The next morning Soren and Ace continued their training with Misha and Haku watching from the side, Haku was even memorizing Soren's movements so that he could try and pull off the same moves in battle. Soren decided overnight that the first 9 months of Ace's training will be physical as to strengthen his body to better handle the power of the Magma-Magma Fruit, it would also help Ace have a better understanding of Combat. Soren was fighting Ace with a blindfold wrapped around his head to give Ace a handicap while also trying to progress his Observation Haki, Ace kept swinging his fists towards Soren who dodged with ease while his hands stayed behind his back, he then started critiquing Ace's movements.
[Ace… You lack focus, you waste too much energy in each of your attacks… You also fail to use other parts of your body as a weapon and solely focus on your fists… Try using your legs or your head to attack, this is why Luffy is stronger than you are… He puts more thought into his attacks but lacks the smarts on how and when to attack. If each of you embodied each others mind set on fighting you both would be the best fighters in the world]: soren
As Soren told Ace about what he needed to work on, Ace started to put some thought into his next attack. Soren felt his hesitation before each of his attacks and caught his next attack while surprising Ace in the process, he then started speaking while tweaking Ace's style.
[You lack confidence on if you should use a specific move in your attack so you hesitate in order to think about it, you become too tense… If you put faith into each attack then you will have faster responses towards something like me catching your foot mid attack. I will now start to attack you in the same way to help you understand the difference between Hesitation and Faith in your attacks… Even if it misses you just adjust and continue]: soren
After Soren gave his guidance towards Ace he began to fight Ace with just the techniques he learned during his childhood as an Assassin. Soren removed his hands from behind his back and started to go on the offensive against Ace, every punch thrown, every kick that swung, every knee and elbow that jabbed, they all were made with resolution with no sign of hesitation. Ace felt the attacks that Soren hit him with, if Ace dodged one of Soren's punches he would make adjustments and hit Ace with his forearm or elbow, he would even slap Ace if the attack was in range. Soren's movements were like lightning, so fast yet there was no wasted energy, and after Soren stopped beating on Ace, Ace could see that Soren didn't even break a sweat.
[Thank you for your insight Teacher! I will do better next time]: ace
The first 9 months of Ace's training went by quickly for Soren but felt like an eternity for Ace. Day after day, Ace had the Martial way beaten into his core, and after the first 4 months Ace started getting the hang of his body, on the 6th month Ace had attacked Soren with no wasted Energy, his attacks were lightning fast but still looked slow to Soren. And by the 9th month, Ace was considered one of the most talented Martial Artists in this world, he could go toe to toe with a high ranking Admiral in just physical combat with no Haki or Devil Fruit ability, but once the Admiral uses Haki or their Devil Fruits Ace would lose.
[Okay Ace… for the rest of this first year we will improve your Haki, I will also teach you Armament Haki, and if you have the affinity for it I will teach you Conquerors Haki otherwise known as King's Haki]: soren
Ace had already understood Observation Haki and was very adept in it but still was lacking in progress due to the World Laws that suppressed his abilities. Soren realized that once Ace had died he was no longer connected to this world's Laws, he was considered a dead man and was thus freed from the restrictions of this world. After Soren set up Ace with a blindfold of his own he went and grabbed Haku to help "Train" Ace, Haku was happy to help Ace get stronger and said.
[I would be happy to tortu-... *Cough* I mean, train Foo- Ace… What do you want him to learn?]: haku
Soren looked at Haku who had a weird expression on his face, and after a moment he then spoke.
[I need him to progress in his Observation Haki, and once he is at an acceptable level I will teach him Armament Haki… For now I have business to take care of]: soren
Haku saw Soren off while wiping the drool away from his lips before heading back towards Ace with a smile on his face, this would be the last time Ace and Haku trained together as it caused too many problems of who was going to eat who when they argued in the future. Soren on the other hand was grinning from ear to ear as a loud "Ding!" rang off in his ear, and soon he regretted opening the notification as once he did Sakura sounded off with all the new features and all the quests Soren completed during the Update process.
{DING!... SYSTEM HAS MADE AN UPDATE TO (Software 2.0) THERE ARE NEW FEATURES ADDED ALONG WITH AN UPDATE TO QUESTS AND HOST'S STATUS… DING! HOST HAS COMPLETED 200 QUESTS DURING SYSTEM UPDATE PROCESS, NAMING AND REWARDING QUESTS NOW!..
Quests Completed!
-New World!- Reward 100.000 system points
-Beast King Island- 20.000 system points, 10 Senzu Beans
-Not A Pirate!- 5.000 system points, Ship parts, Lottery Ticket x3
… 20+ small quests
-Ancient Elephant!- 70.000 system points, Random Bloodline x1, 30 Senzu Beans
-Island of Zou- 100.000 system points, Random Skill x1, Vivre Card
-Beasts Best Friend- 10.000 system points, Voice of All Things
-Back Home!- 40.000 system points, 100 Senzu Beans, Random Relic x1
-Marineford Raid- 200.000 system points, Random Bloodline x1, Random Skill x1, 50 Senzu Beans
(Hidden Quest)-Time Changer!- 1.000.000 system points, Random Devil Fruitxl x1, Fruit Stabilizer x3, 40.000 EXP
(Hidden Quest)-World God's Gaze- 1.000.000 system points, Super Bloodline x1, 1,000 Senzu Beans
...150+ small quests
(Main Quest)-System Update- Bloodline Creation x1, Skill Creation x1, 2.000.000 system points, Message from God
THATS IS THE END OF QUEST COMPLETED LIST}
Soren was super excited to look at everything the new update includes, he was also interested in what the Bloodline Creation was capable of. After looking over the new functions Soren then called up his status and it displayed just a little different than his old Status screen.
{-Status-
Name: Soren Zoldyck
Age: 30
Race: Saiyan
Bloodlines: 5
Titles: Soaring Dragon, Gravity Maniac, True Saiyan, Teacher, The Reaper, God?
Power Level: 450,000 ---> 1,230,000
Luck: Lucky
Body Type: Destruction
-Bloodline Skills-
-Mangekyo Sharingan-: Level 20
Exp to Next Level: 1,000/110,000
Blindness: 3% Permanent
-Level 21: Unlocks 21% reduction of Eye deterioration speed-
-Saiyan-: Zenkai Boost Level: EX
Exp to Next Level: --/--
S-Cells: 10,000,000
Transformation: N/A
Chosen Path: Destruction God
Path Skill: Hakai- Can destroy anything with the raise of a hand (Sealed)
-Skills-: 22 -List?-
-Passive-: 11 -List?-
System Points: 630.000 ---> 5.175 Million (a/n If my math is off sorry, I calculated this all in my head, I didn't have time to go back and forth on my phone writing this while calculating the System Points)
After Soren saw his new status he felt like he would soon be strong enough to go Super Saiyan, once he could do that he felt that he would be strong enough to leave this world for the next one. Soren then went back to his boat where he saw Misha sleeping in the bed, he decided to focus on Ki training to stimulate his S-Cells into growing in rapid numbers, and after a couple hours he broke out of meditation to go to sleep. After another year of training his Ki while taking time to train Ace in his Devil Fruit, Soren felt it was time to head to Sabaody to prepare for Luffy's arrival, Ace was ecstatic that he was finally going to see his brother again after what felt like 100 years, Soren then got everyone on the boat and set his course to Sabaody, he decided to take a break from training and sail there naturally.