Chapter 47

For the simple villagers of Windmill Village, he had become utterly familiar, and suddenly having to leave for a long time left him with a faint sense of reluctance.

And then…

The Dadan family—a group of gentle, lovely bandits.

During this time, Lu En had been thoroughly cared for by the Dadan family.

Huh!

Gently exhaling, Lu En heard the system's notification in his ears.

【This training session granted: Strength +0.001, Speed +0.001, Stamina +0.001!】

【After a 100-fold training effect boost…】

【Host gains: Strength +0.1, Speed +0.1, Stamina +0.1!】

In an instant,

a faint warm current appeared out of nowhere, surging into Lu En's body, continuously washing through his five viscera and six bowels, modifying the strength of his bodily attributes.

In the blink of an eye,

the modification completed,

his strength had grown again!

Though only by a minuscule margin.

But this was merely one training session.

A small training session alone could grant a minuscule increase in strength—this already left Lu En deeply satisfied.

Clenching his fists, Lu En felt the surging power filling his body.

He couldn't help but sigh and shake his head.

"What a pity."

"The further I go…"

"the less my body's strength improves from training."

"If I wish to grow stronger, clearly, I cannot rely solely on devilish training."

Lu En fell into thought.

To achieve a sudden surge in strength…

he must find another path!

He could no longer blindly endure monotonous devilish training.

The results from such methods were negligible.

The further I go…

the worse the results become!

At this moment,

Lu En's heart quietly began to look forward to traveling to the Marine Headquarters and undergoing the orthodox training methods long established by the Marines.

If so,

his strength would surely surge again and again!

"I hope that after arriving at Marine Headquarters—Marineford—and undergoing the Marines' customized training methods, my strength will skyrocket."

Even now, Lu En had already sensed a faint bottleneck.

To grow strong quickly, he could no longer follow his previous simple training methods.

With the Marine Headquarters' resources…

custom-tailoring a special training method for Lu En would be absolutely perfect.

Next,

after a brief rest, Lu En plunged back into rigorous training.

One hour later.

Lu En stopped training.

Feeling the increase in his physical strength, he smiled contentedly.

Slowly turning around,

his bare, muscular torso, glistening with defined lines, radiated a powerful, oppressive aura under the sunlight.

Lu En regarded Es, who was watching his training from not far away, with a thoughtful, enigmatic expression.

Since returning to Windmill Village a few days ago,

Lu En had noticed.

Every time he began his devilish training, he sensed Es quietly hiding in the shadows, observing—seemingly trying to imitate his training method.

"Wanting to copy my training method?"

"Too bad…"

"Es, you don't have a system!"

"Not everyone who copies my training can grow strong as quickly as I do."

"I'm different from you."

"I possess a hundred-fold training effect boost!"

Lu En chuckled.

He could understand Es's mindset.

It was likely because, not long ago, he had single-handedly wiped out a pirate crew, delivering an overwhelming shock to Es's young mind.

And made Es truly, deeply realize.

He—the vast gulf between them!

Worlds apart!

No comparison at all!

Precisely because of this, Sicai Society strove hard to emulate Lu En's training methods, desperate to catch up with Lu En's footsteps, unwilling to fall behind.

But, in Lu En's view—

Sicai Society's thinking was good.

However…

To think that by relying on devilish training alone, one could reach Lu En's level of strength?

That was clearly unrealistic.

Lu En's training method was absolutely not something others could emulate.

From the very start,

The Sicai Society had fallen into a cognitive misconception.

"Keep at it, Sicai Society…"

"I'll wait for the day you surpass me."

"Although, that may be far off and indefinite."

Lu En glanced in Sicai Society's direction, then withdrew his gaze and did not look any further.

Just as he was preparing to proceed to the next step of his training—

Tap-tap-tap—

A burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from ahead.

Then.

One could see,

A bandit member of the Dadan family, looking anxious, ran up to Lu En, a bit of sweat on his forehead.

Upon seeing Lu En,

His eyes lit up, and he blurted out without delay: "Lu En, I've finally found you. Mr. Captain Kapu wants you to immediately drop everything you're doing and return to Windmill Village right away."

"Mr. Captain Kapu says…"

"Your father has already come back."