thefictionvixens Chapter 84 Harvest from the Royal Palace
Chapter 84 Harvest from the Royal Palace
"No matter how bad it was, it's all in the past."
Kaido ruthlessly crushed the skeleton in front of him with one foot and walked into the palace square.
The archaeologists opened their mouths as if they wanted to say something, but in the end they said nothing.
Following Kaido's lead, the group arrived at the palace gate.
The palace gates were wide open, and the broken gates even flew far inside.
Kaido and his party entered the palace without any hindrance.
The situation here is even worse than in the square outside.
The skeletons not only covered the entire floor of the space, but were also stacked in two layers.
"I have a feeling that the number of corpses will only increase as we go further in."
Kaido waved his hand again, creating a cloud of flames.
The group stepped onto the fiery clouds one by one.
A fiery red cloud of flames drifted slowly over the pile of bones.
After passing through the spacious first floor of the palace, we arrived at the wide staircase leading from the first floor to the second floor.
The skeletons here almost completely blocked the entire passage.
One can imagine that if the skeletons here were still in their original state, with flesh and blood intact, they would probably completely fill the entire stairwell.
Kaido frowned slightly and unleashed an air cannon with a punch.
The skeletons that almost filled the entire stairwell were instantly blasted away, and the group successfully passed through the palace stairs and arrived at the second floor.
The stairs lead to the second-floor outdoor area, where corpses are also scattered everywhere.
Kaido scanned the area and discovered a second staircase in another direction, which was completely unobstructed.
Having no interest in checking out what was going on there, Kaido continued to control the Flame Cloud, moving along the outer wall of the second floor to the main entrance.
The main entrance here, like the one on the first floor, is still wide open.
Looking up, you can see the real royal palace hall inside.
Flaming clouds drifted into the main hall.
The conditions here are completely different from those outside.
There weren't that many corpses, and most of them were in a kneeling posture, facing the throne on the steps.
On the throne.
A skull wearing a crown sits upright, its appearance at the moment of death still resembling that of a worthy king.
In front of him, another headless skull, holding a sword in both hands, plunged a sword into the king's heart.
Therefore, it can be seen that both sides should have perished together, but the crowned skull was slightly stronger.
After smashing the assassin's head, he was still able to hold on to his last breath and sit on the throne, maintaining the dignity of a king.
Whoosh!
Kaido reached out and snatched the dust-covered sword directly from the headless skull's hand.
call!
A whirlwind swept across the sword, blowing away the dust covering it and revealing a gleaming, sharp blade.
chant—
The sword trembled slightly after the whirlwind passed by, emitting a sword's cry.
Kaido casually slashed lightly at empty space.
A flying slash shot out.
Boom!
A gap was cut into the old wall of the palace.
"Kaido!!"
Dr. Clover roared angrily, "It's one thing to destroy these bones, but don't go further and damage these ruins!"
"These are all part of human history!"
"A treasure that allows us to understand what happened back then!!"
"Uro ro ro..."
Kaido chuckled softly.
"This sword is quite good. In today's evaluation system, it should have a place among the twenty-one great swords."
After saying that, Kaido put the sword into his system inventory.
Then, Kaido reached out and removed the crown from the king's skull, as well as some jewelry from his hands and body.
Dr. Clover was furious when he saw this, but he didn't say anything.
Without Kaido, they really wouldn't have been able to get into these six underground levels.
Even if they bring in a lot of lights, they probably won't be able to explore very far.
Therefore, this treasure should belong to Kaido.
After collecting the scattered treasures from the king, Kaido reached out and used a cloud of flames to lift up the pure gold throne beneath him.
This amount of stuff may not seem like much, but if converted to Pelé, it could be worth several hundred million.
While Kaido was doing these things, the archaeologists naturally split into two factions.
One group chose to stay in the main hall and conduct archaeological work on-site.
The other faction chose to follow Kaido and continue exploring deeper into the territory.
Continuing up the stairs behind the throne, Kaido led his team to the third floor of the palace.
The view here is completely different from the two floors below.
There are absolutely no human remains here.
In the empty room, there was only a single cube-shaped boulder, sitting quietly in the very center of the room.
"The Poneglyphs...the historical texts!!"
Dr. Clover immediately exclaimed in surprise.
Kaido also looked at the large rock with surprise.
'What's going on? Why is this thing still here?!'
The situation downstairs has basically proven that this underground city was most likely destroyed by the World Government.
result……
The historical texts that should have been taken away immediately after the war have somehow remained here intact, which is truly bizarre.
Why?
Kaido was puzzled.
'Why didn't you take it? Is it hard to carry? It can't be that bad...'
The historical texts cannot be destroyed, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be moved!
'Could it be that because this country was destroyed, and its history is destined to be erased, it's better to leave this piece of historical record here, buried forever, rather than taking it away and creating unnecessary complications?'
If I had to explain it, this would probably be the only reason that makes some sense.
Dr. Clover was unaware of Kaido's thoughts and speculations.
He led a group of archaeologists forward to examine and study the historical text.
"Can you understand the writing on it?" Kaido asked knowingly.
"Barely acceptable..."
Dr. Clover nodded slightly.
"What's recorded on it?"
“It’s fragmented and incomplete,” Dr. Clover replied. “However, one word is repeated multiple times.”
"What vocabulary?"
"A vast kingdom..."
Dr. Clover abruptly stopped speaking and turned to look at Kaido.
Are you also interested in ancient history?
"There's some truth to that."
Kaido stood with his hands behind his back.
“But I’m different from you; I’m not fixated on this.”
"If I could know exactly what happened during the blank 100 years and satisfy my curiosity, that would definitely be a good thing."
"But it's not a big deal if you don't know."
"Ancient weapons and the like? If I want them, I can have them with ease!"
Dr. Clover's eyes flickered.
He suddenly realized that Kaido seemed to know more than they did.
Just as Dr. Clover was about to ask Kaido how he knew this information, Makima, who had been moving freely in the room, suddenly cried out.
"Captain Kaido, I've found something here!!"
As they were talking, Machima, carrying a potted plant, walked around from behind the Historic Inscriptions monolith.
Olga skipped and hopped along beside Machima.
"I actually discovered this treasure!"
Kaido looked up intently upon hearing the sound.
On the potted plant, a Devil Fruit was clearly visible.