Pirates of the Holy Light Sword

Chapter 239 Burning Will

East China Sea, Goa Kingdom, Windmill Village.

"Ace! Look, look!"

Luffy followed Ace to the Windmill Village to prepare for the upcoming big day.

Ace was eating in Makino's tavern, with the clothes and daily necessities purchased next to him, and he packed a large bag.

"what?"

Hearing the shout, Ace turned his head and saw Luffy rushing in with a newspaper in his hand.

"Ace! Look! The newspaper said that Mr. Wright has become a 'candidate general'!"

"Oh! It's amazing!"

Ace stood up, surprised.

"But, what is a general candidate?"

Luffy tilted his head, troubled.

"..."

There was a black line on Ace's forehead - this idiot, why is he still so excited for some reason!

"Hehe... Luffy is still so energetic!"

Makino came out with a basket of bread and poured a glass of orange juice for Luffy.

"'Candidate General', I seem to have heard Mr. Garp say that he is also a top figure in the navy!"

"Makino!"

Luffy jumped on the chair, grabbed the bread and gobbled it up:
"Uuuuuuu..."

"Fool!"

Ace patted his forehead weakly, Luffy is so off-line, he wouldn't have any problems if he wasn't there, right?

"Swallow what's in your mouth before you speak!"

Luffy took a sip of the juice and swallowed the bread: "Ace, I know the general, what is the candidate for the general?"

"A candidate for admiral in the Navy Headquarters is a person who has the strength of a general at the first level. If there is a vacancy for the general, he can be directly promoted to the general."

Ace took the newspaper that Luffy put aside and read it carefully.

Sit in the new world and defend the navy against the threat from the "Four Emperors";

Lead the army to fight against the strongest "Four Emperors" Whitebeard Pirates;
Slay the "Drought" Jack of the Beast Pirates, and repel the "Four Emperors" Kaido, known as the "strongest creature" who came to revenge...

The big thing Wright has done recently has been published in the newspapers.

After setting the tone with Warring States, Wright and Morgens discussed that the World Economic News will cooperate with the Navy Headquarters to carry out the prestige promotion plan.

The record that underpins Wright's status as a general alternate is reported, but not written in detail.

But even so, young people like Ace who haven't gone to sea are excited.

"It's amazing!"

Ace watched Wright's report, feeling overwhelmed.

"Uncle Wright is already fulfilling his promise..."

"Then I'll do my best too!"

"But speaking of it, if I really become a navy, how can I thank Captain Shanks the Red Hair?"

"Well...then become stronger, and when you fight against him, thank you by the way!"

"Ace, your birthday will be in a few days, are you really ready to go to sea?"

Makino wiped the glass and looked at the excited Ace, a little worried.

When Makino went to Dadan from Luffy, he often brought the three brothers a change of clothes and food, and taught the three brothers some etiquette.

Since Sabo's incident, Ace has asked Makino to teach him more etiquette in dealing with others, and strive to be Luffy's "brother".

In Makino's heart, Ace is like his younger brother.

Therefore, although Makino supported their decision to "go to sea at the age of 17", Makino was inevitably worried.

"It's all right, Makino."

Hearing this, Ace raised his head and smiled confidently: "I am very strong, and ordinary pirates are no match for me!"

"Soon I will be famous all over the world... just wait for the good news!"

"Ace, don't you want to be a pirate?"

Luffy touched the straw hat on his back. At the age of 14, he was already very strong with Wright's teaching.

"Haha... Luffy, pirate, navy, or adventurer, what does it matter?"

Ace knocked on Luffy's head: "No matter where we are, no matter what we become, we are all brothers!"

"We all have dreams we want to pursue, and marching towards our dreams is the purpose of our going to sea!"

"Ok!"

Luffy laughed: "I'm the man who wants to be the One Piece!"

"Ha! Then you have to be careful, don't be caught by Mr. Wright..."

"No way! I will defeat Mr. Wright together!"

"Hahaha! You can't even beat me!"

……

Finally, the day came for Ace to go to sea.

Standing on the small sailboat, Ace waved goodbye to Luffy, Makino and the bandits who came to see them off on the cliff.

"Goodbye, Luffy!"

"When I go to sea in three years, I will definitely become stronger!" Luffy shouted.

The boat drifted away until the shore was no longer in sight.

"Ah... the sea is so beautiful, just like what Uncle Wright said."

After being taught by Wright, Ace has a certain understanding of navigation, and it seems that today is a good weather.

"It's not bad to be an adventurer..."

With longing for the future, Ace yawned and fell into a deep sleep.

The sea seems to be very face-saving, and the first few days were calm.

Ace is not a purely stunned young man, but he still has a plan for the goal of going to sea, and he also goes to an island to replenish fresh water and food.

"It's not good to eat free food, Ace - giving money for meals is the most basic morality."

Ace kept Wright's teaching firmly in mind, but how did the money come...

I can only work hard for the pirates to contribute!

A few days later, Ace was lying on the side of the boat listlessly.

The boat was dangling pitifully in the sea, the mast was broken, and Ace would have no way of controlling the direction of the boat without a piece of poor wood barely acting as an oar.

"Ah... It went smoothly at first, why is it not working at all these days?"

"First it was a heavy rain, then a strong wind. If I hadn't learned some sailing skills and listened to Mr. Wright's story about the time when he just went to sea, I'm afraid the ship would really be destroyed..."

"But the fresh water is almost exhausted, and I haven't seen the island yet..."

Ace sighed and rolled over to the other side of the boat: "Huh? What's that?"

At the boundary of the line of sight, the shadow of a small island appeared.

"Haha! I shouldn't die! Let's go!"

Invigorated, Ace picked up the plank and desperately rowed the boat towards the island.

"There seems to be something wrong with the sea around this island. The current is so strange!"

Approaching the island, Ace felt something was wrong—the speed of the boat was getting faster and faster!

I am being dragged by the special current around the island, rushing towards the island!

"Wow, I'm so lucky... No! How can I stop!"

The boat got faster and faster, and finally, embarrassingly... washed up on the gravel shore.

"Damn...the bottom of the boat is leaking!"

Ace jumped off the boat - this weird current is simply unreasonable, dragging everything that enters the range to the island!
"But since it's a small island, let's find fresh water and food first!"

Ace, whose wilderness survival skills were almost full, quickly got out of the distress of the damaged boat and began to prepare for exploring the island.

Touching the dagger at his waist, Ace grabbed the side of the boat and prepared to drag the boat away from the shore—it would be interesting if it was washed away!

"There seems to be something..."

Ace, who was about to make a move, seemed to see something far away being sucked by the ocean current and dragged towards him quickly.

"..."

As the thing approached, Ace's eyeballs gradually popped out, and his mouth was so wide that it almost dislocated!
He will never forget the lesson that Wright taught him back then.

That day, Uncle Wright taught the three brothers what a "flame" is!
"Clap!"

The orange-red spherical fruit formed by countless small flame-shaped spiral fruit patterns was washed ashore and rolled to Ace's feet.

Ace picked up this familiar fruit with trembling hands, and a meaningful sentence after Wright taught them a lesson popped into his mind.

"Yuan, it's too wonderful!"

　PS: Ace's official novel drifted to Sixis Island in the East China Sea. He saw Deus first and then picked up the burning fruit on the beach. Here, he saw the burning fruit first and then met Deus. In short, This is fate (ω)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)