Chapter 70: Even Gods Can Die

After unrelated people exited, only Rosse and Saint Saturn were left in the palace.

Saint Saturn had no intention of getting up; he just sat behind the huge office desk, sizing up Rosse.

Neither of them intended to speak first, merely observing each other.

The palace was silent, but two invisible domineering auras vaguely surged and clashed, constantly consuming each other.

After a long while, Saint Saturn finally withdrew his gaze.

Getting old, his eyes easily dried out after staring too long, not like when he was young.

"Still not enough," Saint Saturn spoke lightly.

Rosse frowned slightly. In his life, he hated people who spoke in riddles the most.

When he could suppress this old man, he'd return riddles every day.

Such a simple matter, just ask directly and be done with it.

First, sending Guernica to test him, then clashing with Conqueror's Haki, what was the point?

"Then how about this?", Rosse snapped his fingers, and a current surged beneath his feet, slowly lifting his figure into the air, hovering midair as he looked down at Saint Saturn.

"You actually survived after eating that fruit?", Seeing the change in Rosse's state, Saint Saturn abruptly stood up, looking at Rosse in shock.

He thought that after his warning, Rosse wouldn't take the risk for the sake of his life.

But he didn't expect that Rosse would really risk his life to eat it.

That fruit symbolizing the Sea God, he himself had never even dared to try it back then.

Rosse just smiled and watched Saint Saturn lose composure.

'So this old man can also have moments like this.'

That Saturn didn't know his current condition was only natural.

Aside from the anomaly when consuming the fruit back then, he had never used its powers publicly, always choosing a safe place to spar with Gion or Zephyr.

Moreover, the Celestial Dragons had their own arrogance, believing the sea below the Red Line was the lower realm, entirely unworthy of attention.

Unless it involved the foundation of the World Government, even the Five Elders were the same.

"Ahem!"

Saint Saturn took a while to compose himself, then slowly sat back down with the help of his cane.

"Since you've eaten that fruit, then indeed, it's enough."

"Does this fruit have any secrets?", Rosse took the chance to ask.

The Kingdom of Jaygarcia was established over 1,300 years ago. The discovery of that fruit likely exceeds a thousand years, they definitely had deep understanding of it.

"Do you know the three Ancient Weapons?", Saint Saturn countered.

"Uranus, Pluton, and Poseidon. Does it have anything to do with them?", Rosse showed interest.

"No relation," Hearing Saint Saturn's dismissive words, Rosse, a young man, suddenly felt irritated.

'If it's unrelated, why bring it up at all?'

"Don't be impatient," Saint Saturn shook his head and slowly added, "You should be able to feel that this fruit grants authority over the sea."

"That's right," Rosse nodded. Even without Saturn saying it, he understood this clearly.

"The so-called Poseidon only controls Sea Kings in the ocean, far inferior to this fruit. What this fruit represents is the true Sea God."

"1,300 years ago, our ancestors made a guess," Saint Saturn looked up at Rosse and sighed faintly, "This world is composed of sky, land, and sea, representing three supreme gods."

"The God of the Sky hangs high in the sun, the God of the Land governs the land, and the Sea God resides in the ocean."

"Sounds like a myth," Rosse seemed indifferent on the surface, but internally he clearly understood what Saint Saturn was saying.

Before arriving here, his knowledge of the One Piece world only extended to Luffy's journey through Egghead.

But even within that limited information, there was mention of the Sun God Nika.

No doubt about it, Luffy represented the Sun God.

"Heh, to us now it may seem like mythology, but to our ancestors back then, it was lived experience. During the founding of the kingdom, the doomsday of the land's submergence wasn't far off," Saint Saturn snorted softly, a tone full of emotion, "Humans don't have much record of that period, but the giants' divine texts do: The First World: Upon the land, fire appeared."

"Humans ruled by desire touched the forbidden sun."

"Slaves prayed, and the Sun God appeared."

"The God of the Land became furious, and together with the Serpent of Cursed Flames, shrouded the world in death and darkness."

"They could no longer meet."

"Doesn't seem related to the Sea God," Rosse appeared uninterested, but firmly memorized this information.

The existence of the Sun God Nika was already established. If one day a God of the Land or the Serpent of Cursed Flames appeared, he wouldn't be surprised at all.

Even if one day Sakazuki awakened and discovered his Devil Fruit wasn't Magma but the Mythical Zoan Serpent of Cursed Flames, Rosse wouldn't find it odd.

"The Sea God is recorded in the Fifth World of the divine text:"

"Within the void, breath surged."

"The Forest God sent demons."

"The Sun's flames raged endlessly."

"People of the Half-Moon dreamed."

"People of the Moon dreamed too."

"Humans killed the Sun God."

"The Sea God raged furiously."

"They could no longer meet again."

While reciting, Saint Saturn spoke calmly, but Rosse could hear the scorn in his tone, as if he were a witness.

The Jaygarcia family were not just witnesses, they were participants.

Rosse sighed internally.

This is where the advantage of a long family history comes in. Who knows, maybe one of their ancestors was the protagonist of history.

The Fifth World clearly describes the events of that blank century 800 years ago.

Whatever happened during that time, the Jaygarcia family were the victors.

"In the giants' perspective, deicide and ascension seem to be acts of great blasphemy," Rosse said with implication.

He referred to the giants, but in truth, he meant the World Government.

Rosse just didn't understand.

If he killed a god and rose to power, even using the dirtiest means, it would still be worth boasting about endlessly.

For him, deicide by humanity was always something to celebrate.

But it seemed that aside from the people of that nation, every other race placed gods high above, treating the act of killing a god as the vilest betrayal, sure to incur divine punishment.

What, humans aren't worthy of being gods? Only by bloodline mutation can one be a god?

"The giants have a longer history than humans, and due to their strength, their footprints cover the entire world. They arrogantly believe that humans stole divine authority, which is how they became rulers of the world," Saint Saturn chuckled lightly.

"Then what are you afraid of?", Rosse raised his head, posing a soul-piercing question.

"My family and I have never feared dead gods," Saint Saturn said with deeper meaning.

"So that's how it is," Rosse sneered, "Turns out someone's afraid the dead will return. Those 800 years really were lived like dogs."

"Watch your words!"

THUD!

Saint Saturn slammed his cane on the ground, and a powerful wave of Conqueror's Haki rippled through the entire palace.

"Got it. I won't bring it up again," Rosse chuckled, entirely unaffected by Saturn's Conqueror's Haki.

What Saint Saturn had told him was already enough to grant him awareness of certain things.

The highest one among the Celestial Dragons wasn't just his enemy, but also the enemy of the Jaygarcia family.

This was the Jaygarcia family's way of survival. If their strength was lacking, they would retreat and obey the will of the one above.

But once they had the strength, then it wouldn't be up to some people anymore.

The Jaygarcia weren't strangers to killing gods.

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