Boom... Boom...
Crackle... Crackle...
"Vice Admiral Modi!!!"
"Damn giants..."
"These bastards, fight them to the death!!!"
Fmes raged on, turning the entire area into ruins. The Marines shouted in despair, their faces filled with hopelessness and anger, while some bravely charged ahead.
Crack... crack...
"Nice werd!"
"Damn Marines, now you know the strength of the giants!"
"How dare you deceive us!"
"Die!!"
In trast, the giant warriors were full of morale aement. They showed no mercy, cutting through the Marines like they were choppiables, utterly overwhelming them. The battle was entirely one-sided.
"Phew... Master, I o recharge with some fire!"
Prometheus, having unleashed a fierce assault on the enemy, flew weakly over to Gerd after abs the remaining fmes in the area.
"Good job, Prometheus! You did well," Gerd praised him, smiling as she looked up at Zeus and Hera. "You both did great as well!"
Delighted by Gerd's praise, the three Homies beamed with joy. Gerd then stepped into the fiery ruins, spotting Vice Admiral Modi, who had been reduced to a charred wreck, barely ging to life and unscious. Without hesitation, she grabbed him aracted his soul.
For a skilled user of the Soul-Soul Fruit like Gerd, extrag the soul of an unscious, defearget didn’t even require the use of the Soul ability.
Shush...
At that moment, El, havied to his human form, desded from the sky, nding within the fortress. His powerful observation Haki locked onto the remaining living Marines. His eyes narrowed as he stomped his right foot forcefully on the ground.
"Deep Forest Emergence!"
Boom... Boom...
tless green shoots burst from the ground, rapidly growing into enormous vihat swept toward the Marines, binding them and tossing them in front of Gerd.
"Gerd, they're all yours."
"No problem..." Gerd smiled as Zeus and Prometheus transformed into their terrifying battle forms, h oher side of her, guarding their master. The on-looking girl noeared like a demon from the underworld, striking fear into the remaining Marines, who had just withe terrifying powers of the Homies.
"Life or Death?"
Activating her Soul-Soul Fruit perd's soul intimidation caused the Marines’ souls to start drifting out of their bodies, as if they were being ripped away. Terrified, some screamed, "Life!" while others, trying to appear brave, muttered, "Death..." But it didn’t matter what they chose. The moment they showed any fear, Gerd—like a grim reaper—mercilessly reaped their souls.
Even some of the nearby giant warriors, watg from a distance, felt a chill run down their spines.
"Ahhh..."
Soon enough, with El’s help, the surviving Marines—whether intact, missing limbs, unscious, or fatally wounded—were all dragged over by the vines, which seemed to have a will of their own. Gerd tio use her Soul-Soul Fruit ability, steadily colleg their souls and st the gathered soul energy for future use.
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Meanwhile, far away in the first half of the Grand Line, ihe majestic Marine Headquarters...
"What? The G-12 base has been attacked?" The current Fleet Admiral, after receiving the report, turned pale with both shod anger. "Damn it! What are those giants from Elbaf trying to do? Have they gone mad?"
"There are over a hundred giants. Modi definitely won’t be able to hold off the G-12 base. Immediately order the nearby Marine bases to send reinforts as fast as possible!"
"And inform Admiral Hark at the G-5 base to head there at once!"
But the Fleet Admiral knew all too well that the G-12 base was too far away. There was no way reinforts would arrive in time. By the time the Marine fleet got there, the battle would be long over.
"Uood!"
Just after hanging up the Den Den Mushi, an adjutant rushed into the offid saluted the Fleet Admiral before handing over several photos and a file.
"Fleet Admiral William, these are photos and dots that were sent by G-12 before they pletely lost tact. The intelligence department has just finished piling the information."
"Hmm? What kind of creature is this?"
Fleet Admiral Hammens William furrowed his brow as he examihe photos, one of which showed a feathered, imposing creature with two pairs of differently colored wings, surrounded by lightning.
"A shat’s not a snake... a bird that’s not a bird... A Mythical Zoan user, perhaps?" Despite the creature's odd appearance, he didn’t dare uimate it. The image alone made it clear that this was a rare and powerful Zoan-type Mythical Beast.
"Yes, acc to the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, this seems to be the Mythical Zoan model of the Snake-Snake Fruit: Quetzalcoatl form," the adjutaed seriously. "It is said to trol pnts and possess the ability to manipute the weather, including summoning wind and rain."
"A Quetzalcoatl form? Is this person a giant?"
"The intelligence suggests otherwise. Based os from the Wover’s CP division, about six months ago, a young boy—about ten years old with giant blood and Lunarian blood—was seen arriving at Elbaf and staying there."
The adjutant poio the figure in the photos. "And if you look closely, you’ll see that, although Quetzalcoatl is only supposed to have one pair of wings, this creature also has another pair of bck wings, along with a fme at the back of its head—clear traits of a Lunarian."
"You’re telling me he's a Lunarian?"
The Fleet Admiral raised his eyebrows. For turies, the Wover had issued massive bounties on Lunarians, the Mario search for any remaining members of the tribe aher capture or kill them. The Lunarian race was nearly extinct. And now, a survivor had emerged, not only as a Lunarian but also as a Mythical Zoan user.
"Based oelligence we’ve gathered, his name is Kukulkan El," the adjutant expined, gesturing to the dossier. "He’s the same Lunarian-Giant hybrid that we and CP had been hunting in the first half of the Grand Line five or six years ago."
"His father was a Lunarian, and his mother was a giant. Both died from severe injuries sustained in battles while resisting Marine forces. Their deaths caused heavy casualties on our side, including two vice admirals."
Pausing for a moment, the adjutant tinued, "At the time, Kukulkan El was only three years old, but he was so traumatized by his parents’ deaths that he awakened a powerful queror’s Haki, knog out most of the Marine forces."
"He then used his Lunarian ability to fly and escaped into the Calm Belt. Si was the territory e Sea Kings, our forces had to give up the chase."
"After several months of searg, CP agents scoured the surrounding sea areas but found no trace of him. They assumed he had died in the sea. But now it seems he must have stumbled upon a safe haven in the Calm Belt and survived."
"He crossed the Red Line and made his way to Elbaf half a year ago."
Fleet Admiral Hammens William, after hearing this, opehe dossier, which tained several pages of information and two photos. The first photo showed a three-year-old child with oversized proportions, wings on his back, and fmes behind his head—clearly resemblihe sed photo showed El as he appeared now, drenched i while training in the vilge of Elbaf. This image had evidently been taken i by Sister Carmel and handed over to the Wover.
"Hmm, so he’s the one who slipped through the all those years ago?"
The Fleet Admiral frowned as he looked over the two photos ahrough the files. His expression grew serious. "He’s definitely a terrifying monster. If we leave him unchecked, he’ll bee a massive threat."
A three-year-old who had awakened queror’s Haki, possessing both Giant and Lunarian bloodlines, and now a rare Mythical Zoan user... The potential he dispyed was far too dangerous to ignore.
"But never mind that for now..."
Setting down El’s file, the Fleet Admiral’s face grew stern as he issued a new order. "We’ve maintained peaceful retions with the giants of Elbaf for a long time, and they’ve never gone mad like this. Immediately get in touch with the giant vice admirals at Marine HQ and find out if they know anything about this!"
"Also, have the Intelligence Department and CP figure out exactly what’s going on!"
"Uood, sir!"
Bleam
