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  "Gulp!"

  "El… this guy..."

  "Isn’t he uen years old?"

  "He’s already mastered Elbaf’s most precious spear teique!"

  Witnessing this astonishing dispy, the giants present were left speechless, jaws nearly hitting the ground. They stared i El, who stood tall after his attaot even out of breath.

  "Oooohhh—"

  "That was incredible, El!"

  "As expected of a warrior blessed by the Sun God!"

  The giants of the Giant Warrior Pirates erupted iement, surrounding El and lifting him high into the air, tossing him up in celebration. Though their leader was absent, it was clear that El had bee their stand-in. At such a young age, having already mastered "Elbaf’s Spear" was a sign of unimagiential.

  "You’re amazing, El!"

  "I hope I reach that level someday!"

  Watg El’s impressive feat, Linlin, Gerd, and Hajrudin were filled with admiration, their eyes shining with determination and pride.

  "Looks like it’s time to get a better sword…"

  Finally freed from the giants' exuberant cheers, a slightly flustered El poio the sword at his waist with a smile. "If I keep using Elbaf’s Spear like that, this sword won’t st much longer!"

  Though the bde hadn’t cracked yet, El could se was wearing down. It was just a training sword, and after all the intense sessions and El’s rapidly increasing strength, it was already struggling uhe pressure.

  "No worries, I’ll fe you a new one—much better than this! Gahaha!" A muscur giant, known for his bcksmithing skills, grinned as he spoke. He was a renowned swordsmith of Elbaf, responsible for crafting ons fendary warriors like the Blue Ogre Dorry and the Red Ogre Brogy.

  "Thanks! I’ll be ting on you!"

  El ughed. He preferred rge double-edged swords over delicate ons like katanas or rapiers. He had high standards, but wasn’t in a rush for a personalized on just yet. Since his body was still growing, he po wait until his eventual size was clear before iing in a true masterpiece.

  ...

  "Bweee—Bweee—"

  "Enemy attack! The enemy is the Giant Warrior Pirates! All personnel, enter battle mode immediately!"

  At the G-12 Marine base, shrill arms bred as Marines scrambled to their positions.

  "Damn it, it’s a fleet of giants!"

  "They’re with the Giant Warrior Pirates... that a ship really exists!"

  "Why? Didn’t the Navy almost execute some of their members before ‘Saint Mother’ interveo calm tensions with the giants?"

  "Have they gone mad? The Navy didn’t provoke them!"

  "Are those giants pnning to bite the hand that spared them?"

  "What’s going on?"

  As the Mariared at the approag fleet and the enormous, menag figures aboard the ships, cold sweat formed on their brows. They readied themselves for battle. The sky had darkehick with clouds heralding an oning storm.

  "Those lunatics... are they out of their minds?"

  From the G-12 base, Vice Admiral Modi stared at the giant fleet in a mix of anger and disbelief. "They dare attack a Navy stronghold without provocation?"

  Seeing the Giant Warrior Pirates' fgship draw closer, heedless of their warnings, Modi gritted his teeth and shouted, "Open fire!"

  "Boom! Boom!"

  ons roared from the Marine ships and coastal defenses, hurling artillery shells at the giants' vessels.

  "The Navy…"

  Onboard the 'Great Eirik', El’s eyes gleamed coldly as he watched the approag Marine firepower. The fmes behind his head fred, burning intensely. Having spent most of his life on the run, hunted by the Wover and its agents, El harbored a deep-seated hatred for them. He recalled how he had been forced to ie his parents’ bodies and scatter their ashes at sea to prevent the Wover from desecrating them.

  "Roar—" El’s body rapidly exparansf into the massive figure of the winged serpent god, Quetzalcoatl. He soared into the sky with a powerful beat of his wings.

  "What is that?"

  "A giant snake? A strange bird?"

  "It must be some sort of Devil Fruit ability!"

  "Don’t let it get near! Shoot it down!"

  "It’s flying into the sky!"

  The sudden appearance of the gigantiged serpent above the a giant ship left many Mariunned.

  "Whooo—"

  El soared high into the stormy clouds, surrounded by crag lightning as he circled the darkened sky. His voied down from above, shaking the heavens: "Prepare to meet your end, Marines… 'Heaven’s Wrath!'"

  "Rumble… rumble…"

  Thunder roared as thick bolts of lightning burst from the storm clouds, striking the G-12 base.

  "Boom! Boom!"

  "Ahhh!!!"

  It was as if the heavens themselves had unleashed their fury. Lightning struck relentlessly, hitting buildings, ships, and defensive ons, while soldiers fell where they stood. Explosions echoed as munitions stores ignited, sending fmes and bck smoke billowing into the sky.

  "Soru! Damn it, what kind of monster is this?!"

  Vice Admiral Modi, using advanced Haki, barely dodged a lightning bolt. His face paled as he gazed at the fearsome winged serpent above. Even as a Vice Admiral, fident in his strength, he had no idea how to hahis level of destru—especially with a horde of giant warriors closing in.

  "Whooo—"

  Meanwhile, powerful gusts of wind filled the sails of the giant ships, propelling them forward at breakneck speed toward the G-12 base.

  "Hiss—"

  "anding the wind, trolling the storm?"

  "This is El’s true strength?"

  "Big Brother El is amazing! S!"

  Even the giants, typically proud of their strength, were dumbfounded by the sight. Linlin, Hajrudin, and Gerd—who sidered themselves close to El—were equally stunned, having never witnessed anything like it.

  "Oooohhh—"

  "El has cleared a path for us! Let’s go!"

  "We ’t let down the reputation of Elbaf’s giant warriors!"

  "Crush these ptible Marines!"

  "Kill them all!"

  With morale s, the giants charged forward. Oer aheir enormous ships broke through the Navy’s defenses, ready to unleash their fury upon the base.