Roger sat majestically on his exclusive throne.
"System, come out and serve!"
"Here I am, here I am! Boss! What would you like today? We've just received a batch of high-quality projects, guaranteed to give you a king-like experience!"
The system's voice was full of flattery, like a client manager from a club.
In front of Roger, a virtual light screen popped up that only he could see.
On the light screen was his own 3D model, alongside a long list of dazzling enhancement options.
"Personal Enhancement Center"
"Recommended Package One:'Sword Immortal Experience Card' (Limited-time special: 99,999 copper coins). After unlocking, you will gain Li Bai's elegant swordsmanship, a single sword strike chilling nineteen continents, it just consumes a bit of mana."
"Recommended Package Two: 'Indestructible Body' (Discounted price: 88,888 copper coins). Golden Bell Shield, Iron Cloth Shirt, physical defense maxed out, the drawback is no close contact with women, otherwise all power will be lost."
"Recommended Package Three:'Seven Times a Night Power' (VIP Exclusive: 66,666 copper coins). Super stamina, lasting all night, those who use it know. Friendly reminder: This product used in combination, the effect is better!"
Roger's face instantly darkened.
"What the hell do you take me for?"
"I, Roger, am a person who has risen above low-level tastes!"
"What I need is combat power! Absolute power that can crush everything!"
"Switching to 'Macho Man Exclusive' enhancement list for you."
The light screen refreshed.
"Basic Physical Enhancement: Comprehensively improve strength, agility, stamina, and constitution. Each 1% increase requires 1,000 copper coins."
"Combat Skill Enhancement:"
"1. Medieval Swordsmanship Master: Unlock all mainstream medieval sword fighting styles, from longswords to rapiers, proficient in all. Unlock requires 20,000 copper coins."
"2. Firearm Sharpshooter: Master all medieval firearms, from matchlocks to flintlocks, hitting targets a hundred paces away. Unlock requires 15,000 copper coins."
"3. Berserker's Rage: Passive skill, the lower the health, the higher the attack, commonly known as a locked health cheat. Unlock requires 30,000 copper coins."
Roger looked at these simple and unadorned options and nodded in satisfaction.
Now that's more like it.
"Only children make choices, I want them all!"
"Basic physical fitness, max it out for me first!"
"Swordsmanship and firearms, unlock them all for me!"
"Boss is generous!"
"Calculating cost... Basic Physical Enhancement (+100%), requires 100,000 copper coins. Unlocking Swordsmanship Master and Firearm Sharpshooter, requires 35,000 copper coins. Total 135,000 copper coins."
"Your current balance is... uh... Boss, your copper coins seem to be insufficient."
Roger glanced at his balance.
This was quite awkward.
"Then first enhance physical fitness by fifty percent, and then unlock swordsmanship." Roger thought for a moment.
"Okay, Boss! Total consumption 70,000 copper coins! Enhancing for you now! Please sit tight, the process might be a bit... stimulating."
As soon as the system finished speaking.
Roger felt a massive, scorching energy, like molten lava, suddenly surge from the Captain's throne beneath his buttocks, instantly coursing through his limbs and bones!
"Holy shit!"
Roger let out a strange cry, his entire body springing from the chair.
It was an indescribable feeling.
It was as if every cell in his body had been thrown into a shredder, and then re-glued together with super glue.
Muscles were tearing, bones were groaning, meridians were reorganizing.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!"
The intense pain made Roger involuntarily let out a scream like a slaughtered pig.
He felt like he was about to burst from this power.
At the same time.
Countless knowledge, techniques, and combat experiences of swordsmanship, like a tidal wave, furiously poured into his mind.
The fierce power of German longsword techniques, the agility of Italian rapiers, the cunning of Spanish greatswords... He felt as if, in an instant, he had transformed into a battle-hardened swordsmanship grandmaster.
"Awesome!"
The extreme of pain turned out to be an indescribable pleasure.
Roger's wailing gradually changed tune.
Sometimes high-pitched, sometimes low, filled with a peculiar rhythm.
Outside the Captain's Cabin.
Gibbs and a group of pirates were eavesdropping at the door.
"What is the Captain... doing?"
"Listening to that sound, it seems... very intense."
"Why does it sound a bit familiar to me? It's similar to Miss Elizabeth's voice that night..."
"You're talking nonsense! The Captain is receiving the baptism of the Sea God's divine power! Mortals, do not presume to guess the will of the gods!"
Just then, a loud "bang" came from inside the Captain's Cabin.
Immediately after, everything fell silent.
The pirates jumped in fright, looking at each other.
"Creak."
The door opened.
Roger walked out, looking refreshed.
He looked no different from before he went in, but his entire demeanor had undergone a tremendous change.
If before he was like a wolf in human skin.
Then now he was a peerless, fierce sword drawn from its sheath!
Its sharpness was fully revealed, unstoppable!
"What are you looking at? Haven't you seen a handsome guy before?"
Roger swept his gaze over the group of stunned, ugly pirates at the door.
He stretched his limbs, feeling his entire body filled with explosive power.
He casually picked up an iron bar used for prying open chests nearby and gently squeezed it in his hand.
"Crack."
That solid iron bar, in his hand, remained completely motionless!
The pirates gasped.
Roger scratched his head awkwardly.
It seemed he had bought a fake.
Looking at the group of pirates staring wide-eyed at each other.
"What do you know? I'm just warming up!"
"Buck!"
Roger threw away the iron bar and beckoned to the strongest, most simple-minded fellow.
"You, come here."
"Captain?" Buck walked over, confused.
"Hit me with your strongest punch."
Roger patted his chest.
"Ah? Captain, this... this isn't good, is it?"
Buck hesitated a bit.
"What nonsense! Just hit me when I tell you to!"
"Then... then I'm really going to hit you?"
Buck took a deep breath, gathered all his strength, and his fist, which was even bigger than Roger's head, slammed hard into Roger's chest with a whistling sound!
"Bang!"
A dull thud.
Roger stood rooted to the spot, not moving an inch.
Not even his clothes wrinkled.
But Buck let out a miserable "ow!" and clutched his fist, hopping in pain.
His finger bone, which had been strengthened by countless copper coins, had actually... fractured!
The entire scene was silent.
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