Chapter 73 The Giant in the Small Garden (5-star review required)
grand line
Taikoo Island
The island is large, and the vegetation is extremely lush and green, in stark contrast to Whiskey Mountain.
As the ship approached the island, they saw several waterways extending from the interior of the island. Gel immediately directed A Da and A Er to go upstream along the waterways into the depths of the island.
Everyone looked at the plants on both sides that they had never seen before. They were all very large. An ordinary fern was several meters tall, blocking the forest completely. Occasionally, there were the roars of unknown beasts and the wailing of preyed animals, which was creepy.
It feels like walking into a tropical rain forest, and also like accidentally entering the land of giants.
"嘤~!"
A sharp and piercing cry was heard. The strength of the sound waves seemed to be able to shatter glass. Fanny, who had a weak constitution, could not bear it, so she quickly covered her ears.
"Ah, what was that just now!"
Funi asked in panic, her ears still feeling a little buzzing.
"It's okay, it should be the sound of birds chirping!"
Mosan supported her and comforted her.
Suddenly, a Pteranodon with a wingspan of more than 10 meters swooped down from the sky, and its target was still the fat and white Mosan.
Funi and Bia looked at the big bird approaching at high speed in shock, but Mosan, the person involved, had his back to the pterosaur and had no idea what was happening.
"Boom!"
Gel raised his pistol and fired a random shot into the sky. The pterosaur, which was halfway through its dive, was startled by the bullet that flew past its face. Sensing the danger, it instinctively gave up the attack, flapped its huge wings, and turned around to fly away.
"Oh my god, what is this!"
At the last moment, Mosan noticed a strong wind blowing behind him. When he turned around, he saw a big bird flying away in the sky. He seemed to have seen this creature somewhere before.
"Haha, everyone, be careful, these look like dinosaurs!"
Gel pointed to a Tyrannosaurus Rex drinking water on the shore a hundred meters away and said with a smile:
"Nani??"
Everyone screamed in surprise.
"Didn't the dinosaurs become extinct a long time ago?"
"I heard that because the islands in the Grand Line cannot communicate with each other, many islands are at different stages of civilization, and this island may still be in the dinosaur era."
While explaining to his companions, Gel looked at the living Tyrannosaurus Rex in front of him with interest. Overall, it was basically the same as the image he saw in the movie in his previous life, except that the color of its back was bright liver color with some darker stripes.
"How can it still be like this?"
"It's so magical, the world outside is so wonderful. It really was the right decision to go out to sea for adventure!"
Funi said excitedly, and took out her camera to take some beautiful photos of the Tyrannosaurus Rex drinking water.
Before everyone could appreciate this prehistoric behemoth that should have become extinct hundreds of millions of years ago, Weevil had already jumped to the side of the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The Tyrannosaurus Rex raised its head and looked over, feeling that its royal majesty was challenged. It opened its bloody mouth and roared like a dragon at the ignorant villain.
Unfortunately, Weevil didn't give it any face at all. He rushed forward and knocked the Tyrannosaurus Rex to the ground with two punches. He ran back dragging the dinosaur's tail, shouting for Uncle Fate to give him a barbecue.
"Hey! Are there any friends visiting? I haven't seen a human in a long time!"
"Click, click."
A sound like muffled thunder came from the dense forest, followed by the sound of branches being broken.
Everyone on the boat looked in the direction of the sound and saw a giant over 20 meters tall emerging from the woods.
He has a rough build, two small round eyes, upturned nostrils, a big mouth that extends to his ears, and a yellow beard on his chin that is like an open folding fan. He is wearing Viking-style fur and armor, a helmet with two pointed horns on his head, a shield in his left hand, and an axe in his right hand.
A Da and A Er were already trembling with fear. If Gel and Weibull had not been there, they would have dived away long ago.
"This...is this still a human being?"
It was the first time for many people on the ship to see a giant. Looking at the giant warrior in front of them who was as big as a hill, everyone was afraid but also a little curious.
“Ka-ba-ka-ba!”
"Hello, friends who have come from afar! I am Broki, a warrior of the giant tribe. By the way, do you have any wine? I haven't had a drink in more than ten years!"
"Hello, Brockie, I have lots of good wine!"
Ger smiled at the friendly and polite giant.
“Ka-ba-ka-ba!”
"That's great! Can you give me some beer? In return I'll treat you to a barbecue!"
When he heard that there was wine to drink, Broki smiled like a child and immediately invited Ger and his gang to his house.
Gel gladly accepted it, and after docking the boat, he and his companions followed Brocky towards the depths of the island.
With giant warriors leading the way, the dinosaurs, giant pythons, saber-toothed tigers and other animals they encountered along the way quickly avoided them and ran away as fast as they could, wishing their parents had given them two more legs.
Brocky looked at these animals kindly, as if he was looking at the piglets thriving in his own pigsty.
“Ka-ba-ba-ba! We must use the most delicious meat to entertain our distinguished guests!”
On the way, Broki picked and chose, and finally hunted a triceratops that was more than ten meters long. He easily killed it with two axes, showing Gel and others how powerful the fighting race is.
Broki patted the Triceratops' soft belly, carried it on his shoulder with satisfaction and continued on his way.
In addition to their overwhelming size and strength, the Giants also have a lifespan three times longer than that of ordinary humans. They are an extremely powerful race. That's why the Giant Kingdom of Elbaf was able to survive the war-torn second half of the Grand Line and claim to be the 'world's most powerful country'.
Brocky's home is located in a relatively open space in the center of the island. It is called a home, but in fact it only has a cave for sleeping and a bonfire at the entrance of the cave. Geer knows that the two white mountains in the center of the island are actually the bone fossils of two large sea kings captured by Brocky and Donli more than 70 years ago.
"It's really huge. I estimate it to be more than a thousand meters."
Gol sighed.
As soon as he got home, Brocky deftly cut the Triceratops into pieces of steak and grilled them over the charcoal fire in order to have the banquet and drink wine earlier. Uncle Fate saw that Brocky must not even have salt based on his family conditions, so he took out the seasonings and helped him grill the meat.
"smell good!"
Soon the dinosaur meat was roasted and sizzling with oil and fragrance. Brocky on the side couldn't help drooling. He felt that today's barbecue seemed to be different from the barbecue he had eaten in the past few days.
Gel bought more than a dozen barrels of raw craft beer from the mall. As long as there was beer to drink, Brocky didn't care where Gel got the beer from. He immediately picked up a wooden barrel and pressed it lightly with his thumb. The round lid with a diameter of about one and a half meters on the top was opened. He couldn't wait to pour the beer into his mouth.
"Gudong gudong gudong~ ah~ so comfortable! Good wine! Really good wine!!"
Broki moaned with pleasure, then he laughed happily and invited everyone to eat meat and drink wine together.
Chef Fit, who is used to making large portions of food, grilled the meat with ease and even had time to drink a beer. He immediately gave a thumbs up:
“This beer is really good! It has rich foam, rich aroma, mellow taste, fresh and unique flavor. It’s a great beer!”
Gel on the side smiled and felt that this scene was very much like a product placement advertisement.
"Crack, crack, crack! Everyone, help yourself to some. If it's not enough, I'll get more. I have so much fun today. From now on, you guys will be my good friends!"
"Cheers everyone!"
"cheers!"
As Brocki spoke, he picked up another barrel of wine and drank it all. The barrel, more than two meters tall, looked like a small cup in his hand.