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"Jiutian, you got the location for Raftel, right?" Izan asked calmly while gazing towards the horizon.

"Yes, I have it, I have already told Defying about it and we are sailing towards Raftel as of this moment." Jiutian replied softly while gazing at Izan's back. "Izan, are you sure that leaving here is the best choice? We could have dealt with that 'man' before going towards Raftel."

And as Jiutian said this, those that were still on the deck – Shirahoshi, Defying and Perona gazed at Izan, also wanting to know why Izan would leave without killing that 'ugly' man.

Izan stayed quiet for a few seconds before he sighed. "The timing wasn't right..." And he stopped speaking for half a minute, no one interrupted his silence before he continued explaining. "From what I can tell, he is very strong, strong enough to the point I must use everything I have to battle evenly against him. And, at that point, nothing must distract me from the battle."

Even if Izan knew that both Defying and Jiutian would protect themselves and his wives, he couldn't help but to feel uneasy at the thought of something happening to them. And, he was completely sure that 'he' has many clones, and each one of them are stronger than an Emperor of the Seas. Therefore, any of his clones could deal heavy injuries towards his wives, and that thought made him angry...!

While Izan was lost deeply in his own thoughts, Izan could barely feel something pulling his sleeve. He glances downwards and sees Shirahoshi grabbing his left hand with both of hers, she has a soft blush on her face, her facial expression shows both sadness and worry. The corner of her eyes was slightly teary as she stares into his own eyes.

Shirahoshi's lips opened and a weak mutter escaped her mouth. "I am sorry..." 'I am sorry for being weak...' This was what Shirahoshi wished to say, but tears began dripping down her eyes before she could finish.

But even if Izan couldn't hear the last words of what Shirahoshi wanted to say, he could easily see through what she wanted to convey. Izan gently embraces Shirahoshi, letting her head rest on his chest. "Shirahoshi, no matter what, do not feel saddened about something related to yourself. Because the reason I like you, the reason I love you, is because you are yourself, and I wouldn't want you to change..." Izan whispers gently in her ear before he kissed her softly on her lips.

Shirahoshi was able to calm herself down with the kiss she received from Izan. All of her worries vanished into nothingness, and the only thing that she thought of was Izan, only Izan, nothing else...

Izan's lips parted away from Shirahoshi's lips. But he continued holding her in his embrace, he glanced up and gazed at Defying. "Defying, how long do you think it will take us to reach Raftel?"

Defying raised her left hand and showed two fingers. "Two days." Her voice was calm and soothing, she had an indifferent expression showing on her face, yet her eyes were shining brightly as she stared at Izan. It was like all of her feelings went through her eyes and not her facial expression.

"Two days..." Izan nodded softly before he closed his eyes, wanting to enjoy the peace they would have for the next two days. As he was sure that after they have uncovered the truth, the final battle will begin against Im.

And time passed by without waiting for anyone. Two days passed by without any events happening to Izan and his wives.

But, that didn't mean that the world was peaceful too. Far from it, the moment Izan left the Throne Wars, the whole planet seemed to go in fire, chaos reigned everywhere...

Yet at this moment, Izan was able to see an island in front of him. The island seemed to shine brightly in a golden colour. The island itself wasn't too large, but Izan could see 'something' placed in the middle of the island. Izan didn't care much of the treasures laying all around the island, he would of course take it, but that wasn't on his mind for now.

Everyone was on the deck, gazing towards the legendary island – Raftel, where Gol D. Roger left all of his treasures on, and seemingly the place where they will uncover the truth about the World Government!

"Raftel...!" Robin muttered in a gentle tone, yet her eyes were shining brightly. She couldn't wait to find about the truth, the truth that had killed everyone in O'Hara, and her mother...

"Let's go ahead." Izan spoke with a smile on his face. He flickered his hand upwards slightly and he started floating upwards, but it wasn't only him, everyone started floating with the same speed as him.

Over the passage of time, Izan has been able to control his Gravity Law very well. He could easily lift himself and several other people off the ground and move at around 70 kilometres per hour if he wished for it. And, if Izan was flying alone, he bet that he could reach over 120 kilometres per hour easily, if not even more.

Perona and Shirahoshi were gazing around with shocked expressions, they couldn't help but to be amazed by so much treasures laying on the island. There was most likely gold laying around worth over 50 billion!

Nojiko didn't bother much of the treasures and gold, they didn't mean anything to her. As the only thing she treasured was her loving husband and her sisters.

Defying and Jiutian didn't care of material stuff, as they only lived for one reason, and that reason was – Izan. If Izan has wished for it, they would deliver planets, worlds, universes to him. Even if they had to slaughter everyone!

Izan and Robin had almost the same thoughts as they neared Raftel. They wanted to know the truth, remove the curtain that was hiding away the truth. And now after all of this time, the answer they were looking for, was right in front of them.

While everyone was busy in their own thoughts, they landed right in front of the object in the middle of the island. It was a simple black orb that was placed on a small pillar.

Izan slowly reached out his hand towards the black orb, and the moment his finger touched it – a voice sounded out.

"Welcome, the liberator of this world...!"