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After returning to the Wandenreich, he had no idea what had happened here in the aftermath.
What if Kuma and the others were discovered, and the World Government took over the island to deal with him?
After all, he was the one who killed a Celestial Dragon!
The World Government would never let him go.
In any case, even without the Azure Dragon's Flame Clouds, he could still 'fly'.
Using Haki to create footholds beneath his feet, Beltz stopped in mid-air before releasing his perception.
It was difficult to see clearly with the naked eye; after all, it was already dark, and his vision was severely obstructed.
He could only see several campfires rising from the island.
Hmm, there were many life signatures, generally quite weak.
It seemed they hadn't been discovered by the Marine.
"Lord Beltz!"
Less than a day had passed in total, and most of the people on the island had yet to recover from the nightmare of God Valley.
Since they planned to settle on this island, they naturally had to explore its resources and build some simple wooden and grass huts to give the people a temporary place to live.
By the light of the campfires, they saw Beltz descending from the sky.
Hearing the call, Beltz landed beside a man, nodded slightly, and asked, "Is everyone alright?"
"Everyone is fine! It's just..."
The man seemingly hadn't expected to see Beltz again so soon; he was somewhat excited, but quickly became very dejected.
"God Valley has been destroyed."
Beltz sighed, walked over, and patted his shoulder.
From the moment Saint Figarland Garling discovered that members of the Davy Clan resided in God Valley and they refused to join the World Government, the destruction of that place was already predestined.
Almost all the top-tier powerhouses of this era with names and titles had been called to that island; wouldn't destroying an island be easy for them?
However, for the original inhabitants of God Valley, it was indeed difficult to accept that their home had been destroyed just like that.
One could only say that the author of One Piece had already defined the nature of this world.
This was a world where it was arguably better to be dead.
Ordinary people living in this world were either exploited by the Celestial Dragons, various royalty and nobles, and the Marine, or plundered by pirates.
"Live well."
"Yes... we are the survivors of God Valley; we must live on!" The man reached out to wipe the tears from his eyes and said with a sob:
"The fact that we are alive today is all because of you!"
"..."
Beltz patted his shoulder once more.
"Oh, Lord Beltz, everyone will be so happy to see you back. I'll go inform them right away!"
Seeing the man about to leave, Beltz shook his head and said, "I have urgent business to attend to this time. Is that piece of land I brought over earlier still there?"
"Oh, you mean the Holy Land! It's there!" The man quickly replied, "We set up camp right near the Holy Land!"
Holy Land?
The people of God Valley had all flown out on that piece of land, and since it was originally the soil of their homeland, they called it the Holy Land.
"Live your lives well, but I need to take that piece of land with me."
Beltz didn't know how long he could stay in One Piece this time, so he had to make the most of his time.
Crossing into One Piece didn't allow him to go wherever he wanted; instead, he would reappear at the location he last visited.
He couldn't stay indefinitely, so he shouldn't waste time here.
He needed to head to the Sorbet Kingdom in the South Blue first to see how Kuma was doing.
If nothing unexpected happened, he would live in this world for decades, so he naturally needed to find a base of operations.
In fact, the best base he could think of was Wano.
Wano was isolated and its information was cut off; if he hunkered down there, no one would be able to find him.
Especially since the ancient weapon Pluton was hidden beneath Wano.
That was an ancient weapon, the most powerful and terrifying existence in One Piece!
Even legendary existences like Imu and Joy Boy needed ancient weapons to enhance their side's combat capabilities.
However, Wano was a nation of samurai with many powerful experts, especially Kozuki Oden.
His current strength wasn't enough to handle Kozuki Oden yet.
So, it was better to go to the Sorbet Kingdom first, find a base, and then radiate outward from there.
Before Roger ushered in the Great Pirate Era, powerful pirates wouldn't gather in the New World of the Grand Line like they would in the future.
Besides the Grand Line, many great pirates were distributed throughout the four seas.
Furthermore, in the South Blue, he could build up favorability with the Red-Haired brothers, Ivankov, Kuma, and others.
But before leaving, he had to take the piece of land he brought out from God Valley.
The shadow of that land contained the gold, silver, treasures, and Devil Fruits he had hidden.
The gold and silver could be used to recruit soldiers and establish a power in this world, and the Devil Fruits were even more important, perhaps he could even take them to the world of Bleach.
God Valley was located in the West Blue, and traveling from the West Blue to the Sorbet Kingdom in the South Blue was a considerable distance.
He had to think about how to get there.
After being led by the man to the land the God Valley survivors called the 'Holy Land' and explaining his intentions, Beltz could see the reluctance in everyone's eyes.
He thought about it and realized that this land was the last memento for the survivors of God Valley; it was the soil of their home.
So he said, "Rest assured, everyone, I am only borrowing this land temporarily. When I have time, I will bring it back."
This wasn't much of a hassle.
Once he reached the Sorbet Kingdom and had Kuma's Paw Paw Fruit, returning would be a simple matter.
"Ah, there's no need for that, Lord Beltz!" Seeing Beltz say this, an old man hurriedly said, "You are our savior, you saved our lives. How could we trouble you over such a thing?"
"This Holy Land is indeed the soil of God Valley, the soil of our home, but compared to Lord Beltz' kindness, what does it matter?"
Once the old man spoke, more people below began to speak up.
"Yes, we can never repay Lord Beltz' kindness!"
"We will definitely repay Lord Beltz in the future!"
Beltz had never really seen such a display before; he chuckled and said, "Don't worry, it's not a difficult task."
"If there's a chance, we'll meet again!"
He directly transformed into the Azure Dragon, created Flame Clouds, and hauled the piece of land into the sky!
For a normal pirate, going from the West Blue to the South Blue would indeed be quite difficult.
But he was a dragon!
He could fly! There was no need to worry about the Calm Belt or the Red Line, he could just fly right over!
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