Pirates: Your Emperor is Back!

The Great Route, Alabasta.

Mausoleum of former kings.

This is the resting place of successive Alabasta kings, near the capital Albana.

Except for specific sacrificial activities, no one will disturb this sacred and magnificent mausoleum.

At this moment, the silence of the tomb of the late king was broken by a few rash people.

It's a pirate.

More precisely, the pirates who escaped here!

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"Hu... hu! Captain, I can't do it anymore, I can't run anymore!"

"Hurry up, do you want to be killed!"

The pirate captain pulled up his crew and looked behind him in horror, "That man is actually in this country!"

The first officer was out of breath and said:

"No, it's better to say, that man can catch us early in the morning, why did he force us here?"

This is what the captain was curious about, but it was impossible for them to go any further.

All around, the gravel surged, gradually condensing a figure.

A tall man wearing a black fur coat with a horizontal scar on his face appeared in front of the pirates.

His left hand is gone, replaced by a huge golden hook.

That person is one of the Seven Wuhais under the King, the [Sand Crocodile] Crocodile who originally offered a bounty of 81 million Berries!

The pirate captain saw the tomb of the late king behind him and had no way to escape, so he took the initiative to stand up.

"Hey, Sand Crocodile, we surrender, if you want to send us to the navy, please do, but don't hurt my crew!"

Hearing this, Crocodile just smiled gloomily and lit a cigar for himself.

Suddenly, the yellow sand surged, and a sharp gravel machete slashed through the chests of the pirates.

When the Shasha fruit ability was activated, the water in the pirates was instantly swept away, and they fell to the ground on the verge of death.

"Hehehe, I'll leave you alone. After all, a 'national hero' can't be too cruel."

Crocodile walked past the pirates and murmured.

"However, thanks to you running fast enough, I can use the pretext of chasing you to get close to this tomb that only the royal family of Alabasta can approach!"

His real purpose is for the shocking secret hidden behind the kingdom of Alabasta—

Ancient weapon 【Pluto】!

Crocodile stretched out his right hand, and the rustling fruit erosion ability activated, eroding an inconspicuous crack in the outer wall of the tomb.

Immediately, the body elements turned into a stream of yellow sand and drilled into it.

Coming to the mausoleum, Crocodile turned on the flashlight, illuminating the surroundings.

He saw a downward road, but was blocked by a stone gate.

But this doesn't stop the natural devil fruit ability.

Going forward along the road, Crocodile came to the underground of the tomb of the previous king, and his face darkened instantly.

This is indeed a mausoleum of extraordinary specifications.

Even if the light of the flashlight can only glimpse the tip of the iceberg, Crocodile has never seen such a magnificent place.

However, the "ancient script" he expected did not appear here.

"Tsk, aren't you here?"

After thinking for a while, Crocodile shook his head and said, "Forget it, after all, I haven't found anyone who can translate ancient texts, at least it can be ruled out here."

However, the moment Crocodile turned to leave, a strange aura suddenly locked on him!

"Who!"

Crocodile broke out in a cold sweat and turned around immediately, but saw nothing.

Although it was daytime, but after all, it was underground in the cemetery, and there was still a feeling of being stared at—

Rao was that Crocodile, and he felt uncomfortable all over.

He looked around and found nothing, so he planned to go back the same way.

But at this moment, there was a sudden rumbling sound all around, and the lights came on one after another, instantly drowning the faint light of the flashlight!

Click!

A cracking sound rang out.

Click! click! click! click...

It was followed by increasingly dense cracking sounds.

Crocodile looked up and found that there were already cracks on the wall not far away!

Countless golden rays of light poured out from it, causing his eyes to sting slightly.

Crocodile felt the growing energy in front of him, and couldn't help shrinking his pupils.

not good!

He hurriedly elementalized his body, turning it into gravel and sticking to the ground.

Immediately, the wall burst, and a suffocating breath spread throughout the mausoleum!

Crocodile was even more shocked inside.

Is that... overlord's arrogance?

This is the depths of the mausoleum, and there is only one living person in Crocodile.

But he has never heard of any dead person who can burst out with tyrannical arrogance!

Vaguely, he saw a figure slowly stepping out from the golden light behind the wall.

who?

Crocodile squinted his eyes, and when the golden light slowly faded, he finally saw the man clearly.

It was a "person" wearing a golden-yellow armor, with dark purple ribbons on the waist, neck, and wrists as decoration, and a helmet in the shape of a bird.

The style is very similar to the traditional clothing of Alabasta, but there are certain differences.

Crocodile continued to maintain his elemental state, observing each other.

The "person" seemed a little dazed, looked around, and then suddenly locked his gaze on Crocodile!

Did you see the color domineering?

Crocodile felt his scalp numb instantly. He didn't know that there was a domineering monster who could use two or even three colors hidden under the tomb of the previous king in Alabasta!

But the Crocodile one has his rules—

Start first to be strong!

Taking advantage of the moment when the "man" was puzzled, Crocodile quickly approached him, and immediately swung a gravel machete.

Swish!

Hit!

The machete slashed, but Crocodile never expected anything to happen.

The ability that was supposed to absorb all the water in the opponent's body was useless at the moment!

Then, the "person" spoke up.

"The ability of Shasha fruit?"

His voice was hoarse, as if he had slept for a long time and his mouth was dry.

"No, I should be the one with the ability to rustle fruit..."

Suddenly, he noticed Crocodile's appearance, and his voice became very surprised.

"Are you... Crocodile? [Sand Crocodile]?"

"Hehehe, knowing what I said, it doesn't look like a ghost."

Crocodile turned the golden hook in his left hand, "Are you here to rob the tomb? The ability to dry up is useless. Are you a natural ability person?"

Swish!

Crocodile waved a sandstorm and blew towards the man.

The power of this move is enough to blow up a dune!

Even if the opponent is a natural devil fruit person, this move is enough to force him to elementalize his body.

But the odd man just stretched out his right hand.

wow...

The sandstorm instantly dissipated and became invisible.

Crocodile froze there.

He was pretty sure that it was "dissipated", not "offset" by some other attack!

In the next instant, several figures suddenly appeared around Crocodile.

Those are "humanoid soldiers" composed purely of yellow sand, each holding a gravel spear!

Swish!

Several spears pierced through Crocodile instantly, and he had no time to dodge, let alone defend!

The man grinned and said:

"Alright, rustling fruit, that's how I use it."

A few drops of cold sweat trickled down Crocodile's forehead.

He was not sure whether the opponent "would not" use the domineering arrogance of the armed color, or "do not want" to use the domineering arrogance of the armed color.

If it is the latter, then he has already died once!

Crocodile took a half step back, and the current situation has far exceeded his expectations!

Shasha fruit, mausoleum, Alabasta, one question after another cannot be answered.

He looked at each other cautiously, and said tentatively, "Who are you...?"

"I?"

The man touched his chin and suddenly hooked his fingers. Those gravel soldiers instantly dissipated into a pile of yellow sand.

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding of the mausoleum began to rumble, and the walls cracked, as if it had been given life, opening an exit for this closed mausoleum.

The sun of Alabasta shone on the faces of the two of them.

The man said slowly:

"I'm Ryan Rowan."

"The first emperor of the Alabasta Empire, the former rustling fruit person."

"Oh, right-"

The man paced, found his scepter shaped like a long spear, and pulled it out from the ground.

He looked at the sun in the sky.

"I seem to have died eight hundred years ago."