Chapter 57: Training Ground

Dungeon, first floor, Atlantis City, City Park.

Rayleigh and Hancock were the first to be resurrected after they both died. This is the first time the two of them have been resurrected in the dungeon. Despite this, there was still a feeling of wonder at the time when they were both resurrected. It didn't take long for Sandersonia and Marigold to also be resurrected along with the two of them right beside them.

"That was just now..." Sandersonia muttered softly and still recalled the feeling of fear given to her by Berr. Her body is currently still in a vibrating state even though she is no longer in the neighborhood at this time.

"Rayleigh, that monster just now..."

The feeling of fear possessed by Hancock immediately disappeared when she was in this safe zone and immediately opened a joint conversation with Rayleigh.

Rayleigh nodded, "Yes, the monster is the boss of the floor. However, I'm not sure that monster is the floor boss for this first floor" Rayleigh's gaze became extremely serious, "This floor boss on the first floor can't have such terrifying strength. It must be the boss of the floor upstairs, at least on the floor above the 80th floor"

Hancock fell silent when she heard this. While Sandersonia and Marigold slowly began to calm themselves down after learning that they were not in the previous environment.

"Just now... What does he mean by the words of a king's qualifications?" Hancock muttered softly, but her voice could be heard by the three of them who were together with him.

"The king's qualifications intended by the monster are likely the Conqueror Haki we have," Rayleigh said, "Ars had previously said that the Conqueror's Haki ability is rare and belongs to high-level abilities even in dungeons. It seems that it is indeed true and even to this place the owner of this ability has the qualifications to be a King"

"The qualifications of a king? What does he mean by the king said by the monster? Is it possible to be the ruler of this place?" Hancock asked back, frowning.

"Maybe yes and maybe not. However, I think it's hard for us to get this answer especially if we want to ask Ars about this."

"That guy will take a very expensive fee for such a piece of information" Hancock immediately continued with a gloomy face recalling Sandersnia's previous words.

"Rayleigh" Sandersonia immediately called out and said in a slightly nervous tone, "Do you think the monster will appear in the outer zone of this floor?"

"I think it's impossible" Rayleigh shook her head and continued, "This dungeon likely has a mechanism where the monsters on the top floor will not be able to go downstairs to do chaos in this place. It's the same with the monster just now, where although there is a portal that can help him get out of that place, he does not come out. In addition, just now when we entered the portal, the portal immediately closed. It's possible that only we or the adventurers can have that access."

Hearing this answer Sandersonia and Marigold sighed. Their current strength even if they use the power that is out there, is impossible for them to be able to stand in front of the monster. His strength is extremely terrifying.

"It was a very wonderful experience..." Rayleigh sighed then continued, "Although we suffered death on this mission. We got quite a lot of lessons and also information related to things regarding this place... Dungeon... It's a place that has a lot of uncertainty in it."

"At least we currently know that as long as we are in the outer zone. We must not relax our vigilance" Hancock said seriously: "Because there could be a lot of strange things happening to us like we previously experienced"

"Let's go see General Bercouil and tell them the information they want. We must complete this mission immediately. It seems that the Navy has made movements very quickly even Garp and Aokiji are already at level 2 at this time" Rayleigh's gaze drifted towards the black stone wall and was seen on the section of the ranking list with the highest level of Aokiji and Garp's names ranked first and second.

Hancock and others also immediately diverted their attention and discovered this.

"Level 2? How did they do it?" Hancock asked, frowning seriously. They first enroll in dungeons and they know how difficult it is to raise each level.

"Is it possible for the Navy side to take a mission in the village area?" Sandersonia asked mutteringly, "If I'm not mistaken, Ars once said that there is a comparison between the mission rewards that are in the city and the village, right?"

Marigold nodded, "I also still remember it. Ars said before"

"Chances are they did" Rayleigh nodded.

"Big Sister" Sandersonia immediately called out and said, "How do you think we took the mission in the rural area? That way the Navy side won't be able to get ahead of us quickly"

"That's a good idea" Hancock nodded and turned her attention to Rayleigh, "What about you, Rayleigh? Will you remain with our party after this or will you continue your adventures"

"Hahaha, I'll take the adventurer myself" Rayleigh smiled and said, "My strength is still not bad and doesn't need the help of the younger generation. In addition, the more people at the party, the fewer rewards you will receive. We can go back to before this party was formed. Let's go right away and complete this mission"

Rayleigh and others immediately went in the direction of General Bercouil's house to report and inform the information they got. On the way to General Bercouil's house, the four of them saw a poster of the battle between Garp and Aokiji which would be held briefly at night.

Grand Line, Navy Headquarters, Admiral's Office of the Fleet.

"Ok. Thank you for the information you provided Gion. At least those two fools knew that they had to take the battle schedule at night and not at this point"

"Are you coming to watch the battle between the two of them, Sengoku-san?"

"It's hard to say that I can attend." Sengoku said with a frown, "The World Government will know if I make a move and at that time it is likely that the guild will soon be known by their side"

"What about the Admirals? Do they already know about the movement we're doing right now?" Gion asked with a serious face change and was visible from his den-den mushi.

"Borsalino already knows about it and right now he's with me. The plan is that I will send him after this to the Guild to register as an adventurer. As for Akainu, he is still on his way to return to the headquarters. I will notify him of our plans as soon as he arrives here. It will be dangerous until the talks are conducted through den-den mushi. The possibility of being tapped is very high"

"Admiral Kizaru is coming soon? Is it not eye-catching?"

Sengoku fell silent when he heard this and immediately he glanced at Borsalino who was currently occupying the sofa of his office room.

Borsalino is a man with a tall body appearance of about 3 meters more with a slender body. He has the face of an old man about 50 years old. Borsalino often wore a yellow-striped suit, and yellow glasses, as well as wearing the robes of a Navy Admiral.

"Yo yo yo~ Why do you look at me like that, Sengoku-san? I'm not a person who always likes to seek attention like Sakazuki."

Sengoku sighed at the answer from Borsalino and said to Gion, "Don't worry, at least this guy is still reliable. However, you must focus there on developing the abilities you have and collecting the resources that are there."

"I understand"

The den-den Mushi's connection was immediately cut off. Sengoku's gaze immediately glanced at Borsalino and said, "You already know about your task, don't you, Borsalino? You only need to come here to register as an adventurer. Don't make any strange actions, let alone attract attention"

"Am I just going to sign up to be an adventurer, Sengoku-san? Why not let me stay for a while and improve my abilities in that place? Wouldn't the more reinforcements the better for us?" Borsalino asked casually while putting away his nail clippers.

"What you said is true" Sengoku nodded and continued, "However, Kuzan has been sent to carry out this task while you also have the task of conducting a cordon in Marijoa. During this time, it is impossible that no Admiral is guarding there. There should be one living there. As long as you disappear, the World Government will be suspicious and start investigating. At present, we can't let the World Government know about the guild. At least before our strength is enough to break away from the side of the world government"

"It's very unfair" Borsalino sighed sadly and said, "Now I feel that the task of guarding in Marijoa is unpleasant anymore."

"Stop complaining!" Sengoku shouted with an angry face, "It's wrong who always wants to take the task from someone else."

"That's because I didn't know anything before related to this place called the guild. If only I knew about this place. I will not take the task that should belong to Kuzan" Borsalino said in a sullen tone and felt that the task he had at this time was very unpleasant.

"It was your decision and you wanted it yourself. Hurry up and go to the guild now! Don't stay there for too long. Once you have successfully signed up to be an adventurer immediately return to where you are on duty"

"Yo, it's so scary. Alright, but, at least I can come to go watch the battle to be fought by Garp-san and Kuzan for a while night, right? You know, I also need to look around the inside of that dungeon so that I can adapt there easily"

"You can do it. At least at this working time, you don't have any stupid thoughts. Otherwise, I will deduct your salary this half month"

"That's a really bad joke, Sengoku-san. How could it be possible—"

"If you don't want your salary to be deducted, immediately perform the task and follow the order!"

Borsalino sighed sadly and walked out of the Admiral's office of the Fleet then immediately used his devil fruit ability to disappear from the Navy Headquarters towards Sabound Island. With their speed possessed by him, at least Borsalino can arrive within 15 to 20 on Sabound Island.

Grand Line, Saboundy Archipelago Island, Mangrove Tree 13, Guild.

"I think you guys must have gained a lot of experience from this mission you guys did, right? Mainly related to death"

"Hahaha, we have gained a lot of experience from this mission" Rayleigh laughed, "The experience of death is a new experience for me. Also, there is a good thing to do this mission because you can meet monsters who hold the position of floor boss."

"By the way, Ars. What happened to my body? Why can't I use my body when I meet him? It felt like his body didn't want to respond to my command to move"

"It's because of the [Fear] ability possessed by the floor boss"

"[Fear]?"

"The [Fear] ability is a kind of ability possessed by the entire floor boss in the dungeon. This ability itself is a passive ability where whenever there is an adventurer who feels afraid of their existence, the body of the adventurer will not be able to be controlled by him alone or well, it can be said that you will not be able to move. As long as there is a feeling of fear in your heart to fight the boss of the floor, during that time you will not be able to move your body even in detail."

"That's a very unreasonable ability" Sandersonia muttered

"You have to accept it. It was the arrangement. Adventurers are people who dare to decide to move forward no matter what is in front of them. If you are afraid, stop being adventurous. This is only the first floor you guys explored and not yet the floor above it. The higher the dungeon, the more nonsense things you will encounter"

"It's rare for you to give us this kind of free information," Hancock said mockingly: "Aren't you going to take a penny from us?"

"Do you think I am a black-hearted businessman?"

"Yes. It's you" They replied in unison.

"Whatever you guys say" Ars rolled his eyes and continued back, "Your current reward is in. Please check on your respective status panels"

The five of them immediately opened their status panel and it was seen that the reward had come in. Each of them has risen to level 4 without wasting much time. They directly use their free points to add to the status they have.

Rayleigh's current status panel.

Name: Silver Rayleigh

Level: 4

Status Information:

Strength: 25

Defense: 15

Speed: 20

Free Points: 0

Finance: 0 white gold coins 3 gold coins 0 silver coins 0 bronze coins.

Exp: 57.1 % (10,000/17,500)

List of Abilities

· Advanced Conqueror Haki (SS)

· Advanced Armament Haki (S)

· Advanced Observation Haki (A)

· Sword Skills (B)

Equipment:

Panel Status Hancock

Name: Boa Hancock

Level: 4

Status Information:

Strength: 30

Defense: 10

Speed: 20

Free Points: 0

Finance: 0 white gold coins 3 gold coins 0 silver coins 0 bronze coins.

Exp: 57.1 % (10,000/17,500)

List of Abilities

· Conqueror's Haki (A)

· Armament Haki (A)

· Observation Haki (A)

· Mero-Mero no Mi (A)

Equipment:

Panel status Sandersonia

Name: Boa Sandersonia

Level: 4

Status Information:

Strength: 15

Defense: 15

Speed: 30

Free Points: 0

Finance: 0 white gold coins 3 gold coins 0 silver coins 0 bronze coins.

Exp: 57.1% (10,000/17,500)

List of Abilities

· Armament Haki (A)

· Observation Haki (A)

· Hebi-Hebi no Mi : Anaconda Model (B)

Equipment:

Panel status Marigold

Name: Boa Marigold

Level: 4

Status Information:

Strength: 15

Defense: 30

Speed: 15

Free Points: 0

Finance: 0 white gold coins 3 gold coins 0 silver coins 0 bronze coins.

Exp: 57.1% (10,000/17,500)

List of Abilities

· Armament Haki (A)

· Observation Haki (A)

· Hebi-Hebi no Mi : King Cobra Model (B)

Equipment:

"What are you guys going to do after this?" Ars immediately asked when he saw Rayleigh had finished adding his free points on his status panel, "Are you guys still keeping this party or are you going back to the way it was before."

"Go back to the way it was before" Rayleigh replied with a smile, "I still don't need the help of the younger generation to help me go on adventures. In that case, Ars. I went back first. I need to take my equipment back before taking the mission in the dungeon"

Rayleigh immediately turned and left the guild. Soon after Rayleigh left, Hancock and her two sisters also followed him to leave the guild. They also wanted to return to their ship to retrieve the equipment they had there before returning to carry out the dungeon mission.

Dungeon, first floor, Atlantis City.

"Finally..."

Mihawk finally found the place he was looking for. His eyes showed joy at seeing the venue. Mihawk immediately stepped inside the place.

"Welcome to Training Place! Is there anything we can help with?"

When Mihawk walked into Taring Place a male officer immediately greeted Mihawk's arrival cordially.

"I want to challenge the coach here"

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