I am brushing up materials in One Piece

"It's back again."

Looking at the small black dot appearing on the sea level in the distance, Deus knew without thinking that it was the exhausted Ace.

This was the unknown number of times since they failed to sail the raft out to sea two days ago. Ace would drink a lot of water in the first few times, but as the number of times increased, he was only exhausted when he was brought back by the sea water.

Kos and Deus skillfully dragged Ace to the fire to help him dry off the seawater.

Ace, who was soaked and exhausted, couldn't wait to report the results to the two of them, "I feel that this time I have gone further than where I went before."

"And as long as I get stronger a little bit and get closer to the border, then one day I will be able to go out and find reinforcements."

Although he has experienced countless failures, Ace has not changed his original intention.

"Becoming stronger? Indeed!"

Seeing the level above Ace's head change from 41 to 42, Kos nodded with deep understanding. He felt that Ace might have used the ocean currents to continuously train himself until he was strong enough to cross the sea with his body, and then he also thought about whether he should also imitate Ace and train himself. But he soon shook his head and rejected the idea, because even someone as strong as Ace almost died when he hit the current for the first time, so it would be very risky for him to do this.

Deus had heard of stories such as the saw rope breaking and the water dripping through the stone. Before that, he believed that all problems could be solved as long as he persisted in hard work. But when he personally experienced the powerlessness of human beings in front of the sea and the despair of not seeing the possibility of escape, he realized that the chicken soup of persisting in hard work was just standing up and talking without feeling pain in the back.

So at first, when he saw Ace rushing into the sea again and again and being brought back by the water, he really felt like he was looking at an idiot. However, after seeing that Ace was not discouraged at all, he I found that perseverance is not an empty talk for some people.

"From a doctor's perspective, I suggest you take a good rest before continuing."

Now he no longer objects to Ace's foolish actions, but begins to provide him with advice to help him not harm his body too much.

Ace gestured "OK" to Deus, then lay motionless on the beach and started a fire.

"Snapped!"

Kos threw the last piece of dry wood into the fire, stood up and walked into the dense forest.

"I'll go pick up some firewood and come back."

"Me too!"

Deus followed quickly. Although Ace was taking a nap, there was nothing that could threaten him on the beach, so he thought it would be better to help collect firewood than stay here.

After two days of collecting, all the firewood around the beach has been picked up. Now Kos and Deus have to go a certain distance into the island to get more firewood.

"Do you think Ace can really leave on his own?"

Deus asked curiously.

Although he knew that Ace would definitely be able to leave, Cos was not sure how to leave, so he could only shake his head and said, "Who knows?"

"You believed in Ace so much before, why are you so unsure now?"

Deus didn't understand why Cos had such a big change in attitude.

"This is not surprising. I just believe that he will never die here or be trapped here. As for whether he can break through the current on his own, that is no longer a consideration."

Kos bent down and broke a dry branch as thick as an arm into two pieces, and then began to concentrate on picking up firewood.

"I do think his words may work."

Deus smiled and expressed his judgment before bending down to pick up the firewood.

"—"

When the two started collecting firewood for a while, a shrill cry came from above their heads. When they looked up, they saw a huge strange bird flying overhead.

"Level 33, I'm afraid this is not a monster of the offshore king level."

The first thing Kos noticed was the strange bird's level that was too high for him, and then the huge size like a medium-sized ship.

"Isn't there no living thing on this island? What happened to that guy?"

Although Deus couldn't see the strength of the strange bird, the guy's size still made him see the problem. They had already confirmed that there were basically no creatures on this island, not even a rabbit. The size of the strange bird obviously could not be a creature on this island.

"That guy is a bird! The one that can fly must have flown in from outside."

Kos said subconsciously, and then suddenly thought of something, and when he turned to look at Deus and wanted to tell him what he thought, Deus also looked at him with a "playful" expression.

The two realized that the other person had the same idea as themselves, so they dropped the bundles of firewood and chased the strange bird in the direction it flew away.

Chasing, chasing, the two suddenly discovered that the strange bird began to dive rapidly downwards, and the direction of its dive was the location of their camp.

Maybe Ace would have no problem dealing with strange birds under normal circumstances, but now that he was exhausted and still relaxing, it was not impossible for him to be caught off guard.

Realizing that Ace was in danger, the two men immediately quickened their pace, but human legs were still no match for the birds in the sky. Before they even saw the beach, they heard the screams of the strange birds and Ace's screams.

When Kos, who drew the knife and rushed to the beach, he received good news and bad news.

The good news is that Ace is fine, except for a few scratches on his body from sharp claws;

The bad news is that the strange bird is dead. It cannot be dead anymore. The feathers of the bird pinned under Ace are messy, its neck is twisted into a knot, its tongue slips out of the wide beak, and it collapses on the beach. .

"Ace, you didn't..."

Deus also rushed out of the dense forest. After seeing the scene on the beach, he felt relieved, but then he held his head and became worried.

"Why did you kill it?"

"Eh? Can't you kill me?"

Ace asked slightly cutely.

"Not at all. Killing it is a normal response. It's just that Deus and I were thinking about using this guy to get out of here. We didn't expect you to kill it so quickly."

From the time he heard the screams to the time he arrived at the beach, it only took about ten seconds at most. Cos didn't expect Ace to kill the strange bird so quickly. He realized that the gap between levels might become more terrifying the further he went.

"That's right, it can fly!"

Ace understood what Deus and Kos were thinking. He immediately jumped off the strange bird, hugged the head of the bird that had rolled its eyes and shook it.

"Stand up quickly! Don't sleep anymore."

Of course, Ace is not a Pokémon trainer, and the strange bird is not his elf, so his call cannot bring the strange bird back to life.

So the three of them tearfully disembowelled the strange bird to prepare a meal for themselves.

When dealing with the strange bird's stomach bag, Kos slashed it with a knife, and a bunch of miscellaneous things slipped out of it.

Including but not limited to incompletely digested flesh and bones; stones used to grind food to aid digestion; a small pile of sparkling gems and gold coins, and a small wooden box with iron edges.

"This guy is really not picky about food."

While sighing at the abundance of "drops" from the strange birds, Kos endured the sour smell and opened the box with a knife. Then when he saw the contents of the box, he was stunned, and then he couldn't help but say:

"Good boy! Today's explosion rate is really high!"