One Piece Dragon King - Chapter 43

Hals was very curious about why Ain suddenly gave him negative emotions.

But there was no one nearby; it was the familiar steel walls, the door was closed, and even if someone were eavesdropping, they wouldn’t be close enough.

Hals looked around.

No possibility of Ain appearing.

So, she must have gotten angry all of a sudden.

Yes, that must be it.

It couldn’t be that a woman’s hearing is that terrifying.

Yes, exactly.

Zephyr watched Hals suddenly look around with a vigilant expression, not sure what it meant.

“Negative emotions from Zephyr +20000”

After all, talking to someone and having them suddenly look around and ignore you would cause negative emotions even in the most patient person.

But Zephyr wasn’t angry; it was simply because he was strong enough that the negative emotions he gave were substantial.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, just suddenly felt some malice.”

“Oh.”

Zephyr didn’t think much of it.

“Let’s continue training.”

“Yes.”

The training session ended.

Hals, bored, checked his attribute panel.

**Body: 50**

**Soul: 48**

**Negative Emotions: 3,170,000**

The negative emotions had been consumed a lot recently, and he hadn’t been farming them much. Old friend Whitebeard hadn’t been tipping much either.

Recently, his physical attributes had been boosted mainly by [Strength Potions].

Most of his effort was on training his soul.

Meditation’s training speed was fast; it would pass quickly, like sleeping, and was very enjoyable. On the other hand, body training requires waiting for a long time and not being able to move. Though it grew quickly, Hals disliked the waiting and immobility.

Hals started to consider whether to buy another magic.

For level 1 magic, it only needed a soul strength of 20 to use normally. No matter how many level 1 spells, it was the same.

Of course, special magic wasn’t like that.

Hals thought for a moment.

The chosen magic should help him.

Even though he wasn’t fighting much now, he should think about what he needed.

Elemental magic could heal, shield, and buff.

For healing, plant magic was the strongest, followed by water magic and fire magic last. Others couldn’t heal.

For defense, earth magic was the strongest, followed by ice, then plant, water, and wind last.

Shielding was the same, but plant magic’s shield enhancement was weakest.

For boosting his own power, lightning magic was the strongest, followed by fire, wind, and earth.

For speed boosting, wind magic was the strongest, followed by lightning, and fire was the weakest.

He wasn’t considering special magic for now, focusing on other types first.

After some thought, Hals learned wind magic and consumed some of his soul power to learn it.

For attack, it had Wind Blade, Wind Senbon, and Gale Impact.

For enhancement, it had Wind Acceleration and Wind Sharpness.

Wind Blade was similar to Water Blade but faster and more powerful.

Wind Senbon threw a bunch of wind-formed needles.

Gale Impact blew a strong wind, only capable of blowing away small animals like cats, dogs, and lambs.

Wind Acceleration gave a speed buff, requiring a constant mana supply to maintain.

Wind Sharpness added a layer of wind to a fast-moving object, reducing air resistance and increasing attack power.

Wind Sharpness could also enhance speed by reducing air resistance.

Wind magic’s advantage was that it was invisible; though strong users could sense it with Haki, it had a surprising effect on fruit users with weak physical skills and was very fast.

It was even faster than lightning magic.

Though Hals didn’t understand why.

Lightning should be faster.

But wind magic at level 5 could reach near-light speeds and, with a strong enough soul, even surpass light speed.

Hals found it hard to believe.

The near-light speed was actually just approaching [Glint-Glint Fruit]. That wasn’t truly light speed.

Though the animation slowed it down, making it look slower, it was very fast. But Hals didn’t believe Kizaru moved at light speed.

If he did, could Rayleigh stop him?

Impossible.

Hals didn’t dwell on these things; they were hard to understand. But having another magic was nice, even if his thinking speed had slowed.

After all, his soul was weakened a lot.

But there was no headache, perhaps because his soul was strong enough.

Hals needed more negative emotions.

So he had to look to strong sources for them.

Sengoku, Zephyr, and Gramps were hard to get them from, as he didn’t want to offend three elders.

The Admirals weren’t necessary; he didn’t dare touch Akainu, Aokiji was off biking, and Kizaru was too sleazy to bother with.

Among the Emperors, he could only farm Whitebeard since Kaido’s snot grossed him out last time.

Other Emperors were healthy and wouldn’t sneeze easily.

So Hals decided to write a book.

Yes, write a book.

He thought the Okama King and Crocodile were good targets.

After some thought, Hals outlined a novel.

It was about Crocodile, who wanted to be a pirate but caught the Okama King’s eye, leading to a love story between CEOs.

The CEO was the Okama King.

There would be lots of R-rated scenes, beyond just typical yellow content, but also more explicit scenarios.

The inspiration came from the Okama King’s threat to Crocodile in Impel Down.

As for the truth, Hals didn’t care.

He just needed enough negative emotions.

Hals got some books and started writing.

As for why Ain gave Hals negative emotions…

She simply thought of Hals and got angry.

Here’s how it happened.

Bins: “If I had a powerful fruit and Zephyr-sensei’s teaching, I could beat that jerk Hals.”

Shuzo: “Yes, yes.”

Ain passed by.

Ain: “Ahhh—! That jerk makes me so angry! I’ll get him someday!”

Both: “…”

She seemed angrier than us.

Can’t afford to offend, can’t afford to offend.

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