Chapter 002: Roger, the Sea Without You is Too Boring
The light was clamorous, seeming to blot out the sky and the sun.
Amidst the radiance, Liu Feng stood on the execution platform, gazing at the figure gradually becoming clear beside him, a smile surfacing at the corners of his mouth.
This was the System's ability.
A System that could resurrect dead characters at the place of their death and extract one of their abilities.
Regarding the various legendary abilities of Pirate King Roger, Liu Feng was envious of every single one of them.
Advanced Armament Haki at the level of Ryou, boundless and majestic Conqueror's Haki, Observation Haki capable of Hearing the Voice of All Things, and that unpredictable, ghostly swordsmanship!!
"Congratulations on successfully resurrecting the legendary character Gol D. Roger. Randomly drawing character ability..."
"Character ability draw successful!"
"Congratulations on successfully obtaining the character 'Gol D. Roger's' Swordsmanship ability. You have mastered the swordsmanship secret technique: 'Divine Departure' (Kamusari)!"
"['Divine Departure']: A high-speed flying slash attack wrapped in Haki swung from the sword, bypassing the opponent's weapon to directly hit the body!"
As the System's prompt slowly faded, Liu Feng could clearly feel an unprecedentedly powerful force fiercely surging into his body, surging and roaring through every muscle and blood vessel.
Violent winds surged, rushing against his face.
At the same time, countless images, like dust-laden memories, suddenly knocked open the gates, flashing alternately in his mind.
Figures holding longswords fighting in blood-soaked battles appeared with incomparable clarity in the depths of his mind, imprinted on the deepest parts of his soul.
Those were the memories of Pirate King Roger's sword training and battles!!
Within half a minute, the brilliant white light gradually dissipated.
The scene atop the execution platform also slowly came into the view of the crowd.
There was a brief moment of dead silence, so quiet one could hear a pin drop. Liu Feng could even hear the frantic heartbeats of the terrified people around the execution platform and the sounds of their nearly suffocated breathing.
He knew that because his constitution had been enhanced, his hearing had received a massive boost.
"Hiss!!!"
Following someone's sharp intake of breath, endless screams and uproar erupted.
The entire execution platform square instantly exploded into chaos.
"That is..."
"That is the Pirate King, Roger!!"
"That man revived the Pirate King, Roger!!"
"How is this possible!?"
Not only the onlookers and pirates, but even the Marines who had originally raised their guns to shoot at Liu Feng took a pale-faced step back, the hands holding their guns trembling uncontrollably.
That was Pirate King Roger! The legendary pirate who possessed wealth, fame, and power!
The man who once suppressed "Golden Lion" Shiki and "Whitebeard" Edward Newgate!
The legendary figure regarded as an extremely dangerous enemy by both the Marines and the World Government, with a bounty as high as 5,564,800,000 Berries!!
A man who had clearly died on the execution platform many years ago, publicly executed by the Marines, had appeared in this world once again!
How could this be!?
While the crowd was overwhelmed with terror and shock, Roger, whose figure had become clear, suddenly spoke.
He was still wearing that red captain's coat; the golden epaulets fluttered wantonly in the breeze under the setting sun, and a sword and a pistol were strapped to his waist.
"...Where..."
His voice was very hoarse, revealing a trace of weakness.
Roger slowly raised his head, looking down from his high vantage point to survey the surroundings, turning a blind eye to the hundreds of fully armed Marines below.
When he saw the execution platform beneath him and the Loguetown square, a look of nostalgia and attachment flashed deep in his eyes before vanishing.
"Loguetown?"
"I didn't expect to return to this place."
"Brat..."
Roger turned around, looking at Liu Feng, who had a smile on his lips, and asked in a deep voice:
"Did you resurrect me?"
Liu Feng shrugged and smiled faintly:
"That's right."
Roger frowned, remaining silent for a moment before continuing:
"I am a dead man."
"My will has been inherited."
"Although I don't know what strange ability you possess to resurrect the dead, this sea has its own destiny and direction. Why bother?"
Liu Feng narrowed his eyes.
The cold sea breeze blew against his face, feeling as if it wanted to tear people apart.
The strong wind blew the black cloak behind him wildly, making it rise and fall.
Focusing his gaze on this legendary man before him, this great pirate worshiped by countless people and hated by countless others, he suddenly laughed:
"Because I have arrived in this sea."
"This sea without you is truly boring to the extreme."
As soon as these words came out.
On the entire square, everyone's hearts shook wildly, and they were dumbfounded.
This young man is provoking the Pirate King, Roger!?
The world went quiet.
Only the wind howled, sounding like iron and blood roaring mightily.
Roger stared blankly at the young face before him. Suddenly, he felt a certain familiarity from the latter, a connection stemming from the depths of the soul.
A look of shock suddenly flashed across his expression.
"So that's how it is..."
"You don't care about inheritance at all."
"...You just want to conquer!!"
Liu Feng laughed wantonly.
"I came, I conquer!"
"Those things you couldn't do..."
"Those things others didn't dare to do..."
"—I will do them!!"
The moment his voice fell.
Liu Feng brazenly drew the longsword at his waist.
The blade was ordinary, mediocre.
Yet the sound of the sword hummed like the screech of a giant dragon.
He swung the sword.
Sword energy like a dragon roared across the square.
The ground cracked!
A fissure stretched for a thousand meters!
One strike!
The realm of a Great Swordsman!!!