ShadedLight here- OIII
__________luffy age 15-------
Ryu L. Caelesti was what most can agree on, a weird recruit. when he first arrived, he was extremly underage at the age of 7. he had the body of a 13 year old but even if he was 13 it did not reach the required age of 17. no one knew how he got accepted but the ones involved.
during the beginning of the training boot, everyone without the doubt of their mind, saw Ryu as a weakling with strong backings. this however is untrue for the most part. he at 7 could contend against the adults though still landed in the last place of the strength heirachy. he was a fine example of someone without backers as he was an orphan. he with the powers of fate, landed near the training boot of Z, a wide known across the marines as a succesfull trainer. this was back up by the facts of his three strongest displine- akiunu,akoiji,and kizaru.
through his performance, ryu resided mostly inside his room. he rarely got out, if he did, it was either for food or boot training. Z way of training was speacil. most boot would force recruits into class and have them learn lessons or go through obsticles or train together. Z however allowed his students to choose between perticitating, most did as it was the most beneficial way.
ryu ignored the norm.
most recruit despict this as the reason why he hasnt had a promotion as he has been in boot for 8 years, they did not know however, that the 8 year time period was part of the comprimise ryu took to enter the camp.
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a young man sat in a meditative form. his crazy spiky black hair gave anyone on sight a sense of wildness. the lack of a shirt gave view to a oh am i kidding, go look at the cover, thats what im describing, thanks
a single thin long sword was sheathed to his right with another strapped to his back, he sign and proclaim to himself " finally, 8 years has passed and it should be my birth day right about now..." ryu waits patiently for the ding..
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ding! quest completed, awarded 1,000 sp, 1,000 merit, 20000 ssp, 20000 ps, and 100k exp
a pale orange glow circles ryu body giving of a holy sense of vibe
congrats! level up~^4
the halo enters ryu body, disappearing completely after giving his body a golden glow
ding! quest completed, awarded 200sp, 200 merit, and 20k exp. quest has evolved into new quest- rank ? - complete promotion test- rewards - ?
congrats! level up~^1
congrats! host is now 15 years old. will you recieve gift pack?
yes
gift pack recieving... gift packs recieved- awarded 1m sp, merit, and 2m ssp, ps with 15 crate box and 1 exp elixer.
as usual, open one crate and secure the rest in bank
opening crate... 1 mount hua art full set, class Legendary. 25 wudang art fragment, class epic. 1 full outfit of naruto the leaf village, class common. 1 level 1 exp elixer. class rare.
huh... narutos outfit can be trashed " system, combine wudang art fragment "
host aquired, 1 wudang art full set
"system, use both mount hua and wudang art"
host gained increase meditative effect, increase attack speed, increase health regen, increase vitality, increase speed, increase sword comprehension, increase soul power. host can not fully absorb the sets, most wait a 10 day time period to finish.
ryu grined with glee at the sight of his powers increase. he mused to himself as he grasp into the sword besides him " the most important aspect of this incease is proberly the increase of soul power. this will directly raise my haki powess to new hieghts" he straps the sword besides the one on his back " time to leave this camp and move on" ryu enters his meditative stance, deciding to meditate the night away.
it was exactly 12 at midnight by the time the first system ding went off. the system was very descriptive of some sort while others vague. one example is the fact that the system only show level. there is no health bar, no mana or any of that sort. attributes one would find in games like luck, int,str,wis..ect were not in the system or shown. the only way ryu could see his powers was by testing them. of course, besides ryu, most people powers can be estimated by the level shown upon asking the system for it.
the next day is when 8 years will have pass and ryu's promotion test will begin. he has already been given a handbook describing the test.
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there are 10 step- steps 7-10 can not be competed by people at the age of 30+
step 1- tournement of power between the recruits. it is in a 10 large arenas each holding 100 competors. in each arena, the last on standing will skip steps 2-3.
step 2- fight against a wild beast ( power level for the beasts used are those of the animals in earth) failures will either be kicked out or remain in camp.
step 3- swim speed under time limit- df users are excused- those who reach this stage are enlisted as privates
step 4- writing and reading- those who showed extreme power are excused although it is rare to happen- those who reach this stage are enlisted as sergeants
step 5- fight against captain, one does not have to win but gain approval- those who reach this stage are enlisted as commander
step 6- fight against intelligent beast ( like the ones zoro faught for training by mihawk)- those who reach this are enlisted as captain
step 7- tester most have haki, fight against haki user, most win or draw -those who reach this are commondores
step8- show proficent in 2 other technique ( if swordman, show ability with gun + other ) those succesfull can take step 9- those who reach this are commondores
step9- fight against rear admiral- win= rear admiral- those who reach this stage are commondores if failed
step10- fight against experince vice admiral- win= vice admiral- those who reach this stage are rear admirals if failed
Ryu aim was to skip all the ranks and become vice admiral, this way he would be able to station himself anywhere he wanted. of course, no one has done this in the history of the marines
------test time---
there were hundreds of perticipatent by Ryu each chatting amongest themself with anticipatation and anxiety.
"oi!, you think ill reach step 5?"
"you? with your ability? your dreaming big arent you!?" the voice sounded friendly yet disdainful at the same time.
"your right.. uhuh wish i was as strong as the admirals were, they were even able to pass step 9! i tell you, the distance between step 5 and 9 is like the one present between you and that pretty lady!"
"why you!!!!!!........" chatter like these were present everywhere, friends joking with each other to push down the anxiety. Ryu however felt no such thing. he perfectly understood where he stands in terms of power and knows his road to vice admiral will be a relatively easy one
" we shall now begin! go to your distinated arena" each marine was given a card with an arena number before entering the large plaza, Ryu's was 7.
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inside the arena ( think dresrosa without the water) a jugde yells"start!" and quickly each recruits turn their choice of weapon, only sword types were allowed, 3 of them came at Ryu. he did not bother with their poor effort and immeditly depatch this with the butt of plain straight sword with pure speed. the smarter ones noticing his threat group up against him but the same result followed. the match ended fairly quickly with Ryu being the only one standing.
the 99 left from each arena were given 1 day to recover while the winners are taken into step 4. Ryu was the only one excused and taken ahead to step 5. the test was for a lack of word, easy.
taken to step 6 Ryu has already caused a commotion around the base as word spread. recruits younger than 20 or even 25 reaching step 6 was rare. the chatter about Ryu furthermore increased as his success was spread.
for step 7 all ryu did was flex his plex ( had to do it xD )
for step 8, hitting 10 staight bulls eye with a gun and then decribing locations of islands was more than enough for him to take step 9
the battle in step 9 ended fairly quickly, causing the astonishment of the higher hierachies like the 3 admirals, garp, and sengoku. these powerhouses all gather as soon as ryu succeded in step 8. the way he finished step 9 open ideas of him succeding step 10 which has never been done before
"it is impossible" as one admiral akianu put it.
their voice did not reach Ryu who has currently facing vice admiral Momonga, an experince and middle ground for powers in the rank.
"sengoku! you think this brat will succed?" from the people inside the room, only garp would dare to call the current fleet admiral by name.
a tik mark appeared from the head of the fleet admiral who was currently watching garp CAUSALLY eating cookies with large bites, one could even say he was shallowing them whole. "GAARP! I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO RUIN THIS POSSIBLE HISTORIC MOMENT" his face enlargen as he face the hero with anger and a hint of.. jealousy? "BAWAHAHAH i know your just saying that because you want these cookies Tsuru made" Sengoku having enough, gains a sneer to his lip as he quickly snatch the bag of cookies from the hands of Garp and proclaims " for history" before quickly destroying them.
with his mouth.
let it be known that garp was indeed correct.
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Momo ( lol) says to Ryu while pointing his sword to him, " you are indeed amazing, however i can not let you pass"
the two of them were given a wide varity of weapons to avoid unfairness of weapons.
"as expected" Ryu replies, slashing his sword mid air. the battle had started minutes ago both of them stayed put, each exaiming the opponent. Ryu ended the silence by following the slash and dashing with speed towards momo " soru " and with a flash, Ryu swing his sword upwards.
momo was a vice admiral for a reason, he quickly steps away using soru " impressive.." he then place his sword above his head towards ryu " but not enough!" suro he with the speed stab straight ahead.
the technique would have been effective if only Ryu wasnt faster by a large margin. Momo after analyzing Ryu followed his will(haki) and instict to estimate Ryu's speed. the speed Ryu used to start the match was a "confirmation" to the data he collected during the match. all of this lead him into using this particlur technique which would force ryu to dogde or block, he did not expect to lose sight of Ryu and quickly lose conscious right after. let it be known, if momo knew Ryu could move that fast, he would have never used such a limiting move.
Ryu look down at vice admiral momo who was currently knocked-out and cant help but comment " your train of thought was correct if i hadnt mislead you with false strength. however, it would serve you well to not use that move again as it leaves you completely open to those faster then you" he know momo hadnt heard any of it and looked up towards the jugde.
the jugde, the crowd, and even the admirals and above were shocked beyound words. history has been made, not only has a marine finally succed in the 10th step jumpng straight from recruit to vice admiral, his age and the time it took for him to finish the test were mind boggling.
camara lights flash atleast 20 times a second for this incredible moment. the shock faces were retain within the pictures taken as were Ryu's imposing figure. he stood.... exactly like the cover Very Happy [https://forum.royalroadl.com/images/smilies/biggrin.png]
"musho musho" "BIG NEWS BIG NEWS RECRUIT RYU L. CAELESTI HAS COMPLETED STEP 10 OF THE PROMOTION TEST" "OIIIIIII BI-" "WORLD SHOCKING NEWS!-"
the loud screams of the reporters resounded inside the arena but it did not bother Ryu nor did it stopped the marines shock faces. Ryu calmly looks straight at the judges, retracking his eye on them. he feigned ignorance and asked
"so... did I pass?"