Chapter 124: Even Without Feathers, Pluck Them Hard

Giant Kingdom, Elbaf.

The Kingdom of Elbaf is built around the Adam Treasure Tree as its core body, structured in three layers from top to bottom: the Heavenly Realm, the Yang Realm, and the Underworld.

Among them, the Heavenly Realm is the top of the Adam Treasure Tree.

The Yang Realm is where the Giant Clan mainly lives; most of the land consists of deciduous forests, plains, and city settlements built by the Giants.

The Underworld is the execution ground and prison.

Due to the dispute over the ownership of the "Onward Giants," the captain of the Giant Warrior Pirates, Dongli and Brogy, and crew members Oimo, Kashi, Leetyn, Bjorn, and Sigur—seven people in total—had a quarrel with King Harald.

Harald recognized at a glance that this was the luxury yacht he had given to the World Nobles, the Celestial Dragons.

Dongli, Brogy, and others insisted that this was clearly given to them by their captain.

After several rounds of fruitless argument, Harald, in a rage, seized the "Onward Giants" and temporarily detained Dongli, Brogy, and the other seven in West Village.

He planned to return the luxury yacht to the World Nobles, the Celestial Dragons, the next time he went to the Holy Land.

West Village, temporary detention camp.

Apart from being restricted in their freedom, Dongli, Brogy, and the others were in no way prevented from eating meat and drinking alcohol.

"Captain Dongli."

"If the Great Captain cannot wait for us to return to Hive Island, will he come to Elbaf to find us?"

Although Oimo had only been in contact with the Great Captain Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen for a short time, he was deeply impressed by the other's strength; enduring forty-nine attacks of Conqueror's Haki in seven days,

was simply inhuman!

Dongli gulped down several mouthfuls of wine, recalling everything he had seen and heard since meeting the captain, and couldn't help but smile.

"You had better pray the captain doesn't come."

"Why?" Oimo asked, confused.

"With the strength of the captain and the rest of us, couldn't he just take us away?"

The Great Captain Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, a legendary great pirate once ranked alongside Pirate King Luo Jie and the Emperor of the Sea Whitebeard, the Golden Lion, the Great Swordsman Mihawk, Master Tenghu...

King Harald would probably not be able to handle.

Dongli laughed strangely: "Hehehehe~"

"You don't understand the captain's character. The captain is the kind of pirate who plucks feathers from a goose, and even if there are no feathers, he will still pluck them hard. If he finds out we are detained by the king..."

"In short, the captain will absolutely not let us suffer a loss, but this may not necessarily be a good thing for Elbaf."

Dongli could already imagine—

the scene where, after Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen struggled against King Harald, he would negotiate terms with the king.

【These are my dear crew members! How dare you, Harald, restrict their personal freedom? Pay up! You must pay up!】

Brogy nodded in deep agreement.

"Moreover, if the king returns the 'Onward Giants' to the Celestial Dragons, the captain will definitely kidnap the Celestial Dragons again to demand the return of the 'Onward Giants'."

"Nani?!"

Leetyn, Bjorn, and Sigur, after Dongli and Brogy went missing, returned to live in Elbaf; they had only seen photos of the Great Captain in the newspaper and had not yet seen him in person.

Yet, from the verbal description alone, they already knew what kind of pirate the Great Captain was.

Absolutely never suffer a loss; if not given, then take by force!

For them, such a Great Captain indeed provided a great sense of security, but for Elbaf, it was certainly not necessarily a good thing.

Dongli added in a low, eerie voice: "I even feel that the captain and the others should be arriving soon."

It must be said, Dongli's intuition was very accurate.

Elbaf waters, the Donghai Emperor.

The Adam Treasure Tree coming into view made Saint Saint Saiwen's originally steady breathing instantly become chaotic; his mind was full of thoughts of how many points this tree... could sell for.

From the fact that it could support the Giant Kingdom, it was not difficult to see that the Adam Treasure Tree possessed extreme toughness.

And its volume was large enough.

Even if sold at a lower price, it would still be a huge sum.

The purpose of this trip, besides coaxing the Lightning Squirrel Iron Thunder onto the ship, was to obtain some more Adam Treasure Tree wood to build several more warships.

Loki... Loki is too big.

Even the "Onward Giants" could not hold it.

Sensing a figure facing the open sea and drinking alone somewhere ahead, Saint Saint Saiwen left a sentence and then vanished in a series of consecutive blinks.

"I'll go scout ahead."

Scouting was a pretense; Saint Saint Saiwen's true intention was to have a few drinks with Jabra first to catch up on old times, and to gather some intelligence along the way, so as not to be completely in the dark about Elbaf.

Not using connections when you have them, isn't that stupid?

Looking across the entire Grand Line, Saint Saint Saiwen could find acquaintances wherever he went; it was just that he was too busy and had no time.

When Saint Saint Saiwen got close enough, that figure drinking alone finally raised his head, looking at the approaching figure that was familiar yet carried a hint of strangeness.

"Finally here?"

Before leaving Elbaf, Lei Li and Jabra had discussed for a long time about the person Luo Jie was waiting for, and finally reached a conclusion—

Saint Saint Saiwen was not the person Luo Jie was waiting for.

Simply because Saint Saint Saiwen had already been to the Final Island.

Moreover, from some subtle details, it could be discovered that Saint Saint Saiwen had an unclear relationship with the World Government, and it was highly likely that cooperation had already been reached.

Otherwise, how could one explain that after the Navy rescued the Celestial Dragons and launched the Buster Call on Sabaody Archipelago, the bounty on Saint Saint Saiwen and his group remained completely unchanged afterwards?

Furthermore, Saint Saint Saiwen had not shown any intention to overthrow the existing order and liberate the whole world.

At least not yet.

Jabra picked up the double axes beside him; black-red Conqueror's Haki like lightning and flowing Armament Haki wrapped around them, and then he leaped into the air.

In midair, the twin axes met the plasma sword, as if two storms had violently collided, sending ripples spreading outward in layers.

Under the raging black-red Haki, Saint Saint Saiwen's voice rang out.

"Saxi, don't be like that, Uncle Jia Ba."

The two pushed off and leaped back, slowly landing on the ground. Jia Ba shook his numb arm; it felt just like crashing into the Elephant.

"Saint Saint Saiwen, your strength... it's truly deadly."

Half a year ago, Lei Li had complained that Saint Saint Saiwen's strength was deadly, and Jia Ba hadn't quite believed it back then.

Only after fighting him personally did he understand: Lei Li had absolutely been understating it; this was far more than just "deadly."

Jia Ba could hardly imagine that since the Luo Jie Pirates disbanded, and Saint Saint Saiwen followed Luo Jie to the South Sea to live in seclusion, merely four years after their parting, the change had been so great.

What exactly did this kid eat?!

Dispelling the plasma sword, Saint Saint Saiwen casually pulled a jar of dandelion wine from the air.

"Hehe, my appetite has been good these past few years."

"I specially brought you a jar of fine wine."

After conjuring the dandelion wine from thin air, Saint Saint Saiwen successively took out stored braised beef, roasted lamb leg, roasted duck, steamed bear paw... from his system space.

Seeing this, Jia Ba was dumbstruck. Did he really eat the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Thunder God form?

Lightning, flames, seawater, spatial abilities...

Why had he never heard of such an overpowered Devil Fruit before? This is far stronger than the legendary Devil Fruits of Elbaf!

"You kid are really lucky."

Saint Saint Saiwen took out bowls and chopsticks again: "Let's just have a couple of bites for now; once the crew arrives, we'll hold the banquet."

Jia Ba understood: the "crew" Saint Saint Saiwen mentioned referred to the crew of the Morning Star Pirates, not the crew of the Luo Jie Pirates from back then.

Jia Ba sat on the ground, devouring the food while complaining about a certain someone.

"To be honest, Saint Saint Saiwen, when Luo Jie disbanded the pirate crew, I didn't regret anything else, except for Luo Jie taking 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, Luo Jie did get a bit fatter."

Saint Saint Saiwen poured a cup of wine for Jia Ba, his face filled with a thirst for knowledge.

"Uncle, how did you do it?"