[Mission "Defeat the Mist Wolf Pirates" completed! 50 GP have been credited to your account and 2 Gold Scrolls can be redeemed!]
I sat on the ground, feeling overwhelmed in many ways.
"Noah, what are we going to do with the bodies?" Nami asked.
"We'll sail away with the ship first and then throw them into the sea." I replied.
Because of the noise, several island natives came to see what was going on.
Even if they didn't dare get too close, if we simply threw those pirates there, it might cause a problem. Either for us, or even for them.
"Okay." Nami agreed and took control of the ship after pulling up the anchor.
...
A few hours later, with no land in sight, I began throwing the corpses into the sea.
Nami still felt bad, but she wasn't an ordinary girl.
After doing what needed to be done, I joined Nami.
"Done?" She asked, turning to me.
"Yes." I replied.
"Okay." She smiled, but her smile quickly turned into a cruel face as she jumped and, with her fist clenched, struck my head with a hard knuckle hit.
"Bang!"
"That hurts!"
Actually, half of that was true, but the other half was me exaggerating to satisfy her.
Rubbing my head, I looked at her, hurt.
"You brat, how could you do something like that?" She yelled, furious: "Do you know how worried I was!?"
"I have no excuse." I admitted my mistake.
I know I was reckless. There was no point in being stubborn now.
"I don't care if you kill some filthy pirates, but you took too much of a risk, you, you...!" She shouted, pointing at me: "Scoundrel!"
I don't know why, but when she called me that, I felt like laughing, but managed to hold it in.
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My ears were hurting from so much scolding from Nami and all the ear pulling.
But when I looked at the reward on my status page, I felt it was worth it.
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Gacha: 2x [Silver Scrolls], 2x [Gold Scrolls]
GP: 55
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Assimilation in Progress [2/2]: [Hercules (Hercules) - ★★★★★ (8.2%)] - [Li Shang (Mulan) - ★★★★ (54.7%)]
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I'm not even going to mention my strength, which increased along with the assimilation. Just the two gold scrolls alone made me feel silly like a little kid.
The only 'problem' was that even if I got something good, I couldn't assimilate it at the moment.
"Are we going back with this ship?" I asked.
Nami rolled her eyes, saying: "We're going to sell this ship and return with our beautiful boat."
"That's a good idea." I didn't disagree.
"But before that, we need to get rid of this pirate flag." Nami murmured while touching her chin.
"Isn't it easier to just paint over it?" I asked, innocently.
"That's actually a great idea." Nami snapped her fingers: "Alright. We'll do that when the wind dies down."
After that, I made an excuse and went into the ship's cabin.
There, I took one of the gold scrolls.
After unlocking the seal, I opened it.
The glow didn't last long before it turned into a card.
I quickly opened my eyes and grabbed the card midair and looked at it.
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[Maui's Fish Hook (Limited Version) - (Moana) - ★★★★☆☆]
Description: A replica of the legendary Maui's Fish Hook, imbued with a fraction of its original power.
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"Huh?" I couldn't help but be stunned when I saw this card. After all, I remember a little about it—I knew that with it, Maui could fish up islands and crush mountains. He even claimed he could slow down the sun itself.
'By the way, is it possible to reach 6 stars later with this weapon?'
How could anyone not want something like that?
If it's possible, he'd like to try.
Even if it's just to raise it to 5 stars, it must already be incredibly powerful!
Although excited, I put that card away for now.
In the status tab, I took another gold scroll and opened it.
"Shine!"
Already expecting it to shine, I closed my eyes.
When I felt the glow fade, I opened my eyes and saw the card floating in the air.
Grabbing it, I looked at its specifications.
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Cri-Kee (Mulan) - ★★★
Description: A lucky cricket that brings good fortune and small tricks to allies.
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"Oh?"
For the first time, I got a card that made me want to summon it right away.
The reason for that doesn't even need to be explained.
Although it's 3 stars, something related to luck couldn't be bad.
Holding that card, I first read about the risks of summoning.
In the description, I noticed that although their loyalty couldn't be controlled, on the other hand, the summons also couldn't cause me any harm.
Besides that, there was a chance they might even abandon me...
'So there was such a big risk.'
Now, I feel relieved that I assimilated Hercules.
I don't believe that with just my charisma I would be able to win the loyalty of such a character.
'Now, should I take the risk and summon this cricket?'
I did some calculations. For now, it would take a few days until we reached another island and sold this pirate ship.
Until then, the cricket would have nowhere to run. And if I put in the effort, maybe I could gain its loyalty, even if only partially...
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Five days later...
"Cri-Kee, little buddy, we're almost on dry land." Nami touched the cricket's head with her finger while smiling softly.
In these few days, the one who got closest to the cricket was actually Nami.
Cri-Kee was now on Nami's shoulder, nodding his head in agreement as if he understood what she was saying.
Although he only chirped, Nami spoke to Cri-Kee as if she understood him.
I gave a helpless smile, but I still thought it was a good match.
Nami would still go around stealing from thieves, and having a lucky cricket with her would be useful in many ways.
Leaning on the edge of the ship, I clicked on the tab where I had two silver scrolls and opened both at the same time.
It was like a common action, but my expectations were still high, even though I tried to be indifferent.
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1: Cheshire Cat's Hat (Alice in Wonderland) - ★★★☆
2: Glass Slippers (Cinderella) - ★★★☆
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Two 3-star items, with 4-star potential.
However, upon seeing the Glass Slippers, I held back from rolling my eyes.
But I still read the item's description.
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Glass Slippers (Cinderella) - ★★★☆
Description: Grant elegance and lightness, allowing graceful movements and quick dodges.
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'Should I offer the glass slippers for Nami to wear?'
Why did it make me feel strange to think that way?
I chuckled a little and looked at the other card.
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Cheshire Cat's Hat (Alice in Wonderland) - ★★★☆
Description: Grants partial invisibility.
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'Could turn out to be useful.' I thought.
I still had 55 GP.
On one hand, I wanted to buy another gold scroll; on the other hand, I wanted to take the risk with more attempts by buying silver scrolls. As for bronze... I didn't even consider buying one of those for now. I simply didn't think it was worth it.
Turning my gaze away from the GP, I looked down.
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Assimilation in Progress [2/2]: [Hercules (Hercules) - ★★★★★ (9.9%)] - [Li Shang (Mulan) - ★★★★ (73.1%)]
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'It's getting harder and harder to assimilate Hercules; on the other hand, Li Shang has already surpassed 70%.' I thought while looking through the holographic page at the setting sun.
"Noah, I'm hungry."
"I'll make something for us right now." I say, coming out of my daze.
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