First Time Fighting Muay Thai in Southeast Asia

East Blue, a nameless island.

A serene and peaceful beach connects to towering cliffs.

Atop the cliffs lies a dense jungle.

Sunlight brushes through the leaves, sketching natural patterns onto the forest floor.

Along one path, clearly cleared by human hands and leading to the edge of the cliff, a tall, well-built, handsome man with black hair and black eyes, dressed in a short-sleeved shirt and loose trousers, walks steadily while hoisting a fishing boat with a single arm.

That boat, which looks several times wider than the man himself, feels as light as a feather in his grip, as if it had no weight at all.

Will walks up to a thick tree and slowly sets the fishing boat down steadily beside it.

Looking at the name "Aster" carved into the trunk and the fresh grave beneath the tree, Will's gaze appears somewhat complex.

He turns around, bends his knees, and slowly sits down, leaning his back against the trunk.

Will picks up the bottle of liquor placed before the grave, opens it, sprinkles some on the ground, and then begins to drink quietly himself.

"Old man, this place I found isn't bad, is it?"

"It won't be scorched by the sun, yet it's not too far from the sea; you can look out at the ocean scenery from this height whenever you like."

"I even brought over this boat that spent half a lifetime fishing with you."

"You can rest easy now."

Will rests his hands on his knees, clutching the bottle as he murmurs to himself.

He seems to want these words to reach into the grave, not caring whether the other party can still hear him.

After speaking, a flash of reminiscence crosses his eyes, and he takes another deep swig of liquor.

It has been over two years since he arrived in the world of Pirate King.

He was originally a martial artist passionate about combat.

He won the championship the first time he went to Southeast Asia for freestyle kickboxing.

Later, he gradually became the strongest in the Southeast Asian underground fighting circuit.

Yet now, he has unexpectedly become a fisherman catching fish at sea, turning into a "stinking fishmonger" in the eyes of many.

Will cannot help but recall how he was originally participating in a cage deathmatch challenge.

To challenge his own limits, he chose to fight ten top-tier combat experts simultaneously.

After exhausting all his strength to take down every opponent, he had just left the underground arena and hadn't even had time to celebrate before he was struck by a massive truck.

Southeast Asia actually has massive trucks?

That was the only thought in his mind before he collapsed and lost consciousness.

When Will opened his eyes again, he found that he had inexplicably arrived on an uninhabited island.

Before he could even sort out his thoughts, the mindless system that appeared in his mind made him realize that things were far more complex than he had imagined.

Thinking of this, Will subconsciously checks the skill tab in his system panel.

[Skill: Language Mastery]

[Language Mastery: Proficient in the common language of the Pirate King world]

Language Mastery was one of the initial rewards granted by the system.

It was because of this skill that he immediately realized he had transmigrated directly into the world of Pirate King.

Although Will is passionate about fighting strong opponents, he would watch combat-related films and television works in his spare time.

Hot-blooded anime was naturally included.

Therefore, in his understanding, the world of Pirate King can be described as exceptionally dangerous.

Not only are there various massive beasts in the land jungles, but the sea is also filled with a vast variety of Sea Beasts and incredibly enormous Sea Kings.

Furthermore, the ocean is teeming with countless vicious and brutal pirates.

There is also the Navy, which claims to uphold Justice yet turns a blind eye to the atrocities of their masters, the Celestial Dragons, choosing instead to aid and abet them.

Add to that the Revolutionary Army, with their lack of clear principles and ambiguous nature, and the entire Pirate King world appears exceptionally twisted and chaotic.

For an ordinary person in the Pirate King world, mere survival is already a struggle.

Not to mention Will, a transmigrator from another world.

In terms of physical constitution, he was likely inferior even to those ordinary people.

Fortunately, the initial rewards provided by the system included a chance for physical remodeling.

It could increase his physical strength and innate talent proportionally to a level more compatible with the Pirate King world.

Thus, Will did not hesitate in the slightest, decisively choosing to undergo the physical remodeling.

Subsequently, his body underwent tremendous changes.

He became much leaner and more robust, and his height grew directly to nearly three meters.

The muscles all over his body did not look bloated; instead, they appeared highly refined.

His physique was as perfect as a sculpture.

At the same time, his legs were not thin, weak, or disproportionate like some people in the Pirate King world; they looked very well-balanced.

Beyond that.

The two innate talents detected by the system also became more powerful due to the physical remodeling.

[Unyielding Will → Iron Will: Your will is extremely difficult to shake by external forces. You possess a strong resistance to influences on your spirit, thoughts, desires, memories, self, personality, mind, and emotions.]

[Master Fighter → Born for Battle: You possess extremely strong learning and comprehension abilities in combat, as well as exceptionally vigorous energy and stamina.]

After the physical remodeling, Will's overall strength was greatly enhanced.

A casual strike could easily snap thick tree trunks and shatter hard rocks.

Even the massive beasts on the island were no match for him, becoming his stable source of food.

Filled with confidence, Will began felling trees to build a boat on the sixth day of his arrival on the deserted island, preparing to set sail in search of inhabited islands.

Unfortunately, he did not fully understand the terror and cruelty of the sea in this world at the time.

As a result, after setting sail on his wooden raft, he was mercilessly swept into a sudden storm.

The simple raft, unable to withstand the destruction, was shattered by the storm almost instantly.

Will could only instinctively cling tightly to the thickest log before being instantly swallowed by the raging sea.

After that.

If it hadn't been for the fishing elder named Aster, who pulled him from the sea after he had already lost consciousness and fallen into a coma, he likely would have died in that accidental shipwreck long ago.

Although the other party had no intention of asking for repayment, Will still chose to silently stay by the old man's side.

Firstly, to repay the debt of saving his life.

Secondly, to use this opportunity to gradually adapt to this familiar yet strange and dangerous world.

After experiencing that shipwreck, Will's heart, which had become somewhat inflated due to his surge in strength, calmed down once again.

In the two-plus years that followed, besides accompanying Aster to fish and sell the catch, Will—who had learned from Aster that he was in the East Blue—also began to use his spare time to study and experiment with various forms of martial arts.

He utilized knowledge related to combat from his memories, as well as his own ideas regarding combat from anime and film works.

In the end, the results were quite fruitful.