Chapter 74

In the middle of the island, I found a clearing with a small crater on it. In this crater was a bottle, and in it was a white piece of paper. I took out a piece of paper and it immediately began to move, so I did not hesitate and headed in the direction she was pointing.

I flew for a short time, and now, after a few hours, I found myself next to a rather large island. This island had a rather strange appearance. Several active volcanoes, from which smoke came out. A lot of huge mushroom-shaped rocks, although they may have been such mushrooms, I don't quite understand. Trees and shrubs grew on these mushrooms.

Strange birds resembling pterodactyls could be seen in the air, and there were just a lot of strong auras all over the island. Definitely, the animals on this island are dangerous creatures, it is not surprising that people could not survive here.

At the moment it was summer season on the island, so it was very hot here.

When I looked around, on one of the banks I saw my ship, and next to it a huge blue snake. She lay curled up in a ball and slept. Not far from her, the guys were sitting around the stone with their eyes closed, all except Zoro, and Rayleigh was lying on the snake itself, sipping some kind of drink.

When I looked in his direction, he also looked in mine and grinned. I smiled back and started flying towards him.

Stopping near the snake, which did not even pay attention to me, I said:

"Hello Rayleigh-san, how are you?"

The dark king jumped off the snake and was next to me, then said:

- Not bad, finished my business?

I nodded.

- Yes, everything went well, old Whitebeard even helped me to leave his ship.

Reilly laughed.

"Ha ha ha, I imagine it's definitely in his spirit.

I looked around and said:

- What an interesting island ...

Rayleigh chuckled.

- And then, this island is called Rusukaina, I remember that once there lived one tribe, but even they could not last long here. This island is one of the most dangerous in "paradise".

"I hope they don't die here?" - I squinted at the guys.

Rayleigh shrugged.

- Who knows, it depends on them, they themselves asked for difficult workouts. I never thought that it bothered them so much. It turned out that they were very worried that you were too strong, and they could not match you. Do you understand?

I nodded.

- Yes, I noticed it, but I could not do anything about it.

- Well, there is only one way - brutal training, and this island is the perfect place for that. So far, I don't let them go deep, here only Zoro and Sanji will be able to stretch there a little, and the rest will be easy prey.

We looked at the guys who were sitting quietly with their eyes closed, and I asked Rayleigh:

- What are they doing?

- Develop the will to observe, this is the basis of the foundations. Didn't you study like that?

I nodded.

- Yes, I started with the feeling of immovable objects, only they were ropes.

The dark king chuckled:

"The ropes are good too, they do the same thing, see that white stone in the middle? - Showed Rayleigh to the stone. - This is an immovable object that they are trying to sense. Learning with a stone is a little easier due to its unique structure, although you can take any subject at all, it just takes a little more time.

- I see, what is Zoro doing?

Zoro was nowhere near, I could feel his aura far in the forest.

"He hunts, he already had good makings of the will of observation, so I sent him to learn how to use it in battle.

I nodded.

"Okay, thanks Rayleigh-san.

Rayleigh waved his hand.

- Come on, we have an agreement, you have to pay for everything.

- Speaking of that ... - I stretched out my hand and a black haze appeared on it, and then abruptly a dark purple fruit appeared from there. I handed it to Rayleigh saying:

- This is a gift.

- Wow, devil fruit? - The dark king took the fruit and examined it, then said: - It's a good thing, but why do I need it?

I chuckled:

- Sell or place a bet, it will do for a lot, I brought gifts to everyone, how could I forget about you?

"Haha, okay, then I'll leave him. - Rayleigh quickly put the fruit somewhere and smiled.

- Okay, I'll go and hand out gifts to the others. - After these words, I headed towards the guys.

Still, the old man came up with a good way to get to the island, apparently, he used that big snake in order to ferry the ship here. Rusukaina is located in Kalm-Belt, so there are only two ways to get here. The first is to use the Marines 'method and cover the bottom of the kairoseki ship, and the second is to use the Kuja Pirates' method. They use large venomous snakes, which sea kings fear, so they can swim in Kalm Belt without any problems. Rayleigh used the same method.

When I approached the guys, I smiled and said:

- Long time no see.

They immediately opened their eyes and looked at me. North got up and rushed to hug me:

- Captain! Haha, I miss you so much.

I stretched my arms forward and said:

- Stop, stop, stop! I was gone for several days, why would you miss me?

- Eh? Yes, for me an eternity has passed ...

Then Nami came up to me and said:

- Are you okay? Finished your business?

I nodded.

- Why, I even brought you presents.

- Presents? - With a twinkle in her eyes the girl asked.

I chuckled and walked away, then stretched my hand forward and said:

- Release.

* H-y-y *

A large black funnel opened next to my palm, and a huge golden face slowly emerged from there, along with a golden throne, on which lay two strange fruits and one black katana. Then a large cube with golden edges floated out next.

- This, this ... - Nami stood in shock, and then jumped from her place and began to hug the golden face.

I shook my head and turned to Robin.

"Sky Island Poneglyph, this is for you.

- Sky Island? - The girl was surprised.

- Yes, I was able to look there on the way, then I'll tell you.

Robin smiled and said:

- Well thank you. Then, with genuine interest and a sparkle in her eyes, she walked towards the poneglyph.

Then I turned to North and said:

- Mlivian red, for the drinker. - Raised his hand, and from there flew two barrels of wine.

The barrels flew straight towards North's head.

* Bach * * bach *

- Ay, cap ... It could have been more careful, and you can kill. - The redhead got up, rubbing his head. Then he uncorked the keg and took a sip of the wine, then exclaimed:

- Heck! So tasty!

I chuckled and walked towards the golden throne, picked up two fruits and headed towards Sanji. It's time to distribute the devil fruits ...