Conquering The World With One Piece

At the angel beach in Skypiea, I faced Urouge with a smooth forehead without any worries. This monk must be out of his mind if he actually thought he had a chance of winning.

Urouge was carrying a large pillar like weapon that he had tipped with sea stones, and he wore brass knuckles of the same material. If nothing else, he had come prepared.

"Come at me." I stood in a wide stance and yawned.

Whoosh-

Urouge responded to the provocation by charging in full zeal. While I was completely relaxed, the Sky Islanders around stood aside with puckered foreheads in worry.

Before Urouge's pillar could come near me, Swiiish- I used Rankyaku to send out a projectile of sickle wind towards it. The pillar was easily sliced in half, but I didn't just stop there.

BAM- I quickly followed up my attack by a toned-down punch and sent Urouge flying away.

Urouge laid flat on the ground and coughed out blood for a few long seconds; however, he wasn't quite done yet. He got up with the same wide grin on his face and murmured, "I've got myself quite beaten up already but now it's time to see if I have any hope."

Suddenly, his muscles started expanding rapidly. He looked much more ripped than before and sent out a fiercer aura. He picked up his half-sliced pillar again and charged once more.

Karma Exposure…!

He swung his pillar and, surprisingly, it sent out the same sickle wind attack I'd conjured using the Rankyaku technique. He wasn't done yet as he followed his attack by using his newfound strength imbued in his fists.

Boom-Boom…! Urouge kept using a barrage of punches which sunk the Island clouds around us rapidly. The strength of his fists was exactly equal to the strength of the punch I'd delivered before.

It woudn't be an exaggeration to say that Urouge was now capable of using his new strength and the sickle wind projectile technique to defeat all of Skypiea's army. Of course, it's questionable whether he'll run out of stamina before that.

I kept dodging his fists and curled my lips in amus.e.m.e.nt. To me, he was swinging his fists like a barbaric amateur.

"Hahahaha, interesting Devil Fruit… Let's see if it can handle more strength!"

I increased the power of my fists by multiple-folds and sent another punch at the man. Klam- Urouge was punched on his face and sent flying again. He was knocked out cold for a few seconds, before he was able to open his eyes again.

He made some progress in getting up again, albeit rather weakly. In the end, he wasn't able to get up and fainted on the ground completely.

"Fufufu… Everyone's journey comes to an end eventually…"

Urouge prayed to himself with ragged breathing. One interesting to note was that he was still smiling to himself.

I took slow strides towards him; when, "HIGH PRIEST-SAMA…!" a few people came running in from a ship belonging to the Birkans. They were wearing khaki robes similar to Urouge, and there were quite a few women within them too.

They all stood in front of me and kneeled with their head banged against the ground.

"P-Please spare the High Priest!"

"We… We ask you for mercy and forgiveness, God…!"

In the background, Gan Fall rubbed his chin and said, "I don't think you all should ask me. After all, he's the ma-" Wyper ran up to Gan Fall and whispered, "I don't think they're talking about you."

Immediately after that, RUMBLE- I unleashed lightning strikes near to the group of monks and glared them down. The pure destruction of the lightning strikes sunk multiple clouds and pushed all of them further into submission.

"Tell me about everything Birka has sent after me, now!"

Everyone in the vicinity, including the Skypiean soldiers, were shivering heavily. Meanwhile, Urogue dropped the grin on his face, and then his body began trembling.

He crawled towards me and kneeled like the rest of his followers.

"This is it… this is exactly what I thought it'd look like. It's the beautiful divine power of the God. I've finally found out that you're worthy of your title. Only being struck by such a lightning will be true Karma…! I leave my fate to you, God! Fufu…"

…

I stood there in silence for a few seconds with a c.o.c.ked head and murmured, "Truly a mad monk!" Then, I cleared my throat and said, "Patch yourself and meet me in my quarters in one hour. I'll see to that 'fate' of yours there!"

Buzz-

I teleported out of the beach right then. All the remaining people sighed in relief that this was over, making a mental note that some people shouldn't be messed with.

**

One hour later, I was back at Shandia's guest palace. I was sitting at the dining table, chewing some cloud cotton-candy and sipping tea. In front of me, Birka's warriors were kneeling on the ground with Urouge in the front.

"Namo, Namo…" They were chanting while praying towards my figure.

"Relax, guys. Stand up and help yourselves to some cotton-candy too." I said, my voice nonchalant. I had become indifferent to their chants already.

"As you will, God!"

All the monks got up and got some cotton candy for themselves and began chewing them.

"Okay, so what's the story here with you all?"

Urouge got up and began his account with his usual smile. "I was banished from Birka years before. These are the markings I carry with myself that symbolized my fallen status." Urogue pointed towards his black flame-like tattoos on his arms.

"When my period of banishment was over, I returned back to find out that God was assassinated and much of Birkan priests were killed from an ongoing war with the Mantra users. We were able to win the war for Birka and get back our status, but I lamented every day after for failing our duties towards God."

With glazed eyes, I propped my head in my hands. "So, what is it you want already?"

"What I want is judgement for failing my duties. When you ate the Divine Fruit, you became God I looked everywhere for laying judgement on me… even if Birka does not accept you for being a Blue-Sea dweller, your divine thunder is a proof you're one. I'll be happy to die by your hands or be of use to you… That shall be the redemption I seek!"

I smiled quizzically and raised my eyebrows at the man's proposition. Could I really get this monk to be on my side?

"Hmmm… If I believe you, will you really be of any use to me? Also, why were you banished, and why do you have so many women with you? Actually, don't answer the last two questions… I fear their answers may be related."

Urogue kneeled once again on the ground and said, "Whatever you will, I shall follow. We've already established ourselves as the Fallen Monk Pirates in the Blue-See. You're free to use them as you see fit. Though I recommend eventually forming plans to take out those nasty little Celestial Dragons who do injustice in your name… Namo."

I sat their and pondered on what to do with these monks. I couldn't sense any deceit in their hearts at the moment.