And just like that, Hamr happily reached a deal with God Gan Fall.
Oh no, more accurately, he reached a deal with the people of Skypiea.
"Oh right, Gan Fall, did those bastards from Roger's crew go to the Golden City?"
"They did."
Speaking of Roger's group, Gan Fall actually had a very good impression of them.
Just from looking at the old god's expression, Hamr imdiately knew he had been conquered by Roger's overwhelming charisma.
He couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
"They went to the Golden City and saw the Golden Bell as well."
"And apparently soone among them could read the writing on that stone tablet."
"In the end, they left very satisfied. Chief Joshua and I personally watched them depart."
"Oh right, when they learned the person who rang the Golden Bell was you, Roger laughed for a very long ti."
"I think he thinks very highly of you, Vice Admiral Hamr. Why would a pirate evaluate you so highly?"
"Evaluate ?"
Seeing Hamr's confused expression, Gan Fall recounted what happened that day.
....
Back several days earlier, when the Roger Pirates arrived at the Golden Bell.
"Oh? So the bell we heard really ca from this Golden Bell?"
"Yes. Vice Admiral Hamr was the one who rang it."
"Hahahaha! I knew it was him!"
"Rayleigh, what did I tell you? It had to be that brat!"
After hearing Gan Fall and Joshua explain how Hamr rang the bell, Roger laughed extrely happily.
Silvers Rayleigh and the others looked rather awkward.
On the way there, everyone had made guesses about who rang the Golden Bell.
Aside from Roger, who insisted it was Hamr, everyone else believed it had to be soone else.
The Dark King Rayleigh himself admitted Hamr had strength and courage, but a blacksmith managing to explore this far?
It still felt unreal to him.
"Yes! Thanks to Vice Admiral Hamr, the fla of our Shandian people has finally been reignited!"
"He is the benefactor of our entire tribe!"
Joshua excitedly recounted Hamr's great achievents with a face full of gratitude.
"Hahaha! That brat really is interesting!"
"Rayleigh, perhaps the future of the Marines will advance because of him."
Roger held Hamr in extrely high regard.
But unlike Rayleigh's objective analysis, Roger's evaluation ca entirely from instinct.
"Captain Roger, please stop ntioning him!"
"Every ti you do, I rember getting struck by lightning. If possible, I never want to et him again in my life."
The speaker was none other than little Buggy.
Every ti Hamr was ntioned, Buggy would involuntarily rember the lightning descending from the heavens.
"Hahaha! Buggy, we really are connected to him."
"We've both been struck by lightning because of him."
"Maybe in the future, sothing even more interesting will happen between you and him."
"You better be careful, Buggy."
"That Hamr fellow is a complete and utter bastard."
Roger pulled the young Buggy over and whispered words terrifying enough to make him tremble all over.
"Alright, Roger, stop scaring him."
"We're almost there anyway."
In the end, Rayleigh rescued Buggy from Roger's tornt.
Once the group arrived at the Golden City of Shandora, Roger imdiately looked upward.
"The Golden Bell should be up there."
"My instincts are telling so."
His words shocked Gan Fall and Joshua.
Neither expected this pirate captain to possess such terrifying intuition.
"Yes, it really is up there, but you-"
"Hahahaha! Everyone, let's go take a look!"
Before Gan Fall could finish speaking, Roger burst into laughter and sprinted toward the giant vine.
The Roger Pirates had long since beco accustod to Roger's behavior and quickly followed behind him.
Gan Fall and Joshua exchanged glances.
Suddenly, they both felt this man seed... kind of airheaded.
'This guy could scare away soone as monstrously powerful as Vice Admiral Hamr?'
...
Everyone arrived before the Golden Bell
"Whoa! It's pure gold!"
"Captain Roger! Let's steal it! It's worth a fortune!"
Little Buggy instantly got excited upon seeing the massive golden bell.
anwhile, Oden and Roger rushed straight toward the stone engraved with text.
Everyone else simply admired the magnificent scenery around them.
After the text had been fully deciphered and Roger learned its contents, the group prepared to leave.
After listening to Gan Fall finish the entire story, Hamr nodded.
'The final year had finally begun.'
'Roger, the day you reach the Pirate King's throne is almost here.'
"Tch. The Great Pirate Era..."
Thinking about the Great Pirate Era Roger would eventually create, Hamr felt increasingly irritated.
Once that happened, pirates would flood every corner of the seas.
How was he supposed to peacefully slack off then?
No.
He needed to get promoted as quickly as possible.
As long as he beca head of logistics, he could comfortably sit back and relax for life.
But... how exactly was he supposed to earn promotions?
Thinking about that made Hamr depressed.
Surely he couldn't just lead troops into the New World and start fighting people?
Just imagining those monsters in the New World made him shiver.
So what was the best way to rapidly accumulate military achievents?
'Wait, that's it.'
'The Seven Warlords!'
Hamr's eyes instantly lit up.
The Seven Warlords system was the perfect opportunity.
Right now only Crocodile occupied one position.
There were still six remaining slots to manipulate.
'If I could secure a few more candidates, wouldn't his military rit skyrocket?'
'Perfect.'
'That's the plan!'
The mont that thought appeared, Hamr instantly found a new goal.
"Gan Fall, I'll be returning to the Blue Sea in a few days."
"After all, I'm still a Marine. Being absent from duty for too long isn't exactly appropriate."
If anyone else heard that, they'd probably spit directly in his face.
"So before I leave, prepare 500 of every type of Dial for ."
"And 500 cubic ters of Iron Cloud too."
"That's possible, but it'll take ti to prepare."
"Will three days be enough?"
"Yes."
"Perfect."
"Then I'll leave the rest to you."
"I'm finally going to relax around Angel Island for a bit."
"Damn Roger. Next ti I see him, I'm definitely smashing him with a hamr."
"That idiot keeps throwing out Divine Departure every chance he gets. So annoying."
Ever since arriving at Angel Island, Hamr had spent all his ti forging.
He hadn't properly enjoyed life at all.
So he intended to spend the next three days relaxing.
Of course, even if he wanted to relax, certain people weren't going to let him.
For example, Lance and Gion.
The mont they saw Hamr finish talking with Gan Fall, both imdiately latched onto him.
"Hey Hamr, hurry up and continue my training!"
"I feel like I'm about to break through ten million volts!"
"And too! I want training as well!"
Hamr: "???"
"No, if you want training, just train yourselves!"
"Why does a dignified Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral need to personally accompany you two?!"
Lance and Gion exchanged glances.
Then spoke in perfect sync: "Because you're Hamr."
Hamr completely fell silent.
If he wasn't Hamr, what was he supposed to be? Hamrpost?
What kind of logic even was this?
What sins had he committed to deserve this?!
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