Settsetse! The Pirate Nemesis

Of these four skills, the first two require a greatsword, the last one requires an axe, and the last one requires a hand cannon... Heaven knows what that little blond guy's thing is actually called.

While the Pillar of Ice doesn't require a weapon, summoning a pillar in the game can indeed create a terrain barrier. However, in reality... in short, although this skill can be performed with fists, it's extremely incompatible with Sett.

However, shortly after, Sett noticed a new feature in the system shop: [Hero Skill Shard Lottery].

Invest three hero shards for one random draw. Invest six shards for one chance to draw a hero's ultimate skill.

Seeing the chance to draw a champion's ultimate skill, Sett was silent for a moment, then clicked without hesitation—if it were the initial version of the system, Sett would definitely have chosen the first option. Because no matter how he drew, the skill he got would definitely be useful. But with each version update, the number of skills Sett can use is getting smaller and smaller. The pool is overflowing with items; like now, the shop isn't even refreshing with anything useful.

Right now, Sett just hopes he doesn't get an ultimate ability like Kog'Maw's or Corki's... For others, that might be nice. But for Sett, those abilities are just two words: useless.

A moment later;

Congratulations to the player for obtaining the ultimate skill, [Lifeform Disintegration Ray]!

Upon seeing this skill, Sett tilted his head slightly. Then he clicked to claim it.

If I remember correctly... this skill should be Vel'Koz's ultimate ability. While it's average in the game, in the lore, the Void forces Vel'Koz belongs to are far superior to native tribes like Tryndamere... With his abilities, Vel'Koz can even disrupt the very fabric of the world.

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What the hell is "my period"? It's normal to visit relatives during holidays...

172. You are here

In the backstory, Vel'Koz is a life form created by the Void for the purpose of learning. Vel'Koz continuously absorbs knowledge and accumulates understanding through numerous tests and scans. Anything that appears before him must be studied and analyzed to understand its structure. Unfortunately, while these tests are effective for Vel'Koz, they also utterly destroy matter. This research process is inexplicably referred to by those who don't understand it as: the "Lifeform Disintegration Ray."

If Sett were a scholar or hero, then using the Lifeform Disintegration Ray would allow him to learn about the opponent's life structure during the process. This is an incredibly rare and powerful skill for a scholar.

Unfortunately, Sett is not a scholar. As a purely demonstrative character, the Lifeform Disintegration Ray ability was modified to "shoot Lifeform Disintegration Rays from his eyes, disintegrating all organic life in his path."

Like other skills, but unlike others, the Lifeform Disintegration Ray is a skill that can be continuously channeled. Infused with Heroic Essence, the Lifeform Disintegration Ray can fire continuously and incessantly.

Although it doesn't deal passive true damage, Lifeform Disintegration Ray itself has a unique passive effect—[Research]. After completing the research, Sett's second use of Lifeform Disintegration Ray will allow the ray to directly break through enemy defenses, dealing more direct true damage.

Assuming the enemy uses Armament Haki for defense, if their Armament Haki is hit by the Lifeform Disintegration Ray, the first time will be relatively safe because it's "unknown," so the destructive power of the Lifeform Disintegration Ray will be very limited. However, this is only true for the first time. If the passive [Research] has been completed, then when the Lifeform Disintegration Ray fires a second time, it will be able to penetrate instantly, ignoring the Armament Haki defense.

"What a pity."

Sett thought to himself. As a scholar-type skill, if this skill were to fall into the hands of a scholar, then only one human needed to be destroyed, and other humans could be destroyed instantly. Unlike Sett, who had to start researching again every time… But there was nothing he could do about it. If Sett were highly compatible with scholar-type skills, then Tryndamere's endless rage wouldn't have evolved from a death immunity to immortality.

There are gains and losses in everything, and Sett seems to take this in stride.

After that, there are five random talent draws left.

Silently recite "Draw," and the next moment begins. This is accompanied by a series of choices.

Magic Resistance +6, Armor +6, Armor +6, Armor +6, Armor +6...

I didn't get a single useful item, but I tried magic resistance. After getting it, Sett finally understood the true effect of magic resistance.

To put it bluntly, it doesn't reduce the harm caused to humans by Logia-type Devil Fruits. The so-called magical damage is purely a game concept; in reality, whether it's lava or ice, it causes physical damage. There's essentially no difference between knocking someone unconscious with a fist and knocking them unconscious with a rock.

Therefore, in reality, magic resistance refers to reducing the special abilities of Devil Fruits that Sett is affected by, such as slowing down, despondency, forced transformation, or charm—these are all Paramecia-type Devil Fruits that affect the mind.

Simply put, one cannot be controlled by others, and one's mind cannot be affected by enemies.

Although I haven't encountered them yet, the Devil Fruits in this world are incredibly diverse, and magic resistance, as an ability that can increase mental strength, is indeed very important... but no matter how important it is, it's not as important as what's right now.

Tryndamere's abilities significantly boosted Sett's attack power, or rather, his muscle fiber strength. His already fragile skeleton was now being stretched to its limits, with his muscle strength increasing by a tenth. While not exactly painful, it was certainly not pleasant. His muscles seemed taut and tightly wrapped around his body. This indescribable sense of pressure made Sett feel incredibly constrained.

Now, after four consecutive armor enhancements, Sett's expression has become slightly more relaxed.

The density and hardness of his bones increased, and Sett felt much lighter from the muscle fibers as he moved.

Sufficiently strong bones provide more than just defense, just as muscles represent more than just offense. The body's organs influence many aspects of life, and although the balance between bones and muscles is still somewhat fluctuating, it is currently being maintained with minimal effort.

No overgrowth was detected...

Sett shook his head helplessly.

As the system's prize pool expands, the drop rate of these infinitely growing runes has been weakened. Five consecutive attempts yielded some branch runes, but the effects were mediocre and didn't bring about any significant change. It would be better to increase bone strength to reduce the pressure muscles put on the bones.

Opening his eyes and letting out a soft breath, Sett could feel a new power flowing within him… People in Valoran often possess strange and unusual things within them. For example, highland bloodlines, berserker blood, and so on. Now, Sett had also acquired the Barbarian King's talent of converting anger into power, and the unnatural bulge in his muscles from the sudden enhancement was enough to make Sett feel slightly uncomfortable.

"You've evolved again?"

Hawkeye glanced at Sett and raised an eyebrow. Although Sett himself didn't seem to notice anything amiss, Hawkeye could immediately see the significant changes that had taken place in Sett.

Putting everything else aside, Sett was originally 2.94 meters tall, but now, with his bulging muscles, Sett's height has truly reached 3 meters.

He's grown another head taller.

And more importantly, aside from the unnaturally bulging muscles, Sett's body was now covered with a flush.

I guess so...

Nodding, Sett went to the bow of the ship and opened his eyes to gaze into the distance. After sailing for some time, they had left the Little Garden Islands, passing by a small island called Drum Island along the way. They didn't exchange many words, as Hawkeye was currently preoccupied with the ultimate artifact, the Black Blade Night, so they only rested briefly, purchased sufficient supplies, and quickly resumed their journey. Now, almost a week had passed, and with their constant high-speed travel day and night, soon, in Sett's view, there were numerous withered, yellow islands.

Even from afar, on the sea, Sett could still feel the intense sense of depletion and dryness.

We've arrived in Alabasta, a desert nation situated on the sea!

Looking at the arid land before him, Sett's eyes were filled with disdain.

The feeling of exposed muscles being blown by the hot wind filled with yellow sand is definitely not enjoyable.

"Alabasta is descended from the Twenty Kings, Sony, you'd better tone it down."

Hawkeye glanced at Sett beside him, raised an eyebrow, and feared that Sett might suddenly decide to openly dig up the grave. If that happened, even to maintain their dignity, the Celestial Dragons would send a Marine Admiral to hunt him down.

Although Sett has a very good relationship with the Navy, one thing is undeniable: no matter how nicely he talks, in essence, Sett is not a Navy member.

Sett nodded casually, then waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, I know~ Speaking of which, since you're a descendant of the Twenty Kings, there should be quite a few useful things in the tomb, right?"

Stroking his chin, Sett wasn't interested in gold and silver treasures. What truly interested him was that, as beings of the same lineage as the Celestial Dragons, Alabasta should also have some powerful experts... Wait, why was he thinking that?

As he was thinking this, Sett frowned slightly.

Although Sett has always been bloodthirsty and warlike, he has never been so belligerent as he is now, showing signs of wanting to fight at the mere mention of anyone else…

After a moment's recollection, Sett frowned slightly—clearly, the Berserker blood had resonated with the barbarian blood that had recently merged into his body. Coupled with the Vastaya's inherently warlike and brutal nature, the three factors combined had already affected Sett's mental state.

Some people believe that the mind and body are unrelated, but this is not actually the case. This includes medications for mental illness, which work by interfering with the body's endocrine system and other glands to regulate a person's mental state.

Now, undoubtedly influenced by these numerous abilities, Sett's thinking is unconsciously oriented towards "combat." At the slightest hint of a fight, Sett is now prone to losing control of his emotions...

This is not a good sign—while Sett is warlike, that doesn't mean he wants to be dominated by battle. Otherwise, he'd be more of a puppet than a human.

Thinking this, Sett shook his head. Becoming stronger always comes at a price... If this hadn't happened, Sett could have used some time to tame the berserker blood within him, allowing it to fully integrate into the Vastayan bloodline.

However, it now seems that the appearance of barbarian blood has injected new vitality into the berserker bloodline. Whether this is good or bad is still uncertain, but from the perspective of combat power... wait a minute.

Sett suddenly realized that his new passive ability seemed to have a special effect.

【Happy Times】 is triggered every time a skill is used, restoring 8% of maximum health each time. However, in addition to health, the user's spirit will also be affected, resulting in "Drunken Frenzy"...

In a drunken, berserk state, one's power output will increase significantly, but similarly, one's thinking will become more chaotic... In a state of mental chaos...

Good grief, combining these skills has actually dug a huge hole for them...

Thinking this, Sett scratched his head and waved to Hawkeye beside him, saying, "Let's go check out the tomb first... Hopefully we can find your sword directly there."

"……Um."

Upon hearing Sett's words, Hawkeye nodded—he also had no intention of going to Alabasta's royal family.

After all, it's really strange to go up to someone and say something like, "Hey, open up your ancestral grave, I need to go in and get something."

"I heard there are Poneglyphs there, but that's nothing." Sett stretched his shoulders as he walked, a hint of curiosity in his eyes—if it was just a knife, Sett wouldn't bother with it. Anyway, only one person could pull it out... Although the weapon he had now was a common iron knife, Sett didn't think Hawkeye would be defeated and killed in such a small place.

The reason for going in together is that, according to the information left by Crocodile, in addition to the precious burial objects, there may also be a precious historical text in the royal tombs of Alabasta.

This world has a lost century of history, and this lost century coincides with the birth of the World Government, suggesting that the World Government is suspected of erasing written records. The destruction of Ohara is also largely attributed to the fact that scholars on Ohara were researching the Void Century. At the time of the Ohara massacre, several rocks inscribed with Poneglyphs had already been collected on Ohara.

Sett wasn't interested in whether the scholars on Ohara were right or wrong, nor in the truth of history. The only thing that could interest Sett was Robin's fascination with the Poneglyphs...

According to Tina, Robin was depressed for a while because of his broken promise. Although he is usually easygoing, considering how heartbroken Robin was, Sett decided to prepare a small gift... such as a Poneglyph from the Alabasta royal tombs.

I don't know what's written on it, but it doesn't matter, as long as Robin is happy.

"You take the knife, I'll take the Poneglyph, clear division of labor!"

"understood."

He nodded upon hearing this. However, Hawkeye's face showed a hint of helplessness—Hawkeye had always disdained theft.

But how should I put it, a supreme grade sword... that's just too tempting for a swordsman!

As they were walking, Hawkeye suddenly paused for a moment, frowned slightly, and then said, "I'm going to the restroom."

"...Are you sure?"

Sett raised an eyebrow as he glanced at Hawkeye beside him—they were here to rob a tomb, and to avoid being discovered, they had been taking back roads. There were hardly any toilets, let alone pedestrians.

"……I know."

Shaking his head and sighing somewhat helplessly, Hawkeye took the toilet paper and walked towards a corner of the hillside not far away. There were some weeds around, not very dense, but enough to provide some cover.

Despite his power, Hawkeye is not Sett; he's all talk and no action, a cancer on Earth.

Looking at the weeds in front of him, Hawkeye's face was full of conflict—although he was in pain, he was actually a little hesitant to relieve himself anywhere.

Just then, a little girl jumped out from the side, saw Hawkeye, tilted her head curiously, and then clapped her hands and said, "So you're here to take a dump, right?"

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Today's 8k is over...we'll see how things go tomorrow.

173·Next

Looking at the girl before him, Hawkeye's gaze was calm. Especially when he heard the words, "You came here to...", Hawkeye's mind went completely blank.

Strangely enough, after clearing his mind, Hawkeye quickly felt the cramps in his abdomen subside.

"Oh no, someone caught me taking a dump."

Hearing the sound, Sett also came over. What she saw next to her were two children—a boy and a girl. The boy looked very energetic, while the girl had blue hair tied in a small braid.

"Alright, you seem to be fine now. Get ready and get back to work."

What are you going to do?

The blue-haired little girl looked at Sett and Hawkeye with curiosity. Seeing this, Hawkeye was still thinking about how to answer, while Sett said nonchalantly, "I heard that a group of tomb raiders have their eyes on the things in the Alabasta royal tombs, so I plan to take everything out of there before the tomb raiders arrive."