Chapter 13: Flame-Flame Fruit
Seeing Rono walk in, the slaves were very quiet, but everyone's eyes were filled with terror, and they retreated subconsciously.
They were treating Rono as if he were from the World Government.
Just seeing him was already frightening enough, and you can imagine how inhumanly they were abused on a daily basis.
Looking at so many innocent people and the horror on their faces, this is the sin of the Celestial Dragons!
"You are free." Rono pulled open the big lock of the iron cage, and everyone watched this scene in disbelief, unable to believe it for a while.
It wasn't until Rono walked straight to the next room that everyone calmed down!
"We are free!"
"We are free!"
The slaves rushed out like headless flies. Some of them ran out and turned back, coming to Rono to thank him.
The next room was still a slave room, but the room here was bigger.
Because the slaves here were obviously not ordinary people, but some special races.
There were the Longarm Tribe, the Longleg Tribe, the Merfolk, the Snake-Neck Tribe, and even the Mink Tribe.
But this was not unusual; Rono even saw the Oni Tribe with their distinctive horns.
I have to say that the Celestial Dragons have a wide reach. These races are very rare, but the Celestial Dragons had caught them and put them in cages.
When these races saw Rono, their reaction was the same as that of the previous slaves. They were all filled with disgust mixed with fear, and some mermaids even revealed despair.
After all, mermaids have outstanding looks, and some beautiful humans are not as good-looking as mermaids.
It seemed that their daily encounters were more tragic than those of ordinary human slaves.
"Come on... you're free."
*Bang!* One punch opened the huge iron cage. Like the humans before, these people of different races couldn't believe the scene in front of them.
"Really... really?"
A slightly more daring member of the Mink Tribe cautiously walked out of the cage, and after finding that Rono didn't move, quickly ran out!
A minute later, the mink ran back again, looking very excited!
"It turned out to be true! The navy outside and the World Government people are all fainted! Quick, get out of here!"
With a big wave, the mink urged others of different races to leave quickly.
In the chaos, suddenly, a red-skinned merman came to Rono and knelt down directly!
"Dare... Dare to ask the benefactor's honorable name!"
The red merman asked respectfully.
Hearing this question, the slaves who had escaped stopped one after another.
They also wanted to know the name of the benefactor who saved them.
"Rono." Rono said his name while carefully observing the red merman in front of him.
This guy looked a little familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.
This red skin, if he remembered correctly, seemed to be the future merman hero Fisher Tiger!
But now Tiger was only in his twenties, which was quite different from the original.
If it weren't for this striking red skin, Rono wouldn't even have recognized him.
"Your great kindness, Tiger will never forget it!"
Tiger solemnly kowtowed to Rono a few times before leaving with his fellow mermen.
If it weren't for Rono, he and those mermen would have been sent to the Holy Land, and who knows how cruel and inhumane their treatment would be!
"Rono..." The slaves of other races were also repeating Rono's name, remembering the benefactor's name!
Some people also followed Tiger's example and kowtowed to Rono a few times.
"I didn't expect that Tiger was caught so early."
Nor did Rono expect to meet the future merman hero Fisher Tiger here.
Although Tiger's strength was not particularly strong, his influence among mermen was huge, comparable to that of Princess Otohime.
Tiger's influence was not limited to mermen but was very significant among slaves who had been captured by the Celestial Dragons!
After all, Tiger is called [Hero] Tiger.
After freeing the slaves, Rono continued to walk towards the deepest room.
I have to say that the cabin was really big enough; it must have cost a fortune to build such a giant sailboat.
When he opened the hatch, Rono suddenly discovered that the things in the deepest room were what he was most interested in!
The room was gorgeously decorated and elegant.
In the middle of the room, there were several glass showcases, and in these glass showcases, all the Devil Fruits were displayed!
Under the illumination of the lights, the Devil Fruits glowed and looked very beautiful.
In addition to the Devil Fruits, there were many other treasures displayed in the room.
All kinds of famous swords and weapons seemed to be intended for the Celestial Dragons in the Holy Land.
But now it was impossible for them to reach the hands of the Celestial Dragons, and instead, they all went to Rono.
After packing everything in the entire room into the system space, Rono left contentedly.
The slaves in the two rooms outside had already left, and only Roger was still enjoying himself while lying on the gold.
"Let's start dividing."
Rono took out the Devil Fruits he just obtained and the swords and guns in front of Roger.
"Oh~ where did you find so many good things?" Roger was very curious as he looked at the bright treasure in front of him.
"I disappeared for a while just now, and you didn't seem to realise." Rono was full of black lines; this guy was too absent-minded.
"Isn't this a Devil Fruit? There are so many good treasures."
Roger jumped off the gold and stood in front of the treasure to appreciate it, like a country bumpkin who had just entered the city.
If he hadn't read the original story, Rono would have a hard time believing that such a guy would become the Pirate King admired by thousands of people in the future.
"For the sake of fairness, gold, treasure, Devil Fruits, treasure swords, etc., are all divided equally. You choose first," Rono said.
After all, Roger was a "teacher" who taught him the three types of Haki, and now it would be a reward for him to pick first.
"Forget it, I'm not interested in Devil Fruits. As for the sword, I already have one, so these are all yours."
Roger waved his hand and refused. He really wasn't interested in Devil Fruits.
Although he was interested in swords, Roger felt that his current swords were very easy to use and didn't need to be changed.
"Are you sure? This is the Flame-Flame Fruit, it's from the Nature type."
Rono picked up a ripe fruit in front of him and said to Roger.
Although he hadn't read the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, Rono had read the original story and knew what the Flame-Flame Fruit looked like.
The Devil Fruit in front of him was the Nature type, Flame-Flame Fruit!
After all, other fruits can also produce flames, such as Zoan-type Mythical Zoan fruits, which have a higher potential than the Flame-Flame Fruit.
Even Kinemon's sword can emit flames, what else can you say?
"Oh~ it turns out to be a Nature type Devil Fruit. What's the use?" Roger asked with a question mark in his head. It seemed that he didn't understand the Nature type at all.