"Kuma!"
"Kuma!"
"Get out of here, now!"
"The Marines are here! The Marines have arrived!"
When Tsugikuni Yoriichi's warship docked on the southern coast of Sorbé Kingdom, panicked citizens rushed into a church near the southern shore and shouted at the tall man seated before a statue, who was easing an old man's pain.
The man was enormous, sitting atop a huge wooden box, and appeared to be nearly four meters tall. He wore an old black cassock, dressed like a priest, with a large patch sewn onto the left sleeve.
"Mmm~~~"
As the citizen rushed into the church in a panic, the old man seated before the priest let out a soft breath, moaning comfortably.
At the same time, a palm-sized, translucent pink orb shaped like a bear paw slowly floated out from the old man's chest.
The priest known as "Kuma" gave a light wave of his hand. The small pink orb swiftly flew behind the statue and vanished from sight in the blink of an eye.
Only after doing all that did the priest slowly turn toward the church entrance and say gently,
"Uncle Nul, slow down. Don't fall."
The tall man in the tattered cassock, dressed as a priest, was Bartholomew Kuma.
Bartholomew Kuma had been born in this country. His father had been a Baccania Tribe member living under a false identity. It was a rare race with some Giant blood, and for certain historical reasons, the Baccania Tribe, like King's Lunarian race, was hunted by the World Government.
Back then, Kuma's father had secluded himself in Sorbé Kingdom as a priest, married, had children, and lived a peaceful, happy life for a time.
Unfortunately, after Kuma was born, their Baccania Tribe identity was ultimately discovered by the World Government. Their entire family was taken