Dragon Sorcerer In One Piece

Carina is currently in a bit of a tough situation. The moment she was about to push the button from the puzzle box, five Ninjas Khans appeared out of nowhere and stopped her with knives on her throat and took away the box from her hand. The moment the box was secured, a young man from the bar appeared from the shadow and retrieved the box from the ninja. After checking the condition of the box, he gives it back to the Ninja Khan which he disappears from the room to the shadow. Right after, Hades turns around to talk to Carina.

"Do you have any idea what you were about to unleash from this box? You could have caused serious problems for everyone including yourself, Miss Carina." Hades said to Carina as he gestured his hand to Ninja Khans which they pulled away from her but maintained enough distance.

"Don't tell me that box is a bomb, are you crazy? Why are you carrying a dangerous thing in your belt?" Carina said out loud to Hades since she was a second away from pressing the button from the box before stopped by the ninjas. Still, she is now upset because Hades was carrying an item in public that could be dangerous like it was nothing.

"Hey, I should be the one who should be angry. You will compensate for the trouble you caused." Hades said to Carina as he pointed his finger at her. Turning Carina to local authority would be asking for unwanted attention and Hades wants to avoid Baroque Works attention before he meets the Crocodile.

"Fine, you can have the treasure. It is about 4 million berries, so it should be enough." Carina just waves her hand since she wants to get rid of Hades and his portable 'bomb' far away from her.

"4 million berries? I don't want your treasure, I want you." Hades said to Carina which caused her to panic. Carina didn't anticipate Hades's response as she thought he would take the treasure and be done with it. Instead, he is demanding her body which is a big no for her and doesn't want to do anything with him, especially someone who is about to force her to the corner.

"You creep, you are even my type. I rather bite my tongue and die!" Carina shouted out loud as she went into defense and walked backward a few steps.

"No, you idiot. I don't want your body, I want your skill. Since you managed to steal from me while I was distracted with impostors that prove you are skilled enough to do a job I'm planning to do. If you accept this job and do well, I will even throw a reward. How about it?" Hades quickly explains to Carina to dismiss the misunderstanding between them. Carina is indeed attractive but Hades has other matters he has to take care of, such as taking down the water demon and meeting Crocodile to get the earth demon's essence. Still, Carina is a very talented thief who could match against Nami so it is not a bad idea to have someone that is if she keeps her thieving hand away from Hades.

"What is the job and how much are you going to pay me?" Carina asks Hades after hearing an opportunity to pay off the depth and get paid at the same time but remains vigilant with this mysterious job.

"I can't tell you right now since this job is a s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e matter. You have two choices. Either you accept and do the job or refuse, which I will have no choice but to contact someone from Underworld for you to pay the debt. So, what is your answer?" There was a minute of silence in the room before Carina came up with the decision.

"Fine, I will accept the job but you have to promise me that you will keep me safe. Also, when this is over I better not see you ever again, Mr?" Carina said to Hades but for Hades, he has different plans for her. Eventually, she will work for one of his Emperors of the Underworld in the future so why not recruit her early and keep her as one of the loyal lieutenants? Hades realized that he needed people he could depend upon as his Underworld Empire continued to expand. The three impostors from the bar were the final nail to the coffin for Hades as he now needed people he could trust to maintain order and security. Unexpectedly, Carina will be the first to be recruited even if she doesn't know it now and she won't be the last in Hades's lists.

"Hades, King of the Underworld at your service. Now, go to Sabaody Archipelago and wait for me there. I will meet you in four days with all the information about this job. Just watch out for slave traders and World Nobles." Hades said to Carina and left the room through the shadow as the rest of the Ninja Khans did the same. Seeing that there is no one else in the room, Carina quickly packed her stuff and left the hotel. She intended to leave Alabasta once for all and ditch the whole thing, but to her surprise, Hades was waiting for her right on the corner of the street.

"Oh yea, you still have my wallet. I want it back please, also you are not ditching the job right? Because I can track you just like how I track the box." Hades retrieves his wallet from Carina and leaves with warning as once again he disappears into the shadow. The Phantom Thief, left with turmoil, realizes that she is in a situation where she can't run from Hades. After rethinking her situation, Carina heads to the port to find the ship that will sail to the Sabaody Archipelago.

"Why do I always end up with a crazy guy? First Mad Treasure, now freaking Hades? Why can't I have a decent man in my life?" Carina curses her misfortune to which Hades listens and laughs silently as he tracks her through one of the Ninja Khan he tagged her with.

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Next day,

In the Middle of the Desert of Alabasta,

Standing in the middle of the desert, Hades made all the preparation for the water demon. He created a large arena with condensed walls and floors to prevent any water from escaping to the underground. Hades also placed 5 metal rods all over the arena to increase his chance of success quickly without dragging the fight.

'Ok, this should be enough,' Hades then pulled out a Panku box from his inventory and pressed the water symbol to open the portal. The box glows a green and green beam of light fired from it, which opens the portal to the Netherworld. From the portal, a massive wave of water pours out as a blue scaly demon mermaid with tentacle hair emerges from it. Since water has no place to go, the arena is now ankle deep as the portal closes and the water demon looks around to see she is trapped in this new world.

Levitating in the air, Hades utilizes his trump card from the start as he unleashes the full power of the Storm Titan. In the full form of the Storm Titan, Hades smash the water with his fist, the impact of the punch creates a powerful shockwave within the arena and powerful lighting electrocutes the water demon.

After receiving the powerful attack from Hades, the water demon seems to be near defeated but still standing. Using her power, the water demon created 8 water orbs and fired them at Storm Titan. Seeing the attack, Hades dodge all of the water orbs with multiple short teleportations, while all 8 water orbs explode the moment they hit the wall, creating small holes.

'A concentrated water bomb, it is similar to the Jinbe's powerful water shot.' Seeing a similar attack, Hades once again tried to punch the water but to his surprise, the water demon controlled the entire water within the arena and created a sphere around Hades, trapping him. Due to the water draining the devil fruit power, Hades returns to the normal form and uses teleportation to escape from the sphere.

Appearing from above, Hades pulls out Rebellion from his inventory and infuses it with Armament Haki. Combined with superspeed, Hades cut the water demon in half before she could realize what just happened to her. After receiving lethal damage, the demon perished while Hades grabbed the Panku box from the ground and pressed it against the water demon's remains. The box absorbed the essence of the water demon and when it was done, the section of the Panku box opened which the demon orb popped out. Catching the orb in the midair, Hades crushed the charged demon orb which he absorbed the water demon's power. From the water demon, Hades's snake and monkey talismans' ability evolved to the next level.

Before, a snake talisman gives the user the ability to turn invisible and object if he or she touches it. Now, the snake allows Hades to not just turn invisible but also erase the sound, smell, and presence of the user.

As for the monkey talisman, the user could now copy other people's physical movements such as fighting style and martial arts just by looking at it once. This also gave Hades a trait of fast learning and quick thinking process compared to regular people.

The water demon's power also gave Hades the ability to control the water itself. Not the immunity from the sea but it is close enough to the immunity for Hades as he can control the water and sea itself at will. This means Hades can also manipulate and change its forms of the water to three: Solid, liquid and gas.

'This is a huge bonus. It is more than enough for me to infiltrate the place without getting detected by the guards. Getting out will be simple since I can just teleport away. Now, before I leave this place, I need to meet Crocodile for Earth Demon's essence and see if I can persuade his partner in crime to join my organization.' With that, Hades turns the walls and floor back into sand and flies towards Rainbase, the city where Crocodile resides as Mr. 0, the boss of the Baroque Works.