

Inside, they find a dusty skeleton in half-rotted captain's regalia - all that remains of Woonan. Their battle won, the Straw Hats take a grateful Ganzo and Tobio back to Woonan's tunnel, which they follow to an underground chamber.

This instantly terrifies the rest of El Drago's men, who gather the fallen Golass and flee. Enraged, El Drago unleashes one more beam, only for Luffy to bounce it back with his rubber body, and subsequently hurl El Drago off the island with a Gomu Gomu no Bazooka. As Ganzo and Tobio look on in wonder, the Straw Hats begin their counterattack, Zoro defeating Golass in a swift, decisive duel while Luffy takes on El Drago and eventually shatters his prized golden armor. Moments later, El Drago himself arrives and unleashes his Devil Fruit powers, condensing a simple scream into a beam of pure destruction that splinters the burglars' boat and capsizes the Merry.Īs Ganzo tries to shield his grandson, he is struck down by El Drago, who mockingly spills and stomps on his oden - only to be punched aside by Luffy, who defiantly scoops up the stew and eats it with compliments. While initially grateful to the burglars for 'paying' him in riceballs, Luffy quickly retaliates when they try to shoot him in the process, he finds the burglars' own boat being helmed by a small boy named. Their troubles are soon compounded by under El Drago's command, who quietly raid the for all its valuables. Elsewhere on the sea, the -, and - find themselves once again starving, Luffy having squandered the month's provisions. In time, this map was captured by the brutal El Drago, who immediately set sail for the so-called Isle of Gold. Though his time eventually came to an end, his legend did not, and pirates around the world continued to pursue the map leading to his fabled hoard.

Plot Synopsis Many years ago, a great pirate captain named was said to have plundered a third of all the gold in the world.
