16 Ambition

For a first kill Alyssia was having a little bit of a struggle killing an animal for the first time but she knew that perhaps one day she may have to kill someone.

Although she was taking the path of a martial artist which required her to win a battle with her opponent she would have to kill certain people who wished to relentlessly pursue her or that may be harmful to innocents.

Although the protagonist Luffy did not kill and relied on his fists to settle problems he usually left his opponents to go back onto the seas once again.

In some cases they changed a little and did not do anything major or dangerous but other times they would seek revenge or move onto their next plan to gain more power or a new foothold within the world.

Although Alyssia was not a seeker of justice or a criminal she still had certain views of the law in her previous life which she upheld so adjusting to this world with loose laws and a messy hierarchy would take some time.

Although she did not wish to become a target for the world government, human traffickers and bounty hunters her race made her valuable and wanted by the government the moment she became known throughout most of the world for her actions even if it was just challenging dojos, known martial artists, pirates and so on.

Even Pedro's Nox explorer crew were given a wanted poster and named as pirates with no way to fight back or tell the world that they were not pirates so it was likely that the same may happen to her one day.

Suddenly a gulp was heard as the mink hiding not too far away was tempted by the smell of the cooking boar meat.

During the battle Alyssia had heard the sound of someone who was about to leap into the battle at any moment several times when she almost missed her first attacks and would be countered had she not responded fast enough.

Although she did not know if they still remained watching she decided to risk it and cook the meat in the safe zone that she had marked.

After hearing the person watching her from afar gulp, she knew that she had been correct.

There are minks who have high concealment skills are many but she remembered that Pedro was able to conceal himself from even Luffy who had observation Haki so Alyssia was able to have some guesses that the person watching her had very high skills and could be a member of the guardians.

If she was correct then she may have found the right person that she was looking for.

She looked towards the location of the sound and spoke. "You can come down and have some. There is plenty to go around."

All of a sudden a speedy figure descended down from a tree and made its way towards the fire and sat down near her.

There was a large, male feline mink with spotted fur, white ears, and long, wavy blonde hair.

After seeing that he was a Jaguar mink, she smiled as she took out an extra plate and placed the meat on each plate and began to eat her own portion.

Pedro began to devour his very quickly and then looked up expectantly for more.

Alyssia started cooking another couple of pieces of boar meat and repeated the process that she had done before. "You must be Pedro, I have been looking for you before you left as it is rumoured that you will be leaving soon."

Pedro looked at her, took back his plate and began to slowly eat his food this time. "Why are you looking for me then? Not to ask to come with me right?"

She knew that when Pedro was six he was denied to join the pirate kings final journey because he was too young so right away he would say no to her if she asked so instead she said. "Before you leave I would like to ask if I can receive your training in order to prepare myself for joining the guardians or set off on my own journey one day. I promise that I will work hard to learn what you teach."

Pedro thought for a while and then answered. "I can teach you so long as you do not get in the way of my own training. I will teach you electro further so you can master it at a greater speed but also spar with you so that you can toughen up a bit and also teach you a thing or two… but first keep the food coming."

Many people who get beaten up and experience a battle against someone stronger than them are able to learn from their mistakes much like how Garp trained Luffy and also Coby who grew at a fast rate and later became famous individuals in the world.

The guardians had their own unorthodox style of combat but their core abilities relied on their concealment and tracking skills so that they could find enemies within the forest and monitor or ambush them.

Alyssia's eyes lit up with excitement upon being given a chance. "Thanks I will work hard!"

Pedro nodded as he ate his meal then spoke. "We only have about a month until I leave so from tomorrow you must meet here every morning to join me in training and sparring but I will also teach you how to improve your electro and concealment skills. We need to work on your kicking, movement and jumping techniques most of all and perfect them while increasing your fighting experience."

Alyssia began to eat once again while looking over what was cooking, she felt that she had been successful in her task and she would soon be able to receive training from someone with more experience than herself.

This meant that she also did not require the help of the system to make additional steps in her martial arts or other abilities before upgrading them which would help to reduce the cost a little when she does decide to upgrade her skills to a higher grade and purchase the upgraded knowledge that comes with it.

The main thing that she had to learn about when her body reaches the right conditions is how to use or unlock Haki.

The strongest people in the world possess conquerors haki and are able to develop their own way of using it to fight like knocking weaker people out or more experienced users are able to coat their body or weapon with it along with their armament haki to provide her with a more defensive or offensive abilities.

One thing that she knew about the conqueror haki users was that they had large ambitions and a strong will just like luffy's dream to become the pirate king, zoro's dream to become the strongest swordsman in the world but also the four emperors who had their own ambitions to either rule the world or bring down the world government and knock them from their current position.

Thanks to the system she could learn many skills but unlocking Haki would take training and lots of experience but also a strong ambition or dream that could potentially lead to her unlocking conquerors haki.

Alyssia made the decision to follow the path of her chosen main profession and aim to become the strongest person or martial artist in the world.

Just like the position as the strongest swordsman is owned by Hawkeye Mihawk she wished to claim a spot at the top for herself even if it means clashing with the four emperors, the marines and the world government.

At the age of four she had decided upon what her dream was and what she was going to work towards and it all started with getting a teacher for herself so that she could prepare to enter the guardians and slowly upgrading her system.

As for how her ambition would change the flow of the world she did not yet know but as the strongest martial artist in the world she was bound to shake up a thing or two.