"Benevolence does not command troops!"
"Being kind to your enemies is being cruel to yourself!"
After saying that, Esdeath walked into the cabin without looking back and returned to her room.
"Oh my, I was actually lectured by a little girl!"
If he were to kill enemies, he definitely wouldn't be soft-hearted, but facing people who had already surrendered, he believed he wouldn't kill them.
Their philosophies were just different. There were even ideological disputes within the Marine, which was unavoidable.
Naturally, he wouldn't be angry about Esdeath's words. It would be unethical to forcibly change someone else's beliefs.
"Hahaha, how embarrassing, Kuzan!" Garp, who was heartless, covered his stomach, almost dying of laughter.
Bad people are not worthy of sympathy. To kill or not to kill depends entirely on the person who defeated them.
"Please don't make fun of me, Mr. Garp."
He helplessly put on his eye mask again and lay on the recliner, but a sentence Esdeath said struck his heart.
Instead of persuading bad people to be kind, it's better to stop more people from venturing out to sea.
Was Esdeath angry?
Of course she wasn't angry, because the weak have no say. She wasn't some saint; if she was unwilling, she should just become stronger.
What she cared about was prestige. Compared to the number of pirates and Marines, the number of ordinary people was clearly much greater!
She actually gained prestige from slaying pirates.
A pirate with a bounty of ten million could actually be converted into 1000 prestige, which was a bit beyond her needs.
If that were the case, she could continuously become stronger just by slaying pirates!
"System, purchase Swordsman Swordsmanship and Navy Six Styles!"
"Ding! Do you wish to spend 8,000 prestige points to purchase?"
"Confirm!"
Her original 13,850 prestige instantly decreased by 8,000 points, leaving only 5,850.
It made Esdeath's heart ache for a moment, but she quickly adjusted. Two sets of memories flooded into her mind.
First was the Swordsman's memory. There was no so-called sword art inheritance, nor any specific moves. It simply elevated her swordsmanship realm to the level of Iron Cutting.
It just made her swordsmanship look more concise, without any physical enhancement.
The Navy Six Styles were similar; she immediately learned them, but proficiency still depended on her own training.
Being able to use them, and how many times she could use them, required her own testing, even extended techniques.
Besides Life Return, there was nothing else.
"No wonder the price dropped and it's sold so cheaply." Her eye twitched. This broken system was not as convenient as other systems.
"Ding! Do you wish to spend 5,000 prestige to refresh the shop!"
"???"
"Your system shop refresh costs prestige points?"
Esdeath almost kicked the system after hearing its voice. This was too much bullying!
"Ding! Do you wish to spend?"
As if it hadn't heard Esdeath's plea, it simply repeated what it had just said.
"Spend, spend, spend! Prestige is meant to be spent."
Exactly five thousand prestige points. She even suspected the system was deliberately trying to deplete her prestige.
"Ding! Refresh successful."
Five thousand prestige points instantly vanished, leaving only a lonely three-digit number on her attribute panel.
"Let me see what has been refreshed."
As soon as she saw the first page, Esdeath became furious. The system's refresh was not incremental, but random!
It was truly infuriating.
First page: Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique * 500 Prestige
Second page: A Plain Senzu Bean * 10,000
"Don't trick me!"
She looked at two pages. What was the use of a Great Fireball? Was she supposed to form hand seals before fighting? What kind of fight would that be?
The second page, however, made Esdeath feel a little better: Senzu Bean!
The most amazing supply item in Dragon Ball, it was an explosively powerful item from early to late stages!
Only the price…
But at least it meant an extra life, so she had to grit her teeth and buy it.
"Third page, give me something to improve my combat power!"
She closed her eyes and opened them again!
"Beautiful!"
Third page: High-Speed Regeneration * 10,000
High-Speed Regeneration was a divine skill. As long as one wasn't dead, they could quickly recover from injuries.
This was a bug-level ability. You know, there are many monstrous physiques in Pirate King. Even Luffy can fully recover from injuries just by eating a meal.
This is not something simple physical fitness can achieve. Even Long-Nose has this monstrous physique; his body has never been sick, and he is incredibly durable!
"Still, I need to earn prestige, otherwise…"
Zephyr's arm loss is probably not far off. At that time, I would definitely be sending myself to death against White II, but I can protect the Marine students.
This would allow Zephyr to truly unleash his strength and prevent White II from finding Zephyr's weakness.
Esdeath didn't believe Zephyr would lose to a White II if he had no worries. Who wins and who loses is still uncertain!
… … … …
Two days passed in a flash.
The sea was truly boring. Her own people hadn't arrived yet, so she could only spend her days familiarizing herself with her abilities.
Thump, thump, thump!
"Lady Esdeath!"
A Marine's voice came from outside the door.
Esdeath opened the door and smiled at the serious-faced Marine: "What is it?"
"We have arrived at Windmill Village. Vice Admiral Garp asked us to call you."
A standard military salute. Since two days ago, they had a completely new impression of Esdeath.
Their training enthusiasm these two days was even more so, from not being very familiar with the Navy Six Styles at first, to using them with great proficiency.
She even sparred with Assistant Officer Bogart more than once, from struggling to parry at first, to barely parrying later on.
Her progress was simply too fast!
"You've worked hard. I'll be right there."
She nodded, encouraged the Marine officer, and then turned back.
"Lady Esdeath is so gentle!"
Esdeath had no idea how popular she was on Garp's warship right now!
She was beautiful, trained hard, powerful, gentle when she needed to be, and assertive when she needed to be, to the point where no one could refute her.
That domineering aura directly conquered everyone on the warship.
"Hahaha! Come with me, I'll take you to see my grandsons."
Garp looked at Esdeath as she came out. He had seen her progress these past two days. He had originally wanted to teach Esdeath the Six Styles.
But it turned out she had already mastered them on her own!
Now, even Bogart needed a certain amount of time to defeat her; it wasn't as easy as before.
"Okay!"
She flicked the decorations on her hat and pulled the hat down onto her head.
She was still a bit interested in little Luffy, but she didn't know if Ace had already set sail.
"Machino, I'm back."
"Mr. Garp!"