3 Life begins

Naomi sailed for a longer period of tike than what was expected due to the twist and turns she has to make to avoid prying eyes. Fortunately Karl's fatger supplied the ship with almost double of what was expected, with milk and food stored in a special container to prevent aging.

As the boat nears an island, Naomi breaths a sigh of relief while carrying young Karl.

"We made it young master... just a little bit more and we will arrive at your new home."

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3 years later.

A boy with wavy dark brown hair can be seen running around in the forest on an island in East Blue with a sword strapped on his back.

"Huff.. huff... just a little bit more.. 1 last round and i will be done."

That boy is 3 year old Karl, after learning of his parents disappearance 3 years ago, he asked Aunt Naomi for an explanation however all she said was to find out for himself after he is strong enough. Since that day Karl has been trying his best to train with his young body by doing what he can from swimming to running.

'Status'

{Showing status

Name: Crow D. Karl

Age: 3 years

STR: 2

AGI: 1

INT: 6

STA: 2

[Appraisal]

[Unbound] [Haki Talent] [Combat Instincts] [Sword art Talent] }

'Whew all that running and swimming finally bumped my stamina to 2. According to Aunt Naomi, just 2 more years i can start to do more intensive stuff hur hur looking forward to more progress'

Karl snaps out of his thoughts as he detected food with his sense of smell. 'Ah Aunt Naomi must have prepared dinner hur hur perfect i am getting a bit hungry'

With that Karl sprints to finish up his round and heads back to their little hut in the forest.

Back at the hut a bear is being roasted over a flame by a woman wearing a bandana.

"AUNT NAOMI... I am back! What's for dinner today?" Announced Karl as he laid his eyes on the roasted bear.

"Hehe we are having some bear today Karl so go wash up and get ready for dinner."

A woman not even half the size of the bear managed to kill and roast a bear... this sight has become a common occurence for Karl but he always wonders exactly how strong is his aunt Naomi.

Once Karl is done with his dinner, he proceeds to pick up a stick and starts to practice the basic sword arts like horizontal slash, vertical slash and piercing over and over again.

He has been training his sword arts since he received his sword that had been gifted to him by his father along with a sword arts manual which goes over what to look out for at each boundary of sword arts which are as follows,

[Sword User]= A person that uses the sword as simply a tool.

[Sword Student]= A person that can use the sword like it is an extension to his or her body.

[Swordman]= A person that can comprehend and use sword qi(an sharp energy which can coat the sword or sword like object to increase its sharpness)

[Sword Master]= A person that can control his or her sword qi and can increase the sword qi such that it can extend further then just coat the sword. Launching sword beams becomes possible.

[Sword Grandmaster]= A person that can cut through elements using his or her sword qi, making him or her able to combat logia type devil fruits without haki.

[Sword Sage]= A person that can comprehend his or her own sword domain. Inside this domain the user can cut anything without drawing his or her sword or making physical contact albeit a bit weaker.

[Sword God]= A person that can comprehend the essence of the sword and can cut through space and time itself. The epitome of sword skill.

Karl is not even a sword user as he is currently too weak to even hold the sword that his father gave him. He is currently tying it to his back to get use to its weight. Karl looks up at the night sky after finishing his daily sword routine as he is drenched with sweat.

'This is just the beginning... i will show the world what i can do. Mom, Dad wait for me i am coming!'

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Now exactly 5 years has passed from the day of Karls' birth.

Karl can be seen swinging a stick near his hut. 5 year old Karl has grown up a lot in the past 2 years, while he didnt not gain any very noticable muscle mass, one could see that years of carry that sword around has shaped his body nicely.

As he is completing his sword routine drenched in sweat, "*SWISH*...998... *SWISH*..999... huff... *SWISH*... 1000!" Karl shouts as he falls back to lie down and take a break.

'Status'

{Showing status

Name: Crow D. Karl

Age: 5 years

STR: 2

AGI: 4

INT: 7

STA: 4

[Appraisal] [Sword User]

[Unbound] [Haki Talent] [Combat Instincts] [Sword art Talent] }

"Whew not bad not bad. Heh i got to sword user just by trying to lift my sword in the past. According to aunt Naomi, she will only start to train me at when im 5 hehehe time to see some real improvement."

"KARL time for supper!" Aunt Naomi shouted.

"Coming Aunt Naomi!" Karl got up and ran to the hut.

As Karl finishes up his supper he looked at Aunt Naomi straight in the eye and asks,"Aunt Naomi im 5 now can we finally begin training?" while thinking in his mind, 'Appraise Aunt Naomi'

{Showing status

Name: Naomi Rivers

Age: 26

STR: ???

AGI: ???

INT: ???

STA: ???

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??? }

'Damn she must be too strong for me to appraise at the moment... i wonder what must the difference be?'

{Beep.. replying to user the difference in stats has to be within 10units for the user to view it.}

'Ohhh.. i see i always knew Aunt Naomi was strong but wonder how strong? Heh maybe i should ask her when we start training.'

"Karl! Were you listening?" Naomi fumed

"Heheh sorry Aunt Naomi i was spacing out can u repeat it?" Karl said with an apologetic smile.

"Hmph fine, we will begin train tomorrow so do sleep early today as it will be mainly be training to build up your strength so that u can finally wield the sword your father gave you. So you should go to sleep soon. But before that i have something to give you." Naomi said as she took out a box warped in cloth.

"Whats this Aunt Naomi?" Karl asked.

"Well... your father gave you a gift.. so how can your mother be left out? Open it up Karl it is yours now." Naomi said that as she winked.

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