Chapter 48: Treasure Box Falling From Heaven
Boring and monotonous voyages always need something to pass the time.
When the mast boat left the Twin Islands and sailed out to sea, Jaya kept reading the ancient history book.
In less than half a day, she read the entire book.
Later, Maud was idle and idle, so he took the book from Jaya and began to read it.
Compared with the description of time and after the change of things in the book, Maud is more interested in the so-called story of the so-called giant holding an axe.
Splitting the Twin Islands with an axe?
Not horizontally, but vertically.
How many meters the depth reaches is not specified in the book.
When he landed on Chunzi Island, Maud's attention was mostly attracted by the giant yin and yang tree, but he didn't pay much attention to the rock walls along the coast.
Thinking about it carefully now, those rock walls near the shore are indeed as smooth as tofu, which corresponds to the content of this book.
But Maud would never have thought of going there if it weren't for this history book.
It is even more impossible to think that the weather in the twin islands is actually split by this nameless giant with an axe.
For those who know enough about the strength of the top powerhouses, just dividing the island into two is not shocking.
However, it is a bit mysterious to split half of a winter island that has been blizzard with snow all year round with one axe.
This is where Maud is very interested.
It is a pity that in this excerpt, several handwritings have been smeared out.
Referring to the context, it can be seen that these smear marks correspond to the number of years when the giant split the island, as well as the giant's name.
Maud read this excerpt carefully, and then slowly closed the book.
In this vast world, whether before or now, there is no shortage of strange people.
"History."
Speaking of the history of this world, Maud couldn't help but think of Nicole Robin's figure.
It should be about a year and a half before Luffy leaves the sea...
At this point in time, Robin should work under Shichibukai Crocodile.
Thinking of Crocodile and Baroque Works, Maud's thinking begins to diverge.
Before entering the great waterway, Maud had considered the route where [Little Garden] was located, in order to hunt down the two giants on that island.
Once he chooses to take that route, the Island of Beginnings will be the whisky island occupied by the Baroque Works.
At that time, it is inevitable that there will be an intersection with Crocodile.
But the matter of changing ships is more important, so Maud can only give up the small garden route.
However, he will find a way to get the permanent pointer of the small garden after changing ships.
At the beginning of the route, he didn't want to miss the two giants in the small garden.
For him, the two giants were not only prey that could bring huge profits, but also two objects of battle that could be used to hone their strength.
It would be a pity to miss it.
The divergent thinking gradually left the little garden giant, and then moved to the original intention of Crocodile's attack on the desert country Alabasta-the ancient weapon Hades.
"Ancient weapons..."
Maud shook his head slightly.
Even if he has valuable information of a predictive nature, at this stage, it is impossible for him to touch this hot potato.
Including Nicole Robin, who can read the text of history, is also a hot potato.
Just as Maud was thinking about it, the hull suddenly jolted violently, and the sky darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Are you here again..."
Maud got up from the deck chair and came to the bow, watching the waves that suddenly became violent, and the thick black clouds that quickly gathered from a distance.
Such weather changes with few warning signs are commonplace in the great waterways.
And every encounter is a challenge to the ship and its crew.
Usually at this time, as long as Lafayette doesn't ask for help, Maud just needs to lie down obediently.
Facing the turbulent waves, the mast ship plunged into the storm, showing a precarious situation.
"Boom!"
A thunderous thunder pierced through the thick black clouds.
The short-lived thunder light illuminated the world here, and it also allowed the group of Modders who were waiting to see clearly the changes in the clouds in the sky.
I saw that the surging black clouds hung down like maltose.
Lightning flashes faintly in each cloud, and are torn into various shapes by the gust of wind.
"The clouds... hang down?"
Looking at this scene, Maud's eyes changed.
As soon as the voice fell, another thunder sounded.
With the flashing light of lightning, the falling clouds that were torn and pushed were clearly coming in the direction where they were.
Such a spectacle immediately brought inexplicable pressure to everyone.
Before Lafayette could respond, another noticeable change took place on the rough sea.
Suddenly, a trickle of water rose up in the sea, rushing towards the falling black cloud.
To be more precise, the trickle of sea water was "sucked" by the black cloud wrapped in the gust of wind.
When the sea water trickle and the black cloud are connected together, it turns into a waterspout with electric light in the blink of an eye.
The change that this produced in a few seconds shocked the hearts of Maud.
Once again the Great Channel showed them the terrifying power of nature.
"Jim, steer left!"
After Lafayette identified the direction of the current as quickly as possible, he sent Jim the order to make the right decision.
Hearing Lafayette's operation order, Jim bulged his arms and steered frantically to the left, against the resistance brought by the violent waves.
With Jim's frantic rudder, the mast boat pitched to the left.
At this time, a wave brought out by the ocean current suddenly appeared on the "passing" of the masted ship, which ingeniously became the steering assist of the masted ship, helping the masted ship to get rid of the whale-sucking current that gradually formed ahead.
In less than ten seconds, several of Maud crossed the line of life and death in one step.
But the harsh weather isn't over yet.
The command of the ship fell to Lafayette, while Maud ran to the right of the masted ship and looked at the dozens of waterspouts rising from the sea ahead.
Under Maud's gaze, the dozens of waterspouts converged at a very fast speed, and then formed a huge waterspout that pumped out a large amount of seawater.
Maud even saw several badly damaged ships writhing up and down the waterspout by the strobe light of the thunder.
The rotten hull was torn into countless wrecks in an instant.
"Um?"
Suddenly, Maud's eyes narrowed and he saw one of the wreckage flying towards the mast ship.
In order to prevent the mast ship from being damaged, Maud stepped into the sky, ready to intercept the wreckage.
"Treasure chest?"
Maud wanted to kick the wreckage that flew straight away, but after seeing that the wreckage was really a treasure chest tied with chains.
He hurriedly closed his feet, turned to catch the treasure chest with both hands, and immediately fell to the deck.
In such a critical situation, he found an inexplicable treasure chest from the sky, and Maud was in a mixed mood for a while.
This treasure chest is quite heavy to start. The wooden box with iron bars is tied with a few rusty iron chains that are tangled into a ball. It is so messy and disordered that it looks like a dead knot.
In the dead knot tied by the iron chain, there were two pale broken palm bones embedded in it, which was in sharp contrast with the rust that could be seen everywhere on the iron chain.
Maud glanced at the metacarpal bone embedded in the chain, and could see that the owner of the treasure chest must be extremely unwilling before dying.
In a fickle place like the Great Channel, there are many scenes of great joys and sorrows.
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