Chapter 248 Arrival at the Magnetic Drum Kingdom

Uchiha Feiyu only mentioned the matter of promoting faith. If it happened in the real world, promoting a new faith might be difficult and full of obstacles.

However, the average IQ in the world of pirates is not high, and the royal families of various countries are mostly celebrities, which greatly lowers the psychological threshold of ordinary people, so it is not difficult to promote it.

Not to mention that Uchiha Feiyu had already left a terrifying reputation in Alabasta. Now everyone knew that this guy was a cruel god. It has been common since ancient times to worship such cruel and evil gods to avoid being harmed.

So three days later, when Uchiha Feiyu set sail again, he already felt that the power of faith received by the Future Immortality Sutra had increased a lot, and the original development speed of the vampire fruit also began to increase.

This is because it has only been three days and the faith has not been fully developed. If three or four months pass, Uchiha Feiyu is confident that he can evolve the power of the vampire fruit to its limit.

On the sea, Nami put her hand on the ship with a smile on her face. As her ability was activated, the surface of the medium-sized sailboat quickly became extremely smooth and it actually slid on the sea.

"What a fast speed... It's just like surfing and skiing. At such a fast speed, it should only take one day to reach the Magnetic Drum Kingdom! It's several times faster than normal!"

"I never thought that the power of a devil fruit could be developed so easily. Is this what it feels like to awaken a devil fruit?"

Yes, Nami's devil fruit ability has now developed to the awakening level. When preaching faith in Alabasta, Uchiha Feiyu naturally would not forget Nami. He gave her a random nickname and let her share some of the power of faith. In addition, the power of faith required to develop the slippery fruit to awakening is not much, so Nami quickly developed to the point of awakening of the fruit.

If the slippery fruit can be developed to the microscopic or conceptual level, it can also be called a god-level fruit. However, it is obvious that this power of faith cannot reach this level. But even so, just developing the slippery fruit to awakening, its power is already extremely abnormal.

At least opponents who cannot fly will probably be killed by the power of this devil fruit. Even if they have the ability to fly, if the domineering aura in their bodies is not up to standard, Nami can turn their appearance into zero friction through contact, without even friction with the air. In that case, they cannot even fly and can only slip infinitely on the ground.

However, after the boat glided quickly for an hour or two, sweat began to flow down Nami's forehead. Uchiha Feiyu, who was suspended in the air, glanced at Nami and said:
"If you don't have enough energy, take a rest! Your devil fruit awakened too early, and your body can't keep up."

"I see!"

Nami wiped the sweat from her forehead and retracted her ability while panting. As a parahuman devil fruit, the slippery fruit does not increase physical strength, and the skin lubrication gained after eating it is also a passive ability. It does not consume physical strength at all, so there is no effect of exercising to improve physical strength.

Nami is not a weak little girl. Compared with ordinary people, she is still strong and agile. However, she is still far from the normal development of the Devil Fruit awakening. That is why it is so difficult for her to use the power of the Devil Fruit.

"In the future, you should practice more of the Human Immortal Martial Arts that I taught you. That thing is much stronger than the Six Navy Styles. If you can get started, your physical strength won't be so poor."

"It's too much trouble to study nautical charts and navigation knowledge every day. I can't spare much time for practice!"

"Heh, stop making excuses. When we were in Alabasta, Robin, who helped with government affairs, and Vivi, who went around to comfort the people, were no busier than you, but now they have all mastered the art of human immortal martial arts."

Uchiha Feiyu rolled his eyes and said that because Uchiha Feiyu was much more reliable than the Straw Hat Pirates, Nami did become a lot more lazy with someone to rely on.

In comparison, Robin, who still feels insecure, and Princess Vivi, who shoulders the responsibility of Alabasta, work much harder than Nami.

"Okay, I get it... I will work hard to practice. But my talent is not that good, and I feel like my practice speed is so slow."

Nami sighed and nodded. She also felt that she had been a little slack during this period. After all, this girl was not an ordinary person and she understood the importance of strength.

Uchiha Feiyu shook his head:
"Your training speed is actually not slow. In terms of talent, you are at least much stronger than ordinary people. It's just that the person you are comparing with has a higher talent than you."

"It just so happens that while we are on our way to Magnetic Drum Country and chasing after Blackbeard, we can also go find a doctor to see if we can find a prescription to enhance the effect of our training."

In fact, Uchiha Feiyu was not sure whether Blackbeard went to Magdrum Country. He only remembered that in the original work, Blackbeard did go to that country in order to swallow the fruit.

Who knew that King Wapol was such a coward that when he heard that pirates were coming, he fled without a trace, leaving even the old scoundrel Blackbeard empty-handed - this was probably the only time Blackbeard's plan failed after he betrayed the Whitebeard Pirates.

Anyway, Uchiha Feiyu is not in a hurry. It would be best if he could find Blackbeard. If he can't find Blackbeard, he can also look for Wapol. The Swallow-Swallow Fruit is also a heaven-defying fruit, and its effect is no less than that of the Dark Fruit.

Even if these two people are not here, Uchiha Feiyu can also go find a certain elk and an old woman. The medical skills in the world of One Piece will be quite useful to Uchiha Feiyu.

For example, in the practice of Human Immortal Martial Arts, there are many prescriptions for accelerating practice, but those prescriptions all come from the Yangshen World, and many of the medicinal materials are not available in the One Piece World at all, so they can only find the doctors in the One Piece World to exchange them.

Fortunately, those are all prescriptions for cultivation below the human immortal level, and the medicinal materials used still do not exceed the scope of animals, plants and minerals. In theory, there must be substitutes in the world of pirates.

Nami rested for an hour or two and had a big meal, and she was almost back to normal. Then she used her ability again to control the sailboat to speed up, which not only reduced the sailing time but also served as an exercise.

Thanks to Nami's acceleration, the ship arrived at the port of Magnetic Drum Kingdom in less than a day.

"It's so cold... Alabasta and Drum Kingdom are two islands so close to each other, why is the weather so different?"

"The climate on the Grand Route is so changeable. You should have gotten used to it by now."

Looking at Nami, who was still wearing a thin short-sleeved shirt and trembling all over, Uchiha Feiyu shook his head helplessly and simply took off his cloak and put it on her.

"Damn it, why can't I turn off the air conditioner? I thought I was unaffected by the weather!"

Nami wrapped her cloak tightly and complained. Uchiha Feiyu rolled his eyes:

"Slide away the air conditioning... You think too much. Unless you develop the Slippery-Slippery Fruit to have conceptual abilities, the temperature will not be affected." "Okay, I get it, but at least I can slide away the wind!"

Nami muttered twice and activated the ability of her fruit. Sure enough, the cold wind blew in front of her and slid directly to both sides, making her feel a lot warmer immediately.

"Let's go and investigate the situation in the Magnetic Drum Kingdom first. Lion over there, get over here quickly!"

Princess Vivi and Robin both stayed in Alabasta. Alabasta is now in a state of disrepair and it is a busy time, so this time, apart from Uchiha Toba and Nami, only the lion Leakey was brought.

Accompanied by bursts of whistling sounds, a creature with a ball of flames behind it, the head and wings of a vulture, and the body of a lion slowly descended from the sky.

This lion also benefited from the power of faith. Although he had practiced the Future Immortality Sutra very poorly, the Vulture Fruit was not very powerful to begin with, but he still managed to develop it to the point of awakening. The lion's mane also grew out, and there was a cloud of flames behind it. Now it really looked like a majestic griffin.

The effect of awakening the animal-type devil fruit, which increases strength, is a significant improvement in power, speed, physique and other aspects. It just so happens that this lion itself takes a simple and rough route, which directly gives the lion considerable power.

At least in the first half of the Grand Line, this lion was already considered very powerful, not inferior to those pirates worth hundreds of millions.

Seeing the lion land on the deck, Nami's eyes lit up and she pounced on it, hugged the lion's hairy neck, and smiled:
"It's still the warmest here. It's not like in Alabasta where it was so hot sitting on you."

There were obvious black lines on the lion Liki's face. He really wanted to slap the bald monkey lying on him and send it flying. However, after thinking about the brutality and terror of Uchiha Feiyu, he still let Nami ride on him and became his mount.

A mount as conspicuous as the griffin obviously cannot be kept low-key. As soon as Uchiha Feiyu got off the boat, he saw a group of people at the port staring in amazement at the lion Liki flying down from the boat.

"What is this? Is it the legendary griffin?"

"A monster! What a huge monster!!"

"Wait, there's someone on that griffin... So pretty~~, is it the legendary griffin rider?"

After the Devil Fruit ability awakened, Licky's size nearly doubled. Now he is about five meters long and more than two meters tall. He looks extremely conspicuous. Hearing the praises of the people below mixed with surprise and fear, he immediately revealed a smug expression, opened his beak, and let out a lion's roar.

"Hey, hey, hey...this monster won't eat people!"

"It feels so dangerous, should we stay away from it?"

The ordinary people in the port had cold sweat on their foreheads, their legs trembling, and they looked like they were about to escape, which immediately aroused Nami's dissatisfaction.

Nami took out the weather stick and smashed it hard on Lion Liki's head, leaving a big bump:
"Stop scaring people and get down quickly!"

The unfortunate lion landed with an unhappy look on his face. Seeing this, the people who were preparing to escape at the port finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"This is Magnetic Drum Country. I wonder what you two are doing here? If you want to find a doctor... you are already too late."

An old man who should be quite prestigious here stood up and spoke to Uchiha Feiyu with a wry smile on his face.

Seeing that Uchiha Feiyu and Nami were well-dressed and there was an exotic beast like the lion Liki, the old man immediately suspected that they came here to see a doctor.

The Magnetic Drum Kingdom was once a well-known medical power throughout the entire Grand Route. It earned a lot of foreign exchange from its medical industry and was well-known. It was normal to have such thoughts.

Uchiha Feiyu was certainly not looking for a doctor, but he was somewhat interested in the old man's words, so he took this opportunity to confirm the current time period:

"Oh? Why is it too late?"

The old man sighed and said:
"Our country was once the most famous medical country in the Grand Route, but after the old king passed away, the new king, Walpo, drove away all the doctors in the country, leaving only the 20 most famous doctors."

"He also made it a law that if you are sick you cannot go to other doctors but only to those 20 doctors."

"However, those 20 doctors had already been taken into the palace by Valpo and became his personal doctors, so it would cost a lot of money to see Doctor 20."

"Nowadays, even our own people cannot find a doctor when they are sick. Those with a little bit of savings can still grit their teeth and go to the doctor, but most poor people can only wait to die when they are sick."

"Tsk... I don't think Doctor 20's skills are that good, otherwise why couldn't he cure your king who is obviously mentally ill?"

Uchiha Feiyu couldn't help but complain. Even in a world like One Piece where everyone competes to be worse, Walpo's actions were definitely too human. He never thought about the end of his country and that he would not get anything good, right?
The Magnetic Drum Kingdom is not a big country, and its entire population only adds up to tens of thousands of people. In this small country with a small population, instead of developing its own characteristic industries, it exploits its own citizens desperately - to be honest, Uchiha Feiyu couldn't figure out what was going on in his mind.

After hearing what Uchiha Feiyu said, the old man smiled bitterly:
"Maybe it's because stupidity is incurable! Anyway, our king is famous for being stupid and evil. A noble like you could actually go to a doctor for treatment. It would only cost a little more money..."

"But a while ago, a group of pirates suddenly came to our country, and then the king abandoned all his citizens and fled overseas with his men and Doctor 20."

"So now we don't have any doctors in the whole country."

(End of this chapter)