Chapter 44: Lacusas appears at an altitude of 10,000 meters! (Ch 44)

“Since the decision has been made, if we want to split our forces into two groups…”
“So now should we decide who will go to the South Sea to save Gray? And who will go to Alabasta to kill Crocodile?”
Eden looked at everyone present and asked.
Of course, the only person Eden asked mainly was Mirajane.
“Leave it to Juvia and me to go to the South Sea to rescue Gray~”
“I think Juvia herself would rather go to the South Sea to save Gray than to kill Crocodile~”
Mirajane naturally understood Juvia’s thoughts, and she preached to everyone with a bright smile on her face.
“Um.”
“Juvia is going to the South Sea to rescue Gray-sama.”
Juvia nodded vigorously upon hearing this.
“Huh?”
“But I also want to go to the South Sea to save Gray!”
“I don’t want to miss this golden opportunity to laugh at Gray to my heart’s content.”
“But I want to go to Alabasta to deal with that guy called Crocodile! I heard that guy is very strong.”
Natsu’s heart began to struggle.
He wanted to go to the South Sea to laugh at Gray, but also wanted to challenge Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
He didn’t want to miss either of these.
“Yeah?”
“Then you can come with me, Natsu.”
“I will take good care of you along the way.”
After hearing what Natsu said, Mirajane smiled even more brightly. She saw Mirajane’s fair jade hand gently stroke a strand of hair hanging by her ear, and she narrowed her eyes with murderous intent, and took the initiative to extend an olive branch to Natsu.
“Forehead……”
“Then forget it.”
“I suddenly don’t want to go to the South China Sea to rescue Gray anymore.”
Natsu shuddered when he saw this. He shook his head stiffly and said softly, “I think it’s more important for me and Eden to go to Alabasta to defeat Crocodile and improve the reputation and status of our Magician Guild Fairy Tail in this world.”
“Yeah?”
“It looks like Natsu and I won’t have a chance to travel together~”
“What a pity.”
There was still a faint smile on Mirajane’s face, but what exactly that smile meant, perhaps only Mirajane herself knew.
“How terrible.”
“Miraje, this is scary.”
“I now finally understand the strength of Miss Mirajane.”
“No wonder Miss Mirajane is an S-class magician of the Fairy Tail Guild.”
Nami looked at Mirajane, who was extremely sinister, and felt her body trembling and she couldn’t help shaking.
“By the way, Nami~”
“Sky Island is said to be covered with gold! Don’t you have any interest in it, Nami?”
At this moment, Eden seemed to have thought of something and asked Nami.
“Hehe~”
“If Sky Island really exists, I’m certainly interested.”
“In fact, since we arrived in this town, I have been collecting information about Sky Island…”
“Unfortunately, I have asked all the prominent pirates on the island, and the information they know about Sky Island is almost zero.”
“I even thought it was a fictional place…”
“That suggests two things.”
Nami paused for a moment when she spoke here. She picked up the orange drink on the table, moistened her throat, and then continued, “In the first case, Sky Island is fake. It is a completely fictional place!”
“The second possibility is that Sky Island is extremely dangerous! No one has ever really been there, or no one has ever returned alive! That’s why it is called a fictional place in legends.”
“No matter which of the above two situations this legendary Sky Island is, we need to gather more combat power and deal with it carefully.”
After analyzing the information she had collected, Nami spoke seriously to Eden and Natsu.
“ah……”
When Nami finished speaking…
Whether it was Eden, Natsu, or even Happy, they all widened their eyes and opened their mouths, looking as if they couldn’t believe that Nami was so smart.
“I told you not to show that expression in front of me. It’s like you just got to know me today.”
Nami stroked her forehead weakly and said angrily: “Do you know how much you hurt others by being like this?”
“Speaking of which, the next question is about the navigator.”
“Miraje, do you know how to get to the Kingdom of Taya in the South Sea?!”
Eden didn’t dwell on Nami’s matter too much, but turned to look at Mirajane and asked.
“Don’t change the subject that is not beneficial to you!”
Nami roared when she heard that.
“Don’t worry about the navigator’s problem, Brother Eden!”
“Yes, that’s right…”
“Leave it to us.”
“We have hundreds of pirate groups here, and hundreds of navigators. If we all work together, we will always be able to reach the Kingdom of Taya in the South China Sea.”
Without waiting for Mirajane to speak, the pirates gathered in the tavern, who were completely impressed by Mirajane’s power, began to speak loudly first.
They acted as if they would be the right person to take care of the navigator’s problems.
“Then there’s the issue of the boat.”
“I can lend the Shark Supreme, the ship we took all the way here, to you, Mirajane.”
Eden watched as the navigator’s problem was solved, and he also solved the necessary conditions for sailing on the sea for Mirajane, Juvia and others…that is, the problem of the pirate ship.
“But, if that’s the case, Eden, you guys won’t have any boats to use, right?”
Mirajane looked a little hesitant. In fact, with her influence in Magic Valley Town, it is not impossible for her to get a suitable pirate ship.
“No.”
“The Shark Supreme we are on is a ship built by the fishmen! It is strong enough and has the ability to pass through the doldrums, which other ships don’t have.”
“As for Natsu and I, we have a more convenient way of traveling than the pirate ship! We have found extremely reliable companions on the sea…”
Eden smiled, as if he didn’t care at all about the gains and losses of the ship.
“Could it be…”
“I’ve had enough.”
Nami seemed to understand what Eden meant. She stroked her forehead with one hand, looking helpless.
Well, the way of transportation that Eden mentioned, of course, is to rely on Xiao Hei who is a sea king.
“Now that the issues with the navigator and the ship have been resolved, let’s set off without further delay.”
Eden preached loudly.
“For now, we need to recover the stupid member Gray! And we need to kill Crocodile, one of the Shichibukai.”
Unfortunately, before Eden could finish his words…
Natsu then took over Eden’s words and said passionately: “It’s burning!”
“oh!”
All of a sudden, all the pirates in the tavern and even the entire Magic Valley town cheered. Although they didn’t know what they were so excited about, they were just very excited.
“I have a feeling that during this trip, these two hot-blooded idiots, Eden and Natsu, will cause something earth-shattering.”
Seeing this, Nami sighed, looking as if she had lost all hope in life.
Come to think of it, how did she feel that Eden was a super reliable companion?
Is it possible that I am dazzled?
at the same time.
Ten thousand meters above the ground.
The legendary sky island.
A man with short blond hair and a cloak was walking among the clouds, muttering, “Where on earth is this place? It’s been a few days and I haven’t met anyone.”