Chapter 1175 Summary
Short Summary:
As Sanji frees Robin and Loki deposits the giant children and parents at Western Village, upon learning from Loki's announcement of the children surviving, Sommers' plan to recapture them turns into an assassination attempt when they chose to protect their parents. Zoro blocks Sommers' attack and Luffy using a Gear 5 Haki technique takes down the Knight of God, with Loki then crushing him. While observing the battle, Gaban recalls the day he learned about Loki's Devil Fruit ability with Shanks from Jarul, as Imu is surprised that the Devil Fruit had been in Elbaph all along.
Detailed Summary
Sanji uses Diable Jambe to burn away the thorns around Robin, thereby freeing her, and though everyone is grateful, they also know they cannot relax just yet. At Western Village, the injured parents are dropped off along with their children as they beg for someone to save them. Some giants try to ask Loki to take everyone elsewhere since the village is currently under attack, but Loki states he does not care and will only drop people off that are on his back right now, like he wants Luffy to do, but he just calls out to Zoro. Thanks to Loki, though, Jarul is able to send a message across Elbaph that the children have been rescued, which solves their hostage problem. Zoro tells Luffy that he needs to take out the MMAs, but he then hears a sound, which turns out to be Sommers shooting thorns at the giants, furious that everyone survived.
Despite his anger, Sommers says he can still take the children to Mary Geoise since they are still alive, but he first wants to dispose of their parents. The children stand between him and their parents, declaring they will protect them this time, and upon seeing this, Sommers is overwhelmed with twisted emotion to the point he says he no longer cares about the mission; he just wants to kill them and shoots his thorns, though Zoro intercepts them. Luffy then goes into the air and grabs a bolt of lightning created by Loki, and after locking in on Sommers, he envelopes his arm in the electricity and punches Sommers with Gomu Gomu no Dawn Thor Rifle, which is so powerful it blasts Sommers to pieces and causes his thorns wrapped around the children to disappear.
Seeing Luffy in Gear Fifth, Ripley says she believes he is the Warrior of Liberation, Nika, as she passes out, while Sommers yells that Nika is nothing more than a bedtime story. Just then, he gets crushed by Loki, who everyone says resembles "Nidhöggr" in his transformed state. In the distance, Chopper and Gaban watch as the latter thinks back to the day of Harald's death.
On that day, Jarul revealed to Shanks and Gaban that the Devil Fruit Loki ate was the Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Nidhöggr, and that no matter who eats it, they will become the largest dragon in existence. With that said, Jarul explains that the maximum size of the beast corresponds with the size of the user, so compared to a regular human and even a Giant, an Ancient Giant will be draw out the fruit's full potential if consumed by one. Shanks asks if the reason why no one ate before was because it was too powerful, but Jarul informs him that no one ate it before because Ragnir forbid it so. According to legend, there was once a "Warrior God" who wielded Ragnir as their personal weapon and was the previous user of the Devil Fruit, which they used to fight the Sun God, and was accompanied by Ratatoskr, also known as the "Ice Squirrel". Jarul says that when Ratatoskr lost its master, it took up residence in Ragnir and was waiting for its master to return, but now it has chosen Loki to embrace its former master's power.
Speaking of, Loki starts chasing after the rest of Killingham's MMAs, which were now fleeing for their lives, but Loki obliterates them all with a blast of lightning from his mouth, a move he calls Thorheim. In the Holy Land, Imu becomes furious to learn that the Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Nidhöggr, was in Elbaph all along.
