บท 183: Come out Erebus!
The method of categorizing people in this world was never clear enough. How strong was someone? Was it simple enough to categorized people as grand line power level, new world level, Emperor of the sea level?
No, it was not enough.
That is why Ian came up with the names for the four stages that he was made knowledgeable about the very first time he advanced a stage. Or realms as he called them.
That said, the only thing it worked on was physical strength. As this was what this world was revolving about.
If a person was at the third stage, which Ian named the emperor realm, then that meant they were close to reaching the limit of their planet and being able to leave it to go out and explore the universe.
It was a requirement that couldn't be bypassed no matter what.
However physical strength was not the only thing available in the world of one piece. There was another thing and that was:
Devil fruits. Yes, devil fruits. These were abilities that would not be able to be measured.
For example, physically Ian was stronger than Kaido, Whitebeard, and every human being in this world.
The Diávoloi didn't count as they were anomalies to this world. And even the devil fruit would count as so.
So in this case the system of strength will not work at all.
Still, even though that was true, in the end, whitebeard will not be able to leave his planet unless he reaches the fourth stage in physical strength.
Not that he wanted to anyway. The guy was more focused on his own family than on adventures.
Back to the thing on hand. Elene was in the early stage of the emperor realm. Which was as strong as big mom.
However, Elene was not as durable as big mom due to her special physique that was nicknamed iron balloon by people that saw her. The mystery of her lineage was still not made apparent… She was human, as evidenced by her parents, but how did she grow so large? Where did her strength that was capable of killing a giant at five years old come from? How was she so durable? Those were all quite good questions, sadly Elene did not care enough to find out.
Still, how did Elene figure out that her strength would not bypass the durability of big mom?
Well, big mom after stating her words to Elene had moved to attack soon after.
Her speed was quite impressive but not beyond Elene. She punched with her giant hand leaving craters in the ground. Elene was able to dodge easily, moving flexibly enough to move out of the range of the punches making them miss her completely.
But then when Elene retaliated by spinning on her hand and delivering a Haki enhanced kick Sanji style, she didn't deal any damage whatsoever, even though big mom was sent skidding backward from the force.
In fact, Elene felt a bit sore in her leg.
This brought a frown to her face.
But then she relaxed. Why? Well in the first place, she was not a front-line combater. She was more of the stealthy kind. So she didn't have any reason to feel down.
"That's quite the impressive strength you are packing there. Especially with your small frame!" Big mom praised.
She was quite happy at this. As she saw the whole of Ian's crew as hers already.
She still thought that she would capture Ian and make him work for her.
Elene smiled in return.
But then big mom asked her again.
"If I'm not mistaken, you are the sniper of your crew right?" Big mom said.
For a sniper to be this strong was indeed quite good.
Elene didn't reply. No. she instead got engulfed in shadows and vanished.
There were many buildings aside. Meaning there were enough shadows for her to hide.
Whenever was there darkness, Elene was right at her home.
So it was not strange that even after big mom used her observation Haki, she still didn't find out Elene.
Her smile vanished in an instant and she crossed her arms in front of her head as she used her armament Haki to coat them.
Seconds later explosion sounds were heard as shots impacted big mom.
Elene had relocated to a building that was quite far from big mom.
The distance was good enough for Elene's shot's to be at their strongest.
Elene fired three consecutive shots before she immediately vanished into shadows and appeared in another place. Once again firing three shots and repeating the process.
Elene knew that her regular shots would not deal any damage whatsoever to big mom. But what she was using right now was shots imbued in Haki.
So she expected them to deal plenty of damage.
Once Elene finished the seventh round she stopped to take a breather as she watched from the shadows.
The dust cleared around big mom, showing her whole body had stayed relatively unhurt except for a few scratches here and there.
This managed to get the same reaction from both women.
Shock. They were both shocked but for different reasons.
Elene was shocked because her attacks didn't deal any damage. Her shots were made from shadows concentrated and solidified to deal different effects towards big mom. And Elene's shots this time were made with the effect of exploding on contact.
Meanwhile, big mom was shocked because the attack had actually scratched her even after she used her armament.
Still, she was not an emperor for nothing… seconds after seeing that she was already starting to think of solutions of how to find out Elene's whereabouts.
Thinking back to how Elene was engulfed in shadows, big mom reasoned that Elene's ability had something to do with shadows.
Turning to look at the side between two buildings and found plenty of shade apparent.
She then grinned as she yelled out loud.
"I figured out your secret little girl, so prepare yourself to be found. *Come out, Erebus!*" Big mom yelled out at the end as she used her soul-soul devil fruit to give part of her soul to the shadows in between the ally.
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