God's Army

On his way traversing through the forest towards Giant Jack, Zeph was constantly spreading his Observation Haki while staying alert towards his surroundings. He had a feeling that he'll stumble upon obstacles on his way to Giant Jack.

He wasn't feeling worried but rather welcomed any challenges. He sensed a few auras ahead of him standing still, it looked like they were waiting for him. Running ahead, he ventured into an open area where he saw thirteen individuals standing before him in an intimidating demeanour.

Ten of the individuals were wearing white robes with baggy white pants and a collar with a golden ring attached to it. They had distinct looking goat-like features being the two floppy ears hanging down on the side of their head and the two small and sharp horns on their head. Also, they were bald. They are the Divine Soldiers, part of God's Army, in other words fighting for Enel.

Apart from the Divine Soldiers that Zeph observed, there were two identical individuals standing in front of the Divine Soldiers. Zeph didn't even need to remember before he instantly guessed that they were the twins of the Divine Soldiers, Hotori and Kotori.

Looking at the huge person in front of the Twins, Zeph knew he was the leader of the Divine Soldiers, Yama. He always wondered how he could move quickly with such a huge and round body.

'This'll be good for a warmup.' smirked Zeph underneath their gazes.

'So, he is the intruder. He looks pretty weak.' thought Yama with a straight face.

"Ha ah ha ah, let's have some fun~" sadistically laughed the twins.

Looking at Zeph, Yama, in a stuffed voice, said to his soldiers, "He alone does not pose a threat to us, much less the priests. Go forth and capture him, my soldiers."

"Me~eh" sounded out the Divine Soldiers.

"Insolent Sinner! We are the Divine Soldiers of God's Army. Atone for the sins you have committed and allow yourself to be capt-"

Without waiting for the soldier to finish his lecture, Zeph quickly dashed forward in mere moments before kicking the soldier in the gut as he is sent wheeling away crashing into another soldier knocking them both out.

"I have no time to listen to your foolish speech." said Zeph while quickly moving on to the next soldier.

"Soru"

Zeph quickly vanished and appeared next to a clueless soldier and kicked him in the chin, knocking him out on the spot.

"Axe Dial"

Zeph turned around and saw a soldier rushing his palm forward towards him, he quickly sidestepped to avoid the palm which released a sharp blast of air cutting through the ground of where Zeph had been before showing an X-shaped mark.

Zeph dodging the Axe Dial, gripped his fist and punched the soldier in the face, sending him flying away into a bush where he will not be getting up anytime soon.

The rest of the soldiers rushed forwards trying to surround him but Zeph wanted to finish this quick.

"Geppo"

Jumping into the air, Zeph positioned himself and kicked his leg in a curve.

"Rankyaku!"

A sharp and wide wind blade emerged shooting towards the remaining soldiers slicing and knocking them out.

The area littered with beaten soldiers. Zeph was feeling excited and wanted to do more. And he indeed will get more.

Seeing the damage that was dealt to the soldiers by Zeph, Yama furrowed his eyebrows and called out to the twins.

"Hotori and Kotori, If you want to earn a promotion, this would be the perfect time for you to earn it. Go deal with that insolent fool." said Yama.

"Ha ah Ha ah, We will capture you and be like our elder brother." joyfully said the twins.

The twins started holding each other's hands and started spinning while laughing.

"You can't hit us, ha ah ha a-"

*Wham*

"-Ack" painfully grunted the twins.

Two fists were embedded into their round stomach plunging in deep, almost splitting them half, violently sending them into the depths of the forests crashing into numerous trees in a straight line before finally drooping down into an unconscious state. This wasn't even a fight.

"I hate those sadistic pricks" said Zeph pulling both his fists back.

Yama seeing this was instantly shocked and realised he was no match for the intruder as he couldn't knock the twins in one go. Looking at Zeph being preoccupied, Yama quickly flew towards Zeph and pulled out a strip of cloth with ten Axe Dials patched on to it facing towards Zeph and yelled, "Axe Mountain!!"

But Yama did not know that Zeph never let his guard down, keeping his Observation Haki up, he could easily sense Yama's movement and attack. Before the Axe Dials could unleash its devastating power, Zeph used Soru, vanishing from his initial place and appeared behind Yama.

"Hardening" shouted Zeph coating his fist with haki, turning his fist into a shiny-black colour.

The strip of cloth that contained the Axe Dials sweeped past Zeph, producing 10 destructive cross-marked air blades into the empty air, making the attack into a futile attempt.

Zeph aimed and punched hard, finding its way into the back of Yama's head instantly knocking him out.

Yama with his eyes rolled back and white foam forming in his mouth, fell face forward into the ground, muttering unintelligibly, "Geughh"

Zeph shook his hands with a beam and enjoyed himself. His eyes were darting around the area before he saw a cloth next to Yama on the ground. The strip of cloth that was in Yama's hands were laying next to his unconscious body. Zeph picked it up and wrapped it around his waist thinking it would be helpful in his future fight with Enel.

"The first obstacle has been easily cleared. Now, it's time to conquer the next obstacle." grinned Zeph before taking off in the direction of Giant Jack.

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The Four Priests were seen lying around in a dense area near the Giant Jack. The Four Priests were arguing, well at least two of them were.

"I'll go take him on...alone." said Ohm in a confident tone.

"No, you're weak. You just need to stay here and wait for me." said Shura in a mocking tone.

"What did you say, you weakling?!" replied Ohm with furrowed eyes.

The two of them quickly got into an argument. Gedatsu was busy trying to talk but couldn't with his lower lips stuck in his mouth again.

"Ho ho hooo, my brothers lost their fight against him. I'll go" laughed Satori.

Satori left the group and went ahead into the forest. Ohm and Shura stopped arguing before telling Gedatsu to stop with his carelessness. They followed Satori at a safe distance to watch the fight and maybe, analyze the blue sea dweller.

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Zeph was dashing past the woods when he saw numerous floating white balls ahead of him. He stopped for a while before walking towards the white balls.

'Balls, huh!' thought Zeph and saw a round man prancing on and about with the clouds.

"Ho ho hooo. Welcome to my Ordeal of Balls, blue sea dweller. I am Satori of the Four Priests who serve our Almighty God Enel!" said Satori while laughing.

"So, you're one of the Four Priests. Where are the other three?" asked Zeph because he wanted to take all of them on.

"Ho ho hoo, I don't know. You don't need to where they are because you will die! Ho ho hooo!" replied Satori while hopping and dancing about laughingly.

"I see, guess I have to attract all of them." said Zeph with the motive of finishing this quick.

A ball slowly floated near Zeph while they were conversing. The ball burst open and a snake lunged towards Zeph's face trying to bite him. Zeph with his quick movements grabbed the snake by its head and threw it far away into the sky.

Zeph throwing away a snake, bent down and picked up a stone.

"Oh? A stone thrown at me?" Satori pondered loudly.

Feeling the stone in his palm, Zeph flicked the stone towards Satori at a moderate speed.

Satori laughed and dodged, the stone going past him.

"Ho ho hoooo! Oh, how scary~" laughed Satori spinning himself and started collecting a lot of suprise balls connecting them in the form of a dragon controlling it with a cane.

"Surpise Ball Chain: Ball Dragon! If you let any of the balls touch you, you'll cause a chain of explosion. Ho ho hooo!" laughed Satori while controlling the dragon with a cane.

Satori directed the cane towards Zeph and the Ball Dragon was going after Zeph.

"You can predict my movements, commendable but are you quick enough to respond?" asked Zeph with a smirk. Looking at his smirk, Satori hesitated for a moment but continued on.

"Soru"

"Ho ho hoo! How silly of you. A kick to my face."

Using Soru, Zeph quickly went past the Ball Dragon and appeared next to Satori with a roundhouse kick aimed for his face which scared Satori removing the smile from his face. Satori was panicking and tried to dodge the kick and follow it up with an Impact Dial but he wasn't quick enough. The kick landed on his face thrusting him straight down into the ground creating a crater.

With rapid movements, he went forward and picked Satori up by his neck and threw him over to the Ball Dragon. Satori feeling beaten up and void of energy, couldn't help but scream, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!".

Upon contact, Satori's body was encompassed with a massive chain explosion instantly destroying most of the area. Zeph with quick thinking, moved far away from the explosion. Once the smoke cleared up, Zeph could see a round body on the ground but instead of the usual white jumpsuit, he could only see black.

"Hehe" sniggered Zeph.

*Swish*

Feeling the danger, Zeph quickly used Soru and dodged the attack aimed at him. A lance could be seen embedded into the ground where Zeph had been. Zeph looking at this quickly brushed a sweat off rolling down his face.

'Thought I was going to get injured. Phew~!' Zeph sighed in relief

"You are strong, blue sea dweller. Seeing how Satori easily fell, it seems we have to team up!" said Shura in a grim tone to Ohm and Gedatsu. Both of them nodded at him and got into their combat stances beside Shura.

'Maybe this is why Enel sent all of us instead of just one of us!' thought Ohm and got his katana ready.

'Well this is different. I thought I'd have to beat them up individually but they teamed up. Well that's what I wanted anyways.' thought a surprised Zeph.

"This is gonna be fun" chuckled Zeph.

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In a village located in the midst of clouds, a woman is seen comforting a small girl wearing a dress made of fur and a cap.

The small girl could be seen clutching her head saying in deep concentration, "There is someone in Upper Yard"

A tall, muscular man with a mohawk and tribal tattoos on his face and his chest was standing near them. Hearing the words of the small girl, he narrowed his eyes and said, "I have to go!"