The philosopher's stone recipes I've gained are all beyond strong. The method to make them is insane but they can be used for very strong effects permanently once they are made.

The first one is the false soul philosopher's stone. With it, you can give any monster a makeshift soul. This has many effects, not only will the pets permanently bind to their masters. But even after the master dies the pet will never go berserk or lose its intelligence. It might also give boosts but I'm not quite sure on what kind. Only testing will answer that question.

The second one was called the eye of the beholder. If you replace an eye with it you gain effects by doing so. The eye actually levels up. I only know that the first rank is. If focused, you can zoom in with it… You have to sacrifice an eye for it to work though… I doubt many people will use this one. I shutter thinking of ripping my eye out of its socket.

The last recipe I learned was a transmutation stone. While holding it in your hand or having it touching your skin, you can use the transmutation without a circle… While this one seems to be the weakest. It is by far the most useful. No need to sacrifice anything to use it and anyone with transmutation can use it.

...What would happen if you synthesized them together?… Well I guess we'll find out once I make them all. The method to make them is… Somewhat hard to deal with… I need to kill people to make them… Or rather I need to sacrifice creatures inside of a transmutation circle that is designed to turn the mana into a stone. Each takes a different amount, the cheapest being the transmutation stone at 5. Then false soul at 10. Finally eye of the beholder at 15.

I need to figure out… If I can sacrifice monsters instead of people. I… I might be okay with sacrificing captured pirates if it comes down to it… There are so many variables I don't know. Can I make a transmutation stone that can be used as a philosopher's stone making transmutation circle?…

I'm starting to confuse myself. We have too many new tests to do. I thank him for his help and leave. It confuses him that I'm already leaving, he's always confused though. I'll have to make him a transmutation stone as payment for him teaching me.

...What if you put transmutation circles onto weapons? You could potentially absorb the magic of anything you killed to make the philosopher stones… I start adding a few transmutation circles to each one of my pieces of equipment… I need to make sure it doesn't cause problems with the enchants on them.

I don't add the circles to my totem swords. No reason since the method I'm trying to use involves the circle being inside the creature when it dies… What can I kill to test it? Well, I guess I could go kill some fish inside the crescent beach on Greed's island. I need to find a way to record the amounts of things I've killed. The fish probably wont add up to the same mana sacrificing a person would… A raid boss might fill each circle instantly though… Maybe I'll have some of my other troops head to the old raid and try to kill bosses with transmutation circle weapons.

I take the portal to Greed's island and kill the fish we're going to eat that night with a transmutation circle drawn on my heirloom sword. I only made it about the size of a knife though. After killing 100 fish, the circle glows with light and changes into a transmutation stone… So each person is worth around twenty fish in mana… I wish there was another way to add mana too it. Nothing else works to add mana besides killing things inside the circle or have the circle inside them when they die. Which suits weapons.

I have a transmutation stone. I hold onto it and try to think of making a false soul stone and the gem shifts in my hands. When you look very closely to the transmutation stone, you can see the circle for making false souls embedded on it. As long as I have this, I can constantly be making false soul stones for all of my pets and my followers pets. I think about enchanting gear with transmutation and the transmutation stone changes the circle on it. Meaning you only really need one per person with the transmutation job.

...The main problem I have is that it has to constantly be touching me in order for it too work that way… I could make myself another false tooth… I would rather not. Doing that could have unforeseen consequences in the future. By replacing my teeth it could be weakening the teeth around them. I would rather keep my natural teeth for as long as I can… That brings up how to keep it in contact with me…

I could sew it into my skin… I'll just hold onto it for now. I'll have to kill another 200 fish in order to make a false soul stone. I get to work. We normally eat 500 fish a day when it comes to army. While I kill them, some other people finish gut and debone/descale them and packaging them into freezer barrels (an invention I made for portable storage).

With over five hundred troops to feed we don't eat fish every single day. Right now, we're starting to run low since we haven't been sailing. If I had waited a few more days to learn transmutation, I might not have been able to try this method out. I kill another 200 fish and get into the rhythm where I also gut them.

I hit the limit needed to make another stone… It isn't a stone though, it is a liquid. So the transmutation stone is a somewhat coarse and rocky stone. The false soul stone is a red liquid… I wonder what the eye of the beholder will be. I hope it is a squishy ball… Anything else would be very uncomfortable to replace an eye with.

… I'm still not sure I'm willing to sacrifice an eye for new abilities… Removing an eye is just… It isn't even a 100% chance to work. I… I'll do it… I just… Want to give my generals the chance first… Yea that's it… I'm totally not afraid of having my eye pulled out…

I have two false soul stones… Rather false soul liquids. Which pets should I give it too first? Should I find a way to get more than have them all get strong together? Yea… Tonight I'll send our ships off into different directions for us to catch more fish. I'll need 5 more minimum so 1000 fish minimum. Each ship can bring in around 200 fish each. So I'll send out six ships just to be safe. Leaving just the turtles and a shiv on the island.

Sleep that night is peaceful. I like sleeping with my pets… I wonder if any of them will pair off eventually? Well… We'll just have to see, I know for a fact that you can have hybrid monsters. Darkclaw is the perfect example of that. I could end up with some very strong troops if they start having babies. Which of them would make the best couples… WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING!? I have stuff to do other then plan out relationships for my pets.

You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.

The boats are all still gone. They should be back sometime tomorrow. I'll go speak with Nami about learning some ninjutsu skills from her. I check the training area first. That is the most likely place for her. She is almost always training. I head there and instead of seeing her training like normal. She is sitting in a meditative position. Like she is trying to gain chi through meditating… Should I leave her alone? No, she shouldn't be more than an hour or two. I'll meditate as well.

I start meditating. Time passes. Not sure how much. She brings me out of my meditation by talking.

“Hmm. I didn't know you were the patient type. With how fast you learn, I would just assume you would give up if you couldn't get a hold of me.”

“Well, there is always something to do when you are waiting. Meditating is a good way to restore chi while I'm waiting.”

“That is convenient, I meditate to keep my mind clear. It would be very convenient to also get chi while doing it… Sadly, my people haven't been able to become monks for centuries now.”

“...You want to try becoming one right now?”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean I'll teach you.”

“This again... You are great but no one can teach someone that quickly. Especially a class that has been blocked from our people for hundreds of years. The last monk murine folk was the shoguns father. He tried teaching his son for 20 years without any success. The shogun was a prodigy just like myself. So if he couldn't learn it in that time. There isn't much chance that I could learn it… I'm also at the class limit.”

“Could you humor me and listen while I explain it at least? If you want you can go get some other ninjas and I can teach the bulk of you all at once.”

“No… This joke has gone on long enough. I'm going to continue my practice, if you want to talk while I'm practicing your more than welcome to. You will not be dragging anyone else into your nonsense though.”

“Alright cool! Remember, if you learn anything, you have to teach me ninjutsu skills.”

“As unlikely as what you are saying is. I'll make that promise.”

I begin to teach her. She is swinging her sword at nothing right now. With the amount of practice she does, I doubt many people still want to spar with her. She is by far the strongest ninja that wasn't killed ten years ago. Making her the strongest ninja alive today. It takes over two hours for her to finally learn it. She screams when she does.

“AAIIIEEEE!!!! WHAT!? H-HOW!?”

“Wow! I was just about ready to give up. It normally doesn't take two hours for me to teach someone.”

“A-Are you… What are you exactly?”

“Wow. That's just rude. I'm a normal person.”

“N-No you're not! Normal people just don't show up and teach you a class that breaks the class limit in a few hours! Y-You're a god here to make fun of my lack of power aren't you!?”

“No! Like I said I'm just a normal person. I just picked a weird class when I was reborn… Then a god made… Made me a special class just for me… Wow this sounds less real then me being a god.”

“...R-Really… Are you really just a normal person?”

“Yea. The gods are fighting over my life though. Some want to keep me alive while others want me dead… All the trials I've been put through might have been elaborately arranged by the gods. The greater god actually got between the other gods… Then he helped me. I think... I'm not actually sure if he did.”

“You're a strange one aren't you?”

“So, you promised you would teach me. I hope you wont go back on your promise.”

She looks somewhat defeated. She sighs and says.

“F-Fine... You know that this is part of our culture right? You can't just go around teaching these things to outsiders.”

“Bah, you're people seemed fine with me learning everything else. It will be good for your culture to have it spread throughout the world.”

“…Y-You're attitude just makes me mad… I'll teach you… If I have to… You did make me promise… It feels like I'm making a deal with a demon...”

“Hey! That's racist! Some of my best troops are demon tribe… I guess they aren't real demons though.”

She teaches me several skills for ninja.

Ninjutsu skill upgraded Shadow illusion--> Shadow doppelganger- form two clones of yourself that will mimic your actions and can be told through commands to do things (1 minute limit, 10 minute cool down)

Ninjutsu skill upgraded Hide in shadows--> One with shadows- become untraceable in the dark

Ninjutsu skill gained Substitution- Change your location with that of a fake version of yourself

“You'll have to make the substitute version of yourself. It is also a hassle to carry it from place to place and put it into key locations.”

“Is that all? I thought… All those moves you used against me... I thought you had more.”

“Well that is the next step. You have to form a contract with an animal. The shogun should have some contracts… I want to be around to see which animal appears to form a contract with you.”

We head to the shoguns office… Some men I've never seen are inside. I managed to conceal myself before they noticed me… They're pirates! What are they doing here?… Fuck of course, they come by every month or so to collect weapons and items from the village. Did they assault us! I need to head back to the boats. I leave the castle. I have to be very careful leaving because it is now full of pirates. I… If they've done anything to my troops. I'll kill them all! I'LL FUCKING DESTROY THEM!

I duck out of the village. Doing everything possible to go unseen. Running down alleyways. Jumping from rooftops. Changing into mouse form. I make it out of the city unnoticed. Heading to the beach we've docked at I notice that my three ships still hear haven't been touched. What!?… Wait a second… The pirates might not even realize we are here. SHIT! That is a two way street, my generals might be exploring the town right now with over 100 pirates inside.