One Piece: Legacy of the Pirate King

Chapter 26One Piece: Legacy of the Pirate King

The Grand Line had always been unpredictable—weather, beasts, currents. But what Lian D. Luffy and his crew now faced… was not of this world.

An island that appeared for exactly 88 minutes every 88 years.Unmarked on any map.No known log pose ever pointed to it.And yet—Lian's compass spun wildly when they got near, only to suddenly stop…pointing directly to a dark shape on the horizon.

Sera whispered its name from the pages of an ancient book:

"Ekkosi Isle… The Island That Remembers."

Arrival

The Red Spirit drifted through dense, silver fog.

The island rose like a broken crown from the sea—jagged cliffs surrounding an inland forest of stone trees that hummed when touched.

Carvings covered the cliffs.

Glyphs.

Poneglyph-like—but older.

More primitive.

More alive.

Lian stepped onto the shore, his boots sinking slightly into the warm earth. His Chrono Drive pulsed the moment he touched the ground.

It didn't feel like time was flowing.

It felt like time was watching.

Deeper In

They hiked through silent woods, where the trees whispered fragments of memories not their own.

Lucien heard someone calling his name—his mother's voice—though she was miles away.

Rin saw the shadow of her father slicing through invisible enemies in the air.

Mimi's mech began spitting out memories of ships that didn't exist.

And Sera?

She stopped suddenly, her eyes glazed.

"I've been here before," she said quietly.

"You sure?" Lian asked.

She nodded. "In dreams. Or… something like them."

They came to a clearing.

A massive stone door, half-buried in time.

The Chrono glyphs on it shimmered and rearranged the moment Lian approached.

Sera translated.

"Only the heir may open the vault.But only the truth-bearer may survive what lies within."

Lian touched the door.

It melted away like water.

Inside the Echo Vault

The air was thick with gold dust.

Floating across the circular chamber were memory spheres—each glowing faintly, pulsing with emotion.

And in the center?

A mirror.

Ancient.

Fractured.

Alive.

"The Mirror of Memory," Sera said, awestruck. "It records possibility. Not just the past… but all futures that could have been."

Suddenly—

The mirror flared.

Lian's reflection changed.

He saw himself sitting on a throne of skulls, ruling a pirate empire.

Then it shifted—he was dead, arms crossed like Gol D. Roger, smiling as he faced execution.

Then again—he was lost at sea, buried under time itself.

Lian stepped back.

"What is this?"

The vault spoke, a voice older than stars:

"You are the Seed.You are the Fire.But fire can warm… or consume."

Then the floor collapsed.

Trial of the Echoes

Lian fell into darkness.

Alone.

No crew. No power.

Only versions of himself.

One arrogant and cruel.One weak and broken.One greedy and twisted.

Each attacked with a warped version of his own abilities.

He fought.

Fist against flame.Haki against fear.Truth against temptation.

He yelled:

"I am me! I'm not my dad! I'm not anyone else!"

And with that roar—his Chrono Drive surged.

Not as a weapon.

But as a shield of will.

The echoes shattered.

And he stood—bloodied, panting, but whole.

When He Awoke

The others were surrounding him.

"You were gone for five seconds," Lucien said, confused.

Lian blinked. "It felt like days."

The mirror had cracked.

In its place… floated a new glyph.

A gift.

A flame-shaped Poneglyph shard etched with one phrase:

"The True Will of D. cannot be inherited… only awakened."

Sera stared at it, awed. "This… this is from the original Joy Boy."

Rin sheathed her blade. "Looks like the world's about to get a lot messier."

Lucien smirked. "We're pirates. That's our favorite kind of story."

And Lian?

He held the shard close.

Because he now understood.

He wasn't just following a legacy.

He was writing his own.

Preview: Chapter 27 – The War of the Forgotten Flag

As word of the Echo Vault spreads, old pirate crews and hidden factions begin to rise—some loyal to Lian, others determined to erase him before his legend can take root. And in the middle… a rebel marine captain with ties to Luffy's past.