Elbaf.
The strongest race in this world, and also the location of the world's most powerful nation, the "Giant Kingdom."
The population of giants is not large, but not small either. The entire Giant Kingdom is divided into many towns and villages.
Among them, the most famous on the sea is a place called "Warrior's Village" on the island.
Warrior's Village is the origin of the Giant Pirates. The giants living here are all very powerful and belong to a very brutal race, such as Dorry, Brogy, Boinz, Hogback, Oimo, Kashii, and Lili Enstmak.
However, there are also gentle giants, such as the former Marine Vice Admiral Hagwals. D. Sauro.
Since the World Government began to rule the world, it has always wanted to possess the mighty warriors from here.
Until a few decades ago, the World Government found a way to contact Elbaf and allowed some giants to join the Marines.
Because of the immense individual strength of giants, and their lifespan is three times that of humans, the minimum height of every adult giant is over twelve meters, with stronger ones reaching twenty to thirty meters. They are absolute individual monsters, their colossal and terrifying strength ensures that giants in the Marines are at least Vice Admirals.
Of course, based on the information Kōta knows so far, although the giants are powerful, whether they are the strongest in the world remains to be debated.
Whether it's Dorry or Brogy, or even "demon" giants like Little Oars, who are even taller than ordinary people, their individual strength is immense, but unfortunately, no absolute peak powerhouse has appeared yet.
Kōta believes that such peak powerhouses exist, as not many races are feared by the World Government.
And Charlotte Linlin also said that if she could obtain the power of the giants, she would have long ago defeated Shanks, Whitebeard, and Kaido.
What gives her this confidence?
Obviously, it cannot be ordinary giants.
Even if they were as strong as Dorry and Brogy, captains of the Giant Pirates, they wouldn't give her such confidence.
After all, the power of the Four Emperors already surpasses the scope of ordinary strong individuals.
Of course, if there were many strong individuals like Admiral candidates or Yonko commanders, such as King, Katakuri, they could overwhelm the Four Emperors with numbers.
But unfortunately, among the known giants, there are no such powerhouses.
Therefore, there must be at least Yonko commander-level powerhouses on Elbaf, and quite a few of them.
Of course, the greatest possibility is that there exists a powerhouse like a Four Emperor in the capital of the Giant Kingdom.
After all, although Warrior's Village is famous on the sea, people are very unfamiliar with the entire Elbaf.
And Warrior's Village is just a remote village in the Giant Kingdom.
Of course, all of this is Kōta's speculation. Whether Elbaf is as he imagines remains to be seen after landing on the island.
As for his previous speculation, that the Giant Kingdom is the Ancient Kingdom, the Land of Gods, these mysteries can only be solved after going to the island.
After all, as the race of the first and only person in this world to break through the rules of the world and ascend to the divine realm, even if they may have lost the right to rule the world later, falling behind human technology and Devil Fruits, it is impossible for them to only possess the strength they outwardly display.
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"Uncle."
In a remote area of a giant village, there is a huge wooden house.
The wooden house is built on the mountainside of the village, and the surroundings are very quiet.
But the boisterous shouts coming from outside at this moment broke the silence.
A tall giant, fifteen to sixteen meters tall, roughly pushed open the wooden door of the wooden house from the outside. With a creak, the wooden door, built with giant logs, let out a sharp squeal, and then with a bang, it hit the wooden wall behind the door.
The giant entered the wooden house without hesitation. In front of him was a huge room, filled with bookshelves laden with books, resembling a library.
It was clear that this giant was very familiar with this place. He walked among the bookshelves, moving left and right, deeper into the sea of books. At the deepest part of the bookshelves, he found another colossal giant, who was organizing the bookshelves as a daily routine.
This giant was over twenty meters tall, with arms as thick as Popeye's. He wore a simple dark purple T-shirt on his upper body and gray shorts on his lower body, wearing slippers. His massive face was circled by a tuft of orange beard.
The giant looked like a warrior, but the glasses on his nose gave him a scholarly air as he held books.
However, the horrific burn scars on his exposed skin served as a reminder to anyone who saw him that he was more than he appeared on the surface.
He was likely a giant with a great story.
"Little Morro, didn't I tell you?" The giant unhurriedly placed the book in his hand back on the bookshelf in front of him, then pushed his glasses up, and turned his head to look at Morro, who was panting slightly due to his haste.
"You're already about to come of age, and you're still so boisterous."
"Yes, yes, you're right,"
Morro did not object, but looked up at the giant and said, "I hope you can remain this calm later, Uncle..."
He deliberately elongated the syllables of the last two words.
"Calm," the giant continued his unhurried movements. He glanced at Morro and said, "Tell me, what's making you so anxious? Did you get into another fight with the people from Warrior's Village and come to me for comfort?"
"I'll say it now, I only have books here. If you want to explore the ocean of knowledge, I can give it to you, but if you want me to back you up, I advise you to give up on that idea!"
The giant then added.
"Even though you are my nephew."
"Haha, how is that possible." Hearing Sauro's words, Morro awkwardly rubbed his head.
Although he often fought with the people from Warrior's Village, and after losing, he had thought about going home to find his parents, it was only a thought, and he had never acted on it!
"I found the ship you mentioned by the sea," Morro was not joking. He lowered his hand, looked seriously at his uncle, who in his memory was always very gentle, and said directly, "Didn't you ask me to keep an eye on the sea these past few days?"
"Earlier, I saw a sailboat with a windmill on its bow heading rapidly towards Elbaf."
"If I'm not mistaken, that should be the ship you're waiting for."
"A ship?"
The giant was stunned for a moment, then his calm face quickly turned red. He opened his mouth and laughed heartily with excitement.
Thinking of the old friend he was about to meet, and seeing this library, the inheritor of Ohara's will, a mist appeared in his eyes.
He had waited a long time for this day.
That's right, he was Hagwals. D. Sauro, the former Marine Vice Admiral whom Robin also looked forward to meeting, now an ordinary resident of a regular village in Elbaf, the owner of a regular library.