Nica pouted as she felt like she was being treated like a child by him so she hurried her footsteps further onto the ship. "So annoying. Stupid big fool."
Archie stepped off the ship as planned since he would be the one to remain in Raijin Island.
It was a good place for him to lay low for the time being so that he would not have to show himself often on the seas of the New World so that he would not so openly broadcast that he had the Quake Devil Fruit enough to become a target.
If there was a big problem on Raijin Island then he would be the final line of defense.
Alyssia considered bringing her with him on her journey but while he would gain some benefits from it, the benefits would not be too great compared to a lot of the things that Alyssia had already passed onto him.
There were only so many schematics of ships that he could look over and build before he had eventually gained complete mastery over them.
If there were some improvements to be made to what he already was capable then it would not require him to go on the same adventure as Alyssia and the others.
There were many things that Nica left on the island that he could play around with and he had been given some other things to look into.
Ships were not the only means of transportation in the world and he had already been building some of them with the assistance of what Alyssia provided him at times.
It caused him to gain many new ideas that could be applied to the designs of his ships too.
Those improvements allowed for new functions to be added to his ship schematics that were not there before and that would allow for multipurpose ships to be built for all kinds of needs to be met.
Other functions would be greatly improved in other ways allowing for the offensive and defensive capabilities to greatly be increased.
Even mobility and other aspects would receive significant boosts.
His ships would be capable of achieving feats that no other ships could ever hope to achieve.
Some would be extremely suited to transporting a massive amount of heavy goods across dangerous seas on a large scale.
Others would be able to travel underwater.
Others would even be capable of flight and space travel if he was able to improve just a little bit more.
He had to rely on those like Ein, Nica, Alyssia, and Ashwin for some parts but he was gradually coming to understand each thing a little at a time.
Since he was in the place where Nica had been working so busily, many materials and other things were being left behind that he would have access to while going through some things Alyssia had left him.
He watched the MMA sail away with a smile on his face before entering deeper into Raijin Island where he received an overly warm welcome.
Despite telling the citizens living there to tone their reverence and respect for those among the crew who had achieved their full Sulong forms, the citizens still worshipped them and treated them as guardian deities.
So many had continued to believe in what had happened in the past whether it was due to them fully believing in the lie and performance they were given or it was due to the effects of what happened later.
No matter what the truth was, many already believed in Alyssia and the other Sulong of her crew who had created such positive changes to their island.
Nica alone brought so many advancements and changes while protecting them from constant threats that they grew even more grateful and faithful even if told to treat them normally.
Even if they were told that everything was one big deception, there would still be a large population of citizens who had their lives changed in such a positive way that they would not care about the fact that they had been deceived.
Nica and the other Sulong had already become god's messengers or guardian deities to Raijin Island and that would be something that they wanted to hold onto.
Archie was welcomed by them all as some people even bowed down in his presence which caused him some embarrassment.
He eventually got escorted to where Nica had been staying but quickly found that the space made him feel quite restricted.
The rooms Nica was using were built to suit her so they were not too suited to his large size so he ended up making a space in the area where she had a larger open space for building things.
He vowed that he would make use of the time he had to come up with something cool and useful by the time he was reunited with the others.
More time was passing by as the MMA continued on its journey.
Alyssia had been gaining fame points constantly due to her status as a Warlord and that was always helping her to keep a constant supply for times when she needed it.
There were many times when she was purchasing basic or intermediate skills and knowledge from just about anyone so that she could dump some of the points she had.
While she had a large variety of different sets of knowledge and skills to learn, she could only go through so much at a time despite the fast learning she had with the aid of her system.
While she was dumping points all of the time that it filled up close to the limit, she kept some spare for times when she encountered some unique skills that interested her.
The journey would be a long one taking a couple of stops along the way but that would only make the journey more fun.
Alyssia had rarely done anything as a Warlord so she needed to make some appearances occasionally and do some things to stand out otherwise the World Government could question whether it was worth making a deal with her.
It was already quite surprising that they had not yet asked her to do anything specific but she expected that they would soon begin to do so.