"Country Carrier Oz? Why did he have a nickname like that? I'd never heard of him before. Did he carry entire countries away or something?"
Kate looked thoughtfully at Oz's corpse beneath the ice. On these seas, people might get their names wrong, but nicknames were usually accurate. They always matched some trait of their owner.
"You guessed right. That's exactly what he did. You were born in the Fuzzy Duchy, so you should remember Zunesha."
"Zunesha was much bigger than him."
"That's true. After all, I'd never heard of another giant elephant like Zunesha anywhere on the seas.
The one beneath the ice was from the Ancient Giant race. He was several times larger than ordinary giants, and his strength was the same.
Oz would directly drag away islands or countries he took a liking to, hauling them back to his territory to build his Empire of Evil.
His exaggerated size and behavior earned him the title of Demon, while the nickname Country Carrier came from his habit of transporting islands."
Country Carrier Oz wasn't exactly a taboo subject. The World Government hadn't concealed his existence either. It was just that most people paid no attention to such a giant, and four hundred and seventy years was far too distant for them.
Little Oz Jr, who carried his bloodline, was still active in the New World. Compared to Country Carrier Oz, who had vanished without a trace long ago, Little Oz Jr was actually more well-known.
"But Dad, why did he die here? He didn't look injured."
The ice had preserved Oz's corpse well. Even after all these years, it had not completely decayed, and most of his muscles and bones remained as they had centuries ago.
Through the ice, it was possible to tell that his body had