Arthur Pendragon / Arthur and Nami
One Piece: I Am King Arthur. Author: Hunchbacked Shrimp
He transmigrated to the world of One Piece as "Old Saber" Arthur Pendragon, with three Noble Phantasms inside him: Excalibur, Rhongomyniad, and Avalon.
He would eat no Devil Fruit, devote himself to swordsmanship and spearmanship, and permit himself no defeats. He would be a man who was ever victorious and never defeated.
"—I am the strongest, the one who holds all victories in his hands. Whoever they may be, I shall defeat all who bear hostility toward me. I shall crush any enemy who stands in my way—"
Chapter 1: Arthur Pendragon
[For those tired of One Piece fanfiction set before the plot, and those who want fanfiction starting with the plot: he will not join Luffy's pirate crew.]
East Blue, Orange Town.
The place had been occupied by pirates. The streets were almost deserted, and the townspeople had all gathered together and hidden somewhere.
Name: Arthur Pendragon Sex: male Age: 17 Height: 181 cm Weight: 69 kg Strength: E+ Endurance: E Agility: E+ Mana: D- Luck: E~~EX Noble Phantasm: EX Innate skills: Instinct (A), Mana Burst (A), Giant Beast Hunting (A), leadership (E) Skills: Observation Haki (E), Armament Haki (E), swordsmanship (C+) Noble Phantasms: Excalibur (EX), Invisible Air (C), Avalon (unawakened), Rhongomyniad (unawakened) [Achievement quest—first victory: obtain one victory. Reward: Excalibur. (Completed)] [Achievement quest—ten consecutive victories: obtain ten victories. Reward: Invisible Air. (Completed)] [Achievement quest—a hundred battles, a hundred victories: fight enemies and obtain one hundred victories. Your opponents must possess a certain degree of fame. Reward: Rhongomyniad. (25/100)] [Achievement quest—ever victorious, never defeated: become the one who holds all victories, and have the world acknowledge you as someone who can never be defeated. Reward: Avalon. (Incomplete)]
Arthur strolled leisurely through Orange Town's streets, his eyes closed as he immersed himself in his thoughts.
A screen of light floated in his mind, displaying his attributes.
He had been in this world for half a year. After going from initial panic to adapting, Arthur had finally transformed, and his handsome face bore an air of composure.
Arthur had not originally been named Arthur; he was a transmigrator.
There had been no bizarre accident behind his transmigration. He had simply gone to sleep, and when he woke up, not only had he come to the world of One Piece, even his body was no longer his own.
It was as if an ordinary character had suddenly been given a legendary skin.
What was more, that skin was "Old Saber" Arthur Pendragon from FGO. Arthur was quite satisfied.
Having obtained the "Arthur Pendragon" template, Arthur naturally gained his three Noble Phantasms.
However, the "Arthur Pendragon" template was not Arthur's cheat. His cheat was a game system without a consciousness.
At the most dangerous moment he had faced since transmigrating, he had angrily killed a thug who wanted to bully him with a knife, activating the system.
Arthur could clearly sense the three Noble Phantasms slumbering inside him.
But he could only summon Excalibur. To awaken the other two Noble Phantasms, he had to complete those two achievement quests.
The achievement quests seemed to show the then-lost Arthur a path, giving him a goal to strive for.
And now, his target was the Buggy Pirates, who had occupied Orange Town.
And now, his target was the Buggy Pirates, who had occupied Orange Town.
Using Observation Haki and Instinct (A), Arthur had pinpointed the Buggy Pirates' location the moment he entered Orange Town.
It was worth mentioning that, thanks to Mana Burst and Instinct (A), Arthur had unexpectedly awakened this world's power system three months ago: Haki, which one had to master to have the means to survive in the New World.
To Arthur's surprise, after he awakened both types of Haki, the game system had quantified them and assigned them ranks.
He had spent another three months raising both types of Haki from rank F to rank E.
"They're here..."
Arthur suddenly opened his eyes and stopped, looking ahead with interest.
"Damn little thief, stop right there..."
"No way! Why should I listen to you?"
As the angry roar rang out, several figures came charging around the corner, racing toward Arthur in pursuit.
The person being chased had short orange hair and clutched a scroll-like map in her hand. She wore a teasing smile. It was Nami.
Nami was running in front and soon noticed Arthur. Seeing him standing with his arms folded, calmly watching the show, her eyes lit up.
"Boss, I got it! I'll leave them to you." Nami ran over and ducked behind Arthur, sticking half her head out to make a face at the pirates chasing her.
"I see. So you're the mastermind behind this, kid?"
There was no flaw in Nami's words or actions, and the pirates believed her at once.
One of the panting pirates raised his weapon and sneered at Arthur.
"So I've taken his place in this scene. Is it because of my luck stat? Then is today's luck E or EX?" Arthur muttered. Paying no mind to Nami using him as a shield, he extended his fair, jade-like right hand, an invisible sword in its grip.
A light breeze brushed her cheeks. Nami, who had originally planned to sneak away from behind him, looked at what Arthur held in his right hand: a visible mass of wind surrounding something she could not see.
"Wind... could he be...?" Nami covered her mouth and stared at Arthur in surprise.
"A blond boy holding wind... you... you're..."
It was not just Nami. Even the pirates, brains as developed as they were, saw what Arthur held, and their sneers turned to fear.
Whoosh—
Arthur raised Excalibur high and swung it fiercely as they looked on in terror.
A golden wave of sword pressure swept out.
It was neither Excalibur's True Name Release nor Mana Burst, much less the power of Invisible Air.
It was an ability from the world of One Piece: a flying slash.
King Arthur was the King of Knights, and he possessed superb swordsmanship and spearmanship.
Upon awakening Excalibur, Arthur had also obtained King Arthur's experience with the sword. But he had not expected that, once he mastered swordsmanship as a martial art, the game system would assign it a rank as well.
To Arthur's shock, even after absorbing King Arthur's experience, his swordsmanship had risen only to rank C+.
But then he thought of the great swordsmen of this world, who could unleash tangible flying slashes... slashes that could cleave mountains and split the sky and sea.
It was not hard for Arthur to understand the game system's ranking system.
Having mastered the swordsmanship of the One Piece world, Arthur could unleash three kinds of slashes, making him one of the most unusual swordsmen.
One was sword pressure unleashed by compressing mana onto the blade with Mana Burst; another was the flying slash characteristic of the One Piece world, unleashed by concentrating spirit and energy.
The last was True Name Release, Arthur's trump card: Excalibur.
(PS: Invisible Air doesn't count. This Noble Phantasm is actually better suited to Rhongomyniad, the kind that thrusts forward.)
Chapter 2: Arthur and Nami
"Wind Sword Knight..."
Having watched Arthur defeat three pirates with one swing, Nami looked at him with shining eyes. She had clearly recognized him.
Nami darted out from behind Arthur and sprang in front of him. Acting as though they were old friends, she exclaimed, "Boss, that's just what I'd expect from you! You're amazing!"
"All right, stop pretending. The enemies are gone." Arthur sounded a little exasperated. If he had not known her, he might have been fooled by her superb acting, but would that work on him? He was a transmigrator, and ever since learning what world this was, his knowledge and perspective had reached the highest level, no matter how weak he was.
Hearing Arthur's words, Nami stuck out her tongue slightly and obediently shut her mouth.
She truly was the little thief who could easily infiltrate other pirate crews, quickly win everyone's favor, and then steal from them while they were completely off guard.
A beautiful girl acting cute was powerful enough to leave any man with lustful thoughts unable to bring himself to blame her.
But Arthur, who knew what Nami had been through, was not among them.
"Hurry and leave. It's going to get very dangerous here soon." Arthur had no intention of exposing Nami's disguise. Instead, he spoke as if offering friendly advice.
"Wind Sword Knight, are you going after the Buggy Pirates?" Nami asked in surprise, a flash of secret delight deep in her eyes.
He was the perfect shield. With him in front holding off the enemy while she stole from behind, nothing could go wrong.
"Yes. So if you don't want to die, leave this town quickly, little thief." Arthur saw through Nami's thoughts at a glance and warned her decisively.
"L-little thief? Who are you calling that?" Nami's body visibly stiffened when Arthur revealed her identity. She quickly narrowed her eyes and played cute and innocent. "I'm not a little thief. I'm just an adventurer looking for a taste of danger."
"Hehe..." Arthur could not help laughing at her act. Taking advantage of his overwhelming height, he rested a hand on Nami's head and ruffled her soft orange hair. "All right. Since you could name me, you should know I'm a bounty hunter. I don't actually dislike little thieves who steal exclusively from pirates."
Meeting Nami before Luffy did made Arthur wonder about his luck stat for the day.
And now, Arthur believed today's luck was EX.
For "a hundred battles, a hundred victories," he had to fight people with some degree of fame and win before the game system would acknowledge it.
That degree of fame had risen from thugs at the beginning, to thug leaders, then bandits, lesser pirates, and pirate captains. By now, defeating ordinary pirate captains was no longer acknowledged by the game system.
So Arthur could only set his sights on the major pirates of East Blue.
And the Arlong Pirates were among them.
But Arthur was not a Servant, and he did not have the Riding skill. He had only found Orange Town by asking for directions along the way, so he needed a navigator.
Nami was undoubtedly an excellent choice.
So Arthur planned to first improve Nami's impression of him, then gain her trust and have her take him to Cocoyasi Village.
Hence his remark.
Sure enough, Nami was momentarily stunned by Arthur's words, and her opinion of him rose considerably.
Thieves were the lowest profession on the seas. The marines hated pirates, viewing them as trash of the sea; pirates hated the marines and hated bounty hunters even more, viewing them as hyenas. As for bounty hunters, they valued money as highly as their lives and were hostile toward thieves who stole it.
He really is the Wind Sword Knight. He's different from other bounty hunters, just as I thought. Nami smiled at Arthur, a naturally beautiful smile without the slightest trace of falsehood.
The Wind Sword Knight was the best-known bounty hunter in East Blue, and also its strongest.
Below him was the Pirate Hunter.
Compared to the notorious Pirate Hunter, the Wind Sword Knight was a breath of fresh air in East Blue, an idol in countless people's hearts.
Whenever the Wind Sword Knight passed through an island, pirates, bandits, and notorious thugs alike would all receive a harsh lesson before he cleared them out.
Such conduct—rescuing people without asking for anything in return—was the noblest chivalry.
Even the marines had taken notice of the bounty hunter and sent him invitations on several occasions.
In truth, Arthur had not expected that his pursuit of victories would earn him such an illustrious reputation.
Seeing Nami's smile, Arthur knew his image in her eyes had improved.
So he pressed on. "There's a small cabin sailboat at the docks. Go sail it away. There are ten million Beli in the cabin. If you want it, take it all."
"T-ten million Beli!!!" The figure completely shocked Nami, as expected. That was almost a year's haul for her. Could she really get it so easily?