One Piece: I am Imu-Chapter 324: The Gate Between Worlds

Zero Magic World, Holy Romalian Empire. Located in the southern part of the Halkeginia continent, the landforms are mostly mountains, hills, and a small portion of plains.

The Religious Department within it holds the highest authority for researching and interpreting the 'Founder Prophecy' and is also the supreme authority on 'Magic System.'

According to the rules of the Religious Department, anyone who does not believe in Brimir is considered a heretic.

Among them, the elves are the largest heretic race because they not only refuse to believe in Brimir but also worship the 'Great Will' and even refer to Brimir as a demon.

This has led to the elves having a very poor reputation in human kingdoms.

At this time, a magic airship flying the flag of the Kingdom of Albion was slowly passing over the enormous canyon known as Ausonian, escorted by four magic warships and fifty dragon knights in the front and rear.

The people, led by Amatori Biba, stood on the airship's deck, observing the canyon's ever-changing scenery as it passed beneath them.

"This is too high, too deep, and too narrow. It's really unlikely for a regular army to pass through here." Saito exclaimed beside Louise.

Bleu, squinted his eyes and smirked as he replied, "Are you stupid? Just take a magic airship and fly over the canyon. Who would still march on foot in this era?"

"This..." Saito had nothing to say, but his face showed clear displeasure.

"Bleu, be polite. We are in the same group now." Jack patted Bleu on the shoulder and reminded him in a deep voice. Jeanette, standing next to Louise, also joined in.

"That's right, Bleu. You're always like this. I still want to be friends with the lovely Louise!"

After saying that, she hugged Louise, causing the latter to quickly push her away with a look of rejection. However, before she could react further, Chelsea wrapped her arms around her waist again.

Louise suddenly felt hopeless, and at the same time, she became frustrated and shouted, "Stop it!"

At that moment, the magic wand in her hand began to spark with lightning, making Saito panic. "Louise! Calm down! We're in the middle of the canyon!"

If she blew up the airship, it would be disastrous.

"Hmph!" Louise curled her lips when she heard this, and the lightning on her wand gradually dissipated. However, she had already succeeded in making Chelsea let go of her with a smile.

Not far away. Biba ignored the commotion and continued his conversation with Joseph and Julio on various topics.

In order to deepen his understanding of this world, Tucker was communicating privately with Bidashal in a cabin room, as the latter's identity as an elf made it inappropriate for him to appear in the Romalia.

However, as a prisoner of Biba, he could not be released.

"You don't believe in Brimir?!"

Bidashal bid looked at Tucker in shock, seeing the gentle smile on his face. Tucker softly replied, "I am an alchemist, so I only believe in the truth. Mr. Amatori is not a follower of any religion either."

"..." Bidashal was left speechless, as he had never imagined that there were humans who did not believe in Brimir.

"Excuse me, what do you plan to do after collecting all the nothingness?"

Tucker was taken aback by the question. "I don't have a specific goal. I just want to see what will happen."

"If that's the case, then I can tell you what will happen."

Bidashal looked at Tucker seriously.

Tucker nodded. "Go ahead."

Bidashal then spoke solemnly, "According to a legend passed down for six thousand years, when all the demonic power—what you call the power of nothingness—is gathered, the land of the elves will face destruction! So please persuade Mr. Amatori to stop this and prevent it from happening, I beg you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he bowed his head deeply to Tucker.

"The earth facing destruction..." Tucker murmured in surprise. Julio had mentioned something similar before, stating that the Pope wanted to save the world, which was why he needed to gather all the nothingness.

The two statements were both contradictory and similar, as they both involved the destruction of the world.

If this were true, then, as explorers, they needed to get to the bottom of it. Otherwise, if the World Government proceeded with large-scale resource development in this world and suddenly faced its destruction, the losses would be unimaginable.

And they would surely be held accountable, with severe consequences.

"Then do you know the specific method of destruction?"

Bidashal shook his head. "It is not mentioned in the prophecy."

"Then we have no choice but to see what the Pope has to say first. I think he should have more information, and then we can contact the higher-ups of your elf race."

Tucker looked at Bidashal calmly. "Since both sides predict the world's destruction, you should cooperate to figure this out."

However, Bidashal sighed helplessly. "That's impossible. Many of the elders in our council harbor deep hatred for humans."

"And the prophecies contradict each other. In our prophecy, as long as humans do not gather all the nothingness, the destruction of the earth can be avoided."

Hearing this, Tucker remained silent, but he couldn't help feeling sorry for the elves.

If this was truly the case, then with Biba's personality, he would definitely turn against the elves once he integrated the power of the human kingdoms.

Since they refused to cooperate willingly, they would have to be forced into cooperation...

More than an hour later, he magic airship from the Kingdom of Albion, escorted by the Holy Romalian Empire, successfully passed through the Ausonian Valley and arrived at their capital.

Perhaps it was because their group included Joseph, the king of the Kingdom of Gallia, or maybe because there were two Void Messengers among them.

In any case, they received a very high-level reception.

As soon as they disembarked, they were led to a lavish carriage that had been prepared in advance. Under the escort of the Templar Knights on both sides, they slowly made their way to the Romalia Cathedral at the city center.

Interestingly, the architectural layout of this cathedral was exactly the same as the Tristain Academy of Magic.

Five lower buildings surrounded a towering central structure. However, unlike the Academy, where walls enclosed all four directions, three of the cathedral's sides were replaced with lush green woods.

"Wow!!!"

But as everyone, led by Julio, stepped into the slowly opening entrance on the cathedral's first floor, Louise, Jeanette, and the others couldn't help but exclaim in awe.

The vast and expansive hall, the smooth and gleaming marble floors, the floor-to-ceiling windows adorned with colorful stained glass, and the incredibly soft and luxurious red carpet—all left them mesmerized.

But none of these is as good as the golden wall dominating the entire view before their eyes and the six emerald pillars surrounding the golden-red throne.

Its luxury is almost suffocating.

"Welcome to Romalia, I am the current Pope, Vittorio Serevare St. Aegis the 32nd."

On the golden throne, a man with long golden hair wearing a purple-gold hat, a purple-red robe, and a golden scepter slowly stood up and calmly scanned Biba and the others below the stage.

"His Holiness the Pope!!"

Louise and the others hurriedly knelt halfway down, and even the reluctant Saito was pulled down by Louise.

Only Biba, Joseph, Sheffield, and Julio were still standing there.

However, Pope Vittorio did not seem to care about them and focused his attention on Biba.

"Nice to meet you, a world unifier who claims to be from overseas."

After saying that, he smiled at Louise and the others and said, "Stand up, everyone."

"Thank you, Your Holiness!"

Louis and the others stood up respectfully, which shows how deeply rooted the Brimir religion is in the hearts of the people in this world.

"You don't seem to object to my behavior?"

At this moment, Biba spoke, causing Louise and the others to change their expressions, because his tone and attitude were really not respectful enough.

"Yes, because the unification of the continent is a good thing, which is beneficial to the world and the people."

"And your actions were quick enough, and they did not bring about a long war, which can be regarded as minimizing the number of casualties."

Pope Vittorio openly admitted his support, then turned his gaze to King Joseph and said, "I thought it would be you who conquered the continent."

"Hehe, that must be disappointing for you, though I, too, am shocked by the current changes."

King Joseph glanced at Biba's back with a fake smile.

He also felt that if the other party had not appeared, he could have successfully flattened several other kingdoms and even overthrown the authority of the Pope in the end.

"You said that it is good for the world, which should be related to the saving of the world mentioned by this Julio before."

Biba didn't care about the eyes behind him but led the topic back to the main concern.

"Alas—yes."

Pope Vittorio sighed sadly.

"Our world is indeed facing a huge crisis that is almost unsolvable. Fortunately, the great Brimir has given us the only hope with his prophecy."

Biba did not interrupt but listened patiently, and the others were deeply attracted by the Pope's words.

"The so-called crisis is actually the 'wind stone disaster.'"

"Although most people in the outside world know that the wind stone veins are mainly concentrated in the Sahara Desert where the elf kingdom is located, there are wind stones in the entire Halkeginia continent."

"And they will become more and more numerous as time goes by. When the wind stones accumulated in a certain area reach a certain level, they will generate huge wind magic, causing the earth to split and float into the sky."

Pope Vittorio looked at everyone with a worried face.

"So we have been paying attention to various parts of the continent until we found that this situation had occurred in some places a hundred years ago, and it has become more and more frequent."

The atmosphere in the magnificent cathedral became extremely depressing.

Louise and the others were already a little dumbfounded, and even King Joseph was extremely serious.

"Then how can we save the world by gathering all the power of nothingness?" Biba asked thoughtfully.

At the same time, he had decided in his heart to inform the World Government of this matter as soon as possible to avoid sending a large number of personnel to the Halkeginia continent.

The Kingdom of Albion could be used as the base camp first.

"The great Brimir's prophecy states that four working with four can save Halkeginia from this crisis."

Pope Vittorio emphasized this point again.

"The specific implementation method is to let all the nothingness gather in the holy land occupied by the elves and then open the passage between this world and another world there."

"The Gate of the World!"

Everyone was stunned, but Saito was the first to react.

Because he was summoned from the modern world, and he had given up the opportunity to return to his own world not long ago.

"Your, Your Holiness, the other world you are referring to is..."

"Yes, it is your world."

Pope Vittorio solemnly admitted: "We need to let the people go to your world to live. This is the only way to save most people!"

"Uh————"

Saito was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

Although he is a high school student, he could imagine how much trouble it would cause if a group of aliens suddenly appeared in the real world, and what attitudes the countries would have.

"That's why I said that unifying the continent is beneficial to the world, because we need to concentrate all our strength to take back the holy land from the elves, and we also need a strong enough military force to protect ourselves in the new world and secure a territory to live in!"

Upon hearing this, Saito suddenly shouted: "Your Holiness the Pope, are you going to invade my world?!"

"Saito."

Louise pulled his clothes in panic, but Saito ignored her and looked at Pope Vittorio in shock.

"No, I hope to live in peace, but we must be prepared for everything."

Pope Vittorio replied indifferently.

"Pfft—Hahahahaha—"

Suddenly, King Joseph burst into laughter: "Great, great, it sounds so interesting. Our world is going to be destroyed, so it's a good idea to go to another world to grab a place!"

"I calculated that as long as we launch a wave of conscription on the mainland, plus the existing armies of various countries, the number of troops should reach 500,000. Add those monsters and subhumans, maybe it can reach 600,000 or 700,000!"

"There are also the 'Jörmungandr', 'Firestones', and void magic developed by the king, and the power of His Excellency Amatori. Whether it is the elves or the other world, I think they can be taken down!"

Pope Vittorio nodded happily, with a smile on his face. "Yes, this is our hope for self-rescue."

"..."

Biba was speechless.

This means that the Zero Magic World that the World Government is preparing to invade is preparing to invade another world, right?

And once this Pope successfully opens the Gate of the World, it is equivalent to the World Government having the possibility of harvesting two worlds—one against two?

Save a dimensional gate!

On the other hand, Saito was thinking: 'You are courting death. With the magic level of this world, they can't even beat the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, right?'

'Oh, but Louise's void magic doesn't count.'

'After all, she's his girlfriend—how could she use mass destruction magic on his own world?'

But how can he stop this now?

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