Chapter 27
A Massive Haul, The Enraged Navy

“Boom…Boom…”

“Crackle…Crackle…”

“Vice Admiral Modi!!!”

“Those damn giants…”

“Those bastards, fight them to the death!!!”

Flames raged.

The entire area was reduced to rubble.

The Navy sailors cried out in despair and grief, their morale plummeting.

Some, however, charged into the fray without fear of death.

“Cackle…Cackle…”

“Good job, Gaels!!”

“Those damn Navy, now you know how powerful we giants are?!”

“They dared to deceive us!”

“Die!!”

But the giant warriors...

Their morale soared, their spirits lifted.

They knew nothing of mercy.

They cut through the Navy like butter, unstoppable.

The battle was a complete rout.

“Whew…Gaels, I need to replenish my flames!”

Prometheus, who had been launching a fierce offensive against the enemy,

continued to consume the remaining flames, becoming slightly sluggish, and flew in front of Gaels.

“Good work, you’ve been great, Prometheus!”

Gaels praised him.

At the same time, she looked up at the Zeus and Hera thunderclouds and smiled, "You two did well too!"

The three Homies were overjoyed at Gaels' praise.

She went straight to the fiery ruins.

There, she saw Vice Admiral Modi, burned to a crisp, only half alive, unconscious.

She grabbed him, extracted his soul.

As for the soul spell? The Soul-Soul Fruit wasn’t that inconvenient!

For such targets, who were unconscious and completely unable to resist, Gaels, the Soul-Soul Fruit user, could easily extract their souls.

There was no need to cast a soul spell.

“Swish…”

From unknown when,

Ael had transformed into human form, soaring down from the sky and landing on the fortress.

His powerful Observation Haki locked onto a large number of Navy members who were still alive.

His eyes narrowed, and he slammed his right foot onto the ground, “Tree World Descent!”

“Boom…Boom…” Countless green shoots burst from the earth.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, they turned into massive vines, crushing those Navy members.

They were bound one by one and thrown in front of Gaels.

“Gaels, it’s all yours!”

“No problem…” Gaels smiled.

And the Thundercloud Zeus and the Sun Prometheus transformed into ferocious battle forms.

One on each side, they floated beside her, guarding their mistress.

They made her, who was originally a sweet and innocent little girl, look like a demon from hell.

These Navy sailors, who had just witnessed how terrifying these strange, anthropomorphic Homies could be, couldn’t help but feel fear and panic.

“Life, or Death?”

The power of the Soul-Soul Fruit was activated.

An irresistible soul pressure made their souls float out, on the verge of leaving their bodies.

These Navy sailors were terrified, some crying out in fear, “Life,” while others pretended to be calm, shouting, “Death”…

But no matter what choice they made, as long as they showed even a glimmer of fear,

Gaels, who had become like a god of death, would mercilessly harvest their souls.

Even some of the giant warriors, seeing this scene from afar,

couldn’t help but feel their scalps tingling.

“Aaahhh…”

Soon.

With Ael’s help.

A large number of surviving Navy members, whether they were unscathed, missing limbs, unconscious, or seriously injured, were captured by the vines, which seemed to have life consciousness.

Gaels kept activating her Soul-Soul Fruit power, taking the souls of these fellows.

She stored a large amount of soul power in her body.

For later use.

At this moment —

Far away, in the first half of the Grand Line.

The majestic and grand headquarters of the Navy.

“What? G-12 Branch has been attacked?”

In the Fleet Admiral’s office.

The current Fleet Admiral, having just received the report, turned pale with shock and anger, “Damn it, what are those giants from Elbaf trying to do? Have they gone mad?”

“Over a hundred giants, Modi’s G-12 Branch clearly can’t handle it… Immediately send the nearest Navy bases to support as soon as possible!”

“Notify Admiral Hakka, who is stationed at G-5, to go there immediately!”

However, the Fleet Admiral knew very well.

G-12 Branch was too far away, and it would be impossible to get there in a short time.

Time would not allow for support, facing the siege of so many giant warriors.

By the time the Navy fleet arrived, the battle would be over.

“Yes —”

Just as he hung up the Den Den Mushi.

A staff officer rushed into the office.

He saluted the Fleet Admiral, respectfully presenting several photographs and a document, “Fleet Admiral William, these are photos that were urgently sent back before G-12 Branch completely lost contact… and intelligence has just compiled this information!”

“Hmm? What kind of monster is this?”

Looking at the photo, a huge creature bathed in lightning, covered in feathers, with two pairs of wings of different colors, majestic and imposing.

Fleet Admiral Harmans William frowned, “Snake, not snake, bird, not bird… Zoan type? A mythical Zoan?”

But he dared not take it lightly.

Just by looking at the appearance of this bizarre creature in the photo.

He could roughly guess that it was a Zoan type, rarer than the Logia, a mythical Zoan.

It was probably very powerful.

“Yes, according to the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, it should be the Snake-Snake Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Quetzalcoatl form… It is said to be able to control plants, and even summon wind and rain, controlling the weather!” The staff officer replied seriously.

“Quetzalcoatl form? Giant?”

“Navy intelligence has just given a judgment, it shouldn’t be a giant!”

“According to intelligence from CP, the World Government’s direct subordinate intelligence agency, about half a year ago, there was a suspected Lunarian descendant with giant blood, under the age of ten, who came to Elbaf and stayed there!”

The staff officer responded.

He pointed at the figure in the photo, “Also, take a closer look at the figure in the photo, Quetzalcoatl originally only had one pair of wings, but this monster has another pair of black wings, and a flame behind its head, which is a characteristic of the Lunarians…”

“You mean, he’s a Lunarian?”

The Fleet Admiral raised his eyebrows.

For hundreds of years, the World Government has issued a huge bounty for the Lunarians.

They have also ordered the Navy to hunt down the Lunarians, constantly capturing or killing the descendants of this race, to the point that the Lunarians are almost extinct.

But unexpectedly, another Lunarian survivor appeared on the sea, and was also a rare Mythical Zoan user.

“According to the information we have obtained, this person is named Kukulkan Ael…”

The staff officer pointed at the document, indicating that the Fleet Admiral should take a closer look, “He is the Lunarian survivor with giant blood who we, the Navy, and CP chased after in the first half of the Grand Line five or six years ago!”

“His father is Lunarian, his mother is a giant, both died in the fierce battle against the Navy’s encirclement, due to serious injuries, and also caused heavy casualties to the Navy, including two Navy headquarters Vice Admirals!”

Speaking of this.

The staff officer paused for a moment, and said in a deep voice, “At that time, only three-year-old Kukulkan Ael, due to the sacrifice of his parents, was greatly stimulated and awakened his powerful Haki of Conquerors, knocking out most of the Navy personnel!”

“Later, he even used the Lunarian’s ability to fly, ignoring everything and crashing into the Calm Belt… Because that is the nest of large Sea Kings, our personnel had to give up the pursuit!”

“For the next few months, CP continued to investigate the surrounding waters, but they didn’t find him, and they thought he had perished in the sea… It seems he stumbled into the Calm Belt, found a place to stay, and luckily survived!”

“And crossed the Red Line half a year ago, and escaped to Elbaf!”

Harmans William heard this.

He immediately opened the file bag, which contained several pages of information and two photos.

The first photo was of a figure much larger than ordinary children, but with a youthful face, about three years old, with wings on his back, flames blazing behind his head.

He looked exactly like Ael.

The second photo showed Ael in the current situation, sweating profusely during training.

The background was the village of Elbaf, obviously taken secretly by the nun, Carmel, who gave it to the World Government at some point.

“Hmm, I have an impression… So, it’s that escaped fish from back then?”

Fleet Admiral Harmans William frowned, staring at the two photos.

He flipped through the several pages of documents, his face full of solemnity, he couldn’t help but take it seriously, “He really is a terrible monster, if we leave him alone, he will become a huge problem!”

He awakened the Haki of Conquerors at the age of three.

Not only has giant and Lunarian blood.

But he’s also a Zoan type, rarer than the Logia, a mythical Zoan user.

The potential he showed.

Truly cannot be ignored.

“Forget about that for now…”

He put down Ael’s information.

The Fleet Admiral’s face was solemn, and he directly ordered, “All along, we have lived in peace with the giants, not interfering with each other, the giants of Elbaf wouldn’t go mad for no reason… Send someone to ask the few giant Vice Admirals in the Navy headquarters, to see if they know anything about this!”

“Ask the Intelligence Department and CP to find out what’s going on as soon as possible?”

“Yes —”