NOVEL WEB Chapter 152: It's That Throne That Has Been Waiting For Him
Kuro and Gin staged a peak showdown, both exhausted and tired, and the prize was evenly divided.
And just when everyone thought that everything was over even more, explosive news came that Gawain replaced Gecko Moria as one of the seven warlords of the sea.
When Kuro heard the news, he was completely stunned.
Originally, in his plan, this goal could only be achieved in Paradise or even in the New World.
But even before leaving the East Blue, Gawain has already become one of the top pirates.
"I can't figure this guy out anymore…"
"How many more surprises can he bring me?"
Kuro's soft whisper made Gin, who was standing beside him, smile slightly and say: "Isn't that always the case, captain?"
"You can never guess what that man is thinking, never know what he will do and at what point he will break our cognition."
"But one thing is beyond doubt, that is, he absolutely deserves the throne!"
"No!"
"It's that throne that has been waiting for him!"
Zoro looked at the man standing on the deck and even had an illusion.
Maybe, even after he defeated Hawk Eyes, there was still a long, despairing distance between him and Gawain.
"What the hell is he talking about!"
Sanji glanced at him, then looked at Gawain, feeling that he could not see through the man in front of him no matter what: "How strong is that guy now?"
"Who knew?!"
Surrounded by the crowd, Gawain jumped off the warship, said hello to Kuro and others, and then walked towards Red Dragon Street.
Gaza arranged Zephyr and others in a building in the harbor, waiting for the Marines to take them away. At the same time, Gawain kept his promise and gave Zephyr the power to act independently.
He could see with his own eyes what a harbor under the rule of pirates looked like and how these pirates were completely different from his own judgment.
As for that warship…
That was naturally Gawain's spoils of war.
After a few minutes, Gawain returned to his own residence.
The attack on Zephyr and Smoker just now also made Gawain feel relieved.
This was especially true after seeing the miserable looks of the three people.
Now, he is only concerned about the system prompt that appears in front of him when he enters the harbor.
"Congratulations on unlocking the badge, Warlord!"
"Unlock the Experience Piggy Bank; you can convert your overflowing or invalid experience into general experience at a ratio of 2:1."
"General experience will be automatically distributed according to the efforts of subordinates in their training."
"In other words, abilities like sniping, which are not very useful to me, or abilities like navigation, which have been maxed out to their potential limit, can be converted into general experience to increase the training speed of my subordinates?"
After understanding the ability of the new badge, Gawain's expression became complicated for a moment.
The existence of the new badge solves a problem that currently exists in the White Knight Pirate; that is, with Gawain's rapid improvement, the help that his subordinates can bring has become less and less.
Even Kuro, the strongest among them, is still a little distance away from the Silver level, and the same is true for the others.
Once he encounters a powerful and complete pirate like the Beast Pirates, with evenly distributed combat power from top to bottom, Gawain will be in a situation where he can only stand alone.
Now that there is the Experience Piggy Bank, everyone's growth rate will be faster, and with their qualifications, they will soon usher in a qualitative change.
However, the Experience Piggy Bank will also bring a new problem: the total amount of experience that he can obtain will be reduced.
But, for this problem, Gawain already had a solution in mind.
"It's just a matter of recruiting a few more people. There are few people with potential in the East Blue, but there are many more in the Grand Line."
"The supernovas that came out with Luffy are all a bunch of usable leeks. The lowest potential is Silver, and some, like Law and Kidd, should be at Gold level."
"It's just that it's much more difficult to recruit them, but there are also more choices."
The next day, Gawain told Gaza about his plan to remodel the warship he had gotten from the Marines.
After Gaza asked a shipbuilder to evaluate the plan, the shipbuilder was more optimistic about this plan.
At this moment, in the harbor.
The shipwright looked at the warship in front of him as if he were appreciating a work of art. "Both the structure and the engines inside are perfect as if they were taken directly from a storybook."
"It only needs a simple modification, and after eliminating any tracking methods such as the surveillance Den Den Mushi that may exist inside, it can be used directly."
After a simple inspection, it can be judged that the performance of this ship is far superior to the one they can make.
"The bottom of the ship even uses an alloy I've never heard of before. It's very durable but lightweight. What the hell!"
Gawain naturally knew what it was.
When naval warships, especially those on the Paradise and the New World, are designed, the ubiquitous Sea Kings in the sailing environment are taken into consideration.
Therefore, when building ships, Sea Prism Stone is also mixed into the hull for camouflage.
Coupled with the Marines's hundreds of years of technological accumulation and Vegapunk's continuous output of black technology, to be honest, Gawain wouldn't be surprised if the Marines built an aircraft carrier one day.
Gawain asked directly: "How long will it take to remodel this ship?"
After a moment's silence, the shipwright said: "With the current capabilities of Raven Harbor, if we use all the manpower to transform this ship, it will be ready for launch within a month."
"The speed is much faster than previous shipbuilding plans."
"The construction of the new ship took much longer than we expected, and the plans for many nodes were changed many times."
"It will take at least half a year to build it."
Gawain nodded: "Then we will go all out to transform this warship, and then when we find more advanced technology and materials, we can build our own ship."
According to the shipwright, even if the new ship was built, its performance would not be as good as that of this warship.
Gawain was too lazy to waste time on building a ship that would be eliminated before it was even launched.
Before, there was no better choice in the East Blue, so he had to do it himself.
But now that he has become one of the seven warlords of the sea, Gawain has already set his sights on the Grand Line, where shipbuilding is much better than that of Raven Harbor, both in terms of technology and conditions.
Besides, he has his own ambitions in his heart.
Since he's going to build a ship, he's going to build one that can accompany him until the day he reaches the summit.
Gawain has no interest in reliving the experience of the Straw Hat Pirates burning the Going Merry in the Water 7.
After the general direction was decided, Gaza went to work out the small details with the shipwrights while Gawain returned to Dragon Street.
With the end of the Martial Arts Tournament, the rankings of the crew in the White Knight Pirate were determined.
The batch of metal inscription plates that Gawain had asked Jango to make had already been completed and had been kept in the warehouse.
Now, it was time to use them.
In a bar in the center of Dragon Street, all the executives of the White Knight Pirate gathered here.
Gawain personally distributed the metal plates in his hand according to their performance in the Martial Arts Tournament, and according to his previous promise, he allowed them to make a request within an appropriate range.
"Hmph."
Kuro gently put the gold-plated brand with the number one engraved on it into his pocket, but he couldn't suppress the smugness on his face: "As expected."
"Am I really the number one person under the captain?!"
At the side, Gin held the number two sign in his hand, raised his eyebrows slightly, turned to look at Kuro, and showed an eager look.
Originally, the gap between him and Kuro was narrowing, and now, after obtaining the Bone-Bone fruit, his own combat power has undergone a qualitative change.
Even the Tonfa that had always accompanied him was thrown away because the bones in his body had become more powerful weapons.
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