One Piece: The Power System

Spring Valley.

Suddenly the ground shook and a sparkly fist Diamond fist came from the ground! The creature easily with no effort pulled itself up. The stature was shorter than most of the previous Golems, it was exactly 20 feet tall. The Golem had a full Diamond body with one Purple eye on its face. The Golem may be shorter than the rest, but it was faster, smarter and stronger.

"I-It shorter than most of the others but.." Nojiko knew that the size didn't matter, it was made out of diamond and smaller so it surely faster.

"This isn't going to be good, I'll distract it while you continue to look for the cannon!" Nojiko didn't say anything and started searching more frantically. The Golem scanned the area and noticed Erica and Nojiko and its eye shined brightly.

Erica could use a few Rokushiki Techniques to fight, but she wouldn't last long as she was now. Erica ran away in a different direction while yelling to get its attention. The Golem did what she was hoping for and focused its attention on her, then it started running towards her.

"Gasp!" Erica a bit surprised, it could move that fast!? Now she was worried if they were to find the cannon, could they even hit this thing? Before she knew it, the Golem was already upon her and struck out at her.

"Hmph!" Erica wasn't a herbivore and clashed with the Golem fist. However, Erica was knocked back, she was no longer intangible so she was just a regular person. Her strength was good but she was way too exhausted to fight anymore. Her fire would be absolutely ineffective against diamond anyway, it may even render her fire body ineffective.

We're talking about a jewel that sits in fire and magma to get to its state along with pressure, so this would make sense. Erica only knew four Rokushiki Techniques which were Kami-E, Soru, Shigan, and Geppo, she didn't know any of the other techniques yet. Rein didn't tell her about Tekkai, but he told her that there six Rokushiki Techniques in total.

The Golem didn't stop there and pounced toward Erica again for another punch. Erica used Kami-E to dodge, she then pressed the Golems hand downward the send a pistol finger at it face. The Golem was fast put it hand over it face to guard it. The Golem was pushed back slightly but it recovered very quickly.

"Damnit!" Erica was frustrated. The Golem kicked off the ground for maximum speed raring to attack again. Erica used Kami-E to dodge, she kept dodging the Golems assault, but she was eventually punched in the stomach and sent flying!

"Urg!" Erica shot the air like a torpedo and landed ground but a thud. Erica struggled to get up but before she could get up, she was kicked in the side and sent flying again! Nojiko stopped to see what was going on and it wasn't looking so good!

"Damnit! Where the hell is this weapon!?" In a rage, Nojiko kicked a rock.

"Ah! Damn that hurts!" Nojiko rubbed her foot but she saw red gleam next to the rock she kicked away. Nojiko's eye grew wide from joy and she quickly moved the rock away to reveal what she had been looking for this whole time.

"So, this is the weapon, it a little flashy isn't it?" Nojiko noticed the one on the weapon. "Must be the ammunition, this is what she meant by one shot, one kill!" Nojiko held the launcher up over her shoulder. She looked at the Erica and the Diamond Golem's fight which was causing a stir.

Suddenly, the Golem was kicked away and slammed into the ground. After two seconds it sat up and stood up like some sort of robot. For Erica to kick a Diamond Golem away of this size was a pretty good feat but she had nothing left now.

"A-Am I actually going to die?" Erica refused to believe it, was this the end after she had come so far with him? "No, it isn't over yet, I'm not dead yet!" Suddenly, she could see Nojiko waving in the distance, she easily spotted the weapon over her shoulders.

"She found it!" Erica was relieved right away and a plan formulated in her mind soon after. She sent sign language to Nojiko hoping she would understand but Nojiko looked confused, she obviously didn't understand.

"I'll run to you while you charge it up, I'll lure the golem in!" Nojiko nodded with a grinned. At this time, the Golem was already in the air jumping toward Erica. Erica ran as the Golem slammed into her recent position, then began to chase her, she soon started running toward Nojiko. You could already guess what he plan was, it was just that simple.

The Golem was gaining on Erica as Nojiko had her hand on the trigger. Soon, they were right in front of Nojiko!

"NOW!" Erica jumped out of the way and Nojiko fired the weapon.

Bzz!

With a flash of red light, the golem was hit at point-blank while Nojiko was blown back a few feet. The laser flew off into the air and exploded causing Nojiko and Erica to hold their ears. Their hair was blown into the wind at that.

Once all had settled, they looked up at the Golem who was standing still, it had taken a step! "No! It isn't dead yet!?" Erica's face turned grave, but.. it stopped and started falling apart until it was reduced to diamond dust!

[Congratulations, you've completed the Trial Of Power!]

Erica was still a bit shocked at the Golem defeat and the announcement. Nojiko had tears of joy, she thought Erica was going to die. Erica's face was swollen in many places, she had a lot of damage to her side as well.

Suddenly, a platform rose from the ground with three doors on it. They literally had the number one to three on them to pick from. The rooms also said the prize room on them, it was the way out!

Nojiko looked over at Erica but...

*Snore Snore*

"She fell asleep!"

Dread Forest.

Nami was currently running through the forest panting as a thunderbolt struck where she was before she ran out of the spot. What was trailing her was a black-robed Skeleton with a crown on its head, it had golden bright pupil lights coming from its eyes.

It was the Elemental Lich!

The lich was intelligent and used many means to catch her, it create an ice wall to block her off but she would hurry to go around it before it completely formed. The Lich could use Fire, Ice, and Lightning!

Nami knew that it would require a bit more purification water to take it down. The minutes she saw the Lich spawn she made a run for it. This wasn't something she could get close to with ease. Nami had an idea, but she wasn't sure it would work.

As she was running, she picked up some rocks and threw them at the Lich. The Lich didn't budge and let the rocks hit him as they did nothing. "You dumb bag of bones, you arent nothing to me, you can't even beat little old me!" Nami smiled and scorned but she was scared talking trash to something so powerful, was she really that eager to die?

The Lich's eyes flashed, it clearly understood what she was saying and shot a big fireball towards Nami.

"EEK!" Nami ducked and dodged and kept running. She changed her purification bullet out with regular non-purified bullets.

"Take this you bone head!"

Bang!

Bang!

Nami shot at the lich, her target was its body but once the bullet hit it, they had no effect at all. The Lich eyes showed contempt and it stomped the ground, freezing it over. Nami ran off the minute she shot but she slipped on the ice and hit her head on it.

"AH!" Nami forehead hit the ground directly. Blood was clearly visible on her forehead from the fall, she couldn't stay laying here or else.

"HAHAHAHA!" An eerie laugh came over which gave here the chills, she didn't look behind her and kept running. Nami dodged behind a tree before a fireball could set her ablaze, too close! She then switched her Bullet back out to the purified one to use. Yes, her goal was to make the Lich believe that all her attacks were useless.

Nami popped out, she focused and shot at the Lich, it allowed her to focus and shoot at it believing that was in vain. It wanted to let this human know what true despair was before it died. With the Lich allowing her so much time to focus, her shot was quite accurate, the target was its head.

The bullet nailed its target, the Lich didn't expect much from this attack but it was effective!

"AHHRRRR!"

The Lich roared it pain, it held its head in shock! It was able to hurt me, it thought!? But the attacks before didn't work on him, how was it possible now? Nami took this time to shoot it again and this time, it was in the c.h.e.s.t.

The Lich Roared again and a cold chill shot out of it, freezing everything around it. Nami turned to run but was Frozen Solid! The lich's eye turned from Gold to red which displayed its anger, it knew what she had done now. It figured out that this was only a trick to lower its guard, it wanted this lowly being dead!

"HEheeheh!" The lich was wounded but chuckled victoriously, it began to charge of a powerful fireball in one hand and Lightning in the other. Just when all looked lost for Nami, a Silhouette fired three quick shots into the back of the Lich!

"Ahhggg!"

With that, the Lightning and fire in it hand went out of control and shot off into different directions. This was clearly Vindicate's doing, he didn't stop there and moved towards the Lich and slammed a glass jar of Purification water over its head.

Sadly, he attacked as the Lich was releasing its electrical charge and was electrocuted. Vindicate was blown away by the blast into the forest somewhere. The lich wasn't so fortunate itself as it began screech and melt slowly away. It had no clue that there was another one hiding in the shadows, it would have known if there was another if this woman had died. Some strange force would have alerted it that there was another.

[Congratulations, you've completed the Trial Of Power!]

The Lich had finally melted away, leaving only a Key. Upon its death a huge gate appeared out of nowhere, it just stood there waiting to be walked through. Vindicate limped out of the forest holding his side as the ice on Nami began to melt. This was because of the purification water she had on her, the ice that was used by the Lich wasn't so pure at all.

After the Ice thawed, Nami dropped to the ground shaking from the ice-cold.

"It's over, the creature has been defeated!" Vindicate breathed a long sigh of relief, this was the hardest battle he had ever experienced. Nami sat up slowly, she was pale from the cold and could only shiver, she couldn't even talk.

Vindicate walked over and assisted her up, he looked at the door that appeared. Vindicate saw a gleam coming from the ground where the lich died. "What is that and when did that get there?" Vindicate helped Nami as they walked over to the key that was on the ground. Nami found the strength in herself and picked it up.

"Let's go through this door, but I don't see any keyholes on it?" Vindicate looked confused so he and Nami walked over to it and pushed the door and it opened! It was just darkness inside, so they were reluctant to go inside of it. However, they would rather be anywhere than in this crazy forest anymore. However, Vindicate strangely like this type of forest the most, its eerieness wasn't so bad to him.

After they walked through the door, the scenery change completely, it had turned into a land filled with Gold coins, treasure, jewels and some c.h.e.s.t that had yet to be opened, what a reward!, Nami somehow returned to full energy as she gasped in shock!

"OH MY GOSH!!" Nami was elated as her eyes turned to belies, she didn't know where to start, she was sad that she couldn't take it all. Nami could only take what she could carry, they saw another door up ahead that said exit on it. The door they had come through before had disappeared entirely.

"I'll go collect some treasure, you should do the same!" Nami ran off before Vindicate could reply, he had expected this so he wasn't surprised. Looking at the land of treasure, he saw many treasure c.h.e.s.ts that caught his attention.

"Let's open them up and see what really inside, it must be good if it's in a c.h.e.s.t." Vindicate tried to pry it open. Meanwhile, Nami had found a cart somewhere and was throwing all types of jewels and treasure into it, she had the biggest smile on her face, this was a paradise to her.

"Haha, the reward was surely worth it!" It was all worth it to her. With this, they could get a bigger ship which was something she wanted her crew to have. The ship wasn't the biggest or the sturdiest and she knew it even needed repairs. Nami was completely unaware that Rein had enough money for a new ship but the more the merrier, I guess.

This was also okay because it could be used as an investment when Rein made a new island. This money could be dumped into the economy. However, as she was walking, something caught her attention, it was a golden c.h.e.s.t.

Nami was stopped next to it and tried to open it, well, it was easy to open since it wasn't locked.

When she opened it, it revealed a Blue, Green, Red, Yellow, and Purple Staff! It had rainbow features to it, it had a luxurious look to it that earned Nami love instantly.

There were five empty socket at the top of the staff. "It's so beautiful, I wonder what it can do?" Nami picked it up, and a voice could be heard in her head.

[Do you wish to contract this Elemental Staff?]

"Huh?" Nami looked around in surprise but saw no one but Vindicate some ways away.

"Yes, I would!" Nami answered and suddenly, the Staff glowed a Rainbow brilliance that was blinding. Vindicate was easily able to notice the rainbow light but when he looked over he had to cover his eyes.

The light died down and Vindicate ran over, he never managed to open that c.h.e.s.t! "What is going on, what happened?" Vindicate asked.

Information began to flood her mind, and she instantly knew what was need to use this marvelous staff.

Element Stones!