King Snake General of Pirates

Everyone here thought that Matthew would comment on the strongest soldier's moves or politely praise his strength. Of course, the soldiers standing in front of Matthew at this moment also thought so.

But Matthew just nodded to him, and then called him to return to his position.

In the confusion shared by the soldier and everyone below, Matthew then pointed at Anan, who looked the thinnest among the crowd, and said the same thing: "Please come up."

Anan walked forward anxiously, only to see Matthew saying the same thing to him, pointing to another intact wooden pile and saying: "Cut it in half with a knife."

After taking the knife, Anan drew it out, raised it, and chopped at the wooden pile with all his strength.

He had done this sequence of actions countless times over the past few months, and now he was so good at repeating it that he could cut the wooden pile in half with just one stroke, seemingly effortlessly.

This time, no one among the soldiers watching below applauded. It was not that they had any objections to Anan, but that after what had just happened, they vaguely felt that simply cutting off wooden stakes was not what the swordsman master wanted to teach.

Anan felt the same way, but they, who had not experienced systematic learning, would not be able to guess the reason even if they scratched their heads.

After putting the knife back into the scabbard and returning it to Ma Xiu, Anan also heard the other party asking him to return to his seat.

The soldiers looked at each other in confusion. You looked at me and I looked at you. They all felt confused.

Matthew looked around, smiled slightly, and slowly told stories about when he used to learn swordsmanship.

"Once I heard that there lived a very powerful swordsman on an isolated island, so I went to him to learn swordsmanship. The old gentleman was very generous and patiently chatted with me, drank and laughed, but no matter how much I asked, he would not Willing to teach me swordsmanship."

"At that time, I wondered if the old gentleman felt that I was not sincere and not caring enough, so I stayed in that village for a year."

"The old man didn't teach me anything about swordsmanship during that year. He just asked me to chat with him and take care of some strange animals. Later, I even thought that I might not be able to learn powerful swordsmanship from him. "

"Frustrated, I plan to leave and find another famous teacher."

"On the night before leaving, the old gentleman took the initiative to find me for the first time and told me that he could teach me the powerful swordsmanship I wanted. I was so excited at the time." Matthew said with a bitter smile.

The soldiers below were fascinated by the story, and suddenly saw a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, and felt uncomfortable.

"But the old gentleman just let me see the beautiful scenery of the stars and the changes of the four seasons, let me feel their raging in the wind and rain, climb mountains and lie down in the thunder and lightning, let me exchange wine for tea, and live with a stick every day and night, that's it , and I lived there for another year.”

"This year has been thrilling, but there is also a calmness hidden in it. In the end, I even forgot that I came here to learn swordsmanship. Until the last day, the old man dug out a tree buried deep for unknown lengths from under the tree in front of the door. Year's box, open the box and take out a famous sword from inside."

Ma Xiu raised his head slightly, and a memory seemed to appear in front of his eyes: "The old gentleman handed me the famous sword and asked me to chop trees, ground, paper, leaves, water, wind..."

"After doing it one by one, I realized that a knife is not just a weapon, nor is it just a sharp blade used to kill people. It also has life and its own personality like a human being. If I want to exert the true power of a knife, light Relying on brute force can only forcefully suppress the weak sword. Only by truly matching the sword can you cut everything and everything."

The soldiers listened to this novel content, and their eyes widened in shock. When they heard the last two sentences, everyone looked at the wooden pile that was cut in half on the ground.

Matthew lowered his head and picked up the knife used by Anan and another soldier. He pulled out the knife and flashed the bright light. Under the gaze of all the soldiers, he raised the knife with one hand and then quickly dropped it. It hangs straight down on an intact wooden pile...

The soldiers' already wide eyes grew even wider.

The knife was like a hot knife cutting through butter, effortlessly going deep into the wooden pile. Even after Matthew pulled out the knife, the wooden pile still showed no sign of cracking.

There is only a small gap on the surface of the wooden pile, which proves that it was indeed split with a knife just now.

Matthew put the knife back into the scabbard and gently opened the wooden stake with his hands. All the soldiers stretched their necks and looked over.

The entire swordsmanship room suddenly resounded with gasps of cold air.

The surface of the cut wooden pile is extremely smooth, and no wrinkles can be seen at all, as if they had grown that way. When the two halves of the wooden pile are brought together manually, only a thin gap will be left.

At this time, someone went to look at the wooden pile that Anan and another soldier had cut in half. The cut part was uneven and the inside was damaged. Someone tried to put the wooden pile together manually and found that it did not fit at all. superior.

It's like two completely unrelated pieces of wood.

Comparing the two, the judgment is judged.

"Okay, amazing!"

"This is the real swordsmanship!"

Thunderous applause resounded in the swordsmanship room, and the soldiers were all excited. Originally, they thought that even if their swordsmanship was poor, it would not be any worse.

Only now do I realize that what little I have is just like a reckless man wielding a sword. He relies not only on his own strength but also on the sharpness of the sword itself, which has nothing to do with swordsmanship.

Before this, some people might not take the elegant-looking Matthew seriously, thinking that no matter how strong his swordsmanship was, he would never be that strong, but now everyone is submissive.

Especially Anan, who pursues power and has cut wooden stakes himself. Seeing the huge gap between himself and Matthew before, not only did he not feel ashamed, but he was very excited.

The soldiers' eyes were bright and their pursuit of swordsmanship was even more determined.

"For the same fragile thing, no matter how strong you are, you can easily cut it open with a sharp blade. Real swordsmanship requires a combination of strength and intention."

"If you want to improve your swordsmanship to a higher level, in addition to combining your own strength and intention and understanding the sword's own personality, you also need..."

For the next period of time, Matthew has been living in the base, and his relationship with the navy soldiers has become more harmonious. Even the soldiers in the swordsmanship room respect Matthew as their teacher.

It turns out that Hal made the right decision in letting Matthew teach them swordsmanship.

In just a few days, under Matthew's serious and wholehearted teaching, even Hal, who knew nothing about swordsmanship, could clearly see that everyone in the swordsmanship class was growing in swordsmanship at a rapid rate, so much so that Hal directly ordered the removal of swordsmanship. A wooden stake for practicing with a wooden sword.

Even watching their swordsmanship improve by leaps and bounds, several soldiers who chose spearmanship secretly wanted to join the swordsmanship class. This request was rejected by Hal on the spot, and he reprimanded them mercilessly.

Now that you have made a choice, you must have the awareness to stick to it.

Now that I see how fast I can practice swordsmanship, I want to practice swordsmanship. If I find that guns and guns are more useful in the future, I won't want to switch back again.

If you are half-hearted, you will not be able to do anything well.

After being scolded by Hal, the soldiers in the marksmanship class obediently worked hard to practice their marksmanship.

In addition, under Matthew's "special care", Anan's Devil Fruit ability was perfectly combined with his swordsmanship, and he developed several moves that can add Devil Fruit abilities when using the sword.