"Ooh? A sword with the power of ice?"
"That's cool, but I am an ice man myself!"
"Go! My Ice Spear!"
Kuzan was actually pleased rather than frightened when he saw the icy gleam of the Frostbane Sword. With a sudden motion, he crossed his arms and unleashed his attack.
Countless ice spears shot toward Hamr.
"Heh!"
Hamr grinned, swinging the Frostbane in his hand.
He might not have formal sword training, but he did have a rather wild and brutal sword style from his past life.
Its na: Blind Hack-and-Slash!
Relying on the sheer durability of Frostbane, Hamr slashed through the barrage of spears with brute force, smashing them all into shards and dispersing them into nothing.
"I'm not done yet!"
"Ice balls! Ice Bow!"
Kuzan ford an icy bow in front of his chest, launching a volley of freezing arrows.
This series of flashy attacks left both Hamr and Zephyr silent.
"Kuzan... don't you think your attacks are kind of..."
Hamr couldn't hold it in anymore as he slashed down more ice.
"Kind of what? Aweso, right?"
"Hahahahaha! I knew it! My attacks are powerful and elegant!"
Zephyr: "…"
Hamr: "…"
"They're kind of... pointless."
Zephyr finally couldn't stand it and yelled from the sidelines, stunning Kuzan into silence.
"Pointless?! No way!"
"Yes, pointless! You idiot! Hamr, teach him a lesson!"
Hamr nodded. He was thinking the sa thing.
'What a waste of a perfectly good Devil Fruit... this was just embarrassing.'
"Kuzan, rember this, attacks aren't so dance performance. No one cares how pretty they look; they care how much damage they do!"
"Razor Dash! Chain Slash!"
With an explosive burst under his feet, Hamr charged forward at high speed, shattering all the ice in his path.
Then he slashed multiple tis across Kuzan's body.
A second later, Kuzan shattered into pieces of ice.
"Attack is all about speed, precision, and power. The goal is to take your opponent down, not to look pretty doing it."
"Slash!"
As he lectured, Hamr slashed again, breaking the reassembling Kuzan back into chunks of ice.
Zephyr looked on, clearly satisfied.
"Hmph! Don't underestimate !"
"Even if I'm turned into an elent, I can still strike back!"
"Ice Ti Capsule!"
Countless shards of ice turned into icy drills, shooting at Hamr.
"Now that move's not bad… but still not enough!"
"Ice Coffin!"
Matching him with his own ice powers, Hamr swung Frostbane, conjuring four ice walls around himself and shielding from the drills. The projectiles shattered completely upon impact.
"You're strong, Hamr!"
"Let's go again! Ice Soul Bow!"
Back in human form, Kuzan tried again, launching another attack, while Hamr just stared at him, deadpan.
"This is getting boring."
"Let tell you sothing. I, Hamr, am a blacksmith. I'm all about hamrs, not swords!"
Kuzan looked confused… until he saw what Hamr ant.
"Chest-Shattering Hamr!"
Duang!
A thunderous clang rang out as Hamr smashed his own chest with his fist.
A shockwave erupted and swept out visibly to the eye, vaporizing every bit of ice in its path.
"What the-!"
Kuzan was stunned.
But Hamr wasn't stopping.
He sheathed Frostbane and coated both fists with glistening black Armant Haki.
"Kuzan, did you know? I just beat a Logia user not long ago."
"Logias aren't invincible. Don't forget that."
"Soru"
"HAMR STRIKE!"
Using soru to close the distance instantly, Hamr appeared right above Kuzan and threw down a heavy punch infused with Haki.
"Not good! Ice Shield!"
Kuzan responded quickly and ford a shield of ice.
"Too naïve!"
"Break!"
His punch shattered the ice shield.
"Ahhh!"
Thud!
A scream, followed by the sound of sothing heavy hitting the ground.
Kuzan lay on the floor, eyes rolled back, unconscious and defeated.
"Sigh... still too green."
Hamr looked down at the fallen Kuzan, sighing. He grabbed him and, with a dash, brought him over to Zephyr.
"The fruit's great. The kid's got talent."
"Just... a few screws loose up here."
Zephyr nodded in agreent.
"It's fine. He's young. There's ti to fix that."
"I'll go talk to Garp and get so background on the kid."
"You take him back to your place. I'll drop by later."
Hamr rolled his eyes.
"Fine. But bring your own food. I'm not going shopping."
"You brat. Can't you cook one al for your teacher?"
"It is hard! At that ti, we could just eat at the ss hall. I've got forging to do!"
"Hmph! Forget forging! Eating cos first. Just us two, well, three now, counting Kuzan. I'll send so ingredients to your place!"
"Fine, fine, but just the three of us! No more!"
"Got it!"
Zephyr vanished in a flash, while Hamr carried the unconscious Kuzan ho.
A three-ter-tall guy hauling another three-ter-tall guy? Quite the sight.
"YOU LYING OLD BASTARD! THIS IS 'THREE PEOPLE'?!"
Hamr's roar shook the courtyard as he glared at the uninvited guests:
Fleet Admiral Kong.
Vice Admiral Tsuru.
Vice Admiral Garp.
Zephyr.
And a groggy Kuzan.
"Hahahaha! Hamr, your cooking's too good! I was craving it so badly, I brought ingredients!"
"Fresh Sea King at! The best of the best!"
Garp bead, pointing at the massive pile of Sea King at nearby.
"Well, it's rare for you to be out of the arsenal. Just thought I'd join for a al."
"I even brought a twenty-year-old wine! I've been hiding it for years!"
Tsuru smiled, placing a fine wine bottle on the table.
"Everyone brought sothing, huh? Luckily, I brought this top-quality smoked ham! Straight from Mariejois! Special reserve!"
Old man Kong proudly placed a huge ham on the table.
"...What are you looking at?"
All eyes turned to Zephyr, waiting to see what he had brought.
Blushing, Zephyr pulled several bottles from under his coat. "Sherry! Take it or leave it!"
Garp: "Ehhh~~~"
Kong: "Ehhh~~~"
Tsuru: "Zephyr, really now..."
"I didn't know everyone was bringing stuff! Anyway, I did send soone to deliver food to Hamr, too."
He pointed at the fresh vegetables and at on the side.
"Hamr, you're too cool! Is your cooking really that amazing?!"
"Vice Admiral Garp, Fleet Admiral Kong, Vice Admiral Tsuru, and Zephyr-sensei all love it that much?"
"I wanna try too! Hamr, please!"
Hamr: :…:
'What the hell kind of karmic punishnt is this?!'
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