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  By the shore, El and Gerd stood in awkward silence, both covered i, after hearing Linlin's strange question.

  "You idiot! What kind of ridiculous question is that?"

  Prometheus, uo endure Linlin's relentless squishing, broke free and transformed into a bzing fme with a demonic face. Floating in the air, he bared his teeth angrily at Linlin: "I'm the sun, I'm fire!"

  "Hmph! I was just asking. Why are you so mad?" Linlin huffed, stig her to at Prometheus.

  "This guy... sure has a lot of personality!" El chuckled. At this stage, Linlin was still a retively mild-tempered child. If she had grown up as the tyrannical Big Mom of the inal timeline, Prometheus would likely have been too terrified to even argue.

  What surprised El, however, was that despite Gerd being so kind ale, the Homie created from her soul turned out to be so hot-tempered. Maybe it had something to do with being born from fire.

  "Prometheus, Linlin is my friend. You shouldn't be rude terd scolded, crossing her arms. She gave Prometheus a stern kno the head and ordered, "Apologize to Linlin right now, or I’ll get mad!"

  "Ah! I’m sorry, Master! Please don’t be angry, don’t take my soul back!" Prometheus immediately backed down, shrinking from a fiery form into a cute sun-like shape, looking pitiful as he apologized. He knew well that, despite having his own sciousness, he was utterly bound to the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit and had no ability to resist.

  "Linlin-sama, I’m so sorry, please five me!" The previously prideful Prometheus now groveled, his demeanor pletely reversed.

  "Sorry about that, Linlin. Don't be mad," Gerd said as she hugged Linlin, smiling sweetly. "I've already scolded Prometheus."

  "Hehe, si's your pet, I won’t hold a grudge," Linlin replied with a bright smile. She was genuinely happy, as she was much closer to Gerd thaher kids from Dream Home. Not only were their sizes more simir, but Gerd was the first giant to py with her, besides El, and had even shared food with her. Linlin didn’t miing this small issue go.

  "Hehe..."

  Relieved that Linlin wasn't upset, Gerd turo El, her eyes full of excitement. "El, let's tinue!"

  When El had first taught her how to use the Soul-Soul Fruit, he had expis full potential, especially how creating multiple high-level Homies would give her greater bat strength.

  "Alright, I’ll take you up into the sky so you i a soul into a cloud and create a thundercloud Homie!" El agreed, smiling as he grabbed hold of Gerd.

  Before long, uhe envious gazes of the others, El spread his wings and flew into the sky with Gerd.

  "Wait for me, I want to e too!" Linlin called out excitedly. In the moment, she transformed into a giant bat and took off after them, her massive wings fpping powerfully.

  "Whoosh..."

  Before long, El and Gerd reached a cloud thousands of meters in the sky.

  "With my soul, I give you life..."

  Gerd, just like before, used her Soul-Soul Fruit ability and infused a part of her soul into the cloud. "e forth in the form of a thundercloud... Zeus!"

  "Rumble, rumble…" The cloud roared with thuurning dark and stormy, and a demonic face appeared on it. Soon after, the cloud transformed into a fluffy white shape with a cute, smiling face, much like a piece of cotton dy.

  "Master, I am Zeus! o meet you!" Zeus, the thundercloud Homie, floated terd and El, greeting them happily.

  "Wow!" Gerd excimed as El lowered them onto Zeus. The soft cloud felt bouncy beh her feet, and she jumped around on it with delight. "This is amazing! It’s so soft, and I won’t fall off!"

  "With this, you're all set," El said as he patted Gerd’s head, reminding her, "High-level Homies like Zeus and Prometheus are powerful, so there’s o create too many. If you need more, just use the souls of pirates or mario make lower-level ones. And if you use your own soul to create special Homies, make sure to take the soul back after they’re no longer needed. Don’t waste your soul energy recklessly, or you’ll be shortening your lifespan."

  While giants had long lifespans, it was still important ferd to be careful with her powers. Too mudulgen this kind of strength could lead to overuse, which would be dangerous.

  "Got it, El! I won’t do anything reckless!" Gerd beamed as she hugged El, her eyes squinting with joy. "But I want to make one more thundercloud as a gift for Linlin. She’s the reason I got the Soul-Soul Fruit, so I want to thank her!"

  El chuckled and nodded. "Alright, that sounds like a great idea."

  Soon after, thunder rumbled in the sky once more. Another dark cloud took shape, but this time it transformed into a yellowish, female-looking cloud with fluffy hair. Gerd named her "Hera."

  "Rumble, rumble! Master, I am Hera!" The thundercloud Homie floated over, ging to Gerd affeately.

  "Hello, Hera! I’m Zeus. Looks like we’ll be w together from now on!" Zeus, usually goofy-looking, suddenly sparkled with i, floating alongside Gerd.

  "Hera, I think we’d make a great team!" Prometheus, not wanting to be outdone, also flew up, trying to charm the new Homie. "Master, you should give Zeus to Linlin a me team up with Hera!"

  "Prometheus, you little…" Zeus gred at Prometheus, transf into a stormy, dark cloud crag with lightning.

  "Hmph, want to fight?" Prometheus, always quick-tempered, morphed inting fme, gring right back at Zeus.

  The two high-level Homies began squaring off in mid-air.

  "Idiots! I'm only loyal to my master!" Hera, the thundercloud Homie, scoffed, showing no i iher of them.

  "......" El couldn't help but twitch slightly at the se. He hadn’t expected that these freshly born Homies would start bickering so soon. Two hopeless flirts, and a prideful tsundere…

  "You guys o get along!" Gerd scolded them sternly.

  "Whoosh..."

  At that moment, a huge bat flew up, transf bato Linlin, who nded on the fluffy cloud. She bounced on Zeus, marveling at the cloud’s softness. "This is a thundercloud? So cool!"

  "Linlin, you're just in time!" Gerd smiled and poi Hera. "This is a gift for you, hehe!"

  "For me? Really?" Linlin's eyes lit up in surprise. "Thank you so much, Gerd!"

  "Hehe, I'm gd you like it!" Gerd giggled, then ordered Hera, "Hera, from now on, Linlin is your master."

  "Uood!" Hera obediently floated over to Linlin. "Linlin-sama, pleased to meet you!"

  "o meet you, Hera!" Linliedly jumped onto Hera, enjoying the soft ride.

  "Wow! This is amazing…"

  "So this is the true power of the Soul-Soul Fruit?"

  "Unbelievable…"

  Below, Hajrudin and the other kids from Dream Home watched in awe as the three Homies were created, pletely mesmerized.

  "Whooo—whooo—"

  Suddenly, a horn echoed from the distant sea.

  They turo see several massive warships, filled with giant warriors, sailing away toward the horizon. There weren’t just one or two ships—there were at least ten or more.

  "What’s that?" Linlin asked, her eyes wide with curiosity as she stared at the fading silhouettes of the ships.

  "That's the war horn of Elbaf," Gerd expined, equally surprised. "It looks like the giants are assembling. Are they preparing to attack a try?"

  "It seems the giants, enraged by the deception, are getting ready to strike back at the Wover," El said, raising an eyebrow as he spotted the fgship of the Giant Warrior Pirates leading the fleet. He smiled and added, "Well, we might as well join in on the fun, don’t you think?"

  "Huh!?”