Chapter 8: A shocking Battle.

"Is that a coffin boat?"

The rowdy crowd suddenly went silent, as a some legends appeared in their mind.

"Coffin boat, it's not true right."

The speaker tone was shaky. He didn't want to believe his guess.

"This man. What is he doing in the east blue?!"

Zeff stood still solemnly, as he asked himself loudly.

"Mr. Zeff, do you know him?"

The cooks surrounding him asked with intrigued expressions.

"This man is one of the seven sea warlords. Known as the world's greatest swordsman. Dracule Mihawk, nicknamed 'Hawkeye'."

"What!!!"

The little coffin boat soon docked.

Hawkeye slowly got up, and with a light jump, he landed on the deck in front of Zoro.

His eyes didn't stay much on him, as he was attracted by the straw hat boy.

'It's him? What a fearsome spirit. Such a momentum, I only experienced it from Shanks. No wonder that guy kept talking about betting his hand on the next era.'

As Hawkeye wanted to approach, he was a little surprised by a green haired young man standing in front of him.

"Am I not in your eyes?"

Zoro said while gritting his teeth, as his grasp over his three swords tightened.

Hawkeye took a slight glance, and he was able to evaluate Zoro's power.

He didn't seem to take him seriously.

"Apologize, you are sadly weak, to the point that I couldn't even feel your existence.

Isn't it a great talent you have there."

Zoro didn't mind Hawkeye demeaning remarks.

He was already having great difficulty resisting the suffocating feeling from the other party.

'Strong! Too strong...'

Zoro bites his lower lips, as the pain made him more focused.

Hawkeye raised his brows, as he looked at the youngster with interest.

"If you are also a swordsman, the power disparity between you and me must be clear at a glance! Does the courage to challenge me come from your ambition or from ignorance?"

Standing in front of everyone, Hawkeye proudly showed the demeanor of a strong man.

He crossed his arms in front of him, although he did not deliberately release anything, but the aura of the strong made everyone present feel breathless!

"This is my dream, and it is also to make an appointment with a close friend!"

As Zoro spoke, he lifted the wado ichimonji in his left hand.

That was the knife that Guina used during her childhood. It was now given to him by Koshiro. He regards this knife as his life.

Feeling his determination, Hawkeye decided to help him define the gap between them.

Hawkeye wasn't interested in bullying someone who just become a swordsman.

He casually took the cross pendant hanging from his neck, and wield it in his hand.

Zoro frowned at his action, a little unsure about his purpose.

"Hey, what do you mean?"

Hawkeye responded with action. Grasping the piece of wood at the long end of the cross and gently pulling it out.

A mini-sword.

Luffy couldn't help but laugh when he saw Hawkeye pretending.

Nami seems uncomfortable as she said.

"Isn't this looking down on people too much."

Humiliation...

Everyone watched Hawkeye and Zoro face-off, and they can easily tell the gap, but Hawkeye actions made this feeling more striking and long lasting.

It's easy to understand.

You are not even qualified to let me draw my sword.

"I'm sorry. I don't have anything smaller than this."

Zoro raged as he called out his sword moves.

...

Unfortunately, the battle was more embarrassing and tragic than the original storyline.

Zoro kept chanting his sword moves, but his sword wasn't as sharp as he thought.

The mini sword was just enough to deal with him.

The battle didn't last more than dozens of moves, and it was just Zoro shouting while Hawkeye dealing easily with him.

The sound of iron and metal clinging kept resounding all around.

Suddenly, Zoro stopped, as the small blade stabbed his chest, just a tiny centimeter away from his heart.

At that moment, Zoro understood. In front of this man, his Swordsmanship was full of flaws, even rubbish.

His death and life can be decided at will by the other party, but he didn't choose to back down.

This action caught Hawkeye off guard.

Hearing Zoro's reasons and feeling his unyielding will.

Zoro's persistance successfully gained Hawkeye's appreciation.

Hawkeye's action of taking over his big sword, put a smile in the face of everyone around.

After all, Zoro spirit and unbreakable resolve were infectious.

They were glad for him.

Then, Zoro was tragedy.

His trump card move failed miserabley. His swords were broken, his body was inflicted with a huge damage.

Surely enough, Zoro next actions not only shocked the surroundings, even Hawkeye looked at him with a high look.

"Scars on the back are a swordsman's greatest shame."

"Well said."

Hawkeye praised, as he cut towards him ruthlessly.

Sanji swallowed as he was conquered by Zoro's fearsome will.

However, dying like this is too worthless.

That was everyone's thought.

"Luffy!"

Nami's eyes enlarged in fear, as she cried out in help.

A sigh resounded over, as a figure flashed between the two fighting men.

Facing Hawkeye sword, Luffy who was shrouded in a silver-white aura with a light smoke behind him (2nd Gear), raised his forearm that was coated in ryuo haki, as he easily stopped the sword.

"He is free to take your sword, but as the captain, I don't allow it."

Throughout the journey, Zoro was battered all over. If he took this sword, he would need at least a half a year of serious treatment.

Hawkeye's brows furrowed, as he looked at the man in front of him in amazement.

"What a terrific young man!"

Wether it's speed, defense, reflexes, brute power, haki.

Hawkeye couldn't detect any shortcomings.

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Every aspect is first class.

While his attack was launched half-heartedly, it can easily kill 90% of the pirates and marines in the sea.

He was ready to retract a portion of his power, so as not kill Zoro accidentally, but Luffy didn't give him a chance.

The interesting part is that his forearm seems to 'coincidentally' caught his sword weakness.

A weakness he didn't even notice or discover before.

Hawkeye's eyes shone with light, as the sword in his hand flowed with armament Haki.

This time he used his full power.

Luffy was still the same. His silver-white aura grow more intense, along with his flowing armament Haki.

He unhurriedly caught another loophole, as he easily dissipate Hawkeye power.

Only this time, the impact of the fight was a catastrophic sight.

Zoro was sent flying under the strong air gust generated due to their collision.

The onlookers watched in shock, as they hurriedly grapped things around.

Unlucky ones were sent flying away towards the distant sea, while steady ones had their clothes and hair blowing backwards.

Their eyes were full of fright and apprehension.

Their cognition was shattered and reformed abruptly.

So humans can be this powerful!

That was just a weakened aftermath of the battle.

The wooden platform, with the two men at the center, within a radius of hundred meters seems to burst as it disintegrated little by little in speedy pace.

The strong gusts of air blasted the seawaves away creating small tsunamis, and even the clouds in the sky were easily spread away, showing a breathtaking starry sky.

Hawkeye's eyes were full of surprises.

"Young man, are you a swordsman too?"

Hearing this inquiry. Zoro who was struggling against the waves in the sea, looked dumbfounded.

'Luffy is swordsman?!'

"Well, I know some. However, the reason I can decipher your moves was because in your fight against Zoro, I found that you have a lot of bad habits and shortcomings in your swordsmanship."

Luffy answered casually.

A joke. With his current super brain, deciphering a bunch of moves and finding loopholes is as easy as drinking water.

Hawkeye on the other side looked at Luffy with a sharp light.

He was surprised and elated.

"Shortcomings and bad habits. I owe you one, young man."

"You are welcome, as long as Zoro life is spared."

"I wouldn't kill him, even if you didn't make a move."

"It's different."

Hawkeye looked at Luffy and was more and more optimistic about the young man in front of him.

"You are right. It's different."

The two stopped their fight.

Hawkeye didn't stay much. After having two moves with Luffy, he gained a lot.

He even saw the way forward.

After bluffing Zoro and throw to him some chicken soup about surpassing him, he left elegantly, as pretentious as ever.

As for Luffy, he got a great understanding of Hawkeye's strength.

At least Admiral rank, and may even be close to the imperial rank.

"Zoro, that guy is as strong as Yonko. Don't mind."

Luffy said, as he comforted Zoro, but Zoro just kept his head down.

Luffy looked towards Baratie, and his mouth twitched.

Nami, Ussop, duo bounty hunter, Sanji, the cooks and some lucky crowd that weren't blasted away were in a very embarrassing situation.

Some were hugging the masts, and others were stuffed on walls.

Nami was the most funny, as she hugged Ussop and Sanji legs.

Luffy asked innocently.

"What's wrong with you?!"

Hearing this, Nami almost gone mad.

"Do you have the face to ask this? Isn't it because of you!"

Nami heaved a sigh of relief.

Remembering the fight just now, she was full of palpitations.

The same for everyone.

"Gulp... Luffy, that was so strong. Is this the strongest power of the sea?!"

Nami asked while blinking curiously.

Luffy showed a strange smile.

"That was just a small test. If we fight seriously, islands will sink, sweetheart."

"What?!!"

This time, it wasn't just Nami, almost everyone present were terrified.

As for disbelief?!

Joke. Didn't you say that the aftermath from a fist and sword hack almost overturned the Baratie.

They clearly saw tsunamis raging in the surroundings, and truly understood that the two people, while fighting, still take care of them, innocent passerbys.

So sinking islands were within their acceptance range.

Today, they really saw the hidden reality of this world.

Two days passed by.

Sanji was successfully trafficked on board.

Having Sanji on board was a leisure.

Remembering the past month, wether Luffy, Zoro or Ussop, they all had the urge to cry.

They can finally eat decent food, and most importantly, free.

"Captain, there is an isolated island near here."

Nami reported, as the outline of an island could be seen.

"Great, let's stop there."

Luffy clapped his hand in excitement, as he looked forward to the next two days.

The others looked at Luffy weirdly. Is there something that excited him on that island?!

"Hahaha, next, we will start your training."

"Ha?!"x4

Luffy felt that his current group was fairly ready to get a power up.

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