And as Merlin's consciousness moved, a special change appeared in the Equipment Slot before him at this moment.
[Compatibility Value of the two equipments reached 100%. Synthesize?]
A message suddenly appeared in his consciousness. Merlin's eyes narrowed slightly, then he inquired through his consciousness. The next moment:
[There is a Compatibility Value for equipment synthesis. When the Compatibility Value is lower than 50%, synthesizing temporary equipment has a high probability of damage, and synthesizing bound equipment will only result in failure.
Equipment synthesis will consume a large amount of energy.]
"Large amount?"
Merlin noticed the condition that synthesis would consume his own energy at this moment. But thinking about it, it was normal. After all, any action requires energy consumption.
But at this moment, Merlin felt the condition inside his body. Although hungry, the energy in his body was still quite abundant.
He hesitated no more.
[Synthesize]
And at this very moment, as Merlin's consciousness moved, an azure halo suddenly burst out on the Equipment Slot before him.
Immediately after, two Devil Fruit Origin Powers presenting dense colors converged and fused towards each other under the synthesis rules of the Equipment Slot. A very marvelous experience flooded into Merlin's consciousness.
At this moment, Merlin felt his own energy flowing away rapidly like a floodgate opening. Even though he had an estimate in his heart, he was still startled.
But fortunately, this situation didn't last long. In less than a moment, the halo in the Equipment Slot before his eyes dissipated.
At this time, Merlin saw that there was equipment only in the first slot of the Equipment Slot.
A status-bound equipment.
And the image displayed on the equipment slot was a humanoid creature with symmetrical pitch-black oni horns on both sides of its forehead, hands spread out, and whole body surrounded by pitch-black flames.
[Name: Synthesized Devil Fruit Origin]
[Effect: After equipping, grants you the ability to transform into an Oni and wield Calamity. And you yourself will gradually possess all potential characteristics that the legendary Oni Race can possess.
But at the same time, you will also possess a restriction from nature (PS: This restriction is integral to this origin power; it can be "weakened" but cannot be erased).]
[Synchro Value: 1%]
[Evaluation: This is a peculiar Devil Fruit Origin Power born from the ingenious fusion of two supernatural Devil Fruit Origin Powers under your Equipment Slot.]
At this time, Merlin leaned weakly against the head of the bed. At this moment, there was an unbearable sense of collapse inside and outside his whole body, as if his body had been hollowed out.
However, Merlin paid more attention to the Equipment Slot at this moment. The status of the equipment was still bound. Because once equipment is bound, it is permanent, and even if synthesized into brand-new equipment, it still cannot be released.
Having such a realization in his heart, it seemed that if he were to bind equipment again in the future, he still had to be extremely cautious.
At this moment, quietly experiencing this instinct-like power appearing in his body.
Merlin raised his right hand to his eyes. Whoosh! A pitch-black flame rose: "The usage and medium of the Calamity ability haven't undergone superfluous changes."
At this moment.
Raging black flames enveloped Merlin's body. The weakness calamity existing in Merlin's body was absorbed, but very quickly, Merlin stopped this behavior.
His gaze moved slightly. Getting up from the bed and coming to the small table on the side, Merlin picked up a bottle of wine on the table, pulled out the cork, and gulped it down.
Gulp, gulp!
Soon a bottle of rum entered his stomach. Merlin finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he had truly recovered now.
"Even in that state of collapse, I can still recover my own state through Calamity absorption. But in that state of exhausted energy, forcibly absorbing Calamity consumes my life force, or it can be said to be my lifespan."
It was a burst ability to enhance sustained combat by consuming one's own lifespan.
Coming to the washroom inside the room, Merlin's figure appeared in the mirror. The next moment, with a thought, a pair of upward-curved pitch-black oni horns with spiral patterns suddenly grew out from both sides of his forehead.
Merlin clenched his fist, feeling this abundant power flowing in his body now. Ripples arose in his heart: "From now on, physical strength is no longer my weakness."
At this moment.
An indescribable unyielding aura quietly emerged from Merlin's body.
Looking at his bare upper body, Merlin's consciousness moved. The next moment, wisps of pitch-black flame clouds floated up from Merlin's shoulders, converging behind him into a floating flame cloud ribbon.
Black flames ignited on the pair of oni horns.
At the same time, his head of black hair also turned into burning black flames rising upward.
In a pair of pitch-black eyes, that kind of Calamity black flame was also igniting at this moment.
[Awakening]
Even though the origin of the fruit ability was synthesized, the specialization he had permanently obtained was not affected.
Therefore, under the influence of the "Awakening" specialization, even though the Synchro Value of this brand-new synthesized equipment was only 1% at this moment, Merlin could still use the power of awakening.
However, the energy consumption...
With a thought, Merlin canceled this awakening state. He had just drunk a bottle of wine to pad his stomach with great difficulty; he couldn't use it all up at once.
Looking at himself in the mirror, Merlin chuckled lightly: "I can be considered a mini-boss now. I have three forms on me.
"Current is Normal Gear 1 Form, growing oni horns is Gear 2, awakening is Gear 3."
Teasing himself a bit, Merlin turned on the showerhead to wash up. At this time, appreciating the name of the equipment at this moment, he couldn't help complaining in his heart: "This name is too casual. Let's redefine a name!
"What should it be called?
"Calamity Oni King Form? No, no, a bit Chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur).
"Then... Demon God Form? No, no, this is even more Chuunibyou.
"Then Hanma Oni Form? Uh! A bit mismatched!
"Thinking makes my head hurt. Forget it, let's call it Demon Form for now!
"Just call it Human-Human Fruit..."
So.
[Name: Human-Human Fruit, Demon Form]
After glancing at the Equipment Slot again, Merlin began to wash up attentively.
Before long, wearing a dark green short-sleeved shirt, black capri pants, and flat shoes, he came to the cabin living room outside.
Rich aroma of breakfast wafted from the food filling the living room table.
At this moment, seeing Merlin's obvious state of just having washed up, the siblings eating breakfast at the table both had surprised expressions.
"Why up so late today?"
Fulvio looked at Merlin in surprise and asked: "I thought you had already gone to the island outside!"
At this time, Teresa looked at Merlin unblinkingly. She thought about lying in bed as soon as she woke up early today, and her memory only stopped after falling down last night. Her inquisitiveness exploded at this moment, and finally, she couldn't help asking in a low voice: "Um, you shouldn't have done anything weird to me last night, right?"
"Pfft, cough, cough!" Upon hearing this, Fulvio instantly sprayed out the porridge in his mouth, looking at Merlin and his sister with shocked eyes: "You... you two?"
Merlin rolled his eyes at her speechlessly, then sat in the seat, picked up a steamer of meat buns, and ate in big mouthfuls. One bite, chew twice, then swallow. After finishing the buns, he served himself a bowl of porridge and downed it in one go. Only then did Merlin slowly breathe a sigh of relief.
And at this time, watching the siblings looking at him with their eyes, Merlin's gaze was calm: "Is there a flower on my face? Why look at me instead of eating breakfast? I'm not breakfast."
Saying this, he picked up a meat pie on the table in front of him and ate it in big mouthfuls.
However, a gleam of ferocity appeared in Fulvio's eyes at this moment. He gritted his teeth and questioned closely: "You bastard, when exactly did you settle my sister?"
Merlin blinked, swallowed the meat pie, and said casually: "What and what? Are you dreaming? Why would I settle her?"
At this time, Teresa rolled her eyes at her brother very speechlessly, "This is between Merlin and me, nothing to do with you. Don't blindly mix in."
Fulvio's eye corner twitched. However, Teresa said somewhat doubtfully at this time: "Did you really do nothing last night? I'm such a beautiful super beauty, were you not moved at all?"
Merlin swallowed a piece of scallion pancake in his mouth at this time, downed another bowl of porridge, and only then said speechlessly: "Too narcissistic! You got high last night, hit your head on the ground, and passed out. I carried you back to the room and threw you on the bed. What else did you want me to do?
"Slap you awake with big slaps?
"Or throw you into the sea to sober up?
"Or throw you on the deck to blow in the wind?"
Fulvio understood now. The corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily as he looked at Teresa, his face full of difficulty to maintain composure: "Didn't I tell you? With your little alcohol tolerance, can't you drink less?
"If outside, what if you get 'picked up' (taken advantage of while drunk) by someone? If that kind of thing really happens.
"Then you'll have regrets.
"Why won't you listen?"
Teresa looked away, but muttered in a low voice: "Isn't this trusting Brother Merlin! I wouldn't get drunk around people other than you guys!"
However, at this time, Teresa looked at Merlin and giggled: "Since you've come over, let's go to the Gold Exchange to exchange the bounty for the heads later!"
"Heads? What heads?"
Fulvio looked puzzled.
A moment later, after listening to Teresa explain the conversation with Merlin yesterday, Fulvio stared straight at Merlin with a very complex and moved look in his eyes: "Brother, I'll remember this favor. Just based on what you said last night, if you really want to have something with my sister, I as a big brother definitely won't interfere with you two."
What else could be said?
Merlin trusted them so much, kept his promise, and was willing to spend money for them.
If one met such a brother, one must definitely be friends for a lifetime.
Besides, looking at Merlin's face, if his sister really could succeed, she definitely wouldn't suffer a loss in the future.
After all, seeing such a handsome face as soon as she woke up, she would definitely laugh out loud like a goose.
Merlin rolled his eyes. But Teresa beside him touched her smooth chin and giggled: "Don't say, Merlin is definitely my ideal type! But pity, Yol got there first. Oh my, oh my!"
Letting out strange laughter, Teresa shook her head and tore at dried squid to eat.
At this time, Fulvio sneered, "Big Pirate Charlotte Linlin can even open a reverse harem. Then as long as we men are excellent enough, isn't it normal for more women to like us?
"Sister, if you have the ability, you can also go open a harem yourself."
Hearing this, Teresa rolled her eyes at Fulvio with disdain and spat: "I am very single-minded."
Saying this, she looked at Merlin with expectant eyes: "What about you? Merlin."
Merlin just raised his eyes to look at her, then lowered his head to continue eating. Now everything else had to stand aside.
Teresa blinked.
"Pfft, haha!" Seeing this, Fulvio burst out laughing instantly: "Ignored, right!"
Teresa's face turned dark.
Fulvio chuckled continuously.
Merlin ate silently and attentively.
Before long, a table of delicious food was eaten up.
Merlin was finally almost full.
Today, Fulvio was watching the ship.
And Merlin came to the Gold Exchange on the island under Teresa's lead.