A shadow fell directly onto the deck, startling the nearby pirates, but they quickly calmed down. There were two officers on board, a reserve officer and her partner, as well as Arceus. This lineup gave them full confidence.
Several pirates bravely approached, but before they could even berate it, they were met with a roar of a wild beast, and a pair of glowing red eyes revealed a dangerous gaze in the darkness.
As the ship’s spotlight illuminated the area, a strange creature was revealed on the deck. Its back was green, and its belly was white, resembling a Western dragon in appearance, but its entire body was covered in long hair. Its front claws were fused with wings, while its hind legs were massive bird talons.
Its thick, lengthy tail sprawled across the deck, and judging by its size, the creature was roughly eight or nine meters long. However, it appeared extremely weakened at the moment. A large, black arrow had pierced through its wings, and there were similar wounds on its body that had caused it to fall.
Furthermore, behind the black arrow was an iron chain, the end of which was attached to a weight. It seemed that someone had specifically designed this to capture it.
“This thing is…Millennial Dragon?!”
As someone knowledgeable about lifeforms, Queen immediately recognized its species. It was a special creature known as the Millennial Dragon. Although its name was Millennial Dragon, its appearance was more of a combination of the features of Archaeopteryx and a dinosaur.
The reason it was called the Millennial Dragon was that they could live for a long time.
“Brother Queen, what is a Millennial Dragon?”
“It’s a legendary creature. It’s rumored that the bones of this thing can help people obtain eternal life, but it’s fake.” He knew this because MADS had studied this rumor before.
Research on Lineage Factor involved all sorts of strange creatures. Although Millennial Dragons are rare, as long as they exist in this world, the World Government could always find a hint of their traces.
The ideal burial and birthplace for Millennial Dragons is Battleship Island, which was hidden deep in the East Blue. This island only surfaces once every thousand years, but not all Millennial Dragons can pass away and be buried there.
There are also Millennial Dragons that die or are born outside of the island, and through a simple study and experiment, it naturally yielded the result that it was just false information.
Moreover, if this were true, there probably wouldn’t be any sighting of Millennial Dragons outside since the World Government wouldn’t allow them to live outside.
No matter how much manpower and resources they have to spend, they would hunt down this race to collect their dragon bones, and even keep a few of them in their possession for breeding purpose.
The so-called secret of eternal life was just a rumor. If the dragon bones of the Millennial Dragon really could be used to make an elixir of immortality, it wouldn’t be possible for the Millennial Dragons to die of old age.
However, it is a fact that there are still people who believe in this legend, otherwise they would not be hunting the Millennial Dragon.
As for how he came to this conclusion, the scars on the Millennial Dragon’s body said it all – only humans or demi-humans would use such things.
Queen was educating those around him, showing off his knowledge. But when he mentioned some experiments, the injured Millennial Dragon roared at him, causing more blood to pour from its already wounded body.
“What is this guy doing? Is it trying to kill itself?”
“It’s saying, “You bastard, how dare you hurt my kin? If you have the guts, come over here and I’ll bite you to death.” Well, something like that.”
Elizabeth’s voice sounded intermittently in Queen’s ear. With a little more time studying, Elizabeth would be able to communicate freely like a human.
Adult Millennial Dragons could understand human speech, but they couldn’t speak it, and humans also couldn’t understand their roars.
However, it was widely known in the pirate world that all land creatures except for humans and demi-humans speak the same language. This could be seen from Chopper’s translation ability. Whether it is a camel, a bird, or even a special creature like Kung-fu Dugong, he could understand them all.
Bulls, a common sea creature of Water 7, could be understood by Chopper, but he couldn’t understand the fish’s language. Fish and other animals probably use a different language.
As for Sea Kings, only each generation of Poseidon and those with the ability to hear Voice of All Things can understand their language.
But Millennial Dragon’s language was the same as Elizabeth’s, so Elizabeth acted as the interpreter.
Otherwise, only Arceus on the ship would be able to understand it.
“It misunderstood me. What I meant was that I have studied the materials that others have sent me. This is the first living Millennial Dragon I have ever seen.”
Queen was not explaining to the Millennial Dragon, but rather to Shayna. Shayna has a strong aversion to the World Government’s so-called experiments, which includes not only the experiments that were performed on her and Alber, but also those conducted on other races.
She would not go near Queen’s laboratory, and Queen also would not mention these things in front of her. But this time he was a little too proud of himself and broke their tacit understanding.
Recently, Shayna has been by Arceus’ side every night and appears to have gained even more power. Furthermore, she has come up with the idea of developing “Queen Bowling,” which has made Queen feel the need to be cautious.
“Treasure that grants eternal life… It seems Olga didn’t translate it wrong. I think the direction that the treasure map leads to is the island where the Millennial Dragons lives.”
Queen started to change the subject, but the transition was very stiff, and the effect was not obvious. Just when he was having a headache, someone helped him out by firing a cannonball directly at the ship’s hull.
The splashed waves hit Arceus, and the water soaked the deck next to Arceus. Seeing all this, Queen’s eyes almost glimmered.
“Lord Arceus! How dare someone disturb your peace! This is unforgivable! I will go and capture them immediately!
Queen immediately transformed into Tropius and flew into the air, charging towards the general direction, leaving the rest of the pirates on the ship looking at each other in confusion.
“Can this ba*tard act any more exaggerated?”
“Shayna, you should go with him. I don’t think he’s too reliable.”
“Understood, Lord Sacred Beast, I’ll go take care of those people who fired the cannons.” After saying that, Shayna flapped her wings and caught up with Queen, who had already flown ahead. Meanwhile, Arceus walked towards the Millennial Dragon.
Since it has lived for a long time, it may know something about past events.
If the plate can appear in the stomach of a Sea King, then it is also possible for it to appear in the nest of a certain Millennial Dragon.
The struggles from earlier had depleted the last of the Millennial Dragon’s strength, and now it lay on the deck, extremely weakened.