A red-haired young man nearly two meters tall was touching the end of the handle of a long knife at his waist.
Sharp eyes looked out at the blue sky through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows.
This person is the former intern of Roger Pirates.
Shanks.
Figaland Shanks!
At this time, he has lived here for five years and is just twenty years old this year.
In the beginning, Mihawk came to practice sword skills from time to time.
But since Mihawk was ordered to go to Wano Country, he never came back.
So Shanks could only face those extremely respectful butlers and servants every day.
There were also Celestial Dragons whose gestures and words made him feel disgusted from the bottom of his heart.
At first, he felt extremely painful and even tried to escape.
But every time, they are brought back by the outer guardians, namely the knights of the Holy Land Guards and the men in black of CIPHER POL-5...
This made him despair for a time.
But Shanks is Shanks after all.
The experience of traveling all over the world with the Roger Pirates prevented him from being knocked down by temporary despair.
He began to force himself to adapt to this place, and at the same time thought about ways to leave here.
Shanks believed that because he was too young and too weak, he would not be able to escape successfully no matter what.
So even if Mihawk doesn't come.
He also practiced swordsmanship and physical skills in the manor regardless of rain or shine.
He didn't care at all about the strange looks from the people around him, and even the cynicism from some Tianlong people.
But obviously those Celestial Dragons don't stop at talking.
They were already resentful because they were ordered not to leave the land of the gods for the rest of their lives.
Now there is another little wild beast that is said to have been brought back from outside.
Still doing things that only low-class people can do...exercise in an unsightly way every day?
This caused some Tianlong people with extremely bad personalities to take out their collections of famous swords.
Or maybe it's a pistol inlaid with various precious stones and gold.
I have the idea that as long as I don't kill anyone, I won't have any trouble.
Slashing and shooting at Shanks recklessly.
Shanks was nervous for a moment.
He thought that fighting back would cause more trouble, so he could only passively dodge and run away.
But when he gradually realized that he was also a Celestial Dragon.
Since the other party can attack itself, there is no one to stop it.
Then I think it will be the same when I call it back.
that's all.
Shanks, who was not even sixteen years old at the time, severely beat up dozens of adult Celestial Dragons armed with swords and guns with his bare hands.
By the way, I also seized a knife that I particularly liked.
That is, the Western sword named ‘Griffin’ slung around his waist.
The advantage of this 'battle' is that for a long time, no Tianlong people will dare to come and disturb him.
The reason why I say that.
Because later, some young people who were said to be graduates of Tianlong Holy Academy appeared in this land of gods.
That is to say, the Tianlong people who failed to pass the graduation examination of Tianlong Holy Academy twice.
This reminded Shanks of the scene when he watched a group of Draco children being forcibly taken away.
Secretly, these children came back when they grew up.
But these unemployed Tianlong people cannot accept that they will never be able to leave here again in this life.
Resulting in a very agitated mental state initially.
You can often hear their desperate wails towards the moon disk in the night sky in the middle of the night.
Or the sounds of various fierce quarrels.
Shanks also discovered that these Celestial Dragons who had studied from the Celestial Dragon Holy Academy for several years looked down upon the older generation of Celestial Dragons.
Even if they are their own parents and ancestors.
Those with better personalities will just ignore them and stop any communication or contact, while those with bad personalities will either curse or hit people.
This naturally caused dissatisfaction among the older generation of Tianlong people.
They are also people who have been accustomed to being arrogant since they were young. How can they see the younger generation be so arrogant?
so.
They once again picked up their collection of swords and guns and wanted to teach these disrespectful bastards a lesson.
Then.
They were beaten together again.
After all, the graduates of Tianlong Holy Academy have received the highest level of education from Haixing for several years.
His level of breathing, physical skills, and swordsmanship are no less than those of many captains in the military.
The scene of children and grandchildren beating their parents and grandparents mercilessly made Shanks secretly smack his tongue and his heart was beating with fear.
Because he found that these people were much more ruthless than he was before.
Although it is not to the point of killing people, it is really just an immortal person. There is really no one who can be "filial" to this level.
Too cruel!
These college graduates don’t seem to regard the older generation of Celestial Dragons as the same kind at all?
But the problem is that if they don't graduate successfully, they are destined to be the same existence as them to the world government.
Of course they understand this truth, but precisely because they understand it they become even angrier and crazier.
Because they have seen a wider world and a life that should be more exciting.
But there is no way, this is the cruelty of reality, and it is the rules set by Yin Mu...
After a while, these undergraduates calmed down a little.
At the same time, he also noticed Shanks who was exercising at the manor every day.
With nothing to do and feeling depressed, they gradually began to have doubts as they watched Shanks work hard day after day and night after night.
Why is he doing this?
In the eyes of these undergraduates, their lives are already destined to be spent in this place eating and waiting to die, wasting their lives in boredom.
So some people with evil intentions tried to provoke Shanks, wanting to vent their feelings by beating him up, and at the same time, they wanted to stop him from continuing.
Because it looks annoying!
However, the result can be imagined, one after another was covered with bruises.
Over the past few days, screams could be heard one after another in the manor, leaving other Celestial Dragons dumbfounded.
But Shanks didn't care. Quan Dang had a high-quality sparring session and continued his various exercises afterwards.
By the way, practice the breathing methods of different schools that you have learned during the competition, and then after some testing, choose the thunder breathing method that is most suitable for you.
And his behavior gradually affected many Tianlong people who were out of school, and they began to cheer up and practice their swordsmanship and physical skills every day.
Or people are asked to find books in their favorite fields. Even though they know that the knowledge they have learned may not be used in this life, they still read and study in silence.
that's all.
Some friends began to appear around Shanks. In the past few years, he has practiced with them, studied with them, discussed everything, and communicated with them...
At this moment.
I saw him in the hall behind him.
Thirteen young men and women wearing long black cloaks, with noble temperament and looking very capable, focused their steadfast eyes on Shanks' back.
When Shanks took a long breath and said the words "it's time".
The eyes of each of them were more or less obvious.
Because today is the day when they decide to give up their identity as Celestial Dragons and fight to the death to leave the land of the gods and even this red earth continent.
They want to fight out and then jump to the sea that represents freedom!
Even death is better than being raised like a beast in this place!
"Let's go."
"for freedom!"
Shanks held the 'Griffin' around his waist and turned around with a bright smile, seemingly full of confidence in his next action.
This also made their originally tense mood inexplicably relax.
But the blood that had already warmed up in their bodies still made their hearts surge, and they shouted loudly in unison: "For freedom!
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It was three o'clock in the morning on May 5, 1503 in the Hainan calendar.
That is the day Monkey D. Luffy was born.
Shanks led thirteen Celestial Dragons who had graduated from the Celestial Dragon Seminary and caused a big commotion in Mariejoia.
They took advantage of the weaknesses of the Holy Land garrison and CIPHER POL-5 members, who did not dare to attack them hard, and successfully conquered the Land of the Gods.
Finally, he resolutely leaped out from the cliff of the Red Earth Continent.
Fourteen people laughed heartily.
Falling from an altitude of more than 6,000 meters towards the vast sea...