"Cool... Wa wa wa wa wa!!!"
"It's cooked! Little Kouta."
Brogy let out a loud laugh, looking at the roasted dinosaur meat skewered over the large bonfire in front of him. He patted his head and said to Kouta, who was sitting opposite them, "Those two children have improved so much!"
As he spoke, he glanced at the two still fighting, touched the helmet on his head, and turned his gaze back, carefully eying the wine jug next to Kouta, rubbing his hands.
Like a child begging for food.
"Little Kouta, the meat is cooked, isn't it... isn't it..."
Kouta was bare-chested. He had spent four months on this summer island, and his skin had tanned, but it didn't detract from his handsome appearance. The bronze skin made him look even more manly.
He looked at Brogy helplessly, grabbed the wine jug beside him, and threw it forcefully at him, "Here! Take it! You're drinking almost all the wine on my ship."
Brogy quickly reached out to catch it, held it delicately between two fingers, raised it to his mouth, and took a small sip.
His "small sip" was actually half a jug of wine.
He didn't answer Kouta, smiled sheepishly, lowered his head, and picked up the roasted meat in front of him to eat.
Dorry, standing beside him, saw that Brogy had wine and immediately looked at Kouta, "Hey, hey, little Kouta, what about mine? Mine."
"Don't worry, there's enough for everyone."
Kouta glanced at Dorry, grabbed the wine jug, and tossed it to him.
These two, though a combined age of 300, were truly...
On this island, apart from fighting, eating, and sleeping, they did nothing else.
For 100 years.
It was enough to be boring and resolute.
100 years! For humans, what a long time it was!
100 years was enough for a person's entire life cycle.
After four months of interacting with Dorry, they had become very good friends.
He and Kuina had learned all their combat skills and their applications of power. Even the three of Ahua had learned a great deal about power utilization from fighting them.
Kouta grabbed the large piece of roasted meat in front of him, tore off a piece, and took a bite.
He had to admit, after roasting meat for 100 years on the island, these two made it taste really good. They had eaten it for four months and still weren't tired of it.
Kouta put down the meat, picked up the gourd of wine beside him, took a drink, and said to the two of them, "Uncle Dorry, Uncle Brogy, we'll be taking our leave today!"
"What?"
Their chewing of the roasted meat stopped simultaneously. Then, they quickly put down the meat and looked down at Kouta, "Have you decided?"
Seeing Kouta bring so much wine today, a rare sight, they knew Kouta and his crew were about to leave.
After all, Kouta was only this generous in the first few days after arriving on the island. In the days that followed, they had to resort to all sorts of cajoling to get a drink.
"Yes!"
Kouta took a sip of wine, "It's been four months, and it's time for us to set sail. We humans don't have long lifespans like you giants!"
"Four months is long enough!"
"Since you've decided, then let's set sail! A man's journey is on the boundless sea!"
Dorry looked at Kouta, drank the wine in his hand in one gulp, and then let out a loud laugh.
"You guy just want to drink more before we say goodbye, don't you!"
Brogy mercilessly exposed Dorry.
"What do you mean by drinking more? Don't you want to?"
"Uh!"
Brogy was speechless, then declared righteously, "So what if I do? I want to drink more."
After saying that, he burst into laughter.
"Cool! Wa wa wa wa wa!!!"
Kouta looked at the two of them, a smile curving his lips. "Alright, you two uncles, all this wine is for you. I'll buy more when I reach the next island."
"How can we accept this!"
The two of them looked at Kouta, scratched their heads, then unceremoniously took a jug each from the pile of wine behind Kouta and tilted them to their lips.
They had been eyeing the wine in that pile of jugs behind Kouta for a long time.
Even though they knew Kouta had brought it as a gift, their craving for alcohol couldn't be suppressed.
Just then, a sound like a fart, "Puzzi! Puzzi!" echoed from a distance.
Indigo, carrying his backpack, walked quickly to Kouta's side and began to gesticulate.
"Hmm!"
Seeing Kouta unfazed, he couldn't help but jump in place and continue his hand gestures.
"Puchi! Puchi!"
"Puchi!"
"Captain, the Going Merry is ready."
"So you can talk!"
Dorry and Brogy looked down at Indigo in surprise.
Kouta looked at the three of them as if they were fools and couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"If it's ready, let's go!"
Saying that, he stood up and shouted loudly to Ahua and Aluo, who were still fighting in the distance, "Ahua, Aluo, alright, we're leaving."
"Understood."
The two of them replied in unison, stopped in place, and with a "whoosh," they rapidly charged towards Kouta.
Their speed was as fast as during their fight; ordinary people couldn't even see their figures.
In fact, these two had learned the "Soru" technique, which allowed them to be so fast.
The Soru technique, as long as one's body meets the requirements, understands the principle, and practices diligently, is relatively easy to master.
This technique, unlike Geppo, was something Kouta, despite knowing it was an advanced application of Soru, couldn't master without countless repetitions, even with his physique.
After four months of training, only Kuina had mastered the Geppo technique.
As for Ahua and his two companions, they still needed a lot of practice to master it.
After all, stepping on the ground and stepping on air were two completely different concepts.
"Let's go!"
Kouta took Zankou hanging at his waist, turned to look at Dorry and Brogy, who had stood up, and laughed, "You don't need to see us off! We've explored every corner of the island these past few months!"
"What friend would go on a journey without seeing them off!"
Brogy looked at Kouta and laughed, "At least we should escort you to the beach, right?"
As he spoke, he instinctively reached for his axe, but only grasped a wooden stick.
His axe and Dorry's greatsword had long since broken during their fight with Kuina.
Their weapons, after 100 years of impact, were already beyond their limits. Even without fighting Kuina, they would have broken in the next few years.
Looking at the wooden stick in his hand, Brogy froze for a moment, then turned and strode towards the Going Merry, which was parked by the river.
"Let's go!"
Kouta shrugged helplessly at the two in front of him and followed them.
"If you want to send us off, then so be it!"
...
"Parting is for the sake of reunion."
This saying might apply to humans, but for long-lived giants, it might take until Kouta decided to visit again for them to reunite.
Perhaps by fate, it seemed that pirate crews who had visited Little Garden never encountered the enormous golden "Island Eater" lurking in the waters outside Little Garden.
However, they, like the Straw Hat Pirates, were lucky enough to encounter it.
Just as Kouta looked at the behemoth before them, preparing to draw his sword.
Behind them, a massive shockwave, grazing the deck of the Going Merry, easily pierced the behemoth in front.
Evidently, they had enjoyed the same treatment as the Straw Hat Pirates, with Dorry and Brogy combining their unique giant race skill, "Bane," to send them out to sea.
Kouta relaxed his body, raised his wine gourd, took a drink, and shouted towards the rear, "Goodbye, Uncle Dorry, Uncle Brogy."
Everyone on the ship turned their bodies, raised their hands, and shouted towards the back, "Goodbye!"
"Farewell, my friends."
Dorry and Brogy stood on the shore for a long, long time. Only when the Going Merry had completely disappeared and the volcano in the center of the island erupted again did they glance at each other, drop the sticks in their hands, and begin to fight bare-handed by the sea.
In the days that followed, after Kouta's crew left Little Garden, it returned to its original state. The sound of clashing weapons that echoed throughout the island every day was replaced by the sound of fists colliding.
This made the animals on the island, accustomed to the sound of clashing weapons, feel a sense of unease.
However, after hearing it for a while longer, they gradually got used to it.