"Ding, materials unlocked successfully."
"All-purpose combat robots ×10."
"Slippery Fruit acquired."
Elric listened to the system broadcast calmly, but among all the impressive rewards, what truly caught his attention was the last one.
The Slippery Fruit.
This fruit's combat value was almost completely nonexistent. To put it bluntly, in any actual fight, it was absolute trash—offering no offensive capabilities, no defensive benefits, no tactical advantages whatsoever.
But its cosmetic side effect was terrifyingly useful for his specific circumstances.
For Elric—who required high-appearance women that met the system's strict standards to maximize his rewards—the strategic value of this fruit was immeasurable.
"You can all leave now," Elric said dismissively to the women who had been attending to him.
They bowed respectfully and departed without question.
Once the room was completely empty and sealed, he reached into the system space and withdrew three Devil Fruits, laying them carefully on the table before him.
The first was cyan colored, patterned with intricate dragon claw marks—Fish Fish Fruit (Azure Dragon Form), a Mythical Zoan type.
The second was red, covered in concentric ripple-like rings—Slow Slow Fruit, a Paramecia type.
The third was pristine white, impossibly glossy, looking almost unreal in its perfect smoothness—Slippery Fruit, another Paramecia.
Elric stared at them for a long moment, considering options and implications, then spoke aloud.
"System."
"What exactly is the effect of the Slippery Fruit on appearance? Can it directly raise an adopter's appearance score to 95 or above?"
Ding. Answering the host.
Men consuming the Slippery Fruit receive negligible appearance enhancement—approximately 1-2 points maximum.
Women consuming the Slippery Fruit receive enhancement based on their base appearance score:
Base score below 85: Appearance increases to 90+ after consumption.
Base score between 90 and 94: Appearance will definitely reach 95 or higher.
Base score 95 and above: Appearance increases by 1–3 points, depending on individual compatibility.
Important Reminder: If an adopter's comprehensive score rises from below 95 to 95 or above through any means, High-Score Adoption Rewards can be triggered again, whether the adopter is newly acquired or already integrated.
Elric rubbed his chin thoughtfully, a slow smile spreading across his face.
"So that's how it works..."
The Slippery Fruit was completely useless for him personally—a waste of a Devil Fruit slot that could be better used elsewhere.
It was also inefficient to give it to women who already exceeded 95 points, since the enhancement would be minimal.
But for women hovering just below that critical threshold—those scoring 90 to 94—its value was absolutely absurd.
Used correctly, this fruit could essentially manufacture high-score adopters on demand, triggering additional High-Score Adoption Rewards each time. It was a system exploit hidden in plain sight.
"Perfect."
Elric carefully placed Slippery Fruit back into the system space for safekeeping. It wasn't time to use them yet—he needed to identify the optimal candidates first.
After that strategic consideration, he picked up the Fish Fish Fruit and the Slow Slow Fruit, weighing them in his hands.
Without any further hesitation, he consumed both simultaneously.
The taste was, as always, absolutely unbearable—like eating rotten garbage mixed with battery acid. But Elric didn't care about something as trivial as taste. Power was power, regardless of how unpleasant the acquisition process.
Before the fruits' energies could fully settle and stabilize, he immediately pulled out the seven ability fruits and three ability crystals he had recently harvested from various sources.
All of them were absorbed directly into his body without pause.
Every single bit of supernatural energy was funneled immediately into the two newly obtained Devil Fruits, accelerating their integration and enhancement.
The system processed the influx rapidly.
Result:
Fish Fish Fruit (Azure Dragon Form): Level 3 (20/100)
Slow Slow Fruit: Level 3 (1/100)
Only then, once the energy absorption stabilized, did Elric open his detailed ability panel to examine what he'd gained.
Devil Fruit: Fish Fish Fruit (Azure Dragon Form) – Level 3
Physical Surge: Strength, stamina, defense, and recovery increase by 1,000× baseline human capacity.
Beast Transformation: Full transformation into an enormous Eastern Azure Dragon, capable of sustained flight and overwhelming presence-based suppression of weaker beings.
Hybrid Form (Human–Dragon): Retains humanoid shape while manifesting dragon horns, scales, tail, and claws. All physical attributes increased by an additional 10× over base form.
Heat Breath: A devastating concentrated flame beam capable of instantly vaporizing mountains and melting through virtually any material.
Storm Wind Blades: Releases countless razor-sharp wind blades for wide-area battlefield destruction.
Thunder Dominion: Lightning-based technique that can be infused into weapons or body, delivering extreme speed and paralyzing lethality.
Flame Clouds: Special supernatural clouds that can support massive objects or living beings, enabling controlled flight and levitation.
Devil Fruit: Slow Slow Fruit – Level 3
Slow Light Line: Emits concentrated light that drastically slows a single target's movement and perception.
Slow Field: Expands into a large area that slows all entities within—allies excluded if desired.
Slow Laser: Advanced technique that slows not just objects but energy states themselves, affecting even projectiles and explosions.
Elric stared at the numbers on his status screen.
"A thousandfold increase..."
He froze, truly processing the magnitude for the first time.
Before consuming the Fish Fish Fruit, his physical strength had already reached approximately 6,000—nearly 400 times that of a peak normal human athlete.
A 1,000× multiplier applied to that already superhuman baseline meant—
His current raw physical strength had reached 240,000 on the system's measurement scale.
The number itself was almost meaningless at this point. It had completely surpassed any human metric or comparison. There was no frame of reference anymore.
Strength. Defense. Endurance. Recovery speed.
All of them had entered a realm that could only be described as mythical.
To test this new reality, to confirm he wasn't misreading the system's evaluation, Elric calmly reached into the system space and pulled out a Desert Eagle handgun—loaded, safety off.
He raised it slowly.
Pointed the barrel directly at his own temple.
And without hesitation or fear, pulled the trigger.
BANG!
The gunshot echoed through the sealed chamber.
The bullet struck his skull at point-blank range.
And bounced off harmlessly, flattening against his skin before falling to the floor with a metallic clink.
Not even a bruise remained.
Elric lowered the gun, examining his reflection in the mirror on the wall. His skin hadn't even reddened from the impact.
"Bulletproof," he murmured. "Completely bulletproof without even activating the dragon scales."
He picked up the flattened bullet from the floor, rolling it between his fingers.
In his previous state, this would have killed him instantly. Now it was nothing—less than an insect bite.
The transformation was complete.
He was no longer human in any meaningful sense.
He had become something else entirely.
A dragon wearing human skin.
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