At the foot of Little Garden's mountain.
The members of the Split-Jaw Pirates, bound together in a heap by vines, lay crookedly in the shade.
Lin Nuo stood beside them, holding the "Memory Seahorse" in his palm as he moved past the pirates one by one, extracting their memories.
Then, he closed his eyes.
He pressed the seahorse to his forehead and processed the information flooding into his mind.
Lin Nuo's heart stirred slightly.
These pirates had actually come for some supposedly real or fake "giants' treasure"?
However, he did remember something about this "Fruit of Elbaf" as a transmigrator.
The kingdom of giants did indeed possess a legendary Devil Fruit. In the original timeline, Loki would eat it in the future.
But Loki was still a child now. That fruit should still be hidden within Harald's fortress, guarded by a hammer that could turn into a squirrel.
If he ever had the chance to visit Elbaf in the future, he could keep an eye out for it.
But that was a matter for the future.
"Little one! Over here! The meat's almost done!"
Brogy's booming voice broke through Lin Nuo's thoughts.
Lin Nuo opened his eyes, stowed the Memory Seahorse in the System Space, then spread the Black Wing on his back and flew toward the enormous bonfire in the center of the clearing.
By the bonfire, Brogy and Dorry sat cross-legged like two burning hills.
A layer of flickering azure flames covered their bodies—the Phoenix's Flame of Regeneration.
The flames licked at their wounds, accelerating their recovery.
"Gya gya! This feels great!" Dorry rolled his shoulder and sighed in comfort.
"My strength's already coming back!"
"Kid, you've developed that fruit pretty well!" Brogy grinned broadly and slapped his chest.
Lin Nuo landed beside the bonfire and folded away