Chapter 196: Giant Mechanical Soldiers in the Cave

Chapter 196: Giant Mechanical Soldiers in the Cave

Vic found himself standing on a stone road about one meter wide. One end of the stone road connected to the mountain, and the other end connected to the steps of a high platform. The platform was round, surrounded by circular stone steps to help people climb up the platform. A hunched figure could be vaguely seen on the platform, motionless.

There were pools of water on both sides of the cobblestone road, as if it was divided into two halves by the cobblestone road. Vic stood in the middle of the cobblestone road without any other movements, responding to all changes with the same attitude.

Since someone was talking, he decided to have a conversation with that person first.

"I found that the hot springs on this island are a bit unusual, so I came here to investigate. Who are you and where are you?"

"Of course I am the master here. I am sitting cross-legged on the high platform. Can't you see it?"

The old voice sounded again, and along with the voice, the faint aura became a little stronger, but it became faint again after the voice.

When Vic heard the voice, he looked at the blurry figure on the platform. He couldn't tell it was a person before, but based on the voice, it seemed to be sitting cross-legged on the ground. It looked like a person, but a little short.

Vic walked along the stone path towards the platform. He found that there were some special patterns engraved on the edges of both sides of the stone path. It was obvious that they were designed uniformly when the space in the mountain was dug, and the things left behind were for some purpose.

The entire mountain space is not very large, it is just a large cone-shaped space with a diameter of 100 meters. Vic did not walk fast on the stone road, fearing that there might be some unknown dangers or mechanisms here.

"Old man, what are you doing in this dark place?" Vic asked tentatively.

"Young people should not be so curious. You won't live long! You should keep a humble heart."

The old voice sounded again, this time with a hint of eeriness. Vic kept staring at the figure on the platform and found that the figure was motionless, like a sculpture.

"If you don't have a strong curiosity, can you still be called a young person? You have to know that the world has always belonged to the young."

Vic continued to move forward. Under his observation, the figure did not show any fluctuations in breath. No matter how he sensed it, it did not seem like a living person.

"That's not necessarily true. Young people can only represent the world on the surface. The real king of the world has been hiding himself and manipulating the world!"

Vic was shocked to hear that there was someone who knew about Im, which was beyond his imagination. Vic guessed that this person knew some history of the blank 100 years.

The cobblestone path was only so long, and Vic had slowed down, but he still reached the steps below the platform.

Here Vic saw two fist-sized holes on a step, distributed above the pools on both sides of the stone road. There were also water columns in the holes that connected the two pools below, as if two pools were circulating.

"You mean Pirate King Roger is not dead, he has hidden behind the scenes?" Vic asked knowingly, trying to get more information.

After saying this, Vic continued to move forward and walked up the stairs. After climbing a few steps, he found himself surrounded by two sudden red rays.

Vic immediately stopped moving forward and became alert. From Vic's perspective, he could only see a huge steel head with two curved horns on both sides of the head.

The red rays were shot out from the eye sockets of the iron head. They were blocked by the steps below the head and could not be seen. Ten seconds later, the red rays were taken back by the iron head.

No information about this iron head was found in Vic's memory, but it seemed to be made in the style of the Elbaf giants.

This is the earliest time that Vic traveled through. He traveled through at the end of the Wano Country arc. If he had traveled through later, he would have known that this was the same Iron Giant Soldier that attacked the holy land of Marijoa 200 years ago.

"Of course it's not him. Eight years ago, Roger came here with a man from that tribe. He can understand ancient characters and got some information from here!"

Just as Vic was thinking about what that steel head was, the old voice sounded again, this time mentioning that Roger had come here.

"Roger came to this space and translated the historical text from here. Then the other person should be Kozuki Oden. There is also historical text here? Where is it?"

Vic thought of the person from that clan, Kozuki Oden, and then scanned the space to find the historical text.

"Do you know about the historical text?" The mysterious man seemed to guess what Vic was looking for.

"I've heard of it, but I don't understand it." Vic said bluntly.

"Now that you have obtained its approval, you can come up to the platform. Is there anything you want to see here?"

"Get its approval?" Vic asked uncertainly, but no one answered him. He guessed that maybe the two beams of red light just now had detected something.

Vic stopped talking nonsense and continued to move forward. With his current strength, he would not encounter any danger, but he was affected by the atmosphere here just now and became too vigilant.

Continuing to walk upwards, a body appeared under the metal head. It was also made of metal and leaned against the wall of the cave motionlessly, as if it was not the one that had emitted the red light just now.

Vic looked at this iron lump and it looked more and more like the giants of Elbaf. It had a heavy sense of history and was different from the giants from other places.

"Why is there such a giant mechanical soldier here, and it is placed together with the historical text? Could it be that Joyboy left it to protect the historical text? Is it also a product from 800 years ago?

Why didn't Roger take it away? Did he run out of energy? Or was it not the right time, waiting for that moment in the future?"

Although Vic had never seen this thing, he was able to deduct some useful things with his flexible mind and the information he had.

"Old man, have you been here all the time?" Vic thought of what the man had just said about meeting Roger and Oden eight years ago. At that time, Roger should have walked the Grand Line again after Oden joined, just to get the historical text scattered in the Grand Line.

"Yes, I have lived alone in this space for nearly two hundred years, and now I am almost exhausted.

It just so happens that you are here, you are my successor, and you will continue to protect everything here!" The old voice carried a hint of relief and cruelty.

"Are you kidding me? I didn't come to this world for these dead things. Do you want me to stay here? You can try?"

After Vic finished speaking, he drew out the blood from his waist, and powerful sword intent emanated from his body, causing the flames on the wall of the cave to flicker violently.

At this moment, his domineering declaration also echoed within the mountain space.

"Ahem! You young man just can't help being funny. Put the knife away quickly. You're scaring me, an old man!"

The old voice was really coughing, and it looked like he was about to cough out his lungs.

Vic didn't put away the knife, still waiting for what was to come.