How can I become the Pirate King if you don’t work hard?.

Chapter 456 The world's sinking accelerates, the power of the Float-Float Fruit!

Redfield initially took Barrett's statement as a joke.

But when he was impressed by Gawain's strength and charisma and became one of Gawain's men, he realized that Barrett had not lied.

After all, words can deceive, but the feeling of breaking through one's limits and taking another step forward cannot deceive anyone.

In the past few decades of his life, he had not experienced such a feeling of exhilaration as he did today!

simply……

It's like I've been reborn!
It's not about physical youth, but about a younger, more energetic, and more full of endless possibilities soul.

"You felt it too, didn't you?!"

"Mihawk!"

Hawkeye raised his hand to adjust his hat, a smile playing on his lips beneath the brim, while the black blade behind him emitted a buzzing sound of extreme excitement!

"what."

"In just a few days, my swordsmanship has improved. Although it's not obvious, the feeling is definitely real!"

"In other words."

"Given enough time, we might actually be able to reach the level that man has reached, who knows..."

"Is that even possible?!"

Recalling the overwhelming power that Gawain displayed in that battle, Redfield was still somewhat dazed.

Can I... reach that level too?!

As Redfield pondered, Hawkeye's voice reached his ears:
"It's no use talking more!"

"Everything is in the knife!"

Zheng——!
With the black blade drawn, Hawkeye's aura was no longer concealed and was completely unleashed!
Real-world experience is always the best form of training, and in Britannias, there will never be a shortage of opponents!
"makes sense!"

Redfield's lips curled into a smile as he drew his umbrella sword, clashing head-on with Hawkeye's incoming strike.

A ripple spread out from the two of them, its powerful force peeling away a layer of the earth.

The others also found their own opponents and began to clash!

Even after only a few days in the fire, they had already been assimilated by the fervent cultivation atmosphere under Gawain's command and become one of them!
……

Britannias quickly returned to calm after that great battle.

Although Camelot was destroyed in that battle, fortunately, the city's residents had already been evacuated by Gawain in advance.

Therefore, apart from a very few unlucky individuals, there were no major casualties.

The plan to rebuild Camelot has even been placed on Gawain's desk.

He still remembered the name Camelot, which in biographies symbolized an impregnable castle.

But now, it seems there are no indestructible castles, only those with unbreakable wills who rebuild this royal city time and time again.

Inside Britannias, there was an unusual quiet.

But they will not forget their hatred because of this.

Now, what awaits is the king standing at the pinnacle, issuing the order for revenge and seizing everything from the World Government!

just.

Order was gradually restored within Britannias, but the entire sea was gradually thrown into chaos.

The aftereffects of the Five Elders' misuse of ancient weapons are gradually becoming apparent.

Within just two years, Hai Ping used ancient weapons three times in a row, and his strength began to rise again!
A faster, more rapid, and more dramatic rise!
……

"Damn it!"

"The water level has risen again?!"

"It's no longer safe here!!"

On an island near the Britannias border, many of the buildings near the sea have been submerged.

The village chief led a group of able-bodied men to begin their relocation to higher ground.

The faces of the crowd were solemn, and there were even faint sobs among them.

Just three days ago, the water level near the coast was still below the safety line, but now nearly half of the village's foundations have been submerged by seawater.

The water level has risen by more than one meter, and the rate of rise is accelerating.

"At this rate, the entire island will be swallowed up sooner or later!"

"village head!"

"It's time to consider moving to another island!"

A woman, looking worried, couldn't help but speak up to offer a reminder.

She had lived here for many years and could vaguely sense that the sea level was constantly rising, but the sudden acceleration to a point visible to the naked eye made her very uneasy.

The elderly village chief, who was the leader of the Mediterranean village, took a puff of his pipe, looked around, and saw only the vast sea.

He couldn't help but murmur:
"More than 50 years ago, when we built the village, there were more than a dozen islands nearby, but now they have all sunk into the sea."

"This time we were able to move to a higher place, but what about next time, and the time after that?"

No one responded to the old village chief's words. Everyone felt a weight on their hearts, and it seemed as if they could see the day when the sea would swallow up the red earth continent!
a long time.

A voice came from the crowd.

"Since the disaster that devastated most of Britannias two years ago, the rate of sea-level rise has accelerated, and since the near-identical disaster a few days ago, the rate of sea-level rise has accelerated again..."

"If there's a third, a fourth time..."

"us……"

"No!"

"Perhaps the whole world will be swallowed up by the sea!"

……

Not just Britannias, but sea levels all over the world are rising at an accelerated rate.

Inch by inch, the land is being swallowed by the sea, and the land available for human habitation is decreasing at a visible rate.

Panic and anxiety are spreading.

The world, which had gradually stabilized under the suppression of the navy, has once again become turbulent.

News of the impending sinking of the world began to circulate worldwide, and all fingers pointed to two disasters that had occurred in Britannias!

Technology Development Bureau.

Vegapunk learned from Stussy that S-Dragon had been fighting with the Knights of the Round Table all day and was gradually becoming one with them, even if it was only in a literal sense. He felt much more at ease after that.

Clearly thanks to the instincts S-Ryu inherited from Gawain, his way of interacting with these monsters, though a bit unusual, was surprisingly harmonious.

Vegapunk felt somewhat relieved.

But when his gaze fell upon the survey report in his hand, his heart couldn't help but leap into his throat once more:

"really."

"Just as we initially predicted, the world is sinking faster after being attacked by ancient weapons in succession."

"It's even reached the point where it's visible to the naked eye!"

"Can't wait any longer!"

"This is a life-or-death crisis, a problem even more intractable for Britannias than for the World Government!"

"This must be reported to Gao Wen immediately!"

After temporarily handing over the affairs of the Technology Development Bureau to Franky, Vegapunk boarded a hot air balloon and slowly descended into Gawain's temporary base.

boom--!
Vegapunk laid out his theories directly on Gawain's table, his gaze unusually urgent:

"Gawain, the situation is more serious than we initially anticipated!"

"After this, Britannias has less than two years left!" "If a solution to the sinking of the world cannot be found within two years, everything will be destroyed."

Gawain frowned deeply:

"So fast?!"

"My calculations are based on existing data; the actual situation is likely even more severe!"

Gawain nodded:
"Is there no time left to wait?!"

After pondering for a moment.

Gawain turned around, took out a strangely shaped Devil Fruit from the safe behind him, and placed it on the table.

"This is... a Float Fruit?!"

Vegapunk was taken aback for a moment, then he understood what Gawain was about to do:
"You want to use the power of a Devil Fruit to defeat Britannias..."

"This is impossible!"

"Not to mention that a person can only bear the power of one Devil Fruit, eating a second fruit will cause their body to explode and die."

"Even if you could eat the second fruit, how much power would you need to lift a kingdom into the sky?!"

"This is something no human being could do!"

Gawain's lips curled slightly, his tone calm and brimming with absolute confidence:
"Then... let's surpass humanity!"

Say it.

Without further hesitation, Gao Wen took a bite of the skin of the Piaopiao fruit.

Vegapunk, who was standing nearby, could not even raise his hand to stop what was happening.

He has conducted experiments on making people compatible with two Devil Fruits more than once, but just as a person can only have one soul, a Devil Fruit is unique!
No matter how special one's constitution is...

and many more!

"You have the same body as that Teach?!"

Vegapunk suddenly remembered something Gawain had mentioned to him.

Blackbeard Teach, who attempted to steal Whitebeard's powers during the Marineford War, possessed a unique physical structure that allowed him to consume a second Devil Fruit.

Could it be that Gao Wen also has it?!
"No!"

Gawain shook his head:

“My situation is different from his.”

"then you……"

"Didn't I tell you?!"

Gawain grinned:

"Since humans can't do it, let's transcend the limitations of the human species!"

With a slight raise of his hand, the surrounding objects floated gently up and drifted in mid-air.

Furthermore, Gawain's abilities are spreading in all directions!
They rushed out of the temporary camp and instantly arrived within a radius of several kilometers. All the materials were under Gawain's control!
Exclamations of surprise echoed from all around.

Vegapunk felt a chill run down his spine at that moment!

He never believed in the existence of gods in this world. After all, whether it was the Celestial Dragons or those few beings in history who were praised as gods, they were just people who possessed unimaginable power and strength.

But at this moment, Gao Wen has defied common sense and done what no human could do!
"In this world..."

"Does God truly exist?!"

"I do not know."

Gao Wen shook his head, his tone indifferent:
"But if he really is, then he should be lying on your lab table!"

"makes sense."

Vegapunk's lips curled into a smile, once again awestruck by Gawain's aura.

This man had no taboos; in his eyes, even so-called gods were nothing more than more powerful beings.

perhaps……

Can he really do it? Lift this entire country into the sky?!

In this way, no matter how high the sea level rises, as long as he is still alive, this country and the people living on this land will still have a place to stand.

Even though human lifespan is limited, we can still buy the world a few decades!

But is that really possible?

To what extent would it take to develop the capability to float a country high in the air?
Vegapunk understood the difficulty involved and knew that even in theory, it was impossible. But looking at Gawain in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope.

"I'll go test my abilities first."

After saying this, Gawain stopped the Float-Float Fruit's power, and the people and objects that had been floating around him slowly fell down.

Everyone looked around blankly, completely unaware of what had happened.

Only Van Augur, who was patrolling in the moonlight carrying the famous gun Thousand Six, seemed to sense something and raised his head, and then saw Gawain flash by in the sky!

"Has the captain already eaten the Floating Fruit?"

"It is unheard of for a person to possess two completely different Devil Fruit abilities, even in the most outrageous legends."

"Just how far has that man gone?!"

Smoker, clad in silver armor and a cigar dangling from his lips, stood beside Van Augur, gazing up at the sky with a hint of pride unconsciously playing on his lips.

"That man is an existence that defies common sense."

"makes sense."

……

Inland sea.

Gao Wen hovered quietly high in the sky, reaching out to gently grasp the lake water below.

The sea surface suddenly bulged, and endless seawater broke through the surface and rushed into the sky. The water column, hundreds of meters thick, was like a pillar connecting heaven and earth, connecting with the clouds!

Gao Wen then changed his hand gesture, and the water column twisted and coiled like a water snake, constantly changing shape in the air, like a grand magic show.

Gao Wen was suddenly seized by a playful impulse, and with a little effort, he directly floated the seawater within a radius of tens of kilometers into the air and controlled it at will!

The almost unreasonable power of the Float-Float Fruit was displayed to its fullest extent at this moment!

With the Golden Lion's basic combat strength, he was originally able to levitate four islands while controlling a massive amount of seawater and matter.

Now, Gawain's basic abilities far surpass those of the Golden Lion at his peak!

He even felt that if he wanted, he could freely control all the water in the Inner Sea of ​​Britannia!
For Gawain at this point, submerging a country, or even a continent, was an easy task.

Such power is unstoppable.

Rather than saying that the special ability user who can control the Sea Kings and has been guarded by Fish-Man Island for generations is the Sea King, it would be more accurate to say that Gawain, who directly uses the Float-Float Fruit to control the sea, is the true Sea King!
He is not the sea king who rules over sea kings, but the master of the sea!
Subsequently.

Gawain then began to conduct more in-depth tests on the abilities of the Float-Float Fruit.

With just a little effort, it can trigger changes in celestial phenomena.

The massive amount of seawater that changed wildly high in the sky made the civilians in the coastal areas who observed this phenomenon exclaim that it was a miracle!
Even the few powerful generals who had just joined the Knights of the Round Table were completely captivated by the Korean wave.

After reuniting with Moria, the trio of Perona, who had arrived in Britannias a few days earlier, began to explore the area around the Britannias Inland Sea.

Upon witnessing this scene, the three of them were so frightened that their legs trembled!

"What the hell!"

"I thought the climate of the New World was extreme enough, but I didn't expect the Inner Sea of ​​Britannia to be even more extreme!"

Absalob stood on his hind legs, wanting to run away, but realized to his horror that he could no longer move his legs:

"Can anyone really live in a place like this?!"

"Captain, should we make a run for it?!"

(End of this chapter)