Arceus' Pirate Journey

Chapter 1147: The Origin of Gyarados, the Small Shock of the Giants

"Nereus, I forgot about her..."

Patting his forehead, Manderfesh found the root cause. In addition to Jack, there was also the violent Nereus.

On the sea, she and Jack had the same logic. As long as they were sure that someone was an enemy, it would always be right to kill him first.

It's not just her who is irritable, it can be said that the entire Gyarados clan is a group of irritable guys.

If you don't provoke them, you can live in peace. But once you provoke Gyarados, it won't be easy to get away.

Manderfesh's territory is not far from the entrance to the New World, and is in a corner-like position like the New Fishman Island, so it can provide support at any time when special situations arise.

The excellent geographical location makes many members of the Hundred Beasts stay here. Nereus also stayed here for a period of time. When she just ate Dairudo, she learned human customs here for a period of time.

But after Mello was born, Nereus appeared here much less frequently. She was the queen of the Gyarados clan designated by Arceus. She could be seen in many sea areas in the Grand Line and the Four Seas, and even left behind some legends of sea giants.

She only appears here once or twice a year, so Manderfesch didn't associate it with her.

"Mello, what did Nereus take you to do the last time you met her?"

"Well...we ran into a bunch of pirates who were trying to capture the mermaids, and then Aunt Nereus blew them all away."

With the appearance of Nereus, the artillery on the island also ceased firing. These coastal defense guns could not hurt Nereus. With the blessing of scale armor and the fruit of the mythical beast, her defense was not low, so it was no problem for her to take these shells head-on.

But bombarding one's own people will never have a good impact. Moreover, on the sea, Nereus is more terrifying than a group of heavy artillery. Even if she is not accompanied by a group, she alone can overturn an area of ​​the sea.

Humans are land creatures after all, and except for a few, most people find it extremely difficult to deal with Nereus at sea.

With her around, the remaining enemies are not a problem at all.

In fact, this is exactly the case. The appearance of Nereus broke the psychological defenses of this group of new pirates.

"Captain! There's a monster! The same monster we encountered at Upside Down Mountain!"

"No, it's bigger than that!"

"Shut up! I saw it!"

On the small boat, a one-eyed pirate held a knife in both hands and looked at Nereus with a hint of fear.

He lost his eye at Upside Down Mountain because he was retaliated against by the Magikarp that were blocking the road and his pirate ship was overturned by the nearby Gyarados.

Although he was lucky enough not to die there, one of his eyes was blinded by the broken wooden boards.

Gyarados can overturn ships, but it does not eat people, and many pirates have escaped from them.

On the Grand Line, the captain regrouped his men and arrived in the New World.

When they wanted to replenish supplies by looting, they were taught a lesson by the island's coastal defense artillery. Now, they actually encountered a Gyarados.

"I'm not who I used to be, let you monsters know how powerful I am today!"

Standing on the side of the ship, the captain jumped into the air with two swords in hand, as if trying to wash away his previous shame. But before he could launch an attack, Nereus had already created a tsunami.

The turbid sea water blocked his vision. He was about to swing his sword to cut through the tsunami in front of him, but a huge hand covered in red scales had already broken through the waves and slammed him into the water.

......

On the other side, Mello kept gesturing with his hands, trying to make Manderfisch understand what he meant. In fact, even if Mello didn't say it, Manderfisch could imagine the scene of the battle.

He is a Gyarados ability user and is very familiar with its abilities. He also practiced with Nereus during that period and is very familiar with her fighting style.

Gyarados's racial stats lean towards physical attackers, and its melee ability is very strong, but Nereus will usually use long-range attacks to eliminate the enemy first, and then engage in melee combat.

"So...Nereus taught you?"

"No, but I also want to defeat all those slave traders. Mom hates slave traders the most. I can't breathe fire, throw leaves, create tsunamis or release light waves, so I can only use external force."

Nereus can breathe fire, create tsunamis, and release light waves, but throwing leaves makes Manderfesh feel that something is wrong. He has the impression that Mello has no familiar grass-type ability users.

"Who threw the leaves?"

"Meona, she has a seed ball in her hand that she can throw around like a sliding ball. They are both amazing."

"They are older than you, and that is the power given by Lord Arceus. Don't worry, Daddy has prepared it for you as well."

After rubbing Melo's head, Manderfexu gave her some clues.

Looking back, he just wanted to retire, and in order to have better retirement conditions, he began to involute himself.

He had saved up almost enough money, but then he fell in love, so he started to build up his assets and seek a higher position. Finally, he became a senior cadre stationed outside the capital and achieved his goal.

But he is getting further and further away from retirement. His own business is over, and now Manderfesh is accumulating wealth for his daughter. The accumulated merits are intended to give his daughter some abilities so that she can have more self-protection capabilities.

As one of the few cadres with a family to support, he has relatively more things to worry about.

He now had some idea as to why his daughter began to admire Heavy Firepower. As long as she didn't learn bad things from some weirdo, it would be fine.

"Dad, when are we going back to Wano Country? I want to play with Meowna and the others."

She has playmates here, but they can't let go of themselves.

Her father is the highest-ranking official on the island. Even if the children don't care, their parents will. Words will always affect some things. Only people like Meowna and Wolf, who are also children of senior officials, don't care about such things.

To Melo, Meowna and Wolf, who had spent less time together, were more approachable.

"I'll be back soon, after I finish my recent work, but there are so many people here today..."

In addition to Nereus, Manderfesh also saw an approaching Viking ship, the size of which revealed the identity of the people on board - giants.

On the ship were Helding and his men. After being intercepted by Yamato, they became subordinate mercenaries of Hundred Beasts, carrying out some mercenary missions in the New World. They came here just for supplies.

When they saw someone trying to attack the island, they wanted to lend a hand, but Nereus acted faster.

"Halding? Hailding! What's wrong with you?"

"Goltz, I seem to be dazzled. I saw a giant who can swim."

After taking off his helmet, Hailding kept rubbing his eyes, with a hint of doubt in his tone...

Chapter 1148: The former office worker who paints cakes and the rhinoceros beetle who does handicrafts

Users of Devil Fruit abilities are not uncommon in the Grand Line, especially in the New World. Even Devil Fruits appearing at auctions are more frequent.

Devil Fruits are not a necessary ingredient for becoming strong, but a suitable Devil Fruit can increase a person's combat power extremely quickly.

Among the currently known strong people, the number of people with special abilities exceeds that of simple physical masters. There are powerful mythical beasts, special superhuman types, and strong natural types. Each type of fruit has its own space to play.

Devil fruits do not discriminate against race. Whether it is ordinary humans, long-armed or long-legged people, fur people, fish people, or dwarf people, they can all obtain the power of devil fruits.

The animal-type fruits that embody one's own will can even grant abilities to inanimate objects.

But among the many races, the giants are an exception. There are almost no people with special abilities among the giants. In Helding's memory, whether it is the people living in Elbaf or the legendary Blue Demon and Red Demon predecessors, they all rely on the bodies of the giants to fight.

With their physique and a suitable fruit, they can actually exert very powerful strength. There are very few people with special abilities among the giants, but those who do are all famous.

San Juan Wolf is one of them. Originally a giant, he ate the expansion fruit, which made his body size even more exaggerated. He was eventually nicknamed a giant battleship. He is an evil party that the World Government also wants to erase from existence.

The other is the commander of the Western Army of the Revolutionary Army - Maury.

He is biologically male, but a shemale. He is also a member of the giant minority, and his buffs are already fully stacked.

He is the user of the parahuman Push-Push Fruit and was once imprisoned in a large underwater prison.

However, the people who imprisoned him were careless. They did not expect Mori to be a person with special abilities, so they did not use seastone handcuffs. Mori found an opportunity to use his fruit ability to secretly dig a hole and escape from prison, and also left this secret space in Impelton.

As the activities of the revolutionary army intensified, Mori, a member of the demon giant tribe, began to become known to everyone.

Helding also wanted to obtain an ability, preferably one related to nature, so that he could be closer to his goal of becoming the king of the giants.

For the giants, the biggest concern is that those with special abilities cannot swim. Their bodies are too large and ordinary ships cannot accommodate them. The giants' own shipbuilding technology is not well developed, so if the ship capsizes, it will be fatal.

Nereus was an exception. If Helding saw correctly, she had just transformed from a special sea king into this.

"You must have seen it wrong. There is no one who can swim."

The beast's ability users rarely dive in front of outsiders. Manderfesh has done this a few times, and there are very few other examples.

Therefore, he was regarded as a person with technological abilities due to his bloodline factors. This was also a tough scapegoat for Quinn, and it was relatively difficult to get rid of it.

"It shouldn't be... Look!"

Nereus transformed into the form of Gyarados again, dived into the water and swam towards the territory of Manderfesh. This was her habit. Her original form was Gyarados, and she had long been accustomed to the form of Gyarados.

Fighting in human form is convenient, but swimming is different. Swimming in that form is very awkward for Nereus.

She didn't shy away from saying anything, and by the way, Nereus was that rare other example.

The same racial appearance, the only difference is the color, which further seals the pot.

The giants are not closed, but their information is a bit backward, and they are not clear about this kind of news that has not been publicized.

"Brothers! We've reached the shore. Looks like there are many more surprises to come!"

It is impossible to figure it out at sea. It is better to go ashore and ask. Most giants are very frank, and there are relatively few giants who play tricks.

Once they have an idea, they will naturally take action. As for why Helding regarded Nereus as a giant with special abilities, it was an instinctive reaction.

The most basic way for giants to judge whether someone is a giant is to look at their height. If the body proportions are not particularly exaggerated, an adult taller than 12 meters is a giant, or has giant bloodline.

Otherwise it's just a large human.

In addition, although devil fruits are more common on the Grand Line than in the Four Seas, they are not yet so common that they are still very precious.

People who obtain devil fruits either eat them themselves or exchange them for money. It is almost impossible to give them to creatures other than humans.

Just like when a weapon eats a devil fruit, people's first reaction is that the animal has eaten the weapon fruit, rather than the weapon eating the animal fruit.

In Helding's opinion, Nereus is more like a person who ate the Fish-Fish Fruit, rather than Gyarados who ate the Human-Human Fruit.

Heldin was quite excited with this discovery. If his new Giant Pirates could become people with the ability to not be afraid of water, then his dream of reviving the glory of the Giant Pirates and unifying all the giant countries would be easier to achieve.

From this point of view, it seems that joining other forces halfway is a clear choice, but Buggy Express cannot do such a thing.

They paddled hard and soon reached the shore.

Nereus often visits here, and there are many big guys among the merfolk, so it is not difficult for Manderfesh to entertain the giants.

These giant mercenaries had generated considerable profits during this period, so Mandfesh welcomed them warmly.

But Nereus was different. She was not used to talking to strangers, so after Helding talked for a long time, the only response she got was two "hmm".

In the end, it was Manderfisch who painted two pie in the sky for him. As the former leader of the curling king, Manderfisch knew very well how to paint two pie in the sky. To sum it up, he should work hard. As long as he met the requirements and was willing to join them, everything would be easy.

Helding and his men were just temporary supplies, so they left the island after resting for a while. However, Nereus stayed here temporarily, planning to rest for a while.

Mandfesh was also busy dealing with the matters at hand, and planned to finish them as soon as possible so that he could take his family back to Wano Country for vacation.

But not everyone has it so easy.

In the first half of the Grand Line, on an unknown deserted island in the doldrums, a certain fake master teacher who was just laying the foundation was still training Luffy.

"Not enough! The time you agreed to meet is getting closer and closer. Do you want to enter the new world like this?"

The wooden stick was swung out, and Luffy was hit on the head by Rayleigh, making him dizzy. However, Hercule, who was watching all this, sighed and picked up the thing in front of him.

After some fiddling, a simple stone pickaxe appeared in his hand.

After comparing the pickaxe head with Luffy, Heluo felt that the size was just right.

It's just a rhinoceros beetle and doesn't understand so many things. It just thinks that Luffy will use this thing sooner or later.

Chapter 1149: With your intelligence, it is difficult for me to explain to you what is happening on the sea

Goals and dreams are not the same thing. Luffy’s dream is a very special thing, and Hero is not easy to comment on it.

But he was sure that Luffy's goal had not changed after he met Red Hair, he wanted to become the Pirate King.

No matter who wants to become the Pirate King, it is impossible to jump over the mountain of beasts.

He already owns two pieces of the Road Sign Historical Text, and even the Road Sign Historical Text in Charlotte Lingling's hand has a rubbing of the text. Even Charlotte Lingling, who has done business with him, has one more piece of Road Sign Historical Text than Kai.

The historical text originally on Zuowu's back has become the private property of all beasts. If one wants to form a road map to Raftelu, this landmark historical text is indispensable.

As long as Luffy's goal remains unchanged, conflict is inevitable. Kaido will not give a copy of the historical text to others for no reason. One Piece is not his ultimate goal, but he has already regarded it as a sure thing.

The title of King Jie's assistant is not given for nothing.

Unless Luffy and the others try metaphysics, letting Zoro take the helm with the goal of not reaching Raftel might be able to take them directly to their destination.

Of course, this kind of gambling with one's life is not advisable. Zoro himself may not know where he is going. Besides, he firmly believes that he is not a directionally challenged person, so it is unrealistic for him to do such a thing.