The Grand Route
In the forest at the foot of Mount Gota in the Kingdom of Endless War.
Rocks was lying in a pool of blood, his face grim and his eyes flashing with unwillingness.
He didn't want to die in such a cowardly way. He hadn't seen the world properly, hadn't realized his original dream, and he hadn't fulfilled the dreams of those dead children.
"I won't give up!"
All the strength in his body was gathered into these words, and Rocks roared out with all his strength.
"Patta!"
I don’t know if it was because of Rocks’ roar or because the aftermath of the battle just now was too great, but as soon as Rocks finished speaking, a fruit with strange purple patterns rolled to Rocks’ side.
Rocks turned his head to look at the fruit, then used the last of his strength to grab the fruit and stuffed it into his mouth.
Before losing consciousness, the word "unpalatable" kept appearing in Rocks' mind.
The general brought Urgot to Rocks' side, took a look at Rocks who was completely silent, ignored him, and left with Urgot.
After all, with such serious and fatal injuries, he didn't think Rocks could survive.
After an unknown amount of time, Rocks slowly opened his eyes.
The glaring sunlight forced Rocks to stretch out his hand to block the light.
"Oh, as expected, he is not dead."
Rocks slowly sat up and touched the collapsed bone in his chest, which had completely recovered.
This might be the second golden finger he obtained after traveling to this world.
No matter how serious the injury is, as long as you don't die on the spot, you can quickly recover to normal by eating.
Standing up slowly, Rocks took off his tattered military uniform.
With a body full of muscular lines, he doesn't look like a ten-year-old kid at all.
Shaking his head and stopping thinking about random things, Rocks quietly felt the strange power that suddenly emerged in his body.
"Is this my devil fruit ability? I have good luck. It's gravity. Isn't that the ability of Admiral Fujitora Ichisho decades later? I didn't expect that I would eat it first."
Rocks opened his palms, and a purple light flickered. The stones on the ground floated slightly under the control of Rocks' gravity fruit ability.
The small stones floating in the air kept flying up and down under Rocks' control, and he was having a lot of fun.
After a long while, after becoming thoroughly familiar with his fruit ability, Rocks prepared to stand up and look for Barrett who was also knocked away.
This forest at the foot of Mount Gotha is known as the most dangerous forest in the entire kingdom.
There are countless ferocious and violent beasts living in the forest.
They possess terrifying power and strong defense, and ordinary humans simply cannot defeat them.
Even though the entire country was short of food, no one dared to come to this forest to catch wild animals to satisfy their hunger.
Because, if they are not careful, they themselves will become food for wild beasts.
Rocks walked aimlessly in the forest, looking for Barrett's trace.
"sand"
"sand"
Suddenly, a strange noise was heard in the bushes, and countless pairs of scarlet eyes flashed.
Before he knew it, Rocks was surrounded by a group of ferocious wolves.
Their eyes flashed fiercely, their teeth were bared, saliva was constantly secreted from their mouths, they stared at Rocks and roared continuously.
Rocks didn't show any sign of panic.
To ordinary people, these ferocious beasts are invincible. However, to a small monster like Rocks, they are not much of a threat at all.
Slowly pulling out the long sword he picked up on the road, a lavender halo covered the blade. Rocks looked around at the wild wolves, then took the lead in launching an attack.
“Ouch!”
Seeing that their prey actually took the initiative to attack, the wild wolves roared and then pounced out together.
"Gravity Blade. Counter-Repulsion!"
Rocks swung the sword in his hand, a light purple halo flashed, and then a reverse horizontal gravity circle spread out, which immediately knocked the wolves that pounced on him back.
Rocks didn't stop. He took a step forward and instantly came in front of a wild wolf. A flash of sword light flashed and directly cut off its head.
"Puff"
The red wolf blood suddenly spurted out, dyeing the ground beneath their feet red.
Ignoring it, Rocks slightly turned sideways to avoid the wild wolf that was pouncing at him from behind, and swept the sword in his hand, cutting the wolf in half.
Rocks killed the two wild wolves easily without any carelessness.
Because the remaining wolves became even more violent due to the stimulation of blood.
They kept roaring and screaming, and began to pounce on Rocks more ferociously, constantly opening their big mouths, trying to bite Rocks to death with their sharp teeth.
However, Rocks did not back down. He could use these wild wolves to familiarize himself with and exercise his newly acquired abilities.
"Gravity Blade. Tiger!"
After kicking a few wild wolves away, Rocks held the sword in his backhand, a rich purple light flashed on the sword, and then Rocks swung it forward with all his might.
"Buzz!"
The terrifying lateral gravity suddenly came with Rocks' swing, directly distorting the space in front.
"Kara"
“Ouch!”
As space twisted, countless trees and rocks were shattered.
The body of the wild wolf in front was crushed and it let out a mournful cry.
With just one strike, the area of more than ten meters in front of Rocks was completely reduced to ruins.
“Hoo, hoo!”
After the blow, Rocks also gasped violently.
Rocks didn't expect that imitating Fujitora's smile would be so exhausting to launch this attack.
Just one strike almost drained all his energy.
However, think about it, Fujitora more than 20 years later has become an admiral of the navy, a veritable monster.
Moreover, at that time, his gravity fruit had already been developed to an abnormal level, which was certainly not comparable to Rocks, who is only ten years old now.
However, although this attack consumed most of Rocks' physical strength, the gains were also gratifying.
Rocks personally experienced the powerful ability of the gravity fruit. At the same time, this attack killed most of the wolves, causing them to run away in fear.
Looking at the corpses of the wild wolves on the ground, Rocks felt a little hungry.
Soon, the aroma of barbecue wafted into the air.
Rocks grabbed a kebab and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
"Crack"
Suddenly, the bushes behind him made a clear sound, and Barrett, who looked disheveled, dirty, with tattered clothes, his originally golden long hair dull and his originally strong body looking a little weak, walked out.
"Rocks! I finally found you. I knew you were not a man who could die so easily!"
Hearing this, Rocks laughed, picked up a skewer of kebab and handed it to Barrett.
"Of course. After all, I haven't fulfilled our dream yet. How can I die so easily?"
Barrett burst into laughter, took the barbecue and started to eat it in big bites.
He hasn't had a good meal for more than a week.
By the time the two had eaten and drunk their fill, it was already completely dark.
The bright moon hung in the sky, and the cold moonlight made the forest seem even more gloomy.
"Hey, Rocks, I almost starved to death a few days ago, so I ate a strange, super unpalatable fruit and suddenly gained a strange ability."
Hearing this, Rocks looked at Barrett with some surprise.
Unexpectedly, Barrett also became a devil fruit user. Is it the fusion fruit in the original work
Next, Barrett's words resolved Rocks' expectations.
"I could suddenly become one with any inanimate object, whether it was a tree, a stone, or the earth."
After saying that, Barrett directly activated his ability. In the blink of an eye, the wooden stick in his hand completely merged with his arm, and his arm became as slender as the wooden stick just now.
Looking at Barrett, Rocks suddenly burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, Barrett, it looks like you've gained a pretty good devil fruit ability."
Hearing Rocks' words, Barrett looked at Rocks strangely.
"Devil Fruit? What is that?"
Hearing Barrett's question, Rocks began to explain to him.
"Devil Fruit is a fruit that contains the power of the devil. If you eat it, you can gain the power of the devil. Each devil fruit has different powers, and they are not repeated.
Of course, gaining power also requires a price. And the price is that you will be completely hated by the sea and become a complete landlubber... "
After listening to Rocks' explanation, Barrett also laughed excitedly.
After all, being able to obtain a devil fruit and become a user of special abilities is an extremely lucky thing.
Moreover, this ability, which Rocks calls the Fusion Fruit, is also an extremely powerful ability.
"Besides, Barrett, I also ate a devil fruit and became a power user."
After saying that, Rocks activated his ability. The flames that were originally burning on the ground floated in the air under Rocks' ability.
Barrett was also somewhat shocked at the scene before him, but the shock soon turned into excitement.
"Hahaha, what a great ability, Rocks. Now that we have all gained abilities and have become stronger than before, let's start destroying this country!"