Twelve Great Grade Swords, the twelve famous knives with the highest craftsmanship and quality in the world.
The two most well-known among them are the black knife "Night" in the hands of World's Greatest Swordsman Hawk Eyes Mihawk, and the Murakumogiri in the hands of Edward Newgate, known as the world's strongest man Whitebeard.
Therefore, for a swordsman, the lifelong pursuit is to obtain a Great Grade Sword, refine his swordsmanship to the extreme, and become the Master Swordsman that stands at the top of all swordsmen.
Although Zoro is not even considered a swordsman at present, he possesses Wado Ichimonji in Twelve Great Grade Swords.
Therefore, his appreciation of swords is not low.
The moment he pulled out the long sword that exuded lavender light, he immediately realized that it was a magical weapon comparable to Great Grade Sword, or even stronger.
No swordsman would not be tempted by such a weapon.
And after looking at the uppercase AL (the abbreviation of Allen) engraved on the end of the handle, I realized that this was indeed not any of the Twelve Great Grade Swords handles.
More importantly, the blade and blade did not emit even a trace of the smell of blood or murderous intent, indicating that this weapon had not killed anyone before, and was still a new knife that had not yet tasted blood.
A craftsman capable of building something beyond Twelve Great Grade Swords?
Zoro raised his head and stared at Allen with two sharp eyes. It took a full minute before he couldn't help laughing, "Hahahaha! Okay, I agree. But you must be mentally prepared. I am not a qualified kendo teacher."
"It doesn't matter! You just need to tell me all the theoretical knowledge you learned in the kendo gym. You don't even need to have practical lessons." Allen shrugged nonchalantly.
To be honest, with Zoro's current strength, he couldn't catch his eye at all.
However, the theoretical knowledge of kendo that Zoro learned from master Koshiro over the years came from Wano Country in the second half of Grand Line. It is a truly advanced application technique, and it may also include the secrets about Haki.
It's just that Koshiro didn't point it out specifically when teaching, so Zoro learned it in a confused way.
"No need for actual combat? You are really weird. But it doesn't matter! As long as you are happy anyway." With that, Zoro unceremoniously took off the broken knife and threw it aside, and then fixed the new knife on his belt.
In the next hour or so, he shook out all the theoretical knowledge of kendo he had learned at the kendo gym.
Although it is often reversed and even confused.
But Allen still listened to it, and at the same time he understood the basic principles of kendo in this world.
To put it simply, apart from simple techniques, it is basically the use of Qi and momentum.
Qi is naturally two kinds of things that everyone can learn Haki.
Armament Haki is simply equivalent to Enhancement type in Nen abilities. It can be used to greatly increase the hardness of the sword and increase the destructive power of the moves.
Observation Haki is closer to prediction, reading the actions that the opponent may make at the next moment from his breath. The higher the level, the higher the accuracy.
At the level of Master Swordsman, the individual skills are almost the same, and the competition is their respective Observation Haki and Armament Haki proficiency.
As for the so-called potential, it can be Conqueror's Haki or Haki that can directly shock or frighten people, or it can be some kind of willpower that is immovable even though it has been tempered thousands of times.
When skills, Haki and potential are combined into one, it is natural that Master Swordsman stands at the top of countless swordsmen.
But the problem is...
What the hell is Haki?
Although Allen has already learned about three similar but completely different power systems including Nian, Chakra, and magic power, this is the first time he has learned something as abstract as Haki.
Because it does not originate from the power of life itself, nor is it a perceivable energy such as magic.
Rather, they are very vague feelings such as murderous intent, momentum, and fighting spirit, which are also an innate instinct.
"Damn! Learning Haki from scratch is not suitable for me at all. It seems that I have to go directly to Grand Line to catch a scum who knows Haki and devour it."
Allen glanced at Zoro, who was completely drunk and sleeping soundly on the table, with a touch of helplessness in his tone.
Just when he was about to get up and leave, he suddenly saw Dora walking in from the outside with several crew members.
moment!
The noisy voices in the entire tavern instantly became quiet.
Some of the customers were stunned by the beautiful and heroic woman in front of them, but more of them were because of the wanted notice posted on the wall of the bar.
For East Blue, a relatively stable and safe sea area, more than six million Beli is already a quite high reward.
Such "Great Pirate" will inevitably arouse the onlookers and curiosity of melon-eating people wherever it goes.
What's more, she's a beautiful woman.
Fortunately, Dora had long been accustomed to being watched by the people around him. He came to Allen as if no one else was around, slammed the box full of banknotes in his hand on the table, and said in an emotionless tone, "I spent 120 million Beli to buy a new boat. Here is the remaining money, and I will give it back to you."
"Give it back to me?" Allen had a surprised expression on his face.
Because he had already taken all the gold and silver treasures he had snatched back from Crick as a reward for fishing him out of the sea.
As for spending 120 million to buy a boat, although it sounds very exaggerated, it is absolutely normal in this world.
In the original plot, Straw Hat Crew once mentioned in Water 7 that buying an old ship larger than "Going Merry" costs 100 million Beli, and a giant warship like the Navy costs more than 2 billion.
This is also the reason why most One Piece are crazy about Raider Gundam merchant ships, villages and towns.
Only when Raider Gundam gets enough money can they replace it with a larger and more powerful ship to fight against the navy that is encircling and suppressing them.
According to the way of an adventurer like Luffy, if he hadn't happened to save the life of the rich daughter Kaya, I don't know when I would have saved enough money to buy a One Piece ship of my own.
"That's right!" Dora nodded lightly. "You've done enough, I don't want to owe you any favors."
"Haha, okay."
Allen accepted the box full of money with a smile.
He understood that an independent, self-respecting, self-reliant and proud woman like Dora would never change her decision easily once she made it.
Seeing that Allen didn't refuse, a smile soon appeared on Dora's face. He ordered a glass of wine, raised his head and drank it all, then licked his lips and asked, "When do you plan to leave?"
"How do you know I'm leaving? Maybe I plan to stay on your ship." Allen asked half-jokingly.
"No! You won't stay. Because my ship is too small to accommodate a man like you. Grand Line is where you should go." Dora casually pushed the empty cup to the bartender and signaled him to pour another cup.