Davy and Harald

"A ship of the Giant Race?!"

"No matter! Sink it! No one is going to stop our way, whoever they are!"

In an ordinary world, when warship technology was still in the era of capital ships and heavy artillery, a vessel's tonnage could almost directly determine the outcome of a battle.

Large ships could achieve absolute suppression against small ones, but on this vast sea, that was only one aspect.

At least the members of the Rocks Pirates would not fear the other party's ship; with the figures of renown on this vessel, destroying a ship was still quite easy.

Even though the rail along that ship's side was crowded with Giant Race soldiers, it was not enough to make them terrified, and Charlotte Linlin even revealed a greedy look as she watched those giants.

[Mama~ Mama~ The military force of the Giant Race... I really want it...]

"Wait!"

While a group of people were shouting to sink the Giant Race's ship, Rocks stopped them.

"Rocks? What are you doing? Don't stop us!"

"Harald! Get out here! I know you're on the ship!"

Rocks ignored the others, instead shouting toward the ship. He was certain that if the Giant Race dared to stop him, Harald would definitely be on board.

In fact, Rocks did not guess wrong. A giant with twin horns on his head, towering over a whole tier taller than the other giants, stepped forward.

"We have orders to stop you pirates who have gone mad for a woman, Rocks. You should know that sinking this small boat of yours is effortless for us."

"It's not hard to sink your large ship either, big-man king. Do you think doing this will rack up merits for you to join the World Government?

No matter what you do, in the end you'll just end up treated as a 'madman' trying to change Elbaf. Can we talk?"

Facing Rocks's inquiry, Harald ultimately did not refuse. Instead, he let Rocks board his ship and had the other Giant Race soldiers step back to clear some space.

"Nereus, you come too. It's time you knew about these things as well."

Pondering for a moment, Rocks also called Nereus before boarding the ship.

The Giant Race soldiers did not know what their king was discussing, and the members of the Rocks Pirates were complaining that Rocks was wasting time.

Yet Rocks was telling his own secret aboard Harald's ship.

"Actually... I have a hidden name."

Originally, Nereus was still wondering what Rocks actually wanted to say, but the moment the term hidden name came out, Nereus immediately associated it with other things.

On this vast sea, those with hidden names were usually not simple, such as the hidden "D" and the like, and Trafalgar Law in the original timeline had his own hidden name.

"That hidden name is David D. Zebek. The legendary pirate Davy D. Jones is our ancestor, and the World Government should have always wanted to eradicate us.

Even so, we barely survived by lingering on in the dark world.

I've never said this before; you are the first outsiders to hear it... Nereus? Are you even listening to me, you bastard?"

Rocks held a huge bowl of wine, speaking of this matter as if chatting about daily household affairs, but when he turned his head, he saw Nereus seemed to be paying attention to something else.

"I'm listening, go on. By your account, is your clan valued even more by the World Government than the Buccaneer Tribe and the Lunarian Tribe?"

Although he had long heard of things like the Davy Game, the moment Rocks uttered the name Davy D. Jones, an octopus face surfaced in the distant memories within Nereus's mind.

Coupled with the previous issue of the hidden name, he had been slightly distracted and associated it with other matters.

"Hard to say. Anyway, we are also a clan targeted by the World Government. Two years ago I had a child, and worrying that my actions would implicate them, I sent them back to my homeland.

And my homeland... is at God Valley."

"Could it be... the World Government is trying to lure you out?!"

Although Harald had said he came to stop Rocks, upon hearing such a thing, he still displayed a worried expression.

"No, with so many Celestial Dragons on that island, how could they possibly want me to go? This should be a miscalculation."

"No, Zebek, you need to know that Celestial Dragons are divided into two kinds: one is the elite who joined that Holy Knights group, and the other is ordinary scum.

Those good-for-nothings make up the overwhelming majority, and their lives and deaths aren't as important as you think. The year you broke into Mary Geoise, didn't you see that person? Do you think that's someone who would care about other people's lives and deaths?"

Nereus refuted Rocks's idea. Although he likewise had never contacted Imu, relying on his memories, he still understood a few things to some extent.

[The Five Elders are merely expendable materials in that guy's eyes that can be replaced at any time, discarded directly if dissatisfied. If the Davy Tribe is truly in this kind of situation, suffering some casualties wouldn't matter at all to Imu.]

The latter words were merely Nereus's unspoken thoughts; there were some secrets he would never tell others.

"Maybe. Earlier I felt that I was unlucky, swept forward by the vortex of destiny. If it's a conspiracy, maybe it makes more sense.

But no matter what, I must go save my wife and child. Nereus, if your daughter were there, could you just stand by and ignore it?

It really is sheer fortune that they captured Shakky; this is their most failed move... Otherwise, it wouldn't be easy to gather so many people to this island."

Rocks's thinking did not change, and in the end he even issued a request for help to Harald, except Harald refused the matter.

After that, according to reports sent out by a World Government surveillance ship not far away.

Harald's ship suddenly burst into raging fire, its mast snapped, and the Rocks Pirates were not blocked by it, continuing to advance toward God Valley.

What on earth happened aboard Harald's ship remained unknown in the end.

Not only the Rocks Pirates, but with the passage of time, other pirate crews also began approaching God Valley harboring various thoughts and motives.

Some wanted to seize the treasure on the island, some wanted to make a name for themselves, and not a few were there for Shakky.

The Roger Pirates were likewise pressing forward toward God Valley, and Garp, who received Roger's message, was likewise heading toward God Valley.

At this moment God Valley seemed to have become the center of the vortex stirring the world, attracting powerhouses from all over the world.

Yet on the land of God Valley, the inner minds of the native inhabitants and the slaves brought to this island were gradually occupied by fear.

The Celestial Dragons promised that as long as they could survive on the island for three weeks, they could return to a state of freedom, which made some people harbor wishful thinking, feeling that this place was not a death trap.

Yet in truth, that was merely a lie, meant precisely to make these people run for their lives with all their might so as to heighten their amusement.

Similarly, some people were plotting to escape from this island, such as Ivankov and Ginny, who at this moment had already gathered together with a crowd of slaves including Bartholomew Kuma.