Lucius looked around, the roads filled with people. He could see people of all kinds of shapes and sizes. 'What a bizarre world' Lucius thought to himself.
He was wearing short pants and a short-sleeved shirt. He was carrying a small bag packed on his back. It's filled with only ammo and hand grenades.
He fed his guns to Tajana. She could take every form of weapon he could think of, so he didn't need to carry the guns anymore. But he still needs bullets to fire.
He reached this island after a day after he asked the pirates nicely. He didn't kill them. He let them go after they helped him to reach there.
Lucius learned that the name of this island was Horn Island as people here like to wear horn hats. Lucius didn't think much about it.
There were all kinds of bizarre things in this world. So what a small island name to him.
He walks to a bar for information and also eats some food. He hadn't eaten a good meal since he came to this world.
The bar was bustling with people as was normal. Lucius sat at a table and ordered food and wine. He then listened to the conversation of the people inside.
"Hey, did you hear? Some strong pirates appear this time. And the navy is calling them the worst rookie pirates."
"Yeah, I heard it. Gol D. Rogers, Edward Newgate, Rock and Shiki. I heard they are the most fearsome of all."
"Sigh! Day by day, more and more strong pirates are emerging in the sea."
"Yeah, but the navy also got some new powerful recruits. I heard Garp, Sengoku, and Tsuru are very powerful and likely to be the next admiral."
Lucius' food also arrived. He then ignored them and started eating his food. After his research before returning, he knew that he was 10 years before the God Valley incident. And 24 years before the great pirate, Era started.
He also learned that all the rookies had already started their journey. And 8 years from then, Rock would build his Rocks pirates.
He wanted to train for at least 5 years before he started his journey. He was strong, but that was only for the first half of the grandline.
New world was the place where monsters lived. So he wanted to be prepared for this journey.
This world was not all about just going to the seas for adventure and fun. To do adventure and be truly free, you need power, absolute power.
After the food, Lucius paid with the money he got from the pirates and left the bar.
He decided to stay on this island and train. He would go after he thinks he had enough power to fight against other new pirates.
~scene change~
"9997..9998..9999...10000" Lucius stopped his one finger push up with an axe on his back with who knows how much he increased the weight of it.
He lowered the weapon weight and stood up. He had been training for a month now on the island.
He noticed a delightful fact about this world.
His strength started to grow at an incredible speed, and not only that, but because of his regeneration, he could continue to work out without having any problems with muscle pain.
Because of Tajana, he didn't need to buy any weight for exercise. He could just change its form and mass, and he could continue to work out.
"Captain, I am done with the exercise. Let's spar again." A middle-aged long-hand man shouted towards Lucius.
Lucius looked to his left and looked at the man and smiled. He then remembered how he met him.
~Flashback~
Lucius swims towards the shore of the sea with a giant seafish in hand. He came out and put the fish or monster on the ground, dried himself up, and changed into new clothes.
He noticed someone watching him from far away. He looked at the side and saw a long-hand and small-leg man and a short skinny man with a goat beard beside him.
Lucius feels like he has seen them before. But it puzzled him because he couldn't remember to where. He was new in this world and hadn't met someone to whom he would leave such a strong impression worth remembering.
After some thinking and not finding anything, he left it at that and started cutting and cleaning the sea monster.
He then lit a fire and started grilling the fish. He changed the ring into an axe and started swinging it.
Soon, those two came towards him after some hesitation. Lucius ignored them and continued with his practice.
"Are you a pirate?" The short man asks who is now sitting on the long-hand man's shoulder.
Lucius didn't stop or turn as he replied, "Yes, kind of."
The long-hand man then asked, "Can you tell us about your journey?" Asked with expectations and excitement in his eyes.
Lucius stopped and looked at the two. He felt speechless seeing two grown-ass men acting like children.
He then looks at them and asks, "Aren't you afraid of the fact that I am a pirate and might harm you?"
They looked at each other and smiled, and then they shook their heads. The long-hand man pointed at the small man and said, "My brother can sense if someone is malicious towards us or not. And he can't find any malicious intent from you."
The small man looked proud as he heard his brother praising him. Lucius looked at the small man and thought,'So he has observations haki, but it seems he doesn't know and thought of it as an intent detection.'
Lucius smiled and said, "Sometimes you can't believe everything you see and feel. There is always someone good at hiding." His axe vibrates as he smiles and releases his killing intent towards the brothers.
The brother immediately became pale. Because they never felt something so horrifying in their life. The long-hand man prepared himself for the fight even though he was shaking and tried to protect his brother.
It was at this time something changed in the killing intent of Lucius. It suddenly started to take colour and form. Even Lucius was shocked. Though he has killed millions of people by now, it never changed or taken form.
Those only happened in fiction. But that was happening to him. Soon, the intent completely takes form. It's dark red like blood. It also had a sharp feeling as if it would cut the skin.
Both brothers couldn't hold on as both of them lost consciousness and fell to the ground. Lucius was also shocked. He didn't intend to do this. So he quickly took back his intent. He also noticed that everything around him was silent.
Too silent, actually. As if even the air or insects were afraid that something might happen if they made a sound. Lucius thought for a second and concluded that it was "Conqueror Haki."
Lucius shook his head as it wasn't surprising to him that he had it. He walks towards the two and lifts them and lays them beside the bonfire, and continues to practice.
10 minutes later, both brothers came to their senses. They looked around confusedly. When they saw Lucius, they remembered what happened before they lost consciousness.
They immediately stiffened.
Lucius stopped his exercise and looked at them and said, "Sorry I didn't intend to make you unconscious. Hahahahaha!" He rubs his head.
Both brothers looked at him speechlessly. Lucius then invited them to eat. They looked at each other and nodded.
After that, they started devouring the fish. The short man ate a little, but Lucius and the long-hand man ate everything clean.
The atmosphere between them also calmed down, and they became happy.
Lucius then introduces himself. "I am Lucius."
They smiled, and the long-hand man said, "I am Byrnndi World."
The short man stood up and said, "I am Byojack."
Lucius finally remembered where he had seen them. He couldn't be happier for this unexpected meeting.