AN: Happy new year people! It's the last day of 2015! And what better way to welcome the year 2016, than with a re-write of a fanfic. I hope that you'll drop some reviews on the way out.
"regular speech"
'thought'
[Game data.]
(Author note)
"This is a 'Technique' alright."
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece by Eichiro Oda, Bleach by Tite Kubo or The Gamer by Sung San-Young and Sang-ah. What I do own is my OC Edward Smith
Dying really hurts you know? The feeling of your soul detaching from your body. Add getting run over by a truck, causing some broken bones, so yeah dying sucks. What you don't expect from the afterlife is a game screen popping up as you float towards the light, whether you want to or not.
[Game Over!]
"Is this a joke?!" I shout at the blue screen in the darkness, looking at the bloody thing with a incredulous expression on my face.
[Would you like to start a new game?]
[Confirm*Y*][Cancel*N*]
"Um...Sure, why not." I say pressing Confirm, another blue screen replacing it. If this the world's idea of a joke, then so far, I'm not getting the joke.
[Select Difficulty]
[Game Info]
[Normal difficulty: When you die, you will respawn at the last checkpoint.]
[Hard :When you die, you will not re-spawn. Start items: 100,000,000 Beli's+ 1 rare weapon+ 1 rare skill pack+ 98 Stat Points+1 {Premium} Skill]
Oh, so I'm in One Piece."Damn it, that Premium is just too good to pass up." I say, noticing the Beli mark as I pick Hard difficulty, ignoring my self-preservation instincts shouting at me. As soon as I press confirm, I regret my decision as my body feels like it's on fire, like my soul being stretched like a bungee rope with most of the pain coming from my chest area, near my heart, before stopping suddenly. After catching my breath, I look at the info screen in front of me
[You have acquired the skill pack: The Gamer+1 rare weapon: Asauchi]
"... Holy fu**ing shit." I curse pressing the Asauchi Info Screen to confirm my suspicions. A weapon meant to be used by the "guardians" of the afterlife.
[Nameless Zanpakuto: Asauchi{Unequipped}]
LV: 1
EXP: 0/100
DUR: Unbreakable
- All stats +10
- +50% Damage dealt to Hollows
- Shikai: Locked{Unlocked when Asauchi reaches LV: 20}
- Bankai: Locked{Unlocked when Shikai Reaches LV: 50}
Holy shit! a honest-to god Zanpakuto. I start dancing out of Otaku-flavored joy and cheering to myself.
"Might as well check this out" I comment after calming down, pressing the The Gamer Skill tree. It's always a good idea to check what skills are unlocked. Hopefully the ID Create and Escape skills are available at the start, since that would allow some easy grinding.
[Gamer: This mysterious power makes the world around the user work like a video game]
[Skills:]
Gamer's Mind |?|
Passive LV: MAX
Gamer's Body |?|
Passive LV: MAX
Observation |?|
Active/Passive LV: 1
EXP: 0/100
ID Create |?|
Active LV: 1
EXP: 0/100
ID Escape |?|
Active LV: 1
EXP: 0/100
Kido Affinity[Premium]
Passive LV: 1
EXP: 0/100
Okay, so it looks like I have all the basic skills that the protagonist from The Gamer had, along with a little extra. With something like that, becoming a mage-type character would be beneficial. Huh, so the Gamer's Mind is already taking effect.
"Bitching, I guess it's time to see my stats." I say, pressing the Status Window.
[Status Window]
/Gamer\
Edward Smith LV: 5
/Tech\
EXP: 0/500
HP: 70
MP: 80
RP: 98
STR: 10
INT: 24
VIT: 10
WIS: 23
AGI: 18
DEX: 23
Points: 98
Buffs/Debuffs:
Antisocial: You don't like spending time around other people and would rather spend your time indoors than out in the sunlight. through your self-imposed isolation, you have gained knowledge. How you will use said knowledge is up to you. {-40% to social events. +40% INT&WIS}
Kido Affinity: You have talent for using Kido, allowing you to skip incantations for Kido spells that you know.{Kido spells cost: -50% of the usual. No Incantations are required for Kido spells in the Skill list}
"Man, I'm a glass cannon." Edward says, investing 10 in each point, leaving him with 28 points. He's so goddamn weak, but he also has a pretty basic stat distribution for a mage-type character.
HP: 90
MP: 120
RP: 158
STR: 20
INT: 34
VIT: 20
WIS: 33
AGI: 28
DEX: 33
"Okay, now comes the hard part" he comments to himself looking at his status window in thought. Most, if not all fighters in the One Piece world are strong, fast and durable, so there really isn't a bad choice when it comes to stats, but considering his own situation, investing points in VIT would help him stay alive, and investing in AGI would allow him to hit fast and run if things get tough.
[Would you like to play through the tutorial before starting?]
[Confirm*Y*][Cancel*N*]
Edward stares at the screen with a deadpan expression on his face, before pressing confirm. It's always a good idea to play the tutorial, especially if it's a matter of life and death. The darkness around him shatters like glass, revealing a dense forest with vines hanging from the trees. A blue screen hangs in the air.
[Tutorial Dungeon (Lv: 1-5)]
A dungeon perfect for Newbies to get a hang of things
"Well, that's just insulting." Edward sneers at the description of the dungeon, walking into said dungeon. A basic sort of dungeon, so there would probably be some wild animals or something, but there also might be Hollows, since he's a Shinigami. As soon as he entered the forest another screen appears.
[Tutorial Quest 1: Equip Asauchi]
-Open Inventory and equip [Nameless Zanpakuto: Asauchi]
Rewards:
-10 EXP
"Can't believe that something like this is a quest. [Inventory]" Edward grumbles as a classic inventory screen appears in thin air. He double-clicks the image of a sword. And in a flash of light a katana with a regular round tsuba, signifying it's lack of a developed souland a burnt orange sheath.
[Tutorial Quest 2: Combat]
-Defeat 1 Hollow
Rewards:
Victory:
- Skill book set: Basic Shinigami skills
- Shihakusho
- 50 EXP
Failure:
- Death
As soon as the new quest window appeared Edward could hear something swinging through the forest . "Ukikiikiikii!" a 2-feet tall monkey-like hollow with red skin and the signature hollow hole dead center of it's chest screeches as it jumps towards Edward with its sharp claws intending to cut him to pieces, who dodges the attack
[Observation]
/Hollow\
Monkey LV: 4
/Power\
HP: 50
RP: 120
STR: 42
INT: 4
VIT: 20
WIS: 3
AGI: 28
DEX: 23
"You want some of me well come then!" Edward taunts, gripping his sword. He has the type advantage, so this should be easy.
"Uukikikiki!" the Hollow responds to the taunt jumping at him again, Edward slashes at the beasts arm , leaving a deep gash, causing it to back off. [-20 HP] the monkey hollow holds it's arm with what could be described as a pained expression gains a red aura as it starts trashing around and banging it's chest. "UKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKIIIKIIIIIIIIIIKIKIKI!" a red window appears
[The Enemy has entered a berserker rage. STR +10%, AGI +5%, +15% damage taken from attacks, Accuracy -20%]
"Shit." Edward curses before the enraged monkey jumps at him with tremendous speed, mouth full of sharp teeth jamming into his left arm, blood leaking from the wound. [-40 HP]
Edward grins, ignoring the pain, raising his sword. "OLLY OLLY OXEN BITCH!" he shouts triumphantly stabbing the monkey's head,[-100 HP] the Hollow monkey's corpse dispersing into blue wisps of energy, earning him 50 EXP.
[Quest Completed!]
Rewards:
- Skill book set: Basic Shinigami skills
- Shinigami Shihakusho
"Finally I can get some magic!" Edward cheers, giddily swiping his hand down to open his [Inventory] "Probably should check the description for this stuff." Edward says as a info screen floats over the items.
[Skill Book: Beginner Kido]
The spells of the Shinigami. This book teaches you the basic 10 spells of Bakudo and Hado.
[Requirements: 100 RP. Shinigami Class]
[Skill Book: Beginner Hakuda]
The hand-to-hand combat techniques of the Shinigami. This book teaches you the basics of Hakuda.
[Requirements: 100 RP. Shinigami Class]
[Skill Book: Beginner Zanjutsu]
The sword techniques of the Shinigami. This book teaches you the basics of Zanjutsu.
[Requirements: 100 RP. Shinigami Class]
[Skill Book: Beginner Hoho]
The high-speed movement techniques of the Shinigami. This book teaches you the basics of Hoho.
[Requirements: 100 RP. Shinigami Class]
Would you like to learn the contents of these books?
[Confirm][Cancel]
Edward presses confirm with a childish glee. As soon as he did that, he feels a surge of information flowing through his brain. complex incantations and muscle memory, engraving itself to his brain. Hours and hours of rigorous training lodging itself deep into his nervous system
[You have learned skills:]
- Bakudo #1-10
- Hado #1-10
- Shunpo{RP Cost: 20. +50 AGI. +100% Movement speed}
"Huh, I guess, Healing spells are harder to master" Edward comments before turning his attention to the other item he got from his kill.
[Equipment: Shinigami Shihakusho{Unequipped}]
LV: -
DUR: 100/100%
The uniform of the Shinigami, a true one size fits all! just apply your Spiritual energy and it will fit you like a glove.
- HP +10
- VIT +4
- Buffs: RP increases 2% per LV, Reiryoku control increases 10% per LV.
"I can live with that." Edward says equipping it as his outfit of a grey hoodie, black sweat pants and sneakers scatter into pixels, instantly being replaced by a black kimono, his sword hanging from his white Obi.
"Okay then, what's next?" Edward asks rhetorically to himself. After this is over, he should do the basic Gamer thing, learn to use Mana, first making the basic Mana Bolt, and then progressing from there.
[Tutorial Quest 3: Jinzen.]
Channel your Reiryoku to your asauchi to develop it's growth
Reward: 20 EXP
"Speak of the devil." Edward sits on a boulder, laying his sword onto his lap before closing his eyes and channels his energy for about 30 minutes. He imagines grasping the RP inside him and directing it towards the Asauchi laying on his lap. Feeling an unbearable heat surround him, he opens his eyes to see the source of the heat.
"Okay, where the hell am I!?" Edward shouts, floating in a literal world of fire. Did he die again so soon, and end up in Hell? Sure, he wasn't a freakin' saint, but who honestly is? Everybody sins at least once in their life..
"Oi, numbnuts, over here." A deep gravelly voice speaks up from behind him. Turning around with some difficulty, Edward sees an imp made of blue fire, setting it apart from the blazing orange fire surrounding them.
"Look, let's get this over with my name is ****, did you get that?" the fiery imp asks, only for the roaring flames to block the being's name.
"Okay, so you're my Zanpakuto spirit." Edward says, to which the fiery imp nods in confirmation.
"Correct! But since you can't even hear my name, we don't have anything to talk about. So, I bid you..." The Zanpakuto Spirit holds out its hand towards Edward. "Au revoir" it says as the world of fire shatters like glass.
[Guest Complete!]
Reward: 20 EXP
"GAH! Fucking jackass could've given me a warning." Edward grumbles, feeling a headache from the forceful disconnection. How the heck would he work on hearing his Zanpakuto's name? Thoughts for later, he supposes.
Standing up from the boulder he takes a look at his Asauchi. If a Zanpakuto develops with the soul of its wielder, then wouldn't pumping tons of RP in it help jump-starting it? But then again, that could result in the Zanpakuto being a half-assed product.
[Asauchi{Equipped}]
LV: 2
EXP:135/300
Edward sheathes his sword as wanders around the forest dungeon in deep thought. 'So my Asauchi gains half the amount of EXP I get.' he concludes, swiping his hand to the left opening his status window
Name: Edward Smith
Level: 5: 270/500
HP: 60/100
MP: 120
RP: 128/158
'And 30 minutes of Jinzen cost me 30 RP, Asauchi gaining 300 EXP. Good to know.' he takes note of the ratio of RP regenerating at 4 RP per minute, as he wanders through the forest before finding a ancient temple weathered by age and weather, moss covering some of the walls and a giant boulder blocking his path.
Edward raises a eyebrow. "So... is there a tutorial or some-"
[Tutorial Quest 4: Reiatsu channeling.]
Channel your Reiatsu to your weapon and cut the obstacle blocking your path
Reward: 20 EXP
"Fan-freaking-tastic" he groans, drawing his sword. How much RP would he have to channel into his sword to break this boulder, and would that RP also help progress his Zanpakuto's development.
"Well, here goes something" he charges his sword before slashing at the boulder, bifurcating it, causing the two halves to split, revealing the entrance.
[Quest completed!]
[New Active Skill created: Charge Slash{ 40 damage. MP cost: 6. +5 Damage for every 2 RP put into the attack}.]
Both eyebrows shoot up. So he created a Getsuga Tenshou-esque technique already. "Well that's new" Edward comments, walking through the entrance grabbing one of the torches illuminating the ancient corridor, looking at the murals depicting pictures of a giant humanoid masked monster obviously a hollow of the past fighting against a swordsman in black garb with people behind him in a praying position, energy flowing to the warrior, the rest of the mural destroyed beyond recognition.
Edward wanders around the corridors, coming to a room with two 8-foot tall stone statues in the image of a noble warrior with one eye, giving them the appearance of a cyclops with a door between the two
"I got a bad feeling about this" he groans throwing a rock at one of the statues. the statues burst to life, an ethereal blue glow traveling along the carvings on the stone bodies. the colors of these titans shifting, from stone grey to a sleek black the lone single eye glowing a sinister purple.
[Observation]
Tutorial Boss:
Ancient Golem LV: 6[x2]
HP:160
RP: 117
STR: 80
INT: 4
VIT: 20
WIS: 3
AGI: 8
DEX: 2
[Tutorial Quest 5: Defeat the gatekeepers]
-Defeat the Ancient Golems. 0/2
Rewards:
Victory:
- 300 EXP
- Denreishiki
- Up-to-date East Blue Bounty posters
- First-aid-kit
Failure:
-Death
Edward was deeply worried 'Oh crap-baskets. I think it's time I start using some Kido.' Broken out of his thoughts by the lumbering of the stone golems, he aims his palm at one of the golems head.
"Suck it 'ya stoner, 'Hado # 4, Byakurai'!" he shouts as a pale streak of lightning shoots from his hand straight into the eye of the golem on the right, taking it's eye out of commission[-50 HP]. Unfortunately this causes the other lumbering stone soldier to pick up pace.
"GRRRUUUUAAAAAGGGGGHHH!" the still-seeing golem roars as it swings it's arm with the intent on destroying anyone who would invade the temple. fortunately , Edward has time for another trick.
"Second verse the same as the first, 'Bakudō # 8, Seki'!" his luck paying out, as a blue orb generates around his arms, blocking most of the damage from the punch, still managing to send him flying into a wall.[-20 HP] But it would seem that time has caught up to the golem as well, as it's arm crumbles from the repelled kinetic energy, cracks spreading along it's body.[-80 HP] Picking himself up from the wall, Edward starts formulating a plan
'I knew I should have invested more points into Vit.' he looks at the golems, one blinded and the other missing a arm. 'Taking out Stumpy should be my first priority.' he raises both hands pointing at the one-armed golem, now referred as 'Stumpy', reiryoku gathering into his hand.
"Fire in the hole, 'Hado # 5, Shuryūdan'!" he throws the condensed ball of spiritual energy at Stumpy's head, the ball exploding on contact.[-90] as the smoke clears away, Stumpy is barely standing, cracks spreading across its body in a spiderweb-like fashion. The blind golem suddenly charges at Edward, shoulder-first. Edward points his index and middle finger at the charging golem
"Not so fast, 'Bakudo # 1, Sai'!" the blind golems arms suddenly lock behind it's back, throwing it off balance, causing it to stumble to the ground.[-10 HP] Now that the blind golem is incapacitated, Edward turns his attention to Stumpy.
"'Hado # 1, Sho'." a bullet of energy shoots from his index finger at the broken state of Stumpy easily shattering it. Edward turns to face the still bound blind golem and stabs it's eye with a reiatsu-enhanced slash. Catching his breath, Edward walks towards the door the two golems were apparently guarding.
"Let's see what's behind door number one." he slides presses the circle near the door, causing it to open with a groan. Walking into the room, Edward notices that the room is some sort of lab, hard, cold, sterile steel in place of the ancient, moldy stone tiles.
"Ugh, feeling a bit too much like squad twelve in here." Edward sneers, looking around the lab. After digging around a little while all he could find was a cellphone or to be more accurate a Denreishinki, the latest East Blue Bounty posters, some old books and a first aid kit
[Quest Completed!]
Rewards:
-300 EXP
-Denreishiki
-Up-to-date Bounty posters
-First-aid kit{5 Health Potions}
[Congratulations! you are now LV 6!]
Edward opens his inventory and opens the first aid kit, grabbing a green potion[+40 HP] and gulps the potion down, his energy and health replenishing. "Hmm, tastes like healing" he says, as a portal appears in front of him, along with a data screen.
[you are entering the world of One Piece, prepare for a life of adventures at the sea, whether as a Pirate or as a Marine is your choice and please remember to take responsibility for your actions.]
"Sweet, a Persona reference." Edward comments before walking through the portal. Hopefully, he won't end up somewhere like Impel Down, Marineford or Mariejois, not that he wouldn't mind trying to take out a few of the Tenryubito while there. He also wouldn't mind if he ended up on Amazon Lily.
[East Blue. Unspecified Island]
"So, where am I?" Edward ponders, as he steps out of the portal. Looking at his surroundings, the only thing that sticks out in his line of sight is a massive tower in the distance."Oh bloody hell, the first OVA." he facepalms as his Denreishiki rings.
[Emergency quest! Defeat Hollow: Plesio P.]
"So that's a thing now." he starts walking towards the beach, his hunch pointing him there.
"I hate pirates!" a small person wearing a knights armor for his/her size wielding a naginata shouts trying to stab one of the two pirates she's fighting against, having kicked the other into into the family jewels. Unfortunately the visor of the helmet blocks her vision, causing her to completely miss the other one. All of this is being watched by Edward lazily sitting on a hill.
"Hm, so the Strawhats aren't here this time around." he notes sitting up, intent on ending that embarrassment of a fight. If his memory serves correctly, Ganzack's got the adults of this village slaving away at his over-compensating Devil's Tower, and he also has a Sea King reminiscent of a plesiosaurus.
"Guess I should rescue the little twat, before she dies. Good Karma and all that." he jumps down to the beach, getting their attention. the burlier of the two pirates turns to glare at him.
[Observation]
Pirate Goons[x2] LV: 4
HP: 40
MP: 30
RP: 62
"Who're you?" one of the pirates ask, gesturing his knife threateningly. This guy doesn't look like a marine, or a bounty hunter. And this guy definitely couldn't have arrived on a ship, the guys at the tower would've sank it before it came even close.
"Just your typical exorcist. You guys wouldn't have seen a monster around these parts. a white mask, a hole in the chest, eats people's souls. That ring any bells?" Edward says, as the lankier of the two pirates manages to catch the girl who kicked him in the groin earlier and draws his flintlock pistol to her head.
"We're not going to let you kill the boss's pet. now drop the sword, or girl gets it." the lanky guy says. as a grin spreads to Edwards face. Pointing two fingers at him he says:
"'Bakudo # 1, Sai.'" the lanky guy drops his gun as his hands are bent behind his back, scaring both him and his friend. The guy only said a couple of words, and now this happened! What the hell is this guy!? Edward walks towards them with a sinister, smug grin. These guys aren't even a threat, so why not play with them a little?
"Boo." the burly pirate runs off in fear, leaving his friend to his own fate. There's no way he's fighting some weirdo with magical powers. He has to get to the boss, he'll know what to do.
"Now then," Edward crouches to look the bound, frightened pirate in the face. Since the butterfly effect seems to be in full swing, his own knowledge of the One Piece anime and manga can't be relied on too heavily, so getting some additional info should be helpful.
"What can you tell me about your boss?" and the bound pirate sings like a bird about the plan his captain has of conquering the East Blue, using the Devil's tower and Plesio. A rather ridiculous plan, since the WG, as corrupt as they are, wouldn't allow pirates to have something like that. The worst case scenario would be that they send either CP0 or even worse, Akainu to deal with them.
"That's all I know, I swear." Edward's captive squeals as Edward draws his sword. Might as well get the last scare in.
"Well you know how it is, snitches get stitches." he grins swinging his sword at his head, but hits him with the flat side of the sword, knocking him out.
"So, are you okay, little girl?" Edward turns to ask the girl in armor who has yet to have spoken after his appearance. Pretending to be a wandering bounty hunter should be a reasonable disguise. Well, it's not really a disguise, since technically speaking, he is a bounty hunter, but instead of hunting living people, he's hunting a eldritch abomination made from a human soul lingering on for too long.
[Observation]
/Human\
Medaka
/None\
HP: 10
MP: 20
RP: 20
"Don't call me a 'little girl', my name is Medaka, so use it you jerk." she pouts. She had those dirty pirates on the ropes and was so close to saving papa, and all the other adults.
"Well, Medaka, you wouldn't happen to know a good restaurant around here?" There's no reason to deviate from what works.
"The Devil's Tower has food." she points to the tower in the distance. This guy was super strong, maybe he'd be able to beat Ganzack and save papa
"The Devil's what's-it-now?" Edward asks, playing ignorant. People always seem to trust idiots to carry out the important jobs, maybe because they think that they're too dumb to mess it up or ask why they should do it.
"The Devil's Tower is where the Pirate Ganzack lives. And he has enslaved everyone in this village." Medaka supplies. before looking at Edward with a pleading look.
"Please you must save my papa." she begs, unknowingly creating a quest.
[Side Quest: Defeat the Pirate Ganzack and rescue Medaka's father]
-Defeat Ganzack.
-Rescue Medaka's father
Rewards:
Victory:
- 800 EXP
- ?
Failure:
-Death
"Hold on let me check something." Edward opens his [Inventory] into his pocket , fishing out a stack of Bounty Poster. "hmm, let's see... nope...nope... ah, here we go." Edward mumbles, flipping through the bounty posters, finally finding Ganzack's Poster, showing him smirking into the picture arrogantly. That Attach guy really knows his stuff, it's actually pretty fortunate that the guy only takes pictures, instead of being an assassin. If the guy's able to get close enough to take a picture of an infamous pirate, then he's close enough to shoot them.
"Man-Crab" Ganzack
Bounty: 4,000,000 Beli's
Dead or Alive
Putting away his Bounty posters, Edward smiles at Medaka."Seems like it's your lucky day, I'm going to help."
"You're just after his bounty, what kind of a exorcist are you?!" She accuses him.
"A hungry one." he states, facing the direction Devil's tower is at.
"Hey Medaka grab on." Edward tells her. Nodding, she climbs onto his back, her armor being surprisingly light.
"Now hold on tight, cause it's going to be a bumpy ride." he warns her, collecting reiatsu in his feet and starts flash-stepping, causing Medaka to yelp. When they come close to a village, they see that some of the buildings are on fire.
"Guess I gotta deal with this shit" Edward comes to stop as Medaka jumps of his back, Edward grabbing her by the armor.
"And where do you think you're rushing off to?" he questions, setting her down. It wouldn't do him any good if the one gave him the quest is dead.
"We have to help them. They'll be killed if we don't." she argues, rushing off to get herself killed.
"Damn it! There's no way I'm failing this quest." he says, catching up to her with a Shunpo.
"Fine, I'll help you save the village" he tells her as they run into a middle-aged man wearing a red hat, a sleeveless jacket of the same color over a blue shirt.
[Observation]
/Civilian\
Skid LV: 2
/None\
HP: 30
MP: 80
RP: 40
Medaka leaps to hug the old man known as Skid. "Grand-pa! You're okay!" she cheers.
"Medaka, you must escape from this island! Ganzack's men are destroying the village with their monsters, something about a samurai attacking one of their men." Skid informs as Medaka turns to glare at Edward, who is scratching his head sheepishly and whistling innocently.
"I... might be responsible for that..." he trails off. Maybe he shouldn't have let the other guy get away.
"But don't worry, I'm here to stop them and cash in their bounty." he continues, changing the subject.
"Young man, you don't understand. Ganzack is a man who is not afraid to kill anyone standing in his way." Skid warns him. When some of the braver men tried to disobey Ganzack, the poor men were fed to that odd Sea King, a Hollow they called it.
"No offence old man, but fuck Ganzack and his crew." Edward scoffs at him walking away towards the voices of elderly and children wailing in agony as he whistles to the tune of Queens Don't stop me now.
"Find that Samurai, no matter the cost!" A pirate wearing a duster whom is most likely the vice-captain shouts to his subordinates as they pillage the village, before a bolt of lightning hits him in the back of his head, knocking him down and possibly killing him. The grunts turn to look at the direction where the attack came from, showing Edward.
"That's the guy, get'im!" The burly pirate from the beach shouts to his fellow pirates, before they all charge with a bellowing roar.
Edward draws his sword out in response. "Bring it on, you bloody wankers!" he taunts, charging at the mass of pirates with his sword swinging and sending souls to the afterlife. Or more accurately Hell, considering that they're messier kind of pirates, unlike Luffy and his crew.
"W-What the hell!" the duster wearing pirate, blood now running down his face exclaims as his men are being massacred, no slaughtered by this 'Samurai'. The guy who got away from him told them that this guy was some sort of magician or something. And when Captain heard the description of what they guy did, he said that the guy was a Devil Fruit user
"I can't believe that we would need to resort to using those things." he grieves, picking a small, coin-shaped disk from the folds of his duster. The guy sold these things to them said to only use them in a pinch. Well, now they're in one. Steeling himself, he roars, crushing the disk in his hand, grabbing Edwards attention.
A horror-filled look on his face, he grabs the pirate by his duster."Do you have any idea of what you just did, YOU. DUMB. MOTHERFUCKER?!" Edward shouts, repeatedly punching the vice captain in the face, breaking his nose and knocking some teeth flying. did these fools even realize what kind of monsters they're unleashing into the waters of East Blue? Did they think that they could control them?
Seeing that the man is unconscious, Edward let's go of him as multiple mouth like distortions appear in the air, numerous hollows of varying themes and sizes crawl out of the distortions, A.K.A Garganta's. Fortunately for Edward, they were only LV: 2-4. These guys can't be allowed to leave this island, or get any of the civilians.
"Time to nip this in a bud, 'Bakudo # 4, Hainawa'"a crackling rope of Reishi generates from, Edwards hands, before being hurled at a cluster of hollows, effectively trapping them. They attempted to break through the Kido by either gnawing at it, ripping through it with pure strength or simply wiggling loose, but the spell kept strong.
"'Hado # 4, Byakurai'." the white lightning travels along the Reishi rope, zapping the trapped hollows like a over-sized bug-zapper. Noticing the above average amount of spiritual energy in front of them, the remaining hollows charge right at him, intent on feasting on his flesh and soul. This guys soul smelled so fresh and juicy when compared to the other souls on the island, the mere thought of feasting on it cased the hollows to salivate.
In response, he gathers his reiryoku above the palm of his hand, forming it into the shape of a windmill. "'Hado # 6, Kazaguruma'!" he chucks the windmill-shaped reishi projectile at the veritable wall of hollows, carving through them. The rest of the hollows, realizing that this wouldn't go down easily, try to run in search of an easier meal. They'd come back for it later, stronger than before.
"Aw SHIT!" Edward leaps towards a crab-like hollow standing over a old man and a young boy.
"Back off!" he shouts using 'Charge Slash' to dispatch the hollows before it can feast on the two. Ignoring their thanks, he goes on to deal with the rest of them. After 10 minutes of 'purifying' hollows, [You have reached LV 9!] he sees the armor-wearing Medaka running up to him.
"What're you doing here Medaka?" Edward asks her as she lifts her visor up. Did the girl have no sense of self-preservation? It's either that or she's plain stupid, running off to fight what could reasonably be called wraiths or demons.
"I'm going to come with you to fight Ganzack." She says. "No." Edward says as he walks towards the looming tower in the distance.
"But I can hel-" she starts as he follows Edward. "No. You would just get yourself killed." he interrupts her as they reach the wall surrounding the tower. How many people were enslaved to create this over-sized decoration?
"But, there is something that you can do." he adds as Medaka looks at him with a questioning look.
"Since most of Ganzacks crew were sent to the village and wrecked by me, you can sneak into the tower and free your father. Now go." he explains before jumping over the wall, leaving Medaka to rescue the hostages. If the info he got from the pirate he interrogated at the beach is correct, the people keeping the prisoners were weakest of their crew.
"I'm really getting a hang of this 'being a Shinigami' thing." Edward compliments himself looking around the empty courtyard save for the man dressed like stereotypical pirate captain, the only unusual thing being the crab-like armor.
[Observation]
/Pirate Captain\
"Man-Crab" Ganzack LV: 10
/Power\
HP: 120
MP: 60
RP: 112
STR: 32
INT: 18
VIT: 19
WIS: 16
AGI: 15
DEX: 12
"So, you're the one who attacked my men at the beach, and since you're here, I presume that you have defeated the rest of my men as well." he states looking at Edward with a stern glare. this guy didn't seem all that strong, but if he managed to get through his men, he must have a great deal of strength, mostly from his Devil Fruit no doubt.
"Oh no no. That was another guy, his name was Shit Sherlock, first name: No." Edward jokes, drawing his sword. his opponent was clearly not amused. That's always a good plan, make your opponent angry at so that they won't think straight
"You dare mock the great Pirate General Ganzack-Sama!" Ganzack roars in fury, leaping at Edward with his pincers pointing forward ready to slice Edward to pieces. He had went through great
Edward Shunpo's away from him. "Man, you really, need to work on your aim." Edward taunts him as Ganzack grins, looking behind Edward. Turning his head, Edward sees the reason to why Ganzack is grinning. The reason? A Plesiosaurus-like hollow wearing a samurai helmet, Ganzack's jolly roger embellished on it, it's gaping jaw full of sharp teeth wide open.
[Observation]
/Hollow\
Plesio P LV: 8
/Power\
HP: 320
MP: 69
STR: 42
INT: 4
VIT: 10
WIS: 3
AGI: 6
DEX: 4
'FUCK, that thing is sneaky, and he's going to swallow me isn't he?' Edward asks himself as the hollow is about to indeed swallow him whole. Quickly, Edward stabs his into the Hollows lower jaw through the tongue.[-45 HP] the hollow trashes around, trying to get rid of the sword currently jammed into it's jaw. It could feel the damned weapon eating away at it's soul
"Suck on this, 'Hado # 5, Shuryūdan'!" Edward shouts, sticking the grenade of Spiritual energy onto the upper jaw of Plesio's mouth, and jumps out, the spell detonating [-60 HP] just when Edward's feet touch the ground, Ganzack almost immediately clothes-lining him.[-15]
Edward kicks him below the belt as a response, causing the pirate captain to fall to knees, nestlings his balls, his face twisted in pain and anger.[-20 HP. Debuff: My balls!: DEF -20%, Paralyzed.]
"I guess I should get your bounty at full price." Edward notes, knocking Ganzack out with his scabbard. He'd grab as much money he could before joining the straw hats
"GRROOOOOAAARRRGGGHHH!" Plesio P roars in anger, a crimson glow emanating from the hollow's mouth. It had seen some of the older hollows do something similar back in Hueco Mundo
"SHIT!" Edward flash-steps away as the beam of destruction shots forward, carving a giant hole in the wall surrounding the Devil's Tower. The cloud of scattered dust and debris from the blast clears away, revealing that while the beam didn't hit him head-on, it did catch the upper left side of his body, leaving a nasty burn wound.[-15 HP] Looking at his opponent, Edward sees that it's panting in exhaustion.
[Observation]
Plesio P LV: 8
HP: 215/320
RP: 30/120
"Bitch, your ass is grass and I'm mowing the lawn." Edward grits, working through the pain as he charges at his opponent. If he was going to die, then he was going to go out with a bang
"Take. That. You. Fat. Son of a. Bitch! Just. DIE!" he shouts, each word followed by a swing of his sword,[-20x8 HP] finishing by stabbing his sword through the upper jaw, breaking through the skull with a satisfying crack.[-55 HP] As the corpse of Plesio dissipates into Reishi particles, two screens appear in front of him.
[Emergency quest! Defeat Hollow: Plesio P.]
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[Side Quest: Defeat the Pirate Ganzack and rescue Medaka's father]
Completed!
The base of the tower in the center of the courtyard suddenly explodes, the tower crumbling as if to represent Ganzack's hold on the island. "Bitchin'." he comments before he faints, his wounds and the pain catching up to him.
AN: That's all folks, and yeah, I didn't change that much, but there really wasn't that much to do. The chapter was a decent length, all I had to was put in the updated Gamer system and a few extra scenes.
And here are a my answers to the quest reviews from the previous story that I couldn't answer:
Super Quest: I think you're the second person to suggest Sanji. I think I have to address this...
Overlord Susanoo: I am definitely going to create original dungeons, but I'm not going to fill them with stuff from other shows. And I see a lot of people picking Senna.
And here's a Question of the chapter:
What do you guys think about me writing a Akame Ga Kill S-I, where I give the S-I an Atma/Demon form?
I've been playing Digital Devil Saga and it's sequel(FUCK KUMBHANDA!) on my PS2 emulator, and I really love it's idea and hope that Atlus will incorporate it to a future game.