One Piece: The Power System

Spring Valley.

Erica and Nojiko were just getting done defeating a horde of Mud golems. They were bigger and much wider than the Clay Golems. They also had one eye, but it exuded a green glow instead of red. Nojiko would target the eyes but the mud golem had the ability to move its eye around so it was hard to target.

Fortunately, she had Erica who could just burned them into nothingness. It took a bit more effort to burn these guys since it seemed they could absorb damage similar to the devil fruit Erica once had. Erica had instantly thought about her old ability when fighting these things and knew that they could absorb damage to a certain degree. Nevertheless, she still managed to wipe them out, all twenty-five of them!

[The battle will commence in three minutes!]

Erica sat down, it was clear that she was tired. She burned stamina when using her power, there was freelo when you had great power. What was fortunate was that Erica had a storage ring that had things she could take to restore her energy. If Vindicate found out about this item he would definitely want one ASAP.

"Three minutes, it should be enough to restore me to full, I wonder what the next Golem type will be?" Erica noticed that these Golem things were related to elements of the earth, the quality of there defense would become greater and stronger.

"Goodness! Don't hope for crazy things, let's just hope they get weaker so we can get out of here!" Nojiko thought Erica was some sort of battle maniac or something, she always seemed eager to fight when she could.

"Don't you know? Through fighting do I gain power, this is why it must be done!" Erica smiled and drunk some liquid that restored her energy. Nojiko sighed and also drunk the liquid to restore her energy for the next fight.

[Wave 3! Third Wave out of Five!]

Time was up and the announcement was made public.

[10/10 Stone Golems!]

"Stone!" Nojiko frowned, stone was not easy to get through. The defense compared to mud and clay was completely different.

"Looks like it's getting tougher for real now." Erica grinned and stood up, she punched her hands as black flames emerged from them.

Suddenly, the ground shook again, and a huge sand brownstone arm came out of the ground. It pulled itself up and emerged on the surface. It was followed by nine other figures of the same species.

"HommMMM!"

The Golems let off a loud humming sound that was deafening. Erica and Nojiko covered their ears, their hums shook the land around them.

"My ears!!" Nojiko felt like her ears were going to burst. Erica shot some fire at the Golems to shut them up and it worked! They looked at the puny figures before them, it was just a target for them to destroy in their little minds.

The Golems all took a step towards Erica and Nojiko, and the earth shook with each first step. Keep in mind that these things are around forty to forty-five feet tall each. They all had one Yellow eyeball crystal on their heads, it was much sturdier than the previous Golems.

The good thing was that they were slow compared to the previous Golems. That was their only flaw compared to the previous Golems. Erica tried her old trick and used a fire attack on one of them but it only flinched for a bit before continuing.

"Ineffective?" Erica was a bit surprised but it was made out rock so it wasn't going to be easy to take down. But she looked again and noticed that it had indeed taken damage and was melted in the place she aimed at. Erica's flames were hotter than the average flame so these Golem would have trouble against her. The only reason it kept going was because it didn't feel pain but it could have its moments impaired when hit.

Erica saw the big yellow eye of the Golem and decided that this was going to be her target from now on. She would aim for the heads to destroy the strange eyeball crystal thing on their faces. Erica used Geppo to walk through air towards one of the Golem head.

The Golem swung its towering arm but Erica hurriedly to dodge as a huge gust of wind blew her hair into the wind from the swing. She didn't need to dodge because of her being a logia but Rein had told her to always keep dodging in mind since she would be doing a lot of that in the future.

"Burn!" Erica shot a huge flamethrower at he Golem face, it stopped in place as its head began to melt. The yellow crystal on its face went dim, and it began to fall over hitting one of the other golems on it fall. The other Golem was knocked over along with 2 other Golem standing nearby, it looked like dominos.

Erica hurriedly to attack the eyes of the fallen Golems that had fell, she attacked the yellow eyes with maximum focus of attack. Erica wasn't suffering from body fatigue but mental fatigue, she was fighting some pretty strong beings.

With four Golems down, there were only 6 left. The Stone Golems seemed to understand something and their eyes flashed Brighter yellow that was almost blinding. They all stomp on the ground at once, causing a terrible earthquake and earth shock waves to kick up like nautilus from league of legends.

"Take cover!" Erica was shocked. Nojiko's face changed and she ran off, but what cover was there? It was nothing but grassy plains here! Nothing could be done and Nojiko was sent packing like a foreigner with an expired passport!

Author Note: Lol not offense to anyone who was kicked out of somewhere due to this. xD

"Ahhhh!" Nojiko was sent flying far away, Erica wanted to save her but it was too late! Nojiko slammed into the grassy ground and fainted on the spot.

"No!" Erica's eyes dilated, it was unknown to her if Nojiko was alive or not. Erica glared at the Golems menacingly.

"You've forced me to use my Ultimate attack!" Erica swiped her hand through the air and the ground beneath her turned in black flames. The fire spread far then she absorbed it into her body and it came through her hands afterward.

This was just like Ace's final attack against Blackbeard.

"Honō no jotei!" Erica launched her attack causing terrible shockwave and the temperature to rise sky-high around this particular area. A big black sphere could be seen covering the area with an unknown height.

Two words could describe the Golem's situation, it was Total Elimination! It was a good thing Nojiko was quite far away or she would have been caught up in this explosion. The attack finally settled down and Erica was gasping from using such an attack, it consumed a lot of stamina using attack like that.

[Congrats, you've completed the Third Wave!]

[Next Wave starts in Thirty minutes!]

Erica heard the announcement and ran over to the Nojiko to check her condition.

Dread Forest.

Vindicate and Nami are currently on the run right now. Unlike the rest of the Creatures from the last wave, these things were quite fast and agile. Nami was just too slow, this forced Vindicate to grab her and run off with her in tow. Vindicate manage to kill three of them before he ran away but he had to cater to Nami or she was going to be ripped apart.

Bang!

Bang!

Nami shot at the creature as she was being carried away but she couldn't land a single shot, she was far off. Vindicate continued to run through the foggy forest with a grave expression on, he could fight these things but Nami was in the way.

"I need to put you in a safe place in order for me to fight these things off." Fortune seemed to be on their side as a cave appeared in the distance. Vindicate didn't need to think and ran straight for it with no hesitation. This seemed like a bad idea but it was his best bet at the moment. Vindicate told her to hide inside while he dealt with the rest.

Nami was Reluctant to leave, but he insisted, they were crewmates after all and would be together for a very long time to come. "Be careful, I'll peek out everyone now and then to shoot one if I can." Vindicate didn't get to reply before a Ghoul was upon them. Vindicate took one of Nami's pistols and turned to shoot the Ghoul that pounced at him.

Bang!

Even with the shot to the head, it kept coming, it didn't die! Seeing this, Vindicate tightened his hand muscles and shot a palm at the Ghouls face. The ghoul's face was run through by Vindicate strike, and it died, however, it managed to claw Vindicate's arm.

"Ah! Are you okay!?" Nami wanted to pull out some bandages but there was time for that.

"Go! Head into the cave, I'll finish the rest here!" Vindicate didn't turn around as he shot several shots at the approaching Ghouls. He had some sort of quickdraw technique where he could load fast after running out of ammo.

Nami clenched her fist, she was now ever so determined to become stronger! Afterward, she ran into the cave to avoid the ghouls. While she was in the cave, she could hear many shots being fired and screeches from the Ghouls.

Nami walked deeper into the cave slowly with her head down, she was biting her lower lips. Bellemare died because she was too young and weak, her village was bully because she was too weak, was she going to stay like this until there was nothing left!?

Suddenly, she saw a white light, Nami looked up and saw a fountain of crystal clear water. "What is this water, it's so sparkly and clear." Nami felt a sense of calmness next to this water, it sort of gave off this feeling of peace.

Nami reached her hands into the water and played with it, she really wanted to take a bath after being around these nasty creatures. Suddenly, she heard a screech behind her, what else could it be other than a Ghoul.

It smirked with green drool running down its lips when it spotted Nami, it had discovered easy prey! The thing had discovered her running into the cave and knew she was an easy picking. Nami's face changed dramatically seeing the Ghoul, it didn't waste any time and rushed Nami. It jumped through the air towards Nami ready to kill.

"Ah~~!" Nami fell over into the fountain and the water splashed everywhere, the ghoul was also hit with water when she fell into the fountain.

Tsss~!

A sizzling sound could be heard coming from the Ghoul and it screeched, it rolled over on the ground in pain. Nami stood up and saw that steam was coming from the ghoul's body. "Could it be the water's effects, what kind of water is this?" She didn't worry about it too much and got more water from the fountain and threw in on the Ghoul.

"AhrgGGGg!" The Ghoul gave it last scream before it melted into nothingness. Nami smiled deeply, it was so wide that it looked like it was reaching her ears. After thinking a bit, she dipped her Gun into the water and ran towards the cave entrance.

Vindicate was engaging the laster 12 Ghouls but he had several cuts and gashes on him. Nami focused and shot at one of the Ghouls, it landed on the side of the ghoul which was technically not a weak point at all for this creature. However, just like the Ghoul in the cave, it dropped to the floor and slowly withered away.

"What? How?" Vindicate was stunned seeing the Ghoul get one-shotted. Nami shot two more, it didn't have to be a headshot, all she needed to do was hit them and they were done for. The Ghouls all recognized the threat of Nami and rushed her. Nami shot more bullets but they dodged them so she turned and ran into the cave.

Vindicate ran after them, as Nami was running away, she loaded her last six bullets in the revolver like pistol. These didn't have the effects of that special water, so she needed to add the effects. The Ghouls were right behind her so Nami dived into the fountain before she was clawed by a Ghoul.

Splash!!

The water shot out everywhere and the Ghouls that were close screamed in horror from the water touching their skin. The ones hit with the water screamed and screamed until they were no more, there were now only four Ghouls left. The last four seemed to understand what was going on and turned to run away, but they were met with Vindicate.

Nami flexed her pistol and shot off two shots towards each ghoul, hitting them in the back directly. Her aim was strangely good, it must be the adrenaline in the heat of the moment like most humans have at some point.

There were two left and Vindicate was more than enough to finish them off.

[Congrats, you've completed the Third Wave!]

[Next Wave starts in Thirty minutes!]

"We did it, and we have more time than usual, like much more time!" Vindicate was too tired of talking anymore and sat down with complete exhaustion.

"Hahaha! That was crazy, but we did it, of course, you did the most!" Nami smiled and said.

"Hehe, so does that mean I get the biggest cut of the treasure!" Vindicate grinned and said.

"D-Don't go too far now!" Nami's mouth twitched, but Vindicate knew she would say something along these lines. He already had her calling card, she and Rein were some of the greediest people, he only smiled and shake his head, staying silent.

Nami breathed a sigh and said. "This water, have you noticed what it does, it was burning them and killed them on the spot!" This may be good against the other creepy creatures soon to come and she had to let it be known.

"This water was the cause of you one-shotting those Ghouls?" Vindicate looked over at the Fountain that Nami was standing next to, he wanted to ask sooner about it but was too tired to ask. Nami nodded excitedly and walked over to him to bandage him up.

"I think we can use it on the other creatures once they spawn. This must be related to purifying them of some sort." Nami speculated.

"So, this water is like some sort of Holy Water or something?" Vindicate was dead on, this was indeed Holy Water but he wasn't sure, he was just guessing.

"I believe so, we have time to prepare for the next round. How many bullets do you have?"

"I have.." Vindicate pulled out a pouch and counted his bullets. "I have a total of 25 bullets left, I left the rest on the ship because I didn't think I would need that much with me believe that this was only a treasure hunt and all." This was completely out of his expectation, so how could he know about being put into some crazy wave trial.

After patching him up, Vindicate relaxed for 20 minutes without doing anything while Nami prepared. She loaded the guns and filled her empty water bottle up with this Purification water. Vindicate stood up at the 29-minute mark and stretched a bit, readying up for the next wave.

Another announcement went off.

[Wave 4! Fourth Wave out of Five!]

"What will it be this time?" Nami gripped the gun tightly while Vindicate silently listened.

[Wave 4 commencing!]

[3/3 Evil Wraiths!]