The Black Pearl was simply enormous.
So enormous that when it reached the port, it sent huge waves washing over the wooden houses.
When this great ship was being built in Water 7, many shipwrights could not understand it. Even Giants would hardly undertake building a ship of this scale.
Why would Shane expend so much precious Adam Wood? Only later, as the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet grew increasingly famous, did they realize that Shane had been confident in his future from the very beginning.
"Is that the Black Pearl?"
"I heard the Giant Warrior Pirates' two captains are crew members on that ship too. With all of them coming back this time, could they have become the captains of the Dragon Emperor Pirates?"
"Absolutely! With those two captains working together, you could count the humans who can match their enormous strength on one hand!"
"Hey! Is that a Giant sitting at the bow grinning like an idiot? Why is he ahead of the two captains?"
Just as the Giants began to grow puzzled, they spotted a few more unusual things.
The Dragon Emperor Pirates seemed far stranger than they had previously understood.
"Why is that Giant dressed so strangely? Giants out in the world really have no standards!"
"That's Giant Morley from West Blue! I heard he's a very powerful ability user who can turn an island upside down!"
"What about the one who's even bigger than the two captains? Why does he look so dim?"
"He's a Giant from West Blue too, from that branch that left back then. But he isn't one of the Demons. He's a special ability user!"
"Huh? What about that really tall one with horns on his head? He isn't as tall as a Giant, but he isn't human either, is he?"
"He's