"Well, your strength hasn't disappointed me, Roger."
El also sheathed his blade.
Without relying on the Rinnegan, Ten-Tails, Wood Style, and a series of other abilities.
El's strength was not superior to Roger's.
After all, he had been constantly refreshing his Sage Eye progress and searching for Devil Fruits over the years.
His strength had hardly improved significantly.
El looked deeply at Roger and continued.
"Speaking of which, El, a few days ago, I saw your bounty increased by 1.25 billion Berries. You guy... did you do something big again?" Roger asked with interest.
Roger noticed that every time El's bounty increased, no bounty order was released.
This was the fourth time up to now!
So, Roger couldn't help but be curious about what great deed El had done.
That made the World Government dare not release his bounty but only increase it.
"It's not really anything big, I just went to the Holy Land Mary Geoise," El said nonchalantly, shrugging.
Hearing his words, the many crew members standing behind Roger were stunned and broke out in a cold sweat.
"The... Holy Land Mary Geoise?"
"That place is the World Government's stronghold with countless strong individuals! I've never heard of anyone daring to go to such a place!"
"As expected of the man crowned 'Strongest Pirate' by the World Government, to dare to set foot in such a region!"
The many crew members of the Roger Pirates were utterly shocked.
No matter how renowned the Roger Pirates were as the strongest pirate crew in the New World today.
They still dared not set foot in the Holy Land Mary Geoise, such a dangerous area!
Gaban broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead and pushed up his glasses.
"So you went to the Holy Land Mary Geoise? No wonder your bounty increase was so terrifying."
"The Holy Land Mary Geoise can be considered a pirate's forbidden land. That place... is even more dangerous than Marine Headquarters! I never imagined you could return alive from such a dangerous place!" Rayleigh was also somewhat surprised.
Now they understood why the World Government dared not release news.
But directly increased El's bounty by a whopping 1.25 billion Berries.
So, El had recently set foot in such a dangerous place!
"El, you guy, you actually managed to escape from those old monsters in the Holy Land Mary Geoise?" Roger couldn't help but gasp.
Because during this period, Roger had been investigating the Poneglyphs.
He had discovered many secrets about the World Government.
One of them was that the Gorosei had existed for hundreds of years.
And their positions had not changed to this day.
This meant that the Gorosei had lived for at least hundreds of years!
Roger didn't know how terrifying their strength had become after hundreds of years of training!
"I didn't escape from them," El said, shaking his head.
Although the Gorosei were strong, when he used the Ten-Tails' power.
Those old monsters were no match for him.
"You didn't escape from them, does that mean... you didn't encounter those monster Gorosei?" Roger said, relieved.
He had initially thought that El's bounty increase was so high because he encountered the Gorosei in that place.
And managed to escape from them.
But hearing it now, it wasn't like that.
This also calmed Roger's shocked mood a bit.
After all, if El had truly fought the Gorosei and left alive, then El's combat power would have to be terrifying to what level???
"I did encounter the Gorosei in the Holy Land Mary Geoise, and I met four of them. In the end, I killed three. However, I escaped from someone else. To be precise... she let me leave," El recalled the scene, stroking his chin.
"Th-three Gorosei, killed by you???"
"How is that possible? Those are monsters who have lived for hundreds of years!"
"Even if the Gorosei's talent is poor, having lived for hundreds of years, their strength must have reached the pinnacle of this world! Even with four Gorosei working together, they... were not your match???"
Hearing El's words, the crew members who had not yet recovered from their shock.
Their hair stood on end again in fear.
Based on their speculation, the Gorosei's strength was at least comparable to Roger's.
And they couldn't even imagine how terrifying the combat power of four Gorosei working together would be.
What they couldn't imagine even more was that El, facing four Gorosei, had actually killed three of them???
Roger's pupils contracted violently, and he said in disbelief, "Three Gorosei are dead?"
The Gorosei were all old monsters who had lived for hundreds of years, crossing the river of history, and enduring through time!
Roger didn't know what level of combat power such beings had reached.
But he knew for sure that it wouldn't be weaker than his own.
And El, fighting against four Gorosei, had... killed three!!?
Rayleigh's forehead broke out in a cold sweat again, and he said incredulously, "Hey, hey, hey, El, you're not joking with us, are you!"
"Although we haven't been to the Holy Land Mary Geoise, we have learned something about the Gorosei's strength from the Poneglyphs. If you really killed three, is there anyone left in the World Government who can be your opponent?" Gaban also expressed disbelief.
"There is one, named Imu," El replied.
In the entire Holy Land Mary Geoise, no one was El's opponent.
But there was one person whom El couldn't fathom, and that was Imu.
El was unclear about her specific strength.
He was also unclear whether she had eaten a Devil Fruit or possessed special abilities.
"Imu?"
Hearing El's words, Roger and Rayleigh and the others immediately frowned.
They had indeed seen Imu in the Poneglyphs.
However, the records about Imu were extremely scarce.
There was only one piece of information: Imu was the creator of the World Government dynasty eight hundred years ago.
Beyond that, there was no other information.
If, as El said, Imu was still alive.
Then this person must have lived for a full eight hundred years!
Thinking carefully, Roger couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
Roger's expression returned to solemnity, and he said seriously, "El, you guy... are you serious?"
Although he was somewhat disbelieving of El's words.
But... information about Imu was only inscribed on the Poneglyphs.
And they had already found that Poneglyph.
Logically, El should not know about the existence of Imu, the creator of the dynasty eight hundred years ago.
But now, El had spoken Imu's name.
This made Roger unable to guess whether El was lying or not.
"Whether it's true or false, you can judge for yourselves. But speaking of which, a man like you shouldn't be so bored as to find me for a chat. You must... have something on your mind," El shrugged.
He didn't want to waste too much time explaining anything to Roger and the others.
Instead, he wanted to ask Roger about the purpose of his visit.
Although El had fought Roger once and they had a certain camaraderie.
Then, at the God Valley incident, Roger helped him block two Admirals from Marine Headquarters.
This left him owing Roger a favor.
But ultimately, there wasn't much of a relationship between them.
Therefore, Roger suddenly coming to his kingdom to find him.
El certainly didn't believe it was for no reason.
Hearing El's words, Roger's solemn expression was silent for a few seconds.
Although he still wanted to pry more clues from El, El had already changed the subject.
He had no intention of continuing to elaborate.
Thinking of this, Roger took a deep breath and nodded.
"Indeed, I have something to find you for."
"Then get straight to the point."
"But there's no rush. Let's find a place to have a good chat. I heard you opened a nice tavern here, El," Roger said with a slight smile.
Since El had no intention of elaborating further, he naturally wouldn't press the issue.
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