"Hey, are those things falling from the sky actually humans? No, they're the legendary giants!"
"This is the South Blue, not the West Blue. Where did all these giants come from?"
"Look closely! That guy holding a ship looks like the evil giant from the West Blue, the Great Battleship, Sanjuan Wolf!"
People began to panic.
Even the tavern owner who had received the gold coins earlier started trembling.
How terrifying.
As the townspeople slowly came to their senses, some immediately took to their heels.
"Hey, run!"
"Those guys are the big-time pirates on the wanted posters!"
"The Shane Pirates! Those lunatics who committed unforgivable crimes in the West Blue!"
"I heard Flower Country and Ohara were both devastated by them!"
People scattered in every direction, and the tavern owner nearly fell over.
Once everyone had scattered like birds and fish.
Without even turning his head, Kuzan bit into the food he had taken from the tavern.
If he was going to die, at least he would die on a full stomach.
Kuzan desperately stuffed himself with bread, feeling nothing but miserable.
He had finally managed to survive to eleven and had thought he might have a chance of making it to twelve.
Instead, he had run into the rookie pirates who had been making the biggest splash lately.
Who could have imagined that instead of appearing in the New World, they would inexplicably turn up in the South Blue?
And on their obscure little island, at that.
In theory.
This little island belonged to a nearby large kingdom.
And it was a Reverie member kingdom that paid the Heavenly Tribute.
It was a place protected by the Marines.
Their situation, however, was different. They were a group of abandoned people.
Kuzan had lived this life of struggling to survive