The latter part of the New World, Elbaf
In the taverns of the Underworld.
Blue Ogre Dorry and Red Ogre Brogy, who were ordered back from Small Garden, officially announced the reconstruction of the Giant Warrior Pirates.
Former members of the Giant Warrior Pirates, such as Kashii and Oimo, rejoined the crew one after another.
This pirate crew, composed of twenty to thirty elite giants, set sail once again.
For a time, Elbaf was submerged in a sea of cheers.
Infected by the enthusiastic atmosphere of the Giant Warrior Pirates' reconstruction, Hajrudin excitedly brought together several of his companions in Ida's tavern and founded the New Giant Warrior Pirates.
There was Gerth, positioned as the ship's doctor; Rhode the navigator; Stansen the shipwright; and the cook Goldberg, who held the Homie [Nash Shield].
They believed the New Giant Warrior Pirates could also become a world-renowned Great Pirate crew, just like the original Giant Warrior Pirates.
Ida watched her son become a pirate, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Although with a genius prince like Loki around, Hajrudin had no chance of inheriting the throne anyway.
But Ida still hoped Hajrudin would become a righteous warrior or a profound scholar, rather than a pirate.
Seeing Hajrudin's excitement, Ida could only shake her head helplessly.
"Dorry! Brogy! This time, you must follow Fang Huo's command and rescue the Great Hammer Corps!"
The former Captain of the Giant Warrior Pirates, Elder Mountain Beard Yaruru, spoke solemnly to these two juniors.
Yaruru also possessed a trace of Ancient Giant blood; even though he was old and his stature had shrunk, he was still more than twice the height of Dorry and Brogy.
"Yes! Lord Yaruru!"
In front of Yaruru, Dorry and Brogy nodded seriously like two children.
One must know that two or three hundred years ago, Yaruru was recognized as the world's strongest, dominating an era.
It was the Giant Warrior Pirates led by Mountain Beard Yaruru and Waterfall Beard Jorul that dominated the New World, spreading the ferocity and notoriety of the Giant Race across the globe.
Even the sword held by King Harald was a warrior's blade personally passed down to him by Yaruru.
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"Lord Yaruru, John Giant has not returned!"
"He said his loyalty lies with the righteous Marines, not the Celestial Dragons."
"He will continue to fight pirates and protect civilians; he will not become a lackey of the Celestial Dragons."
Harald sighed; under his royal command, some of the giants who had gone to sea to join the Marines had already returned upon the summons.
But the righteous giants led by Marine Vice Admiral John Giant were unwilling to leave the Marines.
They wanted to fight for justice in their own way.
However, John Giant promised that he would never face off against the giants of Elbaf.
To avoid fighting the New World Alliance, to which Elbaf belongs, John Giant had even proactively applied to withdraw from the New World and return to the Grand Line to suppress pirates.
Before Fleet Admiral Kukulkan went to the Holy Land, he had already approved John Giant's application.
He transferred this remaining giant unit back to the Grand Line to be responsible for suppressing the arrogant pirate crews in Paradise.
Having these giant generals stabilize the situation in the Grand Line could be considered a contribution to Marineford.
After all, if pushed too hard, even righteous Marines like John Giant might be forced back to Elbaf.
Currently, the relationship between the World Government and Elbaf is extremely tense.
The Celestial Dragons have even issued a special bounty for Harald, the King of Elbaf.
"To each their own ambition! Every giant is free, and they have the right to fight for their beliefs!"
Yaruru did not criticize the decision of John Giant and the other righteous giants to stay in the Marines.
After all, he was a pirate back then; even though he had now become an Elder of the Giant Race, he had no right to interfere with clansmen who wanted to be Marines.
Furthermore, the policy of choosing the path of peace was Harald's decision in the first place.
It was with the support of King Harald that righteous giants like John Giant decided to go to sea and join the Marines.
"Is Elder Yaruru going to personally set out this time as well?"
Hearing Yaruru's words, Harald temporarily set aside the matter of those clansmen in the Marines.
In truth, he was worried that John Giant and the others would be purged by the World Government, which is why he tried to have them return to Elbaf.
But since Marineford had not made things difficult for these giant Marines, Harald was temporarily at ease.
"Of course! This old man very much wants to see the fellows from the Great Hammer Corps again."
A trace of memory flashed in Yaruru's eyes; back then, the fame of the Great Hammer Corps was not much inferior to that of the Giant Warrior Pirates.
In terms of numbers, the Great Hammer Corps was even larger than the Giant Warrior Pirates.
The Giant Warrior Pirates led by him and Jorul only had forty or fifty giants at their peak.
But the Great Hammer Corps, which went to sea to find forging materials, numbered as many as a hundred; more than half of the adult giants in Artisan Village had gone to sea.
Back then, it was precisely these giant corps that went to sea that deeply engraved Elbaf's fearsome reputation as the world's strongest nation into the minds of all countries.
Unfortunately, the mysterious disappearance of the Great Hammer Corps dealt Elbaf a heavy blow; Artisan Village was filled with wailing, as wives lost their husbands and children lost their fathers.
The entire Artisan Village remained listless for one or two hundred years before finally recovering.
"Then let's head to Hachinosu and rendezvous with the Rocks Pirates!"
Harald led his own unit and the Giant Warrior Pirates to sea.
This time, he did not bring Ida and Hajrudin.
Because of the addition of the Giant Warrior Pirates, he only took twenty men from his hundred-man guard to sea.
The remaining eighty guards were responsible for defending Orsto Castle and protecting the taverns in the Underworld.
As well as protecting family members like Ida and Hajrudin.
Several massive warships left Elbaf's port in a grand procession, heading for the most prosperous island in the New World.
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"Bababa! Harald's bounty is 2.6 billion Berries, while we only have 100 million Berries. This won't do, Dorry!"
On the massive warship, Brogy grinned at Dorry; he and Dorry had still not determined a winner to this day.
As it turned out, seeing Harald, who was around their age, with a bounty twenty-six times theirs...
...it made them feel a bit indignant.
"Brogy, even those guys from the Rocks Pirates have their bounties soaring over 1 billion Berries."
"We can't fall behind."
Dorry recalled the sparring and drinking sessions with fellows like Newgate and Barbel in Small Garden.
He hadn't expected their bounties to have risen to such staggering figures.
Their 100 million Berry bounties were somewhat embarrassing to present.
"Alright, this time let's compete to see whose bounty rises higher!"
Brogy's eyes were filled with battle lust; since their fifty-year duel had yet to produce a winner, they would compete in something else.
"No problem! This time, I'll definitely win."
Dorry was equally unwilling to be outdone; they aspired to become legendary figures like Elder Yaruru.
How could their bounties be so low that they couldn't even compare to the elite pirates of the New World?
"You two are at it again!"
Seeing Dorry and Brogy about to compete again, Yaruru really wanted to blast them both away with a single Ikoku Sovereignty!