From the Wandenreich's escape to One Piece

Half a month passed quickly.

During the past two weeks, Beltz frequently traveled to the pirate world for training.

On this day, he came to the bear's church again.

Seeing that Big Bear looked weak, he couldn't help but ask, "Big Bear, did you go to the village to get medical treatment again?"

Kuma often uses the power of the Paw-Paw Fruit to relieve the people in the neighboring village from pain and disease.

However, he bore all the pain and illness.

It must be said that Da Xiong has a truly strong will and is very kind by nature.

This is the kind of person who truly believes, "If I don't go to hell, who will?"

Beltz himself certainly couldn't do it.

He could only say that he wasn't a bad person, but he really couldn't do what Da Xiong did—help others selflessly, even at the cost of his own body.

All I can say is respect...

He couldn't do it, so he also respected the bear who could.

After hearing Beltz's words, Big Bear scratched his head and chuckled, "Grandma McKinney accidentally broke her leg. If she doesn't get treatment in time, her life could be in danger."

"I'm sorry, Lord Beltz, I probably won't be able to train with you today."

For the past two weeks, Beltz has spent most of his time training with Big Bear.

Don't let the fact that Big Bear is still a child fool you; he is a member of the Bakania tribe, whose members possess enormous bodies and strength, making them far more powerful than ordinary humans by nature.

Not to mention that he also ate the Paw-Paw Fruit, which is a very powerful Paramecia-type Devil Fruit. The Paw-Paw Fruit was also crucial to his future becoming a Shichibukai.

Beltz also set a rule for himself: he could only use the basic abilities of a Quincy and could not use the Azure Dragon Fruit.

After all, this was all in preparation for the upcoming assessment, and he couldn't reveal the power of the Azure Dragon Fruit during the Star Cross selection.

Besides the bear, he would occasionally go to the sea to rob pirates of their treasure.

In the past two weeks, he has made rapid progress, much faster than he had expected.

It must be said that fighting is the best way to make progress.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you have the potential and the foundation.

Great things take time to develop; one must first accumulate knowledge and experience before a breakthrough can occur.

Beltz would not neglect his regular practice because of this.

However, he didn't come here this time to find Big Bear to train.

So he wasn't disappointed, and simply said, "I didn't come here to fight you this time, I came to say goodbye."

"Farewell?" Big Bear was taken aback, and couldn't help but ask, "Lord Beltz, are you leaving us?"

He sounded somewhat disappointed when he said this.

After all, they were all survivors who had escaped from the hellish Valley of the Gods, and had lived together in the Kingdom of Sorbe for so long.

Although Beltz didn't live with him like Ginny did, she spent time with them almost every day.

So Big Bear had long considered Beltz as family.

But now Beltz says he's leaving, just like Ivankov did back then, heading towards the sea?

Or is he going back to his country?

"...It's not exactly leaving," Beltz chuckled. "It's just that I probably won't be staying in the Kingdom of Sorbet for quite some time to come."

He will next prepare for the Sternritter selection, and after that will be the time when Yhwach says the "truth will come out," at which point he may find the traitor by some means.

Although he had made preparations, he didn't know if he could fool them.

If they can't fool them, then they'll have no choice but to escape to the world of One Piece.

Therefore, he needs to allow himself ample time to enter the world of pirates.

For the next two weeks, he didn't plan to come to the One Piece world.

If he could manage to fool them, he would also travel to the Sabaody Archipelago, because he had arranged to meet Dr. Vegapunk there.

At that time, he will officially begin his journey on the high seas.

Therefore, there really won't be much time to stay in the Kingdom of Sorbe.

"Then... take care." Big Bear also knew that someone like Beltz would never be content to stay in such a small place as the Kingdom of Sorbe.

Not only Beltz, but he too, had always dreamed of going to sea.

Sooner or later, he too would leave the Kingdom of Sorbet like Ivankov and Beltz, and head to the vast sea to pursue his dreams.

Beltz is right, he is the liberating hand, and he should go and save those who are suffering.

But not yet, he still has to take care of Ginny, and the Shanks and Shamrock brothers.

"I'll leave Shanks and Shamrock in your care."

Beltz waved his hand again and said, "Remember, never show off the money I left behind."

"Yes, I will!" Big Bear's eyes were brimming with tears, because he didn't know when they would meet again after Beltz left.

"Hehe, don't cry, we'll meet again sooner or later. Don't forget, I'm a dragon that can soar freely."

After waving his hand, Beltz disappeared from the pirate world once again.

He has become much stronger now and hasn't felt that sense of rejection that comes from staying in the pirate world for too long for a long time.

He plans to stay in the pirate world for at least a week.

In another two weeks, the stay may exceed one month.

It seems that the time when I can stay in the pirate world permanently is getting closer and closer.

The Sternritter selection process is now in its final stages. Beltz has watched several matches, mainly focusing on the competition between the Five Elders clones.

All five elders have been cloned and named after their abilities.

They are Ox-Demon, Sandworm, Itsumade, Horse Bone, and Sealed Pig.

Although they cannot transform into beast form, their human form seems to possess certain characteristics of these monsters.

For example, Itsumade can breathe fire, Magu has freezing air, and Fengxi has a copper head and iron bones...

These five people initially participated in the war as ordinary Quincy, and their strength was not very strong at that time. However, they made rapid progress in the past half month, and each time they reappeared, they showed a strength far exceeding that of the last time.

This Star Cross selection is very likely a ploy to provoke the Five Elders.

This further convinced Beltz that Yhwach already had candidates in mind for the six vacant Star Cross positions.

That's why Yhwach executed Bija Nein and the others, to make room for the new Sternritter.

Five of the Five Elders' clones are already in existence, and the remaining one has also been pre-ordered.

That person...

who can that be?