Allen in the New World, an island famous for its honey.
Deep within the dense forest stood countless giant trees, from which hung innumerable massive beehives.
Diligent bees were working hard, when suddenly, the bushes nearby rustled and a head popped out.
“Haha, looks like I’ll be returning with a full haul again today!” A sturdy teenager, one meter eighty-five tall with tousled black hair, said with excitement.
The boy walked toward a nearby giant tree and charged at the hives.
He drew the short sword at his waist and slashed at two adjacent beehives.
With a ‘crack’, the two hives split down the middle, revealing the golden-brown honeycomb inside.
The boy skillfully extracted the honeycomb, placed it into a prepared bucket, lifted the wooden bucket, and rushed toward another hive.
At this moment, the bewildered bees discovered their home had been raided and attacked the boy in anger.
“Sigh, it’s been so many years, and you still can’t sting me.
Wouldn’t it be better to use that time to rebuild your home?” The boy thought helplessly to himself while his body didn’t stop moving.
He weaved nimbly through the giant trees.
No matter how hard the bees tried, they couldn’t hit him.
Even when they charged from behind, the boy seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, dodging the bees’ attacks with a slight sway.
In this way, the boy repeated his actions, and in just over ten minutes, he had filled the large bucket to the brim with honeycomb.
“Goodbye, little bees.
I won’t come looking for you again this month.
I’m going to go raid the hive on the south side of the forest first; you guys go ahead and focus on construction.” As he spoke, the boy disappeared into the bushes, leaving only the furious bees buzzing in frustrated rage where they were.
When he arrived at the harbor market, the crowd scattered as they saw the boy carrying a wooden bucket filled with honeycomb that was as big as a person.
“Isn’t that Allen?
Returning with a full haul again today?
How many poor bees are homeless now?” someone who knew him asked.
“Oh, Uncle Natsu, of course I’d return with a full haul.
You know those bees; they can rebuild their homes within three days.
It’s no big deal.
I’ll just go ‘patronize’ them again next month.” The boy replied with a relaxed expression.
“Hahaha, they sure are unlucky.
Are you taking the honey to Old Man Green’s place?” “That’s right.
See you later, Uncle.” The boy carried the bucket to Green’s Candy Shop at the end of the street and placed it on the ground with a heavy thud, indicating its significant weight.
“Grandpa Green, come out and receive the goods.
I’ve brought another bucket of honeycomb.” An old man approaching seventy years of age walked out of the candy shop.
“Ah, it’s Allen.
My legs aren’t what they used to be, so I’m grateful for your help in gathering this honey.
Here, take your money.” As he spoke, he took out a stack of Berries and handed them to Allen.
Allen took the money, pulled out two bills, and returned the rest to Old Man Green.
“The usual rule, 20,000 is enough.
I’m off; I still have to get busy with lunch today.” Allen shoved the money at Old Man Green and turned to leave, afraid that Old Man Green would try to give it back.
“You little rascal, you’re always like this.
Remember to be careful when hunting!!” “Got it.” Allen brushed off Old Man Green as he walked away.
People get more long-winded as they get older, but who could blame him when he meant well?
Looking at the 20,000 Berries in his hand, Allen smiled, thinking that he wouldn’t have to worry about the wear and tear on his sword for the next few days.
Then, he fell into deep thought.
“Already 17 years old!!” That’s right, Allen had transmigrated into this world where strength reigned supreme, the very world of the Pirate King, known in his past life as one of the ‘Big Three’ popular anime.
However, it seemed he had transmigrated too early.
He had originally thought about trying to get a spot on the Straw Hat Pirates.
But when he was 10, he happened to hear the town residents talking about the Rocks Pirates, and the current timeline was only the year 1483 of the Marine Era.
Luffy set sail in 1520, which meant there were still nearly 40 years until the start of the plot.
His knowledge of the anime was basically useless; all the plot points were unknown.
What was even more terrifying was that he was in the New World.
Anyone who had watched the Pirate King knew that this world had a strange way of glamorizing pirates.
Although pirate crews like Roger, Shanks, and Luffy, who were more akin to adventurers, did exist, the vast majority of pirates were known for bullying the weak and robbing civilians.
The New World was a place ruled by pirates.
Although the Four Emperors had not yet emerged, the Marine still had influence in the New World.
Allen was a small island not far from the Marine G-5 Branch.
The island had a population of only about 2,000, and because it was rich in honey, most people made a living from honey-related work, or at most, fishing.
But in the New World, let alone near a Marine base, even living inside the G-5 Branch wasn’t safe.
One had to know that the current Rocks Pirates were famous for actively attacking the Marine.
In his previous life, Li Allen’s parents had divorced, and during his rebellious phase, he didn’t study well and entered society early.
He lived in a daze until he was 30, working like a beast of burden.
After a night of heavy drinking with some fair-weather friends, he transmigrated into this world.
As it happened, the owner of this body was also named Allen, Allen.
He was an orphan whose only relative, his grandfather, had just passed away, leaving behind only a small house near the forest.
When he first transmigrated into the body of a 10-year-old child, Allen was devastated.
In his previous life, he didn’t even dare to kill a chicken, but in this world, people were sometimes worth less than chickens.
But there was no time to think about that anymore.
A 10-year-old child’s first priority was how to feed himself.
Thanks to the kind people in town, he survived by doing odd jobs here and there.
Later, he followed Old Man Green into the forest to gather honey.
Gradually, as Old Man Green got older and found it inconvenient to enter the forest, the job of gathering honey was left to Allen alone.
With food and shelter resolved, Allen began to consider the issue of strength.
In this world, whether you wanted to join a faction or establish your own pirate crew, strength was indispensable.
He recalled the power system of the Pirate King: Three-Color Haki, Devil Fruit, swordsmanship, and martial arts.
Mastering any one of these could make a person powerful.
By the age of 13, Allen had already awakened Observation Haki.
Don’t ask how he awakened it; the bumps all over his head from being stung by bees over the previous few years would tell you.
After all, the protective suit Old Man Green used for gathering honey was too big for Allen, so he was often stung until he was in excruciating pain.
But the strange thing about this world was that no matter how badly injured you were, as long as you kept eating well, you’d be up and running again within two days.
Since the protective suit was useless, Allen simply stopped wearing it.
His agility improved as he dodged the bees’ attacks, and he slowly awakened Observation Haki during these dodges.
From then on, Allen was no longer afraid of the bees.
Although he had awakened Observation Haki, Allen had no clue about Armament Haki.
He guessed it was because his physical strength wasn’t sufficient; after all, he was only 13 at the time.
Then, Allen thought about learning martial arts and swordsmanship, because Devil Fruits were truly rare and hard to come by.
Martial arts were easier to deal with; by following Saitama’s training method, his physical constitution was steadily improving.
However, he had never touched a sword in his past life, so he was completely in the dark regarding swordsmanship.
He thought about Zoro’s training method and decided to just start practicing swinging the sword.
Anyway, as long as he improved his Haki in the future, weren’t the techniques of the strong just basic attacks with flashy names?