Do you think this world is unique?

Elior's question left Big Mom utterly baffled.

This world is obviously the only one… or are there others?

"Elior, what do you mean? I don't quite understand."

Elior smiled and said, "Is this world really the only one, Linlin? Have you ever thought that beyond the world you know, there might be others?"

"Other worlds?"

Big Mom froze, stunned by Elior's question.

"How could there be other worlds?"

She shook her head, unable to believe what Elior was saying. Yet, her tone had changed.

Coming from someone as powerful as Elior, she couldn't dismiss it so easily.

Big Mom frowned. "Elior, what exactly are you trying to say? Just spit it out!"

Did Elior know something she didn't?

Elior smiled again. "I come from a world with real gods. And no, I'm not talking about trash like the Celestial Dragons. The kingdom of gods where I was born has over five thousand deities. That kingdom's history spans over five thousand years. The World Government has only been around for eight hundred."

"What? Five thousand years? A kingdom of gods? That's impossible! Are you sure you're not lying?"

Big Mom was shaken. She couldn't believe Elior's words. It sounded absurd.

After all, it was too unbelievable.

A country with a history spanning five thousand years? It defied everything Big Mom thought she knew!

The World Government had ruled for eight hundred years, and there were indeed other countries with long histories. But something like what Elior described? She had never heard of anything like it.

More than five thousand years?

Elior was blatantly lying… wasn't he?

The so-called Kingdom of Gods sounded like pure nonsense.

But Elior's real goal was to unsettle Big Mom.

"Have you ever seen someone my age with this kind of power?" Elior asked calmly.

"You know as well as I do—you can't defeat me. And yet this is only the beginning for me. Linlin, have you ever seen anyone at my level this young?"

The truth was, Elior was just deceiving Big Mom. But if that deception made her hesitate, it was worth it. He fully intended to travel to other worlds one day. The world of pirates was only the beginning.

Big Mom faltered for a moment.

She was in her sixties now, practically an old woman by any standard. She had witnessed countless storms, countless monsters, countless geniuses in her time.

But she had never seen anyone as young as Elior wield this kind of terrifying strength.

Elior's power was already on par with, if not beyond, the Four Emperors.

For the first time, Big Mom hesitated.

"I can only say," Elior continued, "whether you believe it or not, there are other worlds beyond this one. I was raised in one of them. I came to this world purely by chance."

"This…"

Big Mom couldn't believe it. Could there really be other worlds, like Elior said?

It shattered everything she thought she knew.

Elior… from another world? Raised in a kingdom of gods with five thousand years of history?

His strength alone was unbelievable for this world. Coupled with his youth, it was outrageous.

From her perspective, no one under twenty should be this powerful.

And for Elior, this was only the beginning?

If he really came from another world… from a kingdom of gods…

Did that mean Elior carried the blood of a god?

If so, his current strength was nothing compared to what he could become.

Wait—

Big Mom stared at him, horrified and confused. "Elior, are you a Devil Fruit user?"

But she doubted it.

Yes, she herself could control fire and lightning with the Soul-Soul Fruit. But Elior's powers were on another level entirely.

The Soul-Soul Fruit let her command many elements—but not like this.

Elior's ice was more terrifying than Aokiji's Ice-Ice Fruit. His lightning eclipsed even the power of her own Thundercloud Zeus.

It was as if he commanded multiple abilities at once.

Big Mom struggled to believe he was a Devil Fruit user at all.

"You can try Seastone handcuffs" Elior said with a faint smile.

The meaning was clear: Seastone wouldn't work on him.

In this world, no Devil Fruit user could resist Seastone.

But Elior… wasn't one of them.

These powers were his own.

Big Mom's thoughts spiraled out of control.

If Elior's world truly had gods—or if he himself had divine blood—

Then his power made sense.

"I see…"

Big Mom was no longer calm.

Slowly, she began to accept it: beyond the world of pirates, there were indeed other worlds.

"Besides this world and your own," she asked, "are there many others?"

"Of course," Elior said. "Take Whitebeard, for example. He was once called the strongest man in the world. In a higher world, someone could kill him with one finger. To people like us, that sounds exaggerated. But such worlds do exist."

Elior spoke seriously. It was an exaggeration—but also true.

After all, if a pirate world could exist, why not others?

Big Mom was shaken.

That was enough for Elior.

He wanted to intimidate Big Mom completely, make her his subordinate. One day, with Kaido and the others, he would march on Mary Geoise itself.

But even he knew… to attack that place, he needed far more power than he had now.

He had every reason to believe something far beyond imagination waited in Mary Geoise.

After hearing Elior's words, Big Mom stayed silent for a long time.

She no longer doubted him.

Her worldview was collapsing.

Elior hadn't said much, but the weight of his words was immense.

Big Mom didn't question it anymore.

With power like his, why would he bother lying?