The st six months have beeremely lively in the small town of Wushan. First, a rge battle took pce between ah-stage mage, his personal seventh-stage Velon, and a group of seven mages and warriors.
Ace could only sigh watg that battle. Using his haki, he could sehat the Velon was no weaker than an admiral in his st life, and as for the eighth-stage mage… Ace guessed that he wasn’t much weaker than any of the Yonko. When he remembered that there were still levels above that, Ace could only sigh at the differen strength between his former world and this one.
But the se that had the most signifit impa not only Ace but everyone in Wushan Town was the ihat happehe very day.
That was the day Ace saw genuine saints. He only had to stretch his observatiohem for an instant to realise they were the most powerful beings he’d ever witheir aura made even Whitebeards look like that of a child.
Thankfully Lance woke him from his shocked state. The guard immediately shot towards the orphanage carrying Ad Killian in each of his arms to find Milianna.
Luckily the orphanage was oher side of the town, so everyohere came out unscathed. The rest of the town wasn’t so lucky. Houses had colpsed, and families were crushed i was like a se straight out of the apocalypse.
But the se of those powerful figures flying high in the sky as if they were gods among men was burnt deep into Ace’s mind. It was there and then that Ace’s desire to stand at the peak of this cruel new world began to bze like never before.
After that day, the town’s training for the kids ut on hold. Luckily, Ace had already learnt what he needed from Hillman and the others.
Every day he would subject his body to a orturous amount of training. And his efforts paid off. It had only been a little over six months when Ace mao achieve his first breakthrough.
And Killian, who forced himself to do as much of Ace’s inhumaraining regime as his body allowed, refused to be left behind. He, too, mao achieve a breakthrough a few weeks ter.
Linley was dubbed as the town’s little genius warrior after managing to bee a warrior of the first rank after training for a little under a year and a half, but whether it was Killian who did it in just over a year or Ace who achieved his breakthrough in 6 months, both of the boys had shattered Linley’s record.
The other thing Ace leasantly surprised about was that after being a warrior of the first rank, he felt that his observation haki finally had room to improve.
One m after the boys had returo the orphanage from their m training session, they overheard the excited versation of one of the orphans.
“Did you hear? Young master Linley has returned from Feni City. Apparently, he passed the assessment to bee a mage. Our town has finally produced someoh the potential to bee a mage!”
“Not only that, I heard his assessmes were so impressive, he was actually accepted by the Ernst Institute!”
“Isn’t the Ernst Institute supposed to be the best school fes on the whole of the ti?”
“That’s the one!”
“Is that why the Baru have anised a celebratathering for the whole town tonight?”
“Yeah, I heard about that too. Apparently, the ’s guards have been hunting several low-level magical beasts for an all-you--eat feast.”
“I heard they have something important they wish to annou the time of the feast. I wonder what it is.”
Ace wasn’t all that ied ihering at first, but that all ged when he heard they were servi from magical beasts.
In his st life, Ace could be sidered to be quite the foody, and that part of him hadn’t ged; he just suppressed it as he knew his family circumstances didn’t allow for him to eat the quantity he would’ve liked.
After being a rank one warrior, his hunger only got harder to bear, but he never onpined. He knew his mother was already doing as much as she could to give him what he needed.
After spending every single day of the st six months with Ace, Killian knew Ace better than almost anyone. So seeing the dribble trig out the er of his mouth, it wasn’t hard to guess his iions. “I’m guessing we’re off to the feast tonight?”
Ace didn’t even turn back to face his first and only friend as he replied. “Of course, what kind of townsmen would we be if we didn’t go and gratute Linley.”
Killian was well aware that Ace’s iions were far from what he said, but it didn’t matter to him one way or another; plus, as a warrior of the first rank himself, he’d be lying if he said he wasn’t ied in the food.
That night uhe moonlit sky, the Wushan Towre, which had finally been rebuilt, had been decorated extravagantly. dles were pced on each of the tables, and banners gratuting Linley had been strung from each of the buildings.
“The Baruch Family are really going all out!” Killian excimed as she looked around.
“Of course they are; Young Master Linley has achieved something that no one in town history has. One day all of Wushan Town will be able to proudly say that the Mage Linley Baruch came from our small township.” Lance proudly expined.
The reason behind that pride was because of the differen social standings between mages and warriors. Whether it was otlefield or off, a mage is thought t far more to the table than a warrior at the same level.
“But when will they be serving the food?” Ace asked impatiently as he sed the area in an attempt to locate his sole reason for ing, ign Lance’s rambling.
“Must you always think with your belly?” Lance asked helplessly in response.
Due to the fact that she wao earra moo buy more food for her growing son, Milianna decided to take on ara shift at the orphaonight, leaving Ad Killian in Lance’s capable hands.
Over the st six months, the retionship between Land Milianna had been progressing smoothly. Slowly, but still smoothly.
The fact that aremely overprotective mother like Milianna had decided to trust him to look after her pride and joy spoke volumes about how she felt towards him. A fact that didn’t go unnoticed by Ace, and to be ho, Ace had bee retively fond of Lance.
He could see that the guard’s feelings were genuine, but he still refused to get involved in their business.
