"g... g..."
Ihe fe, for the en days or so, the sound of hammering never ceased.
El re-smelted Linlin’s Napoleon from scratch.
After fifteen days of meticulous f, it was finally plete.
A somewhat exhausted El emerged from the fe, holding a grand scimitar that was both eerie and magnifit, with an incredibly sharp edge.
Linlin’s eyes sparkled as she rushed over, uo tain her excitement. Taking hold of her newly refed Napoleon, she excimed, "Ma ma ma ma! Is it finally done?"
"Whoosh..."
Suddenly, the elegantly patterned and gem-encrusted grand scimitar trembled violently. It seemed to e alive, greedily abs and dev Linlin’s Haki. The bde, dazzlingly sharp and cold, turned jet-bck, emanating an overwhelming aura.
"Linlin-sama, you must be careful..." Shimotsuki Kouzaburou warned from the side, his tone serious. "Although this bde may not reach the level of El-sama’s Barbaric Dragon, it is undoubtedly a Supreme Grade Bde—a highly dangerous cursed on!"
During these past days, he had been assisting El in the fe. Although exhausted, he felt that he had gained a wealth of knowledge and signifitly improved his bde-f teiques. pletely awed by El’s skill and power, and after spending more time with him, Kouzaburou had grown to trust El and his panions.
Eventually, he agreed to join El’s voyage and even persuaded other like-minded samurai who wished to leave Wano to join as well.
"Ma ma ma ma! Don’t worry..." Linlin grinned fidently, showing no fear. Instead, she proactively eled more Haki into Napoleon, allowing it to coat the bde entirely. Her t figure and intimidating aura made her ugh menagly:
"Let’s see how muy Haki you take in one go!"
El stood to the side, arms crossed, smiling as he observed Linlin’s performance. He showed no , fident that Linlin’s monstrous strength would prevent the bde from turning on her, even if she couldn’t fully subdue it immediately.
"Unbelievable..."
"Another Supreme Grade Bde?"
"Only El-sama could gather so many preaterials!"
"That’s not all," one samurai chimed in. "Even Kouzaburou-dono admitted that, with all his effort, he might not fe a bde to match this, let alone surpass it!"
The samurai, now swayed to join El, couldn’t help but marvel. Wano was a try that revered strength, and they had already been deeply impressed by El’s overwhelming power. Now, seeing his craftsmanship, they felt even more assured in their decision. Serving someone as extraordinary as him seemed far better than risking their lives in dangerous, uncharted waters.
"El-sama is truly remarkable!" Shimotsuki Ushimaru’s eyes burned with admiration, full of reverence for El.
Meanwhile, Shimotsuki Furiko couldn’t help but remark, "All those materials... they’re almost pletely used up." She g the once-mountainous pile of resources, now reduced to a fra of its inal size, and sighed in amazement.
"Spear of Elbaf—"
Suddenly, Linlin’s gaze sharpened. Gripping the cursed Napoleon—its jet-bck bde radiating an eerie, chilling aura—she exuded a terrifying, unparalleled presehat sent shivers down everyone’s spines.
"Mighty Nation!!!"
Iunned and awestruck eyes of the samurai, Linlin unleashed a devastating ssh.
"Buzz—"
A blinding arc erupted from the cursed bde, carving through the air with terrifying force. In an instant, the sound of the bde slig through the air resounded tinuously. An incredibly terrifying shockwave of sword energy tore through the atmosphere, dist and crushing everything in its path.
"Boom… BOOM…"
The unstoppable, destructive shockwave roared forward with unparalleled ferocity. The jagged, steep mountain range in the distance, ected to the o, was mercilessly shattered and pierced. The ground bore an astonishing, massive semidrical crater that exteraight toward the distant sea, stretg for several kilometers.
"Ah… Ah…"
"Tch! That kind of power…"
"Hey, isn’t this a bit too over-the-top?"
"Unbelievable!"
Witnessing this eous spectacle, the samurai of Wano were left dumbstruck. One by oheir mouths hung open, their eyes wide with shock, and cold sweat dripped down their faces.
"Are all people from overseas this strong?"
In that moment, any shred of pride they once held as samurai was utterly obliterated.
"Huh? Is Linlin’s strength really this terrifying?" The fourteen- or fifteen-year-old Shimotsuki Ushimaru, still somewhat youthful and ood frozen, staring bnkly at the colossal destru. He then looked toward Linlin, who, despite her imposi, was far youhan him.
"She’s really youhan me?"
"I don’t know… I just know Gerd said she’s really strong," Shimotsuki Furiko replied, equally dumbfounded, struggling to process what she had just witnessed.
" a thirteen-year-old even do something like this?"
"Hmm, her power has improved signifitly," El said with a faint smile. "Linlin, yetting stronger and stronger, aren’t you?" Even Gerd couldn’t help but marvel.
"Ma ma ma ma, not bad at all!" Linlin grinned widely, her eyes gleaming with excitement as she lovingly examined her newly refed grand scimitar. With her Haki amplified by this Supreme Grade Cursed Bde—the Napoleon—the Mighty Nation she had unleashed was undoubtedly far more devastating than ever before.
"Here’s the new scabbard." El, smiling, tossed over an intricately designed scabbard to Linlin. The scabbard was a striking pink, adorned with golden edges and vish gemstones, exuding a sense of opulence.
"Gerd-sama, El-sama…" At that moment, a Homie bird fpped its wings and swooped iement evident in its movements. Ionished gazes of El, Linlin, Gerd, Shimotsuki Kouzaburou, and the others, it proudly presented a peculiar-looking fruit.
"We found this in the forest!"
"Hmm? Is that… a Devil Fruit?" Linlin, Gerd, and Longbread all turheir attention toward it, their expressions shifting from surprise to delight. They had dispatched numerous small animal- and bird-like Homies to search for Devil Fruits across the nd, but nothing signifit had beeed—until now.
"The Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Onyudo?" El stepped forward and took the fruit. Having memorized the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, he immediately reized its abilities. A faint smile spread across his face.
"What an ued surprise."
Bleam
