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"Do as I say… and we will win this war." Don says as he crouches down with a wide smile on his face, still staring at the chunk of Fruit island Grey beard had thrown at them. Don the jumps toward the chunck of earth, causing the ship he was previously on to shake in the water and knocking all of his men off of their balance. As Don flew towards the Chunk of earth he had a wide grin on his face and he reeled back his tight fist, causing black and blue lightning to secrete from his fist. "YOU DARE THREATEN MY MEN GREY? ALL THOSE YEARS I LET YOU HIDE… ARE OVER!!!" Don yells as he slams his fist into the chunk of Fruit island, completely destroying it in one blow. Grey beard, Pig, and Charles all stared at the falling chunks of rocks as Don stood in the way of the moon, almost completely covering it.
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"This man… is a monster!" Charles exclaims with a frantic tone. "Stop crying and get into position, we can still win if we just stick to my plan." Grey beard says, prompting Pig and Charles to leave the area and run into the forest of Fruit island. Don lands on the mossy shore of Fruit island, causing the moss to kick up underneath his feet and dust to fly around him faintly. "I see you're as brash as ever." Grey beard says with a smirk. "Why…?" Don asks with a solemn face, causing Grye beards eyes to widen slightly. "Why would you make me do something like this? My own son… has betrayed me." Don says as he closes his eyes and lowers his head. "YOU OLD DUMBASS!!" Grey yells with a villainous smirk as he dashes at Don, red aura covering both of his fists. "You arrogant brat." Don says as the lightning on his right fist intensifies.
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As grey beard reaches Don, he reaches out in an attempt to grab Don's face but Don grabbed Grey beards wrist, twisting it, causing Grey beard to yell in agony. Grey beard then looked back up at Don with a face of pure terror as Don had his fist reeled back but his fist was pitch black with little white dots on it, similar to the night sky. 'I know this attack but theirs no way he'd use it on his own son?!?!' Grey beard thinks to himself with a face filled with terror. 'This is…' Grey beard thinks to himself. "GALAXY NOVA!!" Don yells, reeling his fist back even further, and as he throws his punch he quickly grabbed a small ball of light in the air in front of his fist as the punch then connects with Grey beards face.
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The impact caused a massive explosion, so massive that the Coastal Gaurd soldiers sailing away could see it. "Don really is a monster, huh?" One of the guards says with a surprised expression on his face. As the smoke cleared, Don was standing over Grey beard, as he was kneeling and his eyes were rolled into the back of his head. "When you became a pathfinder I bragged about it to all of my fellow captains. Saying things like 'he is the next Rory' and then you and Jasper discovered Love island together and that's when I really knew you were special." Don says either a heartfelt glance. "I understand he was your friend Grey but what is all this, Jasper would never have wanted this." Don says as he keeps looking straight, refusing to look at Grey beards body.
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"You… shut the… hell up, old man." Grey beard says, struggling to breathe properly. This causes Don to raise his right eye brow in confusion. "You don't know a damn thing about what Jasper wanted, if you did you'd know that he wanted to burn this entire place to the ground." Grey beard says with a shaky voice. "Jasper hated this place, always praying for a new world, that's the reason we found Love island." Grey beard says as he shoots his head up towards Captain Don. "You wanna know why, old man?" Grey beard says as the ground beneath them begins to tremble. "Because I know what the government is hiding…" grey beard says as the earth begins to shake even more rapidly, causing Don to look at him with a face of confusion. "I KNOW THAT THE NORTH STAR ISN'T HERE, IS IT?!!" Grey beard yells boisterously, causing grey beard to tell back in shock.
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Grey beard begins to lift himself up on one hand as he still looked at Don. "You wanna know why I chose this berry?" Grey beard says as the earth began to shake at the level of a magnitude seven earthquake. "This berry power is pretty unique, the strength you get from eating a berry is pretty significant but this berry…" grey beard says as he stands completely up as the earth was still shaking and Don was doing the same but instead standing with his arms crossed. "… THIS BERRY MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A GOD!!!" Grey beard yells into the sky as black and purple light began to shoot in all directions from his body. Don's coastal Gaurd jacket was flying in the wind, still around his neck, as he then smirked. "You're still acting like a kid Grey." Don says as he then unclips his jacket, letting it fly away in the wind.
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Don looks up into the sky as the earth beneath him began to push up large square like platforms. "SO I'LL PUT YOU IN YOUR PLACE!" Don exclaims as he activates Galaxy Nova onto both of his fists, smiling widely. Erick was in a squatted position punching something, bruises all over his body and sweat drenching from his entire body. "Don't tell me you're tired already Erick, it's only been three hours!" Elbor exclaims with a wide smile as Erick continues to punch the large mountain in front of them. Erick stands straight up and turns to Elbor. "When are you actually going to teach me something else? You showed me how to apply Giáp but that's it." Erick says in an annoyed and exasperated tone.
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Elbor unfolds his arms and then quickly reels back his hand, forming a water club, and then swinging it at Erick with devastating force. Although Erick was surprised by this he still managed to block the attack with his right forearm. "You see… you didn't use Alt one to block that, which means that your Giáp has developed,your body is naturally using it." Elbor says, causing Erick's eyes to widen with surprise. 'It usually takes a pathfinder a few weeks to reach this level of Giáp but he only learned it in a few hours, if I had a month with him… he could master Giáp altogether.' Elbor thinks to himself. "So does that mean I can stop punching this stupid mountain and move on?" Erick says with excitement in his voice. "Not quite" Elbor says, deflating Erick's attitude.
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Erick turned back around and got into his squat position, resuming his punches onto the mountain but as he started he was hit by something and thrust into the side of the mountain. Erick snaps his head around and looked at Elbor with a face of rage. "You need to keep punching the mountain." Elbor says with a smile, prompting Erick to turn back around, hesitantly, and beginning to punch the mountain again. Once again Erick was hit in the back and thrust into the mountain, this time turning around with sheer rage on his face. "What the hell Elbor?!?" Erick exclaims with frustration. "If you can't use Giáp to stop a specific attack then we can't move on." Elbor says with a straight face, causing Erick's eyes to widen slightly, now realizing the point of this exercise.
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Erick began punching the mountain again but as Elbor struck his back Erick reeled out in pain but only moved towards the mountain, so close that his nose was touching it, causing Elbor to smile widely. Elbor continued to hit the Erick's back and each time Erick would grunt in pain but he was beginning to move toward the mountain less and less. As Elbor saw this he began to have a flash back. He was sitting next to a fire with his legs crossed and a large slab of meat in his hands. "So why is this boy supposed to be so special again?" Elbor asks as he was chewing the meat in his mouth. He was talking to an old man who had a green hoodie on that was covering his face and a wooden staff in his hand as he sat with Elbor. As the man uncovered his head he revealed a wrinkled but warm face and a smile that lit up in the darkness, even brighter than the fire.
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"I don't know much about the boy myself, we found him right outside of our town a few years ago but now that he's older I see it in him too." The old man says as he stares at the fire intensely. "Even if that Enkai crap is real, why would this could need to be the one to learn it?" Elbor asks with a confused face. "I don't know." He says as he shrugs his shoulders. "But that boy is rambunctious, hard headed, and his belief in himself is enormous and may be what gets him killed." The old man says with a straight face, causing Elbor to look at him with a baffled expression. "Those sound like terrible qualities." Elbor says with a slight chuckle. "That is true but on the other side he's steadfast, focused, and will never give up until his goal is achieved. This is why I know he can inherit Captain Rory's will, he will be the next Pathfinder to visit the New World." The old man says with a wide smile. Causing Elbor eyes to widen slightly.
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Elbor returned to the present, watching Erick punch the mountain with his face filled with intensity and Giáp engulfing both of his fists. 'You really did it Ezi, this boy isn't ready for the world Rory sailed in but he doesn't need to be… I believe he will find a way.' Elbor says with a smirk. "Hey, Erick." Elbor says to him, causing Erick to stop punching the mountain and turn to Elbor. "What do you know about the New World?" Elbor asks with a straight face but Erick looked back at him with a confused face. "Never heard of it, what is it?" Erick asks Elbor with curiosity on his face. "Just a myth really, it's not important." Elbor says, looking at Erick with a slight smile. "You can't just ask me a question like that and then say it isn't important." Erick says with an annoyed expression.
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"Fine, fine. It's just something Ezi used to talk about, a world beyond Estoria but the only Pathfinder's to actually sail its Seas were Captain Rory and Francis, just a load of crap if you ask me." Elbor says with a disinterested face. "A WHOLE NEW WORLD!?!" Erick exclaims with a distraught face as he quickly turns back around and begins punching the mountain again, now with more intensity. Elbor smirked as Elbor did this as he then remembered a conversation he had with Ezi. "So what are you asking me to do my friend?" Elbor asks as he looks at Ezi, who was on a small boat in the water. "Trust me it won't be hard but I know he will come here. Light the fire in him Elbor, guide him with knowledge I don't have." Ezi says with a smile.
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Elbor returns to the present as he looked at Erick with a wide smile. "It's time we move on to something else." Elbor says boisterously, prompting Erick to stop punching the wall and turn to him. "As crazy as this sounds, I think you're ready for the advanced stages of Giáp." Elbor says to Erick. "What? You must be impressed or something?" Erick says with a sly grin as he looked up at Elbor. "Don't go getting a big head just because you know the basics of Giáp. The advanced applications of Giáp are much harder to master, even for a prodigy like you." Elbor says as he squints his eyes at Erick. Erick looked past Elbor and saw that the sun was coming up from the horizon. "One more day Elbor and then tonight we leave for the capital." Erick says with an unsure face. Elbor looks at Erick with a slight smile, thrilled by Erick's work ethic
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"Hey Himá" a voice calls as Himá was walking through the city, it was Bella. "I finally found you, isn't this supposed to be our post together?" She asks in a confused tone. "Yes." Himá says coldly. "Then why do you keep leaving me places?" Belle asks with a baffled face. "Our post are the entire grounds of the capital, we do not need to stay beside each other." Himá says bluntly, causing Bella to reel back. "Don't not like us anymore or something Himá? Trust me, we all wanted to stay together but things had to change my love." Bella says with a genuine expression. Himá's face scrunched up slightly as Bella said this to her but it then turned back to normal.
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"That is the past Bella. I'm fine now." Himá says still looking away from Belle's face. "Himá I get it, we were so great-" Bella began but was quickly cut off as Himá looked at her with distain, causing Bella to reel back in surprise. "What don't you get…?" Himá says as the snow beneath her feet began to freeze over. "I said I'm fine." Himá says calmly as the frozen snow begins to return to its original state. Himá then turns back around quickly and keeps walking. "I will cover the North and West quadrants, you can take the South and East." Himá says as she kept walking. Bella stared at her with a surprised face and then Bella began to scruff up her nose as one tear began to fall down her cheek, and then another until Bella was completely balling her eyes out on her knees within the snow.
Chapter end.