Chapter 305: Chapter 304
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After this trial, Abel was extremely satisfied with the new form of his Magic Weapon.
It greatly enriched his ranged attack methods, including large-area ranged attacks.
Additionally, he had a variety of attribute-specific ammunition to choose from.
Of course, the consumption was also tremendous.
Baby-5, who had undergone three enhancements in soul strength, was somewhat overwhelmed after using the Death Cannon three times in succession.
Fortunately, Abel could use his own soul force to create ammunition, which significantly relieved the pressure on Baby-5.
After all, Baby-5 was still too young and not yet fully grown.
As for Abel, he had been practicing the "Cardinal Blood Meditative Arts" for a while, and his spiritual power was growing rapidly. Plus, being from another world, he possessed an exceptionally strong soul.
"The next form of the Magic Weapon is also a gun, but this gun is not like any other."
Abel looked at Baby-5's talent and felt a bit of a headache at the thought of having to collect new souls.
[Talent: Weapon Girl]（Orange）
[Description: A talent evolved from a soul with an intense desire to be needed by others after becoming a Magic Weapon. Capable of freely transforming into seven different Magic Weapon forms.]
[Form 1: Scythe. Hidden skill: Witch Hunt]
[Form 2: Gauntlets. Hidden skill: Abyssal Fury]
[Form 3: Pistol. Hidden skill: Death Cannon]
[Form 4: Knight's Lance: Inactive]
[Form 5: ??? Inactive]
[Form 6: ??? Inactive]
[Form 7: ??? Inactive]
[To activate Form 4, 399 fallen human souls and one human soul mired in envy are required.]
[Upon activation of all forms, the evolution method for the Reaper Weapon will be obtained.]
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Abel had already noticed the pattern that each additional form required one hundred more fallen human souls than the previous one.
As for the special souls representing the seven deadly sins, their numbers didn't increase, but each requirement was different.
It was these special souls that were the hardest to find.
Abel didn't bother complaining; after all, he was the one who would benefit the most from unlocking more Magic Weapon forms.
Compared to the powerful might of these Magic Weapons, the effort required seemed trivial.
Good news came one after another.
Soon after Abel activated a new Magic Weapon form, Tom had finished the design drawings and urgently called him over.
This was important, so Abel hurried back to the North Blue with Baby-5.
Thankfully, during this time, Doflamingo had been busy planning to take over Dressrosa and had not paid attention to Abel's whereabouts; otherwise, he would have given him an earful.
Back and forth, from the West Blue to the North Blue—what was he running for?
A grand voyage of parkour?
Walking into the shipyard, Abel quickly found Tom, who was disheveled.
It seemed that in designing a new ship for him, Tom had not been sleeping well recently and had severe dark circles under his eyes, yet his tone was undeniably excited.
"Come here, I've thought about it for a long time, and after referencing many documents, I finally finalized the design drawings. Take a look and see if there's anything that needs to be changed," Tom said.
"To tell you the truth, not even building a ship for the Pirate King Roger was as troublesome as this."
Abel ignored Tom's grumbling, took the design drawings, and began to scrutinize them closely.
It had to be said; the design alone was already winning half the battle.
Tom was not one of those third-rate shipwrights who focused only on practicality without considering the aesthetics.
To Tom, every ship that he personally crafted was like his own child.
Healthy, that's imperative!
Appearance is certainly important, too!
Who would want their child to be an ugly thing?
So on the design plan, this aspect was vividly displayed, each line the result of Tom's extensive calculations for the optimal solution.
That's also why Abel's attention was instantly captivated at just one glance.
Beautiful, it really was beautiful!
Abel suppressed his excitement and surprise, carefully examining the design plan.
Perhaps for fear of difficulty understanding, there were many annotations on it.
Most of his requirements had been essentially met.
However,
"Huh? Why don't I see a place for mounting the 'Death Ray Cannon'?" Abel noticed something peculiar and asked.
Tom scratched his messy hair and said, "The power of that weapon of yours is simply too great. According to my calculations, unless you never use its full power, it would inevitably cause damage to the ship's body, or even lead to its direct disintegration."
"After all, even Adam wood isn't omnipotent; it has its limits. If we place it according to your requirements, the hull would likely split after about five normal mode shots. If fired at full power, the layer above the hull could be directly scrapped."
"So I chose to position it below the deck, at the standard battleship's main cannon spot, and then reinforced that area twice, or even several times."
"We'll spread the weapon's recoil throughout the ship's structure, leveraging the sea's accommodating nature to enhance the structure's endurance, and transferring some of the destructive force to the sea."
"In this way, normal cannon fire can be used without limits, and even at full power, it can withstand the force quite stably, at most being pushed to glide across the sea surface to dissipate the energy."
"Just make sure to inspect and reinforce it regularly, and there shouldn't be any problems."
"Of course, 360-degree dead-angle free shooting or something that ambitious is indeed impossible."
"Finally, let me say that this is the best design I could come up with. If you're still not satisfied, there's nothing more I can do."
Abel smacked his lips, pondering the words that had been said.
Indeed, the notion of 360-degree dead-angle free shooting was too fanciful.
"The main cannon at the bow, huh? Fine, let's proceed with this design."
Hearing that Abel finally approved of the design, Tom heaved a sigh of relief.
If he hadn't incorporated some aspects of the design from the King of Darkness, he was sure that anyone else, even if placing it in the main cannon's position, would end up with the ship wrecked and lives lost.
It's the details that matter the most!
Any error in parameters might lead to drastically different outcomes.
That's why the design plan had to be especially precise.
After confirming the design, Tom immediately followed up, "Now we don't have enough Adam wood here, we need more. Besides that, we still need..."
"Stop, stop, stop, list whatever materials you need, and I'll arrange for them," Abel quickly interrupted Tom, as he had never heard of most of those materials.
If it wasn't for recently acquiring a portion of Pepper's treasure, he would definitely be having a headache right now.
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