One Piece: The Strongest Trait System

[66] : The Calm Belt's Great Use! The Red Line!

Besides Rowen, is there anyone reliable on this ship?!

"Listen up! The Grand Line is sandwiched between two long strips of ocean! These are the Calm Belts! Just like the name says, there's absolutely no wind here!" Nami explained urgently.

"So what?" Zoro and the others still didn't understand the problem.

"Because, besides having no wind, this place also has some... very interesting inhabitants," Rowen added, his lips curling as he gazed down at the sea surface.

His Observation Haki detected presences in the water below.

KRA-SHOOOOM!

The next moment, the sea surface erupted violently. A colossal creature emerged from the depths, lifting the Going Merry entirely out of the water on its head.

"W-What's happening?! An earthquake?!" Usopp screamed in panic.

"Moron! How can there be an earthquake at sea?!" Sanji yelled back.

Then, everyone except Rowen froze, utterly stunned.

Several terrifyingly massive creatures had surfaced around them. And the Going Merry was perched precariously atop the head of one of these behemoths.

"!!!" Sanji, Zoro, Luffy, and Usopp's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.

"This is... a Sea King nest! And they're huge!" Nami shrieked, clinging onto Rowen for dear life, tears streaming down her face from sheer terror.

"Giant Sea Kings, huh? Must be very nutritious. Sanji, interested in catching one for dinner?" Rowen asked casually, looking at Sanji.

The Sea Kings in the Calm Belt were entirely different from those found elsewhere.

Their size started at several hundred meters, with thousand-meter ones being common. Deep below, creatures exceeding five thousand meters lurked.

These Sea Kings were the true apex predators of the ocean!

Rowen still remembered the taste of Mohmoo, the sea cow Arlong kept.

These super-giant Sea Kings should taste even better.

"D-Don't say things like that! These monsters are probably thousands of meters long!" Sanji stammered, his face turning grim.

How could you possibly cook a monster that size?!

"Rowen! Please! Don't fight them!" Nami pleaded, clinging to Rowen like an adorable koala, looking up with pitiful, tear-filled eyes.

"Alright, alright," Rowen relented, gently patting Nami's head comfortingly as he looked at her pale, terrified face.

The Merry certainly didn't have the space to store one of these behemoths anyway.

'But someday... I definitely have to taste a giant Calm Belt Sea King.' Rowen smirked inwardly.

And this sea held another purpose for Rowen.

Swimming across this sea—the 'Disposition' gained via Born of the Sea would be many times greater than in other waters!

For Sea Kings—especially giant ones—to choose this area as their nesting ground indicated the sea's energy here was far more potent than elsewhere.

One of the three Ancient Weapons, 'Poseidon', could command these very giant Sea Kings.

One could only imagine the sheer power contained within the nesting grounds of such creatures.

Rowen, through his Born of the Sea (Apex Gold) Trait, could clearly sense the immense sea energy permeating this region.