Arise

QUESTION:

is it the demon fruit of baran, the monarch of the white flames? good question, I've still got a few chapters to go on that, but don't get carried away ahah

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And I'm sorry, in this chapter there's an attack that's often used in fan fic, I won't be using it afterwards, don't worry.

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The power of his flames was truly impressive. It would even be dangerous for me to get hit. The column of flames destroyed everything over a length of more than 100 meters and a width of 20 meters. It was a carnage.

"Kaaaaaaaaaaaaa, cursed king, you're next!" Mario appeared in front of the king, shaping his hands like claws, ready to cut anything he would touch. But the king skillfully dodged each claw and effortlessly cut off his hand with his sword. It was as if his strength had multiplied in an instant. Maybe I should have taken that fruit for myself...

Just as Mario was about to attack again, another column of flames erupted from the king's mouth, directly hitting Mario and forcing him to retreat far away to recover. But I wasn't going to miss this opportunity. I ran at full speed towards Mario and, with my sword, I sliced at the same spot where I had already cut, preventing his regeneration and causing him even more pain.

"You're still alive!" he said, trying to strike me with his remaining hand, but failing. His doppelMan ran towards me and tried to attack, but at that very moment, I knew where to go. I moved my body a few centimeters, easily avoiding the blow. Then, with my lightning sword, I used half of the remaining mana for something I had always wanted to do.

"Gestuga Tensho!" A large violet mana blade shot towards the doppelMan, who thought he would take no damage. But the result was different, assuming that mana is similar to haki, yet different at the same time. The doppelMan was sliced in two, completely destroyed by the attack, which incidentally cut through about 500 meters behind him.

I was tired, but before I could even catch my breath, the giants appeared. All the knights were dead, it was truly horrible, so many deaths... Not to mention the population, which was also dead, or at least half of it, I suppose.

"Get out of my way, I have to help the useless king!" I swung my sword horizontally with a bit of mana and a certain force, cutting all the giants in half. Becoming unable to move, I could even feel my mana increase slightly.

The battle had been raging for 30 minutes between the king in his new demonic form and Moria. It was pure destruction. Shadow-enhanced punches caused earthquakes with each blow, and the flames burned everything in their path.

"King, can you hear me?" I approached the king, looking at him. Fortunately, it seemed that his madness had come to an end. He responded to me.

"Yes."

"Use your flames, I'll join you in this attack."

"Don't give me orders, child, but very well, for the sake of Baran," he said before unleashing a tornado of flames even larger than before, as if he intended to give it his all in this attack. The attack had a width of 30 meters, and with its speed, it would be impossible for Mario to dodge, even if he entered a green pipe.

On my side, with all my might, I launched a dark violet blade with my lightning sword, moving at the same speed as the flames, intensifying the attack.

"What do you think you're doing, Shadow Shield!" he exclaimed as a shield of shadows appeared in front of him, protecting the flames. But the blade that followed the flames shattered the shield. This was our moment.

"Let's go!" x2 Both of us disappeared from our initial positions, each holding a large sword. We charged with an unprecedented intention to kill Mario, using our last reserves of strength.

"I'll show you the power of a true king of death," I thought as my blade made contact with the enemy, just like the king. As we sliced, the cries of that bastard echoed in pain, but we kept going, projecting blood throughout the city, but it didn't matter.

"Final Death!" he tried to shout. I had a bad feeling about it. My perception and observation haki, which I had just unlocked against the doppelMan, warned me to move back, but it was too late. Mario self-destructed, sending me flying once again against the already half-destroyed castle.

However, this time, I couldn't move anymore, and in my inventory, I didn't have any health potions. Fortunately, I had trained for a certain something during the year: Stealing with the authority of the sovereign. Thus, I calmly stole towards the center of the explosion. There were primarily two bodies. The first one I noticed was the king, completely charred and dead, and the second was Mario, who had returned to his base form, completely scorched, with his body half destroyed, but still moving. And when he noticed me...

"Youuuuu, I'll kill you, I swear, GOD MODE!" He tried once again to absorb shadows and started growing again, reaching over 10 meters. But the problem was that this time, his blood was flowing more and more instead of regenerating, as if he was using it all for attacks and not for healing. The good news was that he had used the shadows of the last zombies attacking the remaining humans.

"You're finished, alone, you can't do anything anymore." I couldn't even use my authority of the sovereign anymore, I was so exhausted. So, it was true.

"Ah ah ah, I told you I would show you the true power of a king of death..." He seemed surprised and laughed, as if he understood that I was mocking him. Unfortunately, I was serious.

"It's time for you to wake up, incapable king."

"What??" Mario ran towards me in anger, not understanding what I was saying.

"Arise."

Just as he was about to touch me, a shadow emerged from behind him, a 2.5-meter tall shadow with white hair, a demonic form, horns protruding from its helmet, and a long sword that didn't hesitate to stab Mario in the throat.

"H-How," he tried to speak, with his vocal cords just having been severed in the previous action. But his body began to fade away, unable to comprehend the living shadow of a dead king behind him.

"Now I can rest." I was so tired that I let myself sink into the arms of Morpheus.

I was in a dark room, completely in the dark, but I had my consciousness with me. I reflected on my previous battle. Why did I have the shadow extraction only during that fight? Was it because I was close to death? Or perhaps it was after killing the remaining giants, improving my mana, which allowed me to use shadow extraction... It's quite strange. I don't even know why I ended up here, with the powers of a monarch.

Am I the only one who has the powers of one of the monarchs in this world? I sincerely hope that the portals won't appear. Considering the high number of deaths caused by stupid pirates, the monsters would create even more harm than there already is here.

I stopped thinking when I began to see the light, accompanied by various voices, more or less concerned.

"Is he still alive?"

"Wait, he's regaining consciousness!"

"Look!"

"Yes!"

I could only think of one thing. Now that I had shadow extraction, I had no limits anymore.