One Piece: Heart of the Sea

It was getting late, and Haven remembered what the vendor had told him during the day that outsiders would come north of the city to stay there.

By the time Haven reached the north of the city, the sun had just set, but the sky was still bright, and a dark feeling followed.

Walking on the streets north of the city, Haven has the feeling of crossing a city, and the situation here is completely different from that of the taverns and docks.

This side is already on the edge of the kingdom city, and the forest can be seen faintly, and the buildings in the north area are also relatively dilapidated, and there are few people on the streets, and the houses on both sides of the street occasionally collapse, but there is no one to repair it.

While Haven was still wondering if it was the fruit vendor who had deceived him, not far ahead, he was greeted by a tall church with two long lines of people lining up in front of the church.

Haven couldn't walk in the direction of the church, and when he got closer, he realized that the people in line in front of the church were all ragged, yellow-faced, and thin, all holding a bowl and walking forward slowly.

Walking along the line, you can see the man who had just finished receiving gruel and bread squatting not far away, devouring food.

At the front of the line, a tall man in a black robe was handing out bread to people, and Haven looked back at the dilapidated Chengbei district behind him, and then at the tall church in front of him, and couldn't help but smack his tongue, could it be that this is the church where he stayed.

But in any case, in the last life in China, if you go to the door of the Buddhist temple to spend a night, although the church and the Buddhist temple are different, but the essence is the same, I want to come can also pay attention to the night.

After tonight, tomorrow I will go to the Adventurers' Guild to find a place to stay, and at the moment the man who seems to be a priest is busy, so I will not disturb him until he is done.

With that in mind, Haven walked slowly forward from the end of the line.

A little girl on the side of the road fed the porridge she had just brought to her weak brother one bite at a time, and after a while, the small bowl of porridge she had brought was at the bottom.

Fortunately, the younger brother was sensible, and when he fed his brother bread, the younger brother shook his head and motioned for his sister to eat, and the elder sister also took a bite of the bread when she saw this, but she choked on the dry bread crumbs and coughed.

"Ahem, ahem!" The

little girl's face turned red, and it took a while to regain her strength, and Haven couldn't bear it when she saw this, so she took out one of the pears left in the morning and handed it to the little girl.

"No, I'll give you a pear, eat it slowly. The

little girl took the pear with red eyes and took a big bite of it, and then handed it to her brother.

"Thank you!" Haven

didn't say much, but continued to walk slowly back to the end of the line.

Why is there such a big difference between the same country? During the day, I still see the laughter of the common people, but when I come to the north of the city, I see the people struggling to make a living.

Haven didn't understand, and before he knew it, it was completely dark, and the man in front of him received gruel and bread. Thanking the priest, it was Haven's turn.

The priest looked up at Haven, and the movements of his hands stopped, "You also want relief meals?" His

voice was slightly cold, perhaps in his opinion, Haven's dress and coming to receive the limited relief meals every day was really a little annoying.

"No, no, I misunderstood, I'm here to find a place to live. Haven hurriedly explained, "I was told that the place to stay is in the north of the city. The

priest's face softened a little, and he arranged for the man next to him to clean up the stall, and then motioned for Haven to come with him.

Following the tall man, Haven entered the church, which was the same as the church in Haven's impression, solemn and solemn, with rows of seats clean and tidy.

Walking to the innermost, Haven followed him to the annex at the back of the church.

"There were very few outsiders on the island, so there was no place to stay, and the church became a place for the few outsiders. "

There is a cave behind the church, much like a courtyard house in the previous life, and when you enter the back door, there is a clearing in the middle, and there is a big green tree in the middle of the courtyard, surrounded by rooms.

"I'm the priest here, Rayson. As he spoke, he opened the door of one of the rooms, "This place is cleaned every day, so don't worry about hygiene." "

Thank you, Father Rayson, for this already good. Haven thanked Rayson.

"Don't be too busy saying thank you, 100 Baileys a day, 2500 per month, no credit.

Haven was stunned for a moment by saying this, it costs money to stay in this church?Shouldn't

the church be a sacred place, why is there a deal?Looking at Haven's surprised gaze, Rayson said, "Otherwise, what will the people outside eat to support?"

Hearing this, Haven woke up, the church is a sacred place, yes, but it is not a charity that can only be accessed, and the cost of relief meals is far from being covered by the cost of accommodation, but it is better than nothing.

Haven didn't have any ink, and took out 1,000 Bailey from the package and handed it to Rayson.

"I haven't eaten yet, if I don't dislike it, let's take a bite together, there have been no guests here for a long time. Haven

thought about it, although he had drunk a lot of wine in the afternoon, but now his stomach was empty, and he could also understand what was going on.

"There's no dislike to say, it's good to have a bite to eat when you're out of the house. It

was at the dinner table that Haven learned what was really going on in the country.

It turns out that it all started with a place called the Ural Mountains, and it is rumored that a long time ago there were no Ural Mountains on the island of Bilivos, but suddenly the earth changed every year, a great earthquake trembled, the island cracked, and the Ural Mountains dug into the ground.

Since that time, the island of Bilivos has been divided into half is the current kingdom, and the other half is the Ural Mountains, that is, from that time, there are rumors that the Ural Mountains are a treasure mountain, and if the secrets of the Ural Mountains can be discovered, then the entire Bilivos Kingdom will benefit.

But I don't know how many years have passed, the kingdom will put a lot of manpower and material resources into the mountains every year, but they are all in vain, and even those who enter the depths of the mountains every year have not returned.

At that time, many powerful people would be organized together every year to explore the Ural Mountains, but with little effect, until now only the area around the mountains has been explored, and these people later formed the adventurers' union together, and the kingdom will issue exploration missions every year, and these people also make a living by earning bounties.

If the search has been fruitless, then the enthusiasm for exploration will slowly fade, but from time to time explorers will bring back gold and jade, which is why the kingdom has not given up after so many years.

As for the people in Beicheng, it was because of a coup d'état ten years ago, when a minister coveted the throne of the kingdom and the treasures of the Ural Mountains, so he staged a coup d'état, killed the old king, and sat on the throne himself.

But the old king had a loyal guard under his command, and the minister could not help it, if they were there, then the coup would fail, so before the coup d'état, he used a trick to deceive the old king that he had found a way to enter the Ural Mountains, so the whole guard army was dispatched, and the result was naturally annihilation.

The Guard, which was formed by the young men of the city, all died in the Ural Mountains, and their families did not give up hope of finding them, so a search and rescue army of women also entered the mountains, and the result was that no one returned.

When Haven heard this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, what kind of terrible existence is there in the mountains, and there is no one alive in the depths of the army.

Moreover, Rayson told Haven that this is not only the case in the north of the kingdom, but there are several similar areas around the kingdom, and they do not have a place like a church to distribute charity meals every day, but fortunately, they can barely survive with the adventurer's union.

"What about the kingdom? shouldn't the kingdom give relief to its people?" Haven asked.

"Heh, for them, these old, weak, sick and disabled are just a group of people who have no use value. Haven

heard this, the hairs on his back stood up, and he was a group of people with human faces and beast hearts!