One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

At first, Robert commissioned the eccentric monk Urouge to form a faith-spreading team, working with Uta to promote himself from two directions. Later, this promotion became so effective that Robert's team no longer needed to exert any effort; the faith began to spread spontaneously across the sea.

Currently, only Uta is still reinforcing Robert's faith. Urouge has been given a new task by Robert: instead of promoting his miracles, he should create a new deity based on several of his key officers.

Now, Robert is like a fortune teller on the high seas, able to know everything from the past to the future. He says Blackbeard is Rocks' son, and the World Government doesn't even need to do a paternity test; if they just kill him, it's highly likely it won't be a wrongful conviction.

Akainu thought to himself, even if their battle ended now, Blackbeard would definitely not be able to continue occupying Onigashima, because the World Government would soon conduct a background check on this news, and might even send the Navy to kill Blackbeard without any investigation, regardless of the cost!

So now, Blackbeard is the most anxious of the three, but he doesn't dare to make the first move because his act of creating the black hole earlier has damaged the fragile trust between him and Akainu. If he makes a move now, he may face a pincer attack from Robert and Akainu.

Akainu wasn't in a hurry to make a move. Since he only needed to hold off the two enemies in front of him to wait for the Navy's reinforcements, why didn't he act as a slowdown to prevent the enemy from escaping?

Robert, on the other hand, was in no hurry. He was now one of the Four Emperors and had an image to maintain. His appearance on Onigashima was merely a chance to catch up with his old enemies. He couldn't just casually go out and fight them; that would make him like Luffy.

The Blackbeard Pirates, who were watching the commotion from a distance, were already wavering. Although they hadn't heard what Robert said and were unaware that their leader's secret identity had been exposed, they were still shaken.

The three big shots have already clashed briefly. Robert and Akainu actually teamed up against Blackbeard, and many pirates on the islands are already having second thoughts. If they think that a former Marine Admiral and a current Yonko are teaming up against them, then their own boss is probably in grave danger this time.

Blackbeard muttered to himself, and it was unclear what he was saying. Ever since he realized that he no longer had the chance to kill everyone, he had started muttering meaningless words.

But as long as he didn't continue to create black holes or attack the other two, Robert and Akainu didn't intend to pay any attention to his eccentric behavior.

On the giant demon head in the center of the island, at the same observation post where Hibari had set up his sniper rifle to observe the situation on the island, lies Van Augur, the sniper of the Blackbeard Pirates.

While aiming his sniper rifle at Blackbeard, he scribbled on a piece of paper beside him, eventually forming a text!

Van Augur's body mysteriously vanished from its spot, only to reappear a second later beside Burgess, who was anxiously watching the beach battlefield.

Van Oka whispered a few words to Bagges, who was taken aback at first, then nodded vigorously.

Shiryu of the Rain stood on a high slope, holding his sword, his expression growing increasingly grim as he looked towards the beach.

Burgess yelled as he charged toward Shiryu of the Rain: "The boss is fighting to the death over there, I have to take care of you, you two-faced bastard, first, so you don't turn on him when the wind turns against you!"

Shiryu of the Rain remained expressionless, not even drawing his longsword, and engaged Burgess in combat with the scabbard still attached.

As the two fought, more and more pirates joined in, some taking sides and others trying to break up the fight, but in the end it sparked a massive internal brawl within the Blackbeard Pirates.

Robert glanced at the island with a smile, but did not make any sarcastic remarks. Van Augur and his group's little tricks could fool others, but they couldn't fool him with his huge sensing range. He just didn't bother to expose them.

As expected, the internal strife within the gang intensified, and casualties soon began to appear. The camp split into two sides, fighting while carrying their own wounded to the ship for treatment.

In the chaos, more and more people were carried away, and in the end only some middle and senior-level cadres with strong abilities remained.

Suddenly, as if by unspoken agreement, they stopped fighting, turned around, and boarded the ships moored at the seaside as quickly as possible. The two fleets then left Ghost Island in completely different directions.

Akainu then realized what was happening and looked at Blackbeard with a strange expression: "Did your subordinate put on an act and then abandon you and run away?"

Chapter 28 Elbaf is full of familiar faces

Luffy rode on the giant rabbit, shouting excitedly.

After a simple explanation, he and the rabbit's owner reconciled with a smile, but the rabbit still held a grudge about the punch it had just received.

Sanji solicitously surrounded a young, beautiful woman with green hair: "Lili, have you ever had apple pie?"

The only person who can transform into human size and ride around on a giant rabbit, and then transform into giant size and kick Luffy away with one kick, is Lily, who was sent back to Elbaf by Robert and stayed there.

"I've eaten it."

Lily's reaction was indifferent, but Sanji was still persistent: "What about egg tarts? They're a kind of dessert that's crispy on the outside and smooth on the inside."

Lily frowned even more: "Mr. Sanji, Elbaf is not the moon. We've eaten everything, and my father is a chef."

Sanji chuckled and continued chatting with Lily about random things.

The big rabbit ran incredibly fast, and Nishimura, which seemed like a long way off, arrived in less than an hour.

Nami saw the giant rabbit running towards her from afar and excitedly opened her arms to welcome it.

Sanji excitedly opened his arms and rushed forward, but missed. Nami and Lili were already embracing each other, chattering away.

On the way here, Lily had already explained that Nami and the others, who had arrived in Elbaf ahead of time, had become honored guests of the giants thanks to the introductions of Dorry and Brogy. After learning that Luffy and his two companions had fallen into the underworld along with their ship, the giants immediately decided to send people to rescue them.

However, before they even set off, Sanji called, and everyone knew that they were alright and had begun moving towards the world of the living. Only then did they refrain from sending anyone else over rashly.

However, they still sent out people to provide support in different directions, and Lili was one of them.

Luffy clamored for food, and Lily glanced proudly at Sanji: "Then try my father's cooking."

Although Elbaf has no volcanoes and cannot cook Panz Frye's signature volcanic dishes, he is still a highly skilled stunt chef who can still create unique cuisine using the giants' massive stoves.

As Luffy stuffed rice into his mouth, he looked around in confusion: "Where is everyone else?"

Nami smiled and said, "Everyone was here, but after receiving a call saying that you had landed safely, our giant friends took us to Warrior's Spring, saying they wanted to give Robin a surprise."

“I was afraid you would get lost, so I stayed in Xicun to wait for the people who came to pick you up to return.”

Sanji looked touched, and Luffy swallowed another bite of grilled meat before saying seriously:

"I'm going to a place called Auersto Castle, Lily, do you know where it is?"

Lily frowned. Although she had left her hometown when she was very young and only returned with Robert a few days ago, she had lived here for several months and had already figured out the situation in the surrounding area.

"That's Auersto Castle, but it's been abandoned for a long time. The village elders say that everything inside has been moved out, leaving only ruins. The building structure is loose and could collapse at any time, so people are not allowed to go near it."

Following the direction Lily was pointing, Luffy and his crew saw a towering cliff reaching into the clouds from a thick tree branch.

It was so big that if Lily hadn't told everyone that it was a castle, from a human perspective, it would have just looked like a vast expanse of white cliffs.

But in reality, this is simply because the angle of human vision cannot take in the entire castle. Unless you step back far enough, you will realize that it is actually an enormous castle!

Luffy resolutely swallowed the food in his mouth, his strength returning to his body: "Lili, can you take us there?"

Nami cautiously tugged at Luffy and said, "Hey, they already said it's dangerous there, do we really have to go?"

Luffy nodded: "We just ran into Robert's friend. He's imprisoned in the underworld, chained up with huge chains."

"We promised Robert we would rescue his friend, and the key to the chains that bind him is hidden in Auersto Castle!"

Upon hearing Robert's name, Lily immediately forgot the elder's words: "You're going to rescue the boss's friend? Then I'll take you there!"

Although Nami and Lily had become best friends, she had never mentioned Robert to her, and was completely confused when she heard this: "What boss?"

Lily puffed out her chest: "My father works for Boss Robert, and he promised to help us open a volcano restaurant where everyone can have enough to eat."

"He's just been too busy lately, so he wanted us to wait in Elbaf."

With mutual friends, everyone naturally became more familiar with each other.

Nami said to Sanji, "You and Luffy go together. I'm afraid he might cause trouble if he's alone. I'll go to Warrior's Spring and tell everyone about the situation here."

Sanji nodded vigorously, then followed Lili around like a little puppy.

The three of them rode the giant rabbit-eared god just as they had come, heading towards the abandoned castle in the distance.

This rabbit is the pet of Rod, the navigator of the New Giant Warrior Pirates. After Robert sailed to Elbaf in their small boat, Erding and his crew did not return to Buggy Express to report back, but simply stayed in Elbaf.

Since they didn't join the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, Rod naturally wouldn't hold any grudges against the Straw Hat crew. Consequently, the plot of having the crows capture Luffy and his friends while they were drunk from drinking absinthe and take them to Elbaf for some kind of trial didn't happen.

On the contrary, because Hajrudin was deeply in love with Lily, the members of the New Giant Warrior Pirates all became very familiar with Panz Frye and his daughter. Although Lily was indifferent to Hajrudin, she had a very good relationship with the others.

Rhodes's several large pets quickly became familiar with the father and daughter thanks to Panz Frye's feeding, and Rabbit Ears even became Lily's personal mount.

Not only is Ear God fast, but he is also good at jumping between complex terrains, and he quickly delivered Luffy and his crew to the front of Olsto Castle.

But for some reason, once they got here, Ear God absolutely refused to take another step forward.

Lily urged Ershen with a puzzled look to cross the long-dried-up moat, but Luffy reached out and stopped her:

"It's scared. Something terrible must have happened in this castle. Don't force it. Let's go in ourselves."

Lili nodded excitedly. She had never been inside the castle before because the elders said it was dangerous. At most, she had accompanied her father to deliver meals to the guards on duty a few times.

Luffy and Sanji suddenly looked at a certain spot in the castle at the same time. Luffy frowned and said, "Did you notice too? Someone's spying on us!"

Sanji became unusually serious: "Judging from his height, he should be a giant with two horns on his head. I feel like I've seen him somewhere before."

The figure spying from the castle in the distance seemed to have noticed Luffy and his companion looking in his direction. He shrank back behind the ruins, but his size prevented him from completely hiding himself.

As soon as he moved, Luffy and Sanji realized that what they had seen before was not a hallucination, and they each used their special abilities to rush towards the man.

Upon realizing it had been exposed, the giant turned and ran, its body beginning to change and lengthen, eventually transforming into a winding dragon that soared into the clouds.

Luffy and Sanji exchanged a glance: "Kaido!"

Chapter 29 Ghost Island Hamburger

Robert and Akainu are both seasoned veterans; how could they not see that the Blackbeard Pirates were putting on an act? Those with weak skills also had poor acting skills, and there were even skilled fighters who would actually step in and injure or cripple them.

Gradually, only those with decent strength remained on the battlefield. At someone's command, these people scattered like birds and beasts.

Once everyone was on board and heading away from Akainu's fleet, Robert and Akainu knew that Blackbeard was about to get serious.

Akainu didn't let his subordinates get close from the beginning; he went to the island alone.

Robert was even more straightforward; he arrived all alone.

Only Blackbeard brought his entire family and almost all of his key officers to Onigashima, showing an attitude of wanting to make a big splash here.

Even if the island were destroyed, Robert wouldn't care. Even if everyone on the island died, Akainu would just applaud and cheer. Of the three, only Blackbeard had many concerns.

Now that he had withdrawn all his men, leaving only Onigashima, which originally didn't belong to him, Blackbeard could finally unleash his full power.

Seeing that Robert and Akainu's expressions remained unchanged, Blackbeard knew that his clumsy trick hadn't fooled them; it was just that they had never taken his pirate crew seriously.

Blackbeard was indeed the first to make a move. His devastating black hole attack required preparation time, and he used it on Robert the first time because Robert didn't know he had such a method.

Now, not only is Robert on guard against this move, but Akainu, who was also a witness to the destruction of Beehive Island, won't give himself that much time to manually create a black hole.

So now that they're fighting, Blackbeard is mainly using the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power.

Blackbeard was already highly skilled in hand-to-hand combat. Before eating a Devil Fruit, he had already left three indelible scars on Shanks' face with his immense strength. Now, with the added power of a top-tier Devil Fruit, his strength is truly not to be underestimated.

He has never had any sense of shame and has always prioritized practicality.

Although Whitebeard tricked him with his life before his death, and he ate the most useless Skunk Fruit, as long as it is a Zoan-type Devil Fruit, it must have the ability to enhance physical abilities.

Blackbeard had long since mastered the means to enhance his defense and recovery by using the Zoan-type beast form, and with the Dark-Dark Fruit which already provided super strong defense, he actually developed a complete offensive and defensive system based on the grand blueprint that Robert had drawn for him on Skypiea.

Blackbeard, now free of restraint, threw a punch that seemed aimed at Robert, but the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit spread in all directions, drawing Akainu into the fray as well.

The current situation has truly achieved a balance of power among the three parties, and no one dares to confidently join forces with one of them to eliminate the remaining one.

Having fought battles his entire life, Akainu was naturally not afraid of Blackbeard's petty tricks. His body surging with magma, he joined the battle. Moreover, his fighting style was very clever. Instead of targeting any one person, he began to melt the ground beneath his feet as he spewed out magma.