One Piece Dragon King - Chapter 5
Dragons are powerful creatures.
This is true both in the world of One Piece and in Earth’s mythology.
In Chinese mythology, dragons can control rain, cast spells, and fly.
Western dragons breathe fire, fly with wings, and have tough scales.
In One Piece, dragons like Kaido can fly, breathe fire, use thunder attacks, have immense strength, and are nearly invincible. Only Zoro’s new sword Enma, previously wielded by Kozuki Oden, managed to wound Kaido, leaving two scars on his belly.
Clearly, Enma must be one of the Supreme Grade swords.
Or rather, only a Supreme Grade sword and sufficient strength could injure Kaido.
After all, Kaido and the Shogun Kurozumi Orochi defeated Kozuki Oden.
Who was Kozuki Oden?
He was the fierce man who reached the final island, “Laugh Tale,” with Roger.
Of course, Oden’s downfall was also related to his desire to protect his retainers and family.
But this also highlighted Kaido’s immense strength.
Kaido challenged Whitebeard, and Shanks, and caused chaos for the Marines, but was only injured by Oden wielding a Supreme Grade sword.
You might wonder why Kaido, who faced Whitebeard, survived.
Whitebeard’s sword Murakumogiri is also a Supreme Grade sword, so why wasn’t it Whitebeard who wounded Kaido?
Well, Whitebeard mainly relied on his Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Though he used a sword, his primary strength was the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
Look at the Marineford War.
Additionally, Whitebeard was considered the strongest man due to his lifestyle. His power had declined significantly due to illness.
He didn’t even dodge his son’s attack.
(Alright, I can’t make this up anymore.)
As for Momonosuke.
His Devil Fruit ability is…
So useless. Never mind.
Hals, with the powers of the Magic Dragon, had an extremely strong body. But his strength was not limited to his physical form.
Though Hals’s Magic Dragon ability was given by the system (it felt more like it was created), it was still a Mythical Zoan fruit.
Look at any Mythical Zoan; they all have special abilities.
Hals raised his head, feeling a cold sensation in his neck. Inside his mouth, a bluish substance swirled, though not clearly visible. It seemed something was churning in Hals’s dragon throat, ready to burst out.
“Roar—”
Hals spewed a blue flame-like substance forward. The air around him instantly cooled, frost forming on the ground. The beasts hit by the breath turned into giant ice sculptures.
“Negative Emotion from Gorilla +50”
“Negative Emotion from Snake +50”
“Negative Emotion from Wolf +50”
…
The beasts seemed to feel a deathly fear, providing Hals with many negative emotions. However, due to his severe blood loss, Hals didn’t freeze the beasts to death, only immobilizing them. Hals also lacked the energy to continue spewing the strange blue flames.
That was Dragon’s Breath.
The Magic Dragon Fruit allowed Hals to learn all kinds of magic, naturally enabling various Dragon Breaths.
Hals didn’t yet know how to learn magic.
After freezing the surrounding beasts to ensure his safety, Hals reverted to his human form, becoming a small, naked boy.
“Can’t even maintain basic beast form anymore? Too much energy consumption.”
Hungry, dizzy, and cold, Hals felt extremely uncomfortable. He needed to eat enough food to let his body produce more blood.
Luckily, he had some food stored.
Hals took out some pre-cooked meat from his storage and ate quickly.
After consuming about five times his body weight in meat, the hunger subsided, but Hals, exhausted, fell asleep.
The night passed without incident, except for the icy sculptures nearby radiating cold.
The sun rose.
“So cold.”
Hals rubbed his arms, covered in goosebumps.
But his head was no longer dizzy.
Seeing the ice sculptures start to melt, Hals knew the source of the cold.
Ignoring the ice sculptures, Hals prepared for breakfast, brushing his teeth and washing his face.
He was very hungry.
Apart from the hunger, he felt normal again, likely due to his blood-producing organs working overnight. He took a simple bath in the sea, scrubbing off the dried blood from the [Dragon’s Body Refinement Technique · Basic] training.
Clean and refreshed, Hals ate breakfast—more meat, having already consumed a rhino (the one he had killed the previous night).
“Phew—I’m full. So, do strong people in One Piece eat more? It doesn’t seem so.”
In the Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy is the only big eater, or rather, his entire family has large appetites.
Luffy, his brother Ace, Sabo, and his grandfather Garp all eat a lot.
As for his father, Dragon, there’s no footage of him eating.
For example, Chaton eats very little.
In the Reverie arc, Garp was eating a huge chunk of meat, and a giant Marine beside him ate even more, while Chaton had just chopsticks and a small plate, eating a normal portion.
On the Thousand Sunny, during the Whole Cake Island arc, when Luffy ate the fish skin and got poisoned, Nami cooked the fish meat into dishes. Everyone’s portion was normal.
When the Straw Hat Pirates eat, their portions are slightly larger than normal people, as expected from strong fighters, but only Luffy eats excessively.
So, big eaters in One Piece are just certain individuals.
Yes, that’s it.
Main characters in Japanese shonen manga usually eat a lot.
(Personally understood.)
“But I’m not related to Luffy. It’s probably because of last night’s energy consumption.”
Hals didn’t dwell on it, focusing instead on his preparations.
For now, he would stop training with [Dragon’s Body Refinement Technique · Basic]. Nearly dying from it, he decided to avoid it until he could ensure his safety. Instead, he would train with [Dragon’s Meditation Technique · Basic], becoming a magic user was also a good option.
That’s what Hals thought.
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