Time Travel: Age of Discovery

"Captain!"

The pirates cried out in unison as their leader crashed into a pile of wooden boxes, sending wood chips flying and creating a mess.

The pirates who were originally fighting with Tina gathered together instantly, ran towards where their leader fell, and formed a circle.

Teya twisted his chin lightly. He thought that Smoker's shaving skills were quite proficient. It was not easy for him to be able to launch an effective attack after performing the shaving technique.

Smoker's expression was serious at the moment, and he was not complacent about his success.

Although the attack just now did hit the opponent, he felt that it was not effective, because he clearly felt that he did not hit the mandible, but something as hard as iron.

The opponent is by no means so easy to deal with. Smoker had previously heard that the opponent's bounty is more than 200 million berries.

"Get out of here!"

With an angry shout, a man suddenly jumped out from the pile of debris. It was the captain of the ship who had just been knocked away.

The pirates made way for them, and the captain came over angrily, holding a long sword.

He was indeed careless just now and did not expect that Smoker would have such a method.

The captain brandished his sword twice and said to Smoker, "You have some skills. It seems I underestimated you, but let's stop here."

Smoker said nothing and rushed towards the other side, and the pirates did not stop him.

Teya noticed something strange and frowned, ready to rescue at any time.

However, Smoker dodged the attack again and punched the opponent in the cheek, but Smoker showed a look of pain and quickly turned over and jumped back.

"Hahaha, you didn't expect that, did you? I ate the Iron Fruit and am a man of steel. Let's see which is harder, your fist or steel."

Oh no, he is a devil fruit user.

Smoker looked at his slightly purple fist and stared at the opponent with cold eyes. He had indeed fallen into the opponent's trap, but the outcome was still undecided.

He gently moved his right hand and felt no broken bones, just a little pain, but he could still continue fighting.

Thea originally planned to take action to deal with this group of pirates, but when he saw Smoker stand up and decide to continue fighting, he decided to observe for a while.

At this time, Tina had come behind Smoker and looked at him with concern.

Smoker seemed to understand something, gave Tina a thumbs up, and smiled to indicate that he was fine.

It seems that the two will fight side by side.

Teya understood that this was not the time for him to take action, this was their battlefield.

However, how will they respond when faced with a Devil Fruit user?

......

Four months ago.

The open space behind the Naval Headquarters.

Smoker undergoes his daily endurance training.

When all his muscles and bones were stretched to the limit, Smoker finally couldn't hold on and fell to the ground.

His strength gradually returned, and the feeling of comfort made him feel refreshed.

After a short rest, Smoker picked up a towel to wipe his sweat and walked towards a big tree beside him.

In recent days, Teya and Zefa have not been here, so their training depends entirely on their own initiative.

At this moment, Smoker saw Tina lying on a lounge chair under the shade of a tree reading a book, and suddenly felt a little annoyed. How could she waste such precious time?

He couldn't help but complain: "Are you here for training or for vacation?"

Unexpectedly, Tina seemed not to hear it, and did not even raise her eyelids, still concentrating on the book in her hands.

Smoker was helpless, but became interested in the book next to Tina. He reached out to take it, but Tina took it first and seemed not to intend to show it to him.

“It won’t hurt to look at it.”

“Stay away from me.”

Tina glared at Smoker and thought that this guy was so ignorant. It was so rude of him to touch her book with his dirty hands right after training.

Rees Mogg was usually serious, but at this moment he had no idea what Tina was thinking and started arguing with her like a blockhead.

Only after she washed her hands did Tina agree to show him the book, which was the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia.

Flipping through the various devil fruits, Smoker admitted that he felt a desire for every one he saw.

This is a real source of power. The only price is the inability to swim. There are no other side effects. To be honest, I believe many people will be tempted.

Tina glanced at Smoker, not expecting him to be interested.

Tina originally thought that Smoker would be like Thea, not eating devil fruits and relying only on himself. Now it seems that she misunderstood.

"Hey, which devil fruit do you like?"

"Huh?" Smoker realized that Tina was talking to him and scratched his head. "No like or dislike, I just want power."

"Oh. I like that Shackle Fruit. I want to put all the bad guys in jail."

Smoker looked back at Tina in disbelief, then opened the encyclopedia and found the Chain Fruit.

Chain Fruit - has the ability to create fences.

At that time, Smoker's first thought was, is that all?

Smoker was speechless, wondering what this little girl was thinking about every day.

Smoker does not have a particular preference for devil fruits. To him, devil fruits are something that can only be obtained by chance.

Before he encountered the Devil Fruit, he could only rely on his own strength.

However, Smoker was determined to obtain a devil fruit because he believed that strength was the foundation of his survival.

......

Faced with the devil fruit user, Smoker and Tina did not retreat, but gradually forced the other party back.

Smoker didn't flinch, throwing punch after punch at his opponent, even though his fists were bleeding.

In contrast, the surrounding minions seemed to be frightened by Smoker's momentum and did not dare to move forward.

There were only a few pirates and the captain of the ship besieging them. They should be all the bounty seekers, but only the captain was a Devil Fruit user.

Just as Smoker was waving his bloody fist and about to rush towards the other party again, a man suddenly appeared in front of him and gently held his arm.

“You guys are doing great. I see your determination.”

Teya said to them with a smile, then turned to the other pirates, as if talking to them, or as if talking to himself.

"Strength has many uses. Even steel can be crushed by flesh and blood if you persevere."

The captain thought that Teya was joking. "Huh? Are you kidding me? I am..."

The next second, the captain of the ship, whose whole body was covered with iron, was knocked to the ground by a punch from Teya. The ability of the fruit seemed to have no effect in front of Teya. With just one punch, the hard iron disintegrated like mud.