Chapter 377: Barrett and Kazu
Kasa stood up and stretched his muscles.
"In two more years, we will be facing the Great Sea."
For the current Kasa, all he could do was improve his strength.
Regarding his bloodline, especially these Monsters with great potential, Hades had a very clear plan.
For someone like Kasa, around the age of twenty, relying solely on body technique and haki, he would possess the combat strength of a Marine elite Vice Admiral or even a quasi-admiral.
Combined with his Devil Fruit ability, he would possess powerful strength reaching the Top Tier Combatant level, equivalent to just entering this range.
Around the age of thirty, after years of accumulation, he would improve to the degree of the future Three Navy Admirals when they first became Marine Admirals, already considered a Strongman among Top Tier Combatants.
By the age of forty, he would reach the world's peak combat level, equivalent to the future Four Emperors and the Three Navy Admirals during the Summit War period.
Under normal growth, he would possess a certain strength at a certain age.
However, the actual growth rate should be faster than Hades' plan.
Hades himself was like this, and so was Titan.
The future Sea Emperor, Shanks, who possessed the Ferland Family bloodline, became an Emperor at the age of thirty-three.
Kasa's heart was very peaceful.
He was confident that he would eventually become a world's top-tier Strongman.
He had the potential and was worthy of his effort.
He was fully prepared to face the impact from various Factions on the Great Sea in the future.
Although the Pluto Pirates did not participate in hegemony at sea and did not engage in expansion.
This did not mean that others would not come looking for trouble.
The Territory of the Pluto Pirates was still very attractive.
One day, the Pluto Pirates would also be drawn into this storm, but currently, the deterrence of the two Monsters, "Pluto" Hades and "Glutton" Titan, was too strong.
If there were only one, others might not be so apprehensive.
But there were two.
"If they dare to come looking for trouble, just kill them."
Tyr did not think this was a troublesome matter.
"Heh! That's true."
"Let's go back and see.
Kazu and Barrett just graduated from the Royal Military Academy today.
We should celebrate properly tonight."
Life inside the Royal Military Academy was fulfilling but not particularly interesting.
Every day required learning, and spending seven or eight years there could be a bit of a headache.
Graduating from the Royal Military Academy brought a sense of liberation and relief, and celebrating properly could be considered a fixed activity.
At the Chronos Kingdom Royal Palace, a barbecue gathering was specially held to celebrate Kazu and Barrett's graduation from the Royal Military Academy.
This was not the first time, but everyone had smiles on their faces, and they did the grilling themselves.
Kazu and Barrett were the first two to graduate among Hades' second batch of Children.
That's right, Barrett was also Hades' son, but he was an adopted son, counted among the second batch of Children.
Even Abraham, who established the "Sound Nest" with Ignis, had not yet graduated from the Royal Military Academy and would only come to Paros Island during holidays.
The work of inviting new members was usually done by Goenitz.
Both of them were now thirteen years old.
They possessed potential no less than the outstanding individuals among Hades' first batch of Children.
And Kazu and Barrett had fought their way up together.
They could be said to be old rivals, always looking for an opportunity to fight.
From the age of six or seven until now, they had fought over a thousand times.
Tartaros Barrett, needless to say, possessed world's top-tier potential, powerful combat talent, innate demonic aura, and a truly vast amount of haki.
The Fusion-Fusion Fruit was brought back with Barrett from the Nation Where War Never Ceases.
However, this Devil Fruit was not suitable for Barrett.
In Hades' memory, the body amplification brought to Barrett by the Fusion-Fusion Fruit was not even as good as a regular Zoan Devil Fruit.
Due to Barrett's origin and knowledge accumulation, he couldn't have a perfect synthesis plan crafted for him like Tyr did by the Kronos Kingdom.
Perhaps strengthening his bone was about all it could do.
In contrast, a powerful Zoan Devil Fruit ability was the most suitable ability for a combat-focused Strongman like Barrett.
For this reason, three years ago, Barrett ate the Mythical Zoan - Gold Behemoth Fruit, which was stored in the Kronos Kingdom Treasury.
The Gold Behemoth did not have special ability like other Mythical Zoan.
Its effect was extremely focused.
That was the ultimate powerful physique and monstrous strength and claws capable of tearing apart the body of a giant dragon.
And such an ability was most suitable for a martial arts expert Strongman like Barrett.
His future path was very clear: join the Military, fight, and become stronger.
When the time was right, Hades would help him find opportunities to challenge the Monsters on the Great Sea.
Besides, there were plenty of Monsters within the Kingdom itself that he could fight.
The important thing was to experience opponents with various different styles.
Barrett wore a black Kronos Kingdom Army uniform.
Even before graduating from the Royal Military Academy, Barrett often trained and fought within the Army Base during holidays.
His strength and potential had long been recognized by the Army higher-ups.
More importantly, Barrett's surname was Tartaros, and he was someone Hades valued.
The previous person to be given the surname Tartaros was Titan.
Barrett's short-term goal was to possess a custom-made Army uniform specifically ordered for him by the Kingdom.
As for Kazu, he was Kasa's younger brother.
He was a Paramecia Type - Cell-Cell Fruit User.
As long as he obtained the blood of other creatures, Kazu could use the blood to undergo change at the cellular level, transforming towards other creatures.
The human body is composed of cells, and so are all creatures.
Kazu's bone could undergo decomposition at the cellular level, so theoretically, Kazu could transform into any creature and possess the abilities of all creatures in the World.
In this World, there were various strange creatures.
Especially the legendary Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit Users.
However, this was limited to Zoan Devil Fruit Users; the Kronos Kingdom had already tested this.
Unlike the change in genes caused by Zoan Devil Fruits.
Paramecia Type and Logia Type had deeper level of change, which was the Lineage Factor.
This could not be changed solely by the Cell-Cell Fruit.
This was a Devil Fruit with infinite possibilities, especially with "King of Monsters" Typhon around.
Therefore, Hades never worried about Kazu.
Even if Kazu wished to venture out onto the Great Sea alone, Hades did not oppose it.
(end of chapter)