Devil Fruit Powers In The Tower Of God - Chapter 1

A young man wearing black sweatpants and a black hoodie entered what appeared to be an abandoned warehouse while reading something on his smartphone. Standing 1.87m tall with a lean build, he looked to be around 20 years of age. With black hair and brown eyes, he might not be the most handsome man ever, but he definitely catches the ladies attention wherever he goes.

Music and the voices of people could be heard in the abandoned building. Step by step, he made his way throughout the warehouse, until he reached a group of people. There were more than a dozen of them drinking, smoking, and having fun.

“What the hell are you doing here, you punk?” One of the people there noticed the young man.

“Are you the so-called Moriarty Thugs?” Not even bothering to remove his gaze from his phone, the young man asked them.

“We are, so beat it, before we beat the shit out of you.” Threatened one of the thugs.

“Great!” The young man put the phone in his pocket and finally looked at them.

“Please die for me, so I can continue reading One Piece, thank you.” He told them with a gentle smile on his face and pulled a gun from a pocket on his hoodie.

Moments later, all the thugs were on the ground with a bullet in their heads. The young man maneuvered through the corpses until he reached their leader. He took a picture of the dead body to confirm his successful kill.

“This is starting to bore me. Maybe I should find something else to do.” The young man lamented and started leaving the building while reading on his phone.

As he left the abandoned warehouse, he was greeted by a man in a black suit. The man had long black hair, and his facial features were obstructed by a weird shadow. The only thing visible on his face being a mischevious smile.

“A pŀėȧsurė meeting you, Lumen Terminus.” The man in the suit said with a bow. The long-haired man had a weird presence, and had he not said a word, Lumen would have not even realized he is there.

Although surprised, he kept his composure. “It seems I’ve become famous. You know me, but I have no idea who you are.”

“I would be shocked if you knew me.” The man in suit chuckled. “I go by many names, but I prefer Loki the most.”

“Loki as in the God of Mischief?” Lumen asked and put his phone in his pocket.

“No, no, I am not a God. I am an Axis, but you could consider it as a God-like being.” Loki answered.

“And what does an Axis need of me?” Lumen questioned, while his hand was already gripping the gun in his hoodie.

“I’m here to offer you a gift, and in exchange, you will be sent to a very special place,” Loki replied with a grin.

“And what’s that special place that you will send me?” Lumen asked while contemplating whether to shoot the weirdo in the face.

“I can’t tell you that, but I can promise you, you will not regret going there. You will be able to experience the grand adventure that you always sought after.” Explained the Axis with a giggle.

Lumen didn’t trust a word from the weird man but decided to humor him. “And what about the gift?”

“That I can. You seem to be fond of that One Piece manga, so I have prepared a very special Devil Fruit for you.” Loki answered with another chuckle.

All that laughing irked Lumen, and he thought the man was mocking him. He pulled out his gun and shot the Axis in the face. “I don’t enjoy being ridiculed.”

Just as the bullet was about to hit Loki in between his eyes, it stopped moving. The Axis pinched the bullet with his fingers and it disappeared. Afterward, he snapped his fingers and the gun in Lumen’s hand vanished as well.

“But I am not making fun of you. I truly am here to give you a gift. Believe me, you will regret not taking my offer.” Lumen was astonished at the supernatural powers that Loki displayed. After seeing that, he was inclined to believe the Axis.

“So what is this special Devil Fruit that you spoke of?” Lumen questioned.

“Well, it’s a combination of the strongest Paramecia, Zoan and Logia types. Unfortunately, you lost your chance of getting it the moment you shot me.” Loki answered with another snicker and a tablet appeared in his hands.

“Now, you will have to play the Lucky Roulette game. You can choose three different Devil Fruits from each type, and you will have to roll three times for each type. You don’t have to worry about eating more than one, and you don’t have to worry about being weak to water as well.” Loki explained with a grin.

“What do you mean I can eat more than one? Wouldn’t I explode if I do so? And how come they won’t have a weakness to water?” Lumen asked him.

“Ahh, the laws of the One Piece world have no meaning in the place that you are going since Devil Fruits don’t exist there. I can give you a more detail explanation, but you wouldn’t understand it.” Loki answered. ” The important part is whether you would take my offer or not?”

“Sure, why not.” Lumen answered without hesitation. The moment he agreed, the tablet in Loki’s hands slowly floated in front of Lumen. After scanning through all the available Devil Fruits, he selected three from each type.

Once he was done, the screen changed to a roulette with his chosen Devil Fruits. He couldn’t help but notice that there were other Devil Fruits that he didn’t choose on the roulette. The ones that he selected could be considered as one of the best, but the others there were one of the weakest. “Why are there other Devil Fruits here?”

“Ah, repercussions for not taking my initial offer.” Loki chuckled.

“Tsch.” Lumen smacked his lips and pressed the roll buŧŧon. A small figure that resembled him appeared and started rolling around the Devil Fruits.

The figurine tumbled around until it landed on a Paramecia type after that all other Paramecia types disappeared from the roulette. The figure continued rolling afterward and landed on a Logia and Zoan type as well. Ones all the Devil Fruits were selected, the tablet vanished.

“My, oh my. It seems you are quite unlucky. I spent quite a bit of time choosing the best of the best, and you didn’t roll a single one of them, how disappointing.” Loki said with another chuckle.

The Axis clapped his hands and three Devil Fruits appeared in front of him. All of them had weird colors and shapes on them. “Now before I give them to you, and sent you off, I will give you a day worth of time to say your goodbyes since you will be leaving this world.”

“No need. Just give them to me now and sent me to that special place.” Lumen told him since he didn’t have anyone close to him. His parents had died to a bunch of thugs when he was 10 years old and he didn’t have any close friends that he cared about. He trained like a madman and by the age of 17, he became a professional ȧssassin. Since them, he has been going on missions or reading manga.

“So be it.” Loki chuckled and the three Devil Fruits swiftly flew into Lumen’s body. At first, he felt no different than a second ago, and he thought he was cheated, but then the pain hit.

Lumen’s body started heating up and every single cell in his body was being destroyed and rebuild anew. He lost all of his senses and almost passed out, but he pushed through. He wanted to sleep through the pain, but he instinctively knew that if he did so, he would never wake up again.

Lumen didn’t know how long the pain lasted, but to him, it felt like a lifetime. At some point, his body cooled down and he regained his senses.

“I guess I forgot to mention the pain, huh.” Lumen heard Loki chuckling in the background.

“Now that we got that out of the way, it’s time to you open the door.” Lumen wanted to ask what he meant by that, but then everything turned black and he heard a weird voice in his head.

“What do you dėsɨrė? Money and Wealth? Honor and Pride? Authority and Power? Revenge? Or something that transcends all of them? Whatever you dėsɨrė, is in here!”

“What the hell was that and where am I?” Lumen questioned himself after he regained his senses. He looked around and noticed that he is in a giant, archaic hall. Engraved on the walls were strange looking creatures and giant beasts.

As he was observing the pictures, he heard a voice from behind him. “It seems irregulars are popping left and right these days.”