A New Beginning

"Bang!"

Rocks D. Carl dug a pit outside the cave and placed Baroque's corpse inside.

In his view, the realization Baroque reached before his death was enough to warrant him burying the body.

"Thank you for the reminder; I know what I must do in the future."

After burying Baroque's remains, he immediately hid the bag containing the Devil Fruit.

"Now, it is time for the harvest."

With that matter concluded, Carl walked into the cave to carefully sift through the remaining treasures.

After all, the one who discovers the treasure first has the right of priority.

"Hmm, this necklace is not bad."

"Oh, and there are two Great Grade swords."

"What are they called?"

Carl discovered several precious items in the vault, carefully examining them as he stowed them away into his system inventory.

"Oh, this is the Ancient Moon Blade, and this is the Silver Harmony Blade."

Along the way, Carl also collected about three billion Beli in wealth.

After taking a small portion of the riches, he walked out of the cave.

He could not take all the wealth for himself, as doing so would incite Rocks' dissatisfaction.

He would leave the distribution of the remaining wealth to Rocks.

His mission was effectively complete.

As he stepped out of the cave and headed toward the center of the battlefield, he spotted a Devil Fruit covered in purple patterns by the side of the road.

"The Venom-Venom Fruit."

He was pleasantly surprised. Although he knew that when a Devil Fruit user dies, their fruit reappears randomly elsewhere, he had not expected to find it himself. Did this not mean he had indirectly altered the timeline?

Sure enough, the moment Carl collected the Venom-Venom Fruit into his system inventory!

"Congratulations to the host for changing the Pirate World timeline for the second time."

This was the second change to the Pirate World timeline. He remembered the first reward was the system shop, though at the time he lacked the points to purchase anything. He wondered what the reward would be this time.

"Reward: 1000 system shop points. Reward: Character template, Fox Spirit Matchmaker, Wangquan Fugui."

Hearing the system's reward, Carl was instantly overjoyed.

He did not yet know exactly what 1000 system shop points could buy, but Wangquan Fugui was known as the greatest Sword Saint in history.

Had it not been for certain special reasons, he would have been the first person in Fox Spirit Matchmaker capable of clashing with the Third Young Master of the Aolai Kingdom.

Carl immediately opened his character template.

Host: Rocks D. Carl

Integrated Templates: The Outcast Old Celestial Master. Legend of Qin Sword Saint Ge Nie (Unintegrated), Fox Spirit Matchmaker Wangquan Fugui (Unintegrated).

Skills: Armament Haki (Coating), Observation Haki (Intermediate), Conqueror's Haki (Beginner), Six Powers, Golden Light Incantation, Palm Lightning, Yang Five Thunders, Taiji Fist...

Talent: Titan Power

Money: 3.7 billion Beli

Items: Energy Fruit, Rain-Rain Fruit, Zoan Ox-Ox Fruit, Zoan Rhino-Rhino Fruit, Venom-Venom Fruit, Ancient Moon Blade, Silver Harmony Blade, Supreme Grade Dragon Spring Sword, Unknown Devil Fruit *5

Evaluation: A top-tier powerhouse on the sea; comprehensive strength is pseudo-Admiral.

"Open the system shop."

Carl had not yet looked at what could be purchased in the system shop.

"Fiery Golden Eyes: 100,000 points per pair (weakened version), Origin of Qi: 100,000 points, Rainbow Stone: 100,000 points each... Energy Recovery Pill: 10,000 points each... Ordinary longsword: 10 points each."

"Hmm, I have no need for purchases at the moment."

The next second, Carl closed the system shop; he had no immediate need for items.

In his view, the Energy Recovery Pill was quite good, but 10,000 points each was too expensive.

Well, this was perfect; he would stop thinking about the system shop for now.

Carl felt immensely satisfied with his current strength and the items he possessed.

"Lord Carl!"

The battle had long since ended. Clay had been searching for Lord Carl incessantly after the fighting ceased, and the moment he spotted him emerging from the woods, he ran over.

"I discovered their treasure cache in the back of the mountain."

"Furthermore, their Third Division Commander, Baroque, has died by my hand."

Carl signaled to Clay, then addressed the crowd present.

"Hahaha!"

"I asked where their treasure was, but it's so far away."

"I'll head out first."

Golden Lion hurriedly floated toward the direction Carl pointed.

"Whoosh!"

John, unwilling to be outdone, streaked past Carl like lightning. After all, John loved gold and jewelry above all else, so such a reaction was hardly surprising.

"Well done, Carl."

"Let's go and see how much wealth they've accumulated."

Rocks took the lead, guiding everyone toward the mountain behind them.

"So much gold!"

Soon, Rocks led the group to the entrance of a cave, from which a dazzling golden light shimmered outward.

Rocks immediately spotted the ten Devil Fruits on the pedestal, then turned his head to look at Carl.

Rocks hadn't expected Carl to show no greed for the Devil Fruits.

He knew from his informants that the X Pirates possessed a total of ten Devil Fruits, though he was unaware that they had collected an additional five during this banquet.

Rocks then walked to the front.

"Since Carl discovered this cave first, she shall be the first to claim two Devil Fruits."

"After that, each division commander will receive one."

Rocks stood before the ten Devil Fruits, turned around, and addressed the crowd.

"By the way, let me introduce everyone to Silver Axe."

At the same time, a burly man over three meters tall stood at his right hand, wielding two large axes.

"Silver Axe was an undercover agent who joined the X Pirates years ago."

"It was precisely because of his intelligence that we learned the X Pirates had not yet received news that the Giant Warrior Pirates had been wiped out by us."

"This gave us a major opportunity to eliminate the X Pirates, so he may also choose one Devil Fruit."

"At the same time, he will serve as the commander of the Seventh Division of our Rocks Pirates."

"Awoo!"

"The Seventh Division is formed!"

The most excited ones on the field were the pirates who didn't yet have a division commander.

Suddenly, many of them ran over to Silver Axe, eager to join his Seventh Division.

"Carl, you go first."

Rocks gestured for Carl to come up and choose.

Carl immediately stepped forward. She didn't have a Devil Fruit encyclopedia and didn't know which specific abilities each fruit represented.

She only knew that Zoan types looked like apples, Paramecia types came in various shapes, and Logia types had protruding patterns.

Clearly, there were no Logia types present; there were five Zoan types and five Paramecia types.

Carl didn't particularly like Zoan types, as most were trash; it was better to choose Paramecia types. Most Paramecia abilities were rule-based, and as long as they could be fully unleashed, there were no weak Devil Fruits.

Carl took two Paramecia Devil Fruits.

She then retreated from the stage.

Golden Lion came up next and took a Paramecia, followed by Newgate, Charlotte, Linlin, and the others. Finally, Silver Axe took one, and as for the remaining Devil Fruits, Rocks took them all for himself.

"Alright, pack up as quickly as possible. We still need to return to Hachinosu and see what John, Wang Zhi, and the others have harvested."

"Hahaha!"

Rocks was clearly in high spirits as he laughed his way out of the cave.

Golden Lion and Newgate followed him out, while the pirates were left responsible for hauling the gold and jewelry onto the ships.

These pirates wouldn't dare hide anything for themselves; after all, everyone's Observation Haki was constantly active, and the pirates present were well aware of that rule.