Pirates: Knowledge is power

The Mountain King was extremely frightened when he saw the flames in Dram's hand, and even his huge body began to tremble.

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More than ten years ago,

As a child, the mountain king followed his mother around the forest. The mountain king lay on his mother's back and was led between the trees.

When my mother picked delicious fruits, she would give them to the mountain king as soon as possible.

At that time, the Mountain King was still small, and his size was not as terrifying as it is now. Even if he was holding an apple, it would be half his body.

But compared with his mother, the size of the Mountain King is nearly hundreds of times different.

Compared with his mother, the mountain king is really small and pitiful.

At that time, the mountain king would sit on his mother's back, holding the upper half of his own food and nibbling it bit by bit.

It almost took him a long time to finish eating an apple.

Whenever the mountain king is full, he will lie down on his mother's back and have a good sleep.

He lives like this almost every day. Although the Mountain King doesn't understand anything, he also likes this kind of life.

He should have grown up slowly in this environment.

But an accident broke the once happy and beautiful life of the mountain king.

One day, the Mountain King was sleeping behind his mother. He should have slept until he woke up naturally, as before, and then happily ate the food his mother gave him.

But this time, the mountain king was suddenly thrown out by his mother in his sleep!

The young Mountain King barely understood anything. He just vaguely opened his eyes, and then a deafening thunder sounded in his ears.

The sound, like the power of a god, made the mountain king tremble in fear, curling up and shivering.

After a long time after this "divine power" passed, the Mountain King rubbed his eyes and slowly saw his surroundings clearly.

When the Mountain King opened his eyes, his mother was surrounded by flames.

Even though there were differences, the Mountain King still recognized the flaming monster as his mother!

The mountain king's mother's body was burning with flames, but her strong body prevented her from dying immediately.

Rolling and wailing in the fire, the Mountain King wanted to step forward to help, but after coming into contact with the flames, his palms were burned by the flames.

Because of fear, the Mountain King did not dare to step forward. He could only stand aside and watch his mother fall to the ground from the original wailing.

In the end, he lost all movement in the flames and was reduced to a pile of charcoal that was completely incompatible with his mother.

The Mountain King didn't know where his mother had gone, but he knew that it was those things that emitted heat and light that took his mother away.

The bright flames and the thunder that was like the power of heaven completely became a nightmare in the memory of the Mountain King.

Even after losing his mother, the mountain king struggled to survive in the jungle and encountered a tiger that almost killed him.

In order to show off his prowess, the wolves bit him until his body was covered with scars.

But the enemies he encountered as he continued to grow were far less terrifying than the fear brought to him by fire and thunder.

Even though the mountain king has now become the unique king in this area!

He possesses a power that makes countless creatures fear, but the flame will always become a shadow in his heart.

Drum took the fire fold forward and prepared to hand the dried meat to the mountain king.

But for some reason, the mountain king backed away in fear, and his two big hands continued to make random gestures.

It seems that again, throw that thing away!

Drum failed to understand the meaning of the mountain king. Seeing him so frightened, he thought it was because he was afraid of the flames and stopped moving forward.

He placed the dried meat on the ground, then turned around to look for the Devil Fruit.

Seeing the flames going further and further away, the Mountain King wanted to catch up, but the shadow brought by the flames made him still dare not move forward.

Even the dried meat he liked so much, he lost his appetite at this time.

Drum followed the route until he was extremely close to his goal.

Looking at the surrounding scene, Drum was a little surprised.

Because in front of him, there was an extremely large number of corpses!

Drum stepped forward, squatted down, and inspected the bones in front of him.

Judging from the traces, these bones have been dead for a long time, decades at least, hundreds of years at most, a very long time of death.

There were a lot of armors and weapons scattered on the ground. Drum picked up one and held it in his hand for inspection.

Like the weapons and armor carried by the Mountain King, it seems that the orangutan's weapons and armor were picked up from here.

The quality of these weapons is not bad. I don’t know how long it has taken, but they are only superficially rusty.

Drum casually kicked the bones on the ground. After being kicked by him, the bones turned into a pile of powder.

It can be seen that these bones have become extremely fragile due to their age.

Seeing this, Drum didn't stay any longer and prepared to go directly to find his Devil Fruit.

But Drum was also sure that the fruit was still there.

Originally, he was worried that his fruit would be taken away by others, so he rushed over in a hurry.

But now Drum is extremely sure that his devil fruit has never been taken away.

The outermost layer is surrounded by a stone wall more than 20 meters high, and there are various powerful beasts in the forest inside.

Coupled with this bottomless canyon, it is a natural protective cover.

Think about it, except for the top powerhouses like the white-bearded golden lions on the sea, it is impossible for anyone to get here safely.

But a strong man with that kind of strength would definitely look down on this barren kingdom.

The country where Dram is currently located is called the Kingdom of Dorosa. It is at the forefront of the New World and is one of the participating countries of the World Government.

But this country can only barely collect the gold from the sky every year, and then obtains the protection of the navy.

Ordinary people don't have much savings in a year, so they barely survive.

In some natural disasters, they don’t even have enough to eat.

Naturally, the nobles and kings of the Dorosa Kingdom could not afford the high price of heavenly gold.

Therefore, all the heavenly gold part of the Dorosa Kingdom is borne by ordinary people.

Ordinary people who have barely survived in the first place, even if they can survive this year safely, will have their last bit of savings squeezed out.

Every time the Heavenly Gold is collected, many families in the Dorosa Kingdom will be torn apart.

The Kingdom of Dorosa also has armed forces, but obviously they only stay with the king and various nobles.

There was a pirate invasion, and they relied on the G7 branch not far from the Dorosa Kingdom for protection.

Such a barren kingdom with no qualifications for exploitation is not only ineligible to participate in the World Conference, but those big pirates will naturally not patronize it.

Perhaps except for slave traders, no one can see the value of plunder in this land of Dorosa Kingdom.

Drum stepped forward on countless bones. The further he walked, the more bones there were.

Until Drum reached the end of the canyon, bones were everywhere, and in some places the bones even piled up into hills!

At the end of the canyon, there is a cave, a cave full of mystery.

And this cave seems to be telling Drum that the Devil Fruit is inside, come and get it!