Chapter 10: Improving Strength

meditation.

This is a very magical state.

Coles used the breath-taking method taught by instructor Kahn to balance his inner emotions by observing each exhalation and inhalation, and finally entered a state of empty meditation.

The first day of meditation did not make Coles improve at all, but his heart, which was originally anxious to become stronger, suddenly felt a little calmer.

The following days were as usual.

During the day, he practiced spearmanship, learned basic swordsmanship, and exercised his physical fitness. He meditated for an hour at night, and then practiced more to continuously widen the gap with other recruits.

In addition to giving Coles the benefit of weakening his sleep time, the Shadow Fruit also greatly improves his perception in the shadows.

Therefore, during the extra training at night, his effectiveness increased with half the effort.

Of course, in addition to these basic trainings, Coles also set aside time to develop Shadow Fruit moves and increase combat experience.

Developing the ability of the Shadow Fruit is not easy. First, you need to explore the fruit's ability clearly, and then the development of moves must also be in line with the ability extension.

Coles now has some ideas, but developing them is one thing, and being able to stably display the power of his moves is another.

This requires a long period of practice.

…

Under the moonlight night.

The cold wind blew quietly across the training ground.

A black shadow suddenly appeared on the training ground.

If the pirate Adulun were here, he would recognize this as his former companion, the pirate Adun.

However, now he is a shadow soldier [Aden]!

Coles stood not far away, holding a wooden knife in his hand, and gave instructions to [Adden].

"Come on, attack me!"

After one and a half months of recruit training, Coles wanted to see how much he had improved now and whether he could truly defeat [Aden].

[Adun] did not answer, nor did he take any action, because in the deep consciousness of the shadow soldier, it is absolutely forbidden to attack the summoner.

Coles also discovered this problem, frowned slightly, and gave the order again.

"It's just a sparring exercise, attack me."

The shadow soldier [Adun] thought for a moment, and finally followed the order seriously.

The next moment, [Adden] rushed towards Coles like a beast. This scene was just like the previous attack at the alley.

However, under the shadows.

Coles's perception and reaction were greatly improved, and he quickly avoided the punch. At the same time, the wooden sword in his hand also started to counterattack according to the basic swordsmanship taught by instructor Kahn.

In just half a month.

Coles has already mastered the basics of swordsmanship, which means that he has gone beyond the level of random slashing and can truly fight with swordsmanship.

Under the starlight, you can see two different figures, one white and one black, fighting constantly in the training ground.

With his reaction and perception greatly improved, Coles directly caught [Aden]'s mistake and slashed it with the wooden sword in his hand.

Click!

The wooden knife breaks!

[Adun]'s shoulder was also shattered, but it was restored again under the repair of the shadow power.

Coles looked at the broken wooden knife in his hand and was silent for a moment...

Looks like I’ll have to use real knives tomorrow!

He threw away the wooden sword, gave up using swordsmanship, and directly engaged in close combat with [Adun].

Coles's physical fitness is not weaker than [Aden], and his strength can reach the level of tearing tigers and leopards alive, but he lacks combat experience.

However, with [Aden] as his sparring partner, his fighting experience is also rapidly improving.

In addition, the shadow soldier [Adun] has other uses.

For example, being a target.

Under the moonlight, Coles slowly stretched out his right hand, grabbing the power of the shadow in his hand, and then threw it directly in the direction of [Adun].

"Shadow gun!"

A black spear solidified by shadow energy suddenly thrust out with the sound of breaking through the air.

boom!

The shadow gun directly penetrated [Adun]'s body and shattered it into shadow.

Coles couldn't help but let out a heavy breath.

"Shadow Gun" is an attack move he developed. The attack power is not weak, but it is still a bit unstable and requires a long time to try.

At close to two o'clock in the morning.

Coles stopped sparring with [Adun], recalled him into the shadows, turned around and went to the bathhouse to take a bath, and then returned to the recruits' dormitory to rest.

The next day, the repetitive training begins again.

…

in a blink.

It's the third month of the recruitment period.

The office on the sixth floor of the Navy Building was filled with smoke, making it almost impossible to see specific things.

Smoker was smoking a cigar while leaning on the sofa and reading the latest newspaper, which contained some major events and news in the world.

"Not long ago, the Northern Kingdom had just suppressed a period of counter-unrest, and the king added a new "gun-free order" that prohibited civilians from possessing guns privately."

"Portcas D. Ace! A pirate who has become famous since entering the Great Channel from the East China Sea!"

"Ghost ships are suspected to have appeared in the windless zone of the Great Channel, and many ships have disappeared inexplicably!"

At this moment, there was a knock on the wooden door of the office, and a naval lieutenant colonel walked in.

Smoker turned around and looked: "It turns out to be Kahn, what's the matter?"

Kahn made the report seriously.

"Colonel Smoker, the recruits have been training for two months. Chu Qian's combat effectiveness has been formed, and now they can conduct sea training."

Smoker flipped through the newspaper and nodded: "Okay, you can just take a patrol ship to train them."

Although the sea training will encounter real pirates, he is very confident in Kahn's strength, and the new recruits will basically not have any problems.

"Yes, Colonel Smoker."

Kahn saluted and left.

When Kahn walked to the door, Smoker suddenly remembered something and stopped Kahn immediately.

"By the way, the Navy Headquarters sent a message that they were dissatisfied with your behavior of letting the pirate Jeff go. Although you were not demoted, your original merit for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel was cleared."

Merit is one of the necessary conditions for promotion in the Navy. Without sufficient merit, it is impossible to be promoted to a higher rank.

"Okay."

Faced with this result, Kahn accepted it calmly.

It's not that he is not interested in promotion, but he never regrets the choice he made.

...

The port of Rogue Town.

Under the leadership of Kahn, fifty-eight naval recruits were gathered on the shore.

In the confusion of the recruits, Kahn also began to explain.

"What is the navy? Only soldiers who have experienced sea wars are real navy. In the last month of the recruit period, I will take you to the sea to fight with real pirates. Are you ready?"

"Ready!"

Hearing this, the recruits were immediately excited. After training for such a long time, they also wanted to see how strong they are now.

As for Coles, he had long wanted to fight other pirates.

In the two months of reverse training, his strength has improved greatly, and the shadow soldier [Aton] is no longer his opponent.

He also wants to try new opponents to verify his strength that he has worked hard to improve during this period!

At this time, the sails have been unfurled.

Some navy officers are making preparations on patrol ships in an orderly manner.

Although patrol ships are smaller than standard naval warships, they also have three decks and heavy artillery, which are enough to face several pirate ships head-on.

After confirming the situation of the patrol ship, Lieutenant Mod immediately ran over to report.

"Report to Major Kahn, the patrol ship's ammunition, weapons, medical supplies and food are fully stocked. With the addition of the 58 new naval recruits, the minimum standard of 120 people has been reached on board."

Kahn did not arrange too many regular naval officers on the patrol ship, because this is a training arrangement for the naval recruits. If there are too many regular naval officers, it will not have a good training effect on the recruits.

"Okay, new recruits get on board and get ready to go!"

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