Pirates: A Family Slaughtered, Every Celestial Dragon Must Die!

"Good. The four of you are just a step away from reaching Admiral level."

"Don't go out raiding for the next six months."

"Stay here on Hachinosu and train hard! Break through while you can!"

Rocks nodded, choosing not to press the matter.

As long as he could put them to work, that was enough.

"Yes, Captain!"

The four Division Commanders answered in unison, then left to train.

"We need to make the most of our training time, too. There'll be plenty of powerful fighters at God Valley. We can't let our guard down."

Roger's expression turned unusually grave as he warned his crew.

They were going to help, but Roger still didn't want his companions' lives put at risk.

"You can train here on Hachinosu for now."

"If there's one thing we have plenty of, it's training grounds."

"Kaido, take them there."

Rono spoke to Roger.

To strengthen his crew, Rocks had ordered the construction of many training grounds.

"Sounds good. Let's have a drink sometime." Roger nodded and left with Kaido.

"I should improve my own strength, too."

After Roger left, Rono spoke as if to himself.

Since the Golden City incident, he hadn't had a chance to improve his strength.

And now he had an idea.

He would combine the moves he had learned from the strongest fighters!

He would create a new Fusion Sword Style!

P.S. One last bit of groundwork before giving the protagonist a small power boost!

Fusion Sword Style: Mountain Severance

Fusion Sword Style!

The idea took shape in Rono's mind.

It had first occurred to him during his fight with the Sword-Wielding Five Elder in the Golden City.

The finishing move Rono had used then was Silver Axe's Kirin!

By drawing lightning onto his sword and controlling it with Haki, he had