Tyler frowned upon hearing his answer. But he didn't ask. Instead, he clenched his fist and said.
"Then, let's fight!"
He dashed forward, leaving behind an explosion mark of his feet on the ground.
Adam also ran towards him, but unlike Tyler, he didn't leave any marks. Both raised their fists.
Understanding each other's intentions, they didn't try to hide. Instead, charged at each other.
Bang!
Their fists collided, creating an enormous impact in the middle that shattered the ground underneath them.
Nearly three inches deep and three-meter wide crater was formed from their collision.
'Damn! No wonder I smelled a beast. How can a human body like that hold the strength of a giant?'
As their fists remained connected, Tyler felt an immense force pushing him against the ground.
"Huh? You managed to stop my attack. You are quite strong." Adam looked absolutely astonished when he saw Tyler stop his fist.
At first, he thought Tyler was going to fight him using his powers, but he never thought it would be a strength fight.
In this kind of fight, he had absolute confidence, but he never thought Tyler would have so much strength.
"And, you managed to block my punch. Are you a Devil Fruit user?" Tyler asked.
Suddenly, he saw Adam losing his guard and grabbed his hand. Unlike a week ago, his combat capability had increased significantly.
After all, he had been sparing with Frank and Miya in hand-to-hand combat for a week.
Before Adam could react, he clenched his other fist and punched him in the gut.
Bang!
Adam felt a heavy force on his gut, and his body arched before flying back several meters.
"You….cheated!"
Adam quickly stood on his feet and shouted.
"It seems like you are not a good fighter."
A week ago, Tyler never thought he would be able to say something like this to anyone else.
"Humph! I was just distracted. I will show you my true strength."
Suddenly, his body started swelling before it grew in size. From nearly two meters to fifteen meters.
Seeing this change, Tyler was stunned for a moment before he was ecstatic.
Adam was a giant, a literal giant.
That also explained his superhuman strength.
But looking at the upcoming giant, Tyler saw an absolute need to enter his Hybrid Mode.
[Dragonman Transformation]
Tyler roared, his body changing from two meters to five meters in height. His body grew scales, and a tail appeared behind him.
He clenched his fist, no air flow, no elemental power, just brute strength. He stepped on the ground, trying to use Shave.
Bang!
The ground shattered underneath him, but his speed increased exponentially. In an instant, he was in front of the giant.
Before Adam could fathom what was coming towards him, he saw a punch in front of his face.
Bang!
Tyler punched him in the face with all of his brute strength.
Adam flew back like a cannonball, shattering several trees before his body collided against the hill and stopped.
But in the process, he caused a literal earthquake.
With blood trickling from his nose and mouth, he fell to the ground on his back.
He wanted to get up, but his body ached. Eventually, he gritted his teeth and managed to stand on his feet.
But Tyler was already in front of him. Seeing this, he panicked. He hurriedly waved his hand.
"Wait, wait, I lost. I lose this battle."
Tyler's fist paused in mid-air. Seeing the giant scream like that, he rolled his eyes and said.
"Hurry up and get smaller! Your cries will only attract more people."
"I am not crying."
Adam yelled before his body started changing. In an instant, he returned to his human form.
He looked at Tyler, who had also returned to his normal form.
"Did you eat Zoan Fruit? How come you are stronger than me, a Giant?"
"There are many people stronger than you. This is nothing to brag about. But I was surprised by your identity."
"Does your fruit change your size?" Tyler asked.
"Didn't you see it?" Adam answered while wiping away the blood on his face.
"I mean, does it give you any other power boost?" Tyler rolled his eyes and asked again.
Adam shook his head before nodding.
Tyler instantly came in front of him and knocked him on the head.
"Give me a straight answer!"
"Ouch! I was about to tell you. Damn it! Don't hit me on the head!"
Adam screamed.
Tyler said.
"Then, give me the answer! Don't tilt your head!"
"If I become small, my power also decreased but only by half at human size. But if I grow taller than my normal height, I don't get that much stronger."
"Unlike normal giants, who are much stronger the taller they are."
Hearing that, Tyler nodded his head.
"So, your fruit should be Size Size Fruit. It should be a normal paramecia, but as a Giant, your goal should be to go back to Elbaf, right?"
Adam shook his head and explained.
"I have never been to Elbaf before. I am from Samuwanai Island of the South Blue. I was an orphan after birth. I don't remember my parents."
"A certain human brought me to the Bunt Kingdom, where the people of that kingdom raised me."
"Even though I was a giant, they never rejected me and were always kind to me. When I turned sixty, the couple who raised me told me about a giant woman called Ida."
"They told me many things about her, especially her legends with the King of Elbaf and their journey to change the world's perception of them."
"I always wanted to meet this woman whose action saved my life. So, I journeyed into the Grandline."
"But while my ship was sailing through Reverse Mountain, I wasn't able to control it by myself. So, my ship was destroyed, and I got thrust into West Blue."
"Because of eating a Devil Fruit, I somehow survived by changing my size to a stick and using a plank as a boat to sail around the West Blue."
"Since I was a giant, the people of the West Blue tried to capture me many times. I escaped using my Devil Fruit."
"It was also because of them I learned more about Giants, how feared they are around the world, and how lucky I was to be born in this time."
He shook his head and clenched his fist.
"That's why I want to go to Elbaf, even once, just to meet this woman who changed the fate of all giants."
Ida!
Tyler recognized her very much. She was the woman that Loki recognized as his mother.
She was a woman Harald, the King of Giant loved. She was also the woman whose ideas changed the entire Kingdom of Elbaf.
She was just an ordinary Giant, but she was loved by two of the most powerful people in the world.
Harald, who was equal to Rocks and Loki, was proving to be equal to Luffy.
Tyler admired this woman because she genuinely made Loki call her mother through love.
But only right now, he understood the true extent changes that she brought to this world.
Of course, the main reason was still Harald, but the one who supported him, the one who gave him that idea, was Ida.
She was Otohime but better.
"I see. Then welcome to the crew!"
Tyler nodded his head and welcomed him.
Adam couldn't help but ask.
"Hey, my teacher found that a Vice Admiral is coming to the West Blue to hunt you down."
"Do you have any ways to hide from him?"
Tyler shook his head.
"We can hide for a while, but not forever. As long as it is not an Admiral chasing us, we will have a chance of escaping."
Hearing that, Adam's eyes brightened as if he had been injected with several doses of confidence.
As someone who could sense emotions, Tyler couldn't help but feel speechless.
For a Giant who was known for strength, Adam was quite a coward. He realized why this guy hadn't gone out to sea.
This guy wanted to join a crew that was strong enough to survive in the Grandline.
Maybe that's why he worked and remained in the Happo Navy Ship Production House.
After all, they had direct contact with the Grandline.
"Since you have joined the crew, you should return home and finish everything you need to finish."
Tyler said before pausing.
"Although I want to say I will definitely live to become King of the Pirates, I don't want you to leave behind any regrets."
"We might never return to this place."
Adam stomped the ground and said.
"Damn it! Don't say something so unlucky."
"You are too scared. I have never seen such a cowardly giant."
"I am not a coward."
Adam roared, his eyes turning red.
Tyler paused. He looked at Adam and smiled.
"Yes, you are not a coward. You are a Super Coward. Hahaha!"