Chapter 137: Followers, Fire of the Soul
"Hold on, there's quite a lot of content here... Why would you research this kind of thing? I always thought that besides our Kozuki Clan, no one recognized these texts anymore."
"When you set out to sea one day, you will naturally know these things. The world is very big. Confining yourselves here, you naturally won't understand the outside world."
It was only after Kozuki Oden participated in a voyage outside and reached the final island alongside Roger that his belief that Wano Country needed to open its borders was solidified.
Theoretically, something might be recorded on the final island, but exactly what is on it remains unknown. However, just like a time capsule, it is something that can only be opened when the time comes.
After that, Nereus didn't linger there for too long. Instead, he left the coast, heading in the direction Big Pan and Kawamatsu had gone.
Kozuki Oden pondered in place for a moment before returning to the sea. He hadn't even won the fight, so he was too embarrassed to continue begging the other party to take him out to sea. After all, they had made an agreement beforehand.
He had originally come out to find soup stock ingredients for making oden. With this delay, he had almost forgotten about it.
"Old man, can we catch two carp from the sea to take back?"
"Catch a few small ones. It'll be inconvenient to take them back if they're too big. We flew out this time; we don't have a ship for them to slowly follow."
The giant carp here were also considered a special species of Wano Country. Because of the perilous outer sea area, these carp were not only massive in size but also possessed outstanding strength, sufficient to drag a ship up the waterfall outside Wano Country.
"Princess Nanamo, what do you want those useless carp for? How are they as useful as me, Hermes?
I am a cloud that can fly, run, and even swim!
My form can be changed at will. No matter how you think about it, I'm much more comfortable than those carp, right!"
Hearing Nanamo wanting to catch a few carp to take back to Fish-man Island, Hermes appeared slightly agitated.
Peers easily induce a sense of anxiety. As Nanamo's sole exclusive mount, Hermes was still very cautious about adding colleagues.
To demonstrate his omnipotence, he even directly molded himself into the shape of a carp. But due to his cloud nature, this carp looked more like an undead spirit.
"Stop messing around! I just want to raise some pets. They look like they'd bring in wealth."
Compared to the terrifying-looking Fighting Fish tamed by the Fish-man Pirates in the past, these giant carp looked much cuter.
The color of their scales was closer to koi rather than ordinary carp.
A koi this big must be even better at attracting wealth. This was Nanamo's simple and unadorned thought.
"Transporting these fish back will still depend on you. Work hard, Hermes, you are my most loyal subordinate."
Sky Island clouds also included Sea Clouds. Although they were still clouds, they possessed the same properties as seawater.
They could allow fish to live within them. However, because their density was different from water, aside from Sky Fish that naturally lived in Sky Islands, ordinary sea fish would fall straight through. A special base needed to be prepared.
As an employee, Homies were undoubtedly qualified. Without needing any rewards, just two words of verbal affirmation made Hermes brimming with motivation.
"I'll go pick a few out carefully later. By the way... why have you two been following us all this time?"
Nanamo turned to look at Inuarashi and Nekomamushi nearby. Ever since they left earlier, these two had been following behind them with small, hurried steps.
"The brotherhood legends are all lies! This country is too unfriendly to us; we don't want to stay here."
"But we don't want to go back to Zou right now, and we don't know how to go back either... So we want to follow our benefactor!"
"If you want to follow, then follow. I have a compatriot of yours over there; maybe you even know each other."
"Great!"
Seeing Nereus make a final decision on this, both Inuarashi and Nekomamushi felt very happy.
The Mink Tribe were quite capable warriors even in their normal state. Even a four- or five-year-old child could give a fully armed adult a hard time.
And on the night of a full moon, under the influence of moonlight, the Minks who entered the Sulong (Moon Lion) form would experience a qualitative leap in strength.
Without the Sulong form, Inuarashi and Nekomamushi could only fight a war of attrition against Jack. But once they entered the Sulong form, Jack couldn't hold out for long at all. The impact on their strength was evident.
A short while later, Nereus sensed Big Pan's aura and found Kawamatsu and his mother.
"Big Bro, she's injured and it's not easy for her to move. I don't have medicine, so I had to wait for you to come over."
Big Pan pointed at Kawamatsu's mother, explaining why he hadn't returned for so long.
He remembered the ship's doctor saying not to move someone easily if they had external injuries, but that was the only sentence he remembered.
"Your Majesty Nereus, I'm sorry to cause you trouble..."
"It's nothing. You are also citizens of Fish-man Island. Besides the external injuries, do you have any other discomforts? Like a fever?"
"No, my body is holding up somewhat, but during the shipwreck earlier, I might have hurt my bones..."
After roughly inquiring about the situation, Nereus had decided on a course of treatment. It wasn't an external injury measure like immobilizing with splints, but he took out a small bottle burning with a blue flame.
"Isn't this Amphelite's fire? Old man, how do you keep it burning? Amphelite didn't even come along this time."
Regarding Amphelite's ability...
Nanamo actually had a slight grievance. Because after the other party mastered this ability, Nanamo's training entered a weird mode.
Nereus would have Amphelite place the flames on Nanamo, healing her while she trained, which caused the intensity to rise even further.
Although the Flames of Resurrection were highly effective at healing external injuries, the premise was that Amphelite had to be nearby to use them. She had never seen this kind of fire being carried away like a spark.
"The essence of burning fire is an exothermic, light-emitting reaction. As long as combustible materials and a medium can be provided, the fire will burn continuously.
The Phoenix's fire is the fire of the soul. Ordinary things cannot be ignited, nor naturally preserved. But as for the fuel for this thing, I have plenty of it.
It will be a little hot, bear with it."
Nereus could carry the spark of the Flames of Resurrection. But without Amphelite nearby, Nereus didn't have the ability to control the temperature. Therefore, when using it for treatment, the injured person would feel a burning sensation.
But this kind of flame was the most effective means of treating external injuries.
"Big Pan, beneath this island is a vein of Seastone. Go down and take a look, estimate the general range of the vein. Can you do that?"
"Um... Big Bro, how will I know where the Seastone vein is?"
"Swim a bit slower. If you hit ground that you cannot turn into water, that means that is the Seastone vein. Understand?"
"Understood! I'll do a good job this time!"
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