Ocean's Emperor: Eastern Power

Chapter 4: An Eastern Gift

Hope you enjoy!

Log of remastery

Jan 25, 2025: started remastering,

Jan 26, 2025: working on(morning), finished (noon)(a bit rushed)

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Looking behind him, [Y/N] silently waves goodbye to the ancient temple, as it collapses into ruins, leaving behind a legend to tell. He walks through the dense jungle, one he had forgotten since he had ventured into the abyss. The sounds of creaking leaves echoed the noisy area. With the Blazing Sun intact, strapped around his waist, he was prepared for what to come. But he hasn't mastered it yet.

His goal is simple: Master the Blazing Sun and the Shark Anchor.

From what he had heard, the legends told that the Blazing Sun could control the power of flames hotter than the sun itself. When [Y/N] was nine, he was intrigued by the legend of the Blazing Sun. He has always dreamed of this moment.

He spots the shore line not too far away from where he is standing. His boat is still at the exact place he had left it. [Y/N] decides to stay on the island for a short time, mastering the power of water with the Shark Anchor and controlling the flames of the Blazing Sun.

From the legends he had heard, "...the user must connect the essence of their soul to the sword, forming an unbreakable bond between the weapon and the user to control the flames of the Sun God..." This seemed very difficult. Linking one's soul to an object, more specificly a katana?

[Y/N] had a long way to go. But first, he wanted to master the Shark Anchor first, as it seemed the easiest.

(insert training montage)

He went to find whatever he could. With the Shark Anchor in his hands, he's ready to encounter anything. But he finds...organisms smaller than your own hand. From butterflies to geckos, to fiery moths, there was nothing to compete with in the dense jungle. [Y/N] is desperate for an animal to face for him, but he finds nothing.

He keeps searching. For hours upon hours, [Y/N] stumbles across the ruins of the fallen trial temple, and keeps discovering new insects and small amphibians. He wants to venture into the ocean, but deep down [Y/N] knew he couldn't give up.

At last, what he saw. A snowy white bunny innocently chewing on some grass. [Y/N] was about to attack with all of his might, when he realized; it was a mother. Several baby bunnies hopped out of the tunnel of their home. [Y/N] knew better, so he returned. He turned around and went to a different area. 

Some minutes pass by, and he finally spots a tiger to fight against. The tiger first notices [Y/N] and screeches intimitating, but [Y/N] didn't back down. He raised the Shark Anchor, and swung it toward the tiger. The tiger was struck by the heavy anchor, and it's ribs were crushed. A water effect took play, and it struck the tiger deep into its guts.

[Y/N] looked at the tiger in a sorrow way. "I'm sorry," he whispered, as he took the Shark Anchor out of the wound, and proceeded to murder the tiger in the most brutal way he could think of: striking the head and bashing its skull to a tree.

After the murdering, he turned around to return to rest and recover from what he had done, but as he was switching directions, something caught his eye.

Something...green..

He followed the green object. Maybe it was finally a dragon? Something he could battle against and have a fair battle?

He shall find out soon..

Baring against the bushes, he swipes the air and cuts the lively area with the Black Dragon. There stood, something he never expected. A fruit.

Not just any fruit.

It was a Dragon Fruit.

It's golden rings shimmering against the sunlight, reflecting off sun power. The yellow eyes seemed to be expressionless, but the fruit seemed alive. It was idle, staying there. The rings spun around the green fruit slowly, as the fruit seemed to breathe in air. 

[Y/N] realized this is a golden fruit that everyone was searching for. This is no ordinary Dragon Fruit.

This was a Dragon Fruit, Model: Eastern Dragon.

The most wanted fruit in the whole world, reaching a maximum value of 415 million berries. Now [Y/N] sees why the fruit is most wanted..

It was astonishing.

The fruit itself replicated a work of art, and [Y/N] knew its value. He could sell it to other people. He would gain millions of berries to sustain him...or...another option was..

He could eat it.

[Y/N] cautiously picks up the fruit, the rings more visible. 4 orbs were shown as he slowly placed the fruit into his pack. The fruit's rings glowed in the brown leather object, as it was pretty obvious. He wanted to save it, but he didn't want to risk getting robbed and threatened.

He strapps his pack to his waist, and unstrapped the Shark Anchor from his back and returned to searching. The dense jungle made it difficult to navigate around tight corners, so [Y/N] decides to slice and dice the bushes with Yamato and strap the Shark Anchor to his back. 

With Black Dragon in hand, the dense bushes were just pieces of air to be slashed. The air around the blade distorted rapidly, as he slashed every bush he found challenging to go across. As he navigated through the dense forest, he sensed familiarity as he approached the beach. His small, worn down, brown wooden boat still remained on the sand floor.

The sky was beautiful. Multiple contrasting colors ranged from orange, purple, and blue mixed together as the sun setted. It was a few hours away until darkness set in.

The water was reflecting the sunlight, beautifully, but dangers lurked in the water. [Y/N] struggled to push his old, heavy worn down wooden boat back to the ocean. Somewhere far from the shoreline, a fin glazed through the surface.

The fin was worn down, with multiple scars from previous battles. Without [Y/N] knowing, the creature gliding underneath the water world and the surface as it approached the shoreline, fast. 

It was headed toward [Y/N], mistaken [Y/N] for prey.

The creature leaped out of the watery world, its hammerhead-shape glistening against the sun, as the shark slammed its tail onto the boat, breaking it in half.

"Seriously?" [Y/N] replied. "That was my only boat.." He clenched his fists, and released the Shark Anchor, seeing the Apex Hammerhead Shark as a potential training dummy. The shark was around 10 meters long, from up the surface.

Down beneath the waves, the Apex waited for the perfect moment to strike [Y/N]. It studied his movements, and predicted his movements. It seems as if the shark as the upperhand.

Or so it thought.

[Y/N] dived deep into the ocean, and slammed the edge of the anchor onto the Hammerhead's head, stunning it temporaily. The shark shrieked and gave a mighty roar, and that was a battle cry. A signal for help.

[Y/N] might not get out of this fight alive..