2 Settling Down!
Nouva scanned over the other items on the virtual screen. He also noticed that, unlike other transmigrations, he didn't receive a system store.
"I guess it wouldn't make sense if I already have the ability to Plunder Devil Fruits."
Nouva then checked the contents of the Warp Token. These allowed him to warp to any existing location, person, or item.
Not only that, the Token used to warp him to his location could be used again. However, it would only warp Nouva back to his previous location. This would fail after 24 hours if he didn't use that token again.
"So I get to teleport any existing place. If I want to leave, I can use the same token again to return. However, the token will shatter but if I choose to stay in that warped location—I would have to stay there."
If he didn't go back within 24 hours, the token would still shatter and it would be wasted anyway.
This was, of course, if Nouva wanted to waste another Token but he didn't want to do that. His eyes brightened, there were a few things he wanted to change early in the story.
With these tokens, Nouva could bring his plan forth. This caused him to feel satisfied with the potential gains.
"Perfect! This is another good item since most of the items I was given were for survival."
Nouva next checked the Devil Fruit Token.
"I'm almost scared to use it. I'm afraid of being disappointed since I'm likely to get a useless Devil Fruit."
If it was a horrible Devil Fruit, he could still use it. However, later down the line, Nouva could simply get rid of it. His Plunder Skill allowed him to freely get rid of Devil Fruits and steal them.
"Please, One Piece Gods! Please give me a Viable Devil Fruit!" Nouva redeemed the [Random Devil Fruit Token] with hope.
The Token that had Three sections on it, which were Bronze, Silver, and Gold disintegrated. Afterward, a strangely colored fruit appeared in his hands—replacing the Token.
The fruit was circular in shape, similar to the Flare-Flare Fruit. However, the difference was apparent.
Instead of the Flame designs on the Flare-Flate Fruit, there were triangles.
These triangles were all over and around the Fruit—pointing upward. The stem was lime green and shaped like a crinkled T. The Devil Fruit itself was white and could easily be spotted in the wild.
Nouva inspected the fruit because the system didn't tell him what type of fruit it was.
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Devil Fruit: Metal Metal Fruit
Class: Logia
Rating: S
Control: Depends on the stamina of the user, so train it well.
Quote: Ah, yes, I can make a weapon shop. Your presence alone will cause metal-related ores to grow naturally.
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'Oh, my gosh, it's a Logia type of all things!' It would seem that fortune was shining on him today!
Nouva weighed the consequences and pros, but most people ate the Devil Fruit they first came into with.
Without thinking further about it; Nouva consumed the Fruit.
"Ugh! It tastes like a drywall that was recently coated with paint! I can smell the painty smell throughout my mouth!"
Nouva quickly took out a water bottle and gulped it down. When he came to it, he saw a change in his left hand. From what he could see, It appeared to be melting.
This alarmed him!
"Crap! Control!" Nouva quickly distributed 5 points into Stamina and 1 point into every other stat.
This left Nouva with 1 distribution point.
He felt a significant change in his body, Nouva felt stronger than before; that was for sure. Immediately after, he took control of his newfound Devil Fruit power.
"Let's see." Nouva smiled and formed a knife made of Iron. Using the knife, he took a deep breath and slowly stuck it into his hand.
"Perfect!" Indeed, the knife didn't affect him.
"I'll need to train my ability to be consistent just in case of sneak attacks." Nouva was over the moon that he managed to get a Logia, and could only smile.
"I don't think I need a tent or sleeping bag, I can just create an Iron or Steel house." Nouva turned to the forest.
In the next moment, he was walking through the forest. Nouva had no idea what his current location was.
The forest was deep and healthy, filled with bladed-leaved trees. Thick vines could be seen on most trees around here. This would make it easier to climb them if you ran into a beast of some sort.
He ran into a group of Red Deer grazing on the vegetation. Well, he figured out where his food source would come from.
Nouva kept walking, crossing over small creeks and several spans of open land.
"How big is this Island?" Nouva eventually came to an open space.
"I should make a cabin house for myself for now." Nouva got to work quickly, this house was going to be made out of Iron.
There was a foundation, porch, and so forth. Nouva felt like he was playing Minecraft while making this house. His house was shaped like a box with a roof, which was typically made in the game.
"Phew! There we go, my Iron box house. It even has an upstairs to it, haha!" Nouva looked at his house in satisfaction.
"This power to control metal is so amazing, I wonder what other things I can do." Nouva thought the Admiral Greenbull who owned the Wood Wood Fruit.
Some said he was a forest god, but this isn't true. The Mythical Zoan Fruits were the only fruit to embody the will of a mythical being.
"The Metal Fruit isn't no mythical, but I'll be sure to try and get one someday." Nouva decided to train his abilities.
The only way to accomplish this would be to have a stable food source for protein. First, he wanted to test his Devil Fruit's abilities.
"Let's see. The Wood Fruit was able to create a Golems. The Clay-Clay Fruit could also do this, so I must be able to create animate things out of different metals."
"Here we go!" Nouva focused and slowly formed an Iron Golem. Liquid Iron quickly came together, giving off a bubbly squishy sound.
"Phew! That's tiring to make. Hmm, it didn't come out the way I wanted it to, but this will have to do."
The Golem stood 3.2 meters in height with a rough figure. Its body looked muddy and melted, similar to the DC's universe Clay Face. It had empty eyes and mouth sockets, which made it look creepy.
Nouva could only control this Golem for it to move. The system noted that he would need to increase his Will to give it a [Will] of its own.
Nouva asked how many stat points were required for that before a line of text answered.
"I see. I would need to allocate 10 stat points to Will for it to operate on its own. So I need a total of 10 Will points for it to operate independently."
The higher his will, the smarter these Golems could become, or whatever living entity he created.
"I can do what Magneto can, but better since I can actually create Metal!" Nouva knew that this was a Devil Fruit that he wanted to keep.
Once he trained this Fruit and increased his stats, his control would grow exponentially.
"I need a rest after using this Fruit so much. Creating and house and a Golem has made me super hungry." He took one last look at the Golem before turning away.
Nouva went into his house before pulling out 2 buttered bread buns to eat.
"Crap! This is enough, I need meat. I'll have to somehow muster up the strength to create a weapon for my Golem. I can use it to cut down a tree and collect some wood."
As much as he wanted to sleep, Nouva was too hungry.
"I have no choice, I need to go hunt some food or I'll definitely starve." With a sigh, Nouva stepped out of the house.
"Ah, that's right, I have a Revolver 0." He quickly pulled out the Revolver 0 and inspected it.
The weapon was Silver and looked exactly like the S&W M500 magnum from Resident Evil 5! Nouva hadn't paid much attention before but upon seeing it, he was stunned.
"It's a good thing I don't have to carry it. I can just manipulate it and aim it to precisely hit and kill a target."
If Nouva didn't have the ability to manipulate metal, he wouldn't have the strength to aim this weapon. Not only that, he would probably have trouble carrying the thing.
"Alright..." Nouva controlled the Iron Golem to follow him. Its movements were surprisingly not slow.
He quickly made his way through the thicket before coming to an open valley. There, he saw the Red Deer, but there happened to be another type of animal group present.
"Hmm..." Nouva recognized them as boars, they were bigger than the ones back on his earth.
He didn't even hesitate as he fired upon the closest animal, which was a Red Deer. The power of the Rovolver 0 was strong for a handheld pistol-like weapon.
The Red Deer's head was blown apart and splashed into a bloody mess. Soon the valley was in motion, the animal roared in panic and made a run for it.
Nouva controlled the Golem by having it retrieve the Red Deer's body. He pulled out more buttered bread bun to rejuvenate his stamina.
Once this was done, Nouva returned to his house with his newly acquired food. He got to work immediately by creating a large axe for his Golem.
Nouva created a shovel and proceeded to dig a small hole. The Golem chopped a tree down before bringing it over.
The Golem cut it into pieces, woodchucks to be exact. Nouva proceeded to gut and clean the Red Deer with the knife he made on the beach.
"This Devil Fruit is so convenient, but constant use makes me tired." As he was gutting the meat, Nouva could only sigh. He had no way of storing this meat, so if he didn't eat it all it could only spoil.
"Hehe, who said I was going to leave any behind." Nouva's appetite increased greatly for some reason. He believed he could eat this whole Red Deer in one go.
Nouva kept the fur coat of the Red Deer, he was going to need it.
He ate another buttered bread bun. It took Nouva 10 minutes to start a fire, much to his dismay.
"Jeez, living as a survivalist ain't easy, especially at my age." Nouva created a rotisserie stance over the fire before skewering the meat on it.
The stance was made out of stainless steel for safety purposes.
"My weapon should be made out of iron and steel. Stainless steel can be used for silverware and whatnot."
The Iron Golem—under Nouva's control continued to row and spin the meat. The meat had been chopped up by him.
"I'm hungry and tired, perhaps I should walk around the Island tomorrow for some clues." If push came to shove, he could simply use a Warp Token to leave.
However, Nouva hoped it wouldn't come to that. The Warp Tokens could literally teleport him to anyone, anyplace, and anything if it was available and existed.
"Let's wait and see." Nouva sat on his porch and stared at the Golem with a grin.
