He held his breath, approag slowly, like a monk on a pilgrimage. His usual calm was gone, repced by overwhelmiement.
He drew nearer.
Arthur extended a trembling hand. As if he had found the most precious treasure, he picked up the small wooden box. He used his sleeve to wipe away the dust that had accumuted over tless years.
The iron lo the wooden box had long since rusted away, revealing a gap, showing a glimpse of the treasure inside.
"Crack!"
Exhaling a breath he'd been holding, he slowly opehe box. Inside, y a blue—pineapple-shaped Devil Fruit!
Arthur didn't know whether to ugh or cry—His handsome face torted into a strange expression, a mix of both.
Five years of pnning, risking his life, and searg on Birka for aire year. Finally, his efforts had paid off. He had found the Rumble-Rumble Fruit he had dreamed of.
Arthur was absolutely certain this pineapple-shaped Devil Fruit was the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. Natural-type fruits had a distinct characteristic: they were all shaped like pineapples, with raised bumps that resembled certain natural phenomena.
The fruit in his hand had lightning-shaped patterns all over it, densely packed. It was about the size of his palm, exquisite—He felt an urge to put it away and treasure it forever.
"Huff! Huff! Huff!"
Arthur breathed heavily. Every cell in his body was filled with intense desire.
He closed his eyes, pinched his nose, and ate the fruit, bite by bite. He didn't leave a single scrap.
Arthur khat eating just oe of a Devil Fruit would grant its power.
But he wasn't sure if there was a differen power betweeing oe aing the whole thing. So he didn't waste any of it.
Then—
"Ugh... Ugh..."
The instant he swallowed it, Arthur felt like he was going to colpse. He clutched his throat, his body vulsing as he started to retch.
"Damn it, this taste is too much—It's anti-human!"
He couldn't help but curse. He khat Devil Fruits tasted worse than shit, but he hadn't expected it to be this bad.
No wonder even someone as carefree as Luffy couldn't stand it, calling it something worse than shit.
He dry-heaved for three minutes. It felt like his stomach had already beeied. He couldn't even bring up a drop of water. Arthur could only stuff the water and food he carried with him into his mouth, trying to get rid of the indescribable taste.
His face returo its normal color. His hand covered his forehead. His body trembled, the tremrowing stronger. His lips slowly curled upwards.
"Hahahaha!!"
Arthur ughed wildly. The sound echoed across the White-White Sea—startling all the nearby Sea Beasts, which fled in terror.
Blue electric arcs danced on his body. Gradually—electricity filled the entire . The piles of gold and jewels were attracted to it, dang on the floor.
No one could hear his inner joy. Only by ughing out loud could he release it. Arthur gradually calmed dowended his palm. With a thought, blue currents gathered in his hand...
"Zzzzzzt—!!"
The sharp, pierg sound of electricity was like the chirping of tless birds. The jumpiric arcs tio verge, f a dazzling blue ball of lightning in his palm.
With a flick of his wrist, the lightning ball flew out the open wooden door.
"BOOOOMMMM!!!"
A violent explosion shook the sky. The shockwave made the rge ship sway slightly.
Arthur walked out of the , dispersing the water vapor that rushed towards him.
Suddenly, his pupils tracted. He was stunned by the power of his casual strike.
On the surface of the White-White Sea, a huge pit, over thirty feet in diameter, had appeared. From the pit, he could see the isnd clouds of Sky Isnd, 23,000 feet below.
In other words, Arthur's casually formed lightning ball had pierced through the clouds at an altitude of 33,000 feet!
The clouds slowly flowed, gradually filling in the pierced area. The huge pit slowly disappeared.
Although isnd clouds were ten times, a huimes softer than nd, being a mixture of water and clouds, and could be easily destroyed, it was still enough to show the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit!
There were many kinds of Devil Fruits, beyond human imagination, enpassing almost all abilities. But not every fruit could be used for bat immediately after beien.
Arthur's body was already exceptionally strong. Whee the fruit, it immediately took effect. He khis himself. But he hadn't expected the effect to be so much more powerful than he had estimated.
Whee the fruit, he destroyed Birka. He didn't know how long it took Eo develop his abilities. He probably didn't need much time. The power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was truly top-notch!
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Arthur held out his hands. Electric light danced in his hands. It slowly took shape, being a six-foot-long spear of lightning. He hurled it at the deck.
The spear fshed, moving incredibly fast. In the blink of a struck the deck.
"Boom!"
Another explosion, but not as intense as the lightning ball from before.
A three-foot-wide hole appeared where the Lightning Spear had struck the deck. It was charred bck. The hole peed several levels of the ship. The powerful peing force pierced through the ship's hull. Seawater from below was slowly p in.
After testing the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's abilities, Arthur finally trolled his excitement. He had just eaten it. He couldn't use it as he pleased yet. But he was already satisfied. , he would see if his talent was enough to develop the true power of the fruit.
"
With a thought, Arthur's body turned into lightning. In an instant, he moved from the deck to the .
This giant ship hadn't been fully explored yet. There might be ood things left behind. Now that it was sinking, he wao search it thhly.
Gold and jewels didn't i Arthur. There were tless amounts of those on Upper Yard.
There was enough to build his future ship - the Ark Thunder God.
He was ied ireasures, rare items like Meito, or Devil Fruits.
Entering the , he casually pushed aside the piles of gold and jewels. Gng around, he found nothing.
It didn't matter if he had ains. Arthur had already obtaihe Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
The giant ship had five levels. Arthur was incredibly fast. It only took him few moments to search from top to bottom. His methods were simple and brutal. He directly used lightning to bst open the doors and the gaps between floors.
Ihe ship's treasure vault, a glint of something caught Arthur's eye. A gereasure.
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