Loki curled his lip as he listened to Fang Huo and Rocks "bragging."
Friends of his father?
Rocks had beaten him half to death twice before!
Hearing Fang Huo and Rocks' deception, the worry in Ida's eyes deepened.
How could these straightforward giants be a match for these pirates?
If they believed the nonsense of these pirates, the Giant Race would be dragged into a war crisis by them.
At this time, Newgate, Babel, and others, who had shared drinks with Dorry and Brogy, even brought out the Elbaf tooth ornaments gifted by the two.
This caused the other giants, especially the members of the Giant Warrior Pirates, to instantly accept these human pirates.
Upon learning that Rocks was waiting for Harald's return, Yaruru hosted the Rocks Pirates in his capacity as an elder.
When the giantesses learned that the two wives of the Rocks Pirates' first mate were to stay in Elbaf to nurture their pregnancies, it gave these hearty giants a full sense of trust.
They vowed to protect Stussy and Shimotsuki Furiko well and to entertain the guests with their finest food.
They wanted the two women to give birth to the healthiest and strongest offspring.
They were just two human women; they wouldn't consume much food. Even with the highest standard of hospitality, it wouldn't take much in the way of ingredients.
Moreover, a human's pregnancy lasted a mere year; for the giants of Elbaf, a year would pass very quickly.
Soon, the news of the arrival of human friends of King Harald and the two Captains, Dorry and Brogy, spread rapidly through the various villages of Elbaf.
Especially upon learning that these human pirates were the strongest in the outer seas, they became even more interested and wanted to come and see for themselves.
Elbaf hosted the strongest Rocks Pirates of this era with a grand feast, just as they would host the future Four Emperors, the Straw Hat Pirates.
Ida and Hajrudin had not expected the Rocks Pirates to be so popular.
Even Loki felt a bit of envy.
The members of the Rocks Pirates were now more popular than Loki, the Cursed Prince, and Hajrudin, the mixed-blood prince.
Besides the Rocks Pirates being friends of the King and the two Captains, the most important factor was their immense strength!!
Fellows like Rocks, Newgate, and Babel even overturned a large number of giant warriors in arm-wrestling matches.
This made the straightforward and hearty giants respect these strong individuals even more.
The Giant Race brought out all kinds of precious delicacies to host the Rocks Pirates.
Among them was a special high-energy pickled fish meat that could instantly restore the sun god nika to full health from a state of exhaustion and aging.
This came from a very rare and powerful deep-sea shark!
Even the fishing warriors of Fish Lion Village, who were the best at swimming and fishing, found it difficult to catch such a rare deep-sea shark.
Therefore, this kind of pickled fish meat was a very precious strategic resource in Elbaf.
When a giant warrior ran out of strength, just one piece of pickled fish meat could instantly restore their physical stamina to continue the fight.
Or during a year of disaster, eating a piece of pickled fish meat slowly could help one survive the entire year.
This kind of pickled fish meat was generally only owned by the giant upper echelon.
Ordinary giants might never eat it once in their entire lives.
Seeing such precious pickled fish meat, Fang Huo naturally wanted to collect it and keep it as a strategic resource.
Giving it to those Executives to eat now would be a complete waste.
Just a tiny taste for now would suffice.
If it weren't for Rocks leading the resistance, Fang Huo would have wanted to use his beef-slicing skills from his previous life to give them each a single, transparently thin slice.
In the end, they still got to taste a small piece, while the rest was stowed away by the miserly Fang Huo.
This might be a life-saving resource!
After all, if one could be resurrected to full health with just one bite at the end of a fight, what a useful treasure it would be.
The highly popular Fang Huo and his group were warmly hosted by the Giant Race.
However, Fang Huo saw the neglected Cursed Prince Loki, as well as the faintly ostracized mother and son, Ida and Hajrudin.
With a slight curl of his lips, Fang Huo directly entered his Poneglyph Giant Form and forcibly pulled the out-of-place Loki to their lively table.
"Loki will be the Child of Hope who changes the future of Elbaf. The so-called curse has already been broken by me using the power of the Luck-Luck Fruit!"
"I hope everyone won't target him in the future; he is just a good child who longs for recognition!"
A bright white light emanated from Fang Huo's body, and he put on a weary expression as if he had already dispersed the curse for Loki.
He knew that these muscle-brained giants needed this kind of charlatan behavior to change their meager perception.
As Chief Chen said, when dealing with these fools, you must never tell them the truth; you must use a religious form to hypnotize them and make them feel that what they believe is right.
"Is it true?! Lord Fang Huo! Have you really dispersed the curse on Prince Loki?"
Not to mention the other giant warriors, even Elder Yaruru had a joyful expression, and the people of Sake Village, Loki's maternal clan, shouted in excitement.
They were the strongest supporters of Loki inheriting the throne. They had seen Harald's favors to Ida and Hajrudin.
They even wanted to kill Ida, the mixed-blood dwarf giant from the outer sea.
They would never allow Harald to elevate Ida to be the new queen.
They only recognized Prince Loki, born of Queen Astrid.
But unfortunately, Astrid herself had left a prophecy of a curse, which gave Loki a bad reputation in Elbaf, causing the higher-ups of Sake Village a great deal of trouble.
Now, with Fang Huo, a top-tier Great Pirate from the outer sea, personally dispelling the curse and breaking the bad luck for Loki...
For the giants of Sake Village, this was simply wonderful news!
Then Loki's status as the heir to the throne would be incredibly solid!
That useless mixed-blood prince Hajrudin could forget about competing with Loki for the throne for the rest of his life.
Fang Huo's words instantly made him the benefactor of Sake Village.
Some high-ranking giants of Sake Village even planned to bring Fang Huo's two wives to Sake Village to host them well, in order to repay Fang Huo's supreme kindness.
Feeling the malice and the looks from countless giants change, Loki felt both surprise and anticipation, along with a shy, surreal feeling.
He looked at the glowing Fang Huo; the demonic vertical pupils under the bandages felt a sense of security that he had never even felt from Harald.
Even his father hadn't been able to change the eyes of those clansmen, but Fang Huo had easily helped him change this situation where everyone despised him.
Why was this human helping him like this... "Of course! After I spent my heart's blood to disperse the curse for Loki, he will awaken the Overlord's Blood of the Giant Race and become the most powerful king of Elbaf!!"
Fang Huo raised Loki's hand, and the holy Moonlight on his body became increasingly brilliant, bathing Loki in the sacred light.
"Fantastic!"
"Thank you, Lord Fang Huo!!"
"Prince Loki! From now on, you can finally become a normal person!!"
"I hope that after the curse is removed, you won't do something as foolish as letting Underworld Beasts into the village again!"
"Prince Loki, you must inherit the glory of Elbaf and become a great monarch of the Giant Race!"
More and more giants began to cheer; as long as Loki became a good child in the future, it would prove that Lord Fang Huo's ability had taken effect.
Seeing Loki being cheered by so many giants, endless envy appeared in Hajrudin's eyes.
The bloodline and strength he sought but could not obtain, as well as the fate of having a benefactor's help, Loki had obtained them with ease.
"Also, I hope everyone will give me some face and not treat Ida and Hajrudin differently in the future; they will also be a part of Elbaf's journey toward prosperity."
Amidst Ida's gratified gaze and Hajrudin's envious gaze, Fang Huo actually gave them a hand as well...