One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Robert could barely understand the terms "Children of the Half Moon," "Children of the Moon," and "Forbidden Sun," all of which were mentioned in the Halley's Codex inscribed at the base of the World Tree in Elbaf.

However, Odin was not mentioned in it; it only said that the sun god would return and lead everyone to victory.

The old giant shouted a couple of times, as if all his strength had been drained, then his head lolled to the side and he stopped breathing.

The giants around him were wailing and crying. Clearly, this old commander was very prestigious, but Robert was completely bewildered. Did he think that shouting a few words was enough to fulfill his oath? Wasn't this oath a bit too rudimentary?

The giants around them wept for a long time. One of the giants, who looked more composed and steady, knelt down on one knee: "Lord Odin, please lead Elbaf back to the battlefield. We are all ready!"

Although Robert was completely bewildered, he absolutely couldn't show it at this moment: "I came here to rescue everyone and gather strength for the final battle. I regret the passing of this elder. If I had come a little earlier, this... Eternal Spear might not have been injured by the volcanic eruption..."

The leading giant shook his head and said, "The elder's injuries weren't recent. Even without Gungnir, he wouldn't have been able to hold on..."

Robert sighed, "Brothers, let's put in more effort and rescue our giant brothers first!"

As more and more Titans were unsealed, the rescue speed increased. Ace only needed to start a large-scale fire, and the Titans who were thawed first would hug their comrades and use their own body heat to help them thaw.

It must be said that the giants are incredibly resilient. Not only do they live several times longer than humans, but they also have an exceptional ability to withstand freezing temperatures. Even after being frozen for decades or hundreds of years, they can still be lively and energetic.

The Titans who were later unsealed were first informed of the Elder's death by their comrades, and then Robert's identity was introduced. Everyone first went to the Elder's side to pay their respects, and then walked to Robert to bow.

The rescue operation lasted for more than a day, and Robert regretted letting Panz Frye go. These hundred giants were like a hundred mouths, and they desperately needed energy after thawing.

Robert opened a portal and mobilized all the rations in Dressrosa, barely enough to feed a hundred people.

Ace and Marco were exhausted, but they were also excited to face hundreds of Titans, after all, this was a super-powerful force capable of destroying any organization.

The leaders of several Great Hammer Legions surrounded Robert, and Princess Shirahoshi, who had been busy all day, was also full of interest. She rarely left the Merfolk Palace, and now that she had been brought out to participate in such a novel event as the unsealing of the giants, she did not even feel tired.

Redfield and Karina stood silently behind Robert, while York looked at the giants with great curiosity. Vegapunk's research on certain aspects of the giants had been stalled due to a lack of sufficient samples, but Robert had unexpectedly managed to bring in more than a hundred.

"Gentlemen, I have come here today only to fulfill my duty as an ally and to rescue you from your predicament. Now that you are free, we can retire with our mission accomplished."

If it weren't for the giant elder's entrustment speech, Robert would have had a completely different attitude. But now he's pretending to be indifferent, which makes Karina very excited. This is all thanks to the "playing hard to get" technique that Professor Robert taught her in the book of deception.

The giant was still simple-minded; tricked by Robert, he panicked on the spot: "Lord Odin, please lead us into battle!"

Robert frowned: "Back then, so many of our races joined forces, yet we still lost to Im. Now, so many years later, many of our former allies have even forgotten the existence of the alliance..."

A giant shouted, "Aren't there still the merfolk and the giants? As long as we find the sun god Nika again, we will surely regain victory!"

Robert shook his head: "I found the current sun god Nika a long time ago, and I fought alongside him. However, he has not yet awakened. Even I know very little about the history of that time. You see, I have even forgotten Gungnir."

A wise giant spoke up: "This is normal. The awakening of each generation of divine power is accompanied by a completely new life, and the mission of us immortal races is to tell the new gods the history of the past."

“Odin is the god-king from Birka, who wields the power of lightning that can replace the forbidden sun, while Gungnir is Birka’s divine weapon, also known as the Eternal Spear or the Spear of Destiny, which has the properties of summoning lightning, hitting the target with every throw, and being destined to pierce.”

"But during the First War of the Gods, the shaft of Gungnir was melted by the Forbidden Sun. Later, we remade the shaft for it using the core of the Tree of Adam. It was destroyed again during the Second War of the Gods. Now, only the spearhead engraved with runes remains."

"But the divine scriptures record that one day Odin, the king of the gods, will be reborn and reforge the eternal spear with supreme thunder!"

Robert thought for a long time before he remembered where the so-called Birka was. Enel's hometown was called Birka or Biruka. The name of that sky island originated from the lunar city on the original infinite land - Birka!

Therefore, the so-called Gungnir, the spear of eternity, is actually a divine artifact of the moon, and Odin, the king of gods, is also a god of the moon people.

"Actually, we know very little about the first two wars of the gods. In order to prevent everyone from uniting, Im sealed off all the history of that time. Anyone who dares to study it will be completely wiped out."

Robert sighed and continued, "But the Celestial Dragons' rule is too dark. Now all races are suffering terribly. We must rebel!"

Robert planned to gradually lead these giants to offer to help build ancient weapons, but he didn't expect these giants to be so straightforward, not thinking things through at all, and only answering questions directly.

"We do know some history of the war of gods, and we can tell you about it!"

Chapter 23 The First World!

What Robert most wanted to hear was for them to continue declaring their intention to take down Im, and then offer some war resources. He could then conveniently say that these were not enough, and that they needed ancient weapons. Oh, what a coincidence, I actually have a blueprint for an ancient weapon here, but I have neither the materials nor a shipwright.

Given the giants' simplicity, they would definitely put in the effort and work just to kill Im and avenge him.

But now they actually answer every question directly. If Robert says he doesn't know the history, they'll tell him the history. This leaves Robert both amused and exasperated.

But that's fine too. Robert himself is also very curious about the truth of this world, so it wouldn't be bad if the giants could answer his questions.

"The moon, which the people of the moon call the infinite earth, was once a huge blue planet, much larger than the world we live in. At that time, this place was called the lower realm, a place where they exiled criminals."

The giant's first words had Robert's CPU spinning. He had always thought that even if the moon had ever been a habitable planet, it was at most a summer palace.

Although the scenery is beautiful, it is still a satellite of Earth. It is unexpected that the original moon was actually larger than Earth. Earth was the original satellite!

"I just came back from the moon a month ago. It's only about one-fiftieth the size of our planet!"

Robert's timely questioning was actually meant to express that he still has control over the moon.

As expected, the giants were very surprised: "You actually have the ability to return to the moon, truly worthy of being Odin!"

"The reason why the infinite land is called the infinite land is because it is so huge that it seems to have no end. Our planet used to be able to revolve around the infinite land."

"Until the people of the moon created the forbidden sun, this almost inexhaustible energy brought powerful technology to the moon, but it required the consumption of the entire planet's internal energy."

"The moon was over-extracted of energy, and it grew smaller and smaller until there was no land left to stand on. It was all submerged by the sea, and the people of the moon were eventually forced to build cities underwater."

Robert seemed to have a brain now. He had previously watched Vegapunk's radio show and heard that the sea level would rise by one meter every time Uranus used it, but no matter how he imagined it, he couldn't figure out the principle behind it.

The truth turned out to be that the sea level hadn't risen, but rather that the planet's core was shrinking!

As land decreases, water levels naturally rise, so the so-called "mother fire" actually consumes the planet's core material!

This explains why the lunar people's so-called depletion of resources meant they had to migrate to Earth. With the lunar people's technology, what resources could they lack that they couldn't import from Earth, forcing them to leave their homeland?

In retrospect, it seems that the moon, which was much larger than Earth, was reduced to a barren and tiny moon, with its center hollowed out to build the huge city of Birka. In reality, the moon is just an empty shell, and it can no longer be squeezed for energy.

The giants continued their narration: "The people of the moon came to this world and used their technology to build a vast kingdom, uniting all the people on earth together."

"But the people on Earth always felt that the people on the Moon were hiding something, so they plotted for a long time and finally discovered that they possessed an energy source that could never be extinguished, but were unwilling to use it."

"So everyone rebelled, but the people of the moon were willing to go to war with everyone rather than hand over that energy."

The giant shook his head with a sorrowful expression: "The fire-stealer has appeared. That was the original Nika. He obtained the forbidden sun for all races. Everyone was happy, but they did not know that the people of the moon were actually protecting this world, while we were the sinners who destroyed it with our own hands."

Robert was breathing heavily, and he couldn't help but mutter, "There are flames on the earth!"

"Humanity succumbed to desire and touched the forbidden sun."

"The enslaved people prayed, and finally the sun god descended."

The giants looked at Robert, but were not surprised that he could recite the Halley Codex inscribed in Elbaf.

Robert struggled to remain calm: "No, everyone made the wrong judgment because of the information asymmetry, but Im, knowing that the use of the forbidden sun would destroy the world, still used it to start a war. He is the real sinner."

Although Robert had always believed that stupidity was more terrifying than malice, he couldn't just point at these giants and say that a cunning villain was no match for a clever fool, and that unity was essential when needed. So all he could do was offer words of comfort.

Upon hearing Im's name, the giant gritted his teeth and said, "Im is indeed the greatest sinner. We obtained the forbidden sun from the people of the moon, which could have ended the war. It was Im who invented the method of using it as a weapon."

"As long as you first absorb an excessive amount of the earth's energy and then release it all at once, you can unleash a world-destroying power. Because the forbidden sun floats in the sky, everyone calls it—the Heavenly King!"

Robert was numb now. Even if these giants told him about the origins of the Four Heavenly Kings, or even if they said that the Four Heavenly Kings were actually Im, Mo Liqing, Jacky Cheung, and Kato Taka, Robert wouldn't be surprised.

“Im has obtained the Heavenly King and is no longer satisfied with simply overthrowing the rule of the Great Kingdom. He wants to establish his own Dark Kingdom, so he keeps using the Heavenly King to attack his former allies.”

"As the sea level continues to rise, Elbaf, which was originally a vast continent with the World Tree growing on a high mountain in its center, has been completely submerged by the rising sea level. We have no choice but to build a new home on the World Tree..."

"The merfolk originally lived on the sea surface, but after witnessing Im's madness, they dived into the deep sea to seek refuge."

"The allies of various races were originally united, but as the sea level rose, they could no longer care about fighting and returned to their own homes to help with disaster relief. Little did they know that this separation would mean they would never see each other again."

"The god of the sea is furious."

"From that day forward, they never saw each other again!"

After the giant finished reciting the Halley's Canon, he completed the first half of what Robert had read, and also finished telling the story of how the moon people migrated to Earth, established a great kingdom, and were then overthrown.

Everyone fell silent. Robert looked at York with concern, fearing that she might develop some inexplicable desires because of Im's power.

Redfield gave Robert a subtle shake of his head, indicating that York's mental health was not in any serious condition, which put Robert at ease.

Suddenly Robert realized that something was wrong:

"Wait, isn't this the ending of the Second World? The First World was destroyed by the Earth God and the Serpent of Karmic Fire!"

Chapter 24 The Second World is just so-so.

The giant, who looked like a scholar, scratched his head and said, "It's not like we just followed along because you mentioned Im first..."

"Actually, the story of the First World ends after the various races united and seized the forbidden sun from the people of the moon."

"The people of the moon were extremely disappointed with everyone, and with unknown abilities, they raised the red earth continent and built cities on it that were difficult to be submerged by the sea."

"But Im was unwilling to stop and continued to exterminate the people of the moon, and the resistance gradually split."

"Im's sword began to turn against his former allies. He rallied some people who were willing to stand with him, forming the initial alliance of 20 people, and launched a war against other races."

"At first, everyone was caught off guard, but the people of the moon put aside their grudges and shared the ability to use everyone's fantasies and materialize them into reality, which is the Devil Fruit!"

"Joey Boy ate the Nika Fruit and led an alliance of races to fight against Im."

"But in the end, everyone failed. Joy Boy was killed, and Im conquered the last city of the Moon People, transforming it into the Holy Land Mary Geoise, thus beginning the rule of the World Government."

"The First World ended with the rise of the Red Earth, while the Second World ended amidst the internal strife of various races, with the rising sea level bringing it to an end."

"That's why there's a description of the sea god being furious."

Robert finally understood that the so-called God-King Odin was actually a god of the Moon People. The Moon People did not intend to use Uranus to destroy the current world of One Piece, so they developed an electric faith, and Odin was the god who controlled lightning.

So even though the Halley Codex of the giants didn't record the Thunder God, but only described the prophecy that the Sun God would lead everyone to defeat Im, the Sun God was one of the culprits who rebelled against the Moon People. So when these giants saw the reincarnation of Odin who controlled lightning, they naturally bowed down in worship.

Therefore, it's probably not a coincidence that the Rumble-Rumble Fruit appeared on Skypiea and was kept as their national treasure.

After Mary Geoise was occupied by Im, the Lunarians certainly wouldn't just sit and wait to die on a small island in the ocean, so they chose to establish their nation on the Cloud Sea, which is even higher than the top of the Red Line.

It's even possible that there were no sky islands in the clouds originally. It was the remnants of the moon who used their last remaining technology to develop the technology to create white sea clouds and sky island clouds, thus opening up a new home at an altitude of 10,000 meters.

Robert sighed. He wasn't a good person. Since coming into this world, he had been swept up by various crises and desires, and had done many things by force and robbery.

This includes the capture of Dressrosa, the seizure of the Golden City, and the upcoming conquest of the Sky Island.

Although one could find reasons to say that the Donquixote Family were tyrannical rulers who oppressed the people, that Tesoro was a Celestial Dragon's lackey who rose to power through gambling and fraud, and that even the people of Skypiea now lived under the oppressive rule of nobles from small countries.

But invasion is invasion. Doflamingo hadn't even made a move against him yet, but he was already plotting against him. Tesoro was killed by him for no reason.

With a heavy heart, Robert cast aside all moral constraints, seized the Sky Island, and offered to lead everyone to a good socialist life as a remnant of the Moon as compensation!

Now that he understood the giants' attitude towards him, Robert no longer hid anything:

"With Uranus in Im's hands, we can only use other ancient weapons with sufficient power to fight against him, such as the giant battleship Hades!"