Inside the captain's cabin, Gawain opened the system panel as usual to take stock of today's gains. This has become a routine he must do before going to bed every day.
After all, he can just lie down and do nothing and watch his experience bar skyrocket and his strength improves.
Is there anything more satisfying than this?
But the news he heard shocked him greatly.
"Physique experience +233!"
"Swordsmanship experience +408!"
"Pussyfoot Maneuver experience +40"
"Observation-Haki experience +84!"
"How much has the swordsmanship increased?!"
Gawain rubbed his eyes, and after confirming the number, he still couldn't help being surprised.
Nowadays, the benefits brought by swordsmanship practice by the Pirate crews are very small, with only a few points of experience every day, or even nothing at all.
In other words, these 400 points of swordsmanship experience were basically provided by Zoro, and nearly half of the Physique experience also came from Zoro.
If Zoro had been under Gawain's command when he first woke up, a month would have been enough time for him to improve his swordsmanship to its current level.
No, it is far beyond his current strength!
The experience points provided by Zoro, when converted proportionally, are almost four times that of silver-level crone!
Although the gap is not as big as that between Iron and Bronze, it is basically similar to the gap between Bronze and silver.
"Is this the speed of a Gold-level potential?"
Gawain couldn't help but let out an exclamation of admiration, and at the same time, he became more covetous of the other Gold-level potential crew members in the East Blue.
Ace would not be considered for the time being. After all, if a real fight broke out between them, he, who hadn't yet mastered the Armament Haki, the final result would be no different from that battle between him and Smoker.
The Logia Fruit has a strange mechanism, and there is really no solution unless there is a countermeasure.
"I'm going to get a devil fruit sooner or later!"
"I'm not picky about Special Paramecia and Logia Devil Fruit, but Mythical Zoan is definitely better!"
Gawain, who is familiar with the original plot, naturally knows that among the vast number of devil fruits, only the Mythical Zoan is the version answer.
With the Beast Form, plus their special abilities, eating a Mythical Zoan Fruit is almost equivalent to eating a Paramecia and Zoan Fruit at the same time.
But, what kind of devil fruit he can get depends on luck.
Most of the powerful elemental abilities imaginable in the Logia Fruit have already been taken.
There are many legendary creatures among the mythical beasts that have never appeared, but they are the rarest Devil Fruit in themselves.
It is very difficult to find one, and there is no room for selection.
"This thing mainly depends on fate, but swordsmanship and physical strength are something I can master now."
"If I develop these two to the extreme, I will be qualified to reach the top!"
"After all, even the King of the Pirates, Gol D. Roger, and one of the four emperors, Red Hair Shanks, did not rely on devil fruits to reach the top."
Thinking of this, Gawain shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind and focused all his attention on the panel in front of him.
The swordsmanship that was about to be upgraded, along with the swordsmanship experience provided by Zoro, directly broke through and reached Level 6.
After a few seconds, countless experiences related to swordsmanship flooded into his mind.
He just felt his fingers itching and instinctively wanted to swing the sword.
Gawain walked quickly out of the cabin and onto the deck.
He drew out his sword and used all the updated sword moves in his mind one by one.
For a moment, the deck was filled with the shining lights of silver swords and the figure of Gawain dancing with a sword.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The sound of countless slashes cutting through the air echoed on the deck, and the blades refracted the moonlight, leaving mottled projections all around.
The moves, which were already concise enough, had many variations and were slowly streamlined and integrated with Gawain's original sword system.
Different from his previous extremely sharp sword skills, this time, Gawain's moves had a different kind of beauty.
But it is just as swift and deadly.
Nami, who had just returned to the room, looked through the window at the figure dancing with the sword and was stunned for a moment.
"Even the captain is training at a time like this?"
"Who told me that the captain does not train at all? I really want to slap him in the face with this scene."
"Sure enough, those animals who can easily get full marks are just working hard when you don't know."
"Of course, their efforts may only take ten minutes to make it comparable to other whole day's work."
"Oh…"
Nami's mouth twitched, and she simply closed the porthole, believing that out of sight, out of mind.
Only at this moment she couldn't help but think of Kuro, who was ambitious and wanted to defeat Gawain and take the throne.
Although she could see that Kuro was extremely in agreement with Gawain, in this situation, those who are stronger than you are still stronger than you…
"Mr. Kuro."
"You'd better give up."
Nami shook her head, and after a few seconds of silence for Kuro, she lowered her head and turned her attention to the nautical chart in her hand.
The candlelight flickered, reflecting Nami's serious face.
The flash of swords on the deck continued until dawn when the clouds in the distance took on a fiery texture and emitted rays of light; only then did it stop.
Gawain was sweating all over, but he didn't feel tired at all.
The sword in his hand made a buzzing sound at this moment as if it had sensed the changes in its master and was exuding excitement.
"Did you feel it, too?"
"As I become stronger, you will be able to drink the blood of more powerful people."
"Even... No, I must challenge the man standing at the top!"
Gawain stood quietly on the deck facing the rising sun.
The sea breeze blew across his face, lifting the loose hair on his forehead, revealing a handsome face and eyes as dazzling as the sun.
Gawain stood at the bow for a few minutes, then turned back to the cabin.
Just when he was looking forward to how much profit he could make tonight, bad news reached Gawain's ears.
Kuro and the other two suffered muscle strains due to excessive training. Gin even urinated blood. He will probably have to spend the next few days lying in bed.
Naturally, there is no experience.
Gawain helplessly showed a constipated expression: "No, why?!"
… … ...
Raven Harbor, in the lord's mansion.
Gaza looked at the beautiful girl in the mirror and was a little dazed for a moment.
"This is... Me?"
There was a note of disbelief in her tone.
Even Jasmine, who was standing next to Gaza and holding a mirror, was stunned when she saw Gaza's appearance changed drastically.
Gaza's appearance was not outstanding originally, but now, in front of Jasmine, was a girl with a beautiful appearance and an extremely slim figure.
Especially the girl's skin, which is not only white but also has a moist luster. At a glance, you can tell that the skin must be extremely smooth.
Combined with Gaza's already outstanding temperament, Jasmine even felt at this moment that even Pirate Empress Boa Hancock, whom she had seen in the newspaper, was only at this level.
After a few seconds, Jasmine came back to her senses and nodded heavily: "Miss, that's you!"
"Is this the effect of the Devil Fruit?!"
Gaza raised her hand and gently stroked her face, then turned to look at another devil fruit on the table and murmured: "Do you think Mr. Gawain will need this thing?!"
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