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Chapter 32:
Vilin's current Devil Fruits are as follows:
Zoan-type – Dog-Dog Fruit, Mythical Zoan Model: Nine-Tailed Fox
Zoan-type – Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: White Eagle
One unknown Paramecia-type light blue fruit
And five other unidentified fruits
With these four new Devil Fruits now completely in his possession, Vilin finally felt satisfied and headed back toward the camp.
He planned to rest tonight before challenging the blue ogre Dorry and the red ogre Brogy tomorrow.
At the camp,
the female members of the Aitrias Pirates saw Vilin walking toward them carrying a fifteen-meter-long dinosaur on his shoulder.
"Captain's back!"
At their crisp, cheerful cries, Vilin greeted them warmly in return.
Reaching the center of the camp, he tossed the massive beast to the ground.
When the female cooks saw such an enormous creature, their eyes instantly lit up.
They drew their weapons and began butchering the dinosaur with practiced skill.
Soon the fresh meat was served to every member of the Aitrias Pirates.
As the bonfire roared to life, the entire camp grew lively and warm.
The scent drove away any lurking beasts hiding in the shadows.
Fragrant aromas filled the air.
Everyone couldn't help but drool.
Vilin accepted the roasted meat Lilith handed him and bit into it heartily.
Tasting the delicious meat, tears of pure happiness rolled down his cheeks.
As night fell, the temperature dropped.
The Aitrias Pirates returned to their tents.
After assigning a few fighters to take turns standing watch, Vilin walked toward his tent with Rouge in his arms.
To his surprise, Annie quietly followed behind.
With no other choice, Vilin brought Annie into the tent as well.
Thus, with one soft body in each arm, Vilin slowly drifted into a peaceful sleep.
The next morning,
after breakfast, Vilin ordered the crew to rest freely at the camp.
He then took Annie and headed into the forest.
He was deeply curious about those two giants.
Along the way, Annie clung to Vilin's arm, curiously observing the primeval jungle.
Whenever she spotted an unfamiliar plant, she would eagerly pick it to transplant into her plant cultivation room later.
Over the past year at sea, Annie had collected every rare and exotic plant from every island they visited, nurturing them carefully in her special growing area.
Some of the miraculous plants even made Vilin envious.
After walking for two full hours, the pair finally reached the territory of the red ogre Brogy.
As soon as Vilin stepped into Brogy's domain, the giant—who had been lying down resting—slowly opened his eyes.
But when he saw that the visitors were just two tiny specks, he closed his eyes again, rolled over, and went back to sleep.
"Hey! Giant, hello!"
"I'm Aitrias Vilin, an adventurer. How about a real man's sparring match?"
Vilin looked up at Brogy's towering figure, eyes blazing with eager battle intent.
Annie, seeing how enormous the giant was, couldn't help shrinking behind Vilin.
Brogy seemed to sense the fighting spirit surging inside Vilin.
He opened his sleepy eyes.
With interest, he looked down at the ant-sized human.
Brogy threw his head back and laughed heartily.
"Wahahahaha! What a brave little brat!"
"Alright then, I'll show you the might of a giant!"
Seeing Brogy accept the challenge, Vilin grinned happily.
Both took up fighting stances.
They were ready to test their strength.
Annie saw they were about to start and immediately scurried away on her short legs, climbing a large tree to watch safely from above.
Seeing Brogy was ready, Vilin made the first move.
Using Naval Rokushiki – Shave, he instantly closed the distance.
Both hands clenched, Vilin gathered all his strength and punched toward Brogy.
Brogy felt the tremendous power contained in Vilin's fist.
His eyes turned serious.
He raised his mountain-sized axe and swung down with full force.
BOOM!
A deafening crash erupted as fist met axe blade.
A powerful shockwave exploded outward from the point of impact.
The surrounding trees creaked and swayed violently.
Vilin felt as if he had been hit by a speeding truck.
In an instant, he was sent flying backward.
Though knocked back by Brogy's immense strength, Vilin wasn't discouraged.
Instead, he burst into wild laughter.
"That felt amazing!"
Immediately after, Vilin's Armament Haki erupted from within.
A powerful aura shot skyward.
An unyielding will blazed forth.
Brogy's pupils shrank when he saw the black Armament Haki coating Vilin's arms.
As a warrior of Elbaf, of course he recognized what it was.
This made him take the fight seriously.
With a flicker of movement, Vilin rushed toward Brogy once more.
His Armament-coated fist streaked like a meteor toward the giant.
"Come on!"
Brogy saw the powerful punch and didn't dodge.
He raised his giant axe and swung down to meet it.
Bang!
A thunderous collision rang out.
Vilin's fist met the axe head-on.
An even more terrifying shockwave exploded outward from the center of impact.
From her tree perch, Annie watched the terrifying scene with her mouth wide open.
Her eyes were filled with disbelief.
"Hahahahaha!"
Meanwhile, deep in the island,
the blue ogre Dorry—previously asleep—also sensed the battle taking place.
When he felt the fluctuation coming from Brogy's direction, Dorry stood up.
Curiously, he looked toward the source.
He saw Brogy being pushed back by a tiny black dot.
This greatly surprised Dorry.
So he began walking toward the fight between Vilin and Brogy.
With each step he took, the entire island trembled.
The ground shook violently.
Dorry arrived at the battle site.
Seeing the two were sparring, he watched with great interest.
After some time, the fight between the two finally paused.
Seeing both Brogy and Vilin collapsed on the ground, Dorry went hunting and returned with a twenty-meter-long dinosaur.
He began roasting it over the fire.
After eating the grilled meat, Vilin finally had enough strength to sit up.
"Thank you so much for your help!"
Vilin expressed his gratitude to Dorry.
He even brought out his treasured fine wine to treat the two giants.
In the jungle, the aroma of food gradually drifted outward.
It attracted countless beasts toward the area.
But when they realized this was giant territory, they all fled with their tails between their legs, like mice seeing a cat.
Annie saw Vilin and Brogy devouring the roasted meat.
She jumped into Vilin's arms and happily joined in eating.