Chapter 209 - Pirate King

[So, will you attack me?... What is my bounty anyway?]: soren

When the Marines heard Soren continue to taunt them as well as asking what his bounty was increased too, they felt enraged as there was nothing they could do to harm him, and they thought that nobody could harm him just like Kaido who ate the Mythical Zoan fruit Model: Dragon.

[Under Orders of Marine HQ we are not to engage with you]: marine captain

When Soren heard the Captain's words he just chuckled before leaving them some parting words and disappearing from the island entirely.

[Then I am free to do as I please in this world… I will leave then]: soren

Soren left the Marines in a stupor while appearing on a boat on the second half of the Grand Line, the boat had the head of a cute lion with a mane like the mayan sun depiction. Soren knew this boat to be the Thousand Sunny built by one of the best Shipwrights in the world, and the second Soren's feet touched the deck of the Thousand Sunny he heard a creak and a crack, and that was when Soren remembered that he still had well over 400,000 times gravity on his body and quickly removed it while fixing the potential devastating damage to the ship with a wave of his hand.

'That was a close one… I would have sunk right into the sea and gotten wet': soren

As Soren thought this, a voice sounded out from behind him, and upon turning to see the person, more shouts came.

[S-Soren!?...]: ace

[Soren!... Welcome back, we missed you!]: original straw hat crew

Soren watched as Ace and Luffy ran up to hug him, while Nami, Sanji, Ussop, Robin, Zoro, and Karin also wanted to come up to him, but let the ones who he trained for many years get close instead. Soren quickly dodged both Ace and Luffy as Ace was in his 30's while Luffy was going to be turning 30 soon, and Soren didn't want to have middle aged grown men hugging him.

[No hugging… How have you guys been? I read in the news that Luffy is the number 1 candidate to be Pirate King. Congrats!]: soren

[Soren!... It's been 10 years since you left… Of course I would be close to my goal, and my crew has only gotten bigger since the day you disappeared… You might have seen Brook or Franky, as they had joined the crew during our trip to Sabaody]: luffy

[That's good!... I had just run into some Marines, and they said that the orders upon seeing me were to flee… Any reason for that?]: soren

[Soren, you really don't know?... The day you went up to Marine HQ and destroyed the entire building as well as many Fleet Admirals who had potential to be promoted to Admiral, your bounty sky rocketed to 100 Billion berries]: ace

[So I'm the most wanted man in the world huh?... Seems fitting, but I should make myself known as the ruler of the world, and while Luffy is the Pirate King, I will be the World Emperor]: soren

[Soren, will you really do that!?... Hehe, my teacher will be the Emperor of the World]: luffy

[Hehe, No… I was just joking, but I do want to stay with you until you reach the end of the Grand Line]: soren

When Luffy heard this he was excited as he could finish his goal with his teacher present to see it, so Luffy had no problems with Soren joining, but he felt like there was something missing, but it hit him when he noticed the lack of someone.

[Soren, where is your wife?]: luffy

[Oh Misha?... She is at home doing whatever she wants to do, and is most likely shopping with the kids]: soren

When Soren said the word "Kids" Luffy and Ace were quickly trampled on and replaced with 3 women being Nami, Robin, and Karin who all wanted to hear about and see the child while hoping it was still an infant, but little did they know that the youngest child Soren has is not born yet, and belongs to Yasaka, his fourth wife.

[Tell us Soren! How old is your child? is it a boy? Or a girl?... When can we see him or her?]: the 3 women

[Calm down… I have a few children, 3 with Misha, and 3 with Hancock… I also have a 3rd and 4th wife, while my 3rd wife has 2 children, and my 4th wife is pregnant but had a child with a man who passed away before I got together with her, so she is my adoptive child]: soren

When Soren explained that he has 8 children, 1 adoptive child, as well as one on the way, Nami, Robin, and Karin looked at Soren as if he was a beast that got his women pregnant every year as they had no idea that Soren hadn't been to this world for well over 500 years for his oldest child, while he had thousands of years away.

[Well… I guess I can explain to you all where I've been for what has only been 10 years for you, as you are people that I see as family]: soren

When the Straw Hat crew heard Soren's weird words, they became interested and began to listen as Soren explained up until then about all the worlds he had been to while keeping things about the system out of it, and after a few hours the story ended with Ussop crying in the back because it was such a good story he wanted more.

[So you are a God?]: luffy

[I could see this]: straw hat crew members

Soren was surprised to see the other members of the Straw Hats nodding their heads in acceptance, and Soren felt touched that they put so much faith into his words while Ussop ran up to Soren on his knees while begging for Soren to show him magic.

[Please!... Can you show me some real Magic!]: ussop

Soren just chuckled and raised the palm of his hand to the sky and started gathering a Deep Red flame that looked like it came from the underworld and let it dance in his hand before calling its name and watching it shoot into the sky scaring Ussop.

[Hell Flame!]: soren

The flame got around 200 meters into the sky with its small stature, and after the next second it expanded in a rapid explosion that shook the Thousand Sunny.

[Cool!!... Do more!]: ussop

Soren just started to laugh while watching Ace take in the sight of the Hell Flames as if trying to learn their secrets and use them himself, but no matter how long he observed them nothing was learned in the end. Soren then spent the next couple of months with Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hat crew, and over the course of this time Soren taught Sanji the improved version of his previous cooking techniques to make the food taste even better than before and with this Sanji could be called the best chef in the world, while Zoro and Karin took swordsmanship training from Soren, and even though both Zoro and Karin became among the top, they still couldn't beat Soren. After Soren spotted their flaws he made a special manual that was for their specific specs to improve their power, and after reading the Sword manuels made by Soren, both Zoro and Karin tapped into the Sword Laws and progressed by leaps and bounds making them the strongest Swordsman in the world. Soren then got to Ussop and as he never took time to learn marksmanship he just took Ussop's current weapon which was a Slingshot and improved it by adding an almost unbreakable durability as well as some Elemental Laws, this made it so Ussop could enhance his deadly projectiles with Elemental Laws though they were weak, it would still be devastating to someone from this world.

[Look up ahead guys!... Is that the Final Island?]: luffy

After sailing for a couple of months, the crew finally saw an island that the arrow on the compass had been pointing to, and upon closer inspection the crew noticed that the island was quite small and uninhabited, not a place to house all the treasures in the world.

'Somethings wrong here… I feel a strong Space law in the workings': soren

The crew landed on the island and Soren was the first to jump off the Thousand Sunny and step on the island, and he was soon followed by Luffy, Ace, Zoro, and everyone else on the Thousand Sunny. Soren then began searching the island for the area that contained the strongest source of Space Law, and that would be where the Space is connected to something else. Soon, Luffy and everyone else found a stone monument that had the Ancient Language that only Robin and Soren could read, and as Robin began reading Luffy and the rest of the crew began to feel excitement, especially Nami who couldn't wait to hog all of the treasures that they uncovered.

-Stone Monument-

[Welcome young adventures who have heeded my call and set sail to find the One Piece… At this moment you must be wondering how such a small island can house all the treasures of this world right?... Well it can't house all the physical treasures, but that was never the One Piece… The One Piece was never Gold Bars, Unlimited money, or any kind of rare Jewels. The One Piece was you the Crew and the bonds you created over journeying to such a point in such a dangerous place… I never meant to give you nothing though, as below this monument lies all the treasures I collected during my time as a Pirate, and it should be quite big as it's collected from all my ships, and gathered inside of a special space that is unlocked with the Ancient Poneglyph that can only be unlocked by someone who can read this message… Thank you for making an adventure of your own and I now pass on to the Captain of the crew the title of Pirate King]: robin

When Robin finished reading the stone, Luffy had the biggest smile plastered onto his face, while Nami was devastated as she came here for all the Treasures that were promised only to find out there were only the treasures gathered over the time pirating, but it seemed Luffy didn't mind.

[What are you waiting for guys!... Let's start digging, Robin's goal is here too!]: luffy

Soon, the monument was dug up and a small cube was taken out from the ground, and when Robin saw it she began to get excited herself as they collected the glyphs from Big Mom, Zou, and Kaido, collecting 4 out of the 30 Poneglyph needed to complete the Void Century.

[So we can open up the space with this cube, but how?]: robin

Robin then began to inspect the monument, and on the back there was a big open gap that was made to fit around 30 of the cubes held in Robin's hand.

[So we will need all of the Glyphs to open the space… Looks like we will need to take another trip through the Grand Line, and that must have been Rogers plan the whole time]: robin

When Soren heard this, he decided to let them have their goal now instead of later, and sensed out all the Poneglyphs in the world, and in the next second the remaining 26 cubes were laying on the floor before Soren.

[No need to go back through, I have them here]: soren

Everyone then turned to see the cubes on the ground, and then remembered that Soren was a God, so nothing was out of his reach, and after a moment of having this realization, Robin took all the glyphs and began to place them into the back of the monument and after they were all placed, Robin began to read the new words.

-Poneglyph-

[For the person who pieced together the Void Century, Congratulations!… Placing your hand on the tablet will show you the secrets that lie within.]: robin

Robin then placed her hand on the tablet and learned everything about the Void Century while the whole island started to shake and soon a portal opened next to the Stone monument showing a slight shimmer and glow. Nami saw this as with money signs in her eyes rushed towards the portal while trying to block it so nobody else could enter.

[I claim everything that is in this place!]: nami

Luffy just shrugged as he didn't care and Soren had way better things to do then argue over such a trivial thing as money, while everyone else had their own thing to care about. And seeing this, Nami rushed into the portal followed by Luffy and everyone else, and after Robin broke away from the tablet she soon followed in to see what Roger's treasures looked like, and she could see Nami trying to fill her pockets with the most expensive looking items while Luffy was wearing a Gold crown with diamonds and jewels embedded into it while shouting "King Of the Pirates!" and the only thing she could do was laugh at this sight.

[Okay guys, I'll move everything to the ship for you]: soren

Upon hearing this Nami was excited that she didn't need to force all the men into moving everything for her while she watches from the side. And with a snap of his fingers all the treasures disappeared and reappeared inside the ship while filling the deck as well, and when Soren and the Straw Hats got back to the ship, it was apparent that the ship would soon sink due to the weight, so Soren modified the ship with space and gravity magic to make the vault almost endless and all the treasures weight was kept inside the vault, but didn't affect the ship. Soren then decided it was time to leave the world and head to one more world before going to the God Realm, so he said his goodbyes to Luffy, Ace, and the rest of the crew before cultivating the world and opening his System to pick the next world.

[Sakura, let's got to One Punch Man, I wanna see Satiama's true power]: soren