Chapter 80: Win-Win
Louis stood in the ruined forest, his body enveloped in a pale golden light. Two golden ribbons of light extended from his back, flowing directly into the bodies of the two giants, healing the fallen Dorry and Brogy.
Dorry, lying in the shattered forest, held up his greatsword, which now had large nicks and cracks, and his face fell. "Brogy," he said with some frustration, "it's really hard to beat you!"
"Kabababababa!"
Brogy roared with laughter, his huge chest heaving. He turned to look at his own severely damaged giant axe and said, "Aren't you just as hard to beat, Dorry!"
"Gegyagyagyagya!" Dorry heard this and laughed as well. For a moment, the entire forest echoed with the laughter of the two giants.
A moment later, Dorry felt the injuries on his body healing rapidly, and his eyes lit up. "Louis, your ability is amazing! You healed us so quickly! If you went to Elbaf, you'd definitely be very popular!"
Brogy propped himself up and slowly sat up. He looked at Louis, who was radiating a golden light with snow-white wings on his back, and laughed. "Not just in Elbaf! Any power would treat Louis as a guest of honor!"
Dorry leaned his head in and showed Louis two rows of white teeth. "Louis, after I beat Brogy, do you want to come back to Elbaf with me? The giants will definitely give you a warm welcome!"
Dorry's words displeased Brogy. He angrily shoved his own large face over and roared, "What? I'm the one who's going to beat you!"
For a moment, the two giants, still in the process of being healed, started bickering again.
Brrring~ Brrring~ Brrring~ Just then, the characteristic ringing of the Den Den Mushi on Louis's body sounded.
Louis ended the healing, retracting the life force coiling around him back into his body. He reached out a hand to push away the two large faces that were pressing in on him, then calmly answered the call.
"Hello, Louis."
"I overheard something interesting! It seems the God's Knights have a mission!" As expected, Arcordon's voice came from the Den Den Mushi.
Louis heard this, and a smile played on his lips. "A mission for the God's Knights? Location, time?"
Louis didn't waste words, directly asking for what he cared about. He didn't care what the World Government was doing, nor did he need to know what they stood to gain. But interfering with and destroying their plans would bring him great joy.
On the other side, Arcordon was leisurely following the Celestial Dragon's ship. "I don't know," he replied unhurriedly. "But I'm tailing them from a distance! Just follow my Vivre Card and come over!"
"Alright," Louis nodded.
Just then, the two giant captains, having heard Louis's conversation, stopped their bickering and looked at each other. "The God's Knights? I remember hearing that name somewhere before."
Just then, Arcordon's strange words came from the Den Den Mushi again. "Huh? They actually captured some giants?"
"..."
Louis frowned at his words. However, beside him, the excited roars of Dorry and Brogy sounded. "A giant was captured?!"
"..."
On the other side, Arcordon rubbed his ears and complained with a look of surprise, "What a loud voice. Louis, did you recruit some giants?"
Louis signaled for Dorry and Brogy to be patient, then frowned and asked, "I'll tell you about them later. First, tell me what's this about a giant being captured?"
Arcordon, hidden in the clouds ten thousand meters in the sky, briefly relayed the contents of the conversation he had monitored through his Observation Haki and radio waves to Louis and the others. "The Celestial Dragon I'm following was asking another Celestial Dragon on the Den Den Mushi for the few giants that were captured. It's said they were caught in the West Blue."
"The West Blue..." A subtle change came over Louis's eyes. He felt he had guessed the identity of the captured giants.
As his words fell, Dorry and Brogy also thought of the giants that Uta and Yelena had mentioned not long ago. "I see. So it's those young brats who were captured?"
"Hey, Louis, who are the people you're going to deal with? We seem to have heard the name 'God's Knights' somewhere before!"
To this, Louis looked up at the two of them and then answered, "They are Celestial Dragons."
"Celestial Dragons..."
Dorry and Brogy slowly stood up. With their backs to the sun, their faces were cast in shadow, making their expressions unreadable.
After a long while, the corner of Brogy's mouth turned up in a terrifying smile, giving off a hint of the fear that the people of the sea had experienced over 90 years ago. "Kabababababa!"
"Hey, Dorry, should we temporarily halt our duel?"
On the other side, from beneath Dorry's equally terrifying face, came words filled with endless rage. "No problem! I was thinking the same thing!"
The next moment, the two giants shouldered their half-ruined weapons and made a request to Louis. "Hey, Louis, can you take the two of us with you this time? Hearing that our kinsmen have been captured by the World Government, we can't just sit back and do nothing!"
To this, Louis smiled and nodded. "Alright. We are also very much looking forward to seeing the power of the Giant Warrior Pirates that shook the world over ninety years ago! Let the world remember the fear of being shrouded by the Giant Warrior Pirates!"
"The Giant Warrior Pirates..." On the other side, Arcordon was shocked for a moment, then a smile appeared on his handsome face. "The two missing captains of the Giant Warrior Pirates? Louis, you've run into some incredible monsters!"
Louis looked up at the two heroic giants, his lips moving slightly. "No. They are legends."
Nearly a hundred years ago, they were wanted by the World Government for the sky-high price of 100 million Berries each, and they fought their way from the New World all the way to the Grand Line. In the future, they would even be strong enough to participate in the battle between Nika Luffy and the Five Elders, cutting off the head of an awakened Sandworm and earning a bounty of 1.8 billion Berries. Even with the dark history of being taken down by Mr. 3, their strength could not be concealed.
Through the unwitting actions of the Celestial Dragons, these two giants were now about to join forces with Louis. This was something Louis had not expected. Gaining the friendship of the world's strongest race—the giants—would provide immense help in the future when the real battle with the World Government began.
Next, the giants would liberate their juniors, and Louis would gain the friendship of the giant race. This was a standard win-win situation.
Louis's eyes swept over his partners, who had gathered after hearing the conversation. "Let's go. Let's go and see what it is the World Government wants to destroy!"
The next second, the high-flying Avant Heim descended again, heading to the coast to swallow the warship into its belly.
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