Haerding: I'm going to fight Rocks!?

A bonfire party.

The old giant Yaruru took a swig of wine and asked drunkenly.

"So, Magnus, you want to meet His Majesty Harald?"

"That's right."

Magnus had only two objectives for coming to Elbaf this time.

One was to recruit the future Four Emperors, Charlotte Linlin, into his crew.

The other was Adam Wood.

Magnus's first objective was now half-achieved. As long as Carmel agreed to let him take Linlin, recruiting Charlotte Linlin as his crewmate would just be a matter of time.

Everyone knew how easy it was to trick a five-year-old Charlotte Linlin.

As for Adam Wood, if Magnus wanted to obtain it through official channels, he would have to contact Elbaf's current king.

This wasn't a difficult task.

After all, Magnus had fought Harald before, and they became acquainted through their battle.

While they weren't close friends, they could at least talk to each other.

"Hmph, His Majesty Harald might not even meet you."

Yoruru, sitting on the side, said coldly. He was already being generous by not speaking ill of this pirate who had abducted his great-granddaughter. Asking him to help deliver a message? Absolutely not.

Fortunately, apart from Ripley, Magnus had no intention of recruiting more Giant race crew members.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be so accommodating now.

The Giant race should join the Giant Soldier Pirates. The White Wolf Pirates were a deviant path.

"Sister Ripley, how can you join another pirate crew? As members of the Giant race, we should join the Giant Soldier Pirates. Only the Giant Soldier Pirates are our true destination!"

On the other side of the banquet, a boy from the Giant race, who looked like a human child of seven or eight but was over five meters tall, said loudly.

For him, whose goal had always been to revive the Giant Soldier Pirates, he couldn't understand how his sister, Ripley, could join another pirate crew.

"Baa, baa, baa, well said, Haierdin! We, the Giant Soldier Pirates, are the strongest pirate crew!"

Hearing the boy's words, Yaruru laughed happily.

Even though Ripley had been taken away, the children, who were the future hope of their Giant race, still yearned for the Giant Soldier Pirates.

"Old man, don't stir up trouble!"

Ripley said with a helpless expression. She could understand how Magnus felt earlier. Haierdin was young when the White Wolf Pirates came last time and mostly stayed by King Harald's side, so unlike many children, he didn't have a good impression of the White Wolf Pirates.

Although she had always wanted to join the White Wolf Pirates, as she grew older, she wasn't sure if Magnus would return to Elbaf, so she naturally wouldn't boast about the White Wolf Pirates' strength in front of Haierdin.

In fact, the current White Wolf Pirates were indeed inferior to their past selves. The entire pirate crew only had three members, and one of them was an intern.

Compared to Magnus and Ripley, who were familiar with the Giant race, Rocks seemed much more reclusive, eating alone in a corner.

It wasn't that he disliked socializing.

It was just that he felt he didn't have the luxury to interact with others yet.

"The Giant race, as expected, is strong!"

Rocks cautiously observed the giants around him, who were raising their wine glasses and eating and drinking heartily, as if he could feel the terrifying power contained within their towering bodies.

Let alone an entire giant kingdom, just the giants sitting here could easily destroy a country if they were out there!

"Bokakakaka, Magnus, that brat named Rocks is your new crew member, isn't he?"

Noticing Rocks, Yaruru stroked his fluffy beard.

"How about we make a bet?"

"Oh?"

Hearing Yaruru suggest a bet, Magnus's interest was immediately piqued.

"What do you want to bet, Yaruru?"

"How about letting Haierdin fight him?" Yaruru said with a smile. "If Rocks wins, I'll put in a good word for you when you meet His Majesty next. If Haierdin wins, you have to stay and help train the village children."

"Two years shouldn't be too long, right?"

Hearing Yaruru's words, Magnus couldn't help but feel tempted.

Although he was certain that as long as he met Harald, Harald wouldn't refuse his proposal, getting the giants to willingly give him Adam Wood wouldn't be easy.

With Yaruru speaking, it would be different.

Yaruru was not only the oldest giant in all of Elbaf but also the former captain of the Giant Soldier Pirates, with prestige among the Giant race second only to King Harald.

Magnus had no reason to refuse simply asking Rocks to fight a bratty giant child.

Seeing Magnus remain silent, Yoruru on the other side thought he was hesitating.

"Baa, baa, baa, what's wrong? Are the crew members of the mighty White Wolf Pirates inferior to a child who hasn't even come of age? If Yaruru isn't enough, how about adding me?"

Both Yoruru and Yaruru, as former legendary pirates, could tell at a glance that Rocks was just a novice, not even having learned Haki.

The physical advantages of the Giant race were undoubtedly immense in this situation.

Even though Haierdin was still a child.

But he was Harald's eldest son, so how could he possibly lose to a rookie pirate who had just set sail?

"Heh heh."

Yaruru and Yaruru didn't know that Magnus not only had no intention of refusing their proposal but was even amused by it.

Haierdin fighting Rocks?

Is that for real?

Don't get me wrong, Rocks had only been at sea for two months, but his growth during these two months was visible to the naked eye. If it were the Rocks who had just set sail, Haierdin might have had a slight chance of winning thanks to the Giant race's physique.

But now?

With their strength being similar, even if Rocks let Haierdin have one hand, Haierdin still wouldn't be able to win.

However, even with absolute confidence, He still had to put on a show.

Magnus's face showed a look of difficulty: "Rocks only joined our pirate crew two months ago. Although he's talented, Haierdin is Harald's child."

"Besides, two years is too long."

He was already seventy years old. Without the system's help, if he really stayed in Elbaf for two years, he'd probably end up like Whitebeard, needing IV drips for no reason.

"Then what do you want?"

Yaruru said impatiently.

If it weren't for the current lack of strong fighters among the Giant race, with no one a match for Magnus, he wouldn't have considered letting Haierdin challenge a rookie pirate.

"How about we change the condition?"

Magnus extended a finger: "Regardless of the outcome, I will stay in Elbaf for two years. In return, during these two years, your Giant race's craftsmen must build me a sturdy enough ship."

"Using Adam Wood!"