Mord spent three months on Mongmong Island raising his physical constitution to three stars.
During the next five months, even with the support of nutritional cuisine, he still failed to condense a fourth Star Frame.
Ultimately, hunting was the only way to raise his star level as quickly as possible.
The Arlong Pirates were Mord's first target after an eight-month absence.
Mord was looking forward to it.
The small sailboat sailed swiftly with the wind at its back.
Beli lay in the cabin, basking in the sun.
After so many days at sea, he had more or less gotten used to it.
At the bow, Mord gazed at the outline of land in the distance, his eyes filled with anticipation.
Lafitte stroked his chin, thinking about finding a reliable sailing ship as soon as possible.
With just this small boat, let alone going to the Grand Line, they might even be overturned by a single huge wave if they encountered a storm in the East Blue.
Thinking of this, Lafitte glanced at Mord.
Coming all this way to cause trouble for the Arlong Pirates might allow them to obtain enough money.
To get here, they had even gone to some trouble halfway through the journey to acquire several nautical charts with coordinates marked on them.
Without those charts, even with Lafitte's decent sailing skills, it would have been difficult for him to find the island where the Arlong Pirates were based, since he was unfamiliar with the East Blue.
Lafitte's mind was filled with thoughts of changing ships, so he did not find anything strange about Mord insisting on coming here.
Among the Four Seas, the East Blue was deservedly the weakest sea.
Across this vast sea, the pirate with the highest bounty was only worth twenty million Beli—the leader