The art style has changed.
The scene before them was no longer shrouded in mist.
Instead, it was a forest bathed in sunlight with fresh air.
Colorful butterflies fluttered by, and dragonflies shimmered with a faint glow in the sun.
Occasionally, a few rabbits could be seen hopping past.
Merely observing, Benedict and the Great Tengu Kiyokaze were captivated by the scene.
Not because the place held immense allure, but simply because the art style felt comforting.
"Is this the Final Island?"
"A place like this doesn't look like it hides any great treasure, does it?"
The Great Tengu Kiyokaze said playfully.
Benedict nodded and smiled at his words, "Perhaps Roger and his crew were just on vacation here back then."
The Great Tengu Kiyokaze chuckled, and then continued deeper with Benedict.
The significance of the Final Island's existence was immense.
Of course, only for certain people.
Many, even after learning of it, would quickly forget.
Benedict and the Great Tengu Kiyokaze advanced for about half an hour before arriving at the lakeside.
It was a lake about the size of a basketball court. The water was clear and transparent, with no fish or apparent aquatic life.
"Marshal, look over here."
The Great Tengu Kiyokaze pointed to a spot and called out.
It was a wall covered in vines, but on this wall, there were some murals.
Benedict heard him and walked over.
During this time, the Great Tengu Kiyokaze unleashed a barrage of wind blades, clearing all the vines from the mural.
"A stone tablet?"
Benedict examined it closely and immediately noticed the depicted images.
"It's a Devil Fruit compendium."
Benedict quickly recognized it, though he hadn't expected to find a Devil Fruit compendium here.
When this item was first conceived, it was merely a collector's endeavor, compiled through extensive data and travels.
Even now, many people were unaware of the Devil Fruit compendium's existence.
Nor did they know how many Devil Fruits existed in this world.
However, the Devil Fruit compendium seemed to have only appeared over ten years ago.
Could it have been carved here after Roger's arrival?
"You who will change the world, you have finally appeared."
Just as Benedict and the Great Tengu Kiyokaze were looking at the Devil Fruit compendium, a voice suddenly spoke.
The Great Tengu Kiyokaze immediately became alert and launched an attack in the direction of the voice.
"Are you from the Karasu Tengu clan?"
"That race should have been wiped out long, long ago."
The voice spoke again. The Great Tengu Kiyokaze and Benedict scanned their surroundings, but saw no one.
"It's not human."
Benedict said, also as a reminder to the Great Tengu Kiyokaze.
At this moment, Benedict also realized something.
Although he heard the voice, it wasn't heard directly.
It was through the ability of "Voice of All Things" that he heard this voice.
"You've finally realized it."
"As expected of someone who has already changed the world's landscape."
The voice spoke again, and then the lake water began to ripple.
A moment later, a tortoise shell more than two meters long surfaced, followed closely by a head emerging from the water.
"A turtle?" the Great Tengu Kiyokaze said upon seeing the shell.
The turtle, hearing the Great Tengu Kiyokaze's words, looked at him with eyes full of stories and smiled, "To be precise, I'm a turtle that ate the Prophecy Fruit."
A turtle that ate the Prophecy Fruit?
This surprised Benedict and the Great Tengu Kiyokaze.
But they felt more regret.
Such a good Prophecy Fruit was eaten by a turtle.
Even more noteworthy was that this turtle couldn't speak human language.
Unless one's Kenbunshoku Haki had awakened the ability of "Voice of All Things," no one could understand animal languages.
"I was just a turtle traveling the seas, listening to the stories of seafarers."
"But over ten years ago, I was brought here by the Roger Pirates."
The turtle still held some resentment about being brought there.
If not for Roger's 'enthusiasm,' it wouldn't have been trapped here.
Speaking of which, the turtle then turned its gaze to Benedict and said, "Speaking of which, I've been waiting for you here for over ten years, Benedict."
Benedict raised an eyebrow at this, a hint of strangeness showing, and then asked with a smile, "Are you sure you're waiting for me? Not Portgas D. Ace, or Monkey D. Luffy?"
The ability of the Prophecy Fruit, from its name alone, indicated its purpose.
The power of this fruit was indeed fearsome.
However, based on his understanding of the original story, the future protagonist was Monkey D. Luffy. Ace was merely one of the protagonists, a short-lived catalyst for the protagonist's growth.
"How do you know?"
This time it was the turtle's turn to be shocked, its voice even a gasp.
He hadn't expected Benedict to know about Ace and Monkey D. Luffy.
After all, those two little fellows should only be about one year old now.
Their talents hadn't yet manifested.
Even when Roger had asked him, his answer had been vague.
"The Rubber-Rubber Fruit, the one who inherits the straw hat will change this world."
Because of this statement, Roger believed that the one who could inherit his straw hat and his will could only be his own son.
Therefore, one day, Roger handed the straw hat to Red-Haired Shanks, hoping that Shanks would one day pass the hat to his son, along with the Rubber-Rubber Fruit.
Therefore, especially regarding Monkey D. Luffy, no one else could possibly know.
And this prophecy was something the turtle perceived after Roger's departure.
"You don't need to worry about that."
"You just need to tell me why you are waiting for me here?"
A turtle with the ability of the Prophecy Fruit was not worth him being wary of.
To put it bluntly, this turtle had no combat power whatsoever in front of him.
"Prophecies can change due to the causality of events and the passage of time."
"Originally, Monkey D. Luffy was the child of destiny who would change this world."
"However, due to your sudden emergence, the identity of the child of destiny originally on him has disappeared and transferred to you."
"And in my prophecy, the person who has already changed the world's landscape will come here and take me out."
The turtle said, and then seemed to realize something, so it added, "This is one of the reasons."
"Another reason is that from the moment you entered this world, your created Azure Dragon Navy will face an unprecedented crisis."
"The dark misfortune, destroyed by the child of destiny, ushered in a new fate."
"An outsider descended, and the new fate also became fragile."
"Your fate will also be a near-death experience."