[Sea Circle Calendar, Year 1500]
[Holy Land, Mary Geoise]
The palace was splendid and luxurious, filled with golden objects. Tables, chairs, beds, and cabinets made of the Treasure Tree Adam were scattered around. In the corners, massive jars stood tall, with four mermaids curled up inside.
The originally silent palace was stirred by a deep murmuring voice:
"Rosse... huh..."
Rosse stared blankly at the boy in the mirror, momentarily at a loss for words.
The boy in the mirror had a smooth and fair face, well-defined features, exuding a sense of cold and stern aura. His deep, dark eyes shimmered with captivating light, and his whole body radiated a noble temperament.
He had transmigrated, or perhaps it was memory awakening, and directly became a Celestial Dragon.
'This is just, way too good!'
However, his identity was a bit awkward.
His name was Jaygarcia Rosse, a standard Celestial Dragon name, and his grandfather was Jaygarcia Saturn, one of the current Five Elders, and also the first Five Elder to be removed in the original One Piece.
Although his grandfather's removal didn't affect the family, Celestial Dragons were still the villains.
Celestial Dragons/World Nobles were the descendants of nineteen of first twenty royals who founded the World Government. They considered themselves descendants of the creators and ruled as a privileged class within the World Government, residing in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.
However, with time and maybe due to power usurpation or inherent evil, the current Celestial Dragons, apart from their noble status, were also publicly recognized as demons wearing human skin.
The story of One Piece, from the initial adventures for freedom, later evolved into Luffy overturning the World Government.
And quite unluckily, his current identity represented the World Government.
These thoughts only flashed briefly. Rosse quickly felt happy again.
No matter what, transmigrating into the One Piece world and becoming a Celestial Dragon was absolutely a god-tier start.
Who wouldn't be happy becoming a Celestial Dragon after transmigration?
This kind of identity that starts at the peak of society was definitely something most people dreamed of.
As for Celestial Dragons doing evil things, setting aside whether becoming a real Celestial Dragon would change one's moral compass. Just because some rich second-gen forced women into prostitution, does that mean you wouldn't want to be rich?
Moreover, Rosse had no such worries at all.
In his past life he was a beast of burden; if he still had to live like one in this life, wouldn't that be a wasted transmigration?
The only current imperfection was that ordinary Celestial Dragons generally lacked strength. Rosse's body was already weakened due to overindulgence. Right now, his physical condition was even worse than a normal person in the One Piece world. Barely at the level of someone who could walk unaided.
[Ding! Defeat System at your service!]
"Defeat System? What's the function?", Hearing the pleasant system prompt, Rosse felt even better.
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[Host: Rosse]
[Strength: 63/100 (G+; even Marines are stronger than you)]
[Overall Rating: A (All you've got going for you is status)]
[Abilities: None]
[Skills: None]
[Note: Defeating enemies grants you rewards equal to the enemy's overall rating -1. Killing or crushing the enemy grants a reward equal to the enemy's current overall rating.]
[Note: You can only receive the kill/crush reward for each person once, and defeat rewards do not conflict with kill/crush rewards.]
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'Is there a difference between 'crush' and 'defeat'?', Rosse wondered for a moment, but as he pondered it, he suddenly realized, "Oh! So it's that kind of subjugation?"
"I'm going to... kill you!", Suddenly, a weak voice rang out beside Rosse.
"Hm?", Rosse squinted and looked over, seeing a beautiful and well-proportioned woman, currently tied up on the bed, with only her mouth able to move.
The beautiful woman was completely naked, her body covered in bruises, Rosse's own handiwork.
His memory had just awakened and he hadn't figured things out yet, so he played a bit too roughly.
However, the beautiful woman Erica was no ordinary woman. She was a female pirate with a bounty of 5 million, and the wife of a major pirate with a bounty of 100 million. Because of her beauty, she caught Rosse's eye while he was passing through the Sabaody Archipelago.
As expected, her husband and entire crew were wiped out, and she was brought to Rosse's palace.
This incident didn't even cause the slightest ripple on the sea. Such was the power brought by being a Celestial Dragon.
"I can try the system now!"
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[Erica]
[Overall Rating: E-]
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"Bas...tard..."
"Don't come any closer!"
"No... aaaaah!!!"
The beautiful woman's hateful voice came in broken bursts, mixing with various sounds echoing throughout the palace.
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[E-level crush complete!]
[Strength +100]
[Special Reward: E-level Gun Skill]
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[Half an Hour Later]
Rosse got out of bed, body and mind refreshed, feeling the surge of stamina, and the newly added firearm skills in his memory. The world suddenly seemed even more beautiful.
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[Host: Rosse]
[Strength: 163/300 (F- Level, equivalent to Marine level)]
[Skill: E-level Gun Skill]
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It was just a pity that you could only crush someone of the same level once, or he'd be farming rewards nonstop.
Rosse smiled and leaned close to Erica's ear, "Was that good for you just now?"
"Bastard, either kill me now, or I swear I'll kill you!", Erica glared at Rosse, her mind already consumed by hatred.
"What a pity... wrong answer."
Rosse shook his head in regret, picked up a platinum pistol from the nearby table, and pressed it against the beautiful woman's wide chest.
BANG!
Blood-red burst forth, and the beauty instantly turned into a skeleton.
[E-level kill complete!]
[Reward: None (Crush reward already received)]
Rosse's expression didn't change at all. He casually tossed the gun aside.
If love couldn't grow in a day, then don't blame him for being impolite.
Pity that crush and kill rewards conflicted, or else he'd have gotten another round of loot.
Rosse walked to the palace entrance and calmly called out, "Guernica!"
As soon as the words fell, a young, thin man in a white suit, Guernica, appeared before him in the blink of an eye, kneeling on one knee with his head lowered as far as it could go.
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[Guernica]
[Overall Rating: B-]
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"Saint Rosse! Please give your orders," Even with his face covered in white graffiti, anyone could tell how excited he was.
Rosse knew Guernica, not because he had just been promoted from CP9 to temporarily serve as the guard for the Jaygarcia family in CP0.
But because Guernica had made an appearance twenty years later and even participated in the final battle between Kaido and Luffy. Although he was easily killed, at least he had shown up.
Being selected for CP0 at this point in time showed that Guernica was talented from a young age.
Unfortunately, twenty years later, he was still only about Vice Admiral level. Probably around B+, indicating that Guernica's potential was a bit low.
"Clean up the palace. I don't want to see a single dirty thing."
"Understood!", Guernica coldly walked into the palace, and before long came out, carrying a bed tightly wrapped in white cloth and left.
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