10. A Statue Of Me, For You.

I awoke with a yawn and stretched my arms. I rolled off Gyarados and and then groggily looked around at the "carnage".

I gotta say, I'm impressed by how these folks party.

They had many years of stress so I cant blame them for letting loose once their problem was removed.

On my right pectoral, was something new. A tattoo of Arlong Park.

It appeared shortly after wrapping up the battle.

Not like "poof" there's a tattoo... no...

The tattoo was magically etched into my skin which was pretty uncomfortable.

Lines of blood appeared and formed the image then darkened and turned black.

The park was depicted with two rampaging sea kings brutalizing a sea cow and Mini Maui was posing in the center holding a head and cheering.

He seemed happy to have a place to reside of his own.

I also felt faith for the first time. It seems the impression the locals here have of me is quite high.

And after partying with them and letting them get to know me, they have a small amount of faith in me. It was almost imperceptible though.

It almost feels like a connection between me and everyone that has me in thier thoughts.

It was only a very tiny amount.

After all, there isnt that many people on this island. But I could still feel minuscule amounts of incoming energy.

This energy seems to be 'disgested' and converted to my spark of divinity.

I can only think that faith in a hero is acceptable but the faith energy would probably be more pure and more 'nutritious' if it was religious faith.

But I gotta start somewhere.

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I spent a week on that island.

Nothing eventful happened and that mouse marine never tried anything either, as I expected.

I filled my time with my training. Gyarados and I began sparring with each other and we have both made some improvements.

Even though I know nothing about raising a pokemon, it seems Gyarados is a prodigy because he picks up things pretty quick. I really need a manual but I'm not in a huge rush.

His Dragon Rage mastery has improved and he has also learned Rain Dance.

That was the result of very hard work on both of our parts. Trying to convey to a gyarados how to make rain by dancing was a sight that was kind of embarrassing.

Nojiko actually saw me dancing trying to teach him the move.

I wanted to crawl into a hole when I heard her giggling.

Rain Dance would come in clutch if I end up in Alabasta later. What's more godly than making rain without using dance powder and instead an actual dance.

Speaking of Nojiko...

I did spend quite a bit of time with her over this week. I would sometimes come help her with picking tangerines and shoot the shit with her.

While I think she is incredibly attractive and I would probably give in to lust if the opportunity presented itself, my relationship with Nojiko is more on the side of good friends.

We have some chemistry and we both know it, but we also both also know we have different paths.

She has told me how she feels about the orchard left behind by Bellemere and she never had plans to leave.

She is a normal girl who wants a normal life and I cant blame her for that.

I never asked her to accompany me for that reason as well as I dont want the responsibility of protecting her.

I will inevitably become enemy number one of the world government. And I'm not so naive to believe that they wouldn't send assassins to target those close to me.

So the companions I have must be ready to possibly die at any time.

My departure from this island will be in the morning.

According to the newspaper I got from the news coo, Don Krieg was defeated yesterday and the warlord Mihawk made an appearance at the local sea restaurant, Baratie.

That means Nami is on her way here, followed by the rest of the Straw Hats.

There's no need for me to linger any longer.

I just have one last thing to do here.

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Night rose as the sun fell and the moon shined brightly on the world below.

The people of this island will be in for a surprise in the morning.

I decided to leave something behind to help draw faith to me. It might not bring much in the short term but later on when I'm recognized, the returns will be worth it.

Arlong Park had been stripped of anything valuable and the building was already destroyed from our training sessions.

I planned to leave my gift here.

As the moon hit its apex in the sky, as usual I prayed and made my wish.

A beam of moonlight struck the ruins that were once Arlong Park and a towering structure began to form.

Once the light had settled, the result of my very detailed wish had appeared.

A 50 meter tall statue made completely of sea prism stone with the attributes of 'immovable', 'indestructable' and 'blessing'.

The statue could not be moved or damaged by mortals. And if prayed to, it can bestow a minor blessing I call 'Luck of the Sea'.

It just grants a luck buff for catching fish. Nothing fancy.

This statue was of me, of course. Standing in a heroic pose with my fish hook raised in the air.

At the base was a plaque that read, "Maui, Hero to All."

I think I really pushed my wish to the limit with the amount of detail and higher concepts involved in its creation.

I'm pretty sure if I added one more provision, the wish would have failed.

I wish I could wish for more wishes to have each week.

But I have enough time as it is to get the things I need so I'm not worried.

I'm still learning the limits of this ability so wishing for strange things could also be considered as training.

So far I'm pretty sure I know what factors of a wish to consider to maximize the probability of success.

There appears to be a certain threshold of a wish and when certain parameters exceed the threshold then the wish will fail.

Some of these parameters include- rarity, size, power, usefulness, etc.

So I can wish for things that exist in fiction as long as they dont exceed that threshold, and the same is true on original item creation.

I can wish for a item that holds an 'enchantment' increasing its function level. I can wish for that item to be made out of a rare material like vibranium, increasing its rarity level.

But if I also add that the item is the size of a city, then that would cause the wish to collapse.

Because it doesn't seem to be a simple 1+1 equals 2 when it comes to wishing.

But all of the factors blend with each other. For example with the object I spoke of being enchanted and made of rare material, but then you multiply both of those by the size then the wish will naturally exceed the limit.

I'm still basically a weak newborn demi-god after all. My divinity cant fuel the creation of truly powerful objects yet.

But I digress.

The statue will bring some attention to me, but I doubt the marines will send anyone strong to apprehend me just because of a sea prism statue.

They will definitely be stumped on the fact it can not be moved or dismantled. At least by mortal hands, unless I'm dead I think.

I'm not worried.

I left the scene and went back to Nojiko's house.

My yacht is on her property since I was living there all week.

I went to sleep after telling Gyarados goodnight, who likes to sleep coiled around the yacht.