Because of Loki's exaggerated height of over sixty meters appearing in the mortal world, Yaruru, who was on the big tree in the west village, and the giant warriors in other areas who had not been knocked unconscious by the Conqueror's Haki, were all drawn to Loki's figure.
Even Jabarelli, Lipriy, and the others, who were far away in front of the library gates, saw Loki at that moment.
"That is..."
Before the ruins of Auersto Castle, the giant elder Yaruru, who had been struggling to stay upright, trembled violently and stared blankly at the figure emerging from the underworld, exclaiming, " Loki!"
At the same moment, in front of the library, Lipri's tall frame tensed abruptly. Looking at the demonic figure in the distance, she exclaimed in shock, "Oh no! Loki has been taken out of the Underworld by the Navy Marshal!"
Gaban and Rayleigh also looked up at the same time. The oppressive feeling emanating from that figure, even from a great distance, made these legendary figures feel a chill run down their spines.
"Take it easy."
Rayleigh waved his hand, indicating that Lipri didn't need to be overly nervous, and said calmly, " Akira dared to release him, so he naturally has the ability to suppress him."
Upon hearing this, Gaban turned his head, eyeing his old friend suspiciously. "Why do I get the feeling that you admire this Navy Marshal? What? Now that you're living a peaceful life in Sabaody Archipelago, you want to turn over a new leaf and pledge allegiance to the World Government? Don't forget what we saw when we followed Roger to Laugh Tale!"
"Loyalty to the World Government? Absolutely not." Rayleigh shook his head, then changed the subject, "However, if Marshal Akira can truly change this world, bowing to him wouldn't be a bad thing."
Before he could finish speaking, Rayleigh's pupils suddenly contracted.
Gaban and Lipri also noticed something was wrong and looked up in disbelief.
The giant warriors who had been stunned by Conqueror's Haki and lay sprawled on the ground suddenly rolled over and stood up.
The giant warrior closest to them swayed as he stood up, rubbing his throbbing temples, looking completely bewildered.
"Huh? How did I fall asleep? What just happened?"
Then, as if hearing some silent call, the giants around him awoke one after another.
In the blink of an eye, all the unconscious giants in the area in front of the library stood up. They looked around, their faces filled with the same confusion, trying to find the master who had awakened them.
This scene was playing out simultaneously in every corner of the mortal realm.
In the blacksmith's shop, the giant blacksmith, who had been slumped beside the anvil, sat up, scratched his head, and stared blankly at the extinguished furnace fire. "What happened? How did I fall asleep while forging iron?"
On the ridge of the field, a young giant warrior pushed himself up and complained to an old warrior beside him who was leisurely smoking a pipe, "Damn it, my head hurts! What just happened? I felt everything go black, and then I don't know anything anymore."
The elderly giant warrior exhaled a puff of smoke, squinted, and tapped the young man's shoulder with his pipe. "It's good to be young. You can fall asleep instantly and Awakening perfectly fine."
As he spoke, he slowly stood up, dusted himself off, squinted at the setting sun, and shook his head, saying, "Unlike us old bones, it's hard to even get a good night's sleep."
Meanwhile, in a dark room deep within the library, the giant children awoke one by one.
"Huh? Where's Aunt Lipri?"
"Let's go out and see!"
When the children realized Lipri was gone, they all ran outside.
As soon as they ran out of the library, the children saw Lipri and immediately surrounded her excitedly.
"Aunt Lipri! When are we going to Walrus Academy?"
"Yes, yes, if we don't go now we'll miss today's class!"
Looking at the group of innocent and carefree children, and then at the towering figure in the distance, Lipri was momentarily at a loss for how to react.
Seeing this, Rayleigh and Gaban exchanged a glance, both seeing shock in each other's eyes.
As legendary pirates of the Grand Line and former right-hand men of Roger, how could they not know what had happened? It was precisely because they knew that these giants, who had been stunned by Conqueror's Haki, were awakened by Akira using Observation Haki that they were so shocked.
Their overwhelming Conqueror's Haki and their fully developed Observation Haki are beyond the reach of even the legendary figures.
With such Navy Marshal, even if the major powers who gathered at God Valley back then were to reunite, they would probably not be a match for this young Marshal.
After a brief silence, Gaban let out a long breath and couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder he's the Navy Marshal who can make even the Holy Land make concessions. With methods like that, who would dare disobey him?"
Before he finished speaking, he turned to Rayleigh, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders. " Rayleigh, as you said, if this Marshal can truly lead the world towards the light, the truth hidden in Laugh Tale doesn't seem so important."
Rayleigh nodded slightly, his eyes gleaming behind his glasses. "This is also why I'm here. We were all misled by prejudice before. We stubbornly believed that the person Roger was waiting for would be born on the Grand Line, would come from the D Clan. We never imagined that such a person would appear within the World Government. We certainly never imagined that this person would appear as a Marine!"
He paused slightly, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"Looking back now, people like this actually existed back in the God Valley Incident."
Gaban paused for a moment, then realized what he meant, and a knowing look appeared on his face. "You mean Monkey D. Garp, who teamed up with Rocks and the others to attack that monster during the God Valley Incident, and who always liked to lead the charge?"
Rayleigh nodded.
Roger once extended an invitation to him, hoping he would join us, but he declined.
" Garp refused Roger's offer because if he left the Navy, there would be no one to protect the marines."
At this point, Rayleigh slightly raised his head to look at the sky and smiled, "After protecting the Navy for over thirty years, Garp can finally retire with honor."
"Because within the naval forces he guards, there emerged a young Marshal who, though not the Sun God, surpasses even the Sun God."
Upon hearing this, Gaban looked at Rayleigh, his expression more serious than ever before. "So you made your choice long ago, and you came to Elbaf not to fight alongside me again, but to persuade me to turn over a new leaf?"
Rayleigh blinked. "Didn't you already reform yourself? You ran away from Twin Cape to Elbaf to get married and have kids! Hmm, you still haven't answered my earlier question about you and your sister-in-law..."
"Shut up!"
Unexpectedly, Rayleigh brought up the topic again, Gaban quickly intervened, "If you want to fight, just say so. I know a little bit about martial arts!"
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