socalfunplaces Chapter 55 Elbaf Nishimura, the Return of Donley and Brogy
Chapter 55 Elbaf Nishimura, the Return of Donley and Brogy
"Gods?"
Loo-lo-lo!
A wild laugh echoed throughout the holy land as Kaido slowly walked over, carrying the Eight Precepts on his shoulder.
"How dare you, with such a weak aura, call yourself a god?"
"Then wouldn't someone like me be a creator god?!"
Conqueror's Haki suddenly erupted!
The soldiers of the God's Guard rolled their eyes back and immediately fainted.
Gan Fall, who was being deliberately avoided, didn't even dare to breathe deeply. He could feel a gaze, like that of a natural enemy, locked onto him.
"Look me in the eye and tell me, why do you dare call yourself a god?!"
"Kaido-san~"
Bazel took a step to the right, interrupting Kaido's continuous release of Conqueror's Haki.
"God is just a name here; you can think of it as a certain position."
"After all, this is 10,000 meters above the sea, so it's not surprising that it's considered heaven."
"If there is a Kingdom of Heaven, then there must be a God. Isn't that normal?"
"What you say makes sense." Kaido fastened his spiked club; he had no intention of attacking such a weakling.
"We're leaving. Bazel, Abel and the others are still waiting for us in the Sabaody Archipelago! It's not a safe place."
Kaido walked past Gan Fall without giving the god any attention.
"I told you, you'd regret the decision you made."
As they passed each other, Bazel stopped and glanced at Gan Faure out of the corner of his eye.
"When our Beasts Pirates return here, you will know that what we Beasts can offer the Skypiea people is a freedom and benefits you can never imagine."
"And you, God Gan Fall, you will not receive any preferential treatment. This is the price you have to pay for rejecting me in the first place."
"Cherish your few remaining divine moments, because in a few years, there will be no gods left in this place."
"Toki, Enel, let's go."
……
January 1493 (Haiyuan Calendar) --
[The New World, Elbaf Island, Kingdom of Voland]
[Yangjie, West Village]
"Crackling sound~~ I'm back! Come out and greet the greatest warrior of the giant race!"
Brogy put away the Sunstone and stepped into the West Village, where he had lived since childhood, together with Donley.
"Hehehe, and there's me, Dongli, we're back!"
The shouts startled the giant in the village.
"Oh!! It's Captains Dorry and Brogy!"
"It's been a long time, captains. Has your duel finally ended?"
"Yes, yes, it's been decades since we last met. Who won this time?"
Donley draped his arm over Broki's shoulder, his face showing nothing but resentment.
"Damn it, Brogy actually won this time! He's the strongest giant warrior ever!"
"So that's how it is! Great Warrior Brogy has become the strongest Titan!!"
The giants in the village began to cheer and celebrate.
"We absolutely must have a banquet! Quickly inform everyone that Brogy and Dorry have decided their match, and we're going to have a super banquet that lasts three days and three nights!"
"I'll go prepare the ingredients!"
"Then I'll go to the wine village and buy some super fine wine!"
"..."
Brocky patted Donley on the shoulder, and the two set off toward Auersto Castle, perched on a cliff on the edge of West Village.
"Let's go see Harald; we'll definitely come to the banquet later."
……
Auersto Castle
Without any knocking or announcement, Dorry and Brogy pushed open the door and walked towards the study they remembered.
"Harald, we're back! Hey kid, aren't you going to come out and greet your brother?"
"That's right, hehehe, we've brought back some absolutely fantastic news this time!"
He kicked open the study door, and the tall figure sitting in the darkness slowly opened his eyes.
The clouds that had been blocking the sunlight were blown away by the wind, illuminating the giant king's tall body.
"It's been a long time, my two brothers."
"Harald, you..."
Donli, who was about to make a joke, suddenly froze, then rushed to the table and pointed at Harald's face.
His anger was palpable.
"Damn it, who dared to hurt you? Tell Harald, why are your horns gone?!"
"How dare they bully our giant king! Unforgivable!!"
"I'm going to kill them all!!!"
"Wait, Dorry, and Brogy, I broke the horn myself."
Harald invited the two to sit down, and as he stood up to pour tea, he remembered the hobby of his two childhood friends.
Replace the tea with two barrels of ale.
"It's been 80 years since we last met..."
"Time really flies. During the time you were away, I lost a lot, but I also learned a lot."
"My beloved Ida is dead, and Estelle went mad because of Loki and died soon after."
Donald and Broki drank in silence; they knew that Harald wasn't the kind of man who needed comforting.
This man possesses an unbreakable backbone of steel; he will never fall easily because of these things.
"If you had been there when Hajrudin was born, perhaps you would have supported my wedding to Ida, and I wouldn't have had to marry Estelle."
After venting his frustrations, Harald shook his head with a wry smile.
He knew his childhood friend would never comfort him, and what he needed wasn't comfort, but a quiet listener.
"As for my horn, it is the symbol of the ancient giants. The reason I broke it off is because I don't want outsiders to remember that turbulent era of war. Endless plunder cannot bring peace."
"Ida taught me many things: trade, peace, wisdom... Only when these go hand in hand can the giants have a better future."
"Your return is timely. With you here, I have people to discuss some decisions with, and I won't be struggling alone like I am now."
"Harald,"
Dorry put down the barrel of wine and began to recount the events of his duel with Brogy.
"...We lost, we lost to those two humans."
"They showed me the vastness of the sea, but at the same time, they also made Brogy and me feel ashamed."
"Loki is definitely not some cursed prince; he should become the greatest warrior of the giants!"
Harald was stunned; he hadn't expected his childhood friend, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, to say such a thing...
"It's time to smash the old traditions."
Brogy took over the conversation and slammed the barrel of wine heavily onto the table.
"Those two humans asked us to tell you that if the giants dare not raise Prince Loki, they do."
"The giants don't want the cursed Loki, but they dare to take him. If Loki is willing to join the Beasts Pirates, they will make him a senior member, that is, a high-ranking officer."
Harald's mouth gaped wider and wider: "Hey, do you two know what you're saying?!"
"If the elders in the clan find out, you'll be severely scolded!"
"Let them curse us, we don't care, because we've already decided to join the Beasts Pirates!"
Brogy picked up the barrel and drank it down in large gulps.
"Crackling sounds, this is the price losers have to pay, Harald. We won't stay here for long. Once the Beasts Pirates return to the New World, we'll set sail immediately."
"etc!!"
The glass door leading from the study to the balcony was suddenly opened, and Loki, blindfolded, walked into the room.
"I'm going too! I want to see just how bold those humans really are. I'm the monster who cursed my mother to death!"
"If they're really not afraid, what does it matter to me sailing with them for decades!"
"Shut up, Loki!"
Harald's face darkened.
"How many times do I have to tell you, you didn't curse your mother to death; she died for other reasons!"
"The disasters that have befallen the giants in recent years are merely natural disasters. Your cursing of the village is just the nonsense of the village elders!"
"Is that so?" Loki grinned nonchalantly. "Whatever, I'm tired of hearing this kind of talk over the years anyway. I'm going to set sail!"
"Back then, that human named Rocks D. Xebec said I was too young and refused my request to join the Rocks Pirates."
"Now that I'm all grown up, wouldn't it be better for all of Elbaf if I left?!"
"I'm going to become a man like Rocks, and you can't stop me, Harald!!"
Loki ripped off the white cloth covering his eyes, revealing his demonic, crimson vertical pupils and a sinister smile.
When Brogy and Dorry saw those pupils, their expressions changed slightly, but they didn't say anything like "It really is a curse."
"My departure will only solidify your throne, dear father!!"