Pirates: Your Emperor is Back!

Great Route, Alabasta.

Tombs of former kings.

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

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

But at this moment, the silence of the tomb of the former king was broken by a few rash people.

It's a pirate.

More precisely, the pirates who fled here!

...

"Huh...huh! Captain, I can't do it anymore, I can't run anymore!"

"Move quickly, do you want to be killed!"

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

The first officer panted and said:

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

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

All around, the gravel surged, and a figure gradually condensed.

A tall man in 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 Shichibukai under the king, [Sand Crocodile] Crocodile who originally offered a bounty of 81 million Berry!

The captain of the pirate saw the tomb of the former king behind him, and there was no way to escape, so he stood up on his own initiative.

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

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

Suddenly, the yellow sand surged, and a sharp gravel scimitar sliced ​​across the chests of all the pirates.

The ability of the rustling fruit was activated, and the moisture in the pirates' bodies was instantly sucked, and they fell to the ground near death.

"Hehehe, let me save you, after all, 'national heroes' can't be too ruthless."

Crocodile walked past the pirates, murmuring.

"However, thanks to you running fast enough, I can use the excuse of chasing you to get close to this mausoleum 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 erosion ability of the rustling fruit was activated, corroding an inconspicuous crack on the outer wall of the mausoleum.

Immediately, the body elements turned into a puff of yellow sand and got in.

Arriving inside the mausoleum, Crocodile turned on the flashlight, illuminating the surroundings.

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

But this can't stop the natural devil fruit ability user.

Proceeding along the road, Crocodile came to the underground of the tomb of the former king, and his face darkened instantly.

This is indeed a mausoleum with extraordinary specifications.

Crocodile had never seen such a grand place, even if the flashlight's light could only glimpse the tip of the iceberg.

However, the "ancient text" 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 I can rule it out here."

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

"who!"

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

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

Even that Crocodile felt uncomfortable.

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

But at this moment, there was a sudden rumble all around, and one after another constant lights lit up, drowning out the faint light of the flashlight in an instant!

Click!

There was a crackling sound.

Click! Click! Click! Click...

This was followed by more and more intensive crackling sounds.

Crocodile looked up and found that there were cracks all over the wall not far away!

Countless golden rays of light poured out of it, making his eyes a little stinging.

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

not good!

He quickly elementalized his body, turning into gravel and clinging to the ground.

Immediately, the wall exploded, and a suffocating breath spread to the entire mausoleum!

Crocodile was even more shocked.

Is that... domineering look?

Here is the depths of the mausoleum, only Crocodile is alive.

But he has never heard of any dead person who can burst out with domineering aura!

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

who?

Crocodile squinted his eyes, waited until the golden light gradually weakened, and finally saw the man clearly.

It was a "person" wearing a golden battle armor, with dark purple ribbons on the waist, neck, and wrists as decorations, 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 an elemental state, observing the other party.

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

Domineering?

Crocodile felt his scalp go numb for a moment. He didn't know that there was a monster who could use two or even three colors of arrogance hidden under the tomb of the former kings in Alabasta!

But Crocodile has his own rules——

Be the first to attack!

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

Swish!

Hit!

The scimitar slashed across, but Crocodile never expected something to happen.

The ability that should absorb all the water in the opponent's body is useless at this moment!

Then, the "person" spoke.

"The ability of the rustling fruit?"

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

"That's not right, I should be the user of the rustling fruit..."

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

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

"Hehehe, if you know what I say, it doesn't look like a ghost."

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

Swish!

Crocodile waved a sandstorm and blew it towards the man.

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

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

But that weird man just stretched out his right hand.

Wow...

The sandstorm dissipated instantly and became invisible.

Crocodile froze there.

He was pretty sure it was "dissipating" and not being "neutralized" by some other attack!

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

Those were "humanoid soldiers" made purely of yellow sand, each holding a gravel spear!

Swish!

Several spears pierced Crocodile in an instant, and he had no time to dodge, let alone defend!

The man grinned and said:

"Look good, Rusha Fruit, that's how I use it."

A few drops of cold sweat dripped from Crocodile's forehead.

He wasn't sure whether the opponent "won't" use armed domineering or "doesn't want" to use armed domineering.

If it's the latter, then he's already died once by now!

Crocodile stepped back slightly, the current situation has far exceeded his expectations!

Rusha fruit, mausoleum, Alabasta, one question after another can not be answered.

He looked at the other party cautiously, and tentatively asked, "Who are you...?"

"I?"

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

Immediately afterwards, the surroundings of the mausoleum began to rumble, and the walls cracked, as if they had been given life, opening the exit for the closed mausoleum.

The sunshine of Alabasta shone on their faces.

The man said slowly:

"I'm Ryan Rowan."

"The first emperor of the Alabasta Empire, and a former user of the rustling fruit."

"Oh, right--"

The man paced around, found his spear-shaped scepter at the side, and pulled it out from the ground.

He looked at the sun in the sky.

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

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