One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Haildin immediately became anxious upon hearing this: "Where are you going? I'm going too!"

Hajrudin panicked, and so did Bucky. If his most capable general were to leave, what would become of Bucky Delivery?

"Where are you going? She gave you a chance, and it's been so long. You still haven't won her over. Don't keep pestering her and make her look down on you!"

Lily was overjoyed to hear that Robert was going to take her and her daughter away. These days, they had first stayed on that barren island, and then in Dressrosa, the whole country was lifeless. Due to the recent great battle, even the tourism industry had been suspended.

In addition to Haildin's daily harassment, Lily had long wanted to leave, so she jumped up and pulled her father to pack her things.

Haildin said with a bitter face, "At least let me give him a ride, okay? Mr. Fry is so big, ordinary ships can't carry him."

Robert's lips curled into a smile as if he'd caught a fish: "It's alright, we'll have the White Group's Moby Dick come pick us up in a bit. I'm going to Elbaf anyway, and Lily and her father haven't been back to their hometown for many years, so I thought I'd take them with me."

Haildin immediately became alert: "What are you going to Elbaf for?"

Robert exuded an aura of dominance that remained strong and persistent, exerting pressure on everyone around him without being so overbearing as to knock people unconscious.

"Elbaf is not a place I can't go to. With my status and strength, I have no obligation to report to anyone where I want to go."

Although he hasn't fully mastered advanced techniques like Conqueror's Haki yet, he's already quite proficient at releasing his own Conqueror's Haki. With the added boost of his immense reputation, even a small amount of it can exert irresistible pressure on those around him.

The tent, which had just been filled with laughter and conversation, suddenly became tense because of Haldin's outrageous question. Bucky swallowed hard and quickly tried to smooth things over:

"Hey, Halding, what's wrong with you? Robert is our brother, he's not going to attack Elbaf, he's definitely going to visit us. Didn't you hear we're taking Mr. Panz Fry and Lily with us?"

Halding also realized that if Robert was going to Elbaf to cause trouble, then Lily and her father would be the first to object.

Robert's expression softened, and he withdrew his domineering aura: "Alright, we've bothered you for so long, it's time for us to set off."

"Like I said before, Bucky, feel free to do whatever you want with Dressrosa. As long as you don't cause public outrage, I'll bring people to clean up your mess."

After saying that, Robert walked out. Panz Frye didn't say a word, silently got up, bent over and followed him out of the tent. As Lily walked out, she angrily made a face at Halding, very dissatisfied with his questioning of Robert.

Bucky quickly got up to see him off. Although Robert was wearing a cloak and hood to conceal his identity, as the host, he had to see him off to sea to be considered polite.

Hajrudin suddenly stopped Bucky and said earnestly, "Master, may I ask for leave?"

Bucky tensed up immediately: "What's wrong with you? Can you even beat Robert?"

Haildin quickly shook his head and said, "I'm not trying to stop them. Anyway, they need to find a ship big enough to hold giants. Why don't we take them there?"

Chapter 26 Time is running out

Robert doesn't know the way to Elbaf, so he needs a pointer or guide.

Located in the latter part of the New World, Elbaf is known as the most powerful warrior nation in the world. Ever since King Harald was tricked by Im and ultimately died at the hands of his own son, he has been in isolation from the outside world for more than a decade, making it difficult to obtain a permanent pointer.

Therefore, Robert had no choice but to find a guide instead of traveling quickly by himself using the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

He originally wanted to go to Egghead Island to ask Lilith for help, as Vegapunk had very comprehensive information, which must include the locations of these important islands in the sea.

However, when the time came, CP0 was capturing and interrogating Vegapunk, and now the World Government is keeping a close eye on Vegapunk and all his clones, so it is naturally impossible for him to leave Egghead Island freely.

After Robert blew up his own spaceship, he went back to Egghead Island for a quick look. Fortunately, Shakya and the others had subtly signaled that everything was safe and that Vegapunk had been released. They then began to slowly assemble the solar reactor to create the Mother Spark, as planned.

Vegapunk has crossed the World Government's red line. It is absolutely unacceptable for intelligent people to research the Void Century, especially since he has also developed a substitute for the Forbidden Sun.

However, looking at it from another angle, the Mother Spark is also very important to Im. As long as the Mother Spark is not yet obtained, Vegapunk is temporarily safe. Robert only needs to find a way to rescue Vegapunk during this period.

Unable to get Lilith to send him on a trip, Robert had to find someone else.

I was thinking of asking Little Marco and the others, since the Whitebeard Pirates are running rampant in the New World, they must have an Elbaf map.

However, Karina and Uta are wandering around the Sky Island, and Marco and Ace, who are not good at management, are also just hanging around aimlessly all day.

Robert is going to Elbaf to pick up York, but when he asks Marco and the others, Karina insists on coming along. If she goes, she'll have to argue with York again.

So Robert simply stopped trying to find a solution from the Whitebeard Pirates; he had plenty of other options at his disposal.

Although the story doesn't go into detail about how Panz Fry usually navigates the seas freely, as a seasoned pirate with a long history, he must have a way.

He was, after all, Panz Frye's boss, so he could just ask him to show him the way.

When Robert arrived in Dressrosa and saw Halding, his mind started working again.

Instead of letting Panz Fry, the giant cook, lead the way, why not just take the giant prince Hajrudin with him?

Robert's visit to Dressrosa was a secret one, and his act of sending people off to Dressrosa was clearly not a public affair. So when they were about to leave, they boarded a boat on a remote beach, and only Bucky came to see them off.

Bucky's smile was full of bitterness. The most capable fighters in his Bucky Delivery team were S-class mercenaries, and there were only a handful of them who could be rated S over the years.

The duo of Baby-5 and Buffalo, who were sent to Robert's side to avoid trouble, could be considered one, but they have now been taken back by Robert.

Hajrudin's new Giant Warrior Pirates are Buggy's last trump card, and now they're about to be kidnapped by Robert.

Robert promised to give away houses, land, and businesses, but what he actually got in Dressrosa was a hollow cake; he almost broke his teeth trying to take a bite.

Looking back, after so many transactions with Robert, it seems like I've always gotten a great deal and am now grateful to him. But if I really think about it, I've given way to a lot.

However, Buggy didn't come away empty-handed. He has now officially become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and his petty plundering will no longer be pursued by the Navy. The World Government will also turn a blind eye to Buggy Express's mercenary business.

Robert waved to Bucky with a big smile, and Lily waved back beside him, shouting, "Chief Bucky! Thank you for taking care of me all this time!"

Bucky forced a smile: "Haha, no problem, no problem, have a great trip."

When he turned around, his eyes were already filled with tears.

Wiping away his tears, Bucky looked towards the palace with a sinister glint in his eyes: "Then I'll have to collect some interest!"

A gust of wind blew by, stirring up swirling yellow sand, and a somber voice rang in Bucky's ear: "Speaking of interest, I really should settle things with you, Bucky!"

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How long does it take to get to Elbaf?

Haldin's ship was small; compared to the giant's enormous body, it could only be considered a small boat at best.

But their so-called New Giant Warrior Pirates didn't have many people to begin with, only five including their captain Hajrudin, so it was quite spacious for them to sit.

Robert was the only human on the ship. Lily shrunk to his size and was also full of excitement.

She hasn't been back to her hometown for a long time since she went to sea with her father when she was a child.

Hearing Lily take the initiative to ask him a question, Hajrudin was extremely excited, but he himself did not know much about navigation, so he could only look to the navigator Rhodes for help.

Rhodes shook his head and glanced at the navigation log in his hand: "Our ship is fast. If we don't encounter any storms along the way, we should be able to arrive in about a week."

Robert, who was discussing cooking methods with top chef Panz Fry, frowned, stepped in front of Rhodes, and asked, "Is the voyage going to last that long?"

Rhodes was quite proud of his giant identity, and he was the most vehemently opposed when Hajrudin decided to join Luffy's Straw Hat Grand Fleet.

Even after the Straw Hat crew arrived in Elbaf, Rhodes captured them and sent them into a microcosm he created, where he had some small pets attack them, ostensibly to test the Straw Hat crew's strength.

But Rhodes didn't dare to lose his temper in front of Robert, because he had personally witnessed Robert's strength without needing to test him.

The ability to manipulate lightning at will was something Rhodey, the most cultured member of the New Giant Warrior Pirates, had heard countless times in the legends of the giant race, and naturally felt awe towards it.

Not to mention that although Robert is usually all smiles, once he gets serious, he exudes a powerful aura that can make people tremble.

Especially in Punk Hazard, the image of defeating their strongest member, Haldin, in just a few moves was still vivid in his mind. Now that Robert was asking a question, Rhodes quickly replied:

"This is already very fast. Dressrosa is located in the first half of the New World, while Elbaf is in the middle and later stages."

"If we don't encounter any storms along the way, it will be fine. But if the weather is bad, it might take ten days or half a month to get there."

Robert took out a small notebook and glanced at it. There were less than ten days left until Luffy's agreed-upon day to set sail!

Chapter 27 I've really become the big villain!

If no one else is traveling with him, the distance is negligible for Robert.

The reason why the Navy always sends Admiral Kizaru to deal with problems, no matter where they occur, is because he is fast enough. As long as he is willing to set off and knows the destination, there is no place in the world that Kizaru cannot reach in a timely manner.

I definitely want to participate in the big event of Luffy setting sail again, but in terms of time, it will take a week just to get to Elbaf.

Robert regretted that he had been too careless in handling things in Punk Hazard and hadn't asked his master and the others to leave a strong magnetic mark or something.

Is there a faster way?

The more eager Robert was, the more uneasy Halding became: "What exactly do you need to rush to Elbaf for? A week is already a long time."

Robert didn't lose his temper this time. He wasn't the type to fly into a rage over a question, especially since the other person was the Prince of Elbaf, while he was a notorious pirate who caused chaos wherever he went. It was perfectly reasonable for him to ask why Robert was afraid Robert would cause trouble at his home.

The reason he got angry at Buggy in Dressrosa was to get Hajrudin to send them there. He said that getting the Whitebeard Pirates to bring his ship was all bragging, and that the ship was still near Fish-Man Island.

Robert had no means to take away Panz Frye, his guide, so he could only try to trick Hajrudin. He never expected that even traveling on the New Giant Warrior Pirates' ship would take so long.

"I'm going to pick up a few people. Don't worry, they're not giants."

Robert's words made Haldin even more uneasy, since Elbaf had never had a visitor who wasn't a giant in all these years.

The giants' ships are very fast. In the future, after Luffy and his crew escaped from Egghead Island, they arrived in just one or two days on the Giant Warrior Pirates' ships. Even though Dressrosa is some distance from Egghead Island, it couldn't have taken that many days.

Robert sensed that Rhodes had deliberately slowed the ship down, and squinted as he said, "Gentlemen, I'm really in a hurry; a week is too long."

"Well then, I'll leave Mr. Panz Fry and Lily to you all. I'll head to Elbaf first, and you can come later without any rush."

Halding and Rod exchanged a glance. Before setting off, they had discussed trying to prolong the time at sea and find out exactly what Rod's purpose was in going to Elbaf.

If Robert really is going to cause trouble, then they would rather die at sea than personally send the villain back to his homeland.

But now Robert has completely disrupted their plans. They can sail slowly on their own, and others can certainly go on their own as well.

Panz Frye began, “Boss, the giants have been deceived by humans too many times over the years. Although we are eager to integrate into this world, it seems that no one is willing to accept us.”

Panz Fry seemed to have said something pointless, but Robert understood what he meant. He was explaining Haldin's little scheme. It seemed that although Haldin hadn't managed to win over Lily during this time, he was still considered quite good in Lily's father's eyes.

"To gain something, you have to pay an equal price, and sometimes even more. This is an inevitable rule."

“I have no ill intentions toward Elbaf. Believe it or not, I really am just going to pick someone up. I will leave as soon as I get there.”

Haildin hung his head and thought for a long time before gritting his teeth and saying to Rhodes, "Full sails!"

Rhodes glanced at Halding with a worried expression, then silently turned to steer the ship.

Haildin said, "We lied before. If we didn't stop and rest along the way, we could reach Elbaf in two days."

Robert smiled and nodded, then silently found a mast to rest on, no longer communicating with Halding and the others.

Lily was the only one there, blinking blankly, unaware that their casual chat had shrunk the week to just two days.

As the sun rose on the third day, Robert was able to see the towering trees that stretched into the sky in the distance.

This is why Haldin and his companions believed that Robert could indeed find Elbaf on his own. Unlike other maritime nations, Elbaf was built upon a giant precious tree called Adam.