323. Chapter 321 Deep underground! Where Hades is buried!
2024-09-22
Chapter 321 Deep underground! Where Hades is buried!
Ian knew where Hades was buried in Wano Country a long time ago.
The historical text of Alabasta has a detailed record of this matter.
Now we just need to dig out Hades.
However, it is not an easy task to dig out the ship buried deep underground.
Simply digging is not difficult. Barrett is best at this kind of engineering. He can pull Hades out from the ground by himself.
But the trouble is that Wano Country has built high walls around it and accumulated inland seas, and the place where Hades is buried has been submerged by the sea.
So according to the normal process, if you want to dig out Pluto, you must first destroy the high wall and let the seawater out.
That is the so-called opening of Wano Country.
But Ian thinks that Wano Country is pretty good now.
If the high wall is directly destroyed to make the inland sea disappear, what should the fishmen and mermaids living in the inland sea do? It is not an easy task to settle hundreds of thousands of fishmen and mermaids.
Let’s talk about it after conquering the world.
Moreover, more importantly, it is not just the seawater that blocks the excavation work, otherwise Barrett can just dive underwater to work.
In order to prevent Pluto from being directly dug out by the people of Wano Country later, Joey Boy also carried out a second insurance.
Pluto is buried in the magma deep underground.
Theoretically, it is necessary to rely on the elephant master to extinguish the magma before Pluto can be dug out.
So, Ian simply went out on his own.
But before going to dig up Hades, Ian is now taking Red Hair to tour Wano Country.
”Is this the territory of Oden back then?”
In Jiuli, Ian took Red Hair to stroll on the streets of the city in this area.
”Was it as prosperous here as it is now?”
This is a very prosperous city.
Even Red Hair, who has traveled all over the country and seen almost all kinds of towns on the sea, has to admit this.
It’s not just the vast area, but the interior is even more lively.
There are all kinds of shops lined up, and the goods sold are so many that Red Hair is almost dazzled.
It’s really hard for a city with prosperous business not to be prosperous.
“How is that possible?”
Before Ian could speak, Yamato smiled and said, “This was just an ordinary poor town before.”
“Kozuki Oden is really powerful, but he is probably not suitable for managing a country.”
Ian said lightly.
Kozuki Oden originally just wanted to be a free adventurer, and he actually did a good job in this regard.
Kozuki Oden was not really annoying during his adventure on the sea.
But later he was bound by the so-called responsibility and became a clown.
The Kuri he governed back then was just so-so, and it didn’t even reach the average level of Wano Country, and it barely allowed the local residents to have enough food.
“Yes,”
Red Hair said with some emotion, “Although Oden is very powerful, his brain is stubborn.”
Even he had to admit that Uncle Oden was more suitable to be a pirate, and being the king of a country was still too far away from him.
“On the contrary, Ian,”
Red Hair looked around, “You are really respected.”
Ian did not deliberately cover his face this time, so when he walked on this street, everyone along the way bowed to him respectfully.
However, Red Hair could see that the respect of these residents did not come from fear, but from the true respect from the heart.
Ian really governed this country very well.
If Oden knew the current situation, would he still fight with the Beasts Pirates, and would he die and his family be destroyed because of it?
When thinking about it, Red Hair suddenly felt a little ashamed.
In any case, Oden’s fight against the invasion of the Beasts Pirates was the right thing to do.
On the contrary, he, who is now in cahoots with the Beasts Pirates, deserves to be despised.
With a bitter smile, the red-haired man said, “Let’s go. There’s nothing to see here anymore. Let’s go to the next place.”
Although I feel sorry for Oden and Toki-sama, there is no other choice now.
This world is calling Ian.
As a tour guide, Ian naturally doesn’t care about this.
So Ian took him to visit the Kuri Forest next.
The dwarfs live there, where they help the Beasts Pirates cultivate artificial devil fruits.
Red Hair marveled at the artificial devil fruit plantation.
After all, Ian told him that although they are artificial devil fruits, because of the special selection of materials, the power that these fakes can provide may not be lower than the real animal-type devil fruits.
After a surprise, Ian took Red Hair to Rabbit Bowl and took him to visit the mine there.
The huge seastone mine surprised Red Hair.
He has never seen so much seastone in his life.
The miners working in these mines also made him quite concerned.
All the miners looked very tired because the intensity of the work was quite high.
So much so that when visiting the mine, Red Hair secretly felt sad for these miners.
However, these miners who were obviously very tired often had hopeful smiles on their faces.
Red Hair soon learned that as a reward for the huge intensity of the work, these miners also had high wages, even much higher than those workers working in factories.
The Beasts Pirates never forced them to work in the mines, but they were attracted by the high wages.
Red Hair smiled and praised Ian for his generosity.
But Ian said, “Wealth is wealth only when it circulates. I prefer to hide it in the pockets of citizens rather than hiding it in my own treasury.”
”After all, no matter how much they consume, wealth is still circulating in my hands.”
Red Hair didn’t quite understand the concept Ian mentioned, but he appreciated Ian’s statement.
Letting citizens have wealth, no matter how you think about it, this is not a bad thing, right?
Next, Ian and Yamato, as hosts, took Red Hair to visit various regions of the country one by one.
Finally, they came to the center of the country, the Flower Capital, or the original center.
After all, Ian, the great king of Wano Country, basically didn’t stay in this city, but stayed on Ghost Island.
Although this city is no longer the political center of Wano Country, the two titles of economic and cultural center are still well preserved.
The scale of the city has expanded several times compared to that year, and the original low wooden buildings have gradually transitioned to high-rise buildings.
The prosperity made the red-haired man unable to look away.
”This should be the most prosperous city in the world, right?”
The red-haired man could not help but exclaim.
At least he had never seen a city more prosperous than this city.
Then Ian took him to the center of the Flower Capital, the castle tower built on a big tree.
”Lord Ian!”
Many high-ranking officials of Wano Country knelt neatly outside the castle tower, waiting for Ian’s arrival.
Speaking of which, these officials had not seen Ian for a long time.
Or strictly speaking, Ian became the king of Wano Country at the age of eight, and it has been fifteen years. In these fifteen years, he has hardly stayed in this castle tower, and the officials who govern this country rarely have the opportunity to meet him.
Ian’s management of Wano Country has always been remote.
Anyway, he has the ninja army led by Fukurokushou to help him monitor the officials, so he doesn’t have to worry about those guys having any tricks.
At this time, many officials kneeling here even saw Ian for the first time.
Red Hair smiled slightly.
This is the first time that I really realized the power that Ian holds. The scope of his power is not only Wano Country, but also the entire New World.
Ian ignored these officials, but took Red Hair straight into the secret passage of the castle tower and went down.
”Is there such a place?”
Red Hair looked out of the window on the wall of the stairs going down with some surprise.
Outside the glass window is a deep sea. If you look at the bottom of the sea, you can see some buildings buried deep under the water.
“Wano Country was not like this more than 800 years ago.”
Ian said casually, “Joyboy built a high wall around Wano Country to block the outflow of mountain water, and finally formedThe inland sea submerged the original land of Wano Country.”
”So, the current territory is actually newly opened up later?”
Red Hair said in surprise, “And the town in front of us that is submerged by the sea is the original town of Wano Country more than 800 years ago.”
”The so-called founding of Wano Country is to destroy those walls, so that the country can communicate with the outside world without obstacles, and also reveal the true appearance of Wano Country.”
Ian said.
”So,”
Red Hair said seriously, “What are we doing here now?”
”Originally, if we wanted to dig that thing out, we needed to open up Wano Country first,”
Ian said, “and we also needed the help of the giant elephant.”
”But, I think the current situation of Wano Country is very good, and there is no need to change it suddenly. In addition, I don’t have the ability to control the elephant, so,”
”I can only come here and find a solution myself. ”
That thing? Which thing? The red-haired man suddenly looked stunned.
”Ian…”
He didn’t understand.
”We’re here.”
At the bottom of the secret passage, Ian stopped.
The main text of Wano Country’s landmark history is placed here.
However, this is not Ian’s final destination this time.
We have to go further down.
”Is it here?”
Yamato opened her mouth. She really didn’t expect it.
”I was also a little surprised when I first knew about it.”
Ian stamped his feet, “But it’s right below here. ”
Who could have thought that there is not only a historical text of the road sign hidden here, but even Hades is right below here.
“…”
Red Hair didn’t speak. He probably realized what Ian was looking for.
So it’s in Wano Country?
“Then how do we get it out?”
Yamato blinked, “Should we bring Barrett back?”
“Very simple,”
Ian said, “Yamato, freeze the sea below.”
“Simple.”
Yamato didn’t hesitate much, and directly entered the orc state and pulled out the mace behind him.
The snow-white and crystal mace was raised high, and the armed color and the domineering color were infused into the iron rod at the same time.
The next moment, Yamato struggled to smash the iron rod towards the ground below.
“Extreme Ice Gossip! ”
The ground below shattered instantly, revealing a huge hole.
But before the seawater could rush in from the hole, it had already frozen into ice in an instant.
”Done!”
Yamato sniffed proudly, “From here to the bottom of the sea, all the seawater is frozen!”
Ian certainly had no doubts about this. Yamato’s current strength was completely above Aokiji’s, and it was natural for him to be able to do this.
”Then, follow me. ”
Ian casually pulled his hand towards his shoulder.
Surter, who had been lying on his shoulder and disguised as a doll, suddenly changed his form and turned into a huge scarlet giant.
Ian jumped lightly and landed on the shoulder of the fire giant, then Surter stepped forward and stood on the ice under the hole.
Then, his body fell straight down.
The ice condensed from sea water could not stop him from falling down at all, just like air, allowing him to pass through, leaving only a wide passage.
Not even a little water vapor was left, everything was destroyed.
”What a terrible ability!”
The red-haired man sighed sincerely.
He still remembered the time when Ian fought the golden lion. At that time, Ian’s red flames were already at a level that even the golden lion could not resist.
”Wait for me! Ian! ”
Yamato smiled and jumped forward, directly into the huge passage opened by Ian.
The fire giant fell directly to the bottom of the sea below. The seabed mud, which had become soft due to years of seawater immersion, became hard in the high temperature brought by his fall.
However, this hardness only lasted for a moment. When Surtur’s feet landed on the ground, the ground was instantly destroyed.
A passage was opened again, and Ian followed Surtur and fell down again.
Down, down, and down continuously.
Ian’s observation Haki had already penetrated the stratum and penetrated deeper into the ground.
He had sensed the huge space deep underground below.
Of course, the regular road leading there was not here, but because it was too troublesome, Ian simply made his own way out.
After a while, the darkness in front of him disappeared, and Ian found that he had fallen into a huge space.
A dark red light came from below.
Surter returned to the form of a golden giant and spread his hands.
”Ah!”
Yamato fell from above happily, landing directly on the giant’s left hand, and bounced to Ian’s side.
The girl hugged Ian’s arm and looked down in surprise.
”Another sea.”
Below was a sea of magma.
The extremely hot breath rose up, as if to evaporate everything.
“It’s so hot!”
When the red-haired man landed on the arm of the fire giant, he was sweating all over. “Shouldn’t I come down?”
“Don’t you want to see the legendary ancient weapon as soon as possible?”
Ian lowered his head, and his observation Haki had helped him lock on to the huge monster buried under the magma.
”Is it true?”
The red-haired man sighed.
It’s really Hades.
”Go, Surtur, go and fish that thing out.”
(End of this chapter)
