[Chapter 85: Devil submission]
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Human potential in this world was something completely out of the sharts. Not to mention the potential of reaching a physical prowess that was seemingly impossible in his previous world due to the many laws of physics, but human minds here also had equally strong potential, if not even more powerful, than the body, in many ways.
Willpower, something that only allowed humans to push themselves forward in my previous world... Yet, in this world, it had become that, and much more... A weapon that allowed people to break through the laws of physics, and subdue everyone who was below them...
Spirit, In many ways, the liveliness and fervor of people while living their lives and reaching their goals, yet... here it was a weapon that could be even manifested to the user's will, being even possible to create temporary clones of yourself...
Passion, the level of dedication and care to something in particular... yet, here it was something that allowed one to even ignite your own limbs, and not suffer a speck of damage...
How many more aspects of the human mind had yet to be explored and developed further?
What was the limit of the humans?
What other emotions would become something more than simple emotions?
Sid asked himself these questions several times... And although he wouldn't come to a proper conclusion, he indeed managed to discover more uses to the previously mentioned aspects of the human mind...
He wondered... if the reason why you could punch Logia-type users was that your willpower acted due to you Desiring to hit your opponent... Then what other things would his willpower do?
If he desired with all his heart to walk on water... Could he do it?
If he wanted to become a god and destroy the universe... Could he do it?
If he... Wanted to force the devils inside devil-fruits to do whatever he wanted... Could he do it?
He had yet to see... But now, one of the questions was about to get answered.
*Step...*
Soon, in the middle of Akainu's consciousness, the figure of Sid manifested rapidly like made out of smoke. The reddish-brown eyes looked calmly at the Devil in front of him, even if it looked like the very owner of hell itself.
[๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐...? ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?! ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐...!!!]
The devil's eyes trembled in confusion while looking at Sid. It was as if it was looking at some kind of impossible thing that went completely against the laws of the world... And in some way, Sid was indeed doing that...
No human would be able to learn so much and so many things in such a short time... Even less, reach the level of power he had reached.
Humans had a limited lifespan, and no matter how much of a prodigy they were, it was impossible for them to reach the level of knowledge necessary to achieve what Sid had just done, and even if they did it, it would take them an entire lifetime... Not to mention that they wouldn't be even able to train themselves like Sid had done, as they would be too focused on learning rather than fighting... Which could also render them completely weak when facing a powerful devil like the one from the Magu Magu no mi...
But Sid had just done that with extreme ease, even the devil could feel the terrifying level of pressure that Sid was released just by using his consciousness alone. It was terrifying for him to think what kind of future would a human like this have.
How strong would he become once a hundred years passed?
It made the Devil shudder...
"I came here with a special purpose, to take you away from this body and make you become my underling"
[๐๐? ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ? ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ !!]
"I imagined you would say that... Then, I guess I will just erase you right now. I don't need future Akainus interfering with my plans after all..."
Sid wasn't wasting any time, he knew that this was a completely new environment and that if something went wrong then he might die because of unknown causes, totally unbefitting of a Shadow eminence!
What kind of other ways would the mind of Akainu have to protect itself against foreign consciousness like his? He was curious but he preferred to find that out in a place where his body isn't exposed to anyone.
Besides, he still had a lot of things to prepare before fighting the Anomaly. Thus, he didn't want to spend one of his 10 lives in something as measly as taking Akainu's fruit for his personal use.
[๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฆ๐? ๐'๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ! ๐'๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ฐ... ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐'๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐... ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ... ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐!!]
*Rumble...!!*
Suddenly, the entire environment became the very image of hell, with the floor becoming scorching rocks, and rivers of lava flowing everywhere.
The body of the Devil, which was several times bigger than that of Sid already, suddenly started growing bigger and bigger as his appearance became also much more fierce, with the lava on his body growing much brighter as if ready to explode at any possible moment.
The lava in the surroundings soon started swirling at a terrifying speed all around Sid, trapping him inside a lava whirlwind while the Devil simply watched from above with a delighted expression as the consciousness of Sid became engulfed in the scorching liquid.
[๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ... ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐... ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ง๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐... ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ...- ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ก?!]
Suddenly, a sharp pain assaulted the Devil's mind and made him fall to his knees powerlessly. This pain wasn't something he had felt before... it was something completely new to him... It was as if his whole being was being crushed under hundreds of mountains with no way out...
[๐๐จ๐ฐ... ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง... ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ...?!]
At that moment, the lava whirlwind scattered away, and the figure of Sid once again appeared from inside it. It had some injuries here and there, but it wasn't that much to be a dangerous situation.
"I almost died there... I guess showing off it's a bit dangerous in this situation. After all, I've yet to train my mind enough for it to compare to my body, but for now, I guess it's enough to handle you..."
[๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง... ๐๐จ, ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ...?!]
"Me...? Heh..."
Lowering his head and chuckling silently, Sid covered his face with his hand and started laughing out loud while ignoring the dumbfounded expression of the Devil.
"I am a simple and weak human who isn't interesting at all, my combat abilities are mediocre, and it's a miracle that I'm still alive... I... am... the definition of Average!!!"
The devil frowned when he heard Sid's words, and with great effort, he punched the ground with his trembling fist and yelled at him with a ferocious tone. [๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐!! ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐!!]
Rapidly, lava started flowing out from his body in enormous amounts and started filling out the entire place, engulfing Sid completely in the process...
[๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ!! ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐, ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง ๐'๐ฆ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ... ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ!!]
*Caw*
*Caw*
*Caw*
*Caw*
*Caw*
*Caw*
Suddenly, from within the sea of lava that seemed to extend to the infinite, thousands, if not millions of crows started emerging and filling the skies with their ominous cry.
[๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ...?]
"Indeed... I never expected this to be an easy task... But what is life without hardships? What is power without effort behind it to back it? If I am to make you submit to me, I'll make sure to make it with my own hands... metaphorically speaking of course..."
From within the lava, a dark and ominous figure rose rapidly into the air, engulfed completely in darkness seemingly unaffected by the light in the surroundings, and with only his shiny red eyes glowing from inside the darkness like two sinister red moons illuminating the dark night sky.
*Caw*
*Caw*
*Caw*
The crows soon started swirling around the figure as if attracted to him, their cries filling the skies and overflowing the insides of the devil with fear, for the first time in centuries, he was facing an enemy whom he was not completely sure to be able to defeat, and just this thought unnerved a lot the Devil.
No matter how dangerous his enemies were in the past, or how stronger they were compared to him, he never felt helpless against them... yet... this human in front of him was something out of this world...
*Caw*
*Caw*
*Caw*
Soon, the millions of crows started forming what seemed to be a giant sphere in the air, with the shadowy figure at its center as if controlling all the crows. The devil only watched everything unfold, as his mind was questioning whether or not to attack the figure, just like you question yourself whether it's a good idea to wake up or not a dangerous beast... If he attacked... would he survive?
[๐๐จ๐ฎ... ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง...!! ๐'๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก, ๐๐๐๐ซ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง...
...ฬดฬฬอฬอฬฬฟอฬอฬซฬขฬฐฬAฬดฬ ฬฬฬอฬขฬ อฬซออnฬตอฬอฬฟฬอฬพฬฆฬฬบฬจdฬทฬฬฬฬฟฬฬฬฬฬอฬจอฬผฬงฬณฬฬฉฬฏอ ฬดฬฬ อฬอฬอฬงออฬขอฬกฬฉฬฉฬฅIฬธฬฟฬฬฝฬพอฬกอฬฌอ-ฬดออฬฬฬฬอฬฌฬฒฬจฬWฬถอออฬอฬฬฬอฬงอฬคอ ฬฬฎฬIฬตฬฬฬฬฬ ฬLฬธอออฬออฬLฬธอฬซฬฐ-ฬธออออฬฬพฬขอKฬตฬฬอออฬขอIฬตฬฬฬฐฬฒฬฬฏLฬถอออฬอฬฬออฬฬนฬฬฆฬปอฬฬผฬฬณLฬธออฬอฬฬฬฬฑออฬฏฬฏฬฃอฬคฬฆฬ-ฬดฬอฬพอฬฟอฬชฬฌฬชอ ฬฅฬฎYฬถอฬอฬอฬฬพฬฬออฬฬปฬฬกฬบฬฃฬฌOฬทอฬออฬอฬฬอฬฬฌอฬฌฬฌอฬฐฬ Uฬธฬฬฬออฬฟอฬฬฬฬฬฉฬก!!]
Roaring in anger, the lava all around the place started moving like a wave towards the sphere of crows flying in the air, ready to engulf it completely in one go. However, at that moment, the cries of the crows became several times more ferocious and intimidating, as if they had entered a frenzied state at that moment.
"Whether you submit to my will or I die here... Let's see it"
Sid, who was still covered in thick darkness, pointed with his finger forward, and suddenly the millions of crows started duplicating incessantly, increasing their numbers enormously in a matter of seconds.
"Smash his last speck of resistance, and bring him to me"
*Caw!*
*Caw!*
*Caw!*
*Caw!*
*Caw!*
The swarm of crows rapidly flew towards the incoming tsunami, growing bigger and bigger with each second as the previous number of Crows continued to duplicate repeatedly.
Soon, two waves met each other with extreme fierceness and clashed against each other. One being of a bright red, and the other being pitch black... Which one engulfed the other first... it was pretty obvious.
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A/N:
Hey there! Sorry for the wait.
Also, your author has officially become 18 years old!
Huehuehue.. now I'm allowed to say a bad word... ๐
ass
Anyway, today I also graduated from school, though I still have to do the final exam which will determine which university and what career do I pick. So I have yet to completely finish with all this stuff I'm going through right now.
Either way, that's all for today.
Bye bye!