Chapter 144: Goal, Troubled Sea and Vastness

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Chapter 144: Goal, Troubled Sea and Vastness

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Both Enel and Oven were sprawled on the deck of the flying aluminium ship.

They hadn't bothered to tone down the intensity of their training just because the ship's stability was a bit weaker than before.

Enel could quickly repair the ship each time it threatened to fall from the sky. So they were fighting with great intensity, and not bothering to hold back at all.

'... This is a lot more tiring than expected...' Oven couldn't help but ponder on that as he whizzed some air into his lungs.

Training with Enel was just as tiring as before, as the Emperor seemingly decided to no longer hold back on him.

Still, Oven realised quickly that Enel now wasn't actually that much stronger than him physically.

'I guess his speed is still much better due to his devil fruit, and his Observation Haki is leagues above mine, but in physical strength and Armament Haki, he isn't that much better, I can still catch up to him...'

Sure, if the two of them were to fight Oven would likely die in less than half a second, but that didn't discourage the Sweet Commander one bit!

He was actually excited at the prospect of one-upping Enel in a few aspects. Of being able to say that he could actually be of help, contributing to whatever his friend's quest was...

'Wait a minute!?' Oven immediately shot up and looked at Enel with a confused look.

'I've been following him, but what does he even want to accomplish? I thought he was a marine initially, with his own sense of justice and whatnot.

But now he's an emperor of the seas, one that has specifically gone against the world government constantly...Reêad latest novels at novelhall.com

Well, he was fighting agents while in the Marines as well... But what exactly does he wish to accomplish?'

Oven did put some pieces of the puzzle together in his spare time. He somewhat realized that Enel was going against the world government, that much had been obvious for a while.

'But why is he going against them? He is my friend, so I'd support him regardless... Still, I can't help but wonder...

I guess he will tell me when he feels like it. Knowing him, it's likely not even an issue of trust, and he just forgot...'

"Say, Enel... What do you plan to do now exactly?" Oven asked as he finally recovered his breath and looked at the sky above, which was slowly darkening as the sun finally decided to start setting.

"Well, the Revolutionary Dragon had built a secret base underneath Dressrosa at some point, and they know that I am in good graces with the Riku family, so the most likely place where I am going to find them is there."

"So we are just meeting the revolutionary army?"

"... Well, that and a few former marines..." Enel said as he tried to think of a good way of telling Oven that they would meet the man who had dismembered him in the past.

"Marines joining the Revolutionaries? I guess it's not that surprising with the government's recent actions..."

"Well, I am not sure if they've joined up per se. But they are travelling together from what I know."

"... No offence, but I find it hard to believe that Dragon would just be travelling with marines after the recent disaster at Baltigo. The risk of them being government agents would be too high."

Enel sighed when he heard that. It was a bit amusing, thinking of Akainu and the rest as Government spies, but the amusement didn't last long, as Enel still wondered how to inform Oven of Akainu and the rest.

In the end, after a few more seconds of staring at the slowly appearing stars, Enel decided to stop trying to drift around the issue and just crashed into it directly.

"I'll just be honest with you. The people we're about to meet are the marines that were dubbed as dead on Baltigo. Former Admirals and Fleet Admiral specifically."

'Can't exactly avoid this meeting, and Oven is a friend of mine and an ally.

He will be there when we eventually wage war on the World Government, so he needs to also be present in the meetings that lead up to that...'

Oven leaned on the railing of the ship when he heard that, his eyes widened in confusion.

'So they aren't actually dead? What the hell happened at Baltigo then?!'

"I can tell you are quite confused. I will give you a brief rundown of the way things unfolded..."

Enel then also stood up, supporting himself on his cane as he started talking a bit more about the incident at Baltigo.

He didn't go into many details about the war itself, as it had just been him fighting the marines for a while before the giant eye appeared in the sky.

Enel stopped at that point, as he could tell that he had lost Oven somewhat.

"So a giant red eye appears in the sky, and you can't use future sight on it... And you didn't flee?" Oven said as he looked at Enel's missing limb and shortened earlobe.

"Well, the thought certainly crossed my mind... But I couldn't exactly abandon Sengoku and the rest...

Although we were just fighting, my relationship with the marines is a bit complex... We aren't exactly enemies, or it's more accurate to say we aren't enemies at all."

"... So your relationship with them is good enough to risk your life for them?" Oven said as he crossed his arms.

'If an attack took off his arm, then it could just as easily have killed him on the spot. He basically just got lucky...'

"Well, honestly, I didn't think we'd fail to block whatever was coming our way...

Sengoku and the rest are strong, and I always trust my Devil Fruit when it comes to firepower... It just happened to not be enough this time around."

'... Well, I guess I can't just have everything served to me on a platter... What is your name? What do you want, why have you been seeking me and why did you call me a 'Descendant of the Sky King'?'

Enel said to the snake in his mind.

"My name? Well, what you are standing on is merely one of my heads.

Humans had called me Yamata no Orochi at one point... But you may simply call me Orochi."

'Orochi? Wasn't there a devil fruit like that as well? Mythical Zoan as well...'

"That is true... I did give a small part of my power to a certain tree, and it did grow a fruit out of it... But that is not truly important..."

'What the hell's that about?' Enel was even more confused after the answer than before asking the question, but it seemed that Orochi didn't feel the need to explain himself.

"What you hold and what you use is a fragment of the former Sky King's power... Which is why I reached out to you first, the Sun God is still in his infancy, but you seem to be close to awakening..."

Enel managed to understand a few things, but if Orochi wasn't lying to him, then he had just learned a lot more about devil fruits than he had thought he ever could...

'So is this Sky King the reason you are contacting me now?'

"Indeed, the more you hold a lot more power than you are aware of. That fragment may yet evolve into the full power of the Sky King if you train it hard enough.

I was unable to reach you before, as there was something else shrowding any connection I could have made with you..."

'Probably that green fog Big Mom ate... But why exactly are you telling me all of this?!'

"... Things have been moving too fast... Your interference in this world has altered its fate greatly. Now it all hangs in a feeble balance, and that balance is currently reliant on you.

I do not know who you are, or who you were before, but you have long since lost the right to abstain from acting...

I merely wished to inform you of this. For your actions or inactions may either doom this world or make it better..."

Enel simply looked at the night sky, his gaze was still confused, he hadn't quite expected to hear something like that, or to learn so much in one mere night.

It was certainly a lot of information to process.

The snake seemed to understand that as well, as it seemed to sigh, the slight movement of its gigantic body creating immense waves all around it.

"Alas, you seem to already be on the right track... But I urge you to try and awaken your devil fruit faster.

The Sun God must hurry as well, the fate of this world has already become unpredictable...

Without awakening, you stand no chance for any challenges you are to face in the future."

'... I'm guessing you are not going to give me any hints on how to awaken or any further details about this 'fate', right?'

Enel almost scowled as he spoke. He noticed the way the snake was talking in circles, the way it was only implying things and not really saying them directly.

"Getting involved in such things is a danger in itself.

I have already done enough. If you wish for further details, may you find that information yourself...

Fear not, we will meet again, though I can't assure you of when or under what circumstances...

Until then, I bid you the fondest of farewells..."

The polite snake then simply started submerging itself again, forcing Enel to start up the engines of his ship once more and take off.

He tried asking a few more questions as Orochi's head disappeared into the depths, but none of them were answered.

So, Enel was just left there, looking at the sea with raised eyebrows as he scratched the back of his head.

'Well... That was certainly something...' The Lightning Emperor then turned his head to the sky as he tried to process the information a bit more.

Then, Enel heard a large yawn to the side, as Oven rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.

"Hmmm... What's up Enel? Something interesting in the night sky?" The Sweet Commander asked as he stretched his body a bit.

"... Interesting? Maybe... I guess I just realised how vast it truly is..."

Oven raised an eyebrow when hearing that, before simply shrugging and leaning on the railing, looking at the sea below.

"Vast?... Maybe... I guess the more you see of the world the bigger it actually seems." Oven simply smiled as he tapped Enel on the back.

"Right you are..."

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