One Piece: Rise of an Empire

Day two.

The ship of the Red Hair Pirates arrived in the waters of Daxia and headed towards the imperial capital.

The soldiers on patrol in Daxia saw Shanks and greeted them warmly.

The people of Daxia know that the red-haired pirates are friends of the king and have protected them many times.

"Shanks, it looks like you're welcome here."

At this time, a man came to Shanks, and the man looked around with eagle-like eyes.

"Hahahaha, don't you know Des too? Have you never been here? This is a very good country and I like it very much." Shanks said with a smile, patting Hawkeye on the shoulder.

Hawkeye sensed the atmosphere here, felt the joyful people, and his inner mania was also suppressed a lot.

Since the beginning of the Great Pirate Era, Hawkeye has constantly challenged all kinds of sword masters, and countless swordsmen and pirates have died in his hands.

Now people in the pirate world will say that Hawkeye is a powerful swordsman, and some even say that Hawkeye is the strongest swordsman in the world.

Although there is no title of the world's number one swordsman yet, he already has the status of the world's number one.

This status was not given by others casually, but was obtained by Hawkeye's constant challenge step by step and continuous defeat of various swordsmen.

All the swordsmen will show fear when they hear the name of Hawkeye.

Now the Ye who is the supreme sword behind him has become a black sword.

In order to control the hostility formed by years of killing and fighting, Hawkeye seldom lives with others. He controls an island and lives by himself.

Feeling the life of the people of Great Xia, this actually made the hostility in Hawkeye subside a bit.

As for why Hawkeye was on Shanks’ ship, it was because Shanks was also a powerful swordsman. Now Des has become a real big pirate, and Shanks didn’t want to fall behind. Hearing that Hawkeye wanted to fight him, Shanks readily agreed.

But before the duel, Shanks said to take Hawkeye to a place. At that time, Hawkeye didn't want to come, but Shanks said that there was a swordsman who was not weaker than me, so Hawkeye followed.

Coming here, Hawkeye already knew who the swordsman was.

The first reason Shanks came here was to meet his old friend Des, and he heard that Des now has a pair of children, because he didn't come over because of something at the time, so he came to congratulate him now.

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"Your Majesty, Shanks and Hawkeye want to see you."

At this time a soldier came over to report.

Shanks?
Hawkeye?

"Hurry up please."

The soldier was about to go out to make an announcement, when he heard Shanks' voice, "Long time no see, Des, I knew you wouldn't die so easily, hahahahaha"

"Tch, my life has just begun, how could I die so easily, long time no see Shanks"

Des looked at Hawkeye next to him, "Hawkeye, long time no see"

Des waved to the soldier and asked him to bring a seat.

"By the way, inform everyone in the Pirates, and tell them that there is a banquet."

"Yes, Your Majesty"

Des looked at Hawkeye and Shanks with strange eyes, "How did you get together?"

"It's not that Hawkeye intends to duel with me, I'm afraid I'll be killed then what should I do, why don't I come and see you first" Shanks said with a smile.

In Des's eyes, Shanks' will is similar to Roger's. In comparison, Shanks is the freest person in the sea today, and other pirates have concerns and influence.

Des saw Hawkeye's black knife, and Des knew how difficult it is to achieve a black knife. At this time, Des thought Levi, who is stronger now, Levi or Hawkeye?
Levi was so strong but he didn't turn Daxia Dragon Soul into a black sword.

"I think there is a high probability that you will draw, hahahaha"

The first person to be notified by the soldiers was Levi. When Levi heard that Hawkeye had arrived, he rushed over as fast as he could.

The pain of being defeated for the first time is firmly in Levi's mind, but that's just an obsession. Today's Levi has long since lost the mentality of the past, and now he only wants to protect Daxia.

It is not that Levy has never thought of becoming the strongest swordsman in the world, but with the establishment of Daxia, the hearts of the Des Pirates are almost all in Daxia. Everyone has changed from a personal dream to a collective dream, which is to make Daxia the most powerful country in the world.

"I haven't seen Shanks for several days, and Hawkeye"

Levi arrived, Hawkeye and Levi looked at each other.

An invisible momentum erupted from the two of them.

"Are you so strong now?" Hawkeye said to Levi.

"Aren't you stronger too?" Levi laughed.

At this time, Levi's strength is SS according to Linlin's system evaluation, but Hawkeye and Shanks are both SS, even Des, Kaido, and BIGMOM are also SS.

SS is just an approximate range.

If there is a real duel, Levi's strength is still weaker than Shanks, but Shanks will not defeat Levy in a short time.

Now Hawkeye's strength is about the same as that of Shanks, so generally speaking, he is a little stronger than Levi.

The SS rank is already the top powerhouse in the world, and this kind of powerhouse will not easily fight, because even if the strongest SS and the weakest SS fight, it will not be an instant kill, but will also be injured, and it is easy for others to take advantage of it.

This is also the reason why there are frequent frictions between the Four Emperors in the future but no death fights.

"You two, you have to wait until after the banquet." Des interrupted the affectionate gaze between the two.

"Forget it, I don't want to fight anymore," Levi laughed.

When Hawkeye heard Levi's answer, he felt incredible. How could a swordsman resist the strongest temptation.

Looking at Hawkeye's doubts, Levy smiled and said, "I have found something more important than becoming the strongest swordsman. My current swordsmanship is guardianship!"

Hawkeye heard Levi's words, as if he suddenly had an epiphany.

The hostility from years of fighting has been slowly put away by him.

"Levy, you are such an amazing swordsman!"

"Hahaha, Hawkeye, what do you think of our big summer? Do you want to live here? Don't worry, it won't restrict your freedom, just give you a safe place to live in."

Hearing what Des said, Hawkeye was a little moved, because he felt the breath of life here, and what Levi said just now.

"Okay, it's also good to have a permanent residence"

At this time, it was Des's turn to be surprised. He didn't expect his casual sentence to pull the great god Hawkeye over.

Although it's just a place to live, it's already huge.

You know Hawkeye is a lone ranger.

Both Hawkeye and Shanks will be here often, and the future can be imagined. If Hawkeye makes a move when Daxia is in trouble, then Daxia will have the combat power of Dess, Levi, Shanks, Beckman, and Hawkeye.At that time, Naval Des is not afraid anymore.

"Okay, let Levi arrange a separate residence for you after the banquet"

"Thank you then"

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