"Roger alone kept the East Blue quiet for a long time. The pirates were ridiculously weak, which made the East Blue the most peaceful of the four seas, but also the place where the Navy had the hardest time to rise."

"If you were born in a place like the West Blue or the North Blue and had to fight pirates for a long time, you probably would have come to headquarters by now."

Seeing Zephyr's somewhat regretful expression, Kuro pouted and said, "It's so good that I wasn't born in another place... no, it's such a pity."

What the hell, the West Sea and the North Sea?

One East China Sea is enough for him to handle.

Do you know how much effort he went through to avoid getting a promotion?

Back then, I not only had to play pirates, but also marines.

He had to find opportunities to act alone all day long, slaughtering and sinking all the pirates who could obviously make a name for themselves, in order to have ten years of peace for Lucilfer Kuro.

Struggle is indeed the main theme of progress.

Although he was fairly satisfied with his swordsmanship, the experience points he gained came from the corpses of pirates who had long since turned to dust or been devoured by sea monsters at the bottom of the East Sea.

Kuro had lost count of how many he had killed.

“Well, it’s not too late for you now. Let’s try again. Let me see what the weaknesses are in your physical techniques.” Zephyr straightened his posture and said to Kuro.

...

Dusk.

Kuro returned with a group of naval personnel for a temporary rest.

"What's wrong?"

Lida stared blankly at the devastation of the town, then looked at Kuro, who was slumped to the side, smoking a cigar and covered in wounds.

"Teacher Zephyr!"

Ain ran to the other side, where she saw Zephyr, also injured, leaning against a building, spraying himself with a spray.

"What's wrong? Did Hernando launch a sneak attack?" Ain asked worriedly.

"No..."

After spraying the mist, Zephyr took a few deep breaths before his breathing returned to normal. He looked at Kuro over there and smiled, "I've taken on a new student; he has the potential to be a great general!"