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Edit - Stop reading this initial post. The argument has shifted greatly from this as the thread progressed. Move on.
Indeed, if an explosion engulfed Fiore and widespread destruction or near-total fatalities engulfed the country to its coasts, it would be 6-B to High 6-B. However, why use these values? These are incredibly high end as compared to other methods. And it's not supported that an explosion from Etherion would engulf the entire country itself. Hyperbole.
"Destroying a country with a single blow" could be resulting in several ways. And the "High 6-B" version is not supported in the slightest, especially when it is a high-end.
Lower ends can result in barely touching 6-B (such as Fragmentation), but that's assuming it is destroyed down to sea-level, which is also pretty wank when nothing like this has been displayed... ever.
This scan for example displays an example of Etherion's destructive capacity. If it isn't already obvious enough, the size of the explosion is merely towering over mountains that are close by. Even if we were to high-ball these mountains to Everest size or something larger, this explosion would have a diameter of merely 80~100 kilometers. Nothing compared to what's required of High 6-B energies. This is 6-C+ (roughly 85 Gigatons of Tnt) when exaggerating the size of the mountains to being Everest size... lower end 6-C if we're using average mountain size.
For further evidence, here is the chapter displaying Etherion in use, blowing up the Tower of Heave. Spoiler: The explosion is barely tier 6 worthy (page 6). If anyone wants to calc it, go right ahead. And yes, I know Jellal was trying to absorb the energy, I only care for the resulting explosion.
The point is that in both cases we see it in use, it has displayed nothing comparable to 6-B, let alone High 6-B energies. Both of these feats are 6-C, nothing more.
While it could technically destroy a country the size of Fiore, everyone automatically assumes it means "entirely" as in from coast to coast and top to bottom when there has been NO such feat displayed (we never see it used in such a fashion regardless), and there's a thing called "Hyperbole". The Etherion has anti-feats to disprove it from being where it currently stands.
The verse should not be scaling to this type of statement when there's no feats to support it, and leaving Fiore in a ruined condition could easily be as low as 6-C.
Indeed, if an explosion engulfed Fiore and widespread destruction or near-total fatalities engulfed the country to its coasts, it would be 6-B to High 6-B. However, why use these values? These are incredibly high end as compared to other methods. And it's not supported that an explosion from Etherion would engulf the entire country itself. Hyperbole.
"Destroying a country with a single blow" could be resulting in several ways. And the "High 6-B" version is not supported in the slightest, especially when it is a high-end.
Lower ends can result in barely touching 6-B (such as Fragmentation), but that's assuming it is destroyed down to sea-level, which is also pretty wank when nothing like this has been displayed... ever.
This scan for example displays an example of Etherion's destructive capacity. If it isn't already obvious enough, the size of the explosion is merely towering over mountains that are close by. Even if we were to high-ball these mountains to Everest size or something larger, this explosion would have a diameter of merely 80~100 kilometers. Nothing compared to what's required of High 6-B energies. This is 6-C+ (roughly 85 Gigatons of Tnt) when exaggerating the size of the mountains to being Everest size... lower end 6-C if we're using average mountain size.
For further evidence, here is the chapter displaying Etherion in use, blowing up the Tower of Heave. Spoiler: The explosion is barely tier 6 worthy (page 6). If anyone wants to calc it, go right ahead. And yes, I know Jellal was trying to absorb the energy, I only care for the resulting explosion.
The point is that in both cases we see it in use, it has displayed nothing comparable to 6-B, let alone High 6-B energies. Both of these feats are 6-C, nothing more.
While it could technically destroy a country the size of Fiore, everyone automatically assumes it means "entirely" as in from coast to coast and top to bottom when there has been NO such feat displayed (we never see it used in such a fashion regardless), and there's a thing called "Hyperbole". The Etherion has anti-feats to disprove it from being where it currently stands.
The verse should not be scaling to this type of statement when there's no feats to support it, and leaving Fiore in a ruined condition could easily be as low as 6-C.
