【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"His name is Paulie," said the bald priest with wings.

"Let me explain in advance. I'm Cangtian Animal Master. I put my animals through strict training... After they learn to walk upright... I also teach them how to punch... You can experience it to your heart's content!"

"There should be a limit to training!" Zoro said speechlessly as he watched the white dog make some boxing movements with its front legs.

"Go ahead, Paulie!" Ohm ordered.

The next second the giant dog roared and rushed towards Zoro. When it was about to hit him, Zoro jumped to the side and avoided the impact of the giant dog. At this moment, the sword in the hand of the man sitting on the giant dog's head suddenly became longer and attacked him. Although he was surprised, Zoro still blocked it.

"What kind of sword is this?" Zoro admitted that the sword was strange.

"This sword is made of Iron Cloud, and its blade can be enhanced with Iron Cloud using the shell embedded in the handle..." Ohm said as he displayed the sword in his hand, swinging it again to send a whip towards Zoro "Keep chasing the enemy!!"

Zoro jumped to avoid the blow.

"Do you understand now? Swordsman from Qinghai!" Ohm asked disdainfully.

"It's like a whip, yes, I understand, the White Sea is the concentration place of jugglers!" Zoro sneered.

Zoro used his Observation Haki to keep running and dodging the retractable sword in the man's hand, while calmly dealing with the situation in front of him. For him, the problem now was not that he could not dodge the attack, but that every time he attacked, the distance between him and the enemy became larger, and he could not attack him at close range. Now his slash could not attack so far. Zoro clenched the sword in his hand. It was time...

"Paulie!" As Ohm gave the order, the huge white dog continued to attack Zoro, while he kept swinging the knife in his hand.

Zoro quickly dodged the giant dog's attack and assumed a fighting stance, ready to meet the priest's outstretched sword "Have you ever seen the Flying Slash? Two-sword style... Thirty-six winds of trouble!"

"Iron Whip!"

'It was deflected...' Zoro gritted his teeth as he watched the attack being deflected, and hurriedly rolled to the side to avoid the upcoming sword move. It took a while for the Flying Slash to be deflected, and his attack was not enough.

"You seem to be an important member of the Qinghai people? I have aimed at your heart. Pray to God! Swordsman of Qinghai!" Ohm said proudly.

"Fool, I will never pray to God in my life!" Zoro tied the green turban on his arm on his head. "Although you are not a real swordsman, thank you for everything I learned from fighting you. Feel it!"

Zoro said as he bit the Wado Ichimonji with his teeth "Thirty-six troubles in the first life... Seventy-two troubles in the second life... One hundred and eight troubles in the third life... Three sword style, one hundred and eight trouble winds!!!"

"Iron Cloud was shaken away!?" Ohm looked at the three slashes in disbelief as they shook his weapon away. He knew he couldn't block this kind of attack, but he still gripped the weapon tightly in his hand and raised it up as hard as he could, trying to block it, but he was unsuccessful. In the end, he was knocked down by Zoro's slash, and a lot of blood spurted out of his chest instantly.

At the moment the priest fell, Zoro slowly put the two swords in his hands back into the scabbards and quickly jumped out of the giant dog's attack range.

"and many more!"

Unexpectedly, the giant dog actually sat there, waiting for his order. Zoro shouted in disbelief, "So this dog will listen to everyone!?"

"Knock yourself out!" Zoro ordered. Unexpectedly, the dog actually knocked him out with his fist. He muttered in disbelief, "This guy really did it..."

"Ah, anyway, it's time to go find the ruins..." Zoro said as he walked to the right.

……

Robin looked at the tilted stone tablet in front of him, took out a notebook from his backpack, and wrote down as he read, "The city's monument... was built by the descendants of the city of Shandora after it was destroyed... It was in the 402nd year of the Haiyuan calendar... It was a prosperous city that was more than 1100 years ago, and it was destroyed 800 years ago! It happened to be the blank 100 years that were not recorded anywhere."

"This island is indeed related to the lost...unrecorded history on the ground!" Robin pondered, perhaps she could find the history she wanted here.

"She's a pretty girl..."

"Who?" Robin turned around and looked vigilantly in the direction where the voice came from. An unusually fat man appeared behind her.

……

"These guys are all messengers of God, right?" Lucci sighed, looking at the messengers lying on the ground in silence. Although they were weak, the weapons they used were really strange. All kinds of shells? He had never seen so many kinds of shells. The only one he was familiar with was the fire shell he had seen on Ace's ship before. These shells looked quite interesting.

So where did Luffy go? It was really strange. He clearly sensed Luffy's presence nearby, but he was blocked by these people for a while. Then when he went to look for him again, he was gone?

……

Everything is blurry.

That was the first thought that came to Luffy's mind as he opened his eyes, before noticing what looked like mud in his mouth, and it took him a while to regain consciousness and try to figure out where he was.

He felt his chest a little tight and it was hard to breathe in, but he could take a few slow breaths to relieve this. He felt like he couldn't move at all, couldn't turn his head or move his hands, the only thing he could move were a few fingers.

"Help~"

Luffy managed to make a sound, not really understanding why he was here. The last thing he remembered was hearing Lucci and Robin talking, then he spotted something that looked like a golden beetle, he remembered he was trying to catch it, then that stupid snake suddenly appeared, he tried to tame it, rode it for a while, then he didn't know why he was here...

"Fizz!"

A voice broke his confusion and he twisted his head desperately, managing to see up. Luffy moved his eyes slightly and it was then that he fully realized his surroundings. He was stuck in a gap in the ground.

Somehow his body was stretched, and that stupid snake was right above the gap, blocking the only light, he tried to stretch his legs and move upwards, he could feel the gap above getting bigger, the next second he felt his whole body start to slide down a few inches again, Luffy immediately stopped trying.

'Stupid snake, get me out!'

"Hiss!"

'Asshole, are you laughing at me!? ' Luffy thought angrily in his heart when he heard the voice of the stupid snake. He hoped that Lucci could find him quickly.

……

Near the Shandora Ruins

"Kamachili, we're almost there, there's a giant bean vine covered by clouds ahead!"

"We are very close to the ruins of Shandora. Enel is at the top of the bean vine!"