One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 306 Heroes and Gods
"'The Beast' Allomir?"

"'The Hammer' Holmes?"

"'Mud King' Mansurira?"

Jabba and Yoruru's appearance is just the beginning.

Soon, the three giants noticed it.

The giants that appeared here wore armor and weapons from various periods of Elbaf.

As a history professor at the Walrus Academy, Sauro's extensive knowledge allows him to name almost all of the most iconic warriors.

Those were all powerful warriors who were famous throughout Elbaf's long history, and whose stories were even sung about in nursery rhymes.

Or perhaps they are their 'heroic spirits'.

"Thief, hahaha!"

At that moment, the maniacal laughter of the black dragon soaring through the sky echoed above the revealed army of the dead.

"Did you see that? Wu Ma?"

"This is the hidden power of this country, the bargaining chip that Joy Boy and Davy Jones have prepared to confront 'the world'!"

Valhalla, the Land of the Dead

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And at this moment, beneath Wu Ma's mask.

Even Roy was genuinely surprised.

With the existence of the Fruit Encyclopedia, he naturally had already made some preparations for the 'Fruit Awakening' that Teach was about to activate.

However, according to the fruit encyclopedia.

While the 'army of the dead' summoned by Nidhogg's awakened fruit is terrifying, theoretically it should take a long time to accumulate a sufficient amount of powerful 'souls'.

In Roy's original estimate, Loki's accumulated souls certainly wouldn't be too many—after all, this prince had supposedly never left the underworld for the past twenty years.

But now, reality has shown him that his thinking was wrong.

"Since the founding of Elbaf, the spirits of all the great 'warriors' who fell in Elbaf have flowed in the roots of the 'Tree Adam,' awaiting the final battle."

Teach laughed loudly.

"Their existence was prepared for 'this guy'!"

He pointed to himself—but he was clearly referring to Loki.

"And now, this country, this power, and this army all belong to me!"

Without a doubt, what he was saying at that moment was Elbaf's deepest secret.

But Roy couldn't understand it.

The souls of all the warriors who perished here in Elbaf's history have been collected by Elbaf itself, waiting for a certain time, waiting for the user of the 'Nidhogg Fruit' to summon them.

But
"How did you do that?"

For Roy, who now almost completely understands the principles of Devil Fruit abilities, it is simply unimaginable.

"It is indeed not impossible to let the soul return to the precious tree if there is enough bloodline factor energy."

"But first, it necessarily requires a great deal of 'wishes'—at least the vast majority of people in Elbaf need to believe that the souls of warriors do not disappear after death, but rather return to... um!??"

Upon this thought, Roy felt a sudden flash of inspiration.

He suddenly thought of a word.

"The God of Elbaf!?"

That was ever since he met Dorry and Brogy, as well as Lieutenant General Hammer the Greatsword, he had repeatedly heard the names mentioned by the giants.

That was the legendary god of war, the deity worshipped by Elbaf.

No one knows the origin of its legend, but all the giant warriors believe that a fair, fierce, and relentless battle will please the god of Elbaf.

They firmly believed that even after death, the souls of powerful warriors would return to the divine realm of the god Elbaf and enjoy eternal battles.

Before this, Roy had found it strange—if there were any deities worshipped in Elbaf, they should be the 'Sun God,' so where did this Elbaf god come from? But now, Roy understood.

"The god of Elbaf is 'Elbaf' itself."

"Faith is 'desire'."

Just like the miracle caused by Reiju—people's strong desires can trigger the operation of bloodline factor energy.

And in this world, what desire is stronger than faith in a deity?
Therefore, when all the warriors firmly believed that their souls would return to the god of Elbaf after their deaths.

Their souls will truly flow in the roots of Elbaf.

"This is Joy Boyle and Davy Jones' real plan."

"They don't want the Nidhogg Fruit users to create an army. They've already prepared that army, just waiting for the destined one to awaken them!"

As Teach said.

The army formed by the souls of all the warriors of Elbaf throughout history—when the bloodline factor energy is sufficient, it is indeed a force absolutely capable of overturning the world!

Unfortunately...
Now, this power has not been obtained by Joy Boy and his companions as they had expected.

Instead, this great power was stolen by the despicable person in front of him.

"Tear them apart."

At that moment, Teach's cold words fell.

And it was precisely at this moment.
The countless gathered heroic spirits finally coalesced into physical bodies at this moment.

The next moment.
The earth trembled under the movements of countless giants!
All the heroic spirits from the past turned their gazes toward the tiny figure before them.

"Humans?"

"Intruder?"

"They don't seem very strong!"

"Enough said. By the way, they actually ordered us to kill three of our own kind over there?"

"Aren't those Dorry and Brogy?"

They clearly still retain memories and consciousness from their previous lives, and are even communicating with each other at this moment.

"I see. Did someone discover the anomalies in the Jotun Mountains and Loki, and then get pulled into this area as well?"

Jabba, in particular, was speaking in a low voice as he held two axes in his hand.

Clearly, he, who had also recently entered the Jotun Mountains to investigate and fought with Teach, seems to have also died in this 'land of the dead'.

That's not surprising.

After all, even the aging 'Jaba' is still the Pirate King's right hand.

If it weren't for this extraordinary, uncomprehensible power, it would be difficult to kill such a strong person in a short time.

But strangely enough...

Although Jabba remembered everything, he still instinctively raised his axe and looked at the figure in front of him.

"Is that mask... one of the twelve zodiac signs?"

He said in a low voice, "I really didn't expect to meet you in this way."

"I'm sorry, but it seems I have no choice but to obey his orders—if you can stop me, please do so with all your might."

As the words fell.

"Zi!"

The overwhelming power of Conqueror's Haki burst forth from that army—it was far more than just one or two bursts.

Among the legendary warriors of the giant race, quite a few clearly possess Conqueror's Haki.

The next moment.
"boom!"

The torrent of war then surged toward Wu Ma!

(End of this chapter)