Not bad. That is the situation on Cozia Island. I read the reports from people who migrated here and noticed that the situation on this island isn't bad. The people do not mind getting a new king because they have witnessed what happens when no leader is guiding them.
It turns out the previous king was a good person who took care of his people. When he and his advisors died because of the attack, the people struggled to handle what the king and his council had managed.
Luckily for them, they were able to handle the pirates in the East Blue without a problem. The only problem is the volume. It turns out there are a lot of pirates in the area, and they are struggling to defend themselves.
Lucky for them, we arrived and took care of them.
Andros was able to gather enough people to help and secure the area. I am also sending a good number of people to ensure the farms are ready to go, and I am even asking some researchers and scientists to organize workshops.
I am interested in the Devil Fruit, Haki, and Sea Stone.
While I don't want to take over as a king, it is not bad. We can use this to help ocean-based refugees from other countries who keep coming to Romania. It turns out the situation in the other countries is so bad that they are prompted to migrate.
How bad? Well, mana gets thinner and thinner in some parts of the world (the Americas take it the worst), and some areas are so contaminated that they spawn monsters that kill the magicians in the region.
There is also the fact that Romania is becoming a magical hotspot in the world.
With the vampires gone, the mana in the air gets cleaner and thicker. Not only that, but the fact that all of my clan members can use the basic Senjutsu technique makes the mana even better. It makes Romania a haven for all shamanism users.
Who would have thought that someone who uses nature-based magic needs a healthy natural environment to grow stronger?
Anyway, Romania's population is growing so fast that we can admit some of them into this world as permanent residents. Of course, I will only place trusted people in this world and let the newer people stay back home as a labor force for our growth.
As for me, I continue to do my job as a bounty hunter. This time, we are wreaking havoc throughout Paradise and even the New World. It turns out that instead of running away from me when they see my family and me approaching them, seventy percent of them decide to fight me and think they can defeat me, the man who just defeated Whitebeard.
They thought that number would get them something.
It was not the case. We defeat them, turn in their bounties to the Marines, and use that money to make Cozia Island a better place. What? This place is not the main base, but it is still a base for my people. I want the people on this island to have a better life than before.
Speaking of people, we are starting to hire them as farmers. Not regular farmers, but rather farmers who will grow unique fruits that are imported from the Naruto and DxD universes. Some plants need a lot of the natural energy this world has in abundance, and the trees are thriving because of it.
The fruits from the trees are delicious—more delicious than any regular fruit. They are one of the most expensive fruits in their home worlds, after all. People around the world also love them. Because of the abundance of the fruits, Andros and his people take care of the trade and start selling them to nearby kingdoms and islands.
At the moment, we don't produce many fruits for civilian sale, but that will soon change.
Using Flame-based technology, we can create a potion that boosts plant growth, making them grow faster and produce more fruit. The potion is also used for regular farms, of course. However, I decided not to sell them at the moment. We set aside the excess product for emergencies and store it. Food supplies are running low, and the people were barely able to feed themselves before we arrived.
All in all, it is a busy and productive day for us.
My guardians and I continue to grow through battles against the pirates and even some of the Revolutionary Army. News about me has already spread, and they see me as someone who will become a massive boulder against their movement and try to kill me—especially now that the news includes the fact that I am a king.
Sadly for them, I am hard to kill. There is also the fact that they do not send someone who can be compared to an Admiral. In fact, I would prefer they send someone with that level of firepower. I want to fight them and test myself.
I shake my head and put that aside. This amount of natural energy makes my mind a bit animalistic. It keeps nudging me to keep fighting and grow stronger, because the strong rule the world.
Luckily for me, Sky Flame can harmonize the situation and let me and my people keep a clear head. People from R&D created a device that projects a thin barrier around the island, harmonizing the natural energy around us. It turns the primal urge into something soothing and inviting.
Luckily for me, the others do not have the same urge as I do. Because of my template, the nudge is stronger than theirs. I am a Sage, after all. Jiraiya might not be the best Sage in the world, but his body has high enough compatibility with Senjutsu that he was able to reach the semi-perfect Sage Mode. If not for his behavior, he could have reached the same state as I did.
Speaking of the template, Yamato is done. A huge chunk of the progress happened during the war between the Marines and the Whitebeard Pirates.
[Congratulations on completing your sixth template! Please select an upgrade for your sixth template:]
Here we go. I take a deep breath and look at the list that appears in front of me.
[Boost your Devil Fruit]
[Awaken your Devil Fruit once again]
[Give permanent Armament Haki around your body]
[Remove Devil Fruit weakness]
[Give Voice of All Things]
Oh, man. All of them are good. The lowest priority is boosting my Devil Fruit. According to the information given by the system, it gives me even more firepower. I think it is at least a five-times boost. That's it. That sounds simple and underwhelming, right? Yes, but it is dangerous.
At the moment, I can freeze an entire small city with my ice breath. That is the power of a Mythical Zoan, and that is without a boost from Haki and my other energy. If I add my power as the Winter Maiden… Yeah, I can bring an ice age to a big city or even a country.
Upgrading that firepower will bring even greater destructive power, which I know will bring carnage to my enemies. However, it is the simplest upgrade.
The second one… that is a bit weird. The information does not tell me much. It only tells me that it will awaken my Devil Fruit once more and bring it to greater power. It is not a more powerful upgrade than the first one. It is a different kind of upgrade.
It gives me control and unique mutations that allow me to perform more techniques. It makes the Devil Fruit more versatile. It is how Queen from the Beast Pirates can separate his head from his body. I don't know if that comes from the cybernetics he put into his body or something else, but I can do something like that if I pick this upgrade.
The third one is straightforward. It creates a thin layer of Armament Haki that acts as a force field, absorbing damage and leaving my body unharmed. It is like Aura, but even stronger because the damage will not hurt me, unlike Aura, which can still hurt me because of strong impacts.
It is a layer above Aura and can take as much damage as my Haki is capable of handling. It is the fifth of my full-power Haki. So the more powerful my Haki, the more durable the permanent Haki becomes.
When the Haki is destroyed, it needs twenty-four hours to recharge.
The fourth one is another straightforward one, but powerful for me. While a Devil Fruit still lets me take a shower, it does not let me submerge in a bathtub. Rain is not a problem, but when someone uses water magic, they can conjure a massive amount of water and attack me with it. It will not affect me because it is not considered the "sea" by my power, but it is still a large amount of water and will affect my abilities.
However, they do not even need to do that. They only need to submerge the area around me, and I will become weak. Not as weak as the people in this world because I still have Chakra, RWBY Aura, Project-K Aura, and Dying Will Flame to support me.
But it still affects me greatly. So yes, this upgrade is great for me.
The last one is the simplest. It allows me to talk with beasts and other things that have souls. As long as they have souls, I can "talk" to them. It is the most unique option, but not the most useful in a fight.
I think for a few seconds and decide to choose the fourth option. Why? I don't want any glaring weaknesses, and with this, I will not have any to exploit.
I hum a little as a warm feeling courses through my body. It is not a flashy upgrade, but a very useful one. I want to test it by swimming in the pool of my new castle. For now, let's see which template I get.
[Randomizing the next character template… Congratulations! You get Sasha Dejanstahl Voban (Campione!)]
Ah. I received a beast of a template. I blink for a second before darkness consumes me as a massive amount of power enters my body.