Chapter 545 Arrival at Elbaf!
A new world, an unknown and terrifying sea area.
There were heavy dark clouds in the sky, and strong winds with uncertain directions set off waves of howling. The almost black-blue water was undulating, and huge waves with a height of more than ten meters were constantly being thrown up, and then they fell heavily and spread out. A deafening roar.
This is an unfamiliar sea area in the new world that is deeper than the country of Wano. When it comes to the harsh environment, it is even better than the former.
Even the Abyss, which is made from the trunks of the rather rare Arqiman red branches, feels like a drifting boat in such a harsh ocean environment.
As a last resort, Rumi had to raise the Abyss's unique bubble film protective cover to withstand the violent seawater splashing around it.
"Rumi Rumi! Is the legendary Elbaf in this sea area?"
At the rudder of the ship, Runti, a little loli who always looked energetic, was asking Rumi excitedly.
Ever since she knew that her next stop after leaving Wano Country was the legendary Kingdom of Giants, Runti had been in this almost excited state for quite some time.
"Oh...how do I put it..."
Ship spirit Rumi poked his head out from the wooden rudder and looked at the devilish sea ahead, which looked like a natural disaster.
"Actually, the situation in the sea area around Elbaf is not that bad. On the contrary, it is relatively calm and peaceful. The location we have reached now is considered the outermost sea area of Elbaf, and the environmental conditions have always been like this."
"In fact, from a certain perspective, this sea area can also be used as a natural barrier for Elbaf, just like the sea area and waterfalls around Wano Country."
Adrian's voice came from the direction of the deck. He was busy writing at this time, rapidly recording the weather environment map of the surrounding sea area.
"It is precisely because of this natural environmental protection that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Coupled with Elbaf's already extremely powerful national strength, this country has firmly established itself as the [world's most powerful country]. reputation.”
Having said that, in fact, Adrian felt that the title of "the world's most powerful country" was not an absolute compliment for Elbaf.
The most important thing about Elbaf's power is that it is a pure "kingdom of giants".
Even the most ordinary giant is overwhelmingly powerful to the more ordinary human soldiers!
However, the world's most powerful country is only strong in its own racial characteristics, rather than other aspects of culture, technology, etc., which is a bit strange no matter how you look at it...
But this way of judging is quite consistent with this sea where individual force is respected.
“It’s amazing!”
Runti blinked at Adrian.
“Although I don’t understand it, it’s still awesome!
"Is Elbaf's giant as powerful as the big idiot Kaido?"
"You may have overestimated the strength of the giant, Runti."
Adrian wrote a few more strokes on the chart.
"Although the strength of the giants is strong, a few elite giants can even compete with the big pirate with a bounty of hundreds of millions of beli just by relying on their fighting skills and physical talent. But compared with Kaido, it is still a bit too reluctant."
"Yeah, the bounty for that idiot Kaido is quite a lot of zero!"
Runti said quite naturally, and then suddenly asked.
"Boss, are there people with Devil Fruit abilities among the giants?"
"Why, are you interested in Devil Fruits?"
Adrian raised his head and looked in the direction of the rudder.
Runti nodded his head a few times very quickly, "That's a Devil Fruit! If I had stolen Kaito's stupid Devil Fruit when I was in the Beast Pirates before, I wouldn't have to worry about my life so much!"
Um?
It turns out that Kaido secretly stockpiled a few Devil Fruits?
That’s right, the needle doesn’t poke.
Adrian first recorded the news in the small notebook in his heart, and then explained it to Runti in great detail.
"According to the research records on the living habits of the giants in the Tree of Omniscient Library, the vast majority of existences in this race do not like devil fruits. And among some of the more radical giant groups, there are even people who 'take devil fruits' That is the traditional custom of shame.”
"As for how this custom came into being, scholars have not found strong enough evidence, and most of them are just speculation."
"Some scholars believe that because the giants are naturally large, it is difficult for the creatures living on land and islands to supplement the food they need in daily life. They mainly obtain food by hunting sea kings in the sea. And those with devil fruit abilities are trapped by the sea. Disgusted and unable to swim, so he is not liked by the giants. ”
"But some scholars believe that the giants are born with strong enough physical talents. They can continue to fight against other enemies just by relying on their fists and bodies, without the habit of relying on external forces such as devil fruits."
"There are also a handful of scholars who believe that the giants' dislike of devil fruits may be related to the blank history..."
"There is also a group of scholars who believe that Devil Fruits are too small to be discovered by giants."
"Some scholars believe that giants just hate the unpleasant taste of devil fruits..."
Adrian talked about a lot of content eloquently, just like Dr. Cloba, who kept giving him popular science about the habits and hobbies of the giants when Vice Admiral Sauro of the Navy came to O'Hara Island.
This old scholar's way of answering made little Loli Runti feel a little dizzy and couldn't help but murmured in a low voice.
"It's so long-winded..."
Adrian's action of drawing the navigational chart stopped abruptly, and after taking a deep breath, he briefly described it.
"As far as I know, there are no giant devil fruit users in this sea yet."
"That's it!"
Runti first said something loudly, and then whispered.
"So what I just said is all nonsense...I don't want to know these things..."
After hearing Runti's words, Adrian almost drew a skewed black line on the navigation chart in his hand.
"Love! Lock the two little ones, Runti and Peggy Wan, in the library on the ship to study! Don't let them out except for eating, sleeping and daily exercise!"
"Adrian sama, Runti and Xiaopei are still children!"
The little fox tried to rectify the injustice for the ghost brothers and sisters.
"So don't let them go!"
Love sighed, and led Runti, who could talk a lot, and the Peggywan siblings, who looked quite innocent, towards the direction of the library.
Adrian, who was scolded by Runti, calmed down and quickly finished drawing the chart of the sea area outside Elbaf in his hand.
After a short period of sailing.
The Abyss finally broke through this extremely bad sea and arrived at a sea area with clear weather and gentle breeze.
Almost instantly, the environment of the world suddenly changed for the better.
Looking at the two oceans adjacent to each other with completely different environmental conditions, Adrian didn't know what to say for a moment.
"This... is completely inconsistent with meteorological knowledge! It makes my Ph.D. in meteorology from Visalia seem fake..."
Putting aside the irrelevant climate environment, Adrian turned his attention to the target island at the end of his sight.
The first thing that catches the eye is the towering tree that looks like a purple golden beam bridging the sea!
Baoshu Adam!
I am getting more and more drifting...
♂
(End of chapter)