The flight from Loguetown to reverse mountain was a short one, and just like last time crossing the massive continent was no trouble at all with Justice. Unlike last time when we cut over the red line straight into the east blue, this time we properly flew over the four intersecting vertical rivers, and let me tell you it was a sight to behold.
I refused to believe that the four currents were naturally generated. Joyboy probably wrenched the currents out of the seas and placed them on the mountain or some other crazy shit with the Nika fruit.
I took a moment to enjoy the sight of the impossible mountain before Justice got bored and decided to glide down the way to paradise. And to my surprise we didn't see a massive shadow ahead.
"That's strange. Where's Laboon?"
I had Justice circle back to the mountain's edge and landed near Crocus' light house only to find the doctor of the roger pirates also missing.
I stood on the rocky edge for a bit, pondering where they could have gone before my brain finally made the very simple connection of: Whales can go under water. I facepalmed and heard Justice make a noise that was definitely how dragons chuckled before I sat down and pondered a way to try and get Laboon to surface.
"Ah, fuck it! Lets try this out" I shouted as I stood up and cleared my throat. I used life return to make my voice a bit smoother and changed my throat to project as far as possible.
I started to slam my foot into the rock below me and started clapping. "~Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho. Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yo. Umikaze kimakase namimakase. Shio no mukou de, yuuhi mo sawagu. Sora nya wa o kaku, tori no uta~" I began to sing Bink's sake as well as I could and as loud as I could to try and get Laboon to surface.
I got about halfway through the song before I finally heard the sound of the sea starting to bubble and rise as the massive island whale surfaced from the sea with a happy groan.
I smiled and continued to sing until the song was over, all the while Laboon continued to sing his own version in his whale voice.
A few minutes later I was sat face to face with the doctor of the Roger pirates while Laboon looked curiously at me. He seemed a little disappointed that I was just a single marine and not a crew. Seems I got the poor guy's hopes up that the Rumbar pirates had come back.
'Sorry big guy'
"Of all the things I thought would be happening today. Meeting a marine riding a dragon was not one of them." the old voice of Crocus broke me from my thoughts.
"Yeah well, I was in the area. I'm Carter Davil by the way." I told the man. "But what I'm more surprised to find is you. What's the doctor of the Roger pirates doing all the way out here?"
The old man's eyes widened slightly. "A youngster like you knows about an old timer like me? Well that is unexpected." he gave a small chuckle. "I'm just a retired old man looking out for Laboon here."
Said whale gave a small groan of affirmation.
"Speaking of Laboon-" I said. Peaking the man's interest. "I met someone a while back, and they had a message for the big guy."
Crocus raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "Oh? And who was this person?"
I have a small smirk. "A living skeleton in the florian triangle, Called himself Brook."
Crocus's eyes widened. "Brook?' you mean?"
"Yes, the last living member of the Rumbar pirates." I said loud enough for Laboon to hear.
"He told me to tell you a message Laboon!" The whale eagerly nodded its head.
"He said he is still coming back to see you! He's just waiting for the right companions to set sail with! But he promised he would be back in ten years maximum!"
The whale let out a resounding cry of happiness.
After chatting with Crocus for a bit I asked him to keep an eye out for Luffy before Justice and I took off again.
I had places to be and I wanted to stop by Little Garden. Not just because dinosaurs are fucking awsome. I also wanted to get in with Dorry and Brogy. The giants of Elbaph are fucking insane and I for sure wanted to learn Hakoku Sovereignty the "Spear of Elbaph". If I can use it in my ancient giant form, it could very well be the most powerful attack in my arsenal until I get my otherworldly abilities under full control.
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A day after leaving Reverse mountain, Justice and I finally had a little garden in our sights. Touching down, Justice and I quickly set about locating the two legendary warriors of Elbaph. Of course I also took down and took a DNA sample of every dinosaur and prehistoric animal I came across. I also took an ammonite as a pet.
What? I'm a sucker for prehistoric animals! And with Vegapunk's help I could Jurassic Park an island! Plus, after I kick Caesar Clown's ass and take over punk hazard I'll have the ability to create artificial Ancient zoans! I mean seriously there are several prehistoric islands on the grand line it would not be that difficult to get the lineage factor of dinosaurs. For a genius, Caesar is a fuckimg idiot. Kaido and Doflamingo too.
Back to the task at hand. Fun fact! Warriors of Elbaph are hard to track down... somehow. Neither myself nor justice could locate the two massive warriors. So I came up with a solution. I just waited for the hourly volcano to signal their battle. When it finally erupted, I began my search anew.
It only took me a few minutes before the resounding sounds of metal clashing alerted me to the presence of my targets.
"Gegyagyagyagya! Brogy! This time it will be my victory!" the massive form of Dorry bellowed as he swung his massive Terry Sword towards the equally massive form of Brogy.
"Gababababababa! No way Dorry! It'll be my victory!" Brogy shouted as he met the strike with his massive Bruiser Axe.
The Weapons let out a shockwave of haki that nearly threw Justice out of the air. She let out a panicked roar as we began to tumble through the air.
'Shit! Those two are no joke!' I felt the pressure from the two giant's haki. "Justice! Get us out of the air!" she roared in agreement as she straightened herself out. Thinking fast I ordered her to set down on one of the Sea King skull mountains to watch the fight unfold.
The battle was incredible and lasted for exactly an hour, right up until the volcano went off. And just like a countless times before that it ended in a draw, the two opponents slamming their weapons into each other's Shields right as the volcano erupted.
"Another draw huh? I'll beat you next time Brogy!" Dorry shouted with a laugh.
"No way Dorry! I'll be the victor in the end!" Brogy shouted back.
While the two warriors continued to converse. I hopped off justice and told her to go and hunt some decent prey. She gave me a look that was filled with eagerness and a bit of apprehension. She was clearly concerned about me interacting with the two giants but I patted her head and told her I'd be fine.
After she took off I activated Bloodline Shift and entered my ancient giant hybrid form. Unlike the painful first time, the transformation was seamless like that of a zoan devil fruit.
I could feel my body change as two horns grew from my head and my teeth sharpened. I grew to 35 meters standing just a bit taller than Brogy. And my skin tone shifted to a pale blue.
Once I was fully in my hybrid form I began to approach the two jolly giants. They had yet to notice me so I just began to clap to gain their attention.
"I must say that was quite a performance" I said, finally catching their attention.
"Eh? Who are you?" Brogy asked with apprehension in his voice. The two giants looked me up and down, their posture straightening as they say my ancient giant attributes.
"Oh, please don't mind me," I said, coming face to face with the two legendary warriors. "I simply heard that there were two giants living here on little garden and I simply wanted to come and see if it was true." I said, extending my arm.
"Im Carter Davil, and might I just say it is truly an honor to meet legendary warriors such as yourselves."
The tension seemed to melt from the two as they realised I was not a threat.
"Gababababa! Nice to meet you Carter! I'm Brogy!" the axe wielding giant bellowed as he grabbed my hand and shook it.
"And I'm Dorry!" Dorry said gleefully as he did the same.
I smiled and started to chat with the two giants. "I heard a rumor that you two have been fighting on this island for a hundred years. Is that true?"
And with that the conversation began to drift into several different topics.
[-Name: Carter Davil
System interface name: N/A
Race: Human
Secondary race: Ancient Giant, three eye tribe,
Secondary bloodlines: Senju, Uchiha,
Age: 15
Occupation: Marine cadet
Title: Kin of Devils
{stats} {inventory} {shop}
Physique: 87.2 / 500 [sage body]
Devil Fruit: Yugo Yugo no mi
Devil Fruit mastery: 24.0 / 100
Haki: 21.3 / 500
Free attribute points: 19.3
Shop points: 660
System skills: Analyze, Bloodline shift, Perfect memory
One Piece: Skills: Devil fruit infusion, Poneglyph reading, Devil fruit identification, Voice of all things, life return,
Otherworldly skills: Sage body, Wood release, Sharingan, Black garnet connection (15.2%)
{stats} {inventory} {shop}
—Weapons—
-Swords: Akuma-Ketsujin, Yoriichi, Keyblade, Kubikiribocho, Shichiseiken, Yamaoroshi, Kiribachi, Sandai-Kitetsu, Yubashiri,
-Armor:
Gluttonous Feeder Ring, Seastone gauntlet, Starlight gem necklace, Vanta shades,
—Useful items—
5x Feathers of the angel, 2x Tier 4 item boxes, otherworldly item token, specific low grade otherworldly skill token, Shark scale, Key to the locker, silver conch shell, Dive's Pokeball, Sukuna finger, Cybertronian protoform, Hashirama's cells (½ original amount), Black garnet shard, Stand arrow shard, Stone of Gelel, ???
—Devil Fruit—
Tokage-Tokage no mi model: Drake, Ika-Ika no mi, Kama-kama no mi, Hayai-hayai no mi, Kopi-kopi no mi, Ame-ame no mi, Goe-Goe no mi, Maji-Maji no mi, Yagi-yagi no mi, Kachi-Kachi no mi,
—Treasure—
655.14 million berries, 73x Gold ingot, Other Assorted gold jewelry and gems (worth a few million), Diamond clock, Large diamond
—Ingots—
Wapometal ingot, Adamantite ingot, Mythril ingot, Magisteel ingot, 37x Chakra metal ingot
—Other Items—
Impact dial, Reject dial, Eisen dial, Journal of Erik Gunhild, Fossilized Tooth, Yuda fang, Adam tree branch, Carter Davil's vivre card, Hero water, Turtle pose, sea stone chunk, Hot tub, King cannon, The Salamander, The Shark Superb
—DNA samples—
3 eye tribe DNA sample, Various fishmen DNA samples, Monkey D. family DNA sample , Gol D./Portgaz D. DNA sample, Dinosaur DNA Samples, Prehistoric Animal DNA samples,
—Living beings—
Den-Den mushi, Amber Bottle o' Honey Queen, Ammonite,
—Shared equipment—
Plesiosaur armor (Equipped to Dive)
Ring of the rock (equipped to Nijiko)
Binding ribbon (equipped to Nami)
Dagger necklace (equipped to Zoro)
Bracelet of essence (equipped to Sanji)
Gazing glass (equipped to Usopp)
Silver knuckles (equipped to Luffy)
—Bounties— (their heads at least)
Rush pirates: 135.5 million (Rush), 110 million (Largo), 93 million (Peirce)
Dero: 42 million
Chameleone: 300 million
Gasparde pirates : 95 million (Gasparde), 57 million (Needless)
Ganzack: 8 million
Eldorago pirates: 10 million (Eldorago), 8 million (Golass)
Shupeal: 3.5 million
Gally: 5 million
Goat head pirates: 12 million (Rally), 6 million (Letsin), 3 million (Tan), 3 million (Malt)
Billy: 3 million
Card pirates: 11.6 million (Bear king), 7.8 million (Honey queen {false}), 9.9 million (Pin joker), 3.2 million (Boo Jack), 6 million (skunk one)
Arlong pirates: 20 million (Arlong), 9 million (Kuroobi), 5.5 million (Chew)
Yurikah: 2.1 million
Seed: 2 million
Marine supplies: Eternal log pose to Marineford, Eternal log pose to Impel down, Eternal log pose to Enies lobby, Maps of the 4 blues, Log pose, Survival kit, Bounty book,]
A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry for the wait, it has been a hectic couple of weeks for me so sorry for the short chapter and if it feels rushed. I'll try to have more chapters out soon.