Chapter 405: The Final Treasure
Just as stated before.
The center of the Tarai Current is a restricted area on the sea.
Even the powerful deep-sea Sea Kings cannot set foot in that area.
But now, accompanied by this massive underwater ocean current stopping its flow.
In front of Roy, he saw that massive object.
That was a city—a city that had long sunk into the deep sea.
But surprisingly, even though this city had been sunk in the sea for an unknown number of years, and even suffered the massive impact of that terrifying ocean current.
Its form seemed to still maintain its integrity.
VMMM!
Roy's figure instantly arrived within that city.
He could see the reliefs on the buildings of that ancient city—the reliefs were all depicting figures with wings growing on them and flames burning on their backs.
"As expected... this is the former royal city of the Lunarian Race—Lunariar."
Roy thought to himself.
After the Giant Race joined The Zodiac, Saul also gave Roy the many documents he rescued from the Owl Library before Elbaf's collapse.
Among these were some records from before the establishment of the World Government.
And Lunariar was exactly one of these records.
This city once belonged to the original masters of the Red Line, the Clan of Gods "Lunarian Race".
Of course, the current Roy was already very clear that this race, which theoretically could adapt to any environment, was exactly the "People of the Moon" from outer space in the past.
These People of the Moon mastered extremely advanced technology, but experienced a gap after the "war" triggered by Nika in the First World, and were subsequently defeated by Imu with the help of Davy Jones.
And their royal city "Lunariar" also vanished without a trace after that battle.
Now, the answer is very clear—this city didn't "vanish", but was sunk deep into the sea by Imu, hidden within the Tarai Current.
"Looking at it this way, that guy is indeed here too."
Murmuring in a low voice, Roy also slowly took out an item from his clothes.
That was strikingly exactly the compass Loki gave him in Elbaf.
And at this time, the needle on that compass was shaking violently like never before. Then, the shaking stabilized, and it pointed in a direction.
Roy looked up and discovered that direction was exactly a high tower in the center of this city.
"Over there?"
Roy slowly took steps.
In just a moment, he arrived at the platform at the top of that high tower.
Then, he saw two items on the high tower.
They were an outer coffin, and a box.
Without exception, they were both wrapped in intense Abyssal Power, presenting a pitch-black color.
But clearly.
To the current Roy, he was already highly experienced in dealing with Abyssal Power of this level.
He gently raised his hand, just a single wave.
Starlight sprinkled down, and the pitch-black Abyssal Power was instantly erased.
Thus, what was inside the outer coffin manifested first.
Revealed along with it, naturally, was the person inside the outer coffin.
That familiar messy blue-white hair, even with eyes tightly closed, his expression still seemed to carry wildness and arrogance.
And the direction of the compass in Roy's hand further explained his identity—that was exactly Rocks D. Xebec, who had been missing on the sea for many years.
But the most crucial part was.
Although the man in the outer coffin tightly closed his eyes.
His body was clearly still breathing, still active.
As if he was still alive.
And the most eye-catching part was his left chest.
There, there was a square hollow.
In the hollow, his heart... had long vanished without a trace.
But seeing this scene, Roy's expression didn't show any surprise.
"It really is exactly as you guessed, Rocks."
He murmured like this, and then gently raised his hand, taking out a box from the bundle on his chest.
Thump thump!
Thump thump!
Thump thump!
From within the box, the sound of a heartbeat continuously rang out.
Roy opened the box, and inside the box, strikingly contained an endlessly beating heart.
And looking at that heart, Roy couldn't help but recall in his mind the plan this great pirate told him after he returned to God's Valley and met Rocks previously.
"I will go fetch those things you want, and then... I will make a trip to Mary Geoise, and finally die there."
At that time, Rocks casually set his own ending.
"The reason?"
And Roy, who already knew about this, frowned and asked at the time.
"I've bet everything on you. Since that's the case... I naturally have to help you get all the 'crucial items' sufficient to fight against the Abyss."
Rocks said seriously.
"You have already obtained the Seed of the Sky and the Seed of the Sea, I will naturally go fetch the Seed of the Earth later, and the gold you need from the 'Sky Island', I will get them all for you—but this is still not enough."
"In Mary Geoise, there is also a crucial thing... that thing has been hidden by the Abyss since eight hundred years ago, He wouldn't want anyone to discover it."
"You can find it?"
Hearing this, Roy was somewhat curious.
"I can't find it either, but I can help you find it."
Speaking up to here, Rocks also grinned, pointing at himself: "I myself, am that 'signpost'."
"..."
[Op-Op Fruit · Perennial Youth Operation]
That was the choice he made.
Yes—Roy knew very well what Rocks did.
After completing their agreement, he indeed went to Mary Geoise to die.
Or to be more precise—since God's Valley, his soul had been continuously eroded by Abyssal Power at all times, and he was already on the verge of death anyway.
But before he died, he did two things.
First, he used the most precious ability of the Op-Op Fruit, the "Perennial Youth Operation".
And the target he used this ability on was himself.
"After using this operation, my soul will still dissipate, but my body will not die, and won't even age or die naturally, but will instead possess ultimate vitality and recovery ability, unable to be destroyed by normal means."
"The only one who can destroy my body is the 'Abyss', only 'Imu' Himself."
"However..."
"According to the contract Davy Jones signed with Imu back then—Imu cannot personally harm the bodies of the Davy clan descendants, He cannot personally take their lives."
So, at the end of his life, Rocks gave the omnipotent God a difficult problem.
Imu didn't dare, and also couldn't casually dispose of Rocks's corpse.
He could only hide Rocks's corpse, hide it in an absolutely safe place.
And clearly...
"That place must definitely be the place where the Abyss hid that treasure."
And now, Roy had already followed Rocks's guidance, using him as a beacon, and arrived here.
He had already found the treasure Rocks reserved for him.
Next, the thing he needed to do was very simple.
That is... use the key to open that treasure.
And that key was this heart in his hand.
This heart belonging to Rocks himself.
"I'll leave everything to you, my... partner."
Recalling up to here, Roy also looked at Rocks who died with a smile in the outer coffin, seemingly still having a voice echoing endlessly by his ear.
"Don't worry."
He spoke softly like this.
Then, he without hesitation... clenched his fist tightly!
"Partner."