The Strongest Omni Traveler

Up in the Sky, a ship can be seen flying in a certain direction slowly.

The ship has a dragon's head with its mouth slightly open and looking menacingly.

The ship is colored black crimson with a Jolly Roger hanging up into its main mast, the Jolly Roger has a skull painted on it with a dragon's mouth seemingly wants to swallow the whole skull this indicates that this ship is a Pirate Ship.

Within the ship, there are six women who were left alone by the only man of the ship going to a place they have no idea of.

These six women are named, Rose, Ophis, Irene, Erza, Shirone, and Kuroka.

"Are you sure that place is fun, Rose?" asked Shirone who couldn't wait for them to reach the place and have fun.

"It is what I heard from Marco, he said it has a place where it is fun," said Rose not knowing what the place is.

"When will we reach there?" asked Erza

"I don't know," said Rose

"Are you sure there is a place to buy the things I need?" asked Irene

"Yes, but Marco said we need to have Berries to pay for everything, so I made a lot of it," said Rose

"Silver should have at least taken me" complained Kuroka.

"Cake?" asked Ophis who finished all the cakes Silver gave her.

"Yeah, you should stop eating too much cake Ophis," said Rose.

"No" declined Ophis.

"Oh well," said Rose helplessly.

As the group is talking, the ship finally started descending.

The group felling the ship is finally going to quickly go outside the kitchen and went to the ship's deck and looked down.

As the ship flew down, the group can now finally see the place Rose is talking about.

The place has a circular form, it is mostly covered by bubbles and only some green which is from the trees can be seen from its outer perimeter.

"Bubbles?" said Shirone

"Bubbles it is," said Irene

"Right," said Kuroka

"It popped!" said Erza

"It sure did," said Rose

Ophis didn't say anything and just watched the place as the ship flew down.

The place they looking at is called Sabaody Archipelago.

Sabaody Archipelago is the final island in Paradise, close to the Red Line.

Though it is called an archipelago, it is actually a massive mangrove forest growing out from the middle of the ocean with each tree of the forest serving as an "island" on which people live.

Since it is just a group of trees and not an island like those found in the Grand Line, it has no magnetic pull for which to affect a Log Pose.

Due to the place being in close proximity to the part of the Red Line bordering the first half of the Grand Line and the New World, it is a highly visited rest stop for all sorts of travelers to prepare before entering the New World.

Not long after, the ship dropped down into the water as the water splashed someone who was standing on ground just before the water which is higher than the sea water.

Rose then said from the ship, "Finally arrived!"

"Who will guard the ship if we all go?" asked Irene

"Don't know?" said Rose

"There is someone over there," said Kuroka

"Ohh! That's great! Let's make him guard the ship" said Rose

The someone that got splashed by water earlier is an elderly man of relatively tall height with a very strong and defined build. Two of his most distinguishing traits are his round glasses and facial hair, which is arranged embattled across his lower jaw. He also has a scar over his right eye, which he has had for many years.

Wearing just a nearly plain t-shirt, shorts, and sandals. He also seems to enjoy the cover of a large silver hooded cloak, though the hood is often down. Underneath these clothes, the old man's body is surprisingly built and very well-toned, a testament to his incredible strength.

The old man wiped the water that got splashed in his glasses earlier and said "What an unusual ship"

Rose and the others then jumped up from the ship towards the old man is standing at, Rose then said "Old man, can you watch over our ship and guard for a while? We want to go have fun" as she stares at the old man.

"Why? Can you tell me your names?" said the old man but he surely knew about them because he saw it from the bounty papers but decided to just ask anyway, he wanted to talk to them for they are all a great beauty.

"Why not, names Rose"

"Ophis"

"Irene"

"Erza"

"Shirone"

"Kuroka"

Introduced the group.

Shirone the curious frowned. She said "Doesn't he looks like someone that Roger kept talking about?" as she pointed the old man.

"Yes, he seems like the one he talked about," said Irene

The old man frowned hearing the name Roger, he asked: "Which Roger are you talking about?"

"The Pirate King is what Silver said. What's your name, old man?" asked Rose

The old man got curious, thinking, 'How could they know the Captain, he should be dead when these girls are born or they have been born just before a few years before his death' as he stares at the girls who looked like they are in their 20's or teens, especially Shirone who looked like 16-17 years old.

He then said "Name's Rayleigh, Silvers Rayleigh," said Rayleigh.

"Ohh! It is him, the Dark King Rayleigh" said Shirone

"Is he strong?" asked Erza who wasn't there when Silver and Roger told the group about him.

"Reyleigh, which one of you is stronger, You or Roger?" asked Rose

"The captain is stronger by a lot," said Rayleigh

"You're not strong then. So, watch over our ship for now, ok?" asked Rose

The group then started walking away but before they could even take 5 steps away, Rayleigh asked: "How do you know the captain?"

"Well, he's in the Empire with his wife, yep," said Rose and the group walked away leaving a dumbfounded Rayleigh.

Rayleigh couldn't believe what he heard and thought 'Empire? Which Empire? Is it a hidden Empire? We have traveled the sea for years and even reached Raftel and read the world's history, but which Empire? And captains wife? Shouldn't Rouge died?' and many things more.

Rayleigh wanted to chase them and ask more things about what they mean by what they have told him but decided not to because when he secretly used his Observation Haki into the group, he almost couldn't stand right, especially the two who are named Rose and Ophis. He never felt such power in his entire life.

He asked himself, 'Just who are they?'

When the group was finally out of his sight, Rayleigh sat down right where he was standing up and just waited for the group to come back, as he watches over the ship and guarding it for who knows how long.