that night
beside the bonfire
Noah draped his coat over his shoulders and looked at the people lying on the ground in a mess. For some reason, he felt a little sad.
As a transmigrator, he clearly knew the fate of these people in front of him. White Beard died in the battle on the top, half of his head blown off by a red dog. In the end, Blackbeard stole the ability of the Tremor Fruit and died a heroic and tragic death.
Mitsuki Oda, who taught him sword arts, only saw Chambord two years later before Noah transmigrated. However, as the only man in the White Beard Pirates who addressed him as the White Beard Brother, he probably died in the war on the Chambord Islands since he didn't appear.
Looking at Roger, who was snoring loudly on his white-bearded stomach, who would have thought that in the near future, this invincible man would be terminally ill. After his last voyage to Rafdrud, he would use his own life to start the era of the great pirates.
"They are all heroes who have fallen," Noah sighed to himself.
Suddenly, a large hand landed on Noah's shoulder. Noah was shocked and then relaxed. The smell of alcohol and tobacco behind him conveyed the identity of the person behind him.
"It's not a good thing for young people to have insomnia, Little Noah.”
Raley sat next to Noah in a coat.
"It's not a good thing for a middle-aged uncle to have insomnia, Uncle Riley.”
Noah retorted.
Riley laughed, stood up and said to Noah,"Since you can't sleep, little Noah, come over and practice your swordsmanship with me.”
Noah was a little surprised. No matter how much Riley admired him, the two sides were still enemies on the surface. He had never heard of a second-in-command giving advice to a new star of the other side at night because he admired a young man.
Seeing Noah stunned, Riley couldn't help but laugh."What, you can't figure it out?"
Looking at Noah shaking his head, Riley pointed at the sea."Little Noah, do you think that the experts of the sea only go out to sea for treasures and fame?”Without waiting for Noah's reply, Riley continued," We went out to sea for our dreams!”
Riley looked at Noah and thought of the port a long time ago. He was lying on the ship, just like Noah now. A man with a straw hat on the shore was smiling and asking himself,""Are you interested in turning this world upside down with me?”
" Perhaps, the future sea will be yours and the red-haired kid on our ship. It's not often that you can push forward an era with your own hands.”
On the shore of the island.
The members of the two groups in the distance were already almost invisible, and the huge bonfire had also turned into specks of light. Noah held his longsword in his hand, ready to fight.
"Little Noah, come and attack me with your dream of becoming a great sword hero of the One Blade Style!”" A real sword hero must be prepared to die. He must be honed through blood and iron!”
As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful aura swept towards Noah like a sky-covering wave.
" This kind of Overlord Color…Damn it."
Noah almost lost his balance under the pressure. He now understood that the strength that Riley had shown during the day was not even one percent of his. Thinking back, as a great pirate who was famous for his physical skills and sword arts, he actually did not use any moves during the day. Perhaps in Riley's mind, this was not a battle in itself.
"Since that's the case…Ju He-Broken Cloud!”
Noah kept his knife at his waist and was calm. In order to test and improve his swordsmanship, Noah deliberately did not use some of his tricks. However, as the vice captain of the White Beard Pirates, even though he had the innate advantage of being personally nurtured by White Beard, he still had the ability to restrain Jabba after dozens of battles with Roger's Pirates.
"Uncle Riley, let's try this!”
Noelle shouted, and his toes tapped on the ground as he dashed towards Riley. The longsword in his hand was unsheathed with a clang. Other than the purple-black color of the weapon, there was also a water-like aura surrounding it.
"The use of Conqueror's Color? "What a monster!" Riley raised his two blades and slashed at Noah.
The two figures crossed each other, and the collision of their swords did not seem to make any sound. However, a powerful aura swept out, and the surrounding grass, trees, sand, and stones were crushed into dust by this aura.
"Tsk, did it break again?" Noah looked at the sword in his hand. As the color of the armor faded, the sword in his hand no longer had any support and broke inch by inch.
" This is really…" Before he could finish his sentence, a blood sword suddenly burst out of Noah's chest. A huge sword scar that ran diagonally through his chest appeared on Noah's body. Raley's true strength was comparable to White Beard's, and his serious slash was not something Noah could resist.
"Little Noah, didn't Mitsuki Ota teach you what the sword is?”Riley squatted beside Noah and asked seriously.
Seeing that Noah was stumped, Riley stood up and broke a branch. He gestured as he explained to Noah,
"All the techniques you are using in battle. Including the color of the armor, all kinds of sword moves, and even the technique you used just now to control the Conqueror's Color to the extreme, it's all in the category of sword techniques. Perhaps your overall combat strength is very strong. Jabba once said that you have some abilities similar to the Six Forms of the Navy and Bodywork. But on the path of a sword hero, little Noah, you haven't entered the threshold yet.”
"Mitsuki Ota is from the Hezhi Country's Sword Grandmaster family. He knows these things but doesn't know how to explain them to you. But little Noah, your understanding of the sword is limited to its sharpness. If you could feel the breath of all living things, then a sword could even cut through steel, or even a piece of paper.”
Riley threw the sword in his hand to Noah, picked up another sword, and pointed it at Noah who was lying on the ground.
"There's still half an hour before sunrise. Learn from life and death. If you can't cut my sword before sunrise, little Noah, I'll take your corpse and accept White Beard's revenge.”
When the sunrise, the mountain peak was always the first to know. When the sun shone on the mountains on the island, Noah was already covered in injuries. His white hair was cut by Raley's sword and scattered all over the ground. He was holding a broken western sword in his hand and was on the verge of death.
"This is the last strike, Edward Noah. Are you prepared to die?"
"If you don't want to die, break my sword and defeat me!”
Riley stood in front of Noah with a cold expression. The long sword in his hand was accompanied by a strong killing intent and the smell of blood as he swung it at Noah's head.
At this moment, Noah felt that everything in the world had stopped.
The war ended. Edward Noah defeated Silbartz Riley
[Obtained: High-level Equipment Color Tyrannical Training Guide]
It was late in the morning when White Beard woke up from his drunkenness. He pushed Roger away from his stomach and looked around.
By the coast.
Riley and Noah lay side by side, fast asleep.
Next to them, the western sword that originally belonged to Raley was broken in half, shining brightly under the sunlight.
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