Transcended as Lord Buggy-Part 1

156. Sabaody Archipelago

After Magnus agreed to join, the crew split as they've planned. Buggy, Cricket, Mantis, and Deon will go to Sabaody while the rest go to Water 7. They move immediately after checking everything they'll need.

On the way to Sabaody, Buggy uses all his navigational skills. It is not easy to navigate in Grandline, but it is also not too hard for him. He has seen Grandline's weather and learned it a lot, so he can handle it.

It takes them 3 days of troublesome sailing before they reach Sabaody Archipelago. The sight of this place is really stunning even for Buggy who has a memory of it. But that's the original's memory, not him.

"I can't believe that those aren't actual islands," says Deon.

"Yeah, they look just like normal islands with tall trees. But these Yarukiman Mangroves are the ones that actually made this Archipelago, not the other way around. They grow from the bottom of the sea and created this Archipelago," says Buggy.

"Damn, just how tall are these trees?" asks Cricket.

"I don't know, it's based on the depth of their growing place. But the shallowest seafloor is around 5 km if I'm not wrong," says Buggy.

"That's still very deep," says Cricket.

They move to the Archipelago and go to the Lawless Area. There are 79 Grooves and Lawless Area is from Groove 1 to 29. But the outer area is Groove 20 to 29 and they choose Groove 27 to dock their ship.

"I want to go to Groove 13, but the ship can't move past the low bridges and small passages. Well, let's just dock it here and walk there. Cricket, Mantis, you two guard the ship for now," says Buggy.

Cricket & Mantis nod, then Buggy leaves with Deon to Groove 13. He doesn't know whether Shakky's rip-off bar has been there or not, but he needs to check it. That place is the fastest way to find Rayleigh, after all.

"Should I move to find information?" asks Deon.

"No need. We will get everything in the place that we'll visit if it exists now," says Buggy.

Deon is confused, but he shrugs it off and just follows Buggy. On their way to Groove 13, they are attacked by some bounty hunters. A head with the price of 500 Million is too tempting for these bounty hunters.

Buggy let Deon takes care of these bounty hunters while he just stay back and help if needed. They are good training opponents for Deon as they are quite strong. Battle is the best way to polish his fighting skills and also his Observation Haki.

"Your Observation Haki is getting better, so I'll teach you Armament on the way to Water 7. I hope you have better talent than Jude & Manba at this. They're not the types who like to fight, so it became harder for them to learn Armament," says Buggy.

"Really?! Finally!" says Deon excitedly.

Deon is the only one who hasn't been taught Armament. He has just learned Observation Haki, so Buggy wants him to have a good mastery of it first before learning Armament. Training both types at the same time will just make his progress slower.

But it's not easy to learn Armament because Jude & Manba still can't use it even after months of training. They just don't like to fight that much even though they can. So maybe that's the reason why they still haven't activated it.

Enel has learned it since they left Birka, but he also hasn't shown any sign of activating it. Armament is just much harder to train than Observation Haki. Turning something spiritual into physical is a very hard thing to do.

Buggy & Deon keep walking to Groove 13 while fighting some people. Deon gets more spirited after Buggy promised to teach him Armament. He fights better now with his spirit lifted.