Chapter 18 - Water 7

He did not feel the need to eat a devil fruit for now. But he still entered the place of Enel because he had gold stored that was mined from the city. He stored all of it in his ring. He estimated it to be around 1 billion berry. It was not much considering that Luffy had got 300 million berries but he didn't care anyways, as his father left him an enormous amount of money in the ring.

Once done, he went inside one of the rooms, and Laid down on the bed, then started remembering Marie. His fiancé. And the only woman he felt was perfect for him. Now that the tense air of the fight was done, he had time to mourn her death.

After all for some reason, he only remembered it when Enel threatened to kill anyone closely related to him. But it was the memory of his death. So once he remembered his mind was messed up. As he felt that he just died by the thugs then suddenly was fighting with Enel who was threatening him. But fortunately he got his bearings back. And his messed up mind and memories was fixed.

After a while of him just lying there and remembering all the memories of him and Marie, he finally focused and got up to continue ahead. She was almost similar to him. They even joked about this situation he was in now multiple times. The only thing different was how she was with him. But nonetheless he knew how she would never have liked it for him to just sit around feeling sad. He wondered if she had reincarnated like him in some world… or if she went to heaven.

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Afterwards he went on his way to Nola the great python. He wanted to leave as quickly as possible. There was nothing for him to do here.

The ark maxim might be needed in the future. But so far he did not care for it, nor for the city of gold. As it was just ruins right now.

The python was located in the forests of upper yard.

It is bigger than most buildings and is long enough to reach out to the sky well above the trees of Skypiea (which alone are massive themselves). He knew that it is supposedly much bigger than its ancestors from the Anime.

Its head alone is large enough that people may dance on top of it, and its insides are so large they form a tunnel big enough for people to walk side by side down with no room restrictions. As shown when Luffy was lost inside…

It is blue in color with a single row of white hair on both sides, along the body. It has small, yellow eyes, and two long barbels hanging from the spot above her mouth, like a mustache. It also has dark blue wavy lines across the top of its body. It is the second oldest living creature in One Piece, being more than 400 years old. The longest living creature being Zunesha, the elephant carrying the island of Zou.

The snake was practically oozing with savageness the moment he laid eyes on it. But a Haki infused glare made it cower and intimidated.

"Relax, I won't do anything to you. I just need something… Done!" Ian said as came closer and took a syringe and filled it.

The snake then slithered away in a very great speed almost like it is running from a demon. Ian had a strange look on his face.

He then started flying to reach the cloud End.

His next destination being water seven. There were many islands in between, however he didn't plan to visit them.

He wanted a new ship, and afterwards, to enter the new world, as this sea held no adventures for him.

Soon he reached the gate and took out a wooden board from his ring. Then grinned. And jumped on the Milky Way. Today he was going to break records for the highest skydive ever. Both in this world and his last one. Kaido had not jumped in this world yet after all.

Of course, with no parachute as with one there will be other people who jumped higher than him. Soon he reached the point on the milky road where it turns sharp, he then took off to the sky and started free falling. He didn't use any of his energies. Either to fly or to protect his body against the wind. His body was strong enough. And he wanted to experience free falling like Kaido had done.

It was an exhilarating feeling. He heard the loud rush of wind, smelt the fresh air, felt the cold air on his skin.

Freedom. Bliss. Focus. Confidence… a multitude of emotions passed through his mind. He was yelling at the top of his voice with a smile on his face.

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Days past and Ian was now seen sitting on the crow's nest.

He had undergo the process using Nola's Bloodline and as he had guessed, he gained a certain level of resistance to poisons. But coupled with his regeneration he could practically be called immune to poisons. Of course. The stronger the poison the longest the duration for him to recover from it. So far he was sure most poisons won't work for him, except a small decrease in his speed for the duration that the regeneration will take. But he was wary of the more stronger poisons like the armored stonefish poison.

Even Luffy almost died because of that. And he was someone who fought with a poison devil fruit eater and survived.

As for his body. It too was strengthened but not to a very high degree. As raw strength or willpower, were not the snake's strongest points.

Still it was a plus for him. One thing that always annoyed him, was how his hair each time he went through the process keeps getting longer and longer. So he had to cut it each time.

Ian was enjoying the wind blowing against his skin. He could finally see the island near. He was finally here. Water seven. The city in Paradise known for its shipwrights.

From afar Ian could see that the city resembles a giant fountain in a volcano shape because of the tiered system of building houses. All the roofs are of red color and texture, the houses are tiered to allow for more houses to take up room.

There are water-ways and canals that are used for transportation almost like roads, often surrounded by sidewalks on the canals. He knew from the anime that many citizens use Bulls which are Sea Horse like creatures that are attached to boats to move around the city. And he also knew that some shops rent bulls of various sizes, although they rarely rent King Bulls as they are gigantic in size. The other two smaller sizes bulls are used for transport. The reason why the bulls are good to use is because they can go up ramps of water and move about the city. Ian was dazed looking at this beautiful city. He wondered if he'll get a companion anytime soon, so that he can enjoy this with them.