The Giant Kingdom, Elbaf.
The Kingdom of Elbaf is built around the adam tree as its core, divided from top to bottom into a three-layered structure: the Celestial Realm, the Solar Realm, and the Underworld.
Among them, the Celestial Realm is the summit of the adam tree.
The Solar Realm is where the Giant Race primarily resides, with most of the land consisting of deciduous forests, plains, and urban settlements built by the giants.
The Underworld, on the other hand, serves as the execution grounds and prison.
Due to the ownership dispute over the attacking titan, the Giant Warrior Pirates' Captains Dorry and Brogy, along with crew members Oimo, Kashi, Raideen, Bjorn, and Sigu, had a dispute with the Giant King Harald.
Harald recognized it at a glance; this was the luxury yacht he had gifted to the World Nobles, the Celestial Dragons.
Dorry, Brogy, and the others, however, believed that it was clearly given to them by their Captain.
After several fruitless arguments, Harald, in a fit of rage, impounded the attacking titan and temporarily detained Dorry, Brogy, and the other five in West Village.
He planned to return the luxury yacht to the World Nobles, the Celestial Dragons, during his next visit to the Holy Land.
West Village, Temporary Detention Camp.
Aside from their freedom being restricted, Dorry, Brogy, and the others were not hindered in the slightest from eating meat and drinking wine.
"Captain Dorry."
"If the Great Captain can't wait for us to return to Hachinosu Island, will he come to Elbaf to find us?"
Although Oimo hadn't been with the Great Captain Barzeb Seven for long, he was deeply impressed by the other's strength—withstanding forty-nine Hakkoku strikes in Seven days.
He was simply non-human!
Dorry gulped down several mouthfuls of wine, and thinking of what he had seen and heard since meeting the Captain, he couldn't help but chuckle.
"You'd better pray the Captain doesn't come."
"Why?" Oimo asked, puzzled.
"With the strength of the Captain and the others, they could definitely take us away, right?"
The Great Captain Barzeb Seven, the legendary great pirate Golden Lion Shiki who was once as famous as Pirate King Roger and the Emperor of the Sea Whitebeard, the Great Swordsman Mihawk, Fujitora... King Harald probably couldn't handle them.
Dorry laughed strangely, "Gegyegyegyegye~"
"You don't understand the Captain's character. The Captain is the type of pirate who plucks feathers from a passing goose, and if there are no feathers, he'll still try to pluck something. If he finds out we've been detained by the King..."
"In short, the Captain will never let us suffer a loss, but that might not necessarily be a good thing for Elbaf."
Dorry could already imagine—
The scene of Seven negotiating terms with King Harald after a fierce struggle.
['These are my dear crew members! How dare you, Harald, restrict their personal freedom? Compensation! There must be compensation!']
Brogy nodded in deep agreement.
"And if the King returns the attacking titan to the Celestial Dragons, the Captain will definitely kidnap the Celestial Dragons again to demand the attacking titan back."
"Nani?!"
Raideen, Bjorn, and Sigu had returned to live in Elbaf after Dorry and Brogy went missing. They had only seen the Great Captain's photo in the newspapers and had yet to meet him in person.
But from the descriptions alone, they already knew what kind of pirate the Great Captain was.
Determined never to suffer a loss—if it's not given, he takes it!
To them, such a Great Captain certainly provided a great sense of security, but for Elbaf, it was indeed not necessarily a good thing.
Dorry added gloomily, "I even feel like the Captain and the others should be arriving soon."
It had to be said, Dorry's intuition was very accurate.
Elbaf waters, the east blue emperor.
The adam tree that came into view caused Seven's originally steady breathing to suddenly become erratic. His mind was filled with how many points this tree... could be sold for.
It wasn't hard to see from its ability to support the Giant Kingdom that the adam tree possessed extreme toughness.
And it was large enough.
Even if sold cheaply, it would be a massive sum.
Coming here this time, besides tricking the Lightning Squirrel Iron Thunder into joining the ship, he had to get some extra Treasure Tree wood to take back and build a few more warships.
Loki... Loki was too big.
Even the attacking titan couldn't fit him.
Noticing a figure somewhere ahead, drinking alone while facing the sea, Seven left a sentence behind and disappeared with several consecutive Shave-like flashes.
"I'll go scout the way ahead."
Scouting was a lie; Seven's true intention was to have a few drinks with Jabba to catch up and gather some intelligence along the way, so as not to be completely in the dark about Elbaf.
To have a connection and not use it, wouldn't that be foolish?
Looking across the entire Grand Line, Seven could find acquaintances wherever he went; it was just that he was too busy and didn't have the time.
When Seven got close enough, the lone drinking figure finally looked up, watching the approaching figure that was both familiar and slightly strange.
"Finally here, are you?"
Before Rayleigh left Elbaf, he and Jabba had discussed for a long time the person Roger was waiting for, eventually concluding—
Seven was not the person Roger was waiting for.
Simply because Seven had already been to the Final Island.
Furthermore, from some subtle details, it could be seen that Seven had an unclear relationship with the World Government, and it was highly likely they had reached a cooperation.
Otherwise, how could one explain that after the Marines rescued the Celestial Dragons and launched a Buster Call on the Sabaody Archipelago, Seven and his group's bounties remained completely unchanged afterward.
Additionally, Seven had not shown any intention of overthrowing the existing order to liberate the world.
At least not yet.
Jabba picked up the twin axes beside him. Black-red Haki like lightning and flowing Armament Haki wrapped around them one after another, and then he leaped up.
In mid-air, the twin axes met the Plasma Sword, as if two storms were violently colliding, with layers of ripples Swirling out into the surroundings.
Under the glow of the rampaging black-red Haki, Seven's voice rang out.
"hisashiburi dana, Uncle Jabba."
The two used the force to jump back and land slowly on the ground. Jabba shook his numbed arm; just now, it felt like crashing into Zunesha.
"Seven, this strength of yours... it's really lethal."
Half a year ago, Rayleigh had complained that Seven's strength was lethally great, and Jabba hadn't quite believed it at the time.
Only after personally engaging in combat did he understand that Rayleigh was definitely being conservative; this was more than just lethally great.
Jabba really found it hard to imagine that since the Roger Pirates disbanded and Seven followed Roger to live in seclusion in the South Blue, in just four years of separation, the change had been so immense.
What on earth did this kid eat?!
Dispelling the Plasma Sword, Seven casually pulled a jar of Dandelion Wine from the air.
"Hehe, my appetite has been good these past few years."
"I specifically brought you a jar of good wine."
Following the appearance of the Dandelion Wine, Seven proceeded to take out stored sliced beef with soy sauce, roasted lamb leg, roasted duck, and steamed bear paw from the system space... This scene left Jabba dumbfounded. Did he really eat the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Daibutsu?
Lightning, flames, seawater, spatial abilities... Why had he never heard of such a heaven-defying Devil Fruit before? This was much stronger than the legendary devil fruits of Elbaf!
"You kid really have good luck."
Seven then took out bowls and chopsticks: "Make do with a few bites first. When the crew arrives, we'll have a banquet."
Jabba understood: the crew Seven spoke of were the members of the Morning Star Pirates, not the members of the Roger Pirates from back then.
Jabba sat on the ground, complaining about a certain fellow while feasting.
"To be honest, Seven, when Roger disbanded the pirates, I didn't find anything else regrettable, except for the fact that Roger took you away..."
"If it weren't for the fact that that guy didn't have much time left, I would have definitely brought you to Elbaf."
"However, Roger did get a bit fatter."
Seven poured a cup of wine for Jabba, his face written with a thirst for knowledge.
"Uncle, how did you do it?"