The next day, as the crew's ship was about to leave, a sleek figure leaped onto the Going Merry!
"Yo! You made it!"
Ignis, who'd known this was coming, just waved casually at Nami.
Luffy and the others, though, were freaking stoked!
Nami stuck her tongue out at Ignis and instantly blended back in with the crew!
The Straw Hat Pirates set sail again!
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"Heeey Sheepy, Beauty Sheepy..."
Ignis happily sang the "Heeey Sheepy" theme song! He needed to test out his new powers! He was gonna turn into a sheep!
His tiny cabin was no place for that!
He strolled out onto the deck! Luffy and Sanji were fishing! Zoro was pumping iron with a massive barbell! Usopp was tinkering with his new ammo! Nami was tending to her orange trees!
"System, activate Forge God Bloodline!"
A rush of heat exploded inside him! Primal fire surged from his heart, spreading through his body! He felt crazy warm! Then, his view shot up! He could see Luffy, Nami, and the others staring up at him with their jaws on the floor!
Ignis ended up five meters tall, looking like a huge, dark-red brick! He could've gone bigger, but the ship would've sunk!
"Whoa!!! This is freaking awesome!!!"
Luffy touched and poked Ignis's new form, then climbed onto his giant ram horns!
"Hmm, still a little clunky."
Ignis's voice had gotten all deep and rumbly!
Everyone stopped what they were doing and gawked at the giant ram-man!
"Is that Ignis?"
"Must be! I just saw him turn into that!"
Ignis gave his crewmates the lowdown on his transformation. Then, he sat down on the deck, crossing his massive legs, and started checking out his new body!
He was stronger! His skin was tougher! All the Forge God Form stats were pumping through him! His magic resistance was probably higher too, but there was no way to test it right now! The only Devil Fruit user around was a rubber man!
The crew crowded around Ignis.
Usopp: "He looks kinda scary!"
Huge ram horns, a bushy beard, and dark-red, rock-hard muscles on his upper body! Usopp's reaction was pretty normal!
Nami: "I think he's kinda cute!"
Stroking Ignis's newly grown beard! It was soft, thick, and radiated heat! A top-notch heater for winter!
Plus, he had fluffy cheeks and tiny eyes! Nami's reaction made sense!
Sanji: "He's got ram horns! Does that mean his meat tastes like mutton?"
Sanji's reaction was freaking weird!
"System, what are the perks of the Forge God Form?"
He couldn't figure it out himself! All he felt was a connection to the volcanoes under the sea!
"Forge God Form allows you to attack Logia-type Devil Fruit users."
That was a freaking jackpot!
Back when he first warped into this world, Ignis had planned to learn Haki!
He'd tried Luffy's training routine from the anime, but he couldn't sense a freaking thing! He'd given up after that!
So, Forge God Form was like his Armament Haki!
Ignis had been dreading the next boss fight, Crocodile! But now? He wasn't worried at all!
He canceled the Forge God Form, and Luffy tumbled off his horns and onto the deck!
"How'd you do that? How'd you do that? Tell me!!!" Luffy was all over Ignis, begging for the secret!
The problem was, Luffy couldn't do this! But he'd probably unlock some crazy new forms of his own later!
"Run ten kilometers every day! Do 100 squats, 100 push-ups, and 100 sit-ups!"
"Then I can transform?"
"Nah! But you might go bald!"
"I'm just telling you to give it up! You can't turn into a ram!"
Ignis, stoked about his new power, was ready to head back to his smithy!
Usopp quietly herded Luffy and Nami together.
Usopp: "What the heck is the vice-captain's power? Did he eat a Devil Fruit like Luffy?"
Luffy: "Devil Fruit users can't swim in the sea!"
Nami: "That's true! I don't think Ignis is scared of water!"
Usopp: "He can forge gear, breathe fire, and now he can transform!"
Luffy: "Is there a Devil Fruit that doesn't fear the sea?!"
Nami: "If there is, Ignis probably ate a Mythical Zoan Fruit!"
Ignis chuckled listening to their chatter!
A Mythical Zoan?! Those were freaking rare!
Of course, Ignis hadn't seen Luffy unlock his Nika form before he warped into this world! The only Mythical Zoan he remembered was Marco the Phoenix, Whitebeard's son, from the Marineford War!
Back in his smithy, Ignis needed to get ready for the tough fights ahead!
Not the small-fry in Loguetown!
He was talking about the Alabasta arc! The enemies there wouldn't go down from a few punches!
The System said Devil Fruit powers, that freaky magic stuff, needed Magic Resistance! So, his next piece of gear had to boost MR!
He checked his balance: 620 gold! He couldn't afford anything fancy! He could barely scrape together enough for a Cloak!
After thinking for a while, Ignis decided to forge the Null-Magic Mantle first!
He'd need that basic MR item for later recipes anyway!
He spent 500 gold and started hammering away in his cabin! A pale-yellow cloak appeared before him!
Null-Magic Mantle: 25 Magic Resistance
The cloak's fabric felt smooth, but also tough as hell!
It wouldn't block a sword, though! Zoro could probably slice through this thing like it was nothing!
Ignis Bellows Breathed on it! The cloak didn't even scorch!
If a simple cloak could do this, he couldn't wait to forge the god-tier MR items!
Knock, knock!
"Ignis? You in there?"
"Nope!"
Nami's voice came from outside the door! Ignis had noticed Nami was being extra nice to him lately, but it also meant more trouble!
"We're heading for the Grand Line soon! You gotta come with me to Loguetown and buy supplies!"
Loguetown, the Town of the Beginning and the End!
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Marine Headquarters.
"Today's meeting is about a new pirate threat in the East Blue: the Straw Hat Pirates!"
"They've crushed three other pirate crews in the East Blue!"
"Those crews are: the Buggy Pirates, with a 15 million Berry bounty; the Krieg Pirates, led by Pirate Fleet Admiral 'Don' Krieg,' with a 17 million Berry bounty; and the Arlong Pirates, a fish-man crew led by 'Saw-tooth' Arlong, with a 20 million Berry bounty!"
The Marine officers chatted while the report was being read.
"How'd someone like that show up in the East Blue, a freaking kiddie pool?"
"The Marine Bases in the East Blue can't handle this crew!"
"It's unprecedented, but we'll set a bounty of 30 million Berries for the Straw Hat Pirates' captain, Monkey D. Luffy!"
The reporter looked at the next item on the list. He hesitated, then spoke.
"A Marine soldier from an East Blue Base reported that Ignis has the power to withstand five full-force slashes from Hawkeye!"
"Whoa! Is that for real?"
"Hawkeye? That phantom? He'd never show up in the East Blue!"
The officers went silent, trying to figure out if this was legit.
"If the report made it this far, there's gotta be something to it! It might not be the whole truth, but Ignis must be a force to be reckoned with!"
"Then let's make it official!"
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