himself to speak—he was trying to communicate with the other person.
Again.
He was unwilling to give up the 'hope' that his wife had given her life for.
However, things did not go as he wished.
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Looking down at Neptune and the murloc army below.
Shamrock's expression remained unchanged.
He also seemed to have no intention of communicating with Neptune.
His expression was indifferent—not out of disdain or hostility, but out of pure indifference.
That indifference even surpassed the malice of ordinary Celestial Dragons who regarded mortals as 'insects'.
In his eyes, the Fishman Island below and the fishmen on it could not even be considered living beings.
They are nothing but dust, not worthy of his malice and hostility.
Shamrock's attention was fixed on the incredible giant tree located near Fishman Island.
The warm sunlight even made him squint slightly.
"The tree of the sea, the sun tree Eve."
He murmured softly—even in the deep sea, he seemed to still be able to breathe and speak.
This is only natural.
As a loyal servant of the Abyss and a force within it, he is naturally unaffected by the Deep Sea.
As he murmured softly, his hand reached for his waist and grasped the rapier.
"Click".
The next moment, the sword was drawn.
"Buzz!"
Powerful, dark red, domineering lightning coiled around the sword blade.
As mentioned before, among all the knights of God, Shamrock is the only one who possesses 'Conqueror's Haki'.
Dark power surged from Shamrock's left arm, enveloping his entire body.
Thus, within this deep sea, darkness completely replaced sunlight.
"Hoo!" "Hoo!" "Hoo!"
At the same time—three beast-like roars came from the sword in Shamrock's hand.
then
The blade, wreathed in an extremely powerful Conqueror's Haki, truly transformed into a 'monster'.
The sharp blade transformed into three dog heads.
Each dog's head was so large that it was almost the size of a giant, and 'flame clouds' symbolizing the awakening of the fruit were wrapped around its head.
Sword blades protruded from the mouths of all three giant dogs.
Yes.
This is Shamrock's weapon—a rapier that has been imbued with the 'Zoan-type Mythical Zoan-type Inu Inu no Mi Cerberus Form', and is named 'Seven Sins'.
That was the 'trophy' his father had won for him in the Valley of the Gods, which was originally meant for him to consume.
But Shamrock refused the fruit.
"Eating the fruit would make me afraid of seawater, and I don't need a power that has such a weakness."
So that precious fruit was given to his sword.
What's even more terrifying is that even the sword in his hand has awakened its own Devil Fruit power.
At this moment, it revealed its brilliance to the world for the first time.
"Hell's Music - Ferry!"
(End of this chapter)