Titanomachy III

A/N I changed the name of his Zanpakuto's name to Greek instead of Japanese. That was a mistake on my part. 

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(Poseidon POV)

After I had 'killed' the two Titans, I used my powerful and continuously growing connection to the Life Force and played with it a bit. I knew that the Titans would simply reform in Tartarus after they died, but that would take a rather long time. I didn't care about Hyperion, but Atlas would play an important role in the future. That was also why I used my Trident to absorb his ichor and his 'essence'. 

My Zanpakuto or 'Soul Cutter Sword' is special in a way. In the sealed state, it allows me to fully use all of my powers, especially the Life Force, the Fundamental Force of this Universe I have gotten a very deep connection. Using it, I absorbed the ichor and essence of Atlas, in order to both play with it and grow more proficient in manipulating life and bring him back. He would be out of the war, most probably, because after what I am going to put him through, literally playing with his life and manipulating his soul, he won't be in any fighting condition. 

I have used the Pools of inspiration to have the Life Force enhance me further and further while using another one to deepen my understanding of it. The Fundamental Forces of the Universe are very powerful if you use them right. And as my understanding passively increases, I grow more proficient in manipulating life and also gain more and more life force, or vitality. I feel my body being forced to adapt and grow along with the increased density of Life Force inside it. That is perfect for me. 

So I get to work.

I take the divine soul of Atlas, which my Trident has absorbed and manipulate the life energy contained inside it. I recognise the intricacies and the secrets it contains. The topic of souls is an interesting one. And with Oetsu Nimaiya's knowledge, I already know how to create Asauchis, but I can use more knowledge of them. Either the Soul King from Bleach, Lucius Zogratis from Black Clover or Mahito from Jujutsu Kaisen would be a good idea. But more on that later. I can also learn from this. 

It takes a few hours for me to be satisfied and after that, I control all the liquid inside the corpse of Atlas, which hasn't dissolved thanks to me, and fix him. The broken bones are only fixed minimally and then I use the power of Life Force and fuse his soul back with his body. Quite a complicated process, but it does work nonetheless. Then, I wait for Atlas to wake up again. I can feel that he is alive, but he is not yet conscious. His divine Titan body is slowly healing him but there seems to be a stir inside his soul. 

The connection between body and soul seems to shake like a fragile tree branch. Atlas' eyes flutter open for a second and he looks at me.

"w-w-wha... i-s ...go-whno...", he stutters something and then loses consciousness. 

Seems like he fell into a coma. Oh well, that's none of my concern. 

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After fighting and 'killing' Hyperion and almost killing Atlas, my name started to become more and more famous. But not just in Greece or Europe, even though this didn't exist yet, but also in other Pantheons. My control over the oceans and seas was increasing constantly and I was already more than strong enough to fight God Kings easily. That was concerning to other Pantheons, as some of them didn't have a God King yet. Like the Greek Pantheon, the others were created at about the same time as ours was and that meant that there were only very few, apart from the Primordials who had that type of power. 

There was the Hindu Pantheon which was truly powerful. There was also Amaterasu and Ra who were very powerful, but I as a very young god, was already in their ranks of power. My control over the domain of water, seas and ocean was higher than any other god of the seas on Earth and it was only increasing. I am certain that if it continues this way, there will be a war between Pantheons and if my guess is correct, Zeus would rather help them than stand at my side. It is to be expected. He won't be happy with the results of this war.

For that reason, I will need two things. 

More power, as you can't ever have enough of that in this Universe and powerful supporters who were loyal to me. I already thought about the supporters and loyalists before. That was also the reason, why I started to gather information about the Devil Fruits from One Piece. And the Soul Sharing, or distribution power was also a reason for that. But I knew that soul distribution is a very dangerous thing to do here. I don't want others who have more power than I, do to use this against me. 

Therefore, I had to come up with a solution to stop anyone from interfering with my soul. And what did I do? Obviously use the pools of inspiration. Soul Immunity, immunity to soul interference and manipulation of any kind, except my own. I will improve and strengthen my soul over time, so I will need to have access and be able to manipulate it. I let this one pool do just that. Give me soul immunity against outside interference and let it be. 

After these years, I believe it is time for me to do what I had planned before the war. So I went to the ocean again and traversed the seas for suitable subjects. All the wildlife and especially the sea life loved me. So after a while, I found who I was looking for and decided to raise them from their usual selves to something much greater. 

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The first one I chose was a shark. The ancestor of the Great White. I connected with the shark and transmitted my thoughts and plans to him. Without even thinking about it, the shark agreed to everything I wanted. He didn't even listen to all I had to tell him. No matter the pain, the risks or even death, he would do whatever I wanted. 

So I conjured a fruit in my hand and fed it to him. His body began to slowly change and after a while, the shark gained four limbs. Two arms and two legs. He also gained a neck and his neck moved a bit. His muscles began to bulge and he looked like a bodybuilder but on godly steroids.

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Instinctively, he knew what I had just given him and he tried to kneel. But kneeling is hard in the ocean unless you are at the bottom. He bowed his head and then ... spoke. 

"You are too magnanimous, my King. This servant thanks you for your most valuable gift.", the shark said. 

"Your name shall be 'R' - the Riptide. What I have given you is called Poseidon's Fruit. It contains a tiny part of my soul which gave you the abilities you now possess. The ability to walk on land, speak, and the Schrift. Use your powers well, for we will soon have to battle again.", I tell Riptide. 

"As you command, my King.", Riptide says and goes away to find other sharks and increase his army to prepare and fight for me. 

I combined the Human Human fruit from One Piece with soul distribution and also added a Schrift to the soul piece. This gave him a letter with holds power inside it. 'R' - The Riptide is an ability which suits a shark well. He will be able to recruit other sharks to his cause and can either share his powers with them, to create a massive army of sharks that are incredibly enhanced, or take their powers and fuel himself, making him even more powerful. Apart from that, Riptide will continue to grow larger and stronger the more he eats. The more powerful something or someone is, the more power he gains. It is quite a powerful ability and fitting for one of my generals.

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The second general I found was an octopus. I sensed a great life force inside him and decided to add him to my army. I told him the same thing I told Riptide and he agreed as quickly as Riptide did. The process was the same, and instead of a normal octopus, a similarly ripped giant of a man stood in front of me. He gained more tentacles now and he could regenerate them at his pleasure. He was now powerful, both physically and with the Schrift I gave him. 

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"My King, I am deeply honoured for this gift. If you would please give me a name.", he asked me. 

"Your name shall be 'I' - The Inkwell. You have a powerful ability, use it well.", I told him. 

He left after that to go ahead and recruit more of his kind and increase my army. I decided to give my generals the ability to share their power and create strong soldiers under their commands. It was very useful and made it easier for me since I didn't have to do it.

The Inkwell had a very powerful ability and I knew where it came from. You see, ever since I used the pools of inspiration to passively increase my attributes, I also used one to constantly increase my skill, proficiency and understanding of my divinities. I had one for my divinity of the sea and water, one for all the other liquids there were like blood, milk, alcohol, oil, gasoline, acids, poisons, creams, mercury, magma, mud, hot wax and ... ink. Another pool focused on vibrations, earthquakes, waves and so on. 

Now, there was something that interested me GREATLY. And that was ink manipulation. I saw the true power and potential behind ink manipulation. You use ink to write. And what do you write? Letters and Words of course or you can also paint. Words ... that was an incredibly powerful concept. Words held meaning and therefore words could hold power. There was one man who used this power to the extremes and that was Ichibe Hyosube. 

Manako Osho, or the Monk who calls the true name. His power went beyond mere ink manipulation of course. He held power over linguistics. And that's what I wanted as well. It was the next step to grow stronger and step into a higher level of power in this universe. The good thing was that it was very closely connected to my divinities. Because the flow or waves were also connected to it. The way words flowed and the brush on the paper, the meaning of each word ... it was closely connected. 

But let me come back to Inkwell. The reason he gained the power that he did, was because I was delving into the powers of Ichibe Hyosube and was already growing beyond even that. 

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But what were Inkwell's powers? The power, Inkwell held was the power of ... ink. Like Ichibe's Zanpakuto Ichimonji, Inkwell's ink held the power to wipe away not anything physical, but spiritual. 'I' - The Inkwell was the power to cover up the powers of others and render them useless. It was not the power to take away the powers, but it was rather temporary. The powers were 'mute' so to speak. 

It wasn't like Ichimonji where the name would be taken away or erased, which took away the powers for good, but a watered-down version of it. Inkwell could 'cover up' the powers of others using his ink and make them ... powerless. 

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After Inkwell, I found another candidate for a general. A jellyfish. The name I gave him was very fitting, in different ways. 

He became 'T' - The Tentacruel. His powers resolved around poison and water. His poison was so strong that he could seriously harm and even kill a Titan, but that would need the Titan not to be very strong. He wouldn't affect Kronos much and also Hyperion, Oceanus and Iapetus wouldn't die from it. But the minor ones or weaker ones would be seriously endangered. 

Unlike the other two, Tentacruel wasn't buff. He stayed slender and agile. He was quite lucky on that front. I'm sure a lot of water nymphs would want to have a go at him. But it is unlikely that they would succeed in seducing him or forcing him into anything. He was more powerful than any water nymph now.

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After that, I found a few more. I found a whale, who gained the 'C' - The Calm. I didn't call him that and instead called him Mistral. His power revolved around calmness, which had many applications that would surely come to play an important role in the war to come. His body didn't change that much. He only gained a golden horn which held great power and was connected to his Schrift. I saw something interesting in him and would soon go into that, but not right now. 

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Finally, I found two Krakens in the deep ocean. They had woken up a while ago after feeling my growing connection to all life, but sea life specifically. They sweared loyalty and submitted to me. I did not give them a Schrift but they were still granted a small piece of my soul and the Poseidon Fruit. After that ... well see for yourself. 

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