To Hajrudin, Loki, his half-brother, was a complete and utter villain. Releasing him would only make Elbaf more chaotic and worse!
But just then, Gaban, who was lying on the ground, spoke up. He told Hajrudin to release Loki and explained that fourteen years ago, he sensed a special kind of Haki from the direction of the palace. He and Shanks went to check it out, but they didn't find anything unusual when they went there, as the battle there had already ended!
But today, Gaban sensed that Haki again, so he focused his suspicions on the Holy Knights as the murderers of Harald!
Gaban's words carried weight; he wasn't called Uncle Mountain for nothing, and he wouldn't fabricate something that didn't happen fourteen years ago!
Gaban's words made Hajrudin somewhat relentless, but he needed a reason to convince himself, so he made Loki swear to God and tell him what exactly happened in the palace fourteen years ago!
The events of that year were indeed too strange. He didn't really believe that Loki would kill his father. Although Loki was very dissatisfied with Harald's defection to the World Government, it didn't seem to warrant the patricide!
Luffy also wanted to know what Loki was hiding, as it concerned his decision. So he sent Zoro, Aokiji, and Sanji to the Sun World to help, while he stayed behind!
Loki had no choice but to reveal the truth he himself didn't want to remember if he wanted to fight for Elbaf!
That day, he was summoned to the palace with Jarul, but when they arrived at the palace gate, they found it tightly closed, which was very strange. Loki was a little impatient, so he kicked open the guards blocking the door and the door together. Then he saw that shocking scene, which he will never forget for the rest of his life!
Harald was surrounded by a group of ordinary giants with long horns. These giants were dressed as guards and carried the same weapons. When he kicked open the door, these weapons had already pierced through his father Harald's body, revealing their sharp blades. His father was bleeding profusely and on the verge of death!
What happened next was simple: Loki and Jarul stormed into the palace and went on a killing spree, wanting to avenge King Harald of Elbaf. During the battle, Jarul was seriously injured, with a sword stuck in his head. Loki killed the rest of them!
This is Loki's account and what he saw, but what the people who arrived later saw was different. Only Loki and Jarul, who was seriously injured, remained in the palace. Everyone else was dead, and it was obvious who the murderer was!
Loki, being arrogant and unruly, didn't bother to argue. The only person who could testify for him, Jarul, had already forgotten everything because his head had been pierced by a sword. It was under these circumstances that Loki was convicted!
Whether Hajrudin believed it or not, Gaban and Luffy believed Loki's words, and Hajrudin also had a reason to release Loki. He trusted Luffy's intuition, and with the endorsement of Gaban, his uncle from Uncle Mountain, he no longer insisted on locking Loki up!
Meanwhile, the trio of Aokiji boarded the elevator to the Sun World Sun World. However, before they had fully arrived, they heard a cacophony of shouts, the roars of wild beasts, and the howls of demons. This appalling situation made the three of them feel uneasy, and their expressions were not good. How long had they been away from the Sun World? How could it have become like this!
When the three of them came down from the elevator, they realized how bad the Sun World had become. Huge monsters were rampaging around, Demon Legion were fighting everywhere, and there were no fewer than twenty places with fires and thick smoke. The entire Sun World had become a chaotic place!
Meanwhile, their companions, Robin, was bound with thorns by Saint Shepherd Sommers, Nami, Jinbe, Usopp, and Brook were tied together with Gunko's arrows, leaving only Franky, who was being held by Gaban's giant wife Ripley and frantically fleeing, pursued by the demonized giants!
In the past, they wouldn't have known what demonization was, but in the portrait Vic gave them, there was an image of themselves after being demonized, so they recognized it at a glance!
Aokiji and his two companions divided the tasks and immediately headed towards their respective targets!
Aokiji's goal was to extinguish the fires and smoke, which was a piece of cake for his Ice-Ice Fruit ability. He could even freeze magma, so natural fire was no problem at all!
With a wave of his hand, Aokiji created a horizontal ice path. He leaped onto it and slid quickly towards the fire, freezing any nightmare monsters he encountered along the way!
Zoro's goal is to rescue the people first, and then defeat the God's Knights with the power of thorns. The arrow bindings that Robin couldn't untie no matter what she tried, were cut off with one slash after Zoro wrapped them in Armament Haki, and Nami and the others were freed!
The same goes for the thorns on Robin's body; it was also a single slash. Then Zoro was targeted by Imu and Saint Shepherd Sommers. He destroyed the creations of their abilities. Imu only glanced at him and then ignored him, knowing that Saint Shepherd Sommers would take care of the trouble for him!
Sanji confronted Saint Jiringomu, whose true strength had never been revealed; he had been using his Devil Fruit powers to create nightmare monsters from beginning to end!
So when Sanji approached him, he still used the monsters summoned in his dreams to fight for him. Anyway, many people had passed out under Imu's Conqueror's Haki, and there were too many people having nightmares. The number of monsters fighting for him was also countless. It wouldn't be a problem to exhaust the blond guy on the other side!
Imu's biggest concern right now is getting the corrupted Dorry and Brogy to kill Jarul and then take control of Elbaf!
Of course, he also wanted to see how strong the Demon Legion he created was. Last time, he used the Straw Hat Pirates as an experiment but didn't get any results because Vic broke through it in one move. So, Imu wasn't in a hurry to make a move at this moment!
The rescued Jinbe and his companions were not idle either. Their strength was far greater than that of ordinary giants, with Jinbe being second only to Loki among the Giant Race. So they all took action, targeting the demonized Giant Warrior Pirates members!
These demonized giants are several times stronger than the others, and many of them have been injured and transformed by them. Jinbe to stop these demonized giants!
While Aokiji was putting out the fire, he saw Saul lying in the thorn bushes, covered in blood. The two had been friends in the Navy, but they parted ways because of their different stances during the Ohara Incident. Now that they had both left the Navy and their positions were no longer aligned, their friendship could continue!
Aokiji leaped down the ice path, stepping onto the thorny vines wrapped around Saul, a chill spreading from beneath his feet.
The trampled thorns instantly froze, and then the frost spread rapidly along the vines. In less than a breath, all the thorns binding Saul were frozen!
Aokiji stomped his foot slightly, and the thorny vines, chilled to the bone, snapped inch by inch, no longer able to bind Saul!
Robin was worried about Saul's safety, so she ran this way after being rescued by Zoro, and thus witnessed everything Aokiji did!
How similar this scene is! Robin feels like she's back in Ohara when she was a child. Saul was lying on the ground, frozen by Aokiji. Now the roles are reversed. Aokiji is helping Saul, who is lying on the ground, to escape. And she is no longer running away, but rushing towards him!
Aokiji also saw Robin arrive and saw the grateful smile on Robin's face. A smile also appeared on his poker face, as if his soul had been redeemed!