One Piece: Starting with Sharingan, First Mate Uchiha

Boom-!

Boom-!

Boom-!

The heavy tolling of war bells echoed continuously over the land of giants.

The sound of bells traveled over the harbor, reaching the valleys, villages, and towns atop the World Tree.

The Titans, who were training and working, stopped at the same time, and the entire Elbaf seemed to fall into a brief silence at that moment.

The next second, this ancient kingdom of warriors was fully awakened.

One after another, huge wooden doors burst open with a roar.

Giant warriors, clad in animal skins and heavy armor, burst out of the house.

The young giant on the training ground quickly discarded his wooden weapons and began to put on real armor.

Ancient war banners hung from the top of the tower, fluttering in the strong wind.

All the Elba ladies knew that the highest-level war bells would only ring when the royal city or the World Tree faced a major threat.

Haildin pulled the greatsword from the ground and turned to roar at the port guards:

"Block all outbound shipping lanes!"

"Protect women, children, and the wounded!"

"Those who are capable of fighting, follow me to the Heroes' Tomb!"

"oh--!"

The nearby giant warriors responded in unison.

The terrifying roars coalesced into a wave, causing the harbor floor to tremble slightly.

Halding looked down at the Straw Hat crew.

"Straw Hat Captain, you will remain in port for the time being."

"The Blackbeard attacked Elbaf; this is the giants' own war."

Luffy shook his head almost without thinking.

"no."

"Teach is also the person we're looking for."

Before Halding could speak, Victor calmly said:

"Blackfire and the Legion of the Dead, we just clashed in Totland."

"You don't understand that power."

"Taking us with you gives you a better chance of winning than charging into the graveyard of heroes on your own."

Haildin fell silent.

He is not so arrogant as to be deaf to advice.

Blackbeard's abilities, in particular, involve the dead and souls, things that are far too unfamiliar to the giants.

After a moment, Haildin nodded emphatically.

"good!"

"Then I'll leave it to you!"

"Let's go to the Heroes' Tomb together!"

The Heroes' Tomb is located deep in the Elbaf Inland Mountains, and the Sunny can only remain in the port temporarily, under the protection of the giants.

The Straw Hat crew then climbed onto the shoulders of Heldin and the other giant warriors.

Luffy stands on Hajrudin's left shoulder.

Usopp was placed at the very front of his right shoulder.

From this position, he could clearly see the Giant Road winding into the mountains ahead, and also clearly see the height of tens of meters above the ground.

Usopp glanced down and his legs went weak.

"Isn't this position a bit too far forward?"

Haildin laughed heartily.

"This is the best view!"

"Snipers should naturally be at the forefront observing the enemy situation!"

Usopp's mouth twitched.

He really wanted to say that he could have stood at a slightly safer position, behind his head.

But seeing Halding's trusting expression, he finally gritted his teeth and gripped his shoulder armor tightly.

The giants quickly began to advance at full speed.

What takes ordinary people several days to traverse is just a long run under the giant's feet.

With each step, the ground vibrated dully.

A strong wind kept rushing past Usopp's ears.

At first, he could only cling tightly to Haldin's shoulder armor, fearing that he would be thrown off.

After gradually getting used to the speed, he still gritted his teeth and freed one hand to pick up the binoculars and observe the front.

The gas fruit made him more sensitive to airflow than before.

Soon, Usopp smelled a familiar scent in the mountain breeze blowing in his face.

The smell of burning food, along with a chilling, eerie feeling that instinctively sends shivers down your spine.

The tension on his face instantly turned into seriousness.

"There's black fire ahead!"

"It tastes exactly like Totland!"

Hajrudin turned his head to look at Usopp on his shoulder.

"Understood!"

"Everyone, be on high alert!"

The team continued deeper inland.

Along the way, they passed through several villages of giants.

The elderly and children are entering a refuge cave inside the mountain under the protection of guards.

The young giant picked up the spear, battle axe, and round shield hanging in his home and volunteered to join the group heading to the Heroes' Tomb.

There were no cries or screams, and no one panicked and fled when the war came.

Giants receive warrior training from a young age.

They respect death and never shy away from direct combat.

But when these people learned that Blackbeard might be controlling the corpses in the Heroes' Tomb, anger began to spread rapidly among the originally calm team.

An old giant with gray hair gripped his battle axe and said in a deep voice:

My grandfather is buried in the Heroes' Tomb.

"If anyone dares to disturb his peace after death, I will use my life to make the intruder pay the price."

The surrounding giants did not try to stop them.

He simply gripped the weapon even tighter.

Usopp sat on Hajrudin's shoulder, silently watching all of this.

He suddenly realized that Elbaf was not the simple adventure paradise he had imagined.

This place is not just about banquets, boisterous laughter, and warriors who never back down.

This is a nation that truly values ​​honor, family, and the name of warriors more than life itself.

And Blackbeard is trampling on what they cherish most.

As they got closer to the Heroes' Tomb, obvious signs of damage began to appear on both sides of the mountain road.

One by one, towering trees were neatly cut down.

The cut is smooth with almost no excess tearing.

Zoro glanced at it and said:

"It was caused by the sword."

"Very fast, and the move was very clean."

Haildin's face grew increasingly grim.

They were able to silently bypass the outer defenses of Elbaf, attack the ancient temple, and penetrate deep into the Hero's Tomb before the main force could assemble.

The other party is definitely not an ordinary follower.

Instead, they are the true core members of the Blackbeard Pirates.

After the group entered a narrow valley, the giant at the front suddenly stopped.

On both sides of the road, more than a dozen members of the giant patrol lay dead.

Some people had their armor shattered, while others were pinned to the ground by collapsed giant trees, groaning in pain.

"It's a patrol!"

Haildin immediately rushed forward.

Chopper also jumped down from the giant's shoulders.

"Don't move them yet!"

"Let me check your injuries!"

He quickly transformed into a form more suitable for treatment, climbing along the giant's body to check his breathing, heartbeat, and wounds.

"No fatal wounds."

"Most of the unconsciousness is caused by impact and paralysis!"

"Some people have been poisoned, but the toxicity isn't too severe!"

Chopper quickly retrieved the medicine and asked a nearby giant to help treat his wounds.

A moment later, a patrolman struggled to open his eyes.

He saw Halding and immediately reached out his hand.

"Halding..."

"Those guys... were carrying a lot of black metal boxes."

"A metal box?"

Robin frowned slightly.

The patrol soldiers nodded with difficulty.

"They split into several teams and carried the iron boxes into the heroes' graveyard..."

"The tomb keeper tried to stop it, but was ensnared by a black flame..."

His voice grew weaker and weaker, and he lost consciousness again.

Robin said softly:

"The black iron box likely contains pre-prepared media."

"Blackbeard had made complete preparations before he even arrived in Elbaf."

Viktor looked up towards the direction of the Heroes' Tomb.

Blackbeard's development of the Soul-Soul Fruit is clearly more advanced than they initially saw.

Those iron boxes might contain compressed and preserved black soul fire.

It could also be some kind of special item that allows the soul fire to attach itself to something for a long time.

The group did not linger.

After leaving some giants to care for the wounded, Hajrudin led the rest of the group to continue their advance.

Not long after, a violent clash of weapons suddenly came from ahead.

Several giant tomb guardians clad in ancient armor were actually attacking each other on the mountain path.

Their movements were stiff, and faint black flames flickered around the edges of their eyes.

Unlike the dead bodies of Totland, these gravediggers were still alive.

The lingering flames left behind by the black-bearded man are eroding their consciousness, amplifying their hostility, and forcing them to attack their companions.

Haildin's expression changed.

"Don't hurt them!"

He dared not wield the greatsword.

Those gravediggers were all members of Elbaf's tribe, and a heavy blow could very well take their lives.

Brooke stepped forward.

"Leave this to me."

His soul flew out of his body, transforming into a blue shadow that passed through the chests of several gravediggers.

The chilling energy of the underworld directly affects the soul.

The black fire attached to consciousness was instantly covered with a layer of frost.

Viktor raised his hand at the same time.

The Yin Release power transformed into an invisible blade, severing the connection between the black flames and the distant main body.

The tomb keepers stopped moving at the same time.

The black flames at the edge of the pupils quickly went out, and the massive body collapsed one after another, but it did not suffer any fatal injuries.

Before one of them lost consciousness, he kept repeating a sentence.

"The tomb door has been opened..."

"They have entered the outermost burial area..."

Haildin suddenly looked up.

"Speed ​​up!"

The giants began to run again.

Usopp, sitting at the very front, could already see the black flames in the distant sky growing increasingly intense.

Images of the dead rising from the piles of corpses in Totland kept flashing through his mind.

Even ordinary human corpses are this horrific.

If it were a giant...

Each one could be as huge as a mountain.

Usopp's hand holding the slingshot began to tremble slightly.

Chopper noticed this.

"Usopp, are you alright?"

Usopp swallowed hard.

"Absolutely not good."

"Who would feel good about the thought of a bunch of dead giants crawling out of their graves!"

After he finished speaking, he took a deep breath and gripped the slingshot tightly again.

"But we've already come this far."

"We can't just turn around and run away as soon as we see the gate to the Heroes' Tomb."

When Halding heard this, he did not laugh at his fear.

Instead, he said very seriously:

"Dare to admit your fear, yet still move forward."

"This is a true warrior."

Usopp paused for a moment.

Then he sat up straighter.

As darkness fell.

The group finally reached the deepest part of the Elbaf interior.

Ahead lay a vast valley surrounded by mountains.

Countless ancient stone tablets lined up the mountainside, each one larger than a human castle.

The stone tablet is inscribed with the names, achievements, and manners of death of different giant warriors.

In the center of the valley stands a tomb door carved from a single block of black stone.

The door is engraved with images of giant warriors raising their glasses, sailing, and battle.

According to Haildin, the tomb door had never been opened by outsiders for hundreds of years.

But now, the heavy stone door has cracked open from the center.

Behind the tomb entrance was complete darkness.

Only a few scattered black flames burned silently on both sides of the road.

The giant warriors raised their weapons.

The Straw Hat crew is also ready for battle.

Brooke stared into the depths of the tomb with his empty eye sockets, his voice low and menacing.

"Everyone be careful."

"There are many strange soul fluctuations inside."

Haildin gripped his greatsword and took a step forward.

Just as he was about to enter the tomb, heavy footsteps suddenly came from the depths of darkness.

thump.

thump.

thump.

With each step, the tomb door and the entire valley trembled slightly.

Luffy pressed down on his straw hat, his gaze gradually becoming serious.

In the darkness, a silhouette far larger than that of an ordinary giant slowly approached.

Then.

A pair of enormous eyes, burning with black soul flames, opened deep within the tomb entrance.