Chapter 263 Roger doubts life

The Lunaria kid next to them was stunned.

Is this the Pirate King who once shook the world? Why does he look like a fool?

After a while,
The two men sat on the deck, drinking cheap ale.

"I didn't expect that the first drink after resurrection would be so bad."

The unpleasant smell of rust from the wine bottle made Roger purse his lips constantly, feeling very unhappy.

Rayleigh didn't indulge him and said bluntly: "There is no good wine on this slave ship. If you can hold back, it won't be too late to drink after landing."

What I mean is, who can you blame for not being able to control your greed?

"Are there any slaves left?"

Hearing Rayleigh's words, Roger's face darkened slightly.

Rayleigh nodded and said, "Even with slaves, Fishman Island still hasn't seen the sun. The Celestial Dragons have called themselves a race of gods, and they are still a very powerful force in this sea."

Roger asked somewhat dejectedly: "Did the plan fail?"

He was referring to the Age of Exploration.

Back then, he went out to sea with full of dreams, looking for partners along the way to defeat enemies, and finally arrived at Raftel and became the Pirate King.

But he found that even becoming the Pirate King could not change the oppressed world.

That's why when he was dying, he wanted to say those words to start the Age of Discovery.

He wasn't sure if he could succeed.
But as I am terminally ill, I can only use my final cry to awaken everyone's desire for freedom and dreams.

Rayleigh nodded first, then shook his head and said, "Successful, but also not successful."

"The Age of Exploration was a success. In the years since your death, countless people have rushed to the sea because of your words, wanting to find the treasure you left behind."

“But the result was failure.”

"Most treasure hunters are not the freedom and dreams you expect, but despicable pirates who only know how to destroy everywhere. More than ten years have passed, and the World Government and the Celestial Dragons are still sitting at the pinnacle of power."

Although the process was successful, the result was a failure.

Because this was an incorrect beginning in itself, and the ending was already determined.

"Is that so? It seems I have become a sinner of this era."

Roger looked dejected.

This was not his intention, but there was no other way.

If he was still young and healthy, he might have had more choices and a future.

But for him, who was already terminally ill, the Age of Discovery was the best choice he could make at the time, but he did not expect it to end in failure.

Rayleigh looked at the dejected Roger and said slowly with a heavy breath: "However, Shanks, who you have high hopes for, has given new life to this sea."

"Shanks!"

When Roger mentioned the trainee crew member he had high hopes for, his eyes lit up and he asked, "How is he now?"

"Once the Four Emperors of the New World."

Rayleigh said with a half-smile: "And now, the president of the Adventurer's Guild did not continue to inherit your will, but issued a new Adventurer's Declaration. Even I was shocked at the time."

"Adventurer's Declaration?"

Speaking of adventurers, the Lunalia kid's eyes lit up and he began to describe it chatteringly.

Roger listened carefully to his account and quickly pieced together what happened to the adventurer.

Finally, he exclaimed: "What a great declaration, more extensive than my Age of Discovery. This little brat Shanks really didn't let me down."

"Disappoint you?"

Rayleigh said mercilessly: "Now it seems that it is you, the captain, who will make Shanks feel ashamed."

"What?" Roger glared at him and said, "Old Rayleigh, do you want to fight?"

The Lunalia imps and the slaves in the cabin who were freed by Rayleigh all looked at the two with strange eyes.

They were already shocked when they learned that Rayleigh was the vice-captain of Roger's pirate group.
Whose Pirate King's right-hand man actually disguised himself as an old slave and sneaked into the slave ship?
Then Roger was resurrected.

This was the second shock they received. The Pirate King, who had been dead for many years, actually appeared in front of them alive.

Then came the third shock.

Compared with Big Mom who rules the Kingdom of Torrant, Admiral Kaido of the Beasts Pirates, and the domineering Whitebeard, the legendary Pirate King Roger seems to be not so smart.

Although his hair was gray, Rayleigh said confidently: "You are no match for me now, Roger brat!"

"Are you serious, Rayleigh? I'm not sick right now."

Hearing this, Roger's mouth curled up into a smile.
There was a fighting spirit in his eyes.

Two minutes later,

Roger was tied up and strapped to the deck, writhing around like a drowning fish.

"Old Rayleigh, what's going on? Are you a monster? How can you even block my divine evasion?"

Roger had a feeling of doubting his life.

He was in his prime now, but he was defeated by Rayleigh without any effort. There was not even any suspense.

As we all know, except for those who have the ability of fruits, the strength of most physical skills masters will be slightly weakened as they get older.

Has Rayleigh been hiding his strength all along?

You should have told me earlier!

If you had told me earlier, I would have let you be the Pirate King and I would have been your right-hand man.

Rayleigh took out a contract fruit, handed it to Roger's mouth, and said, "Eat this fruit, and you will know what's going on."

"Devil Fruit?"

Roger shook his head and said, "Although I don't reject the power of devil fruits, I don't want to eat them. I will become a landlubber and can't swim. That would make me unfree! Wait, that's not right."

Halfway through his words, his eyes suddenly widened.

Stare at the fruit of the contract.

He had the ability to hear the sounds of all things, but he didn't hear any sound from this fruit.

The so-called listening to the voice of all things,

In the world of pirates, it is a very domineering and perverted ability.

It is different from mental power. It is more like a free soul that actively breaks away from the body and extends its tentacles to the world. After resonating with the soul of any life, it has the ability to perceive the other person's emotions and soul content.

Even dead things will leave behind audible sounds as time passes.

But on this fruit,
Roger couldn't hear a single sound.

It was as if there was a power that transcended the world and created a fruit that had no connection with anything, resulting in no sound remaining at all.

Roger didn't understand, but was greatly shocked. He asked, "Old Rayleigh, where did you get this fruit?"

"Game merchant."

Rayleigh briefly recounted what had happened since the game merchant appeared.

"I came from another world, and I created a game that can lead to countless other worlds to hunt pollution, so that everyone can break free from the shackles of fate and realize any wish?"

Roger's face flushed and he clenched his fists.
He simply stretched out the hemp rope that bound himself and looked at the fruit of the contract with anticipation.

Without hesitation, swallow it in one gulp.

"Stupid Captain, just like a devil fruit, you only need to take one bite. Do you want to choke yourself to death?"

(End of this chapter)