31 Chapter 30 (1/2)

Using Observation Haki, I was continually scanning the area around us while we were exploring the island. Dinosaurs attacked us from time to time, but Nojiko handled them all on her own. With her Devil Fruit powers, she was like a fish in the ocean in this thick jungle.

Nojiko was having fun using her Wood Manipulation and took a page from Xander's book, by shaping the trees around us into various wooden constructs. We have a group wooden golems walking around us like bodyguards. All of them have spears instead of arms, which they used to pierce most of the dinosaurs attacking us.

”Your crew is so amazing, and to think you just entered the Grand Line, that makes it even more astonishing,” Vivi said with admiration in her eyes.

”Shishi, we are all special what can I say.” I'm proud of what we were able to achieve so far.

”And you all seem like good people, especially you. After reading the article about you and Zoro, I envisioned you to be scary demons, but you are anything but that.” Vivi exclaimed once more.

”Listening to Aisha and Nami, I can understand why they would call him a demon.” Nojiko snickered and caused Vivi to blush at her comment.

We couldn't continue our conversation further since I felt a few life forces moving in our direction with extreme speed. In a second five giant wasps appeared before us. I believe they are wasps, due to the lack of hair on their bodies. Each one of them was at least three meters in height with a meter long stinger.

”Fine specimen.”

”The Queen would be happy.”

”They smell nice.”

”Don't kill any.”

”The Queen likes them alive.”

After their quick conversation, they immediately attacked us. Nojiko impaled two of the wasps, while I enlarged my arms and crushed the other three.

”Ok, call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure I heard them talk,” I told Nojiko and Vivi.

”I didn't hear anything other than their buzzing,” Nojiko said.

”Same here. Are you okay Luffy?.” Vivi asked me by placing a hand on my forehead.

”Hmm, I think I might know what's happening, but I'm not completely sure.” I was about to continue and tell my speculation to the girls, but I felt an uncountable amount of presences surrounding us with my Observation Haki. And in seconds there were hundreds of wasps buzzing around us.

I created my last clone, and he created one more. One of them stuck next to Nojiko, while the other stuck next to Vivi and Carue making sure none of them get hurt.

Enlarging myself to my limits, I stood at ten meters tall almost reaching the minimum for an adult giant. Initially, after Awakening my Rubber fruit in the fight with Alarick, I was only able to grow five meters. But after practicing, I was able to extend my limits even further. Despite that, I feel like I still haven't mastered the abilities of my now Awakened Devil Fruit.

I started swatting and crushing all the wasps around us with relative ease. Nojiko had erected a wooden structure around her and Vivi to protect them. While also stabbing any that come near with wooden spears. The clones helped defeat any that managed to slip past them or break the wood. I felt another giant presence move in our direction, but that one had no ill intent towards us.

”Gegyagyagyagya, I haven't seen an adolescent giant in a hundred years. What are you doing here young fella, did you come to see the great Dorry?” A giant at least twice my current height started stomping on the wasps and helped us clear them.

”I'm not a giant,” I told Dorry after we eliminated the wasps around us.

”Are you sure? You look like one, gegyagya.” Dorry laughed out and smacked me on the shoulder. I turned back to my natural height, which is one meter and eighty-five centimeters. My heigh has slowly increased since eating the Zoan fruit.

”I see, you must have eaten one of them fruits then. Gegyagya, I haven't had guests in a long time, let me invite you, folks to my place. I'll treat ya to some nice dinosaur meat.” Dorry said, while also looking at Nojiko and Vivi.

The moment I heard him say meat, I was already jumping around and asking to lead us faster to his place.

”Are you sure this is a good decision? He might want to eat us.” Nojiko whispered in my ear.

”It's fine since we don't have much meat on us compared to dinosaurs, shishishi,” I reassured Nojiko on the way.

”I've heard stories about giants, but this is the first time seeing one. They are larger than I previously thought.” Vivi commented while observing Dorry.

”Adult giants are at minimum twelve meters tall, but they don't have a limit on how large they can grow,” Dorry informed us.