Vol. 02 Ch. 18 – Haki training

Previously ...

Robin: "Arthur told me that he would not start his journey before he was 18 years old, so in 6 years I will prove that I was able to walk beside Arthur."

Baby-5: "I too will certainly be useful to young master Arthur. Grandpa Sebas always trained me while on the ship on the way here. And grandpa Sebas also said I could be a chef or even a doctor for young master Arthur as long as I had the will. "

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Robin: "Arthur, don't you think I should study sea navigation? We don't have a navigator yet. "

Baby-5: "And what about me, young master Arthur?"

Arthur: "Robin, I think you should focus more on gathering information but it doesn't hurt if you learn a little navigation knowledge. And Baby-5, If you can be a ship doctor then that is very good but being a chef is not bad either. "

Robin: "Tch ... it seems like you already have a plan for who your ship's navigator is. Who is she?"

Baby-5: "Then it's like my original plan and grandpa Sebas that I'm going to be a chef and doctor for young master Arthur."

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Saint Adam: "Our ancestors named this training site as Tora no Ana of Ryozanpaku Island - the place of assemblage for the bold and ambitious."

Arthur: "Eh?"

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Arthur: "Eh ... Tora no Ana? Ryozanpaku? Isn't this island uninhabited? "

Saint Adam: "Yes, this Ryozanpaku island only has an area of approximately 100 hectares and in the middle of the island there is a cave, Tora no Ana, which is connected to another island." Saint Adam started walking towards Tora no Ana followed by Arthur.

Arthur: "Don't tell me that the cave's mouth looks like a tiger?"

Saint Adam: "Indeed its looks like a tiger, hm. Back to Tora no Ana, this cave has only one path so you just follow this path and you won't get lost. After exiting the first cave passage, commonly called the 'Hall of Void', you will find a large stone monument for further instructions."

Arthur: "From the name alone this might be able to train my Kenbunshoku Haki."

Saint Adam: "Indeed this is the first training for Kenbunshoku Haki. I'll hold your storage ring for a while. So just prepare your weapon because you can hunt wild animals after passing through the Hall of Void." They both arrived in front of Tora no Ana and Arthur did what his grandfather said.

Arthur: "What about the way I go home?"

Saint Adam: "You will know that when you have reached the end of Tora no Ana. Do not die, I will take care of Robin and Baby-5. Who gave such a name? Don't you want her to change her name? " Saint Adam complained because he felt the name Baby-5 was very strange and ridiculous.

Arthur: "She wants to keep using that name. I will go first, I will finish this within 2 years because in the third year there is someone ... more precisely 3 sisters that I want to help. " Arthur walked into the Hall of Void while waving.

Saint Adam: "If you don't have Haoshoku Haki like me and your mother then maybe you can finish all this in less than 2 years because of the training you did since you were young. Take care, my grandson. " Saint Adam turned and walked to the ship to return to Mary Geoise.

At Mary Geoise, precisely at Arthur's house, where Robin and Baby-5 who want to study in the library together with Maria and Olvia but cannot focus because they are worried about Arthur's condition. Olvia was also very curious because of Maria's unusual attitude after hearing Arthur would go to practice at his ancestral place. Robin and Baby-5 sighed because this was the first time they were in a library without Arthur's presence. They tidy up the books on their desks with no enthusiasm.

Olvia: "We should stop first to study because you two can't focus. And Maria, what kind of training that Arthur do in that place alone?" Hearing Arthur's name, Robin and Baby-5 immediately eagerly awaited Maria's answer.

Maria: "Training in Ryozanpaku, more precisely Tora no Ana, there are 3 stages and this is related to Haki training. In the first stage, Arthur will die. "

Robin + Baby-5: "HAA !?" Robin and Baby-5 immediately stood up and dropped all the books in their hands making a fuss in the library.

Maria: "Sorry, I was wrong to use my words. More precisely he will feel like death. " Robin and Baby-5 immediately sat relieved at Maria's explanation.

Olvia: "Not fighting desperately or want to die, but he feels like dead. What do you mean if Arthur will die or feel like he dead? "

Maria: "The first stage is the Hall of Void or Yomi Cave, this underwater cave is very long and no one knows how long it is. It took me almost 1 year and the old man needed 9 months to get through this stage. " Robin and Baby-5 open their mouths to hear the time needed to pass the first stage.

Robin: "1 year? Must this cave be really long? "

Maria: "The problem is not the length, but the condition of the cave itself." Maria immediately shuddered remembering her past.

Olvia: "You mean?"

Maria: "After 100 meters entering the cave, the light was no longer visible so that it was completely dark like a normal cave. After that, you can't smell even one odor in the cave. Furthermore, the sound also starts to disappear even if you try to clap next to your ear then you still can't hear it. And the last is losing the sense of touch, you pinch yourself will not feel anything because you do not feel touching and be touched anything. You can only run forward hoping not in the wrong direction or run in place because hit the wall. When you are tired you want to rest and sleep but you don't know whether you are sleeping or not because you are always conscious. " Hearing Maria's explanation made Olvia imagine herself in the situation and began to cringe with fear. Robin and Baby-5 only know that the cave is very strange and will be difficult to pass but it is not impossible as long as they keep going.

Olvia: "How do you get past a place like that? Ah ... Kenbunshoku Haki. "

Maria: "Even without Haki, this stage can be passed as long as he wants and does not give up. But with Kenbunshoku Haki it will be faster to pass and in that place, he can improve the ability of Kenbunshoku Haki. "

Robin: "Haki ..." Robin thought about how important Haki was after hearing Arthur's explanation before he left.

Baby-5: "Then, what about the second stage?" Baby-5 is also curious and listens carefully to Maria's story.

Maria: "The second stage is easier for me than in the first stage. A Chaos Labyrinth, here, you only need to find a ladder to go up to the 100th floor and beat up anything that is blocking you or avoid them until you pass all levels. And here you can vent all your anger and hunger after passing through the Hall of Void. " This stage is easily understood by the three of them.

Olvia: "It doesn't seem difficult to get past the second stage."

Maria: "But there are creatures ... I wonder if they can be called creatures because they don't have physical bodies like GHOSTS !?"

Robin + Baby-5: "Kya!" Maria tried to claim the two of them and laughed with Olvia.

Maria: "Hahaha ... but they can easily be beaten using Busoshoku Haki." This time Robin and Baby-5 have the same thought, they must master Busoshoku Haki.

Olvia: "It seems appropriate to train Haki in that place."

Maria: "The most annoying thing is that the creature's attack is a direct attack to our spirit making us feel surrendered to life even though this effect will disappear soon, but it's still annoying."

Baby-5: "Then what is the last stage?"

Maria: "I don't know." Maria answered casually.

Everyone: "Eh?" The three of them are surprised by Maria's answer.

Maria: "What I know is the last stage called the Falls of Truth and is useful for the owners of Haoshoku Haki where they will train their souls and spirit there. This Haki cannot be owned only by practicing, but this Haoshoku Haki is only owned by one in a few million people who were born with this ability so that not many have this Haki and fewer people can awaken this ability. Because I and old man don't have Haoshoku Haki so we just passed the Falls of Truth and came out of Tora no Ana through the cave behind the waterfall. "

Olvia: "And because Arthur has Haoshoku Haki, so in this third stage he will..."

Maria: "Because I don't know what will happen there so I don't want him to do the training at Tora no Ana before he turns 18."