Leaving Before
Even after surpassing 30 knots, the ship showed no structural instability whatsoever.
The galleon's structure and design had been made to withstand heavy winds and waves on long ocean voyages. With a following current and favorable wind, it could naturally exceed 11 knots. In other words, so long as its power did not fall short, there was no fixed conclusion as to the galleon's ultimate speed.
Now that Ace had used dual power sources to push the galleon past 30 knots, this was practically the ship's top speed.
Going any faster would not destroy the hull's structure, but its handling would deteriorate to the point where turning became difficult.
Conditions at sea were extremely complicated. Sometimes, being unable to turn meant death.
That was why, when facing severe weather, ships instead had to furl their sails and reduce their speed.
When the ship returned to the dock, everyone greeted them with dumbfounded stares.
Clearly, no one had ever imagined that a Logia Devil Fruit user could be used like this.
Even the Marines had clearly never considered using Devil Fruit users in such a manner.
Leo's view on this matter was fundamentally different from that of the people in this world. After all, he came from a society that valued collective industry.
Therefore, he had a different perspective when it came to using Devil Fruit users.
He was willing to use Nico Robin, with her Flower-Flower Fruit, as an automatic scribe. He was willing to turn Enel into a large-scale power generator. He was also willing to use Ace as both a smelting plant and a ship's energy source.
That was the greatest difference between Leo and the people of this era.
Leo neither excessively mythologized Devil Fruits nor excessively disparaged them. Devil Fruits were merely tools. There