One Piece: The Shadow Mastermind

[Slow Burn + Devil Fruits + No System + Early Power-Building + Behind-the-Scenes Scheming]

Under pressure from the World Government, Hades leaves his homeland to protect it. He heads somewhere the Government can barely reach-and joins the Rocks Pirates!

His name is synonymous with death, the herald of endings and destruction!

With the potential of a monster and a Devil Fruit of the highest caliber, Tartarus Hades builds a force of his own. He returns to his kingdom, kindles the flames of revenge, and destroys the foreign invaders!

From that brutal, blood-soaked era to the dawn of a new age, the name Hades, the King of the Underworld, will endure.

Also known as Sorry, Rayleigh! I Stole Your Title! and A History of the World Government's Decline.

I'm no good at blurbs. If this one doesn't grab you, skip straight to the story!