"El—"

  From afar, Hajrudin’s booming voice rang out.

  The t, intimidating figure raised his arms high and ughed heartily. "Gahaha! Everything’s ready on our side!"

  Beside him stood not only giants like Witt and Sanjuan Wolf but also several other members of the Giant race. Even near Lily stood a new figure—a giant girl around Gerd’s age.

  "Whoosh—"

  The tall, imposing giant girl suddenly turned half her body into a billowing cloud, rag toward El and the others at incredible speed.

  "Hehe, El, the Cloud-Cloud Fruit’s ability is so ve!"

  "Mamamama, Helen, you’re mastering yia abilities more and more!" Linlin chuckled.

  Mitchellia Helen, a young female giant from a certai Blue giant vilge, was roughly the same age as Hajrudin. She had ono join the Navy but hadn’t acted on it yet wheioween the Giants and the Wover soured due to the exposure of Carmel’s spiracies.

  About half a month ago, when El personally visited the West Blue Giant nation to recruit warriors, Helen—who had been inspired by El’s grand vision during the Totto Land Kingdom’s founding broadcast—volunteered to join. As a reward, El granted her the Logia-type Cloud-Cloud Fruit.

  As a giant, Helen could effortlessly emute various "clouds" from Sky Isnd. Using the Cloud-Cloud Fruit, she could easily gee massive thunderclouds, essentially wielding the power of lightning—a disaster even by giant standards. For ordinary humans, she was a walking catastrophe.

  "Exactly, it’s incredible! Thank you so much, El!"

  "The power you’ve given us is overwhelming!"

  The ground trembled as t giants approached, excitement evident on their faces. Among them were not just warriors from Elbaf but also giants from the West Blue and beyond. Many were former Navy giants who had resigned in e after the Elders of the Giants, Mountain Beard and Waterfall Beard, exposed the Wover and Carmel’s schemes.

  vinced by El’s impassioned words—aiced by Devil Fruits—they had joihe Totto Land Kingdom. What’s more, El offered wages and bes at least twice what the Navy had provided. In their Navy days, they had never experienced such favorable treatment.

  "As long as you’re satisfied!" El smiled warmly.

  The Giants’ natural advantages were undeniable. With their massive stature and overwhelming strength, Devil Fruit powers became expoially more effective in their hands. Given the current ck of powerful allies and the limited number of promising recruits from the Dream House, El had been exceedingly generous—perhaps even bleeding resources.

  Not only had Saul been grahe Stoone Fruit and Helen the Cloud-Cloud Fruit, but former Navy Vice Admirals like Lonz and Lacroix were also gifted with A Zoan-type Devil Fruits. While they were no match for the A Giant Little Oars, their newfound powers elevated their strength signifitly. Against Marine Vice Admirals, they could now fight with ease.

  "El, I heard we’re about to go to war with the Wover?"

  A young giant with e hair grinned, fshing his teeth as he asked.

  "Yohohoho, we ’t wait!" Aniant warrior, radiating fighting spirit, ughed loudly.

  "If nothing ued happens, it’ll likely be in the couple of days." El stood with his arms crossed, smiling. "Stay vigint, everyone!"

  "Ohhh—"

  "Leave it to us!"

  "We won’t let you down, El!"

  The giant warriors roared in unison, their morale s.

  "With Lily’s help, I’ve made signifit progress!" Helen, smiling brightly, added, "I’ve also gotten much better at using the Cloud-Cloud Fruit’s powers."

  Over the past couple of weeks, thanks to Lily’s Pile-Pile Fruit ability and biraining, Helen had experienced remarkable growth. Even El, Linlin, and other senior members took time to personally guide her. She had even begun to unlock queror’s Haki, though not fully mastered. Her abilities had adva an astonishing pace, as if rocketing toward new heights.

  "Hehe, of course! With me, Lily, personally involved, the results speak for themselves!" Puffing out her chest proudly, Lily grinned smugly.

  "You’re so full of yourself!" El rapped her lightly on the head.

  For this battle, the Fallen Angel Pirates had carefully selected only their stro and most experienced members to participate. Warriors like Sea Tiger Jien, Griffin Moss, and Flea Man Rock were all granted permission to fight. However, support personnel like Nef and Dr. Kureha were kept off the battlefield. To ensure maximum safety, Gerd, who regnant, had beeo Elbaf.

  Only the stro Homies, such as Thundercloud Zeus, Sun Prometheus, and Umibōzu, remaio assist in the uping battle. The ret influx of giant warriors and their development as Devil Fruit users meant Gerd’s presence wasn’t as crucial.

  "RUMBLE!"

  As evening fell, the ground on Cake Isnd shook violently, rumbling like thunder. From the floating fortress Atntis, docked along the coast, Cake Isnd’s residents and members of the Fallen Angel Pirates watched ihe majestic royal pace, grand and magnifit, began to "move" visibly.

  Using his Stoone Fruit abilities, the giant warrior Saul was transp the entire massive structure from the Totto Land Kingdom to the floating fortress Atntis.

  "Unbelievable…"

  " a human even do this?"

  "Even a pace rge enough fiants is being moved so easily!"

  On Atntis, onlookers like Nef, Baka, Rufe, and Sak stood sck-jawed in amazement. Even Dr. Kureha, despite her vast experience, couldn’t help but click her tongue in astonishment.

  "Mamamama, El dear, ohings settle down, should we have Saul use his Stoone Fruit to move some of the isnds in the Calm Belt here?" Linlin grinedly.

  "With Saul’s abilities, he should be able to move smaller isnds if given enough time," El firmed with a nod.

  For El, Saul’s value wasn’t just in bat—though he was no slouch—but iraordinary utility of his Devil Fruit powers. Iure, Saul could potentially use his abilities to reshape the seafloor, creating massive bridges that would ect the scattered isnds of the Totto Land Sea into one tinuous ndmass. Alternatively, Saul could excavate deeply buried minerals from resource isnds with ease, making even the hardest-to-reach deposits accessible for development.

  Bleam