Chapter 289: The Long Poem of Elbaf
"I see, so he was just treating Saul, and Biblo was just startled..."
Inside the Owl Library.
The Giants sat in a circle, nodding helplessly while glancing at the giant owl to the side.
"Hoot hoot!"
The owl widened its eyes, indicating that it wasn't simply being easily startled.
In fact, as the director of the Owl Library, Biblo possessed intelligence no lesser than a human's and could be considered well-read and worldly.
Therefore, it wasn't only responsible for managing the Owl Library, but also served as the source of intelligence for the entirety of Elbaf regarding the outside world—almost all the newspapers in Elbaf were procured by it.
Because of this, it naturally recognized Uma's identity, and was simultaneously taken aback by the abilities Uma displayed.
"It truly is an unbelievable ability."
At this moment, Saul was feeling his own body.
The chronic old injuries were now almost completely gone.
And the weakness that had plagued him ever since the Ohara incident had vanished along with them.
"Thank you so very much, Lord Uma, dereshishishi!"
He thanked Uma sincerely.
Uma, surrounded by the Giants in the center, smiled and waved the book he was flipping through along with a glowing stone: "You're welcome, it's just in exchange for reading the books here."
"Moreover, you are Shin Hoshi's benefactor, after all."
He smiled as he said this.
"Dereshishishi, the books here are open to the outside world to begin with. Anyone can come and read them."
"As for the Sun Stone—although it's a specialty of Elbaf, we don't really lack them here."
Saul waved his hand: "However, I really didn't expect... Robin has actually joined The Zodiac now. Then I am relieved."
Uma smiled and nodded: "Mm, after a while, Tatsu will bring her to Elbaf to meet you as well."
Their conversation neatly explained what had happened here.
Yes.
About half an hour ago, Uma had suddenly appeared outside the Spring of Warriors.
At that time, Saul and Biblo's first reaction was naturally to consider him an intruder.
But then Biblo recognized Uma's identity as a member of The Zodiac, and Uma produced the token he had Robin prepare before coming here.
By the way, when Tatsu told Robin that Saul hadn't died, the usually calm 'Devil Child' immediately teared up on the spot.
In fact, if it wasn't because she knew The Zodiac's recent actions had to be extremely secretive, Robin would have come here personally no matter what.
And what happened after that was a matter of course.
Since he was Robin's friend, Saul naturally wouldn't view the other party as an intruder anymore.
Not only did the two have a pleasant conversation, but Saul even agreed to Uma's request, letting him read the books inside the Owl Library and gifting him a Sun Stone.
In exchange, Uma cured the old injuries on Saul's body.
However, while talking with Saul at this moment, beneath Uma's mask, Roy's expression also carried some thoughtfulness.
Yes.
After leaving the Moby Dick, Roy had decisively split off another slice clone—'Uma'.
And Uma's objective was precisely Elbaf.
The reason was simple—Roy urgently needed a method to obtain Source Energy of Lineage Factor.
And across the entire sea, the only places he currently knew that might be related to Source Energy of Lineage Factor and might harbor massive secrets were 'Fish-Man Island' and 'Elbaf'.
After all, on the murals of the Abyss, Roy had seen with his own eyes the origins of these two islands—the Treasure Tree Adam and the Sunlight Tree Eve were essentially tillers sprouted from the roots of that 'Pillar of the World'.
But considering that the deep sea where Fish-Man Island was located was inconvenient to access, and the probability of being discovered by the World Government and the Marines when heading there was also greater, he ultimately chose to come to Elbaf first.
His first stop was the Owl Library—it recorded all the history of Elbaf, making it naturally the prime choice for gathering intelligence.
[People from the sky descended to the earth, bringing the giant tree that created all things.]
[The myriad races of the beginning were enslaved, until the Sun God descended—He saved the world, and also destroyed the world.]
[The people from the sky were driven back to the sky, leaving only the tree.]
[The Initial King obtained power from the tree and accomplished the 'Great War'.]
[King Ymir joined the command of the Initial King, offering loyalty to valor, praying for homeland and country.]
[The Initial King then fulfilled the wish, and the Land of War was thus born.]
[The presumptuous usurper betrayed the King and usurped the world.]
[Thus King Ymir carved the Divine Codex.]
[We fight here, to please the God of Elbaf.]
[We live here, to praise the God of Elbaf.]
[We wait here, quietly awaiting the God of Elbaf.]
"As expected of the Giant race."
Uma looked at the book in his hands—this book named "The Long Poem of Elbaf" was one of the oldest texts in the country, said to have been recorded by Giant race scholars hundreds of years ago.
In the normal human world, almost no such ancient books could survive.
But among the Giant race, where the average lifespan exceeds two hundred years, a book recording massive secrets like this could be read by almost anyone.
And undoubtedly, what was recorded within was exactly the greatest secret of this world.
"King Ymir should be the name of the Giant King from eight hundred years ago..."
Referencing the murals on the Abyss, Roy could naturally deduce the truth.
According to those murals, during the Void Century—and in an even more ancient era—special races like the Giant race already existed. They were the native races of this world.
And Davy Jones obtained the power of the Abyss, conquered the sea and the entire world, and thus became the Initial King.
It wasn't hard to guess—as a race that worships the strong, after being defeated by Davy Jones, the Giant race most likely chose to revere the other party's power.
King Ymir became Davy Jones' comrade, established illustrious military merits in the founding of the 'Great Kingdom', and was ultimately bestowed a branch of the 'tree' alongside the Fish-Man race.
And after Davy Jones was betrayed by the initial twenty kings, King Ymir, as his comrade, most likely chose to participate in the war as well.
It was probably only after Davy Jones' defeat that King Ymir followed his will and engraved the so-called Divine Codex—Roy knew this referred to the 'Hale Codex' passed down through generations of the Giant race, which was exactly the content engraved in that mural in Elbaf.
And one had to consider this: Roy had investigated for quite a long time to uncover the truth of these histories.
But for the Giant race, this was all just casually written in a book.
Even...
"The first part of this long poem seems to describe things from an even more ancient era?"
Roy had already noticed this.
"The people from the sky brought the giant tree... is this talking about the origin of the 'Pillar of the World'? It's not a natural creation, but something brought down by people from the sky?"
"The Sun God destroyed the world, and then created the world... the Sun God here certainly wouldn't be Joy Boy, but the First Generation Nika?"
These contents, even to the current Roy, were unheard of.
[People from the sky].
The directionality of this term was too clear, so much so that Uma almost immediately arrived at a guess.
"Sky Islanders... no, or rather, the ancestors of the Sky Islanders—the Moon People?"
Just as mentioned before, the moon of this world is inhabited by people.
They possess transcendent technology, capable of riding spaceships across the sea of stars, descending from the moon to this world.
And the Sky Islanders of today are exactly the descendants of the Moon People.
"The Pillar of the World is a creation of the Moon People... hm? Perhaps it's a technological creation similar to an 'environmental terraforming project'?"
"They enslaved the world, and Nika overthrew them?"
Roy frowned.
Yes.
The First Generation Nika, as the first 'Warrior of Liberation' in legends, the 'Sun God' symbolizing freedom.
Roy had always been very curious about exactly who this Warrior of Liberation had liberated—after all, logically speaking, in the era of the First Generation Nika, the World Government shouldn't have existed yet!
Looking at it now, his opponent at that time was most likely the 'Moon People'.
It was precisely because he overthrew the Moon People that the Pillar of the World was left without a master, becoming the 'Creator' of this world.
"In other words—if the Moon People had continued to exist, it's highly likely 'Imu' would never have been born either..."
Thinking of this, Roy found it somewhat ironic.
If it really was as he guessed—the Warrior of Liberation overthrew the world's 'slave owners', but in doing so, gave the next 'slave owner' the opportunity to rise.
"The First Generation Nika..."
Uma murmured inwardly, then quietly shook his head.
He was very curious about the First Generation Nika, but that was all.
That was truly a figure too ancient—he didn't think he would ever have any interaction with them.
So right now, compared to the matters of the First Generation Nika, what Uma cared more about was actually...
[Discovered Source Energy of Lineage Factor creation 'Sun Stone']
[It contains a trace amount of Source Energy of Lineage Factor]
His gaze fell on the bizarre ore emitting the brilliance of the sun in his hand, sharpness flashing in his eyes.
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