Hey, guys, bear with me. Yeah, I know you want to see Gear 4 and Gear 5, but what's the point of having it appear so early in the story?
Initially, Nazarick thought he was stronger than Mugiwara's crew. Now they think they are even with them.
A potential humiliation is what comes next. Otherwise, it's no fun. It's like Kaido, honestly, do you think I should have made him appear differently or earlier in my story?
There will be Gear 4 and Gear 5, just be patient.
For information, an arc will be added after this one, it will include a global attack of the heroes against Nazarick and another longer part: the All-stars Tournament (a tournament bringing together the most powerful heroes of this world, who want to take the All Might's place.)
Also, I am always looking for someone to correct my faults. Many of you point out my spelling mistakes but no one is dedicated to helping me ... it's not cool.
40 years before the arrival of Galadriel and Monkey D. Luffy
Looking around, a man saw only a land comprising only desolation and destruction. A war without respite seemed to have taken place and the smoke still visible was proof that the shells had destroyed the place where there was little time.
Not understanding at all what he saw, the man walked cautiously, before stopping, seeing the smoking corpse of a tank. Wondering if this was an animal, the man grabbed a dagger and patted the 'body'. However, he was surprised, hearing the noises it made.
" Metal? "
"Captain Yuronu?" Asked a man behind him.
Turning around, Yuronu looked at his army group containing a hundred individuals. Having left their homeland to be able to fight against a group of beastmen, the whole squadron was left helpless, when a strange sensation was felt.
And the next moment, the whole group had found themselves in this place, without understanding how, and even less knowing where they were.
"Captain...do you think we're still in Slane Theocrazy?"
being unable to answer his question, Yuronu simply spotted a tank heading towards them, as did a group of people aiming their guns at them.
A month before the invasion of Hosu
Kneeling, Yuronu was prostrate on the ground. Teeth clenched, he was crying with rage.
"That's impossible! Impossible." He asserted, as tears streamed down his now half-wrinkled face.
Around him, the man found himself again on a field of war. Yet this time he had participated in the battle. His group consisted of the survivors of his battalions, as well as their offspring, who had managed to obtain their magical powers.
And with them, thousands of soldiers, native to this world had fought, while many of them had a strength equaling that of the captain.
And yet... yet... what was left of the original Slane Theocrazy group lay prostrate behind him, while the rest were corpses that covered the ground.
Unmindful of this detail, a man was sucking on a huge lollipop, with his disproportionate tongue, while a blue-haired, dinosaur-like woman was beating a last rebel soldier with her skull.
"ASSHOLE!" She roared, as her victim's blood ran down her forehead. "Pretend to be dead to attack me from behind? Did you take me for a moron?"
"Slurp! Casually, the military in this country was powerful and they are very interesting war machines." The man, with a lollipop, retorted. "Even combining the crew strength of two yonkos, they managed to kill half of our numbers."
"It's nothing." Retorted a third voice.
Shivering, Yuronu looked up and saw a tall man dressed in a large black coat, while a hood of the same color hid his face entirely, except for his eyes.
"I will give a brief summary of this battle! More than half of your troops are dead and the rest are either kneeling before us or wounded! Now I leave it to you to decide."
The tall man grabbed his saber and stuck it in the ground, two centimeters from Yuronu's head.
"Are you going to help us make up for the losses of our troops? Or would you rather be the next corpse in this open cemetery?"
Today
Feeling his body shiver more, Demiurge declared.
"Galadriel-sama... my apologies will never be enough to make up for being responsible for this failure."
"Demiurge…what was the mission I gave you?" Galadriel asked.
"You asked me to design the strategy to be adopted during the invasion of North Korea and to supervise all military operations to ensure the victory of our army."
"Then can you explain to me what you were doing in Hosu? Why did you stop commanding our army? Who gave you the order to fight Mugiwara?"
Demiurge kept his head down, having no answer to give him. It was at this moment that Sebas showed up.
"Galadriel-sama...it doesn't matter if what I say will lead to my death but...I would like to affirm that I am solely responsible for this failure! I was the one who prevented Demiurge from completing his assignment. "
Turning her gaze to him, Galadriel affirmed.
"Sebas...first of all, I would like to ask you a question! What took you to intervene in one of my fights? I had however given you the order not to intervene . "
"My apologies, my Lady! But it's just that... Luffy-san was much more powerful than we thought! And when I saw him resisting the destructive power of your aura, I reacted without even realizing it! It was impossible for me to watch this fight and let you fight."
"Are you telling me that you were afraid that I would lose?"
"What I was dreading...was seeing you killed." Sebas retorted.
There was silence in the room. Then, Galadriel questioned him.
"Did you bring Demiurge to Hosu?"
"Yes! Knowing the odds that Shalltear and Cocytus are already busy fighting, I contacted him to come and help me kill the threat that Luffy-san posed to Nazarick! I thought that Aura or Mare might not be able to support me properly."
"And you preferred to contact Demiurge, rather than Albedo?"
"With no disrespect to Albedo-san...I was afraid she wouldn't come and help me protect you." Sebas confessed.
"SEBAS..." Roared the succubus. "How dare you? I would put my life on the line and be ready to die for Galadriel-sama! What makes you say that I wouldn't have come to protect her? It is enough that she gives me the order and it would be with joy that I would become her shield. "
"That's the problem." Sebas affirmed. "Albedo-san, if Galadriel-sama had asked all the guardians of Nazarick not to surrender to Hosu, and to leave her alone to fight against Luffy-san... Cocytus-san and you would have been the only ones to obey her! All the other guardians would have rushed to Hosu, at the slightest sign of danger! If I didn't contact you, it was because I was afraid that you had received this order and that you would influence the other guardians not to not leave Nazarick."
Albedo wanted to reply. Nevertheless, her mouth half open, she couldn't get any sound out of her throat. Then she gritted her teeth. Although she wanted to deny it, she saw that Sebas was right. Indeed, if Galadriel had given her the order to stay in Nazarick and never intervene in Hosu, Sebas would never have succeeded in convincing her to disobey this order. After all, how would Luffy have any chance of beating her? It was impossible. He couldn't win against her, let alone kill her.
Hearing the butler speak, Galadriel questioned him.
"Do you realize that your disobedience is the cause of our defeat? Because of calling Demiurge, our army was left without a commander! It's an unforgivable fault."
"I understand that, Galadriel-sama."
"And have you nothing to say in your defense?"
"Nothing at all." The butler asserted, raising his face. "Galadriel-sama, even though I know I performed an act of rebellion, I did it only to protect you! And even if I could go back in time, I wouldn't hesitate to do it again."
Immediately, the other Guardians looked at him with shocked faces. Galadriel could easily see anger there, while Sebas's words could make him seem like a traitor. And yet, they were all aware that they would have done the same thing. Survive and let Galadriel get killed? Out of the question. For them, Sebas had disobeyed Galadriel...but he had also fulfilled his duty as Nazarick's subordinate: nothing was more important than Galadriel's survival.
"Do you understand your words?" asked Galadriel.
"Yes! And I say without hesitation that I would rather die at your hands, having protected you, than live, regretting the fact that I did nothing to protect you! You are the last supreme being of Nazarick! My life means little compared to yours."
Then, rising, he stared at Galadriel, before positioning his hands behind his back.
"Galadriel-sama, I understand the shame Touch Me-sama and you must have towards me! And while I know my conscience will never regret my actions, I am aware that I must be punished for my insubordination."
Standing still, he affirmed.
"Galadriel-sama...kill me however you wish! As my last words, I would just like to tell you that it has been an immense pride for me to serve you! Glory to Nazarick."
Suddenly rising, Demiurge affirmed.
"Galadriel-sama, I too would like to receive an appropriate punishment! There is no way I let the blame go to another person, when I feel like I have been wronged too! If you will kill me, know that I would fully understand your decision."
Hearing this, Galadriel felt like letting her head hit her desk. With all the worries she had to deal with, how was Sebas's death or Demiurge's death going to help matters? Unable to help sighing, she almost regretted her life as a simple civil servant in her old world.
" Sometimes the life of a boss is no fun! Especially when your subordinates are demons with no respect for their own lives! Their devotion to me can be both touching and grotesque. "
Even though the empress was angry, she had no desire to kill the duo. In fact, she felt more like a mother who had just learned that her two sons had borrowed her car without permission and had damaged it. She just wanted to scold them for not following her orders. Finally, knowing that the pair in front of her were not going to be able to work effectively, without feeling any guilt for their actions, she declared.
"Demiurge...you are relieved of your duties as Nazarick's military tactician! Albedo will henceforth take care of the military organization of our next invasions and oversee the attacks while remaining in Nazarick! Cocytus, you will oversee the coordination of our troops directly in the field! Today, it seems obvious to me that having two Guardians instead of just one is a necessity."
Staring at Demiurge, she declared.
"Just as I had decided with Shalltear, you will be under the orders of Albedo and Cocytus during the next invasions! Until further notice, you will work for them and you will perform the tasks they ask you to perform! I hope none of them bring me any further misconduct from you."
Hearing this, Demiurge immediately dropped to one knee.
"Galadriel-sama, I promise to work hard to make up for my mistakes."
" Galadriel-sama. " Said Albedo, putting her hand on her chest. "I myself participated in this attack without telling you! Why are you rewarding me with more responsibility? "
"I have no reason to punish you." Galadriel retorted. "Compared to Demiurge, you had no mission to perform and unlike Sebas, you didn't know I ordered that I wanted to fight Mugiwara alone! You are forgiven."
"I… Alright." Albedo muttered, her voice betraying a form of guilt.
Wanting to sigh again, Galadriel was nevertheless glad to see that Demiurge had accepted this punishment. Worse than death, what Demiurge feared most was a removal of his responsibilities within Nazarick. For the demon or Albedo, more responsibility necessarily meant that Galadriel trusted him enormously. Because of this, he indeed felt punished, while he now had to cede some of his responsibilities to other Guardians.
But for Sebas…it was going to be more complicated to find him a suitable punishment, without the butler accepting anything other than death.
"Sebas…right now, I have to fix your mistakes! So, I'll think about your punishment later."
"But… But Galadriel-sama… it's obvious that death is the only punishment that can be given to me." Sebas asserted. "No matter how hard I tried, I would never have enough in one life to erase the humiliation I brought to Nazarick."
Staring at him for a few moments, Galadriel turned to Pandora's Actor.
"Can the money of this world be turned into the gold of Nazarick?"
"Of course, my Lady." Affirmed Pandora's Actor. "In this world, the equivalent of 25,561 yen can be turned into a Nazarick gold coin."
Hearing this, Galadriel turned to Albedo.
"Did the shadow demons carry out the mission I gave them?"
"Absolutely, my lady." Albedo assured. "Before the meeting started, I ordered them to go to North Korea, so that they could inspect the main combat zones! Apparently, our enemies had the intelligence to seize a large number of magic items! But few corpses of our soldiers were taken away."
Hearing this, Galadriel crossed her hands in front of her, before taking a serious look. Then she declared.
"Some things didn't go exactly the way I wanted...Nevertheless, we can claim to have won the first battle against our opponents."
Immediately, displaying surprised faces, Nazarick's guardians stared at Galadriel.
"Won...the first battle?" Aura wondered.
"How did we win if our army lost?" Shalltear asked.
"Galadriel-sama…was this all part of your plan from the start?" Mare asked, giving her a look of admiration.
Remaining silent at first, Galadriel displayed a serene gaze. Nevertheless, inside, she hoped very much not to make a fool of herself in the next few seconds.
"Why am I always trying to look cool? "
Finally, she opened her mouth.
"Unlike us, our enemies have suffered huge losses that they are unable to quickly replace."
Snapping her fingers, she assured.
"The money from all Nazarick's businesses will help us win this battle."
North Korea
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"I really thought we were going to die."
"HAHAHAHA! Even a demon army can't defeat Kaido's army."
being done in a town where they had taken up residence, several of Kaido's men ate and drank in celebration of their victory. It had already been almost a month since the pirates had appeared in this country. And since then they had launched a huge invasion as the Korean Armed Forces. And regardless of winning, Big Mom and Kaido had to admit that their opponents had been much tougher than they had imagined.
Even though their Quirks didn't make them any more dangerous than most of Kaido's men, the Korean soldiers had far more tanks and air force than the two Yonkos had seen in their world. Clearly, this country had the technological military power that Kaido had always sought.
Because of this, the battle had been long and it had taken some time to destroy all the enemies. But by a miraculous coincidence, Kaido and Big Mom had started their invasion by pulverizing the capital of this country, unknowingly killing its leader, as well as the main commanders of the Korean army. Immediately, a disorganization was felt throughout the country because of this, which made it easier for pirates to seize it.
But that had come at a heavy price. During this invasion, nearly 60 percent of the pirates lost their lives. But, unconcerned by this, Kaido had amassed a large number of weapons, as well as new soldiers. Indeed, having found that their defeat was inevitable, a large number of Korean soldiers had ended up laying down their weapons. After all, how could they defeat the people who managed to kill the so-called god they worshiped within their country?
It was therefore with a now much larger army that Kaido had managed to control this country. And without further delay, he had already planned to attack South Korea, before attacking China. Unfortunately, while his plan of attack was going to take place in the next three days, an attack had taken place.
Early in the evening, this sudden attack had taken them by surprise, while the demons had quickly decimated a few troops posted here and there. Having decided to send his new army, Kaido had almost sacrificed half of the Korean soldiers to let the pirates know the power of the demons and see how they attacked.
The casualties had again been very high and despite successfully defending and annihilating the demons, Kaido was now upset. And while his men celebrated, the yonko sat in a large throne, while a man stood in front of him.
Sweating as his body was shaking, Yuronu didn't have a chance to hide his fear. When he arrived in North Korea, he quickly conquered the ruler of that time and made a pact with him. In exchange for a life filled with riches, Yuronu became his personal bodyguard, as well as the chief leader of his army.
He had therefore obtained a great notoriety in North Korea, while his magic allowed him to be more powerful than a good number of Quirk users. But unfortunately, against Kaido, he was nothing. Yuronu and the rest of his group had been completely wiped out during Kaido's invasion of Korea and the man had no choice but to work for him.
Initially, he thought working for Kaido could be a blessing, while the Yonko seemed to want to dominate this world. And to help him, Yuronu had not hesitated to give him all the information on the military strength of Asian countries. He had assured Kaido that with this information, they could quickly control this continent. And if Kaido managed to take over China and Russia, Yuronu had pretty much assured him that world domination could be over quickly. Unfortunately, Yuronu could never have foreseen this sudden attack, which now forces Kaido to repel the invasion of South Korea.
"So, can you explain to me the reason for this attack?" the Yonko questioned him. "You assured me that with my current army, I could easily take over an entire continent! Where did this army of demons come from?"
"Huh…my men are still trying to get the prisoners we managed to capture to talk."
"Why did they attack us?"
"I...I don't know that yet."
"Who is their leader?"
"I don't know that either, Kaido-sama."
Seeming to be angry upon hearing unsatisfactory answers, Kaido suddenly raised his huge club and let it fall towards Yuronu. Trembling in fear, the man felt a powerful shock wave hit his body, as the giant weapon slammed into the ground, inches away from him.
" You have one hour to give me the answers I want. " The Yonko told him. "Otherwise, your body will be crushed under my club."
"AYE!" the man shouted, before hurrying off.
"Tssss! Incapable." Kaido growled, drinking a bottle of sake.
"MAMAMAMA!" Big Mom snickered suddenly, approaching him. "Who has Kaido? Do you realize that you are not made to lead a country?
"Go die, old witch." The man growled. "Damn it! Those damn demons ruined my good mood."
"I'm very happy with this invasion." Big Mom assured. "Thanks to this, I was able to collect several very interesting specimens of demons! I am happy to have been able to capture them alive! When we return to our world, they will be able to allow me to enlarge my collection. "
"Your hobbies are still creepy." Kaido affirmed, still drooling.
"The good thing is that this invasion allowed us to obtain these weapons." King remarked, advancing towards the pair.
Holding a huge hammer in his hand, he saw the weapon generate electricity.
"It's like those demons' weapons were magic."
"Huh? Do you think we can improve the power of our army with this?"
"It's possible." King affirmed. "Queen is already examining them! In addition, he is working on our remaining tanks in order to improve them or by incorporating ammunition containing deadly viruses or the like! He wants to explode them on our enemies, to make them sick or kill in large numbers."
" I see ... "
Resuming a smile, Kaido declared.
"So our next invasion could happen very soon."
" Kaido-sama. "
Running towards him, a soldier stopped in front of his superior, before affirming.
"The man who contacted you the other day...he wants to be able to talk to you again."
"Tssss!" Kaido growled. "That guy again?"
Thinking for a moment, he finally declares.
"I'll give him five minutes! Turn on the screen."
Nodding his head, the soldier gestured with his hand. Immediately two other men arrived pushing a TV with a huge screen. Turning on almost immediately, the screen showed the head of a person who began to greet Kaido.
"Hello, Kaido-san! Or should I rather call you 'new leader of North Korea'? Congratulations on what you have managed to accomplish in this country! I must admit to being impressed."
"Who are you?" Kaido growled, uninterested in receiving compliments.
"My name is All For One! And I think we can both get benefits if we work together."
Barely raising an eyebrow, while Kaido's gaze only showed a hint of boredom, the yonko affirmed.
"You have four and a half minutes to convince me to listen to you."