Chapter 41: Death God & Thunder God — Insane Mission Rewards (Important! Must Read!)
Marine Headquarters, Marineford
Right now, this island that symbolized absolute justice was in a state of unprecedented frenzy.
Elite Marines from all over the world were rushing to complete the final defensive deployments.
As the strongest force maintaining world balance, Marine Headquarters had never faced a moment as grave as this.
Yet, at this most critical juncture, Fleet Admiral Sengoku received yet another headache-inducing report.
Not long ago, the World Government's top spy organization, CP0, had personally visited Marineford and delivered the latest order from the World Government.
The "new noble" of Holy Land Mariejois, Charloss's sister, Saint Shalria, now elevated among the Celestial Dragons, would represent the World Government and personally come to Marineford to oversee the execution of the Demon Child Nico Robin and the little thief cat Nami from the Straw Hat crew!
Sengoku had, of course, heard about Saint Shalria.
The Rosward family was already high-ranking among Celestial Dragons.
Now both Saint Rosward and Saint Charlos had been brutally killed.
To appease the family, the World Government had promoted Shalria to take her father's place—with even greater authority.
But that had nothing to do with the Marines.
Having an utterly lawless Celestial Dragon show up at Headquarters during this crucial period was nothing but trouble.
Yet Sengoku had no power to refuse the World Government's command.
Still… something felt off.
Given Shalria's usual behavior, with the current chaos at Marineford, she should've stayed far away in Mariejois.
Was she really coming in person just to watch her enemies' heads roll?
But as far as Sengoku knew, her true hated enemy was Rok, not Robin or Nami.
Speaking of Rok…
Sengoku couldn't help but curse Shalria's past actions.
Ever since Rok defected outside Impel Down, his earth-shattering performances had completely validated the immense potential that Sengoku, Garp, Zephyr, and Tsuru had all seen in him.
If not for Shalria's arrogance destroying Rok's future, forcing him to defect and commit the ultimate sin by killing Celestial Dragons, then in the coming war, Rok would have risen like a comet—becoming the Marines' brightest new superstar.
But there were no "ifs" in this world.
Even though Sengoku regretted losing such talent, if the chance arose, the Marines would never let Rok live.
The greater the potential, the faster he had to be eliminated before he fully matured!
With Rok's ruthless, never-stop-until-death personality, if he were allowed to grow, he would become a calamity for the Marines!
…
While Saint Shalria was en route to Marineford,
Robin and Nami had already been imprisoned for over twenty hours.
During that time, only Admiral Aokiji had visited once.
They hadn't seen another soul.
But the constant sound of Marine mobilization outside made Nami's heart grow heavier by the minute.
They had been through countless adventures together, yet she still felt suffocating dread.
Because this was Marine Headquarters.
The gathering place of the world's strongest Marines!
Captured and brought here… was their fate already sealed?
Public execution?
Nami stared blankly out the iron-barred window.
The sky was still that same beautiful blue.
But she would probably never sail the seas with her friends again.
Never help Luffy become the Pirate King.
Never get to spend all the money Rok had given her.
Waaah, that was so much money…!
"Nami, stay strong. I believe… someone will come save us."
Compared to Nami's despair, the Demon Child Nico Robin was far calmer.
For someone who had spent her entire life on the run, always one step from capture or death, being locked up in Marineford wasn't the worst thing that had ever happened to her.
Moreover, she had caught the hidden meaning in Admiral Aokiji's words during his visit.
And Rok had been a Marine for years—he knew Headquarters inside and out.
Right now, he was probably already on his way to rescue them.
Back at Sabaody, the crew had been scattered.
They might not even know she and Nami were captured.
But Aokiji had said with certainty that Rok had torn the entire archipelago apart looking for them.
So Robin believed—
As long as there was even the slightest chance, Rok would come.
She only hoped… he wouldn't take too many risks.
…
Calm Belt — Warship en route from Amazon Lily to Marineford
Just as Luffy asked about Ace's exact location,
The long-awaited system prompt finally rang in Rok's mind.
He let out a quiet breath of relief—and excitement.
Even without a quest, he would've gone to Marineford to save Robin and Nami.
But getting a fat stack of system rewards on the way?
Perfect.
And what made his blood race—
This was a Supreme-level sign-in quest.
Supreme!
Just the name screamed "god-tier"!
To check the panel without distraction, Rok had Commodore Barrens bring in a mountain of meat to stuff Luffy's mouth.
Then he sank his consciousness into the system.
[Current Sign-in Quest: Arrive at Marineford and successfully rescue Nico Robin and Nami. (Difficulty: Supreme)]
[Supreme-level Quest Rewards:]
[Reward 1: Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Type: Death God Form (A divine fruit from hell itself. Specializes in soul reaping and slaughter. Completely counters all soul-type devil fruit users. Specific abilities to be developed by Host!)]
[Reward 2: Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Type: Thunder God Form (Divine-tier upgrade of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. Commands all thunder in heaven and earth. Specific abilities to be developed by Host!)]
[Reward 3: Skill — Observation Killing (Based on Host's strength, can suppress the target's Observation Haki to a certain degree!)]
[Reward 4: High-tier Armament Haki (Current Host level: Mid-tier. Progression: Beginner → Low → Mid → High → Royal!)]
[Reward 5: Supreme Grade Sword (one of the 12) — Black Blade: Scythe of the Death God!]
[Reward 6: 100 billion beli!]
…
Holy. Fucking. SHIT.
Even with mental preparation, Rok nearly screamed when he saw the reward list.
Two divine-tier mythical fruits! Death God + Thunder God!
Observation Killing! Supreme Grade black blade! High-tier Armament! 100 billion beli!
Just the two god-tier fruits alone would catapult him straight into the top tier of the world!
[Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have triggered a side-branch sign-in quest for the Supreme-level mission!]
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