1: A new master.

The minions had been traveling all over this new world. After the last Overlord fell, everything he possessed, including his loyal minions, was cast into another dimension so that world could be forever freed from his evil. His forces and objects were scattered across a watery world of pirates. Now it was up to an older-than-dirt minion and a young succubus to find a new bastion of evil and have him lead them in their return to power. They were Gnarl and Yukari. Gnarl was much the same as he was in games. Yukari had an uncanny resemblance to Twiska from Brandish, except her hair was dark blue. They teamed up because they both wanted an evil, powerful master to serve.

"I can't believe it. The oracle said that boy in the East Blue was destined for greatness. He'd be the most wanted man of the east blue, he'd take down legendary foes that are impossible to beat, he'd declare war on the entire world and run rampant on all three of the world government's most powerful, impenetrable locations. We track him down to and what do we find? A rubber kid that doesn't have an evil bone in his body and will never do anything or even tolerate anything we need our master to do," Yukari complained.

"Yes, you'd think that in a world full of pirates, there would be an abundance of men who more than qualify. But no, they're all cowards, weaklings and fools. But don't worry. It may take us a few years, but we will find a new master. After all, evil always finds a way," said Gnarl.

"Evil already found a way. We just weren't there for it. The world government is nothing but a terrorist organization that conquered the world hundreds of years ago by slaughtering everyone who stood against them. Now any country that doesn't bow down and give them everything they want gets invaded and it's citizens get enslaved. It doesn't matter how young or how old, they all end up working until they die, building a bridge no one wants or needs. Just because the world nobles, (who aren't worth their weight in raw sewage,) said "I'd like a bridge that circles the entire planet. I don't care if billions of people die making it and it takes over a thousand years to finish, just make it happen." And the ones that are aligned to them have to empty their bank accounts on a regular basis and hand over all their resources. And what do they get in return? Their people ending up on the government run slave market that it claims to have no knowledge of, bullshit propaganda instead of news, and no protection from criminals whatsoever. You could take over almost any island in the world, and as long as you bribe them, the marines won't ever lift a finger to stop you."

"Yes, this world is glorious and I love almost everything about it. If those celestial dragons weren't worthless, one of them might have been our first choice."

"Yeah, if they weren't all completely retarded, disgusting enough to make a sea monster vomit from a hundred miles away, and so weak that crippled children could kick their asses in a fair fight, then I would've become their favourite sex slave by now. But there's nothing we can do about that."

They landed on an island in the north blue, but soon found there weren't even any pirates there. Let alone somebody who was Overlord material.

"Let's relax here for a while, then stock up on supplies before leaving. Maybe somebody worthwhile will sail in," said Yukari.

A few days later a gargantuan ship sailed in. But it wasn't who they were hoping for.

"Looks like the town's celebrating the arrival of a celestial dragon. I have no idea why. He's probably going to blow up all the landmarks he doesn't like, use children as target practise to test out his new gun, force the most beautiful women here into his already oversized harem, and murder their loving husbands. Nobody'll lift a finger to do anything about it, or even complain, and those women will be forever disappointed in the bedroom," Yukari said to Gnarl.

Sure enough, as he neared the island the celestial dragon decided he didn't like the lighthouse and opened fire on it. There were several kids living there, but to him they nothing but vermin to be stomped on.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Over half the lighthouse was destroyed and kids came out, running for their lives.

"See? What'd I tell ya? He kills kids and he'll get treated like a-"

Ka-BOOOOOMM!

The front of the ship was suddenly blown up, along with the celestial dragon. The whole town was watching, but no one could believe it.

Ka-BOOOOOMM! Ka-BOOOOOMM! Ka-BOOOOOMM!

Someone in the lighthouse was shooting back. And not with a normal cannon either. Every hit yielded an impossibly massive explosion. The world noble's ship and everyone on it was quickly sent to the bottom. Even if it was in self defence, no one had ever heard of something like that happening.

"We may have just found our new master," said Gnarl.

"Let's hope so."

Fear of retaliation sent the whole island into a panic. The government would likely blame the entire island for this and wipe them all out. A large group grabbed an assortment of weapons and rushed to lighthouse. A number of browns also made their way there while staying out of site.

"SPIIIDEEER! Do you have any idea what you've DOOOOOONE!?"

A lone figure, shrouded in darkness stepped out onto the lighthouse balcony. He was just a kid wearing a hood that concealed his face, but there was something dark and imposing about him.

"I defended myself, my home and my friends from some homicidal fool's unprovoked attack! Is there anything wrong with that?" he called back.

"That was a god damn world noble! YOU IDIOT!"

"Don't care!"

"You fucking retard! I'm gonna fucking kill you! And your friends! And- Ow!"

The yelling man was hit in the head by a bottle filled with nails.

"What the-"

POW!

The bottle of nails exploded and everyone in the first three rows dropped dead. Spider smiled and lit two more nail bombs. The crowd turned and ran as the explosives were hurled at them.

Spider laughed in triumph as they fled. The victory was his.

The minions were in shock and awe as they saw him in all his evil glory. They had no doubts that he would be their new master. Then he started helping his friends. (Addressing their injuries, quelling their fears, etc.) Then they started to second guess their choice.

"Hey, I know he seems like a nice guy while he's helping his friends out, but he just blew up a giant ship with a massive crew and one of those stupid celestial dragons on it. Then he slaughtered everyone who complained. And he did so without hesitating. He's still young and that limits how evil he is at the moment, but he has limitless potential. Plus making sure your troops are in fighting shape and have good moral is common sense on the battlefield. As far as potential overlords go, he's the best any world has to offer," said Yukari.

"You're absolutely right. We'll let him take full command over us. And if he's a worthwhile master, we'll follow him."

Many people evacuated the island to escape the wrath of the world government. Spider's friends spent as much time as possible trying to finish the submarine they were building. The submarine was Spider's design and he had already finished the mechanical parts and much of the rest of it. All they had to do was finish making it a waterproof container. The test run for it was supposed to be well over a month away, but now they had to finish it and use it to escape the island a great deal sooner than that. Spider would've helped, but making things waterproof wasn't one of his strong points. Windows were especially troublesome for him. So rather than join in, screw up and cause delays, he chose to let them handle it and help out by getting them the stuff they needed.

It took the government over a week and a half to find out something had happened, several days to discover that the ship had been attacked and sunk, but only a few hours to mobilise an entire army. They ended up working around the clock to reach a short, yet unknown deadline, knowing that they'd die if they failed.

During this time, Spider had been having all sorts of fun. He and his minions had been raising hell with the locals as he learned how to control them. He stole things for the fun of it, stole parts for the sub, broke things for the fun of it, beat down everyone who tried to stop him and readied the island for the upcoming invasion. He also met three very grateful mermaids who seemed almost too eager to show their gratitude, and boobs. There was an orange haired one named Misty, a brunette named May, and a blue haired one called Dawn. They were all a bit younger than him, and had impressive breasts that they didn't mind showing off. (They were basically mermaid versions of the same three girls from pokemon, except with bigger boobs.) They had been the noble's pets that he kept in a fish tank for his amusement. They were all so grateful to their saviour that they kept trying to seduce him, and he didn't seem to mind one bit. The only thing that stopped him from spending all his time groping and making out with them was the imminent danger of the marines. (But he still managed to find enough time for groping, making out, and further groping.)

The marines came full force with the power of a buster call. Most of the islanders had already fled to avoid their wrath. The ones who couldn't escape either surrendered to their fate or prepared to go down fighting. A few tried to confront them and explain what happened, but no one believed them. After all, who'd believe one random orphaned kid could do something like that.

The giant battleships launched a continuous barrage and explosions rocked the island. But the island was too big and sturdy to be destroyed so easily. There was only a small village at the port and the main town was further inland, surrounded by mountains. The amount of damage those ships could do was minimal, but they continued to bombard the island anyway.

"What the heck are they doing?"

"Spider! We have to get outta here!"

"You guys wait for an opening, then get into the submarine and make a run for it. Make sure nobody sees you, they'll kill everybody on sight. You should head to Glengar and hide until this blows over," he told his friends.

"Are you coming?"

"I'll cover ya. This whole island's nothin' but sea prism stone. These idiots forgot that when they rushed over here. Now they're just wasting ammo trying to destroy an island that's impervious to their attacks. As soon as they send in the ground troops I'll catch them in my traps and wipe them out. That should distract them enough for you to get away. Once you're gone I'll make my escape. I'll catch up to you guys later."

"Good luck buddy."

Eventually the marines realised how effective their assault really was and changed their tactics. An entire army of marines swarmed the island and charged towards the town.

"It's about time."

Spider summoned his minions and prepared for battle. He used his nail bombs to devastate their numbers and herd them into trap areas. The most commonly used were the fields of fire. He had soaked many places in oil and when they poured in he used flaming arrows to set them all on fire.

Their guns proved to be a serious problem for him. But when the battleships caused a mountain lake to drain, the water hit the marines as hard as a truck, leaving them injured and their gunpowder soaked. Spider seized the opportunity and swept his minions into them. The marines panicked and tried to fight, but the minions mowed them down and stole their swords.

"This is awesome! We're totally kicking their asses!"

Then some new guys showed up. They appeared to be high-ranking and the one in front seemed to be flamboyantly gay. He started giving some speech that was so annoying Spider shot him in the neck with an arrow just to shut him up.

The rest of them thrusted their arms forward, but nothing happened. It was easy to see that they were attempting to use devil fruit powers. But trying that on an island of sea prism stone was foolhardy. The only thing they accomplished was leaving themselves wide open for Spider's arrows and minions. They probably would've noticed earlier if the effects weren't diluted. The island shut down devil fruit powers, but it didn't render the users helpless and weak, just more easily tired.

The high-ranking marines managed to put up a serious fight, even without their powers. But against the well guided minions and Spider's arrows, the only survivor was the one who retreated while using his men as shields.

Rather than sticking around for them to regroup, Spider recalled the minions and took off. A bunch of locals saw what he did and reported it to the others. It was shocking to say the least. This one kid, backed up by a bunch of ugly monkeys, was destroying an entire army. The men there decided to regain their dignity by fighting the marines and defending their island.

"Do you realise one of those guys was a vice admiral?" Yukari said as soon as she found Spider.

"Do you realise how stupid these guys are? These idiots attacked without even saying: "Hey does anyone know anything about this island?" This is the sea prism stone capital of the world and they're the ones that buy it all. Devil fruit powers don't work here and the place is virtually indestructible. That's public knowledge that they've had right from the get-go, but they still attack with battleships and devil fruit users. If they just sent in an army of regular soldiers with guns and swords, I would've lost already. If they had even bothered reading the sign to see if they had the right place before blowing it up, they would've noticed we had sea prism stone capital of the world written in huge letters. It's almost like they're trying to lose."

"You're amazing. And where did you get these weapons?"

"I made them myself. The nail bombs were easy and cheap. But the mega shots are my pride and joy. They're cannonballs that can blow up anything. And it's about time to use them on those battleships."

The men of the island were all miners, making them very strong and tough, but poorly trained in combat. Somehow this was enough for them to overpower the marine forces. The island had become a warzone. Spider's friends chose this time to escape on the submarine, while he made his way to the hidden cannons with the mega shots.

As the battleships continued their bombardment, Spider aimed at the cannons of two of them and fired. The shots hit their marks and the weapons were disabled. Then he took aim at a large number of soldiers and blew them up.

Spider's retaliation drew the attention of the marines, who decided to reposition their ships to deal with this potential threat. This gave his friends the opportunity they needed to get into the sub unnoticed and make their way out to sea.

The sub had been hidden in a cave and had escaped the explosions. It was built by child hands and some of it was rushed, so the quality wasn't that great. Its maximum depth was less than fifty feet, it moved via a pedal system that offered slow speed and required a great deal of effort, it a few small leaks, and if it wasn't for a tube sticking out they'd have to completely resurface every once in a while or risk running out of air. But it was all they needed to escape this hell and they were pleased with their work.

"Looks like your friends are leaving without ya," said Yukari.

"That's the plan. They make a run for it while I keep killing everyone."

"And what'll you do when you run out of ammo? You can't keep this up forever."

"There's still two ways to survive this. One is to a steal a ship and make a break for it. The other is to hide in a cave for a couple days until they think we're all dead."

"I thought all the boats were gone."

"Some greedy rich guy sold as many of his ships as he could, then locked the rest up so the poor folk can't get to them. Then he ran off on the grandest ship he had. But with the marines blowing up everything, there's a good chance the door's been blasted open."

"And if that's not an option we go for the cave?"

"Yep, the cave's plan B. Although from the looks of things, we might as well stick around and watch them die."

The locals were on a rampage and had their foes on the run. It was clear they were winning against the men on foot, but they had nothing that could take down the battleships. On the other hand, the battleships had already done almost all the damage they could do.

"Spider!"

They turned to see some men running up.

"Do you have anything that can deal with those ships?"

"The mega shots are only things strong enough to do any damage to them. And I've already used most of them up. But if you wanna piss 'em off, I got some smoke bombs, stink bombs and gas bombs down there. Should give 'em some trouble."

"Okay. And where are the mega shots?"

"Here. Just don't waste them, I don't have any more. Save them for when it counts."

"Good advice. Thank you."

The men took the shots and left.

"Do you think giving them that stuff was a good idea?" asked Yukari.

"Why not? They're gonna use them the same way I was. Now we can focus on getting a ship and getting outta here before they call in reinforcements."

Spider and his minions rushed to the private docks. The place was basically a remodelled cave with some giant doors facing the sea. When they got there, the place was demolished and smoke was pouring out.

"Looks like they not only opened the door, they also sunk the ships inside," said Yukari.

"Get in there and see if there's anything left. We'll cover ya," said Spider.

A team of marines came in. These guys were far stronger than the regular marines. They moved so fast they could barely be seen and massacred everyone in their path. They turned the tide of the battle with lightning speed.

"Spider! There's one ship left in here! But it looks ridiculous!"

"Is it that rainbow one?"

"Yes!"

"It'll have to do! Bring it around so we can get on board!"

A bunch of marines rushed in to attack, so he swept his minions into them and let his arrows fly. Some of the more powerful marines took notice of his victory and decided to check him out. One of which was eager to test him out firsthand and ran down to fight him.

Spider fired an arrow at his heart, but it bounced off his iron body. He fired another at his throat, but the man caught it like it was nothing. He swept his minions at him, but they were easily kicked out of the way.

"Is that all you can do boy? You'll never defeat me!" the man boasted.

Spider recalled the minions and stepped forward to take the man on himself. The ones watching figured the kid was either stupid or incredible. Then he threw a nail bomb at the guy and took cover. The man didn't move, thinking that his iron body technique could handle anything thrown at him.

The bomb went off and the man dropped dead. Nails pierced him all over. The marines were shocked by this but Spider wasn't.

"Remove the word 'never' and I'd have to agree with you."

"Spider! Get on!" Yukari cried out.

She had brought the ship around and was ready to sail off. But she couldn't leave without her master. Coincidently, this was when Gnarl showed up. As Spider ushered them all on board, a pair of marines with swords attacked him. He pulled out a small pair of axes and defended himself. Their blades clashed and at one point he spun around to hid foe's right, struck him in the arms and then in the back of the head. The other guy tried to strike him down at this point, but he ducked underneath it, then slashed his throat with an uppercut.

Spider didn't notice that one of the warships was taking aim at his only means of escape. But he did notice the sudden barrage of smoke and gas bombs hitting those warships. The men could no longer see where they were aiming and wound up firing on their own forces.

For a moment he though he was the last one to board, but then the mermaids jumped out of the water and landed on the deck. It was a surprise to see they'd rather stick with him and risk getting blown up than leave him and get to safety.

As Spider sailed off, he lit his last arrows on fire and shot them at the gas engulfed battleships, setting them ablaze. For a second he thought that would be the end of it, but then someone came rushing at him, running on the air.

Acting fast, he grabbed his last nail bomb, lit it, and tossed it into the air. The nails hit the man and he was dead before he hit the water. Gnarl grinned.

"Full sails! Get this ship moving! We should've been long gone by now," said Spider.

"Death, destruction, minion carnage, the world's greatest fighters slaughtered, an entire army destroyed. This is wonderful news. We have found our new Overlord. But we can't go straight into the good stuff yet, this boy needs a proper evil upbringing," said Gnarl.

And for ten years, the boy trained in combat, magic, warfare, and all things evil.