hotmtlnovel Chapter 109 Loki: Alcohol Only Numbs My Fighting Spirit
Chapter 109 Loki: Alcohol Only Numbs My Fighting Spirit
Chapter 109 Loki: Alcohol Only Numbs My Fighting Spirit
Aruru stayed to the side without saying a word, nodding her head as if she were dozing off.
Loki also remained silent.
He's not stupid.
Although his mother abandoned him at birth, his clansmen disliked him from a young age.
but,
Only Loki himself knew that he wanted to become the Giant King, a Giant King that everyone recognized and feared.
Even if it means starting a war of the ages, we are willing to do it!
At that point, it won't matter if no one approves of him.
Loki has prepared for both possibilities.
If he can't gain recognition no matter what he does in the future, then he will scare everyone!
I'm afraid of myself, afraid of my own hammer!
He is Loki!
Standing behind Bazel, he gripped the hammer handle with his right hand, as if he would attack immediately at Bazel's command.
"Straighten my back, blah blah~ hahahahaha" Rald suddenly covered his face and laughed.
The laughter grew louder and louder, so loud that the soldiers who were sleeping at the door peeked out from behind the door.
"You're quite an interesting human being. You're the first human to dare make me stand tall and be a giant!"
Boom!
Harald's Conqueror's Haki, far surpassing that of Bazel, suddenly erupted as he stood up.
At that moment, Bazel seemed to see a towering giant appear before him.
The overwhelming aura blurred my vision, and the distorted, demonic face was chuckling wickedly.
"Now, Bazel, do you still want me to chat with you like this?"
"Of course! The most interesting thing in life is clashing with the strong!!"
Bazel's eyes widened, and Conqueror's Haki burst forth from his body.
Although it lacks the imposing and domineering presence of Harald, its unwavering resilience and never-give-up spirit are still particularly striking.
The two men's domineering auras clashed.
Harald's expression gradually changed from relaxed to serious.
This human's domineering aura
Getting stronger!!!
Simply by clashing auras with someone stronger than yourself, you can continuously grow stronger in adversity!?
Such talent is unheard of!
Harald instinctively clenched his fists, knowing that he might have to get some exercise after a long time.
The clash between Conqueror's Haki has reached a point where they are indistinguishable.
At this point, whoever is defeated is destined to have a shadow cast over their soul.
Only by forging ahead can we continue to grow stronger!
Harald realized this, and he believed the human pirate realized it as well.
as predicted!
After another half-minute of stalemate, just as the candlelight flickered in the wind, the two chose to strike at the same time!
Instantly, Bazel, now in his third-gear divine form, unleashed a punch.
The glass of the study shattered instantly when the giant king's enormous fist collided with it from a distance. The huge commotion drew all the soldiers guarding the castle to the study.
"king!!"
"Lord Harald!"
"An attack on the King has occurred! All personnel assemble!!!"
After the punch, Bazel gritted his teeth and refused to back down, his right arm trembling slightly.
He lost.
If Harald hadn't held back at the end, he would have been sent flying by that punch.
Bazel swore that if anyone ever dared to say that Whitebeard or Golden Lion were the strongest in the world again, he would recommend that person challenge the current Giant King Harald!
Before this ancient giant who had honed his body to the extreme, the abilities of any Devil Fruit would probably be nothing but a mirage.
If one punch doesn't kill, then two punches will do!
Moreover, Harald's greatest strength seems to be not his fists, but his swordsmanship.
Bazel couldn't imagine how powerful this giant king would be if he wielded the greatsword.
"Balahahaha~ You're strong, Bazel, but you're not qualified to fight me yet."
The politician's smile vanished from Harald's face, replaced by the ruggedness and boldness characteristic of a giant.
He stepped out from under the desk and sat down on the spot, turning to look at the soldiers who were about to rush in.
"Do I need guards?!"
"Who do you think I am? I'm Harald!!"
"Yes, yes!!"
The soldiers were so frightened that they quickly stood at attention and dared not step into the study.
"Alright, get out, and close the door behind you. Your work for today is finished!"
After dismissing the dutiful soldiers, Harald took out a bowl of wine that he had prepared in advance.
Three large and one small.
They were placed in front of Aruru, Loki, and Bazel, respectively.
Then he opened the wine jar, and the reddish wine dripped into the bowl, creating a small ripple.
"Let's do it!"
Not to be outdone, Bazel picked up the wine bowl and gulped down the entire bowl, which was half the size of his body.
A fiery line slid down from his mouth, and a burning sensation, as if his heart were on fire, quickly spread throughout his body.
Harald's eyes lit up when he saw this, and he filled Bazel's cup again.
Loki, standing to the side, swallowed hard, secretly wanting to taste the royal wine, but was caught off guard by Bazel's sidelong glance.
"You're underage, you can't drink. Give me the drink."
Loki's lips twitched; he wanted to resist, but seeing Bazel's eyes narrowing, he could only reluctantly push the wine bowl away.
Harald and Aruru stared wide-eyed at the sight.
"Hey, hey, Aruru, what's going on? Am I still half asleep?!"
"My son is such an obedient baby?!"
Aruru stared in disbelief, muttering, "I...I feel like I'm dreaming too—"
Harald only came to his senses when Loki got up and brought orange juice from the kitchen.
"Loki, um—if you're not feeling well, you can tell me, and I'll have a doctor treat you."
"No, I just suddenly don't feel like drinking."
Luo Bi frowned, sucking hard on the sweet orange juice through the straw.
"Alcohol only numbs my fighting spirit."
Upon hearing this, Harald slapped himself and then gulped down several glasses of wine.
"This is unbelievable! My son actually said such a thing!"
After the brief farce, Harald looked at Bazel, his eyes almost overflowing with admiration and respect.
Bazel is the first person on the high seas to be able to turn Loki into a good boy.
Even Rocks back then couldn't do that.
"Bazaar, Donley and the others told me a lot about you guys."
"During my stay in Elbaf, they would often buy the latest newspapers from the nearby sea and tell me everything that was happening in the outside world."
"But I want to hear your opinion and your plans in person."
Bazel took another sip of wine, hesitated for a moment, and then uttered the words he had prepared in his mind in one breath.
"I want to establish a trading center in Wano Country, not far from Elbaf."
"Using Wano Country as the intermediary region and core, we will create a new ecosystem where all races can coexist equally."
"Once we can solve the island cloud problem, the rest will fall into place."
When the conversation turned to business, Harald nodded slightly: "It's good that you're confident, but I need to see capital and sincerity."
"The giants do need the opportunity you mentioned, but I don't want giants to be inferior to others."
"There is no such thing as being inferior."
Bazel took out a Den Den Mushi and dialed a number in front of Harald.
"Bazaar?"
Azuki Toki's voice came through the Den Den Mushi.
"Ah Shi, have Tom, Ganqiao, and Rambo get ready. I'll have Loki go pick them up."
"The Giant King wants to see them."
"I see."
Kacha---
The Den Den Mushi hung up, and without waiting for Bazel's instructions, Loki got up, walked to the balcony, and jumped off.
During the half-hour wait, Bazel drank while explaining his plan to Haraldjan.
This includes the trade that giants can engage in.
"Construction workers? A business dealing in sea monster meat products?"
Harald scratched his head:
"Personally, I don't object to people of our race who are willing to do this work. After all, our giants once had a very famous Great Hammer Warband."
"Those predecessors were not only warriors, but also shipwrights."
"It's normal for giants to have to pay a price if they want to gain respect outside."
Bazel took over the conversation.
"Plundering will only worsen your reputation, but you need to find a very important balance."
"That is, how to retaliate after being bullied without arousing the suspicion of other races."
Spend?
Harald fell into deep thought.
"What you want to do is simply to make the giant race more reasonable and better."
"When giants first appear in the human world's trade system, they will definitely be bullied and even morally blackmailed."
"At this point, you only need to ensure one thing to achieve what I call 'the right balance'."
"That's just a title."
"The moral high ground will allow you to accomplish many things smoothly. Coupled with reasonable power, even the nobles of those kingdoms will only treat you with utmost courtesy."
Harald looked completely bewildered, while Aruru beside him seemed to be deep in thought.
"Harald,"
Yaru smoothed the beard on his chin.
"I roughly understand what Bazel means, but I have a question. Lord Bazel, what should we do if we retaliate after being bullied by the nobles of the human kingdoms, only to be wanted as pirates by the World Government?"
"World Government?"
Bazel gave a meaningful smile: "Why do you care about them?"
Yaru and Harald were stunned.
"The trade system that originated in Wano Country is centered around our Beasts Pirates."
"What does being wanted by the World Government have to do with you?"
"Do you think we, the pirates of the Beasts, would capture giants for bounties?"
"As long as the giants establish their reputation for integrity and generosity, that's enough. The world is so big, there will always be bold humans who want to do business with you."
"What we need to do is substitute."
"Bazel, as soon as we heard we could meet the Giant King, we came immediately, ta-ha-ha-ha!"
The moment the fishman's hearty laughter rang out, Bazel's lips moved.
Immediately afterwards--
Aruru and Harald's expressions changed drastically, as if they had heard something terrible.
Cold sweat soaked through his back clothes.
"—Hey, Bazel, you've got guts bigger than a giant!!"
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