Chapter 135

When Balavur died, members of his team were somehow able to find his fruit, or possibly extract it from his dead body. It was difficult to say how it all happened, the pirate did not write about it. Maybe they had a special fruit, or maybe even the Yami Yami no Mi, I'm not sure. But one thing was clear, the team was loyal to their captain, so his fruit was buried with him. Although it was written about the pirate in the diary, it was difficult to understand why he knew the language in which the poneglyphs were written.

His story was simple. Balavur was a giant and was born on Elbaff, later became a pirate and gathered a strong team.

Much has been written about the fruit. He studied its strength for a long time. The mythical zoan of the black dragon. Like all mythical fruits, it had a unique characteristic that makes it mythical. It was his dragon scales and incredible regeneration power. Of course, simple zoans could also provide durable armor or the ability to regenerate as quickly as a beast. But that was a different case. The one who eats this fruit, without even turning into a dragon, is able to spew flame and have all the dragon's abilities. Although the fruit has a final dragon form, even without it, the owner of the fruit is like a dragon in human form. It was like the power of Marco, who could heal using the energy of the phoenix. It's the same with this fruit. He made the user's body a real dragon's body, with incredible protection and regeneration. Other fruits of the zoan species, however, had to undergo transformation in order to gain strength. As I understand it, all mythical fruits allow you to do something like this without turning into a beast. People who have eaten the mythical zone seem to have the power of both Paramecia and Zoan at the same time.

Of course, the main feature of the fruit is its final form - a black dragon. It was clear from the notes Robin had deciphered that the dragon's full form was incredibly huge. Of course, thanks to her, a person acquires terrifying strength, not to mention protection. Perhaps in this form all the power of the fruit is revealed. But I was not interested in this, it is certainly good to become a destructive monster, but I already have enough strength. What interested me was protection and regeneration. Of course, thanks to will and vitality, I can survive a lot, but I doubt that my defense is even close to the level of the Yonko. So if I eat this fruit, maybe I can get closer to them. These two monsters, Kaido and Big Mom, are still human, but they look like giants. I do not know if they are mutants, but I am sure that their protection is monstrous, not to mention the will of weapons. I haven't even seen them yet, but I already feel the danger. I remember Shanks, and he was a normal sized man. The devil knows how he can be equal to them ... With this fruit, I do not hope for victory or at least on an equal level, but I hope for a way to survive and hold out in battle.

Okay, since the opportunity has arisen, then I will eat it. I have just 12 points, very handy ... For Yami Yami, I needed only three, and then just twelve. If I eat the fourth fruit and there is an opportunity, then I can hardly do it. There will probably be so many points that I simply won't be able to accumulate them. And do not forget about pumping. I still want to fully pump my main fruit, and only then the others.

Tossing a brand new devil fruit in my hand, I stood up and said:

- Okay guys, I'll go, one more fruit won't hurt.

Everyone was distracted and looked at me.

- Another? Can you sit down third ?! North exclaimed, amazed.

I chuckled:

- I have a unique body, I don't know how much I can eat in total, but three are definitely possible.

- Yes, and why am I surprised ...

- Eh, are you sure you won't die? Zoro asked with a smile.

I chuckled:

- Sure.

Smiling, I waved to the guys and went to my cabin. They still have something to chat about, and I could use a new power.

Three fruits. I didn't even think that one day I would have so many at once. The system is truly amazing. I don't know where I got it from, but if it hadn't been for her, I would have had a hard time. But twelve points is of course a robbery ... It's good that they are not so important to me anymore, otherwise I would not know what to do. Eating the Balavur fruit would be a great help for me. It goes well with my current and last two fruits. Although I now possess the logic, and it would seem that I do not need protection, but this is not so. Logia is not that useful in the New World. The reason why Sakazuki and Aokiji are so strong is not because of their invulnerability, but because of their tremendous power of destruction. One is able to freeze everything, while the other can drown an entire island in magma. Logia is just a small bonus, so is the power of darkness.

Sitting comfortably on the bed, I picked up the fruit and took one last look at it. The likelihood that I will see him again is almost zero ... He was completely black, slightly rough. The veins could only be felt by touching it. As for the stem, everything is simpler here. The most common stem is dark green in color.

Exhaling, I brought the fruit to my mouth and took a bite. The taste was so-so, but bearable, so I continued to absorb it quickly. I know that one bite will be enough, but I didn't want to risk it and leave something behind. Devil fruit is such a thing that you can't be sure with.

When I ate it completely, nothing really changed. I just felt some kind of power and understood how to call it, that's all. Concentrating, I tried to grow scales on my arm. I didn't want to take full shape, as I could damage the ship, and such a small transformation would not harm anyone.

At first nothing happened, but after a second I began to feel something. The hand slowly began to change and become covered with small dark scales. They glittered slightly and looked like lizard scales. My fingers lengthened and turned into sharp claws. The hand looked rather intimidating. I could also turn the left one into claws, but unlike the right one, the color was slightly different. The hand covered with scales gleamed slightly and the scales stood out. It was not hard to guess that I had some kind of zoan with scales. The hand that I created from the darkness, although it was very similar to the usual one, but the black color was matte and uniform. Probably even in full dragon form, I won't have a left hand. Curious, worth checking out ...