Game Merchants Starting from the Ninja World.

Chapter 266 Leaving the Pirate World

"clear."

Lieutenant General Tsuru nodded in agreement, then continued his report: "The number of Contract Fruits is steadily decreasing."

"The Navy has gathered members with sensory-related professions to form the [Fruit Harvesting Navy Corps], which roams the four seas and the Grand Line, excavating contract fruits."

To be precise,

It's not that the number of Contract Fruits has decreased, but rather that there have never been many Contract Fruits.

Previously, due to game events, game merchants released Contract Fruits into the East Sea, and no one realized the importance of the Contract Fruits, so they were taken by people at will.

Now, the game merchants have left the East China Sea.

The total amount of Contract Fruits remains the same, but they are randomly distributed throughout the Grand Line and the Four Seas.

As the area expands, the search becomes more difficult.

Furthermore, the global live broadcast of Den Den Mushi has made everyone eagerly anticipate the Contract Fruit, and their first reaction upon obtaining it is to eat it.

This is different from Devil Fruits.

Eating it would turn you into a landlubber, which is a huge drawback, and you have to gamble on whether you eat a useless Devil Fruit.

Some pirates and merchants, after some hesitation, will choose to sell their Devil Fruits.

However, the Contract Fruit allows you to become a player by completing the contract quest. There are no downsides to it. As long as you keep hunting corrupted monsters, you can become stronger. No one is foolish enough to exchange it for money.

Therefore, the difficulty for all factions to search for the fruits of the contract has greatly increased.

"Well done, naval players must maintain their numerical advantage."

The Warring States period nodded in satisfaction.

Tsuru understands her own thoughts, unlike Garp, whose head is stuffed with snacks and who only knows how to swing his powerful arms to find someone to fight. There's simply no way to communicate with him.

The current number of Navy players is 10,500.

They make up 30% of the One Piece world players.

It sounds like a lot.

However, according to information from the game intelligence department, game merchants distribute three thousand contract fruits every month.

Furthermore, each faction that founded a family can obtain two Contract Fruits every month.

Hunting elite monsters in the Purgatory map also has a chance to drop Contract Fruit fragments.

It won't take long at all.

Naval players will not have the current numerical advantage, and they must take advantage of this time to consolidate the position of the Naval Headquarters in the game.

"There's one more thing."

After giving a slight nod, Lieutenant General Tsuru continued, "The lord's equipment used for hunting Soul Reapers has found its true purpose."

"How is it?"

Warring States period, eyes lit up.

The Navy expended a great deal of resources when hunting down the Soul Reaper.

Although he obtained the purple-quality lord equipment, he has not yet figured out its purpose and simply put it on Smoker temporarily.

It can indeed enhance combat power significantly, but compared to the cost they incur, it's not worth it.

"This item was dropped by a naval vice admiral after he killed a red-haired yaksha."

Lieutenant General Tsuru opened his inventory and traded the dropped item to Sengoku.

[Defense Tower Blueprint (Green)]: After consuming materials, a defense tower is placed within the clan territory, capable of attacking enemies approaching the clan territory.

"Defense tower?"

Sengoku looked surprised and quickly asked, "You mean, the Lord's Equipment is a material for crafting defensive towers?"

"That's right."

Lieutenant General Tsuru nodded and said, "Building defensive towers requires a lot of materials, such as Yin Qi Crystals and Purgatory Flowers, which must be obtained from corrupted monsters."

"Among them, the materials that must be consumed at a fixed rate are the equipment dropped by the Contaminated Lord."

"Depending on the attributes of the lord equipment invested, the defensive tower will also have different abilities."

The abilities of the defensive towers are related to the abilities of the Pollution Lord.

Just like the [Soul Reaper Set] obtained by the Navy Headquarters, if it is used to build a defensive tower, there is a high probability that some of the Soul Reaper's skills will appear.

"A defensive tower capable of unleashing the Corruption Lord's skill?"

Warring States period, even his breathing became rapid.

When hunting the Soul Reaper, it didn't seem easy at first.

But the further you progress, the more powerful the Soul Reaper becomes, wielding abilities like the Grip of Fear, the Scythe of Death, and the Burial of Yin. With a mere wave of its hand, it can annihilate thousands of players.

Even top players need to use all their strength to resist.

right now,

With just one defense tower, the Marine Headquarters could gain the ability to corrupt lords?

The Warring States period then asked the most crucial question: "How many reward points are needed to build a defensive tower?"

Lieutenant General Tsuru replied, "Three hundred thousand reward points."

This is a conservative estimate. If Revolutionary Army players and Pirate players know the Navy's objectives and forcefully raise the price of materials, it could be even more expensive.

"It's not expensive, let Sakazuki handle it!"

Zhan Guo took a deep breath and said those words with a heavy heart.

300,000 reward points are enough to train a top player, how could it not be expensive?

However, compared to the capabilities of a defensive tower, it is indeed insignificant.

Lieutenant General Tsuru added, "The equipment dropped by Commander-level monsters can also be used as materials to build defensive towers, but they are slightly weaker and not as powerful as Lord-level equipment."

"It's okay."

Sengoku waved his hand and said, "In the entire One Piece world, only we possess Lord-level equipment. Once the Lord-level defense towers are built, not only will Shanks be no match for us, but even if players from all over the world attack us together, the Marine Headquarters will remain as solid as a mountain!"

"Yes."

Inside the game room,

Fang Yi had just seen Gecko Moria off when he laughed and said, "The players in the One Piece world have also gotten on track and are starting their journey to the New World."

The situation in the world of One Piece can now be said to be largely stable.

Of the four former pirate emperors, only the Whitebeard Pirates remain.

Queen of Torrent, formerly Big Mom, was used as a live target by Fleet Admiral Sengoku of the Marine Headquarters to establish his authority because she failed to seize the opportunity of the Reincarnation Game.

They lured the Big Mom Pirates to the waters near Marineford.

Then, the Lord-level [Soul-Snatching Defense Tower] destroyed hundreds of large ships and the nearest island where the Big Mom Pirates were docked with a single blow.

The dying old woman was captured on the spot, while the rest of the crew scattered and fled for their lives. The entire Kingdom of Torant was leaderless and was divided up by the covetous pirates.

So far,

Having witnessed the terrifying power and attack range of the Lord-level defense tower, the group began collecting materials to build the tower and reached a consensus that they must never fight the navy near Marineford.

And then,

The Adventurers' Guild gradually emerged, unlike the Navy and the Revolutionary Army, which were fixed forces with an ironclad structure. Instead, it became more like a spiritual banner.

Led by Shanks, the spirit of adventure is constantly promoted, guiding countless people to set sail and fight against fate.

"The noble groups from all over the world, the Revolutionary Army, the Marine Headquarters and the World Government, as well as various great pirates."

Fang Yi exclaimed, "The complexity of the pirate world far surpasses that of the ninja world."

"That's good. The more complex the forces, the less likely they are to reach a stable agreement. Their influx into the new world will drive the game's development."

The game's merchants are very dissatisfied with the current state of the ninja world.

Despite having a game time that far exceeds that of the One Piece world by several months, the mutual wariness between players has prevented the emergence of Tier 2 players.

In that case, don't blame us for being surpassed by One Piece players later.

"Master, shall we go to the Naruto world?"

(End of this chapter)