"If the Royal City and West Village do not welcome the Rocks Pirates, then our Sake Village welcomes them."
"Your Majesty, we wish for Prince Loki to settle in Sake Village and receive instruction from Lord Fang Huo."
"Loki's maternal grandparents and uncle miss Loki very much."
Hearing that Harald wanted to drive away the Rocks Pirates, the Giant higher-ups of Sake Village immediately became displeased.
They were extremely grateful to Fang Huo, who had removed Loki's curse, and held the powerful Rocks Pirates in high regard.
They were already dissatisfied with Harald favoring Ida and her son Hajrudin, and Sake Village was also somewhat unhappy with Harald's 'weak' foreign policy.
Now, for Loki's future, they were willing to defy Harald's will.
This was a good opportunity for them to invite Fang Huo's two wives to live in Sake Village.
From now on, their Sake Village would be good friends with the Rocks Pirates.
This was the world's strongest pirate crew; Rocks himself was a powerhouse capable of slaying an Admiral, with strength comparable to Harald's.
The other Executives of the Rocks Pirates clearly looked like top-tier powerhouses.
As long as they secured the friendship of the Rocks Pirates, Loki's status as Crown Prince would be even more secure.
They absolutely would not give Hajrudin any chance.
"You!!!"
Harald immediately frowned. These Giant higher-ups were trying to hold him back again.
Back then, he and Ida fell in love and had Hajrudin, yet these Giant higher-ups still forced him to marry Astrid as Queen.
Now they actually wanted to take Loki away from him again.
This made him extremely angry.
"Harald, the Rocks Pirates are friends with Dorry and Brogy, and also friends with the Giant Race."
"As guests, they can stay in Elbaf for as long as they wish."
Seeing that Harald was about to argue with the people from Sake Village again, Yaruru, the eldest, quickly spoke up to ease the tension.
To be honest, he also believed that Harald's path of trying to join the World Government would be extremely difficult.
After all, he knew some intelligence regarding the Great Hammer Corps and had some understanding of the legend of the sun god nika.
Coupled with the fact that he now knew about the Celestial Dragons' Native Purge Competition from Fang Huo, he was even less optimistic that Harald could establish peaceful diplomatic relations with the Celestial Dragons of the World Government.
"Even Lord Yaruru..."
Harald felt helpless seeing that all the other Giant higher-ups were speaking up for the Rocks Pirates.
This was the Most Evil Pirate Crew, one that destroyed Enies Lobby and dared to declare war on the World Government and the Celestial Dragons.
"Father King, I want to learn the knowledge of the Outer Seas from Fang Huo."
At this moment, Loki suddenly spoke. He was gradually coming to believe that only Fang Huo and Rocks could change their destiny.
His Father King was too stubborn, refusing to believe the intelligence and prophecies.
To prevent his Father King from walking down that Road of No Return, he had to make sure Fang Huo and the others stayed and slowly changed his Father King's mind in Elbaf.
"Fine, fine. Let them stay if they want, but Orsto Castle does not welcome them."
Harald spoke with helpless annoyance, feeling a headache. He even saw that Hajrudin wanted to speak up for the Rocks Pirates.
He couldn't understand why the Rocks Pirates had 'conquered' everyone in Elbaf in just a few days.
"worororo! Harald, you seem very unhappy!"
"Let's fight!"
"I haven't fought with full power in a long time!"
"This guy Fang Huo said my Conquerors Haki Infusion isn't strong enough to kill those Immortal Monsters in Mary Geoise."
Rocks was also unhappy with Harald's rejection and stubbornness; he just wanted to fight to vent now.
Furthermore, only Harald's strength present could force him to go all out and achieve a training effect.
Since the Rocks Pirates decided to stay in Elbaf for a while, he needed to train properly with Harald.
This guy shouldn't even think about going to sea again to pursue those boring peaceful diplomatic relations.
"Hmph! I am very unhappy right now!"
"To the Underworld!!"
Harald was infuriated by the attitudes of the Sake Village higher-ups, Elder Yaruru, and his two sons.
He felt that Rocks and Fang Huo had misled his family and clansmen.
"worororo! That's exactly what I intended!"
Rocks' eyes were filled with fighting spirit, and ferocious Conqueror's Haki surged out, shaking the entire Orsto Castle.
"Let's go!"
Harald took the lead, walking out of Orsto Castle and jumping straight down toward the Underworld. Ida tried to stop him, but it was too late.
Rocks grinned, followed closely behind, and jumped down as well.
Orsto Castle was located on a branch of the tree of war at the edge of West Village, allowing one to jump directly down to the Underworld.
Back then, Queen Astrid threw the newborn Loki directly from Orsto Castle down into the Underworld.
---"Jie hahahaha!! Finally, a chance to witness the top-tier battle between two monsters!"
Golden Lion Shiki laughed excitedly, biting his cigar as he quickly flew away.
"gurarara! Fang Huo, quickly activate your Gravity Ability."
Whitebeard Newgate was equally excited, but he didn't jump the thousands or tens of thousands of meters down to the Underworld like Harald and Rocks.
However, the little guy Loki seemed used to it and jumped directly down into the Underworld.
As a little monster who was thrown into the Underworld right after birth.
When he was in a bad mood or felt lonely, he would also jump down into the Underworld to 'commit suicide' or find his Ferocious Beast Friends.
But the impact force from this height simply couldn't kill him.
Back when Harald and Rocks fought at Holy Land Mary Geoise, Harald jumped directly off the Red Line, returning to the New World side.
Rocks, on the other hand, used the rope of the Bubble Elevator to return to the Paradise side of the Grand Line.
Ever since he saw Harald jump off the Red Line, Rocks had been thinking that sooner or later, he also had to try the feeling of jumping directly.
So when he saw Harald jump directly into the Underworld this time, he followed suit.
However, he did not crash into the ground with his body; before reaching the Underworld, he used an Aerial Suspension Martial Art similar to Moonwalk to stay suspended.
Harald, however, crashed directly into the earth with his body, kicking up a Dust Mushroom Cloud.
Just as Rocks landed safely on the ground of the Underworld, Loki's fall raised yet another mushroom cloud.
Golden Lion Shiki, who was quickly flying down, saw this monstrous father and son with exaggerated physiques, and his eyelids twitched a few times.
His physique certainly didn't dare to jump like that.
"What monsters!!"
Golden Lion Shiki complained, his tone carrying a hint of envy.
Inside Orsto Castle, Fang Huo activated his Gravity Ability, taking everyone present and floating them down toward the Underworld.
This allowed Giants like Elder Yaruru to experience the feeling of taking flight.
"I never thought that after living for over three hundred years, I'd get to try flying."
Elder Yaruru spoke with some emotion.
However, the next moment, a terrifying Haoshoku clash erupted below, black and red lightning scattered everywhere, and even the massive tree of war trembled.
The snow-covered upper branches of the Heavenly Realm shed countless amounts of snow during the shock, causing an exaggerated heavy snowfall in the Sunny World.
This caused the various Giant villages in the Sunny World to experience 'winter' early.
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