"Your Highness Arthur, this is a Devil Fruit, but we don't yet know what ability it grants," Alfred explained to Arthur.
He had ventured through the Grand Line in his youth.
That much was evident from Alfred's strength.
So Alfred could be considered well traveled and knowledgeable.
"But this fine blade..." At this point, Alfred picked up the fine blade on the table and drew its ink-black blade from its sheath.
"I once saw it in an ancient illustrated weapons catalog."
As he spoke, Alfred brought the fine blade before his eyes and examined it closely.
"The hilt is black and yellow, and the blade is entirely pitch-black. Its edge bears a pattern like some winged creature with its wings spread, giving it an inexplicably intimidating air!"
"It's one of the Skillful Grade Blades, named Bruce!"
"Hmm, Bruce?"
"Yes, Bruce."
Upon hearing the name of this Skillful Grade Blade,
Arthur felt that something about it was strange,
but he couldn't quite put that feeling into words.
After hearing Alfred's introduction, Arthur looked over the two objects before him. One was a Devil Fruit with an unknown ability.
The other was one of the fifty Skillful Grade Blades.
Strictly speaking,
neither was of much use to him.
He had already eaten a Devil Fruit.
Another would be useless.
As for this Skillful Grade Blade, even if it was one of only fifty Famous Swords of its grade, its power certainly couldn't compare to the Atomic Light Sword he created himself.
Arthur folded his arms and pondered for a moment,
then suddenly looked at Alfred and said,
"Alfred, you can have this Devil Fruit. The enemies we face will only grow stronger, and I hope you'll keep getting stronger too."
As he spoke, Arthur picked up the Devil Fruit on the table and handed it to Alfred.
"No, no, Your Highness Arthur."
"I can grow stronger without eating a Devil Fruit."
Alfred immediately shook his head in refusal.
Like the powerhouses of the older generation, he believed in the strength he developed through training rather than the power gained by eating a Devil Fruit.
Just as Arthur heard those words,
the system in his mind suddenly sounded:
"Ding!" "Devil Fruit energy fluctuations detected!" "Would the user like to absorb the Devil Fruit's energy to increase the development level of Godzilla's power?"
...Hmm?
Arthur was startled.
He hadn't expected the system to be able to absorb a Devil Fruit's power to strengthen Godzilla.
Thinking of it that way, since Alfred had no use for this Devil Fruit either, and it seemed no one would eat it anytime soon,
he might as well let the system absorb it.
That would directly enhance his Godzilla power.
"In that case, take this fine blade and use it, Alfred." Arthur put away the Devil Fruit and gestured for Alfred to accept the fine blade on the table.
Alfred normally used an ordinary rapier in battle.
If he switched to one of the fifty Skillful Grade Blades,
it would certainly improve his fighting strength.
Seeing Arthur's insistence, Alfred accepted Bruce, one of the fifty Skillful Grade Blades. After all, he really could put this fine blade to use.
"Thank you, Your Highness Arthur."
Alfred expressed his deepest gratitude to Arthur.
After all, everything he had had been given to him by His Highness Arthur.
Alfred felt that being able to follow such a prince was already the greatest honor he could receive.
Arthur nodded and said nothing more.
After distributing the items,
Arthur had Alfred go about his own business.
He himself began having the system absorb the Devil Fruit's energy.
Soon, the system absorbed the Devil Fruit.
"Ding!" "Devil Fruit energy absorption complete!" "Congratulations, user. Godzilla Complete Form has now been unlocked!"
In an instant!
Arthur's eyes snapped open.
Godzilla's eyes flashed within his own.
He understood.
What the system had just unlocked was the power to transform his entire body directly into Second Generation Godzilla, because he had previously only evolved as far as Second Generation Godzilla.
So when he used his complete beast form,
he could only take on the appearance of Second Generation Godzilla.
Arthur didn't mind that.
All he cared about now was that he could finally transform into a complete Godzilla!
Before this,
his development of the Godzilla Fruit had been insufficient. He could only enter his partial beastman and beastman forms, not fully enter his complete beast form.
And the Godzilla Fruit's strength
lay entirely in transforming into Godzilla.
Once he entered his complete beast form, his physical strength and defense would receive an increase of over ten thousand times...
No, perhaps even a terrifying increase of over a hundred thousand times!
After all, in the Godzilla movies, the conventional firepower of modern humanity, whether large-caliber artillery, cruise missiles, or anything else,
couldn't penetrate Godzilla's armored scales.
It could only slightly affect Godzilla's movements.
And modern humanity's conventional weapons and firepower were not to be underestimated either.
At least on the surface, they already completely outclassed the conventional firepower displayed in the world of One Piece.
In other words,
he could already face bombardment from this world's warships without fear.
It was easy to imagine just how terrifying Godzilla's physical strength and defense had become!
And beyond Godzilla's powerful physique,
the most important point was that,
after entering the Second Generation Godzilla Complete Beast Form,
he could unleash the true power contained within Godzilla's body-the full might of the Radiation Heat Ray, also known as Atomic Breath.
It wasn't the sort of power possessed by the Atomic Light Swords and Atomic Lances he created.
Atomic Light Swords and Atomic Lances
simply couldn't be mentioned in the same breath as Atomic Breath.
One simple sentence could explain why.
The power of Atomic Breath
was roughly equivalent to over a hundred thousand Atomic Light Swords gathered together.
No!
Perhaps it even exceeded the power of a million Atomic Light Swords!
"Then perhaps I can venture into the Grand Line next." With his newfound power, Arthur couldn't help thinking of the Grand Line.
In this world of One Piece,
if there was anything that attracted Arthur most,
it had to be the place known as the Grand Line!
The Grand Line
was an extremely unusual stretch of sea, where geomagnetism, weather, ocean currents, and air currents were all in chaos. Ordinary people couldn't even dream of sailing through it safely.
All manner of wondrous things
could appear on the Grand Line!
There had even been legends of islands floating ten thousand meters in the sky!
And most importantly,
Arthur, who had read the original One Piece,
had naturally long yearned for the Grand Line.
Having finally crossed over into the world of One Piece, and now possessing the strength to venture through the Grand Line, how could he not go there and broaden his horizons?
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