"So-called history is nothing more than a plaything of the world's will."
The Giant World beneath our feet is a living planet, and it is essential to recognize this. Because it is alive, it can distinguish between enemies and friends.
Or rather, they weren't friends, but people who could be exploited.
After we fought the giants for thousands of years, even the continental shelf was completely shattered by us.
Our war has finally awakened a world that should have been indifferent to everything from its slumber.
The world then examined our war, and instead of taking sides, chose to support a newly born race that had never existed before!
This race is actually one that we created— the Fish-Man.
Ah, because of the constant changes in celestial phenomena and the endless large-scale battles, the continents are getting smaller and smaller, and the oceans are gradually taking up a larger proportion of the planet.
For this reason, we chose Fish-Man as slaves and weapons, but the world's opinion is the same as ours!
Fish-Man are probably the most suitable creatures for the future. During the period when the ocean was constantly expanding, Fish-Man spread to the entire sea at an extremely fast speed.
Even so, the newly formed Fish-Man, with the support of the world, would find it difficult to fight against the giants like us.
By the time we realized the danger posed by the Fish-Man, we were already doomed before we could even react.
The world bestowed her will upon the princess of the Fish-Man -Fish-Man, and that will granted her the right to rule over all the Sea King in the world!
Suddenly, the previously weak Fish-Man finally had the power to speak out. The Fish-Man princess, also known as the first Poseidon, gathered all the Sea King in the world and unleashed wave after wave of unparalleled tsunamis across the globe!
In preparation for Poseidon's impact, we and the giants had to temporarily cease hostilities.
How can a war that has lasted for ten thousand years be easily stopped? Even when facing a common enemy, the friction between us never ceases.
Under these circumstances, the danger posed by the Fish-Man intensified, causing immense suffering for both us and the giants.
Therefore, the giants gathered most of their power, along with Uranus, which we provided, to build this... Mary Geoise stands beneath our feet!
This place was not originally a city that symbolized supreme power.
This place actually served as the bridgehead for our first collaboration with the Giants.
This place records our early friendship with the giants.
This place also records the Yamato and fall of humankind.
After the Red Line was completed, while maintaining trade and cultural exchange, both sides worked to break through the Fish-Man offensive in their respective territories.
The Red Line, which divides the world in two, greatly reduces the power and destructiveness of the tsunamis created by the Sea King.
Meanwhile, through continuous cultural exchange, the Giants, with the help of our scientists, successfully built their third Ancient Weapon!
The reason these three weapons are called Ancient Weapon is because they were all created around 30,000 years ago, in the ancient times.
During that period, Uranus ruled the skies and controlled the weather throughout the world.
Pluton was carried on the back of a huge elephant, which traversed the Red Line, continuously moving from south to north.
Pluton's range alone could cover half the planet, and given that Pluton was a giant, living turret, if given movable legs, it could achieve global strike capabilities.
Faced with the combined pressure from Uranus and Pluton, even Poseidon could only succumb.
This continued for nearly four thousand years, during which our two sides gradually tore the Fish-Man race apart.
Only when the giant tree Eve announced that she would protect the Fish-Man did this annihilation war come to an end.
Although we long to completely annihilate the Fish-Man, just as Adam protected the Giants, Eve's protection is an absolutely unshakable iron law for the Giants.
Thus, the utterly decaying Fish-Man established a kingdom under Eve's lineage, barely surviving while constantly under surveillance from both us in Mary Geoise.
Poseidon was forced to temporarily relinquish his authority and place the Sea King in the Calm Belt that Uranus had designated for them.
To warn giants and humans of the danger posed by the Sea King, I established two Calm Belt that overlap with the Red Line.
On the one hand, we used the Calm Belt restrict people's movement between the Grand Line and the New World.
On the other hand, the intersection of the two Calm Belt and the Red Line is Mary Geoise, which is right beneath our feet. This also implies that humans and giants are jointly monitoring the Sea King.
After our victory, both we and the giants were exceptionally confident. Although our two races had a ten-thousand-year war in the past, we had fought together as comrades for nearly seven thousand years afterward, and we thought... our hatred had truly disappeared!
Among us, the D race, as the representatives of the doves, was the first to propose a plan for complete coexistence with the giants.
Nika of that generation also yearned for peace. Nika joined D's camp and succeeded D, who was not keen on the title of leader, becoming the peace leader supported by countless families.
At the same time, the giants of ancient times, while hating evil, also retained the same simplicity and kindness as the giants of today.
"Through seven thousand years of comradeship, they have completely accepted us, just as D and Nika have accepted them!"
At this point, Imu took a deep breath, and a slight emotional fluctuation finally appeared in her eyes.
Gawain noticed the nostalgia in Imu's eyes; perhaps that time was one of her most cherished memories.
As expected, after a brief sigh, Imu continued speaking to Gawain.
"And so, we, the Moon People, truly merged with the giants on Earth."
Our two leaders lived together in Mary Geoise. The giants built Sabaody Castle for us, and we built the great Pangea Castle for them.
At that time, Mary Geoise truly became a bridge between humans and giants. Various human families crossed Mary Geoise to establish themselves in the world of giants.
The giants fully accepted us, but they were so steadfast in their traditions that they were unwilling to even leave their home, which was actually only half-isolated.
This is why the Titans' home world is still within the New World.
As for the land owned by the giants, why did it shrink from half a planet to a mere pittance within the New World?
This only shows that... D and Nika underestimated our own destructive power!
At first, we lived in peace with the giants. After our people traveled to the giants' kingdom, they gradually took root and thrived there.
But gradually, as the human population increased...
The resources of the surface world, enough for even giants to consume at will, were completely exhausted by our insignificant people...
For the next 13,000 years, the focus has been on the most crucial resources: fresh water and food.
Our people did not need the giants' help; they waged an eternal war that lasted for thirteen thousand years!
The original federation vanished completely, replaced by families based on surnames.
The families that followed disappeared, replaced by countless nations based on power.
At its peak, there were 340,000 human nations on this planet.
On every island, in every town, in every small region large enough for a new family to rule over its people, a small nation will inevitably emerge.
The flames of war have reignited across the world; this war should have belonged only to us.
But the world is a whole, and because of the existence of friendship, the giants were also influenced by their friends, that is, people from various countries, and gradually joined the war between humans.
Around ten thousand years ago, Nika could no longer bear the pain of war.
Before his death, Nika of that generation relinquished his power, choosing to pass the Nika Fruit to a giant who preferred peace!
At that moment, he was utterly disappointed in his people, and D even declared his withdrawal from the ranks of humanity, choosing to join the side of the Giants.
Nika finally convinced me, and I foolishly believed the even more foolish him, not only agreeing to his request—that Nika, with his crucial power, be handed over to the Giants.
I even handed over some of the operational control of Uranus to the then-leader of the Giants.
The leader of that generation of Giants was named Joy.
That was... a person worthy of respect.
I have to admit, his spirit truly inspired me; even I was affected. It's no wonder that idiot Nika was drawn to him.
After that, Joy established the Great Kingdom, uniting the giants for the first time. With the help of a portion of Uranus's power, Joy led all the giants who had joined the Great Kingdom to launch a massive campaign to persuade the New World to surrender.
Despite possessing invincible power, Joy was willing to kneel and beg the kings of every kingdom in the New World. His strength and magnanimity made countless kings submit to him.
Finally, through his efforts, the war that had lasted for thirteen thousand years came to an end.
And the world on Earth finally entered a new period of peace.
At that time, as the representative of humanity, I drank a great deal of wine with Joy, the representative of the Giants, in Mary Geoise.
Having survived for so long, I was already exhausted, and Joy was my temporary rescue.
Until..."
"Until Joy got tired too, right?"
Gawain interrupted Imu for the first time, and Gawain already knew exactly what was going to happen next.
Or, to put it another way, even if Void Century exists, even if stories from ancient times are difficult to accurately transmit to the present day.
But the story dates back to about 10,000 years ago...
That can no longer be called ancient times.
That's at most from the recent ancient period.
Hearing Gawain's words, Imu nodded slightly, then shook his head regretfully.
"First came wars between races, then came continuous resource wars stemming from resources."
When these two wars finally ended, the world had learned a great deal from them.
The ensuing war, as expected, devolved into an even more treacherous and virtually irreconcilable... ideological war!
Giants have long lifespans, and Nika, who inherited Nika's spirit of liberation and constantly beat the Drums of Liberation in his heart, lived even longer.
Around five thousand years ago, Nika, who always roamed the seas, could no longer tolerate the slavery system that existed on that vast ocean...
As a member of the Titans, I know that the concept of slavery does not exist in the world of Titans.
Before the world's resources gradually dwindled, our slaves, though slaves, were treated very well.
Because we needed slaves to fight, back then slaves were called slaves, but in reality they were more like... soldiers!
As the world no longer needed too many soldiers, human kings gradually began to squeeze the living space of slaves.
To ensure that the world's resources do not become scarce again.
In order not to anger the giant who sounded the Drums of Liberation.
People increasingly exploited their slaves through the hierarchical system, and the slaves' lives deteriorated until they had no space to live anymore.
At this moment, Nika, who had realized everything,... flew into a rage.
Although many years have passed, I still can't forget Nika at that moment.
He returned some control of Uranus to me, and he also took away Zunesha and Zunesha Pluton, who had been traversing the Red Line.
Although Joy is innocent and kind, he is not stupid.
During the war years, when I still supported ending the war.
Joy Boy can use the power of Uranus to stop the war.
But we live in a time of peace, and I absolutely cannot betray my people.
In this situation, Joy Boy would no longer use Uranus to achieve his goals.
He had to liberate the world's slaves without triggering another war between humans and giants.
This was difficult to do, but he did it without hesitation, only...
Even in the face of war, people still have ways to cope.
But they are faced with a clash of ideologies.
Our people used a scheme... or rather... after being constantly persuaded by my people, I had no choice but to take action and deal with... Joy!
Slavery is the foundation of the Moon People, especially now that the Earth Kingdom still has too many alien slaves we created, including the dangerous Fish-Man.
In any case, I cannot allow them to be completely liberated; that would only bring us annihilation.
In short, war almost broke out again.
Joy died at my hands, but before he died, the Nika Fruit completely loathed me, and I couldn't find that Devil Fruit.
As for the Zunesha.
After discovering that Joy was dead, Zunesha completely freed Pluton behind him and launched a crucial attack on Uranus.
That attack nearly caused Uranus's complete demise. The shattered Uranus triggered tremendous changes in the celestial phenomena, making the weather at sea unpredictable and uncontrollable from then on.
The war that should have been ignited was interrupted by a world suddenly on the verge of collapse. Whether human or giant, we of that era could only eke out a living in the face of the damaged Uranus.
To repair Uranus, Joy Boy, the new leader of the Giants and a successor to Joy's spirit Joy Boy, once again stepped forward.
He was the first to sever the lifeline of the Giants, Adam the Sun Tree, and used a large portion of Adam's power to barely repair Uranus.
However, by the time we accomplished all that, nearly 90% of the world's population had already disappeared.
Therefore, Zunesha was driven away by Joy Boy and carried on the sea forever, burdened with boundless sins.
Only when the owner of the Drums of Liberation declares his liberation can he...
True liberation.