One Piece: Beyond The Norm

There I was, a regular hardworking twenty year old minding my own business, casually strolling to my miserable 9-5. Nothing seemed out of the norm to be honest, I was genuinely in a good mood when suddenly I fucking died. How? I don't know. I just dropped dead onto the sidewalk and before I knew it I was here. Where might you ask? Well if you were patient you'd know-

[Ahem!] 

Oh, right. I apologize. Well, I'm in the world of One Piece as you all may know. A popular anime/manga from my old world and honestly one of my favourites. Currently, I'm in an unknown Island definitely on one of the four blue seas. No signs of insanely huge Sea Kings or powerful pirates, no extreme changes of weather either.

Although I'm currently 9 years of age, I'm as tall and big as a 13 year old. And damn am I a looker! Yes, allow me my narcissism because holy! Milky white wild and spiky hair, lapis blue irises and a fair complexion. Man I'd for sure be a player back in my old world. The God who put me here was for sure cooking, I won't disappoint!

Anyways that's enough of my self praise. My name is Drais D. Nyx, I know even cooler. Let my nerdy side fucking be please. Thank you.

[He sensed your judgement -,,-]

Now it's over for my introduction. Why am I even documenting myself? Maybe I'll call this the Chronicles Of Nyx! Maybe just maybe.

System, write that down!

[Yes sir!]

Oh and this is my system, AKA my golden finger. You may have already met before though but nonetheless I introduce you both!

Okay finally, time to get to work!

[3rd Person POV]

Nyx walked through a forest so thick and dense you couldn't see an end. Currently dressed in the system's awarded clothes, his upper body draped in a black trench coat whereas his lower body encased by a heavy duty military pants. His feet remained without any shoes only being covered by a set of white bandages.

Yes, our protagonist decided to go down the path of the very cliche edgy MC. Well, it's his life so who cares. Anyways, as Nyx surveyed the jungle carefully he listened in for any approaching beasts while looking as though he was as carefree as can be.

Suddenly, his eyes squinted as his instincts alerted him. Turning to his left, a shadow was seen leaping out of the nearby tall bushes, lunging towards him as though he was weak prey in its eyes. Nyx scoffed as it's been months since he's arrived in this world at this location. He'd gotten used to these antics by this point and has only continued to further engage in these encounters to strengthen himself.

Side stepping, Nyx dodged the charge of the beast before pivoting and releasing a corked fist towards its ribcage. 

BANG!

A loud bang erupted as the beast flew back from the impact of his seemingly small fist.

BOOM!

It crashed into several trees before coming to an abrupt stop. That was when Nyx could finally take in the appearance of such a beast. It was a massive tiger, with three eyes and red fur. A strange yet terrifying appearance. Yet to Nyx, it was just another loot box waiting to be opened.

Giving it no time to gather itself once more, Nyx crouched as his legs bulged in an instant. There, his figure blurred as he suddenly appeared above the head of the large tiger. Its eyes widened in surprise and fear as death neared. It wanted to move yet it was futile. All it could see for its final moments was the tiny figure of Nyx descending down onto its head with his fist blasting out towards its center.

BOOM!

SPLURGE!

Blood stained his appearance as he now stood behind the corpse of the tiger, its head obliterated into pieces. Nyx paid no attention to this though as his eyes shone with a bright light of excitement. In front of him, a panel screen remained afloat displaying his current rewards for defeating the tiger.

[Ding! Congratulations Master for clearing the mission! You've received the following: Hellish Tiger Bloodline(EPIC), Purple Chest, One free roulette spin, 3x Basic Haki Enlightenment Cards.]

[Do you wish to assimilate the Hellish Tiger Bloodline or roll for one of its Racial Traits?]

These were the main functions of the system. Assimilation and Racial Traits were a locked duo that worked together to give its host the best of either worlds, the choice was yours. The Chest system was ranked by five colors: White, Silver, Gold, Purple and Red. 

It awarded many things based on its color of rarity. They ranged from miscellaneous stuff to extremely powerful stuff like Devil Fruits, Powerful Bloodlines etc. 

Then there was the random award each mission gave out. Usually it was never anything more than clothes, Basic Haki Enlightenment Cards or food.

The main focus of the system to Nyx however was its Bloodline Assimilation function and its Racial Trail Reroll function. To him, these were the two most useful features of the system.

"Roll for its trait." Nyx muttered and before his eyes, a new panel screen appeared carrying different and interesting traits. It spun rapidly before coming to a stop. Even Nyx couldn't help but smile.

"That looks pretty useful."

[Ding! Congratulations Master for gaining the unawakened trait of the Hellish Tiger, ]

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Hell Fire: ||A powerful flame originating from a

 beast born within the Gates Of Hell|| 

Rarity: EPIC ||Can be increased by devouring the flames of others||

Description: ||Originating from Hell's fierce beast, the Hell Fire carries on a portion of the Sin Of Gluttony, granting it devouring aspects. This allows for greater evolution on the path of fire||

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Nyx frowned as he read through everything. Though great that he doesn't need to eat a Devil Fruit, the mentioning of Hell and this creature being a spawn of it was concerning. He hadn't seen any mention of such a place in the manga/anime while he was alive on Earth. 

This led him to a sudden realization. His insert caused a great butterfly effect! But what he wasn't sure about was whether or not the butterfly effect had completed its duty or had yet to. Releasing a sigh, he rubbed his temples as he should have known this would have happened.

After all he was a being outside of the timeline. And not even a regular fodder character too, he was a bearer of D, meaning he would have a huge role to play regardless of any willing interference or what not. He sighed once more. He had a new goal in mind. He needed to find out what time period he was sent in. Knowing these things would only go on to benefit him more as he could better prepare for his enemies.

He felt as though he was sent here with purpose. And he intended to find out exactly what that purpose was by conquering everything! Call it cliche but that was his goal. Nyx didn't want to live a boring life anymore. He believed with everything he's been granted he would finally be able to live how he wanted. And so maybe it was fate. Nyx smiled as his eyes gazed into the forest. With a stomp of his feet, he vanished. Dashing through the forest his body avoided both large and poisonous monsters as his goal was the yellow sand that painted the first half of the island. In mere moments did he arrive. 

His figure straight and now cleansed with the help of the system, his head turned to scan the calm waters of the ocean. His nose inhaled a large amount of the salty atmosphere, a wide smile enveloping his face. Five years! In five years he would depart from this island. Smiling a blue flame swirled within his eyes as his figure sped off into the distance once more. 

Meanwhile on a nearby island, a ship belonging to a certain fishman rowed into its shore. The massive ship with a shark's mouth as its mast and large sails holsted at its front, left and right hand sides, drew the attention of the nearby fishermen as they turned whilst standing on their docked boats to stare at the incomers. One by one however, these fishermen looked at the scene where the massive ship followed by two other smaller ships slowly docked itself onto the sandy shore.

"P-Pirates..!"

"RUN! EVERYONE PIRATES ARE HERE!!!"

"GAH! WE NEED TO INFORM THE VILLAGE! GO!"

With haste the fishermen jumped out their boats and ran towards the far distance where a small but beautiful village stood erected. That village was of course Cocoyashi Village which meant that this group of 'unknown' pirates were none other than—

"Shashashasha!!"

The Arlong Pirates!!!

"Men! Round up those lowly humans! Kill those who resist and as for their women…! Men, enjoy my gift!"

"WOOHOO!!"

"Cheers for Arlong-Sama!!"

"Let's go brothers! Let's enslave these mere humans!"

Charge!!!

"OUUUUUUUU!!!!"

Arlong stood atop the mast of his ship as he watched the charge of his men with a sinister and wicked smile, his eyes stretched to an eerie length due to his broad smile. Meanwhile as Arlong's conquest began, Nyx was on his own little conquest as he slaughtered and killed the monsters of the jungle he now named, Dawn Escape. He had a knack for naming things and proclaiming them as his only now that he could gain strength to claim it as his, he'd do so shamelessly. Nyx currently faced off against a giant anaconda, a four armed bear and a silver monkey.

Appearing between the anaconda and the bear, Nyx's hands balled into fists as he spun and delivered two swift and decisive blows. Aiming for the neck of the bear and the eye of the snake.

[Eruption]

BOOM!

On impact, both the eye of the anaconda and the neck of the bear exploded as Nyx dropped at the dead center between them. Though it was not over yet as following the explosions of their body parts, a blue flame rose from within them, incinerating them inside out, bringing to a close, the remaining life they carried within. Turning to face the last enemy, the silver monkey, Nyx's blue eyes chillingly locked onto it.

"!!!"

It was at that moment that it felt all the hair on the back of itself stand up on edge. Everything in its body warned it to run! And so it did! Well, it tried to.

[Ring Of Incineration]

Crackle!

Swoosh!

"RAHHHHHHHH"

A pitiful scream echoed out as a ring of blue flames encased the silver monkey, turning it into nothing but a charred corpse.

"Grararararara! It seems today's harvest isn't going to be as bad as I thought!"

His joyful mood however, was soon disrupted as he looked into the far distance gazing at an island two islands away from here, working his Observation Haki to its fullest whilst also utilizing his advanced hearing. See, as he had assimilated some monsters' bloodlines into his own, his very DNA changed as he strayed from the path of humanity. This in turn advanced his physiology and though it got messy at first with so many bloodlines being blended into one, with the help of the system he will in time be able to accumulate these into something greater and evolve his very being from core to exterior. 

Of course Nyx knew this but cared little for this fact. If he had to throw away humanity for the sake of power just to stand on top of this world, he'd fucking do it. Nyx saw the faint outline of a ship as his ears perked and listened in attentively. However it was futile aside from the faint shouting of animals and monsters fighting, he couldn't make out exactly what was going on. He smiled however, feeling as though he wouldn't be able to wait five years to taste the strength of others.

"Grararararara!!!"