After mastering Observation Haki, Mosen immediately asked Paddy for guidance on Armament Haki.
Compared to Observation Haki, Armament Haki could, in a sense, directly enhance an individual's combat power.
First, the defensive power that Armament Haki could enhance when used was like covering the body in a layer of invisible armor.
Next, Armament Haki could evolve into an offensive method to contend with Devil Fruit users, and it could also touch the physical bodies of Logia Devil Fruit users.
In addition, Armament Haki could also be attached to objects to enhance their attack power.
Of course, Armament Haki was not invincible either; it could only touch a user's physical body and could not prevent a Devil Fruit user from activating their abilities the way Seastone could.
Moreover, the premature elementalization of Logia Devil Fruit users could also dodge attacks imbued with Armament Haki.
But regardless, in the pirate world, the importance of Armament Haki was no less than that of Devil Fruits.
Mosen was proficient in the Six Powers, especially skilled in Iron Body.
The principle of Iron Body was to accelerate blood flow and make muscle movement faster, then through training, give the muscles the hardness of iron, making them impervious even to ordinary bullets and blades.
The characteristics of Iron Body shared a wonderful similarity with the hardening of Armament Haki, and hardening was the most common and basic method of using Armament.
So-called hardening was, plainly speaking, covering the body with a layer of Armament Haki, which could make the body harder than steel.
Naturally, Paddy, who had mastered advanced Armament Haki usage techniques, knew this as well.
When she taught Mosen the techniques for using Armament Haki, she started with hardening.
Paddy's teaching method was to tap into the potential within Mosen's body through guidance.
The method of guidance was quite simple to state: she had Mosen maintain the state of Iron Body continuously, and then Mia attacked.
Mia could perceive the weak points of Mosen's Iron Body defense, and in order to compensate for these weak points, Mosen had to use Life Return to continuously accelerate his blood flow and enhance the defensive power of that specific area.
Just like that, while taking beatings, Mosen perceived the Armament Haki hidden within his body, successfully guided it out, and completed the hardening. This process took merely a week.
"Mosen, your foundations are truly laid very firmly; you were able to awaken Armament Haki in just a week.
However, hardening is the simplest and most common of the four usage techniques of Armament Haki. Mastering hardening is actually not too difficult; as long as a person's physical fitness is strong enough, Armament Haki hardening is very easy to learn.
The next technique, infusion, is not so simple. Armament Haki infusion involves wrapping Armament Haki on the exterior of the body—body parts like fists and feet can be infused, and it can also be infused onto weapons, of course, and even onto flying projectiles for a certain period of time, like bullets fired from firearms.
Infusion can be used together with hardening to enhance the defensive and offensive power of hardening.
And there are two conditions for learning infusion: first is the quantity of Armament Haki, and second is the ability to control Armament Haki," Paddy said.
"How should these two points be improved?" Mosen asked.
"Armament Haki can be acquired through cultivation, and it can also grow stronger through cultivation. During use, Armament Haki will also be consumed. Depending on the usage intensity and quantity, the consumption speed varies. After it is exhausted, it can recover on its own through rest.
Therefore, the simplest technique to increase the quantity of Armament Haki is to continuously consume and then continuously recover Armament Haki; this can stimulate the body's potential and increase the quantity of Armament Haki in the shortest possible time."
Hearing this, Mosen understood. He currently only mastered the hardening of Armament Haki, so the only way he could consume Armament Haki was through hardening.
And how could Armament Haki be consumed relatively quickly during hardening?
"Bang~" Paddy's fist landed heavily on Mosen's arms.
At this moment, Mosen's arms were crossed, utilizing the dual defense of Armament Haki and Iron Body, yet he still felt a sharp pain.
On the other hand, Paddy did not use Armament Haki, yet just a casual strike possessed such power; she was simply like a monster.
Under Paddy's tempering, the quantity of Mosen's Armament Haki steadily increased.
From only being able to harden one fist when he first awakened it, he was now able to cover both arms.
Paddy also indicated that this quantity was about enough to learn the infusion of Armament Haki.
However, things did not go as wished. Before Mosen even had time to learn the infusion of Armament Haki, he once again received a call from Dragon.
"Mosen, I'm going to reach Ohara soon."
"Didn't you say it would be over a month later, Dragon? Why did it suddenly get advanced?" Mosen asked with some confusion.
"I received news that the World Government is about to make a move on Ohara."
"What? So soon?"
"Mn, hurry over, Mosen! Ohara is in West Blue, and there's still some distance from Impel Down to Ohara."
"Alright, I'll go request leave right away and hurry over."
"Watch your road on the way, and stay safe." After saying that, Dragon hung up the phone.
"Sigh! It looks like the training plan is going to be interrupted!" Mosen put away the phone and muttered to himself.
Subsequently, Mosen went out and found the four of them, Mia. Through this period of getting along, Mosen had basically figured out the personalities of the four.
As the saying went, mountains and rivers are easy to change, but a person's nature is hard to alter. No matter how well a person disguised themselves, they would always reveal flaws in some small details.
Yet Mosen tested the four in secret many times, and they had not committed any over-the-line actions.
From this, it could be seen that they were indeed not heinous pirates and had their own bottom lines in their actions, especially the One-eyed Pirate Michael. He used to be a Marine, and he still carried the aura belonging to Marines on his body, instantly recognizable as a righteous figure.
Such people could be recruited into the ranks of the Revolutionary Army.
Mosen estimated that this trip of his would take at least a month. A month without food, without shelter, and being ostracized by other pirates—who knew what kind of accidents might happen to the four of them.
To not doubt those you employ, and to not employ those you doubt. Since he had already decided to trust them, Mosen decided to hand the keys to the small cabin over to them and leave the remaining food in the house to them as well.
"Mia."
"I'm here. Is there something the jailer wants?"
"Catch." Finishing his words, Mosen tossed the keys to the small cabin to Mia.
Mia subconsciously caught the keys: "Th-this is..."
"That's right, it's the key to this room. I need to take leave and be away for a period of time, so this room is temporarily left to you four to manage, and the food inside is also left for you.
However, there isn't much food left, so you should ration it," Mosen said.
"Are you leaving, Mosen? You haven't learned the infusion of Armament Haki yet," Paddy said.
"I'll learn it when I get back! Take care, you all, and I hope when I return you're still full of life," Mosen said with a smile.
Daily plea for collections and recommendations; thank you all for your support.
Before you continue