One Piece: Under the Throne

His Majesty Cobra looked at Leo with caution: "Lord Water Angel, you can't joke like that. Outsiders are not allowed to enter the tomb of the Nefertari family, and there is no historical text there."

Leo stared at the night sky, and after a while he said leisurely: "The Nefertari family is the descendant of the 20 kings who established the World Government. 800 years ago, your ancestor Lily decided to move out of the Holy Land and return to her homeland, Alabasta. In addition to these scattered information, I also suspect that your family also has a hidden name of D. Your Majesty Cobra, am I right?"

Leo's words startled Cobra so much that he took a few steps back and bumped into the railing. Cobra's whole body was already drenched in sweat, and he was shivering constantly, not knowing whether he was frightened by Leo's words or by the evening breeze. Cobra gritted his teeth, and his panicked eyes met Leo's pupils as bright as stars without saying a word.

"Your Majesty Cobra, I have no ill will towards you or Alabasta. I am not threatening you by telling you this. You are a real person, and I am not afraid to tell you that I am the one who inherited O'Hara's legacy. Pursuing the true text of history is my lifelong dream."

"O'Hara? Are you an ancient scholar? No wonder you are like this, but wasn't O'Hara destroyed because of the historical text? You insist on doing it even though you know it's impossible. Aren't you afraid that the people of the World Government will find out and destroy you too?"

Leo's mouth curved slightly and revealed a confident smile: "Only the two of us know about this. If you don't tell us, no one will know. I think you must understand that O'Hara did not study history for some ancient weapons, but the World Government covered up the secrets of the huge kingdom, which was the reason for O'Hara's destruction."

The words "huge kingdom" made Cobra's pupils shrink. He seemed to be strangled by the neck and took a deep breath. After a long while, he squeezed out a few words: "You are hurting me!"

Leo raised his eyebrows in surprise. He didn't expect Cobra to know about the giant kingdom. This was interesting: "It was once a prosperous country, with technology and military that dominated the world, but because..."

Cobra interrupted Leo's speech with an angry roar: "Stop talking, please stop talking, I don't want to listen, I will take you into the mausoleum, and after you find what you want, please leave Alabasta immediately."

Leo sighed helplessly. Cobra, who had not experienced the disaster of national destruction, still preferred the World Government. If it were 12 years later, he would definitely stand on his side. Leo bowed and spoke slowly: "Thank you, Your Majesty. For this, I am willing to provide you with seawater purification and artificial rainfall equipment free of charge, and promise not to appear in Alabasta within 10 years."

Cobra couldn't refuse Leo's benefit, nor did he understand what he meant by 10 years. Right now the situation was stronger than he was and he had to give in even if the other party didn't give anything. Now that he had received Leo's promise, Cobra breathed a sigh of relief.

"Please follow me!" After saying this, Cobra hunched his body a little. Under the bright moonlight, the two people's elongated shadows seemed as if one was surrendering to the other.

After passing through the palace and arriving at the back hall, we pushed open the heavy stone door and walked all the way down to finally reach the entrance of the mausoleum. The mausoleum of the Nefertari family was built very simply. The main body of the building was made of stone mixed with yellow sand. There were no other decorations except for two stone sculptures at the door.

Just when Leo was about to ask a question, His Majesty Cobra pushed open the last door of the underground palace. There was a different world inside the stone door. The tomb chamber was 20 meters high and supported by twelve stone pillars. There were two styles inside and outside the tomb chamber. Leo had just wondered why there were no murals or anything like that, and he got the answer here.

It turned out that all of them were carved in the tomb. Leo's eyes swept across the murals, which recorded the history of Alabasta, but there was no important information in them.

His Majesty Cobra brought Leo to the depths of the tomb without saying a word. The historical text recording the information of the ancient weapon Pluto stood in the center of the venue.

"This is the ancient text you requested. How long will it take you to decipher it? Please finish quickly and leave my country immediately."

Leo walked past Cobra and came to the main text alone. He ran his fingertips over the ancient text, and then took out the items for rubbing under Cobra's puzzled gaze: "It won't take long, Your Majesty. I'll make a rubbing and leave."

Leo skillfully copied the historical text, but His Majesty Cobra hesitated and tried to stop him several times but failed. About 20 minutes later, Leo finished his work. Just as the two were about to leave, Leo suddenly stopped and a mischievous idea came to his mind.

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment."

"Are you going to lose your words, Lord Water Angel?"

Leo ignored Cobra and carved a few words in ancient characters on the stone next to the main text of the history.

Cobra felt the veins on his forehead bulging: "Leo... don't destroy other people's tombs casually, damn it, stop it."

I don't know where Cobra got the courage from, but he rushed to Leo and hugged him tightly with both hands.

"Uncle, what are you doing? I'll just carve a few words and leave."

"Don't be too pushy, bastard. This is my family's cemetery. How can you destroy it at will?"

"Don't be so stingy. I have very important information for those who come after me."

"The descendants? There are descendants of Mader? What do you think the tomb of my Nefertari family is? A museum?"

"Uncle Cobra, please let go. This text is very important. It may even save your life."

"I don't need your help. If I enter the mausoleum in the future, I will be dead. What can you do if you want to revive me?"

"5 million Baileys, let me finish carving it."

Suddenly Leo felt his body relax, Cobra loosened his arms and straightened his clothes: "You said so, thank you for your generosity, Water Angel."

Leo: ...

Half an hour later, the two left the underground palace, and Leo disappeared into the sky under Cobra's disdainful gaze.

A figure descended from the sky and landed at the door of the tavern. The friends of Flowing Life were having a party inside. “Assholes, you didn’t even think of calling me when you were drinking. Let me show you how I punish you.”

……

A week later, Leo and his group returned to Rapeseed Harbor and prepared to set sail. To Leo's surprise, Crocodile came to see them off.

"Lao Sha, you can just make a phone call and it will be over. How can we have the nerve to ask you to take us there?"

Crocodile was standing at the port with his two younger brothers. Leo's words made Crocodile a little defensive: "Damn, the port is owned by your family, so you are the only one allowed to go out to sea from here."

"Oh, why do you, a sand crocodile, want to go into the sea? Be careful or you might drown."

Suddenly, yellow sand filled the sky, and two tornadoes were about to form: "Drowned me? I'll send you to the sea to feed the fish first."

Leo grinned, and five lifelike water dragons rose from the sea. Their huge bodies instantly covered the yellow sand. The other friends also picked up their weapons and looked at Crocodile with amusement: "We are all old acquaintances. Let's skip the farewell ceremony, what do you think?"

The natural disaster scene frightened Mr. 1 and another unknown little brother so much that they sat down on the ground. Crocodile looked at Leo fearfully as he waved his hand to disperse the yellow sand in the sky: "I will kill you sooner or later, bastard, remember this."

"Haha, okay, I'll remember this, okay? You've already got the information you want, so why are you still staying in Alabasta?"

"None of your business."

Leo shrugged, and suddenly thought of something. He stared at Crocodile's face again and again: "I have two suggestions for you. They can greatly increase your combat effectiveness."

Crocodile laughed disdainfully and said, "Junior, you are not even good at the natural system. What right do you have to give me advice?"

Leo instantly became interested. He jumped off the boat and hugged Crocodile's shoulders. "You also know that your combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced if you leave the desert terrain, especially when you are at sea, where you will be more severely restricted by the terrain. My first method can solve this problem."

Crocodile raised his eyebrows and put his ear closer: "Stop talking nonsense and speak quickly."

Leo whispered mysteriously, "You can carry a container filled with sand, but don't underestimate the extra sand. It can definitely make the difference between victory and defeat when the terrain is unfavorable. I personally suggest that you carry a gourd."

Crocodile was very annoyed. "What the hell is this gourd? How can I carry a gourd on my back when I'm dressed as a gangster godfather? But your suggestion is good and I will consider it. What's the second one?"

Leo's expression became more serious: "This one is even more incredible. If you follow my method, your combat power will be increased by at least 30%."

Seeing Leo's serious words, Crocodile also showed a rare nervous look: "What is the method? Tell me quickly."

"It is said that using this method can make you a man favored by the sand, which is..."

"What is it? Tell me now!"

"It's just...carving the word "love" on your forehead."

Leo stared at Crocodile seriously, and the latter also had an extremely serious expression. The two of them just looked at each other without saying a word. The tense atmosphere seemed to have frozen the air, until a breeze blew up the sand at their feet and brought the world back to life.

[Desert Sword] The blade made of yellow sand suddenly slashed towards Leo, but Leo was prepared and dodged the attack with a flash, and jumped back onto the Poseidon Soldier: "Guys, hurry up and start the boat, this crocodile is trying to cross the river and destroy the bridge."

Crocodile was furious: "I don't trust you, go to hell [yellow sand rolling]."

On this day, sand waves buried the port of Rapeseed Flower Port, and soon the news that the Seven Warlords of the Sea and the Sand Crocodile Crocodile had once again broken out in a war spread like wildfire.

Another half a year passed, and in addition to continuing to save pirates, the Poseidon was also tasked with conquering pirates. Their actions also earned the Mobile Life a great reputation.

But Leo rarely showed up during this period. Since leaving Alabasta, he locked himself in the laboratory. After half a year of unremitting efforts, he finally deciphered the historical text obtained from Alabasta.

In the laboratory, Rio's messy hair had grown to his waist, and his face, which was just over 20 years old, was covered with stubble. His sloppy image seemed like a different person, but his eyes were extremely bright, and he laughed while holding up a strange symbol.

"I've made a lot of money this time. So this is the secret of Hades. I want to see who dares to compete with me in firepower in the future."