Sage paused for a moment, clenched his fingers, causing the fishing rod to shatter completely, and stood up, walking towards Dressrosa.
"Are we out of materials?"
As he spoke, he swiftly threw out two Haki Bullets, blasting holes into the two Fighting Fish that immediately leaped out of the water after the fishing rod vanished.
"We still have enough materials, but Renedia is troubled. After asking her, she said we could add a main material, but it's also fine without... So, it's best if you make the decision," Lily said.
"Main material?"
Sage thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "Forget it, let's decide when we arrive. Lily, have you made any discoveries these past few days?"
"Not yet. They're hidden very well. Even the locals down there say they believe it's just a legend, calling them 'fairies'," Lily replied.
For half a month, the others haven't been idle either. This place is home to the Little People Race, a race skilled in cultivation.
Sage really wants to recruit them, but even Doflamingo doesn't know where these Little People are, only vaguely aware of a place called Greenbit.
This is the bridge's other tropical island connected to Dressrosa.
But even with Lily personally searching with others, they haven't found any trace of the Little People, either hidden too deep or deliberately avoiding.
"That guy Doflamingo must know... Forget it, he does his thing, I do mine. There's definitely other Little People on Greenbit. I'll personally invite them," Sage said.
Doflamingo's underlings probably include Little People, but their whereabouts are unknown, and Sage isn't bothered to ask.
They're partners, so some respect must be shown.
The two walked across the bridge to the landing point at the bridge's edge. For shipbuilding, Doflamingo assigned his crew to temporarily set up a shipbuilding site here, where Renedia was building ships.
When Sage entered the room, a massive ship's outline was mounted on wooden racks on both sides, the keel extending from the bow to the stern, with the back half already formed with wood and steel.
"Master Sage."
"Captain Sage."
Seeing Sage arrive, the boatmen resting and drinking stood up one by one and respectfully greeted him.
And at the ship's bow, Renedia sat cross-legged on the ground, wearing dirty boatman's clothes, her little face also smeared with dirt, contemplating like a little adult.
Beside her, Stansen mirrored her posture, making Renedia look like weeds at his feet.
"What's on your mind? Are you facing a bottleneck in shipbuilding?" Sage chuckled.
"Definitely not."
Renedia rolled her eyes, "There's absolutely no bottleneck in my shipbuilding. If constructed normally, there'd be absolutely no problem!"
She stood up, pointing to the ship's body, "The cannon placement is reserved, including everyone's independent rest spaces, from the main deck to the four sides, all have reserved spots."
"Externally, the keel is made of Treasure Tree Adam. I've tested it; it's not just about hardness, but the material has unimaginable resilience. Even if purposefully attacked, damage isn't significant... But I feel this wood is magical, as if it makes one ignore it."
The so-called 'Treasure Tree' Adam isn't truly indestructible, as it's been chopped down and sold on the black market, hardly indestructible.
In terms of resilience, this wood is much better than the ones found in the East Sea, but it's not impervious to destruction; rather, the feeling it evokes is noteworthy.
It's as if some sort of will is coiling around it...
This is the real reason Treasure Tree Adam is valuable.
"Internally, we'll use the Pluton technology we obtained, combined with my power techniques, requiring no manpower. Just adding materials can complete the power, any materials can be used, even people can be burned!"
Renedia clenched her little fist, assertively saying, "This is a revolutionary battleship. If we follow my idea, we can surely make it the best!"
The previous Death Star, in terms of power system, besides her own abilities, relied on human strength for power.
Simply put... like pedaling a bicycle.
But not this time, with added Pluton technology, we can achieve automation, needing only 'burning'.
Anything can be burned: wood, stone, steel, cola, bones... Anything that exists, can be used as fuel to generate tremendous power, operating this massive battleship.
The power room doesn't require people to input energy, only focusing on external steering and sail management.
It can also sail like a regular sailboat, without using the internal power system, ensuring safe navigation in certain circumstances, just burning a little can ensure smooth sailing in stormy weather.
"But we're missing just one thing!"
Renedia pointed to the center of the ship, "Sage, I plan to place a power room next to your treasure vault. If we follow the previous technology, this power room will be very large because it needs to ensure full connectivity across the ship."
"But halfway through, I realized if we had a type of steel with excellent absorbent and containment properties, to make a stable sphere, it would save a lot of space."
"Moreover, having this, I could even make a power storage instrument, so we wouldn't need to stockpile vast amounts of fuel, just find and burn whatever, use it when needed."