Troublesome Skill, Huge Fire, and Sister.

(Karin POV)

I was sitting on my comfortable seat, if anyone looked at me, they wouldn't think that I am an army commander because I am completely calm, and relaxed, like I am on a vacation. My little fun time was interrupted by a messenger. "Reporting! The enemy' infantry divisions that are trying to cross the river are scattered, the only thing left are a couple of elite units". He said.

I nodded. "Have the archers focus on the elite units. A cavalry charge is impossible across the river, 9so the only one on the my side of the river is the Vanadis, and my army. Trying to cross a river with an army of only 12,500 soldiers, while I have 20,000 is suicide." I told him.

He nodded and went away.

'Now the only thing left is wait for my brother to bring me the Vanadis' head.' When I was thinking, another messenger came.

"Reporting! Lord Kai was slain by the Vanadis Elizavetta Fomina!"

I gritted my teeth. "What about the Vanadis?"

"Elizavetta Fomina is still resisting. She has killed more than 2,300 cavalry men."

"That useless brother of mine. He could at least bring down the Vanadis together with him, if he is going to die at least be useful to my plans. Tch, more than half of my casualties are the result of the Vanadis. Have the cavalry retreat, for now use the reserves, have the injured soldiers fight her." I told him.

My aid turned to me. "Is it really wise to sacrifice them? Our King will be quite pissed if he learns that we are sacrificing his people without any need."

In response, I kicked him. "Our King doesn't care about such things. The only thing important in war is results. While the Vanadis is distracted, aim the ballista at her, and kill her." The messenger nodded, bowed and went away. 'It took quite a while to borrow a ballista from Koku, and that bandit bitch will probably ask me for a favour later on, but whatever. With the capture of the Vanadis I will become the Leader of the Generals. There is a spot that is empty, and that brat still hasn't filled. That is the Leader of the Generals or as I like to call it, Minister of War. This position will allow me to command all of the Generals, and all of the armies, with the exception of the royal army. And this Vanadis will be the perfect stepping stone for me.'

(Oemitsu POV)

After killing her General and swallowing my left eye, Sasha has gone berserk. Her power keeps increasing, and so does mine. 'She is the perfect training dummy... but I can feel that something deep inside is about to awaken, just a little more.' While I was thinking, I stretched my hands. "Parasite!" After that, some of the Zhcted soldiers that were surrounding us began to throw themselves at Sasha. "Why is my body moving on its own?! I can't stop myself! Lady Sasha, please help me!" One of them cried.

I was using her own soldiers against her. Sasha dodged their blades, refusing to kill them. I looked at her movements. 'Something is not right.' At this moment, Sasha managed to break past my puppets, and stabbed me... or what she thought it was me. In reality, it was a clone made of strings. The clone tried to hug her, however, before could, she stepped back. 'This is impossible. I never showed my clone ability. She should have no way of knowing that it was a trap.' I squinted.

(She has awaken her foresight.) Nyar explained.

'Are you telling me that besides unlocking the Ultimate Power of Bargren, she is also able to peek into the future?'

(She has awoken a troublesome ability.) She said.

I clawed her using my Pentagon Strings, but Sasha dodged it before she closed distance and slashed my chest. To dodge further attacks, I jumped over her. I moved my strings from my finger tips and wrapped them around Saaha's weapons, however, before they bound her weapons together, she pulled them out in the last second.

She lowered her stance and focused strength on her feet before she dashed at tremendous speeds in my direction.

"String Box!" As soon as I said that, a lot of strings that were underground came out, completely entrapping Sasha inside a box made entirely of strings.

"Huff." I took a deep breath. 'I have been preparing this attack for the past 25 minutes.' I thought before I closed my fist, and the box started to decrease in size.

If Sasha stays inside for much longer, she will crushed to death by the strings. But suddenly, fire started to concentrate on a single point of the box making it red, after a few seconds, a geyser of fire came out from that point, and a bloodied Sasha came out of this geyser with a huge speed, and stabbed me in the chest again but this time, it sent me flying away.

After hitting the ground and making a small crater, I got up, and felt something unusual besides the huge pain from the loss of my eye, and the injuries around my body. 'Well, its not like Sasha is in a better situation.' I smiled. "Fufufufufu. I get it now. I have been thinking of this in a wrong away." I told myself. 'I always though of my Akuma no Mi as something that was part of me. Like an extra organ that is connected to me, and cannot leave me. However, it is completely different. I get it how Doflamingo managed to awaken his Akuma no Mi. My Akuma no Mi is not an extra organ, it is a weapon that I can use on both my body, and on the environment around me.

The Akuma no Mis are only limited by your imagination. If I think of a string as something that can only cut through your opponents, then my Ito Ito no Mi will only cut through my opponents. However, if I think of it as something that can change the environment around me, then everything around me will change.' As soon as I realized that, I looked at my feet and saw the ground turning into strings.

I coughed out some blood before I looked at her. "Now it is time to end this." The entirety of the battlefield turned into strings.

All the soldiers was surprised, since they couldn't stand on the strings, so it threw the entire battlefield into disarray, however, I couldn't care less. "Hunt my preys, White Wolf!" Hearing my command, a gigantic silvery wolf made of strings came out of the ground before he howled and went into Sasha's direction, since she was also caught off guard by the sudden change on the ground, she was swallowed by the wolf.

After a few seconds, the wolf blew up on flames, and I saw a Sasha that was barely standing. She took a lot of damage from that attack. I walked in her direction but after 4 steps, I felt my stamina draining. The surroundings turned back to normal, together with my arm. 'Thanks to my hard training I no longer need to sacrifice body parts to use his Nen ability. The awakening of my Akuma no Mi took a heavy tool on my body.'

After another step, I fell on one knee. "Not... yet! I need to kill her!" I focused my strenght on my legs, got up, and walked in her direction.

However, before I could deal the finishing blow, I heard cavalry marching, and smashing on to the enemy's flank. After I looked at it, I saw the flags of our cavalry. "Karin. So that giant actually managed to defeat her opponent, and reinforce the center. She actually crossed the river. Now, our enemies have nowhere to go." When I looked at Sasha, I saw her falling on the ground.

Suddenly, a soldier from Zhcted picked her up and, placed her on the back of a horse. I turned to my soldiers. "Kill her before she escapes!" And ordered.

My soldiers jumped at their opponents, however, the enemy soldiers fought back fiercely. In the end we didn't manage to kill Sasha. She escaped, but the central and left army of Zhcted collapsed entirely. The right army escaped before they were next.

(Koku POV)

I managed to sneak inside of the walls. Babel is a huge fortress, almost like a city. However, it is extremely overcrowded even though it is under siege. The moon is shining high in the sky while I slice the throat of a guard. 'Leaving these conscripts who aren't even paying attention to their surroundings, to defend such an important thing as their supplies, is rather pathetic.' I shook my head.

"What should we do with the food reserves?" My aid asked.

I smiled. "Isn't it obvious? Burn it all."

A huge fire spread throughout the fortress, turning their food supply into nothing but ashes.

(Eleonora POV)

'Fighting a war is something that I am used to, as a Vanadis, and a former mercenary who walked from battlefield to battlefield, I believe that the strong prevail over the weak. It is an iron law that I have seen been enforced since a child. I will do anything to defend the people of Zhcted. When I heard about an army numbering 100,000 marching towards the lands of my country, I promised myself that I would repel this invasion. However, nothing prepared me for the massive defeat we suffered today. Out of our 40,000; barely 5,000 came back. The left flank and center army were routed, and scattered.

Elizavetta Fomina was captured, or killed by the enemy. Sasha, the Commander of the army, and my friend is injured, and is currently bedridden. And my friend, Lim, was also injured by the enemy commander. It is not like I am in better shape. The enemy General was a monster. It doesn't matter how many times I stabbed him or blasted him away, he would always come back even stronger. He waved his club around like it was a fan, however, if you were hit by it, then you could kiss goodbye to your life.' While my mind was being plagued by our miserable defeat, Lim came close to me.

"Eleonora-sama, the fortress still stands. We have to regroup as quickly as possible, and strike back." She enthusiastically said.

Suddenly, a huge fire broke out in the direction of Babel fortress. It lighted the night as if the it was day again.

"It is over, we lost. We suffered a crushing defeat." I shook my head.

"ELEONORA-SAMA!!!" Lim yelled. "We have to trust on General Alexander. He is highly capable, and chose by your friend, Sasha. It is impossible for the enemy to conquer such a fortress that easily!"

'She's right. I have to keep my head high. It is not over. As long as we regroup another army we can repel the invaders.' Eleonora told herself that multiple times, however, deep down her, she knew that no matter how many soldiers they manage to amass, if they have no Generals to lead them, it is useless. Especially now that one of the Vanadis was captured, and another one is bedridden.

(Nyar POV)

In a dark room with only a small light coming out of a projection. Stood a mature women shrouded in darkness. The only thing you can see is her smile, and her deeply interested eyes. She was resting on a giant bed. This is Nyarlathotep, and she is currently observing her little brother fighting.

"He is becoming stronger, and stronger. He has finally awakened his Devil Fruit and is getting closer, and closer to mastering it. However, he has lost an eye in exchange of it. You can never let your guard down in a battlefield. My little brother learned this the hard way. But he has the heart of a warrior, he hasn't noticed it yet, but his heart beats in the battlefield. He is slowly becoming addicted to the feeling of fighting in wars. He thinks that he loves to fight stronger opponents, but the truth is a bit different, he loves to crush strong opponents, and the battlefield is the best place to do such a thing.

He is turning into a Warmonger." I smiled. 'Now I have to think of a replacement for his eye. I still can't believe he swallowed it. I truly loved that part. I even saved it on a DVD! It serves as masturbation material for later, however, it isn't enough. He need to cause more devastation, I want him to burn more cities, to cause more chaos. The image of my little brother destroying the underworld completely, burning everything to the ground, and fucking me as the capital is burning is making me so... WET! T-this is bad, I have to control myself... but... maybe just a little...' Suddenly, I felt a presence that disturbed my fun.

I immediately stopped my hand that was going down my dress, and turned to the intruder. "What a surprise seeing you here. But that is odd. I don't remember inviting you did I?"

"You are still the same problematic figure as always... sister."