Chapter 18 My E-level abilities are starting to grow rapidly
Hahahahahaha!
Seeing this arrogant and domineering human, Arlong felt so angry that he laughed.
"I have decided not to kill you yet, human. I will break your limbs and hang you in the harbor. Then, I will let the seagulls peck at your flesh and blood until you are just a skeleton. I want everyone to see what happens to those who dare to resist us fishmen! " Arlong said with hatred in his eyes while gritting his teeth.
Even though he was speaking harshly, Bane ignored him. Instead, he looked at the group of fishmen and focused on the human among them – Navigator Nami.
At that moment, Nami was also watching these two bold men. When she saw Zoro, she did not recognize him. Over the years, many pirate hunters had come to fight the Arlong Pirates. Zoro and Bane looked very much like those previous pirate hunters, but those hunters all failed and were fed to the fish by Arlong.
Therefore, upon seeing Zoro, Nami did not feel excited. She did not believe these two could save the village from suffering.
However, when her eyes met Bane's, she instantly recognized him.
In the New World, he is a legendary pirate hunter known for killing Thatch, the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' Fourth Division, who had a bounty of 360 million berries.
That's right, Bane is different from Zoro. Zoro is just a small swordsman from the countryside and is not famous yet, but Bane is a "big shot" wanted worldwide by the Whitebeard Pirates.
In other words, people like Arlong do not pay much attention to humans. They even struggle to recognize them, so they did not recognize Bane.
Before meeting the Straw Hat Boy, Nami hated pirates very much. She thought all pirates were useless thieves, evil groups, and a plague that oppressed the general public.
She equally hated all pirates at sea, including the Whitebeard Pirates.
When she heard that Bane had killed a pirate with a bounty of 360 million berries, she was shocked. Keep in mind, Arlong, the most wanted pirate in the East Blue Sea, had a bounty of only 20 million berries.
Three hundred and sixty million, what terrible things must one have done at sea to get this bounty? This is a pirate who is ten times more powerful and ten times more evil than Arlong.
But even so, Bane killed him, and it was said that he also claimed the huge reward in Logue Town in the East Blue Sea.
To be honest, Nami had really dreamed before that a strong and rich legendary bounty hunter like Bane would suddenly come here and save her from her troubles. Yes, mainly rich.
But over the next six months, Nami never heard from Bane again. She slowly stopped hoping, thinking that Bane might have left the East Blue Sea.
Today, she saw what she had once imagined become real right before her eyes.
So, when she looked into Bane's eyes, the girl who had waited in misery for eight years smiled with relief.
At the same time, Bane laughed. His fierce smile now looked bright. He grinned and asked, "My beautiful lady, are you the best navigator in this area? "
"No~" Nami shook her head gently and said proudly, " I'm the best navigator in the East Blue Sea! "
"That's great. As the best navigator in the East Blue Sea, I sincerely invite you to join my team! " Bane laughed.
"At your service~" Nami agreed softly.
But then, an ignorant fishman shouted angrily, "Are you lowly humans so arrogant? Nami is our slave, and you want. . . "
BANG!
There was a loud thud, and the angry fishman was scattered like fireworks, with blood and guts everywhere.
After Bane blew the smoke from his hand cannon, he thought the guy looked familiar. Wasn't that the spitting fishman?
Before he could think more, Arlong's figure shot toward him like an arrow. His jagged nose even reflected sharp rays of light in the sun.
Bane dodged to the side and easily avoided Arlong's attack. Zoro, who stood next to him, had a fierce look in his eyes and was ready to strike, but Bane said, "Zoro, go protect our navigator. I'm going to handle this smelly fish now."
As a shark-man, Arlong was stronger, more aggressive, and more brutal than regular fishmen. If he had just come to this world, Bane might have struggled, but now he felt he could defeat him easily.
Arlong's charge forward was not random; it was planned. Once he stopped, he pulled out his weapon, a serrated broadsword, from behind the wall pillar beside him.
"I'll deal with this guy; you all kill that green moss head! " Arlong shouted, lifting his big sword and ordering his underlings.
Zoro was not polite either. He appeared beside Nami in a flash, drew his two swords, and stood in front of her, one sword on the left and one on the right. He said, "Don't worry, this will all be over soon, Navigator. "
Arlong was tall and held a broadsword in his hand. He rushed in front of Bane, taking two or three steps, and chopped down with the sword. The attack was quick and strong, and the sound it made was uncomfortable.
This time, Bane did not dodge. Instead, he casually pulled out the sword from his waist, held it up horizontally, and made a blocking move.
Seeing this, Arlong felt amused. This human was overestimating himself. As a fishman, he was ten times stronger than an average human. Being a shark fishman made him even stronger! One strike could determine the fight
However, in the next moment, Bane blocked Arlong's determined attack with a loud clang.
From Bane's look, he seemed very relaxed and felt no difficulty at all.
"Indeed, this world is unique. My abilities are much stronger than they were in the Empire." Bane said, feeling emotional.
Besides the Dark-Dark Fruit, Bane was an 'E-class' ability user registered by the Empire, with the ability of physical strength.
In the Empire, his ability was not particularly impressive. It mainly made him heavier, stronger, more enduring, and better at healing. It was not a high-level ability, and it grew slowly. After years of having this ability, there were no major changes.
But in the one piece world, when Bane first ate sea beast meat in Shimotsuki Village, he noticed some changes. His body felt stronger. His muscles, organs, and bones seemed to be taking in a lot of nutrients and growing stronger.
Since then, Bane ate sea beast meat with every meal. Sometimes he ate sea king meat, and his body responded even more dramatically. This caused his E-level talent to grow quickly.
Fortunately, Koushiro's family was rich and powerful, or he would have gone broke.
Now, Bane understood why there were so many strong individuals in the pirate world. Some of it was due to their talents, but it also had to do with the food in this world. Be it sea kings, sea beasts, or the strong creatures on the island, Bane decided he would eat them all in the future.
He even thought that if he had lived in this world a few years earlier, people might have called him a "monster" because of his strength. "I need to master life return quickly. This will help with nutrient absorption and further growth," Bane thought to himself.
But now was not the time to think about these things. While Arlong watched in shock and confusion, Bane pushed with his hand and suddenly blocked Arlong's broadsword. Then he made a fist with his other hand and delivered a powerful punch to Arlong's abdomen, which made his abdominal muscles visibly dent in reaction.