There was a lake nearby, and in this lake, it was possible to see its reflection.

He had seen his reflection before in seawater, however, it was different from seeing it now in a lake where the reflection was clearer.

In the reflection, it was visible to see his hair with a mixture of blond and light brown, neither too short nor too long, messy to the right side, grayish blue eyes, and incredibly he notices clearly now that his face has become more symmetrical.

In particular, he knew that he had a nice chin, and many people praised him for it, his face was above average before, however, now he looked even more handsome, somewhat resembling Earth actor Henry Cavill.

Because it had been a few days since he had shaved, he had a light beard, however, it did not detract from his good looks one bit, in fact, it even seems to suit him well.

'So fish might not be the only reason for the looks I got and the information I got before it was mostly answered by women...'

Although he was impressed with his current good looks, possibly improved thanks to the devil fruit and body technique, Robert wasn't going all narcissistic and adoring himself by looking at himself in the reflection of the lake.

It was true when he told Sabo and Ace that he wanted to train. Now that he was in a more discreet location, he would enjoy it.

Discarding all useless thoughts, Robert went to a more open area, but even so, there were some trees close around, after all, there were many of them in this area.

Robert knew that he needed wood anyway to upgrade the Super Pirate Ship, although he didn't know whether the quality of these trees would be satisfying enough, it was worth cutting and testing while he trains with the sword and pistol.

By the way, his pistol was already reloaded, it was strange, but he could see golden threads coming from the air toward the pistol.

'Is that sunlight?'

Although he had his doubts, he needed to look further to be sure of that.

Robert held his sword. The emerald green blade was dazzling and when he made some cutting gestures towards a tree, close to the root.

*Whoosh!*

The slashing sound echoed and reverberated once.

'That...'

He already imagined that it was a good sword, but the clean cut he made, without even feeling resistance from the tree trunk, as if he was cutting through the wind, surprised him a lot.

Placing the sword before his eyes, he looked and that's also when the loud *Thud!* of the tree falling and rolling a little while being cut resounds.

The tree wasn't particularly big or thick, it was about 170 cm thick and about 10 meters high at most.

Although he is not a connoisseur of wood, after observing the trunk of the tree he cut, Robert judged it to be of good quality, at least it would be useful in making a boat, now, he didn't know if it would be useful in making a ship, since he doesn't even have a clue how to make one, which wood to choose, etc.

[10% of this tree's wood is high quality]

An answer he hadn't expected to appear.

"10%, Hein..."

Looking around, he saw many trees. It didn't seem to have any owners, and even though it's a bit cruel to cut down so many trees, he needed it if he wanted to upgrade the Super Pirate Ship.

Anyway, he muttered, "System, is it possible for you to take that 10% now, or do I have to take it to the ship?"

"From that belongs to you, can be captured now, turning it into something easier to carry]

A simple and practical answer, Robert likes that. He said, "So do it?"

[Touch one of your hands on the cut tree trunk, and concentrate!]

Robert did as the system said, placing his hand on the trunk of the tree, he let his mind settle down.

In the next instant, he saw golden energy particles floating in the air, clearly coming from the sky and enveloping the entire cut tree.

A golden light like sunlight shone.

[Successful extraction! 112.5 kilos of high-quality wood were extracted]

The instant the golden light disappeared, what was left was precisely a cubic square in his left hand the size of a football.

Although it is 'small', it weighed more than 100 kilograms, or more precisely 112.5 kilograms.

It was possible to notice that the color of this wood was indeed special, a little more vivid, even for a layman like him, it was easy to say that the quality was very good. In particular, the golden sheen on the wood made him think it was a high-quality product.

"If you mean it was successful, does that mean it has a chance of failing too?" Robert didn't miss that point.

[Reporting to host; yes and no, the fault would be the percentage decrease, that is, even if 10% were of high quality when transforming into a cube of high-quality wood, it may happen to succeed in extracting 1% to 10% of the wood from high quality. The percentage increases as the host get stronger]

"So how many percent was I able to extract now?" Robert asked.

[8,7%]

"Mm, not bad…" Robert muttered.

Leaving the cubical wood on the ground, Robert prepares to touch another tree.

Gradually, he received the desired information from the system, and he cut the trees that had 10% or more of high-quality wood.

Until the end of the afternoon when it started to get dark, he was cutting down trees and turning them into high-quality cubic woods, and sometimes he used devil fruit.

By adding up all that he cut from wood and extracting the high-quality part, Robert got what was needed to upgrade the Super Pirate Ship to Level 1.

It would be too heavy for him to carry, however, using the power of the Devil Fruit, he managed to carry everything, one cubic block of wood on top of another, taking the weight off the wood.

With the improved control of the Devil Fruit, he could at least do that.

Though not perfect, he created a pair of golden wings, unfortunately, his hands turned into wings, not something like wings coming out of his back, but that was good enough.

But, in order to carry the wood, he had to tie it and hang it around his neck.

Because he was using the power to reduce the weight of the woods at a considerable distance, the effect was not very good, but enough for him to be able to fly toward his ship.

Minutes later...

When he arrived on the ship, Robert left the top-quality wood near the bow of the ship.

Reaching down, he undid the wing transformation of his arms.

Robert looked at his hands, it was still unbelievable that a second ago they were wings on fire...

Turning his attention to the high-quality cube-shaped wood, Robert muttered, "System, can you upgrade now?"

[Reporting to host, is it possible to do this now?]

"Yes," Robert nodded.

[Update in progress, please wait a few seconds while the update is being performed!]

Robert was silent as he noticed that the woods from before began to fade, the entire ship, even his clothes, pistol, and sword begin to be bathed in golden light.

It was all so bright that Robert was forced to close his eyes or else he would go blind...

Robert only dared open his eyes when he heard the voice of the system resonate in his mind again.

[Update of Super Pirate Ship successful!]

Soon some additional information popped into his mind:

[Super Pirate Ship has been upgraded to Super Pirate Ship Tier 1]

[1 Cannon on Board has been added!]

[Pirate Costume Upgraded to Level 1!]

[Upgraded Pirate Sword to Level 1!]

[Pirate Pistol Upgraded to Level 1!]

[A new gift box is available in the storage space]

Robert looks with pleasant surprise at the pirate ship.

If before it was pleasing to the eyes, now it's even better.

Weighing approximately 50 tonnes, the ship was now 15 meters long and 4.5 meters wide, a cannon was now positioned near the bow, and it has a 14-meter-long mast at its center.

The sail on the mast was white, without any pirate designs. Although this ship is described as Super Pirate Ship, right now it just looks like a luxury ship.

As for making a pirate design on the sail? He didn't have that thought in his mind right now.

Robert realizes that he could create images on the ship's sail as he wished; just as he could modify the sword and pistol, but he wouldn't.

It wasn't like he would benefit from doing that, nor does he have the goal of living being hounded by the navy.

When will he go? Well, he didn't even think about it, until now he only thought about how to get stronger with the intention of increasing his chance of survival.

As much as he wanted to be strong as he grew more robust, the desire grew, he still couldn't decide which path to take, be it a pirate, or something else, he could leave it to think later.

"System, it's okay for me to do that, right?" Robert asked.

[No, but upgrading to the next level of Super Pirate Ship is more inclined to make use as a pirate]

The system responded and showed what it would take to upgrade to level 2:

[High-Quality Wood: 100 tons – (0/100,000)]

[High-Quality Iron: 5 Tons – (0/5,000)]

[Kairouseki (Sea Stone): 10 tons – (0/10,000)]

[Gold: Get the equivalent of 10 tons of gold (0/10,000)]

Robert was thoughtful to see this.

While it's correct that it might be easier to meet the requirements given to upgrade to level 2, it doesn't necessarily have to be done by being a pirate.

"By the way, is it 100% pure gold, or will any gold do?" Robert asked.

That wasn't very explicit.

[20 karats: 83.3% purity]

'Mm...' It wasn't a difficult demand to fulfill.

If it was 100% pure, he would need to get a lot of treasures to reach the necessary requirement to advance to level 2, but still, that's 10 tons of 20-karat gold, it won't be easy to get.

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