Bab 238: Captain of the guard’s unit: Fognir!
Ian stood atop the odyssey.
In front of him was the view of the island he was coming to visit this time. Elbaf. Home and kingdom of the giant race.
Not much was known about this island or its dwellers.
Ian knew from the Anime about its supposed might, and how its army was feared worldwide.
In fact, it was widely spread that it was considered the strongest country in the world.
From what Ian gathered from Garp and Sengoku, he would have to agree with that idea.
As soon as the ship reached the shore, the huge size of the mountains became apparent.
They stretched hundreds of meters and appeared to almost touch the sky… Ian whistled at this.
Among these huge mountains, there was a huge tree in the middle of the island. And that was their destination this time. This tree was so huge,
Even that guy Sanjuan wolf, would be like a small child in front of it…
The crew disembarked soon after and started walking.
"Do you know anything about this country?" Robin asked Ian.
The rest listened.
"A few things that Sengoku told me, yes," Ian replied.
She nodded her head and listened as Ian started explaining to them what he knew.
Soon, Ian could feel the presence of a lot of people nearby… by how big their aura was, he knew they were the giants living here.
Just like he thought, soon, a number of giants became visible from among the trees.
Sengoku had explained to him about this country.
Various regular Giants stayed on the ground level, but the main clan, stayed on top of the tree, in the castle of their Prince Loki.
But they were also allowed to go up and live there if they wanted, the prince apparently didn't forbid them at all.
The presences Ian felt must be those regular giants then.
Since his range was big, he was feeling quite a number of them… more than a few hundred…
Soon just as Ian and co had moved a bit from the shore, four Giants on top of massive beasts came near Ian standing there vigilantly. Each step they made, resulted in the ground shaking.
Some had tigers, some had wolves…
"Aren't you one of those sea yonko's? What is your purpose here?" One of them asked not getting from on top of his mount.
They appeared to recognize Ian. Well, that was natural since the news would reach everywhere around the world.
Ian smiled.
His whole posture relaxed indicating no harm…
Subconsciously the giants also relaxed a bit. They had felt the whole crew's aura, which is why they had come, it was their duty to guard the island from this side.
The rest although a bit relaxed still kept their guard against Ian's crewmates. They could feel these guys were all trouble…
"I wish to meet the Prince of the Giants." Ian calmly intoned.
He wasn't asking anything out of hand. For a man of his standing, indeed, that was okay.
But they were a warrior race and were trained to follow their orders.
And this time it was to call their captain. Fognir.
The one leading them turned to look back and ordered.
"Give me the Horn! I'll call the captain here." He said.
One of them hurriedly saluted and presented a rather big horn towards him.
He then proceeded to blow on it making a rather unpleasant sound.
But Ian and co weren't bothered at all. They just waited there.
"Are we going to wait a lot?" Stella started complaining.
"Don't worry, I'm pretty sure it would be fast. Look at how big they are, and they even use these huge mounts…" Akemi replied to her. And Bert by her side nodded his head.
"Indeed, and it also must have taken them a while to train them to be this obedient." Don, who arguably had a bit of knowledge about animals spoke up.
The rest just silently waited.
****
On another side of the forest, a huge giant could be seen riding on top of a massive wolf beast.
He had a height of 24 m, and a beard that was short and braided. He wore goggles on his face, had a helmet on top of his head, Vikings style, and had a huge sword on his back.
He was wearing dark brown pants and black boots, meanwhile, his chest was left bare, except for the cloak draping over his shoulders and strap to the sheath for the sword on his back that was visible through his chest.
This was Fognir, the captain, responsible for the whole guard unit of the country Elbaf.
As for the wolf, it was a grey colour and appeared to be a trained beast, as it followed his orders completely.
He had just finished making rounds around this area as was his duty before he suddenly heard the calling horn being blown on.
He was already moving in that direction, but he called for his life-long partner to hurry up.
"Bemir, hurry up, we have to see what's the matter. Those guys never call like this, something must have happened." Fognir said.
The wolf, Bemir, as if it understood him, nodded its head and started increasing the speed.
****
Soon he had reached where Ian was.
And the moment he saw him he recognized him.
His prince Loki, had ordered them all to study on the Yonko's well. All of them. That is to prepare for a time when they might come to visit… or to fight…
Upon seeing Ian, he introduced himself after he got off the wolf.
"Yonko, Ian. My name is Fognir. The captain of the guards unit, and a member of the special forces under our prince Loki, It is a pleasure to meet the crew that resulted in the death of big mom," He said.
Ian nodded back at him.
"The pleasure is mutual. I have come this time to share a talk with your prince." Ian repeated his words as he went straight to the point.
Fognir didn't mind as he gave Ian a nod.
"Then, let me give you a ride to the top." He told them as he got up on the huge wolf.
His orders were like this when an emperor came towards their island.
He was also not scared about Ian and co. The Special Forces unit's captain was as strong as an admiral, so it shouldn't be a problem for him to take care of Ian. While the rest of the giants can take care of his crew. That is in case, they needed to do that. Otherwise, the giants were a good-natured race.
If Ian knew what he was thinking, he would have just smiled and threw it aside… thinking to himself something along the lines of, 'I slap admirals aside like they are little kids, stupid giant.'
Ian and co got on top of the wolf's head, and then it started to run towards the huge tree.
Along the line, they saw various small villages with some giants living on them.
They also met other members of the guard's unit, who also had mounts. Ian guessed that they trained these mounts so that they can ride them and that way their patrol would easier and more efficient.
Soon, they had reached the base of the tree, and Ian and co were able to see stairs carved on the side of it, going up in a circular fashion, allowing one to reach the top.
'It must have taken them forever to make something like this.' Robin thought to herself.
Stella couldn't help herself and mutter in awe.
"Wow, just wow…"
The rest didn't need to speak up, as she had just expressed their feeling at this moment.
Fognir smiled before he ordered his partner.
"Bemir, let's go!"
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