Above Pirate King - Chapter 94
“See, Your Majesty!”
After ensuring that Enel was settled, Aiolia came alone to pay a visit to Arthur.
“No need for formalities!” Arthur waved his hand nonchalantly.
“Your Majesty, this is what you wanted!”
Aiolia took out a box and handed it to Arthur.
Arthur eagerly took the box.
He opened it and looked inside.
Inside was a deep blue spiral-shaped Devil Fruit and a stack of animal hide blueprints of unknown origin.
Arthur’s face lit up with joy as he took out the Devil Fruit, examined it, and then put it back.
Afterward, he took out the stack of animal hide blueprints beside it and started examining them.
These were the designs for the Ark Maxim, without any signature indicating who left them.
The design on the blueprints was very detailed yet simple. Apart from some intricate key parts, the rest were quite rough. Even someone with no understanding of technology could construct the Ark Maxim by following these blueprints.
However, due to its overall roughness, it required a large amount of electricity to compensate.
It could be said that this was a vehicle specifically designed for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and if one was not a user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, even if they managed to build it, they would not have enough power to control it!
At the end of the blueprints, there was a sentence written.
“I have left behind the Ark and the key. Go back, return to the boundless land!”
Arthur could probably guess the meaning of this sentence.
This should be left by a person from the moon, the current Skypieans.
The Ark refers to the Ark Maxim, and the key should be referring to the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. The boundless land refers to the moon.
Arthur was definitely going to go up to the moon in the future.
After all, there were all sorts of robots and technologies left by the moon people up there.
However, for now, he should think about how to construct the Ark Maxim!
As he looked at the blueprints, Arthur contemplated for a while, then ultimately handed the blueprints to Aiolia.
“Aiolia, you can go now and take these blueprints to the Scientific Academy. Let David and Mekk study them!”
These blueprints could create a technology like the Ark Maxim, and once the intricate parts were studied and understood, it would be a significant advancement for the kingdom’s technology.
“Yes, Your Majesty!” Aiolia respectfully nodded, received the blueprints, and slowly left the study.
After Aiolia left, Arthur took out the Devil Fruit from the box.
As he looked at the Devil Fruit, he gently touched the texture on it, feeling a bit sentimental. He even had the impulse to eat it directly, but he resisted and put it back for now.
Arthur had already planned for today’s events!
He was ready to draw the lottery today.
However, the lottery was dependent on luck.
He used to read novels where various sects and powerful individuals would use various treasures and items to enhance their luck.
Treasures, well, Arthur had them!
Things like the blessings of the Sea Kings and Nike’s Scepter could be counted as such!
But those were all system-generated.
He always felt that they couldn’t enhance the luck of the lottery!
And as one of the best Devil Fruits, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit could be considered one of the top treasures in the world of pirates. Using it to enhance his luck would be excellent!
Well, it was just superstition!
Just like how he used to wash his hands before drawing the lottery, now he was just changing the method!
Afterward, he took out three cigars, lit them, bowed solemnly, and placed them in front of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
He used to want to burn incense, but unfortunately, there was no incense in this world, only cigarettes. So he chose to substitute with cigarettes since they were both fragrant and emitted smoke!
But as a king, using regular cigarettes seemed a bit lacking in grade, so he specially bought some top-notch cigars.
“Let’s start with 300,000 points!” Arthur murmured.
He had a total of over 10.300.000 reputation points, so he used the remainder as the starting point.
[Congratulations on getting a box of potato chips!]
[Congratulations on getting a case of cola!]
[Congratulations on getting a box of Spicy Bar!]
…
[Congratulations on getting a solar-powered KTV set!]
A box of potato chips, five cases of cola, three boxes of Spicy Bar, and a solar-powered KTV set.
“The Rumble-Rumble Fruit can’t enhance my luck? Why does it seem like my luck is a bit lacking!” Arthur frowned.
A pile of snacks appeared in front of Arthur, along with a tablet and a microphone.
[Solar-powered KTV set]
[Introduction: Contains a thousand songs, solar-powered, five minutes of exposure for a whole day of enjoyment!]
Arthur held the tablet and started looking through it.
There was nothing else inside the tablet.
Opened is a music screen, inside are a thousand songs, all in Japanese and English. When clicked, there are only two modes: listening mode and karaoke mode.
Unfortunately, Arthur had no interest in any of these.
After thinking about it, he decided to give it to Bruce directly. He should like this thing!
“Ah…” Arthur let out a deep breath, changed his sitting posture, and said, “Let’s continue!”
[Congratulations on getting a case of cola!]
[Congratulations on getting a box of potato chips!]
[Congratulations on getting a box of Spicy Bar!]
…
[Congratulations on getting a Bamboo-copter!]
…
[Congratulations on getting a pair of Wishiwashis!]
Three cases of cola, two boxes of potato chips, three boxes of Spicy Bar, one Bamboo-copter, and a pair of Wishiwashis.
Arthur looked up at the sky outside the window. Although it was sunny, he felt a sense of darkness.
Then, he looked at the struggling blue and white-eyed fish in his hand.
He felt like dying!
Wishiwashi, considered the weakest fish in Pokémon, couldn’t even defeat a… um… Magikarp. Besides being delicious, they had no other value!
However, they did have a special feature, which was unique among Pokémon: the ability to form a school of fish!
They could gather their surrounding companions to form a massive fish and attack enemies!
But with only two of them, it was useless!
Arthur casually opened their attributes.
[Wishiwashi]
[Introduction: Omnivorous Pokémon, highly adaptable, extremely fast reproduction rate. Once in the breeding phase, they can reproduce every three months until death.
[Each breeding can produce three to four hundred fish eggs, which hatch and mature in three months. After that, they enter the breeding phase, and the offspring of this pair of Wishiwashi will obey your commands.]
Looking at this introduction, Arthur was first stunned, then ecstatic.
He just got a set of broodstock!
In other words, this pair consisted of one male and one female, capable of reproducing!
Moreover, judging from the reproduction rate mentioned in the introduction, it was simply terrifying.
At the minimum, they could reproduce three hundred fish eggs. After three months, these fish could reproduce forty-five thousand fish at once, and after six months, there would be nearly seven million fish.
Even if they were only twenty centimeters in size, having millions of fish was still a massive number.
Of course, the reproduction rate couldn’t be calculated that way.
Wishiwashi were originally very small and fragile. The survival rate of fish eggs was relatively low, and the mortality rate during growth was high, so the final reproduction rate was not as fast as calculated.
But it was still terrifying.
At that moment, the struggling of the Wishiwashi in Arthur’s hand slowly weakened.
Seeing this, Arthur’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly put them into the fish tank in his study.
After thinking about it, he also took out the two goldfish from the tank and threw them away directly.
After all, the two goldfish weren’t worth much, but if they harmed the Wishiwashi, his losses would be significant!
After a while, the two Wishiwashi in the water started to swim around lively again!
“Ah…”
Arthur finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He stabilized his emotions!
He sat back at the desk and continued the lottery.
[Congratulations on getting a box of potato chips!]
[Congratulations on getting a box of Spicy Bar!]
[Congratulations on getting a case of cola!]
…
[Congratulations on getting 10 Sunflower Vine Seeds!]
One box of potato chips, seven boxes of Spicy Bar, one case of cola, and ten Sunflower Vine Seeds.
“Sunflower Vine?” Arthur was a bit puzzled, looking at the transparent glass bottle in his hand, containing ten seeds emitting a faint glow.
Arthur held the bottle and examined it closely but couldn’t see anything unusual. So, he decided to directly check the attributes.
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