Year 1500 of the Sea Calendar.
Holy Land, Mary Geoise.
The palace was magnificent, filled with gold artifacts, with Adam Tree tables, chairs, beds, and cabinets scattered about. In one corner stood a giant vat, where four mermaids nestled.
The once silent palace was suddenly filled with a low, murmured voice:
"Ross..."
Ross stared blankly at the boy in the mirror, momentarily at a loss for words.
The boy in the mirror had a smooth, fair face with sharp features, exuding a cold and aloof air; his dark, deep eyes shone with a captivating light, and his entire being radiated an aristocratic aura.
He had transmigrated, or rather, his memories had awakened, and he had directly become a Celestial Dragon.
This was too awesome!
However, his identity was somewhat awkward.
His name was Jaegolucia Ross Saint, a standard Celestial Dragon name, and his grandfather was Jaegolucia Satan Saint, one of the Five Elders, and also the first of the Five Elders to be removed from the list in the original One Piece manga.
Although his grandfather's removal from the World Government didn't affect his family, the Celestial Dragons are villains.
The Celestial Dragons are descendants of the 20 kings who established the World Government, claiming to be "descendants of the creator," ruling the privileged class of the World Government, and residing in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.
However, times have changed, or perhaps the usurpers were never good people to begin with, and now the Celestial Dragons, besides being symbols of power and wealth, are also recognized as demons in human skin.
The story of One Piece, from its initial exploration of freedom, has evolved into the story of Luffy overthrowing the World Government.
And coincidentally, his current identity represents the World Government.
These thoughts only flashed through Ross's mind, and he quickly became happy again.
In any case, being transported to the One Piece world and becoming a Celestial Dragon is an incredibly lucky start.
Anyone who transmigrates into a Celestial Dragon would have no reason not to be happy.
This kind of second-generation status, born at the top, is something most people dream of.
As for the Celestial Dragons' evil deeds, aside from whether becoming a Celestial Dragon would change one's morals, would you not want to be a rich second-generation if other rich kids forced women into prostitution?
Moreover, Ross had none of these worries.
In his previous life, he was a beast of burden; if he were to be a saint in this one, wouldn't his transmigration have been pointless?
The only drawback was that ordinary Celestial Dragons generally lacked strength. Ross's body had died from excessive indulgence, and his current physical condition was even worse than that of an ordinary person in the pirate world, barely enough to walk on his own.
[Ding! The Defeat System is at your service!]
"The Defeat System? What's that?"
Hearing the pleasant system notification, Ross felt even better.
[Host: Ross]
[Strength: 63/100 (G+, even Marines are stronger than you)]
[Overall Rating: A (You rely entirely on your status when you're out and about)]
[Abilities: None]
[Skills: None]
[Note: Defeating an enemy grants a reward of -1 to the enemy's overall rating. Killing or defeating an enemy grants a reward based on the enemy's current overall rating.]
[Note: Each person can only receive one kill or defeat reward based on their current rating, and the defeat reward and kill/defeat reward do not conflict.]
"Is there a difference between 'crushing' and 'defeating'?"
Ross wondered, but then it dawned on him:
"Oh, it's the 'crushing' part!"
"I'm going to...kill you!"
Suddenly, a weak voice rang out beside Ross.
"Hmm?"
Ross squinted and looked back, seeing a stunningly beautiful woman bound to a bed, her mouth the only part of her body that could move.
The woman was completely naked, covered in bruises—all Ross's handiwork.
He hadn't quite grasped the situation yet after his memories awakened, so he'd gone a bit too far.
However, the beautiful woman, Erica, was no ordinary woman. She was a female pirate with a 5 million bounty, originally the wife of a pirate with a 100 million bounty. Ross had spotted her while passing through the Sabaody Archipelago because of her beauty.
The result was obvious: her husband and his entire pirate crew were wiped out, and she was taken to Ross's palace.
This incident didn't even cause a ripple at sea; that was the power of the Celestial Dragons.
"I can try out the system now!"
[Erica]
[Overall Rating: E-]
"Bastard..."
"I'm going to kill you!"
"No!!!"
The beautiful woman's hateful cries continued, as she relentlessly attacked Ross with her weapon.
Half an hour later.
Ross finished his practice and stood up, feeling refreshed.
Feeling his renewed strength and the new gun skills he had acquired, he felt the world was even more wonderful.
[E-rank defeat completed!]
[Strength +100]
[Special Reward: E-rank Gun Skills]
[Host: Ross]
[Strength: 163/300 (F-rank, Marine Strength)]
[Skill: E-rank Gun Skills]
It's a pity that characters of the same rank can only defeat once, otherwise he could have easily racked up kills.
Ross smiled and leaned close to Erica's ear:
"Was that good?"
"Bastard, either kill me or I'll kill you!"
Erica glared angrily at Ross, her mind consumed by hatred.
"What a pity, wrong answer!"
Ross shook his head regretfully, picked up the platinum pistol from the table beside him, and pressed it against the beautiful woman's broad chest.
Bang!!!
Blood red flashed, and the beauty instantly turned into withered bones.
[E-level kill completed!]
[Reward: None (Knockout reward obtained)]
Ross's expression didn't change at all; he simply tossed the gun aside.
Since feelings couldn't develop overnight, then he wouldn't be polite.
It was a pity that the rewards for knockout and kill conflicted, otherwise he could have gotten another round of rewards.
Ross walked to the palace entrance and calmly called out,
"Guernica!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the young and thin Guernica, dressed in a white suit, appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye, kneeling on one knee with her head bowed low.
[Guernica]
[Overall Rating: B-]
"Saint Rose! What are your orders!"
Even though Guernica's face was covered in white graffiti, anyone could see his excitement.
Rose recognized Guernica not because he was a CP0 member recently promoted from CP9 to temporarily protect the Jaegolucia family,
but because Guernica had appeared 20 years later and participated in the final battle between Kaido and Luffy. Although he was easily killed, he still made an appearance.
Being selected for CP0 at this point in time was enough to show that Guernica was promising at a young age.
Unfortunately, 20 years later, he was still only around the level of a vice admiral, probably only B+ level, indicating that Guernica's potential was a bit low.
"Clean up the palace. I don't want to see any dirt."
"Understood!"
Guernica walked coldly into the palace and came out a moment later, carrying a bed wrapped tightly in a white sheet.
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