Chapter 9

A few days later, in a forest in Shimotsuki Village,

Roger was wandering alone with a sword, looking for Zoro.

Since he hadn't seen Zoro in the dojo for a few days, he learned that Zoro disdained to train with the others in the dojo because they were too weak.

And blind slashing training really couldn't make Zoro improve much, just like Roger now.

""

Tiger?"

This was the first time Roger encountered a ferocious beast in this world.

"Fight?" Rogge drew out his sword and gestured at the tiger.

Of course, the tiger was not that intelligent. He was just an ordinary beast. So when he saw Rogge draw his sword, he just stepped back half a step, bent his body, and was alert and ready to attack.

"Roar! The tiger didn't hesitate much, roared loudly and pounced on Roger.

"New sword style. Cold knife!"

With the support of ability and physical fitness, Rogge also began to try to develop some knife skills.

Facing the tiger flying towards him, Rogge just rushed forward, then passed by and slid open the tiger's abdomen with a knife. There was a clear red ice cube on its abdomen.

The knife style is as its name suggests. The blade reaching zero degrees slid through the tiger's body and instantly froze the boiling hot blood.

"A big tiger should be worth a lot of money."

Rogge thought so, and then he carried the tiger and continued to look for Sauron.

""Hah, hah, hah, hah!"

The forest didn't seem very big, and Rogge soon heard the sound of someone training frantically. And it was obvious that there was only one person who would train here, and that was Sauron.

""Who?" Hearing the sparse voice coming from the bushes, Zoro immediately turned his wooden sword and asked.

Because there are many wild beasts in the forest, the tiger that Rogge just encountered is one of them, so Zoro is very vigilant when training here.

Soon Rogge pushed aside the bushes and came out.

"Who are you?" Zoro felt like he had seen Roger somewhere before, but couldn't remember where.

""Rogge." Rogge said lightly,"I was in charge of the canteen before."

Speaking of the canteen, Sauron thought of Rogge.

"So it's you, but why are you here?" Zoro asked in confusion.

""Hit the tiger." Rogge said as he threw the dead tiger on his shoulder to the ground.

Hit the tiger? Zoro only then realized that Rogge was carrying a beast nearly three meters in size. Zoro had not received any cultural education, so naturally he did not have a definite name for the beasts in the forest, but he recognized that this was a very strong beast.

"You are so awesome!" Zoro suddenly looked at Rogue with a longing expression. Of course, Zoro didn't want to eat Rogue, he just wanted to fight.

"This is natural. I started six years earlier than you, and you are only nine years old."

Rogge sat down next to the tiger's body and drank a sip of wine, saying as if it was a matter of course.

"You started earlier than me? Aren't you a kitchen helper?" Zoro asked puzzledly.

"……"Roger knew he would be told this.

"This is the training given to me by my master. Practicing sword skills is not only about swordsmanship, but also about the state of mind."Rogge's words were a bit profound, so Sauron seemed to understand them, but he didn't ask any more questions.

"Then according to seniority, should I call you senior brother?"

""Hmm~" Zoro groaned, and then began to look at Rogge.

He was wearing a black coarse cloth, with messy short hair, and thin arms and legs. Although Rogge had the strength to kill a tiger, he used a real knife after all, so Zoro was still skeptical about Rogge's strength.

"Let me put it this way, Rogue." Zoro said as he picked up his wooden sword.

"I have always disapproved of people who are weaker than me. If you defeat me, I will call you my senior brother from now on."

Looking at Zoro who looked serious and confident, although Roger didn't care about the title of senior brother, he had to complete the system tasks. Now that Zoro took the initiative to challenge him, Roger was happy to accept it.

"I have a real sword in my hand, so you have to be careful." Roger reminded Zoro, he didn't want to chop off any of the Straw Hat Big Three.

"Well! Come on."Zoro didn't seem to be afraid of the real sword at all. Instead, he urged Xianghe excitedly.

Rogge rushed towards Zoro with a scabbard sword in one hand. In the end, he didn't have confidence in himself and was worried about killing Zoro.

Snap!

Zoro easily blocked Rogge's attack with the wooden sword.

""Hey! Do you look down on me? Draw your sword!" Zoro shouted angrily. Rogge frowned as he looked at Zoro who was holding his scabbard. Perhaps this was the persistence that only a true swordsman could have.

Thinking of this, Rogge used his strength to knock Zoro out.

What a great force!

Zoro, who was knocked out, thought to himself in some surprise.

"Come on."

This time, Rogge pulled out the real sword from the scabbard. Respect is something that every true swordsman cares about.

"Very good!" Zoro wiped off some of the mud on his right face, then picked up his other wooden swords, put one in his mouth, and took another in each hand.

"Three swords flow, cut!"

Zoro rushed towards Rogue at a faster speed than normal.

""One sword flow. Break!"

Zoro's three sword flow was not proficient enough, and he could not use the three swords to perform many sword techniques at different angles, so he could only fix the positions of the three swords and chop them straight.

Rogue simply used point to break the surface, relying on his powerful strength and speed (speed will improve Rogue's reaction ability, the specific data is not included). He cut off Zoro's wooden sword.

Then he pressed it against Zoro's neck at a tricky angle.

"You lost."Rogge said lightly. After this blow, Rogge felt that he had a higher understanding of swordsmanship.

Zoro was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect to be defeated after one blow, and then he laughed and said with admiration:"Well, I lost, senior brother."

Ding! System task completed, congratulations to the host for receiving the reward of 200 upgrade points.

The system will also automatically prompt information

"Come, today is a good day, let's have a picnic here"

"Really?" Zoro stared at the tiger's body with golden eyes.

"Of course, Zoro, you go and take care of it, I'll go to town to buy some seasonings, the taste of meat alone won't be very good." After all, Rogge is the consciousness of the Earth, even after twelve years, he still can't eat meat without salt.

Zoro is different, as long as it is meat, he will not refuse it, regardless of whether it has taste or not.