After extracting the Bear King and Honey Queen devil fruits and storing them in his Inventory afterward, Austin turned to look at his five subordinates.
" It's time for you to get stronger again." Austin smiled, stating.
Brain and the rest smiled excitedly as their eyes shined in anticipation.
Austin removed all the corpses stored in his Inventory and added them to Honey Queen's and Bear King's bodies, which were already on the floor.
Now, on the ground, there were 395 corpses which consisted of 390 corpses of pirates ( Lvl 1), Bear King's body ( Lvl 21), Honey Queen's body ( Lvl 12), Pin Jocker's body ( Lvl 10), Skunk One's body ( Lvl 8), and Boo Jack's body ( Lvl 8).
Austin started doing some calculations on how he should distribute the rewards between his subordinates.
After a long time of consideration, he came up with a solution and decided to start with Brain first.
" Brain came forward," Austin stated in a deep voice.
" Yes, my lord." Brain came forward and kneeled in front of Austin.
Moving 48 pirate corpses ( Lvl 1) aside, Austin activated the Merging part of his Skill 'All For One', by commanding " Merge! "
Shortly after, a black shadow materialized under his feet and covered all 48 bodies of the dead pirates. These shadows stretched out and converged together until all the corpses were wholly engulfed inside the shadow and disappeared.
The shadow kept wriggling around for over a minute before a lifeless human body ( Lvl 24) with no gender or facial expression appeared in the end.
Austin nodded in satisfaction before moving Bear King's body ( Lvl 21) to be used in the following operation. He then activated his Skill 'All For One' again, targeting both Bear King's corpse and the Body Lvl 24.
A moment later, a black shadow appeared under his feet, covering the Body Lvl 24 and Bear King's corpse. A minute later, a body ( Lvl 34) reappeared from the shadow.
Austin then repeated the same process again and merged Brain ( Lvl 39 ) with the Body Lvl 34.
After the merging finished, he used 'Detect' on Brain and got his current stats.
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Name: Brain Unglaus
Race: Human
Level: 56
Strength: 610
Agility: 610
Stamina: 560
Charisma: 60
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During the last operation, the System informed Austin of deducing 20 Points from his accumulated Shopping Points, which were used to upgrade Brain Crystal Soul from Grade 4 to Grade 6.
Now, with Brain being Lvl 56, he has become qualified to use Busoshoku Haki ( Armament Haki ). So, Austin shared with him his 'Busoshoku Haki ( Armament Haki )' Skill.
" Thank you, my lord." Brain kneeled and said.
The blue-haired swordsman couldn't hide the joy in his voice as he thanked Austin because, finally, he could feel himself being the strongest again in the group after his lord.
" You deserve it, Brain." Austin smiled gently before looking at Zero and said, " Now, it's your turn, Zero."
Zero excitedly came forward and kneeled before Austin, looking like a kid who couldn't wait to get his share of the candy.
Austin smiled at this display before he started again with the same process.
First, he merged 48 pirate corpses ( Lvl 1), creating a stronger Body Lvl 24. He then merged the body Lvl 24 with Boo Jack's corpse ( Lvl 8), which resulted in the creation of a body Lvl 28 at the end.
Lastly, Austin merged Zero ( Lvl 38 ) with that Body 28 and got the new stats and level of the big bald man by using 'Detect' after the process ended.
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Name: Zero
Race: Human
Level: 52
Strength: 595
Agility: 520
Stamina: 545
Charisma: 60
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Austin was happy with the result. He noticed again that the System deduced 20 Points from his accumulated Shopping Points to upgrade Zero Crystal Soul from Grade 4 to Grade 6.
With Zero being Lvl 52 now, Austin shared the 'Busoshoku Haki' ( Armament Haki ) Skill with him. Thus, Zero became the third Haki user among Austin's subordinates.
" Thank you, my lord." Zero kneeled before Austin after he regained his focus from the effect of the sharing Skill and thanked him from the bottom of his heart. Because finally, he regained his deserved place as the third powerful person in the group.
Austin patted Zero's should and smiled, thinking. - ' It seems Erya's previous increase in strength and the fact that he was the first to use Haki had made both Zero and Brain uneasy. The two have fierce competition between them, but one thing is for sure, they can't swallow the fact of being surpassed by a third party.'
Shaking his head, Austin looked at Sebas and nodded. The latter understood the gesture as he smiled gently and moved toward his lord.
As usual, the same operations began again.
First, Austin created another Body Lvl 24 by merging 48 pirate corpses ( Lvl 1) together. He then merged that body Lvl 24 with Skunk One's corpse ( Lvl 8), which resulted in the creation of a body Lvl 28 at the end.
Lastly, Austin merged Sebas ( Lvl 37) with the body Lvl 28.
After the operations ended, he used 'Detect' and got the new stats and level of the old butler.
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Name: Sebas
Race: Human
Level: 51
Strength: 535
Agility: 560
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Stamina: 535
Charisma: 60
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As usual, during the process, the System deduced 20 Points to upgrade Zero Crystal Soul from Grade 4 to Grade 6.
After getting the 'Busoshoku Haki' ( Armament Haki ) Skill, Sebas thanked Austin and returned to his place, prompting Erya to move forward to receive his reward as well.
But this time, Austin wasn't going to give Erya the same reward as the other because the latter had recently received a decent reward alone on that uninhabited island.
So, instead of 48 corpses, Austin merged only 34 pirate corpses ( Lvl 1), creating a Body Lvl 17.
He then merged the body Lvl 17 with Pin Jocker's corpse ( Lvl 10), creating a body Lvl 22, before remerging that body ( Lvl 22) with Erya ( Lvl 40) afterward.
After the end of the process, Austin used 'Detect' on the blonde samurai to see his new stats.
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Name: Erya Uzruth
Race: Human
Level: 51
Strength: 510
Agility: 585
Stamina: 535
Charisma: 60
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During the process, 20 Shopping Points were deduced to upgrade Erya Crystal Soul from Grade 4 to Grade 6.
Since Austin has already shared with Erya the 'Busoshoku Haki' ( Armament Haki ) Skill last time, he moved directly to his last subordinate, Azuth.
First, Austin created a Body Lvl 24 by merging 48 pirate corpses ( Lvl 1) together.
He then merged Azuth ( Lvl 39) with that body Lvl 24 afterward.
After completing the operation, he used 'Detect' on Azuth to see his new stats.
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Name: Azuth Aindra
Race: Human
Level: 51
Strength: 535
Agility: 535
Stamina: 560
Charisma: 60
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Ignoring the notification that informed him of deducing 20 Points to upgrade Azuth Crystal Soul from Grade 4 to Grade 6, Austin shared with Azuth the 'Busoshoku Haki' ( Armament Haki ) Skill.
" Thank you, my lord!" Azuth kneeled before Austin after he regained his focus from the impact of the sharing Skill.
Austin was quite happy with this strengthening session, especially since all his subordinates became Haki users, thus successfully boosting the overall strength of the crew to a whole new level!
"Now, since I have finished with everyone here," Austin smirked, " It's time for your new colleague to be born!"
He inspected the remaining bodies on the ground and found only 165 corpses left. Honey Queen's body ( Lvl 12) and 164 pirate bodies ( Lvl 1).
So after moving Honey Queen's body ( Lvl 12) aside to be used as material to create his new subordinate, Austin brought a Crystal Soul Grade 6 from the Shop for 60 Shopping points and started the creation of his new subordinate.
" Arise!" Austin commanded, activating the creation Part of his Skill, 'All For One'.
A black shadow emerged under his feet, covering Honey Queen's body ( Lvl 12). The shadow kept wriggling around for a minute before a human being with no gender or facial expression appeared from the shadow.
At the same time, Austin received a notification informing him of his success.
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Congratulations to the Host for creating a new Subordinate.
The results of the operation are as follows.
Name: Unnamed
Race: Human
Level: 6
Strength: 60
Agility: 60
Stamina: 60
Charisma: 10
The Host is advised to give it a fitting name and appearance!
Warning! The moment the Name and appearance are chosen, they can not be changed again!
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Austin was delighted with the outcome, thinking. - ' It's time to have some female presence in the crew.'
After thinking for a while, he settled on the fitting Name and appearance for his First female Subordinate.
" From Now on, Your Name shall be Emilia Edstrom!" Austin announced the Name loudly in a deep voice while visualizing the image of the appearance he wanted in his mind.
Shortly after, the human being started changing his build and appearance until it looked exactly like what Austin imagined!
A young woman 6 feet 3 inches tall ( 190 cm ), with a beautiful face, an hourglass-body build, long light-purple hair, and tanned smooth skin. She was dressed lightly in thin reveling silk with a veil at her face covering her mouth and neck.
The being, or Emilia Edstrom now, kneeled on her knee in front of Austin while looking at the ground and declared with a gentle and sweet voice that contained the utmost respect and worship.
" Emilia Edstrom, greet my Lord and Creator!"
Austin smiled widely and nodded his head in acknowledgment " Rise!"
Emilia rose quickly to her feet, showcasing her tall and alluring body.
Examining her 'daring' clothes, Austin couldn't help but look at the interface.
He noticed that the clothes and items Emilia wore were automatically brought from the Shop for 10 Shopping Points.
' 10 Shopping Points?! How the fuck is that possible, she is bloody half-naked, so were those 10 Points gone for?' - Austin shook his head before proceeding to strengthen his new female subordinate.
First, Austin created a Body Lvl 10 by merging 20 pirate corpses ( Lvl 1) together before merging it with Emilia ( Lvl 6). The latter gained 5 levels as a result and became Lvl 11.
Secondly, he created a Body Lvl 24 by merging 48 pirate corpses ( Lvl 1) together before repeating the same process again twice. So, in the end, he had 3 Body Lvl 24 ready to be used.
Austin then proceeded to merge one of the 3 bodies Lvl 24, with Emilia ( Lvl 11), resulting in the latter leveling up 12 levels. He then repeated the same operation twice again afterward.
In the end, Austin used 'Detect' on her to see her new stats.
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Name: Emilia Edstrom
Race: Human
Level: 47
Strength: 470
Agility: 510
Stamina: 510
Charisma: 50
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Austin smiled in satisfaction at the sight of his first Female subordinate getting stronger.
" What kind of weapon do you prefer to use?" Austin asked Emilia.
" Hmm ..." Emilia thought for a moment before answering, " I think I prefer daggers, my lord."
" Daggers?!" Austin exclaimed, " You want to use many of them?"
" Yes, my lord." Emilia explained, " I plan to utilize these weapons both in close combat situations and from a distance by throwing them at my opponents."
" Hmm." Austin thought momentarily before agreeing, " Alright."
After inspecting his accumulated Shopping Points, Austin decided to exchange some cash for Shopping Points, so he exchanged 500 million Berries cash for 500 Shopping Points.
He then entered the Shop and brought 5 Daggers for 100 Shopping Points ( 20 Shopping Points each). Additionally, he created two custom-made daggers made of sea stones for 100 Shopping Points ( 50 Shopping Points each ) so that Emilia would have multiple options available, even when fighting against Devil Fruit users.
After he purchased everything, Austin gave the 7 daggers to Emilia, who took them carefully and looked at Austin with a puppy-eyes look.
Understanding her intentions, Austin shook his head and started thinking of a feating name for the collection of daggers.
" Alright, from now on, this daggers collection's name shall be 'Ursa Major'." Austin stated.
" Thank you, my lord. I will definitely take care of them as my precious children." Emilia said with a sweet smile while caressing the daggers gently.
Finishing with the matter of her weapons, Austin shared with Emilie the 'Melee Combat' Skill, the 'Sword Art' Skill, the complete 'Rokushiki' ( The Six powers ) tree of skills, including the last seventh technique, and lastly, the 'Busoshoku Haki' ( Armament Haki ) Skill.
And with this, another Haki user is added to the crew!
After Austin used the 'Knowledge Sharing' Skill on Emilia, the latter stood in her place in a daze, feeling the impact of receiving all the information and Skills at once.
It took her a while to sort everything out in her mind and regain her focus.
" Thank you, My lord." Emilia kneeled and said with a solemn voice filled with devotion and respect." I, Emilia Edstrom, declare my sincere and undying loyalty to you, my lord!"
Austin nodded in approval before shifting his gazes to his other subordinates, who were standing at the side, observing the process from the beginning.
" You should greet your new sister now ..." Austin smiled, adding, " This is Emilia Edstrom, your new sister. She is now part of the family."
From Brain to Azuth, every one of Austin's crew greeted the new female addition in their own unique way. Emilia happily accepted their greetings.
" Thank you, everyone. I'm very pleased to meet my big brothers." Emilia smiled gently.
Standing by the side, watching their encounter, Austin couldn't help but smile.
But then he remembered something, prompting him to ask them. " By the way, what did you all find and store at Clockwork Island?"
" I found 10 million cash and some other kinds of stuff which are barely worth anything at the factory." Zero was the first to respond." I also stored many weapons, including those 'King cannons' you told me about, my lord."
" Well done! ...We may need them in the future." Austin nodded in satisfaction at Zero work.
" We found 25 million Berries cash and 5 million Berries worth of treasures on their ships, my lord," Azuth interjected.
" The fleet of the Trump pirates consists of 12 ships. So we stored 10 and left 2 for the islanders, my lord." Erya added.
" Excellent!" Austin did some quick calculations. " So basically, in addition to the first 3 Ships we captured from Skunk-One, we now have 13 Ships seized from the Trump pirates."
"Not bad ... I found what is worth 150 million Berries in the castle, and if we add it to what you have all discovered before." Austin grinned as he added, " ... It means we acquired quite a fortune from the Trump Pirates!"
" It appears we haven't wasted this trip for nothing." Austin smiled in satisfaction. " It was worth delaying our journey to Loguetown for this successful hunting trip."
" Now, since we have finished everything, it's time for dinner." Austin smiled as he looked at Sebas. " It's your time to shine, Sebas."
" With pleasure, my lord." Sebas bowed with an arm folded behind his back.
The group then went to the dining room and enjoyed the delicious meals made by Sebas while 'Black Star' continued to sail toward their next destination, The town of the beginning and the End, Loguetown!
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