A mighty Giant, and of all the nicknames he could have had, his was "Hound"!
A dog, for crying out loud!
This world had no self-righteous, morally bankrupt "dog lovers" who couldn't tell right from wrong and valued dogs' lives above human lives. Calling someone "Hound" was like calling them a government lapdog in a martial arts tale. It was an outright insult!
Worse, when Billy was young, he had been proud of the nickname. He thought it meant his enemies feared him and had shown it off countless times. A dark chapter of his past, through and through!
That had gone on until a few decades ago, when Billy went hunting at sea and rescued a Merchant Ship in distress. A fearless young girl had walked up to him with her pet Shar-Pei and said, "Mr. Giant! Billy's going to be a hound someday too!"
Even the dog's name was the same!
Who knew how crushing a blow Billy had taken that day? It probably rivaled the whispers of an ancient god!
After that, Billy would rather die than answer to the nickname. He beat up anyone who dared use it and trained another young Giant to be the team's new tracker. Over time, people stopped calling him "Hound," but it remained a dark chapter of his past forever!
Loa slapped the red-eyed Billy to the ground, then expanded the ice screen to enclose the Giants as well.
"Who exactly is the Navy fighting?" Loke asked. "Kizaru's been attacking the whole time. Who could hold out this long?"
The signs of destruction around them left Loke shaken.
Elbaf, the land of Giants, was indeed the strongest nation in the world, but that was a measure of its overall strength. On a battlefield, one trained Giant warrior could serve as