【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Here it comes." Lucci looked at the fist attacking him and barely bent down to avoid it. Suddenly, the pirate kicked him in the waist with his right leg. He had no time to dodge and could only barely catch it. He was kicked hard to the ground by the pirate.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Lucci spat out a mouthful of blood and struggled to get up. The pirate grabbed his collar and lifted him up.

"Go to hell!" the pirate yelled loudly, picked up Lucci and tried to smash him to the ground, but suddenly his arm loosened uncontrollably. The pirate was panicked. He didn't see that his arm was being pulled by various strange shadows on the ground.

As Lucci landed on the ground, he quickly pulled out the dagger from his waist and stabbed it into the pirate's chest. The pirate widened his eyes, stared at the knife on his chest in disbelief, and slowly fell down.

"Cough cough cough!!!"

All the wounds accumulated before came back. He covered his chest and suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood. Sure enough, the wound from the captain's attack was too severe. It seemed that several ribs in his chest were broken.

Lucci looked at the pirate, who had fallen down and seemed to be dead. Lucci looked around and no one had noticed that a fight had taken place in the alley. He had to leave here as soon as possible, otherwise he would be in trouble if he was discovered by the navy.

Lucci barely propped up his injured body and staggered towards the other side of the alley. Heavy shadows appeared in front of his eyes. After he completely left there, he finally couldn't hold on. His eyes went dark. Just as he fell down, suddenly an arm stopped his falling body. Lucci barely opened his eyes and murmured weakly, "Rayleigh..."

"Shaqi, I'm back." Rayleigh shouted loudly while holding the injured Lucci.

"Master Lei, why are you here so early today?" Xia Qi opened the door and said with a smile.

"Prepare the bed, Lucci is injured," Rayleigh said anxiously.

"What happened? How did you get injured so badly?!" Xia Qi asked Lucci, who was wrapped in bandages all over his body.

"This little guy defeated the pirate group that specializes in kidnapping children alone." Rayleigh smiled and took a sip of wine.

"The most difficult one should be the vice-captain of that pirate group. I heard that he is a cadre who escaped from Doflamingo." Shaqi recalled the relevant information about this pirate group.

"When I got there, that guy was already dead, and the other pirates were lying on the ground." Rayleigh drank the wine in his glass and said with a smile, "He is growing very fast. I think I can advance my training plan. After he recovers from his injuries, I will formally train him."

Xia Qi smiled as he looked at Lu Qi lying on the bed, “He should be very excited, he’s been waiting for so long.

……

"Rayleigh, what are we going to train today?" Lucci looked at Rayleigh curiously. They were on a deserted island with a large vibrant forest. This was the first time that Rayleigh took him to another place for training.

"Ah, this is the island I found for you to train on. You'll have to survive on this island for a long time in the future," Rayleigh said with a smile, stroking his beard. "If you want to become a pirate or survive in this world where the strong prey on the weak, you must have the skills to survive in a cruel and harsh environment."

Rayleigh looked at the dense forest ahead and said with a smile, "This is a place of natural danger under the cruel nature! There are a huge number of beasts...too many to count. There are probably 1000 creatures that you cannot defeat with your current strength...If you don't work hard to become stronger, you will die."

"How do you know their existence and exact number?" Lucci asked puzzledly.

"This is what I am about to teach you, the power called domineering." Rayleigh said seriously.

"Ho ho ho ho!!"

"Something is coming out, Rayleigh!!" Lucci pointed at the creature in shock.

"Listen carefully, Lucci... the so-called 'Haki' is a potential power that all humans have... It is no different from the common feelings of 'sound', 'momentum', and 'intimidation'." Rayleigh stood in front of the huge creature and continued to speak to Lucci calmly, "But most people don't realize this power, or even if they want to use it, they can't do it in their entire lives... Firm belief is strength! Lucci, watch carefully... Haki can be divided into two categories."

"What a huge tiger!!" Lucci said in shock as he looked at the creature that was now fully exposed behind Rayleigh.

"Roar!!!"

"Danger!!!" Lucci shouted to Rayleigh hurriedly.

"It's okay... The tiger tried to attack my head from the right side with its front paws..." Rayleigh closed his eyes with a smile on his face, bent down and calmly dodged the tiger's attack, and then continued, "The power to strongly sense the opponent's 'sound' is called 'Observation Haki'. Once you gain this power, you can read the position and number of enemies outside your sight... and the actions that the opponent will take in the next moment."

"Ah! This is what the pirate used a few days ago. He can know my next move!" Lucci said in surprise.

"That pirate escaped from the New World, so it's normal for him to have Haki. Pirates who want to gain a foothold in the New World must master Haki." Rayleigh smiled and added, "Observation Haki also appears in other places, but there are different names for it. In the Sky Sanctuary of Sky Island, it's called 'Heart Net'."

"Hoohoo!!"

"Wow!" Lucci shouted in surprise as he looked at the tiger attacking Rayleigh.

"Next is the domineering power of 'armament color' - you can imagine this as wearing a black armor..." Rayleigh looked at the attacking beast and slapped the tiger with his palm.

"Puaoao!" Lucci looked at the huge tiger in surprise, and was hit hard by Rayleigh's light palm and flew away.

"Relatively hard armor will naturally be transformed into offensive power. This power is also used for Devil Fruit users. There are various Devil Fruit users. If you need to deal with them, unless you can find their weaknesses, this 'armament color' domineering is said to be the only means in the world that can fight against them!! Even the flowing body of the natural ability user who makes people feel almost invincible can be used to attack his 'entity'."

Rayleigh pulled out the knife from his waist, held it tightly and showed it to Lucci. "This power can also be attached to weapons. When this power is attached to weapons, it can make the blade harder and sharper."

Lucci found that the blade slowly turned into a black sharp blade.

"Both 'Observation Haki' and 'Armament Haki' are Haki, but only a few people in the world can control this kind of Haki..." Rayleigh said as he looked at the angry tiger rushing towards him. Then Rayleigh's eyes condensed, and he exuded a terrifying aura and pressed towards the tiger. In an instant, the tiger's eyes rolled back and he fell to the ground.

"This is the power to intimidate the opponent... the domineering power of 'Heroic Haki'!!" Rayleigh turned to look at Lucci and added, "Most of the great heroes of the generation who are feared by all have this power hidden, but this 'Heroic Haki' can only be controlled, but cannot be strengthened through training."

"This power is the spirit of the user! It can only be strengthened as the user grows. If this power is not controlled, it will hurt innocent people around." Rayleigh turned around and found that Lucci had been staring at the fallen tiger, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"What a powerful fighter, Rayleigh, who managed to defeat such a huge monster without even lifting a finger!!" Lucci said in shock as he looked at the fallen tiger.

"Hahahaha...are you a little in awe of the master?" Rayleigh laughed, and then added, "But practicing this is by no means easy."

"Yes!" Lucci nodded firmly, "I want to become stronger. Only by becoming stronger can I protect the people I love."

Rayleigh smiled, and then said, "I will teach you the basics of observation Haki, armament Haki, and swordsmanship, but this depends on your aptitude." Rayleigh added, "Since you haven't yet shown the aptitude for Conqueror's Haki, I can only teach you the theoretical knowledge about Conqueror's Haki."

Rayleigh held a wine glass while looking at Lucci who was eating meat across from him and said, "Most people will prefer their best Haki because of their own strengths... You need to recognize this during the training process... and then improve your best Haki. If each type can be strengthened, you will be able to achieve more."

"Yeah, got it." Lucci responded while biting the meat on his hand.

"When it comes to training, I won't show mercy, Lucci..." Rayleigh said with a smile.

"Well! I'd love to have you help me, Master Rayleigh," Lucci nodded solemnly.

Rayleigh looked at the seriousness on the 12-year-old's tender face and laughed, "Why do you have such a tense face, kid?" Then he smiled and ruffled his apprentice's hair, "Have a good sleep, we'll start training tomorrow!"