Vol. 02 Ch. 07 – The ‘road’

Previously …

It has been 1 week that Arthur and Maria lived in Louge town. Tomorrow afternoon they will return to Mary Geoise and this is the last night Arthur can be with Bellmere. Their relationship is getting closer every day. Arthur always helps Bellmere training to make Bellmere's dream closer to achieving.

Arthur: "That suitcase has 500 million belly, use this money for people who you consider to be family when you need it. And this is the number of my den-den mushi. If you have time I want you to contact me. Don't be afraid to bother me, especially if you have problems with pirates. "

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Arthur: "Sebas! I want you to send these earth-earth devil fruit and a letter to Nako, Cocoyasi village doctor on the island of Conomi. If there is no doctor in the village named Nako, then give this package and letter to someone named Genzo there. "

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Arthur decided to make a caravel-sized ship with a length of about 20 meters (reference: Oyster 675) with the dial engine system and sea stone at the bottom of the ship. Arthur also gave the name of the ship under the figurehead that referenced the Greek Goddess of Wisdom and War, Goddess Athena (Saint Seiya Athena armor).

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Arriving at Mary Geoise, Arthur immediately practiced harder than ever. Train his body with weights on his legs and arms before breakfast, after that train his devil fruit in hopes of awakening it, sword training with his newly created techniques which he feels is more suitable, and practice Haki before going to sleep. Saint Adam was very worried seeing Arthur who just arrived immediately acted like that.

Saint Adam: "Maria, what's wrong with Arthur, he trained so hard after returning from Louge town?"

Maria: "Well ... maybe he's still sad because Bellmere doesn't want to come with him."

Saint Adam: "Oh ... Bellmere, the girl reported by Sebas as Arthur's future wife. Do I need to bring her here by force? "

Maria: "Old man ... that would hurt their relations because Arthur still hasn't told her about his identity. Even though I'm also sad because she didn't come with us, but she also has a dream to realize"

Saint Adam: "Marine base on the island of Conomi ... hm ... All right! I will contact Kong to build it now. "

Arthur: "No need, Grandpa. It will destroy her dream, just increase patrol in east blue. And I want grandpa to prepare what I need on this list. " Arthur stopped his grandfather and mother's combi from doing anything unwanted, and Arthur gave a sheet of paper to his grandfather.

Saint Adam: "Wood from the treasure tree Adam, jet dial, ... sea stone. Do you want to make a ship? Why not just ask for a ship, Arthur? "

Arthur: "I want to make a ship with my own hands and according to my design. I will return to training. "

Arthur continued to train his body to the limit of his ability, although he still looked slim, the muscles in his body could not be compared to before. He also trained his devil fruit to be able to make [Art's Room] more than 15 meters in diameter and he can move while [Art's Room] still active. Arthur also replaced the two katanas he used with a pair of tonfa with a blade in the ring from his father, he felt that this white tonfa pair was comparable to Meito 21 O Wazamono. So now, Arthur can use his new technique which is a combination of martial art and sword techniques. The aura seen on the blade was also getting stronger, making Arthur's flying slash attack even more stable.

Arthur's Haki is also very well developed, he can do Busoshoku Haki 'hardening' in part of his body and 'imbuement' on the sword blade he uses. The 'hardening' technique uses the high concentration of Haki which can harden Arthur's body, giving him increased strength and endurance greater than the basic Busoshoku Haki application. This is the most unique and easily recognizable Haki because it changes the user's body that shines in black. The hardening effect of this technique is easily able to block sword attacks and even break them if Arthur is strong enough. Whereas the 'imbuement' technique is another step that develops from the basic technique. By touching an object, Arthur can add it with his own Haki to greatly increase its strength and endurance. Any weapon enhanced by Busoshoku Haki hits far harder than without it and allows the weapon to receive a greater attack without damage. And Arthur's Kenbonshoku Haki reaches the 'feeling intention' stage. By using this ability, Arthur can sense someone's intentions, enabling him to predict the actions of others. This Haki application is very helpful in battles because Arthur can predict his opponents' attacks and fight them. The more killing intent the enemy has, the easier his attack to be predicted by Arthur, he can also predict movements whether there is a killing intention or not.

Unfortunately, Arthur's Haoshoku Haki could not progress far, Arthur still reached the basic technique, domination, which can't make someone pass out. Where Arthur can use Haoshoku Haki to temporarily dominate other people's souls, intimidate them to show where they are frozen with fear and/or force them to obey the user's orders for a short time. Depending on the wishes of the victims, they can even suffer panic attacks.

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Six months after receiving orders from Arthur to go to the Fishman island, Sebas finally returned. There were many injuries on his body, ranging from gunshot wounds, sword wounds, and broken bones. Fortunately, Sebas's life was still not in danger even though it took a long time to recover.

Sebas: "Forgive me young master Arthur, I failed to complete the command of young master Arthur. I am ready to accept whatever punishment young master Arthur gives. " Despite his severely injured condition, Sebas still forced his body to prostrate to Arthur.

Arthur: "You should rest first until recovering. Actually, I also do not get many hopes for your success this time. But where did you get these injuries, I know very well how your abilities are? "

Sebas: "As you might expect, CP-0 is already on the Fishman island and is moving your target. I tried to infiltrate their ship to fulfill your order but I failed because CP-0 noticed my presence. Even though I defeated 2 of the 5 members CP-0, I still failed to make a copy of the red block stone, Road Poneglyph that young master Arthur intended. Punish me, young master Arthur. "

Arthur: "Never mind, I should have known that after Roger gave his will inheritance, gorosei would take action to prevent the birth of another pirate king."

The task Arthur gave Sebas was to go to the Fishman island and make a copy of the road poneglyph. Arthur knew that the road would be found in ancient elephants, Zou, and others owned by Kaido and Big Mom. It was when he at the Sabaody archipelago that Arthur remembered about it and the loss of the whereabout of the fourth road poneglyph which was originally located in the sea forest of the Fishman Island. In the end, Arthur was late getting a copy of the road poneglyph.

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Six months passed after Sebas returned from the Fishman island and 1 year passed after the pirate king Gol D Roger was executed. The sea is getting chaotic because of the emergence of many new pirates and getting the name of the great era of the pirates. Fleet Admiral Kong resigned as in the story and Sengoku replaced him. The ship "Athena" has also been completed by Arthur with the help of shipwrights who were sought by Saint Adam. Of course, anyone who sees Athena will be surprised, from appearance, her layout to Athena's sailing system far exceeding existing ships. While Arthur was practicing, Maria came with bad news.

Maria: "Arthur, have you seen the edition of the newspaper tomorrow?"

Arthur: "Mother, I haven't seen it."

Maria: "Look at this."

Arthur received a newspaper and a bounty poster from Maria. The wanted poster showed the face of a 7-year-old girl with dark skin and black hair. The price of the wanted to be listed on the bounty poster was 79 million belly.