Harvesting the Blue and Red Ogres

Holy cow!

There really is a way!

"Uncle Broggy! Can you tell me how to train?" Reiner asked eagerly, his eyes burning with unconcealed passion. He didn't need to hide it.

Broggy, however, looked a bit troubled. He scratched his head and said, "Although we've grasped it, we're not proficient. If we were to teach you, our method might be a bit clumsy."

"Not proficient?" Reiner was a little surprised.

Elbaf was a giant nation famous even in the New World. How could Dorry and Broggy, as leaders of the Giant Warrior Pirates, not be proficient in Haki?

Dorry explained, "There are all sorts of strange ability users in the ocean, which is why we learned Haki. But for other kinds of combat, we rely primarily on our physical strength and skill."

"That's right, we warriors of Elbaf only believe in fighting fist-to-fist, gahahaha!" Broggy chimed in.

What kind of idiotic talk is that? Just because you have Haki doesn't mean you can't fight fist-to-fist! Reiner fumed inwardly.

He looked up again at the two burly men. Alright, well, that's very giant-like.

"What are you guys talking about?" Luffy asked, his head tilted, a worried look on his face.

The others also looked confused. Reiner simply gave them a brief explanation.

"But what's this clumsy method you mentioned?" Reiner turned back to the giant uncles and pressed for an answer.

Dorry and Broggy exchanged glances, then suddenly burst into loud laughter, "Gahahaha, it's getting beaten up!"

"…"

Oh, great, so Rayleigh was trained by you guys, huh? A dark line appeared on Reiner's forehead.

"Of course, it's not just foolishly taking a beating. Haki, you see, is…"

Broggy then began to explain it to them, going into extra detail since he knew Luffy and the others had no concept of Haki.

"Invisible armor?" Luffy stroked his chin, thinking for a moment, then tilted his head and said, "Ermm, so Haki is just armor that's not cool at all?"

Duang!

"Idiot! That's not what he meant at all!"

Nami, as usual, lectured Luffy.

"I think I mostly understand."

Reiner felt enlightened, but before that, he had something else he wanted to try. "Uncle, let's continue what we were doing before."

"Ohh~, you mean that. Come on then." Broggy immediately extended his hand.

Reiner began to transform into his beast-human form. Azure flames gradually seeped from all over his body, floating on the surface to cover him entirely, dancing in the wind.

Two short, red horns emerged from his forehead, and a blood-red pattern spread from the bridge of his nose towards his ears. His body exuded the withered, ashen aura of twilight.

Reiner's physical appearance didn't change much, but the dancing Azure Flame and the aura of fading twilight added a heavy sense of death to him.

"Wahahaha, Reiner's transforming again, so cool!" Luffy was inexplicably interested in anything that could transform.

"Hey Luffy, what's up with Reiner?"

Aside from Luffy, no one else present had seen Reiner's transformation. Even Nami and the others didn't fully understand the types and abilities of Devil Fruits.

"Ah, Reiner's ability is to transform! Darn it, I want that too!" Luffy said with a look of jealousy.

Don't worry, you'll get it too, Reiner couldn't help but think.

However, Dorry and Broggy were even more shocked than them, staring at Reiner with looks of utter astonishment.

They weren't surprised by Reiner's ability; they had seen plenty of strange Devil Fruits before. It was because they felt a familiar yet unfamiliar aura emanating from Reiner.

"Why do you…"

"There's nothing strange about it, Dorry."

Broggy interrupted Dorry, placing a hand on his shoulder and gesturing, "We've seen similar situations before. Young people have their own paths to follow. We shouldn't interfere too much."

"Ah, you're right, gahahaha!"

"What the heck?" Reiner looked bewildered, staring at the two inexplicably odd men.

Did my Necromancer Lord form accidentally leak its kingly aura?

Never mind.

He placed his hand over Broggy again. This time, it went smoothly without any obstruction. Reiner estimated that his initial failure was likely due to the Haki present on Broggy's body.

Even if the other party isn't actively interfering, does Haki still affect abilities somewhat? Reiner mused.

It took a full twenty minutes before Reiner retracted the Azure Flame. "That was exhausting~"

"What is this, your ability?" Dorry asked, looking at the flickering azure flames in Reiner's hand.

Reiner had no reservations and simply explained that he could create Undead, hoping they could help him.

Dorry was a straightforward person and immediately stated it was a small matter. Reiner then unhesitatingly covered Dorry with the Azure Flame.

This time, it took a little less time than before. It wasn't because Dorry was weaker than Broggy, but because Reiner's further development of his Devil Fruit had increased the enhancement it provided to his physical abilities.

Indeed, this leads to the discussion of how Reiner's Devil Fruit was developed.

He didn't understand Paramecia and Logia types, but his Zoan Mythical Beast Type Devil Fruit developed by constantly applying its abilities and aligning himself with the corresponding forms.

Reiner's Devil Fruit development wasn't complicated; it was simply about continuously acquiring stronger templates and molding more powerful Undead.

It was crude and simple, but effective!

Many people in this world had defied fate with a single Devil Fruit, and he was just one more, especially with some of the more bizarre Paramecia types.

However, his advantage was that Mythical Beasts were a type of Zoan, and the deeper the fruit was developed, the greater the physical enhancement it provided.

Unfortunately, apart from a significant boost right after consuming the fruit, subsequent enhancements were minor, so he continued his habit of physical training.

Only effort won't let you down—

—Run, Marine Hero Koby!

However, that wasn't what he wanted to test. Reiner had long had an idea for these two Azure Flames.

Transforming back into human form, with a thought, a spatial rift opened out of thin air.

Two Undead, the size of normal humans and dressed like Spartan warriors, stepped out. But before they could take two steps, Crack! Crack!

"So they still exploded, huh?" Reiner stroked his chin, as if this scene had been expected all along.

He wanted to compress the size of the Undead to gain greater flexibility.

But with his current strength, he couldn't compress these two giants to human size. Their terrifying physical attributes simply caused the Undead to explode.

"This also indirectly proves how ridiculously strong these two templates are, doesn't it?"

Reiner didn't mind and resummoned two Undead. This time, the Undead that emerged looked very different.

They were slender, nearly five meters tall, with a round shield in one hand and a spear in the other, and a greatsword at their waist. If one didn't look closely, they would appear to be dressed like Spartan warriors.

Only—

"Ah!!!"

A scream came from behind as Vivi covered her mouth, looking at the two Undead in horror, clearly terrified.

She had only seen Reiner's Fish-man Undead, which were relatively friendly-looking.

Even Nami couldn't adapt, grimacing as she grumbled, "You bastard! Why do you always create such creepy things?"

The two Spartan warriors had no skin on their bodies; their two skull heads were terrifying and grotesque.

"I can't help it," Reiner said, shrugging helplessly. "I was just thinking of removing unnecessary flesh and blood to increase agility, right?"

If he could compress them to the absolute extreme, he wouldn't want them to look like this. He watched as the two Undead had a red and a green long cloth tied around their waists, respectively.

"Blue Ogre and Red Ogre. From now on, let's call these two by the old men's nicknames," Reiner flicked his cigarette butt and stepped on it.

"Finally, I can test it. Let's see if you can inherit Haki."