Progress
(3rd Person POV)
Senjumaru looked at her system screen. It had been a while since she did that. The last time was when she got the dungeon key and the requirements on how to clear it. Since the time when she finished the second quest and defeated Doflamingo finally, Senjumaru had cleared three more over the years. And while that might sound like little, it is quite good progress.
So let us go over all the things she experienced. We left her when she got the third Special Quest.
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[SPECIAL QUEST:
BECOME THE DIVINE WEAVER! (3)
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THEY MIGHT CALL YOU 'DIVINE GENERAL OF THE NORTH' BUT THAT IS NOTHING BUT A MEAGER TITLE.
BECOME THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE 'DIVINE WEAVER' AND COLLECT SPECIAL REWARDS.
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QUEST REQUIREMENTS:
- DEFEAT JOLYNE CUJO
- NO USE OF YOUR ZANPAKUTO ALLOWED, NO MOVEMENT ALLOWED
- REACH THREAD/STRING MANIPULATION: LV.150
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REWARDS:
- 1. GAIN 2 SPECIAL ITEMS
- 2. BONUS STATS +10
- 3. UNDISCLOSED REWARD
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It was not as easy as the requirements had you believe at first. Jolyne Cujoh really made her earn her rewards. The fact that her Stand was essentially connected to the soul, allowed Senjumaru to see it. That didn't make it that much easier. The power of the Stand was still very strong, but not enough to hurt Senjumaru after what she went through to defeat the Donquixote Pirates.
It was the 'no movement allowed' part that required Senjumaru to get creative. As she grew more powerful, she managed to interfere with Jolyne's use of her strings. That was in the beginning and then by the end of it when Senjumaru defeated her, her control had gotten so good, that she had finally reached LV.150 and could make Jolyne dissolve into strings and then stitch her back together.
But all in all, it was more of a task that seemed like the first one and not like the second one. It wanted Senjumaru to be creative and think outside the box. Make use of her powers in various ways and not just be straightforward. And she learned that lesson very soon.
The rewards were ... interesting this time.
| GAIN SPECIAL ITEM:
NAME: Skill: Unravelling (special)
ITEM CLASS: C
TYPE: Runestone
DESCRIPTION: A runestone that allows you to gain the skill of Jolyne Cujoh, unravelling. It has been enhanced by the Honoured One to be special. It now resembles a Logia Devil Fruit.|
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| GAIN SPECIAL ITEM:
NAME: Skill: Seimei Kikan
ITEM CLASS: A
TYPE: Runestone
DESCRIPTION: A runestone that allows you to gain the skill Seimei Kikan or 'Life Return'. A highly underestimated skill from the Marines of One Piece.|
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|Seimei Kikan:
Seimei Kikan allows the user to completely control all of their body parts, even parts that cannot normally be controlled, such as hair. The user can also control their involuntary functions, such as digestion.|
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These were the two special skills that Senjumaro got that day. She was initially surprised about the class of the second skill, Seimei Kikan. But she understood it later. The class of a skill generally factors in various aspects. Such aspects can be the potential of the skill, the power of the skill when you get it, how useful it can be and more. So Life Return having an A-rating, wasn't that surprising considering what you could do with the skill of controlling your own body.
The bonus stats of +10 are not going to be talked about. It was very little but the fight was also not physically staining.
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| UNDISCLOSED REWARD: ITEM
NAME: Ninja's Dungeon Key
ITEM CLASS: D
TYPE: KEY
DESCRIPTION: A key that allows you to create an instant dungeon containing three of the Akatsuki. The Akatsuki was a group of shinobi that existed outside the usual system of hidden villages. This key consists of Sasori, Kakuzu and Hidan. These three were criminals, all seeking their own agenda. |
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The last reward was what surprised Senjumaru a bit. The reason why it surprised her was that there was a difference between this dungeon key and the ones before that. It seemed more ... violent and dangerous. There was a new 'theme' to the dungeon that was different and the text after she claimed her last reward confirmed that suspicion.
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|CONGRATULATIONS ON CLEARING THE THIRD SPECIAL QUEST. YOU HAVE CLEARED ALL THREE QUEST'S OF THE INTRODUCTORY LEVEL. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ENTER THE MIDDLE STAGES OF THE SPECIAL QUEST'S OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO QUIT?
[YES] (CONTINUE)
[NO] (QUIT)|
Senjumaru didn't have to think about this. She had gotten a lot more powerful over the time she was here in the Royal Guard. Although it was only due to the system and Hades taking care of her 'indirectly', but still. She had found her purpose and held it in her heart. there was no way that she would give up at that point. So she pressed 'Yes'.
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[SPECIAL QUEST:
BECOME THE DIVINE WEAVER! (4)
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THEY MIGHT CALL YOU 'DIVINE GENERAL OF THE NORTH' BUT THAT IS NOTHING BUT A MEAGER TITLE.
BECOME THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE 'DIVINE WEAVER' AND COLLECT SPECIAL REWARDS.
YOU HAVE FINISHED THE INTRODUCTORY LEVELS. WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGES. WE WILL START SMALL AND WORK OUR WAY UP. SHOW EVERYONE WHAT YOU LEARNED!
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QUEST REQUIREMENTS:
- REACH BANKAI: LV.100
- REACH PUPPETRY: LV.200
- REACH THREAD/STRING MANIPULATION LV.200
- DEFEAT THE NINJA'S DUNGEON
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REWARDS:
- 1. GAIN 1 SPECIAL ITEM
- 2. BONUS STATS +50
- 3. UNDISCLOSED REWARD
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Now this was wild. Senjumaru had to defeat the Ninja's dungeon and train all of her other skills as well. Her Bankai was hard to level up. It seems like she missed something there. Puppetry and string manipulation was something she was working on anyway, so getting to level 200 would come sooner or later.
Senjumaru got to work and she soon found out why it was a D-ranked dungeon. It was just so much harder than the other ones she had done. These ninjas were so versatile and sneaky. They didn't care about honour or prestige. They killed you with any method they could. It made sense for them to be called ninjas. It was a very new experience for Senjumaru after her fight with Doflamingo and then Jolyne Cujoh.
Then there was the mountain of different abilities each of them had. Illusions, doppelgangers, clones, use of strings, multiple lives and one was even fully immortal. Senjumaru used every skill she had to defeat them and she understood the requirements of the quest. One of the worst but most overpowered skills of these ninjas had to be their clones. Especially the Shadow clones.
There was no way for her to tell them apart but with time, she managed to do that. She could tell that the clones didn't have souls. The souls were only in the real bodies and that was something she used to move ahead and trick them instead. The first immortal, Kakuzu, was only a pseudo-immortal. That didn't make it easier. It only made him much more daring and dangerous during a fight.
Sasori was a puppet user, just like Senjumaru and she could prove her superiority. It was however a wake-up call when she saw the dedication of the man, who had turned himself into a puppet as well.
Lastly, there was Hidan ... Senjumaru didn't like him. He was immortal and while he wouldn't die, he wasn't able to move after his head was cut off. So that was something.
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In the end, Senjumaru used her Bankai and sealed all of their fates in her work. Showing off her new mastery over her Bankai at level 100.
After that, it came to getting her rewards again. Her rewards were ... interesting, to say the least. She wouldn't say that she wasn't a bit disappointed about the small amount of rewards she got, Senjumaru understood that it was her wish to grow powerful on her own and if she got a lot of rewards, then it was equal to Hades gifting it to her.
| GAIN SPECIAL ITEM:
NAME: Skill: Ransōtengai
ITEM CLASS: B
TYPE: Runestone
DESCRIPTION: A runestone that allows you to gain the skill Ransōtengai a Quincy technique which allows a Quincy to control their body like a puppet.|
|Ransōtengai:
A high-level Quincy technique which allows the user to control their body parts using strings of Reiryoku controlled by their brain, forming lines or strings made of Reishi. Using this technique, the Quincy can control their body like a marionette, allowing them to move freely despite paralysis, broken limbs, or any other force which would impede normal movement.|
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|Bonus Stats +50|
That was a very sad amount but it is what it is. Senjumaru tried to not use her excess points. So she still had quite a lot spared up.
| UNDISCLOSED REWARD: ITEM
NAME: Pirate's and Marine's Dungeon Key
ITEM CLASS: C
TYPE: KEY
DESCRIPTION: A key that creates an instant dungeon containing three powerful Pirates and three powerful Marines. They all originate from the World of One Piece.|
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||QUEST
[SPECIAL QUEST:
BECOME THE DIVINE WEAVER! (5)
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THEY MIGHT CALL YOU 'DIVINE GENERAL OF THE NORTH' BUT THAT IS NOTHING BUT A MEAGER TITLE.
BECOME THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE 'DIVINE WEAVER' AND COLLECT SPECIAL REWARDS.
YOU HAVE FINISHED THE INTRODUCTORY LEVELS. WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGES. WE WILL START SMALL AND WORK OUR WAY UP. SHOW EVERYONE WHAT YOU LEARNED!
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QUEST REQUIREMENTS:
- REACH RASONTENGAI: LV.100
- REACH UNRAVEL: LV.100
- REACH SEIMEI KIKAN: LV.100
- DEFEAT THE PIRATE AND MARINE DUNGEON
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REWARDS:
- 1. GAIN 1 SPECIAL ITEM
- 2. BONUS STATS +70
- 3. UNDISCLOSED REWARD
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This was the last quest that Senjumaru had cleared over the years. And it was also the hardest yet. There was no comparison to any of the earlier quests. She got to know her adversaries closer and she had to say that compared to them, Doflamingo was nothing more than mediocre. He was strong, don't get her wrong, but just not ... that strong. It was insane how powerful they were.
No doubt, Hades made them more powerful to increase the difficulty of the quests. And she was only in the middle stages of the Special Quests. That meant that there had to be last stages as well. And if the difficulty increased that much, how much would they increase in the last stages?
Now who were the six characters whom Senjumaru had to fight in her 5th quest?
They were Akainu, Kizaru, and Kuzan from the Marines and Whitebeard, Kaido and Big Mom on the Pirate's side. And they were all in their primes.
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Once again Senjumaru was confronted with the power of Haki. And this time ... there was no comparing it to her fight with Doflamingo. The three Emperors could use Haoshoku Haki to such a degree that it was impossible for Senjumaru to even hit them. Every clash between them resulted in her loss. It was very frustrating.
But once again, Senjumaru pulled through. She didn't give up. On the contrary, Senjumaru got to appreciate the sheer power of will that all of the six characters had. The Admirals were truly powerful as well. Their Logia powers made them men she didn't want to fight against. And even less a 1 vs. 6. But she had found a way to beat them over time.
They weren't immune to attacks that targeted the soul. And she was a Shinigami as well as a future Divine Weaver. She got the idea to use the skill 'Unravel' to act similar to a Logia fruit. Of course she did, it was what Hades had intended of course. Just like he wanted her to learn the skill Ransotengai to have her keep fighting, even if her body no longer could. That's what it meant to fight amongst the best, to keep pushing and breaking one's limits.
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(Senjumaru POV)
And now it was finally time for me to gain the rewards for the 5th Quest.
| GAIN SPECIAL ITEM:
NAME: Skill: Haki
ITEM CLASS: A
TYPE: Runestone
DESCRIPTION: A runestone that allows you to gain the skill of Haki. Fighting Style Focus:
Willpower manifestation.
Haki is a mysterious power that allows the user to utilize their own spiritual energy for various purposes. All living beings in the world are capable of learning Haki; however, most people do not notice it or fail to awaken it.|
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Finally!! Finally, I can also use this skill. It is such a powerful skill. I had such trouble with this when fighting the six people from the One Piece worlds. Their wills were truly strong and for them to fight above their levels was mostly thanks to this ... and Hades of course. It is a growth skill and I can see that it will only become stronger the stronger I become. A good reward indeed.
Now on to the second and third one.
| Bonus Stats +70 |
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| UNDISCLOSED REWARD: ITEM
NAME: Vanessa Enoteca's Dungeon Key
ITEM CLASS: B
TYPE: KEY
DESCRIPTION: A key that creates an instant dungeon containing Vanessa Enoteca, a powerful witch from the world of Black Clover. This particular witch has the power over string magic and can also control the magic over the red string of fate.|
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Wow.
... I see now. Hades is clearly steering me towards this power over fate. I am not sure why though. He did tell me about the three b*tches that control fate and made his siblings into what they were but for him to ... do I want that?
... Yes! Yes, I want that. I know that Hades would never force me into something that I don't want and even if I have this power, I am not forced to do anything. Fate is a powerful concept to have power over. So I am interested to see where this will lead me.
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Now let's see my 6th Special Quest.
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The difficulty of the Quests gets higher and higher. This Bleach Arc. is not just about Hades and we can see it here. Senjumaru grows more and more powerful. She is still nowhere near as powerful as Hades, so she has a way to go. I can't wait to write about her later quests. Shit's about to go down.
See you in a few days.