Chapter 202: The Golden Bell, History, and the Puzzle of History
"Titan, take all this gold."
Titan knew what to do.
Transforming into Glutton, it opened its massive maw and unleashed terrifying Devouring Power.
The ground trembled.
Buildings, along with the gold, were swallowed by Titan into its Internal Space.
It didn't take much time.
Once inside Titan's body, the gold could be naturally filtered out.
Soon, the two followed the roots of the giant vine to its top.
There was a thick cloud above, looking similar to the others, but it was this cloud that concealed the Golden Bell, making it impossible for Enel to find it despite searching for six years.
He couldn't have imagined that the Golden Bell he had painstakingly searched for was right above his own Temple.
However, there was no Temple on the vine yet; that must have been built later.
What came into view was the giant Golden Bell, with vines entwined around its body.
Both the bell body and the supporting gold pillars on either side were a hundred meters tall.
Below, there was also a three-tiered gold staircase.
The entire Golden Bell, the two pillars supporting it, two smaller gold pillars in front, plus the steps below – unlike the buildings in Shandora that were inlaid with gold, this was entirely crafted from gold.
It was hard to imagine how such a Golden Bell could have been built.
This was a massive project, certainly not something these Shandian natives could have accomplished; they didn't have the ability.
Regarding this, Hades already had a guess in his mind: it was likely Giants.
The history of the Golden Bell definitely exceeds four hundred years, reaching eight hundred years.
After all, there was a Poneglyph on it.
This gold, along with a large amount of other treasure, was transported from elsewhere.
Why transport it to Jaya Island? Jaya Island is remote, with a harsh environment nearby and the dangerous Knock-Up Stream.
It's difficult for ordinary people to reach here, making it a good place to hide things.
If not for getting lost in a storm and being attracted by the sound of the "Golden Bell," Mont Blanc Noland wouldn't have reached Jaya Island either.
The environment here eight hundred years ago was likely even more dangerous.
As an adventurer, Mont Blanc Noland was powerful.
Even if not Admiral-level, he was at least Quasi-Admiral or Elite Vice Admiral.
He speculated that this treasure and gold likely belonged to the "Great Kingdom" from eight hundred years ago.
It was only because of that upheaval that the treasure was transferred and hidden beforehand.
Perhaps they didn't want to give it to the group of people who would later establish the World Government.
Otherwise, how could a small Jaya Island possess such a large gold mine?
And the Shandian were merely the guardians of this gold and the Poneglyph, possibly related to some promise.
It's also possible that someone might have prophesied that Jaya Island would coincidentally have a super Knock-Up Stream rush up to Sky Island four hundred years later.
The future Enel could also see the future, hear people talking, hear people's thoughts – a super-large range Observation Haki.
Even with the help of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, it still demonstrates Enel's astonishing talent in Observation Haki.
Otherwise, how could he combine his ability with Observation Haki and develop Observation Haki so comprehensively?
And this was Enel developing it through his own exploration, without anyone teaching him.
Moreover, Enel's physique wasn't bad.
Solely relying on his own strength, he could easily step on Zoro and crush him underfoot.
He definitely developed Lightning Body Forging.
One must know that he was a genius who taught himself Shipbuilding.
It's normal for his body technique not to be strong, but it's a bit strange for a Logia User not to be able to use elementalization.
But in this real World, Hades couldn't figure out how Luffy defeated Enel.
Their strength had such a chasm-like gap.
The most likely outcome is that Enel predicted the future.
If he were to kill Luffy.
In his mind, such scenes appeared:
An angry Elder wearing a white suit, swinging a punch coated with Black-Red Lightning, blowing his entire body apart.
An angry man wearing a cloak with a strange red mark on his left face, swinging black claws, grabbing his head and directly crushing it.
An angry Red-Hair one-armed man, with astonishing power, completely cutting him in half with a single strike, "Divine Avoidance."
So, he backed down, actively conceded defeat, too lazy to even dodge.
Otherwise, with his speed, how could he not avoid it? He could kite the enemy to death.
Could Luffy, who hadn't yet transformed into the "Sun God," remain unaffected by extreme heat from electricity?
Basil Hawkins, the Supernova of the future, a Fortune Teller who ate the Straw-Straw Fruit.
Kozuki Toki, the Time-Time Fruit Ability User from eight hundred years ago.
Shirley, the Mermaid Fortune Teller from Fish-Man Island in the future.
In a sense, they all possess the ability to predict the future.
Eight hundred years ago, it's highly possible such beings existed.
Moreover, that was the "Great Kingdom," and the Family's chronicles also contain many records.
That was also a glorious era, and having similar figures is not surprising.
But this had nothing to do with him.
All of this belonged to him.
The Poneglyph was very conspicuous, just below the steps, a square, massive stone block embedded within the gold.
It was engraved with strange writing.
He knew this Poneglyph was about "Sea King" Poseidon, which meant that in Fish-Man Island, every few hundred years, a Mermaid Princess would be born with the ability to communicate with and control Sea Kings.
This was also the reason he "established good relations" with Fish-Man Island.
Although she hasn't been born yet, it is destined that she will be controlled in the future.
In addition to this, it also introduced the classification of Poneglyphs.
One type is the Blue Poneglyph, which records information about the Great Kingdom from eight hundred years ago and information about Ancient Weapons.
Another type, of which there are only four, is the Red Road Poneglyph, which records the location of the Final Island.
Titan directly swallowed the entire Golden Bell, along with the gold platform and pillars, including the Poneglyph.
Then they left, returning to the Farazul, without the slightest reluctance.
As for "Lord of the Sky" Nola, he suddenly didn't want to kill it.
Because in his mind, he had a strange idea, but it would have to wait for a few years.
A portion of the gold and treasure from the Golden City was actually lost.
On some parts of the ground, rock walls, and buildings, there were places where gold was missing.
Under the huge impact force of the Knock-Up Stream, it was shaken off as if struck by an earthquake.
In this process, it was washed up into the sky, and then scattered and fell into the Great Sea near Jaya Island.
This is a huge treasure.
One day, if it were discovered, it is destined to stir up a storm in the Great Sea.
(end of chapter)