Chapter 52 (1/2)
Grandline, Paradise, Skypea
God. That is who he was and always had been meant to be. In his younger years, before he had acquired his power over lightning and thunder, his proclamations that he was destined for something greater had earned him ridicule and laughter. Until one day Enel had come upon a weird fruit and from that moment onwards he had known that everything would become different. Fate was calling him to his righteous kingdom. Fairyworth! And to reach it he had been bestowed with the means to achieve that. Now he was the culmination of natures fury, and nobody would be laughing about him anymore!
With a mocking grin on his face Enel observed his opponent, measuring if he was worth anything. True, the young man struck an imposing figure with his three meters in height and the defined muscles to support the height. Maybe a new bodyguard? Enel mused to himself. 'Let's test how good he would be at such a job now, shall we...'
Reaching a satisfying conclusion in his thoughts, god Enels body began to spark with blue electricity, covering him wholy. Raising his right hand towards the heavens, he grinned widely, and spoke the words that had brought him so much satisfaction, whenever he saw the fear in the inhabitants of the sky upon hearing them. ”Judgement!” and snapped his hand down towards the ground. The following seconds everything was engulfed in blinding light, followed a few seconds later by a resounding boom only lightning could produce, signalling the arrival of his strike to judge his soon to be follower. Though after seeing that his opponent had disappeared before his very eyes, even with his enhanced perception of the world around him, made Enels eyes widen in shock.
Though only until a flaming claw ripped through his stomaches flesh, bringing a sensation to Enel which he hadn't felt since he was a small boy. Pain! Unberable, searing pain!
With an outcry of said pain, Enel watched as the claw, covered in blood eveporated his lifes nectar, only to rush upwards to his bowed head, attempting to rip Enels head from his shoulders. With reflexes god Enel didn't know he possessed, he transformed into a current of lightning, though without his fine control that he normally possessed, and smashed into the stony ground approximately 50 meters away from his prior position, ripping the ground apart due to the overload he would normally be able to control.
Pressing his hand to his stomach, Enel still couldn't believe his eyes, and so couldn't everybody else who was watching the god bleed onto the ground. He was lightning! How could a mere mortal rip into his flesh like this? How dare this peasant! He would pay for his insolence!
With a roar of rage Enels whole body transformed into lightning and grew in height, transforming into an imposing manifestation of the literal god of lightning: ”Raijin!”
Robin, having seen a logia getting ripped into literally couldn't believe her eyes. This simply wasn't possible! How was he able to achieve that? Logias weren't touchable, and she knew. She had tried countless times in the past but always came out the lesser and yet here she was, being witness to something she had given up upon long ago as a hopeless endevour. After freeing herself from her astonishment Robins brain rebooted and she returned to her sharp-minded self.
'If Azul is able to hurt logia users than doesn't that mean I can be freed from A-Aokijis looming shadow? Please, please let it be so! Please don't let this be a dream!' Robin thought to herself, her whole body shaking, which gave Nami the impression that she was afraid, so she tried to calm her down with a soothing voice, not knowing that Robin wasn't afraid. No. Robin was excited! Freedom was finally in reach and she would be damned if she threw her chance away to live!
Azul meanwhile was observing his opponent who was transforming into the literal incarnation of the god of thunder and lightning, towering even over Azuls head.
'Truly, a logia based on thunder and lightning is a terrifying object of destruction... This man cannot be alowed to live on! The only worry I have is that someone else, much more dangerous may acquire his devilfruit after I have taken him out... No matter, one step at a time!' Azul thought to himself, making his eyes flash yellow and his body grow in height to match his opponents, fur growing all over his body, face elonggating and fangs sprouting from his snout, letting out an earthshattering roar, as the flames on his feet and arms burned brighter and billowed higher as if to challenge the heavens. With a chuckle Azul realized just how ironic this battles scene was. A gigantic wolf like creature challenging the incarnation of thunder and lightning.