"So the last time you came to Elbaf, you didn't even formally meet Harald?" Onboard the gibeck as it cut through the waves, Charlotte Linlin questioned Newgate, who was drinking heavily beside her.
Newgate took a large gulp of wine and wiped his mouth:
"Hmph, we encountered him, but we didn't reach an agreement. That madman Rocks injured his son as soon as he arrived, forcing Harald, who was on an expedition in the outer seas, to rush back in an emergency.
Harald explicitly rejected Rocks' invitation with a firm attitude. But looking at Rocks' current posture, he clearly hasn't given up yet."
"You've seen Harald with your own eyes? How strong is he exactly? To make Rocks so obsessed."
Charlotte Linlin pressed further; she was full of curiosity about this giant king. After all, when she transmigrated, this character hadn't even appeared yet.
"Very strong!" Newgate's gaze became solemn,
"And he's even taller and more robust than ordinary giants. To be honest, at least for now, I don't have the confidence to defeat him."
"For a guy like you to say such a thing, it seems he really is extraordinary." Charlotte Linlin felt a chill in her heart.
Just then, a shout came from the lookout: "I see Elbaf!"
Hearing this, Charlotte Linlin looked up. Even though she was mentally prepared, the sight before her still made her pupils shrink, her heart filled with shock.
"So big! This is Elbaf?"
What entered her sight was not the vast, boundless giant continent she had expected, but a "towering giant tree" in the truest sense!
The trunk was as thick as a giant pillar supporting heaven and earth, the crown vanished into the clouds, and the branches and leaves spread out, dyeing the entire sky emerald green.
The diameter of the trunk was visually far beyond that of an ordinary island. Its magnificent scale completely overturned her perception of what a "tree" was.
"Yeah, it's a very big tree. I was shocked when I first saw it too." Newgate's voice carried a hint of reminiscence,
"Furthermore, the giants' main villages are built on this tree. What's even more exaggerated is that this entire tree is said to be the 'adam tree'."
"The whole... adam tree?!" Charlotte Linlin was completely shocked.
She had a deep understanding of the Treasure Tree Adam's preciousness; the main body of the new ship Rocks gave her was made of this wood, and the volume of this giant tree before her... No wonder Kurozumi Mushi said this thing wasn't rare in Elbaf!
Before this World Tree, the gibeck was as tiny as an ant sailing toward the shore.
"Harald! I'm back again! Hurry up and pick me up!"
Rocks walked to the bow and, without warning, released his terrifying Conqueror's Haki. It blasted toward the giant tree like a physical shockwave, his voice exploding like thunder.
Almost at the same instant, an equally majestic and anciently majestic Conqueror's Haki crashed down from above the giant tree, violently colliding with Rocks' momentum!
Boom—!
The invisible collision made the clouds in the sky seem to tear apart, and the sea below boiled and rolled violently!
"Rocks! You bastard! Releasing your Haoshoku in my kingdom again!"
A vigorous roar, like a mountain and full of anger, came from the middle layer of the tree, making eardrums go numb.
"Wuhahahaha! Isn't this just a warm greeting to you! Hurry up, bring us up! I've brought'sincerity' this time!"
Rocks laughed loudly, not caring at all, seemingly enjoying this way of "communication."
"Hmph!" The person on the tree let out a cold snort of dissatisfaction, but still took action.
From approximately the middle section of the giant tree, a brilliant rainbow appeared out of thin air. It extended rapidly as if it had physical form, its seven-colored light condensing into a bridge spanning the sea and sky, reaching the bow of the gibeck.
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