Crackle~~
Nighttime.
A super large bonfire burned fiercely, with embers occasionally jumping out from their nest, playing for a while in the darkness before quietly fading away.
Various kinds of roasted dinosaur were skewered by tree trunks and stuck into the ground around the fire.
"Hahaha~~ That's right. It's because of that incident that the two of us have stayed here all these years."
Dorry said, eating meat in large mouthfuls, speaking about his past without any concern.
"I remember it was a human little girl. She asked me and Brogy which of us had caught bigger prey back then."
"Just because of that reason, the two of us have been fighting here for decades!"
"As we kept fighting, we both forgot why we were dueling in the first place, our minds solely set on determining a winner."
"But it seems I lost this time."
"I can't believe Brogy lasted even longer than I did, it's really frustrating!"
Kaido took the roasted dinosaur leg offered by the giant and tore into it with large bites.
"Actually, you didn't lose unjustly. Bazel didn't use his full power."
Hearing this, Brogy was greatly shocked, "What?! Bazel was still holding back?!"
"My true power is actually poison, but using this power in a duel against you two wouldn't be appropriate, so I didn't use it."
Bazel snapped his fingers, and a Phantom Serpent Spirit appeared, spewing poisonous mist towards a nearby patch of grass.
The flowers and grass that came into contact with the mist instantly withered.
The ground was even corroded, leaving a shallow pit.
"I am a user of the Hebi Hebi no Mi, Mythical Zoan Type: Yamata no Orochi. If I had to say its most outstanding ability, it would definitely be serpent venom."
"At least for now. It might change after awakening, who knows."
"Hiss~~"
Looking at the patch of barren ground, Brogy sucked in a cold breath of air.
'If Bazel had used poison against me in their fight, I probably would have been defeated long ago, right?'
"Speaking of which…"
Bazel didn't elaborate further on the serpent venom and changed the subject.
"The Giant Warrior Pirates have disbanded, right? If Big Bro Kaido and I invited you to join the Beasts Pirates, would you be willing?"
"Join the Beasts Pirates?"
The two giants exchanged a look, their eyes full of hesitation.
"That's not a problem, but we'd like to go back to Elbaf first."
"Because of the duel, we haven't been back to our hometown for many years. If you can wait, we'll come find you after we return to Elbaf."
Bazel shot a glance at Kaido, who was about to speak, then grinned and said, "No problem. Friends and family back home are more important. We're planning to return to the New World ourselves soon. If you don't mind, would you like to travel together?"
"Traveling together..."
Dorry pondered for a few moments, "...No, it's fine. We will return to Elbaf as quickly as possible. Once we've finished our business back home, we two will set sail immediately to find you."
Toki, who was listening nearby, guessed some of Bazel's thoughts and interjected:
"Dorry, Brogy, are you two going back to catch up with Harald?"
'Catch up with Harald?'
Bazel was stunned, 'Were Dorry and Brogy connected to Harald?'
"That's right. After all, we are nakama who grew up together. With no news for so many years, it's time to go back and apologize."
Dorry let out a few chuckles.
"I wonder if that bastard has become haggard after becoming King."
"That guy was a menace on the seas when he was young!"
"A menace?" Bazel asked curiously. "The Giant King Harald, was he out at sea when he was young too?"
"Of course he was! Ah, I forgot you don't know Harald."
Dorry slapped his forehead and began to tell the story of the three of them when they were young.
"Actually, the three of us are about the same age. But because Harald awakened the Ancient Giant Bloodline, his body was much stronger than ours..."
Nearby, Kaido also listened quietly, as he was very curious about the seas from a hundred years ago too.
"In the year 1362 of the Sea Circle Calendar, the three of us were born in Elbaf. At 51 years old, we decided to set out to sea together."
"Harald took a large group of giants willing to set sail and formed a pirate crew. Isn't there a legend on the seas now?"
'A hundred years ago, there was a pirate crew composed of giants that ravaged the seas. Wherever they went, no one could oppose them.'
"This legend actually refers to two pirate crews. One was the previous generation Giant Warrior Pirates, formed hundreds of years ago by Jarul-sama and Jorul-sama."
"The other was the modern Giant Warrior Pirates, except the captain was Harald. Although we two were also called captains, the one who actually made the decisions was Harald."
"We were very glorious back then. There was no one on these seas who was our match, not even the World Government of that era."
Dorry picked up a barrel of liquor and took several large gulps, his eyes full of nostalgia.
"79 years ago, in the year 1413 of the Sea Circle calendar, Brogy and I chose to leave the pirate crew and stay on this island to duel because of a human little girl's words."
"Harald had no choice but to continue sailing alone. I heard that not long after, he met a female giant from Samuwanai Island in the South Blue."
'South Blue, Samuwanai Island...'
Bazel secretly noted down this location.
"That female giant was named Ida. She was different from us barbaric giants from Elbaf, she was a civilized giant who was very polite, gentle, and understood humans well."
"Brogy, I remember Ida and Harald even had a son, right?"
Brogy paused for a moment, then nodded uncertainly, "I think so, if I remember correctly, his name was... something like Hai... something Din?"
"Right, right, I remember now! He was called Hajrudin!"
Bazel showed a surprised expression, 'Hajrudin?!'
'The anime hadn't reached that point before I transmigrated, and now Hajrudin's mother was part of the story?'
'And her hometown was in the South Blue, just like my hometown?!'
"We both received the happy news back then, but later something seemed to happen. Ida died, and after that, Harald stopped contacting us."
Dorry took over the conversation.
"Harald and Idda's wedding was prevented. The elders rejected their marriage on the grounds that the woman wasn't of pure Elbaf bloodline. The princess Harald formally married later was the daughter of a powerholder from the northern liquor village of Elbaf!"
"Estrid, who mastered the Earth-Wind Arts! And she is the biological mother of the Cursed Prince Loki!"
Dorry put down the liquor barrel, clenched his fist, his expression suddenly turning gloomy.
"I heard Ida later adopted the abandoned Cursed Prince, and then was killed by his curse!"
"The Cursed Prince..."
Bazel frowned, interrupting Dorry, a sense of displeasure rising within him.
"Dorry, I remember you Elbaf folks worship the Sun God Nika, right?"
Dorry didn't understand the meaning behind Bazel's question, but he nodded anyway.
"Since you believe in Nika, why would you believe in such a baseless legend?"
Dorry was stunned, "But... it's tradition."
"Tradition? A ridiculous tradition."
Bazel chuckled a few times.
"You know, both Kaido-san's and my dream is to break the shackles of the old world and bring change and true freedom to this world."
"It's to achieve this dream that we invited you to join."
"Dorry, Brogy."
Bazel, with alcohol fueling his emotions, became increasingly agitated, glaring at the two giants who were shrinking back guiltily.
"Don't let past prejudices become mountains in your hearts. A curse!? Ha! A pitiful joke!"
"He should be considered a treasure of the Giant Tribe instead!! You two idiots!"
"Even I, a human, have the resolve and belief to conquer demonic powers, why don't you giants?"
"Because you fear some so-called curse, you define a prince of your own country as cursed and unlucky. Is this the bravest giant tribe on the seas?!"
"Don't make me laugh!!"
"So-called traditions are just windows meant to be broken by the strongest of the new generation!"
"If you don't want Loki, we, the Beasts Pirates, will take him! You can convey this message to your king when you go back!"
At this point, Bazel didn't continue. Instead, he looked at his captain.
Kaido put down his gourd, a slow grin spreading across his face, "I unconditionally support you. Keep going."
"We of the Beasts Pirates don't care about curses or ill omens. The warriors your Giant Tribe dares not accept, we will take."
"He will become our brother. Together, we will break the cage of the old world!!"
Boom…!!
Emotion and passion completely took over the peak of his mind at this moment. The instant his reason vanished, an extraordinary aura suddenly burst forth from Bazel.
"Loki, we of the Beasts Pirates will definitely take him!!!"
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