Chapter 144: Fantasy Species - Thor, and Raijin Island
Ten thousand meters in the sky, on Avant Heim.
One after another, the loud clashes of weapons exploded, the rolling sound waves mixing with the bursting shockwaves. After scattering the continuously surging clouds and mist, the sound traveled extremely far.
The sudden defeat seemed to make everyone realize that their strength was not outstanding in the depths of the New World. Feeling a deep sense of pressure and shame, Hajrudin and the others, after leaving that battlefield, had silently increased their training volume.
The group of giants began to conduct physical training and sparring with their partners high in the sky. Beside them, Daz Bonez also wore weights on his hands, lifting the giants' weapons for muscle training.
As a famous assassin from the West Blue, Daz Bonez's strength had greatly increased after joining Louis's crew and learning two-color Haki from him. He had originally thought that his strength could already be compared to the executives under the top powerhouses in the depths of the New World. It wasn't until a short while ago that the old Marine admiral had given him a rude awakening.
If he hadn't experienced it himself, Daz Bonez would never have believed that besides Garp, there was such a powerful Marine Vice Admiral. The old man's extremely aged body had less destructive power than the other Vice Admirals, yet he had managed to beat him, Hajrudin, and the other giants to the ground. If it weren't for Louis's Life-Life Fruit ability, they would have already died eight hundred times over.
During his training, Daz Bonez looked up at Louis, who was sitting to the side, quietly watching them. The next moment, a shadow of gloom flashed in his heart.
He had to admit, the seemingly incomparably powerful combat strength of the Archangel Pirates was entirely supported by Louis, Yelena, and Uta. Besides the three of them, the other five, including himself, were, to put it bluntly, no different from small fry in the eyes of a true powerhouse.
And when Louis went deeper into the New World, with his strength and reputation, there would definitely be many people who would choose to join this group. Although Daz Bonez had joined during the initial start-up phase of Louis's crew and his status wouldn't be too low, if his strength was insufficient, he would definitely be looked down upon by the stronger members. They might even try to improve their own status by challenging him.
Daz Bonez did not want to become a stepping stone for others to improve their status in the future, nor did he want to be defeated again when Louis faced a challenge and become a laughingstock. Therefore, his desire to become stronger became incomparably urgent.
Not far away, Kuina at this moment did not have as many thoughts as the others. She had voluntarily blindfolded herself and was holding the Wado Ichimonji, struggling to resist Yelena's repeated attacks.
Unlike the giants and Daz Bonez, Kuina had always been honing herself with the thought of being reborn from death. It was precisely because of this that her strength was now worlds apart from what it had been before she boarded the ship.
Louis's healing ability was too useful, so much so that Kuina sometimes regretted that the years she had spent in Shimotsuki Village seemed completely meaningless. If she had chosen to join when Louis and the others had left, then her current strength would be even greater.
BOOM—
Just then, a dense sound of thunder came from the distance, causing the several people who were training to stop their movements one after another and turn to look in the direction of the sound.
The pensive Louis looked up and thoughtfully at the dark thundercloud that was growing larger in his vision.
"We've finally arrived. Raijin Island."
Just then, Uta, who had fallen asleep leaning against Louis out of fatigue, slowly woke up, sat up with a yawn, casually tidied her red and white hair, then put on her headphones and stretched.
Uta looked at the dense dark clouds not far away, a hint of surprise in her eyes. "We're here already?"
"Yes, we've arrived." Louis slowly stood up, his gaze piercing through the gradually darkening sea surface to land on the dark island where lightning continuously fell from the sky.
Raijin Island was an island in the New World famous throughout the seas for being extremely dangerous. The island was surrounded by lightning. Every second, countless bolts of lightning would strike it. To land, one had to bring an umbrella. But this was usually for ordinary people. At least for Louis, landing on this island with his partners was a very simple matter.
Then, Louis's gaze fell on Hajrudin, who was sweating under the sound of the thunder. "Hajrudin, you'll come with me to Raijin Island to retrieve something."
Hajrudin heard this, stopped his training, and answered decisively, "Alright!"
Facing the invitation to enter one of the New World's famously dangerous islands, Hajrudin appeared very calm, because he knew that with the power Louis possessed, the lightning of Raijin Island was nothing.
Beside Hajrudin, the others saw this and started their training again.
"..."
Soon, Louis, with Hajrudin, set foot on the island.
Facing the dense, terrifying lightning that completely occupied their vision, Louis casually lifted his spear and controlled the sleeping Fantasy Species within—Thor—to manifest.
A searing white lightning crackled on the spear's blade. Immediately after, a small aggregate of crackling lightning slowly detached from the spear and quickly ascended, hovering a hundred meters above Hajrudin's head. Then, Thor's entire body radiated a searing white light, instantly swallowing the lightning that was falling toward Hajrudin and Louis, like a giant umbrella, firmly protecting the two of them.
"Is that..." Hajrudin, as if seeing Thor for the first time, had a puzzled look on his face. "A new Fantasy Species?"
Hajrudin could naturally recognize that this was a Fantasy Species, just like Natural Water and the Anemoi. But it was the first time he had seen this Fantasy Species formed from lightning.
To this, Louis replied casually, "Thor is a Fantasy Species that was created a long time ago, but it has always been sleeping in the spear." There was one thing Louis didn't explain to Hajrudin. It was true that Thor had been born a long time ago, but its name was something he had just come up with. Because Thor's uses were too few and its presence was low, Louis had never bothered to give it a name.
"Is that so?" Hajrudin heard him and looked away from the sky.
"Captain, please stand on my hand!" Hajrudin said, after some thought, extending his hands toward Louis.
Louis heard him and didn't refuse, stepping straight onto them. He then directed Hajrudin to walk toward the location Arcordon had mentioned in the Den Den Mushi.
In mid-air, Thor, radiating a searing white light and rapidly swallowing the lightning, also slowly followed the two of them, always hanging above their heads. The white light also illuminated the path ahead, so that Hajrudin could avoid the rugged areas.
Soon, under Louis's verbal guidance, Hajrudin arrived at their destination.
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