CH-12 - VOID CENTURY
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AN:- SORRY FOR MY DIARRHEA EFFECING MY SCHEDULE, BUT THIS CHAPTER IS IMPORTANT. SO MAKE SURE TO READ IT ENTIRELY, PLUS, THERE IS AN IMPORTANT POLL AT THE END OF THIS, SO CHOOSE WISELY. ANYWAYS, HOPE YOU LIKE CHAPTER 12.
[PREVIOUSLY ON GAMER PIECE]
Almost 10 skills were gained during the battle against the Millions and Tashigi. This is truly a grinding session in my opinion. ( I respectfully DO NOT think about how many times I nearly died.)
'Now what?' I look at Robin, who still is looking outside. It has become Dark outside. So, i decide to do the most sensible thing in this situation-
I go to sleep.
"We have reached Alubarna." a sweet mature voice is heard, i open my eyes to a text Window-
HP AND MP HAVE BEEN FULLY RESTORED
a window that i have seen since i came to this world. I swipe it away while getting up, ignoring Robin's confused look. I crack my neck, feeling energized and completely sound of mind and look out of the window and see the place we have arrived.
a plateau which elevates the city of Alubarna, which has 5 long flights of stairs located to the west, southwest, south, southeast and east of the city. The city contains structures such as domed buildings and towers. I look at robin, deciding to put a plan i created when i had gotten kidnapped into motion.
"so, where is the king?" I look back at Robin, who stares at me for a couple of seconds before answering it.
"Mr 4 and Miss Merry Christmas are holding on to him until Crocodile... was supposed to come." She is still surprised that Crocodile got defeated. but she composed herself and points to a cliff, where Cobra Nefatari is supposed to be.
"Gotcha." i disappear, remembering where she pointed and following it. While both the duo are dangerous, especially Mr 4 due to his incredible strength, a plan has already formed in my mind to take care of them. Plus, I could figure out how to use That skill.
I start climbing the small mountain, reaching the cliff, where-
DUE TO CONTINUOUS ACTIONS, THE SKILL <MOUNTAIN CLIMBING> HAS BEEN GAINED-
I go to settings and turn off the notifications, not wanting to deal with that bullshit anyways. With much easier time climbing the mountain now, I reached the so-called Cliff that Robin pointed to. I summoned my Shovel from my inventory, holding it with all my strength, while readying myself.
I escape the ID and appear right in front of Mr 4 and Miss Merry Christmas. Immediately, I activated my skill <ONE-MAN ARMY>, which releases some kind of red circle from my leg, scanning all the people in front of me with just a single thought. All of these people turn red in my eyes, identifying them as the enemy. a total of 4 people, 3 humans, and one dog.... or whatever that shit is.
Miss Merry Christmas, or her name, Drophy is a stout, middle-aged woman with red hair. She wears a necktie that resembles-
*BHAM*
I ram my shovel right in the head of the fatass woman, making her surprised and groan in pain. she falls down to the ground and gets knocked out after taking my 40% boosted self-
STR:- 93.8 (ONE-MAN ARMY)
VIT (HP):- 102.2 (ONE-MAN ARMY)
DEX (AGI):- 63 (ONE-MAN ARMY)
i Turn my head to the side, my danger sense warning me of something. and as i expected-
*BANG*
a baseball shoots right past my head. This baseball comes from the dog, or the Gun-Dog. The Gun-Dog, or Lassoo is a sandy-brown gun, similar to a bazooka, that has handles on the sides and a contoured barrel. it opens its mouth again, ready to shoot-
I disappear, knowing that the stat boost is only 30% right now, since I defeated Miss Merry Christmas in one shot. mostly by her being off-guarded and her durability not being high enough without her being in her Zoan form. and i guess there must also be a critical hit in there somewhere.
Now, that one is out of the way. i need to deal with the dog and Mr 4, so continue with my plan, i store my shovel in my inventory, hoping for this crazy idea to work. or else i might have to take an explosion head on.
I appear back in the real world, and immediately duck, dodging a baseball bat to the face.
"Yooooooouuuuuuuu" Mr 4, or Babe is rather tall and fat, has big lips, dirty blonde hair, and wears a green shirt that covers most of his body with black pants and gray running shoes. he starts speaking, but for some odd reason, he speaks slowly. I immediately sense anger, and look up a little, straight at the open mouth of Lasso, who is gonna sneeze.
I decided to execute part-2 of my plan, immediately jumping right towards the dog, reaching my hand outwards towards him. I grab him the second he sneezes, but-
No Explosion. No sound. Mr 4, looks at my hands, which is free in the air, confused and furious.
"whhhhhhherrrrrre Issssss Laaaasoooooo!" he screams in anger, holding his bat and going to swing at my head with tremendous force, that if it connects, could very well destroy this cliff along with me. I disappear right as he swings where my head is, releasing a soundwave. i appear back again, this time behind him and with a sword, stabbing it straight into his gigantic back, making him scream in pain.
"it doesn't matter if that gun became a dog, it is still a machine after all!" he looks back at me and sees my grinning face, which infuriated him.He goes to swing at me from his crouching position, but already anticipating this, i summon another sword and stab it right in his arm,. making him scream and causing him to drop his 4-Ton baseball bat.
I reach my hand out, storing the baseball bat in the same place as Lasso, my inventory. The roaches, holding his hand. I raise my hand above my head, in a holding motion. Mr 4 looks up and me in tears, but without caring much, i swing down-
summoning the 4-ton bat at the same moment. with the weight of 4-ton, my own swinging strength, and gravity are all included when i slam the baseball bat in Mr 4's head. killing him in one-shot, popping his head like a watermelon.
I lost the grip on the bat and held my arm in a little bit of pain. Since that bat was over 4 tons, the weight almost broke my arms just from temporarily holding it up in the air.
"YOUUU!" I turn back, bending my back to dodge a claw almost decapitating me. I look up and see a mole-eske human combination who looks furious, but before she could swipe her other claw at me, arms start sprouting from her body and grab her, yanking her back and making her fall to the ground. another hand pops up at the dead body of Mr 4 and yanks at the sword stuck in his arm and tosses it to-
an arm which is sprouted in Miss Merry Christmas's head. The arm grabs the tossed sword and shoves it right into Her neck, killing Miss Wednesday for good.
I look up at Robin, who is hanging from the side of the small mountain with her numerous hands holding onto her. damn, this woman is relentless. I give her a thumbs up and thank her, not at all minding the killing that me and Her did just now.
she smiles back, and i turn to the person whom we both came here for. King Nefatari Cobra, the king of Alabasta. and to confirm it, his name and level is shown above his head.
KING OF ALABASTA
Lv63 Nefatari D Cobra
"Wh-who are you people?" His tone is scared, but fully determined to see things through. Cobra was a man of average height. He had a wrinkled face, a tied-off beard, and long, curly, black hair. He wore a green robe with yellow edging, an orange and beige sash around his waist, and a purple coat. He also wore black shoes and a necklace.
"we.... or I guess Me for now, are friends of Vivi, your daughter." I smiled at him, extending my hand. While I accidently added Robin too in Vivi's friend list, I removed it, implying that she could be.
"Vivi? wait.... are you the people who helped Vivi come home?" He looks hopeful, so i nod. and he sighs in relief, grabbing my hand and letting me help him up. Robin stands on the side after landing on the cliff with her devil fruit.
"Where is Vivi?" He starts asking me questions. but i decided to first help him go back to his palace. Since, we still have a job to do.
"We will explain as we bring you to your castle. the situation is still not done." I look at Robin, and she nods. She creates a flight of stairs downwards with her hands, and Me, Cobra and Her come down, and start traveling towards the castle in the secret route that Cobra knows, since we don't wanna alert anybody now.
during our walk to the castle, i tell Cobra everything about the current situation, Vivi asking the Strawhat pirates for help, the plan to split into 2 teams, Crocodile's defeat ( which causes Cobra to shed tears of joy, knowing his country is safe from Crocodile's threat) and lastly-
"Spies in the Royal army??" he doesn't seem surprised, meaning he kinda expected it. He looks at Robin conflicted, since she is the one who relayed this information to him, but after staring at her, he turns back and continues walking. even though he got to know about Robin's part in this rebellion-
He understands the situation, and when we reach near the castle, his...aura changes from a guy who was kidnapped to a King. he immediately shows himself and requests his most loyal subordinate, Chaka. Chaka came immediately and was filled with the happenings of The kingdom.
Chaka is a tall, imposing dark skinned man with medium length black hair and a long broad nose resembling that of a jackal. He wears a long, light-green tunic, revealing his muscular chest, and has two belts around his waist: a striped, pale-red and crimson large one, and over it a purple, thinner one. Around his neck he has a necklace consisting of big golden beads, and he wears a dark-green coat draped on his shoulders like a cape. He carries a massive sword, with a blue hilt and sheath, on his right hip.
Chaka immediately gathers all the soldiers in the royal army and creates a tent, where one by one, army members will go inside and get examined. With Robin's help, they are able to figure out a way to identify the spies, and one by one, people are called in.
After a couple of people are proved to be normal, a spy walks in, with a tattoo on his arm, which causes him to immediately be held captive, without being able to scream or try to fight back. After this, Me and Robin stay back while the Army, along with Cobra does their job.
"By the way, there is a bomb that is gonna blow the entire city to bits." I look at her, a Little dumbfounded at the way she just revealed this information. While I know about this and have a solution to it, hearing Robin say this so casually like she won't be affected is baffling. Her morbid sense of humor is really bad.
"oh, I know. we need to deal with that anyways." with making Robin look at me in surprise, I start walking towards our destination, the clock tower, where the bomb is located.
Robin follows me, still surprised, but not asking questions. We reach the clock tower after a couple of minutes and start climbing the stairs to reach the top, where the bomb is located. right before we open a door connecting to the top, I look at Robin and tell her to handle it, and he....sighs?
What the hell, women? why the fuck would you sigh-
She opens the door and puts her hands in a cross, then clutches her hands. a couple of snapping sounds are heard. I walk in, and see two people with their necks twisted. I just shrug, not even caring enough about these random people to give their descriptions. I walk to the cannon which Contains the bomb. I look into the hole of the cannon and see the bomb.
"It would Detonate a minute after 4:30 PM today if Mr 7 and Miss Father's Day failed to shoot the bomb. we need to-" Her eyes go wide when i push my hand inside the cannon, touch the bomb, and make it disappear.
I look at her and just shrug, seriously, with inventory by my side, why the fear? Inventory stops time inside the dimension. so, it will stop the timer too. I look at her, this time serious.
"It's time we go to where the poneglyph is." Robin adopts a serious expression, while i mentally cringe, that was a shit dialogue. Me and Robin exit the Clocktower and start walking towards the east of Alubarna, to where the previous kings lie. the tomb of the kings.
"When we reach there, Robin looks around in a little bit of wonder, wanting to know about the palace and its design, but I start observing the walls, since I don't properly know about the hidden chamber. I find it, and walk towards it, making Robin snap out of her wonder and follow me silently. I pushed the statue a little, revealing a hidden staircase.
Robin moves first, going inside the staircase and walking through it. I Follow behind and we eventually reach the chamber, which has several large columns, a sarcophagus, and stone carvings depicting the guardian deities of Arabasta, the jackal and the falcon. we go deeper into the Chamber and-
A massive, cubic castle made of a currently unidentified, indestructible type of stone. this cubic structure has text written in an ancient script carved into them, and the color of this cube is dark-blue-
"The Poneglyph" Robin whispers in awe, and immediately rushes towards the poneglyph to read it. i walk slowly, trying to observe it-
Rio Poneglyph
Durability - ???
A Poneglyph created by the Kozuki Family. This Poneglyph holds the Location of Pluton, which is Hidden in The Land Of Wano.
'huh, that's surprising.' and it is, the fact that observing Poneglyphs can also explain the content written on the poneglyph is huge. It means that I am also one of the few people in this world to decipher poneglyphs, not in the traditional way though. but-
The context of this Ponyglyph is that it has the location of Pluton, an Ancient weapon.
While Robin reads the entire Ponyglyph from top to bottom, I start remembering the dangers of the Ancient weapon. Pluton was a battle warship known to be able to destroy an island with ease. Poseidon is actually a person who can control sea kings. And then there is Uranus, which I Know nothing about, except it is theorized to be used during the erasure of Lulusha Kingdom to kill Sabo.
I look at Robin, who seems..... depressed a little. her eyes look... tired, like she gave up. i remember her giving up in alabasta after betraying Crocodile because She found out that this Poneglyph didn't contain Information about the Void century, just only the location about Pluton.
"It's a bust huh?" I speak up, making Robin look at me, all hope lost.
"this....was my one hope to learn more." she whispers, and the Chamber hall is so silent that I can hear her. and honestly, i feel bad for her. her entire life, she was abused. and now, the only hope she had, is also gone. The only reason she was alive in canon was because of Luffy saving her from getting killed when this chamber was destroyed.
'I...Might regret this.' The thought I am having is a dangerous one, because, at this point, Robin isn't ready for it. she isn't ready for me to give her information about the Void century and the great kingdom. but-
'It is the only way.' with Luffy not here to save her life, Robin would not have much reason to join the Strawhats, and if she didn't, then the strawhats are fucked.... if they didn't have me with them that is. I might be able to easily replace Robin, but I do not want her chance to have a real family ruined. so, if I use knowledge as leverage, I can make her Join the crew.
(AN:- MANGA SPOILERS AHEAD, SO, WATCH OUT AND TAKE CARE IG)
".... there was a Great Kingdom in the Void Century, so powerful and technologically advanced that even Vegapunk feels inferior to it." Her head snaps to look at me, surprise and.... hope in her eyes. While this might have made me tell her more, due to the gamer's mind, I know what I need to say, so I choose my words carefully.
"wha-" her voice reaches me, but i ignore her, continuing on.
"This great kingdom was so powerful that a coalition of 20 kingdoms came together to form an Alliance to wage a war with the Great kingdom. This alliance later founded the World Government. The Alliance was opposed by the native of the Great Kingdom, who were known to be the first Pirate....Joy Boy." The name seems to reverberate inside the chamber, like we are summoning some powerful entity. Both me and Robin can feel the weight behind the name, and this surprises me. but i put it in the back of my mind and continue-
"Joy Boy fought against the Alliance, and he was so powerful that the alliance had to resort to the Ancient Weapons to annihilate the Great Kingdom.-" Before I could continue, Robin stopped me.
"Wait, what??" Her eyes widen incredibly, completely shocked with what she is learning.
"how do you even know this?" I look at her, trying to think of an answer. me telling the truth is a no go, so i need to come up with a lie, and i get an idea-
"Well, I have....sources. Moving on, the Alliance almost removed every possible information regarding the Void Century, and killed people if they even suspected them of learning about the Void Century." Robin looks sad at this, and I sigh, knowing that saying this much is already too much. I say nothing for a couple of seconds, causing Robin to look at me in Confusion.
"Is that it?" She is surprised, and a little desperate, wanting to know more, especially now that she has learned something she never did in her 28 Years of life. her dream could finally come true-
"Well, this is all I could say." i pour cold water on her hopes (Figuratively), making her disappointed. I look at the Popneglyph,. trying to appear mysterious, trying to find an excuse on how to reject Robin from asking more questions. She starts asking me why I can't say anything to her, her voice even more desperate.
Basically, I am cock blocking her after making her addicted to me cock. in a sense at least.
"because, I only know about 10% of the history surrounding the void century, and I...had a heart attack and almost died. you are not ready yet, and even if you knew, you wouldn't be able to do anything, Robin." I made up some lame ass excuse, and also quoted Rayleigh when he told Robin this. She looks at me like she is not gonna take that as an answer, but, that's when i suddenly get an idea. This might be a crazy idea, but I might be able to benefit from this.
i hold the Poneglyph, feeling it's hard texture and-
"what the-" Robin exclaims in surprise, seeing the Poneglyph disappear from it;s spot, leaving some dust to fall into the ground.
"By the way, make sure you close the hidden entrance, since we don't want people to know that we have been here." Robin snaps her head back at me, looking shocked. I Wave at her-
and disappear. Ghosting her.
Robin looks around, trying to find me. but, she cannot, since i have come inside my I.D. I look at my Inventory, where I have stored the Poneglyph. I grin, but then get another idea.
"I forgot to mention, but Jaguar D. Saul is still alive, he is tending to his injuries in Elbaf. he has most of the books from O'hare which survived. Another thing, Our Crew eventually plans to go to Elbaf, so... do what you will with that Information, Tata!" i waved at her, shocking her to the core, and then disappearing again, this time going out of the Hidden Chamber.
Basically, i cock block her, ghost her, come back and give a truth bomb bigger than she has ever known, and then ghost her again. Wow, this feeling is good.
I Grin, coming out of the I.D and start walking towards the palace, knowing that Robin is gonna join the crew.
THE EN-
I Look up, and my eyes meet-
You.
"Yeah, You. the readers, i am talking to you. Mr -NOTHING- gave me some control over this, so i can break the fourth wall for some time to ask you all a very important question. if you guys read the Author's Note (AN) in the start, you know what is gonna happen. but if you guys didn't, then here it is.
A Poll to decide on New Members joining the Strawhat Crew:-
1) SHOULD NEFATARI VIVI JOIN THE STRAWHATS (YES/NO)
2) SHOULD BON CLAY JOIN THE STRAWHATS (YES/NO)
Before you make this decision, your guy's answer will affect the story immensely. so, choose wisely.
Anyways, that's all the power given to me, I am running out. so, Bye.
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