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Chapter 1143: Holy Knights

Arc: Elbaf · Saga: Final Saga · Released: —

Summary

While Elbaf’s giant children fall inexplicably asleep and sleepwalk down Branch Route 8 toward a spreading forest fire, three Holy Knights dine on dream-food and run a sadistic “game.” St. Killingham (Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Mythical Type, Model: Kirin — a “dream-manifesting man”) puts the children to sleep, pulls monsters (“Sleeptids”) out of their dreams, and conjures the dream-feast; St. Sommers (Thorn-Thorn Fruit) coats the sleepwalking children in thorns so that any parent or teacher who embraces them is stabbed — “every love has its thorns.” The apathetic Gunko (“the woman who never knew love”) joins them. They spot Straw Hat Luffy’s ship on the village’s sea clouds and note the children are walking into the fire — “if they die, we can send more.” Meanwhile, in the smoke, the badly-wounded chained prince Prince Loki threatens to keep killing the “Sun World” weaklings unless the giants undo his last cuff and free him, wielding his electrified weapon Ragnir. Luffy — who came to help the injured giant — realizes Loki is bluffing (he is mortally wounded, gambling to escape) and floors him with Gum-Gum Arm Balloon. Loki was already near death: someone tried to kill him, which Hajrudin notes is a separate matter from Loki’s own crimes — and he thinks he knows who did it. Luffy begs Hajrudin to heal Loki “no matter who he is”; Nami starts a blood transfusion (recovery: months), and Zoro warns they can’t leave him where the villagers will execute him. Luffy finds Loki’s horns are real — “a holdover of his Ancient Giant blood, just like his father, Harald.” A flashback shows a young Loki, a hornned bastard “weakling,” rejected by his legitimate siblings. Loki taunts Hajrudin (“your mother had filthy blood”), Hajrudin rages that Loki “insulted my mother and killed my father,” and is restrained — but Loki cryptically says everyone claims he killed Dad “with pure murder in my heart… but you don’t believe that, do you?” and tells them to “take a look at the woods around us.”

New reveals

• Two new Holy Knights named. St. Killingham — Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Mythical Type, Model: Kirin (Dream-Manifesting-Man) — and St. Sommers — Thorn-Thorn Fruit (Thorn-Man) — join Gunko at Elbaf (pp. 8, 10).
• The Holy Knights’ method exposed. Killingham forces the children into sleepwalking and manifests “Sleeptids” (monsters) and “dream food” (zero calories/energy) from their dreams; Sommers’s thorns turn the children into lethal traps for the parents who embrace them. They herd the children toward fire and danger and are indifferent to their deaths — “if they die, we can send more” (pp. 8–12).
• The Holy Knights’ aim. They plan to seize one of the giants’ boats to return to the Holy Land (Mary Geoise) (p. 10); one spots Luffy’s ship moored on the village’s sea clouds — “there will be trouble” (p. 11).
• Loki was nearly killed by an unknown party — a separate incident from his own crimes; Hajrudin says he “might know who it was” (p. 16).
• Loki’s threat is a bluff. Mortally wounded and having lost enormous blood, he summons his last strength on a gamble to escape and collapse in secret; Luffy sees through it and floors him (pp. 15–16).
• Loki’s horns are real — “a holdover of his Ancient Giant blood, just like his father, Harald” (p. 17).
• Loki’s patricide is put in doubt — “they all say I went and killed Dad… with pure murder in my heart… but you don’t believe that, do you?” (p. 19).
• New Elbaf lore: the Transponder Pill Bug (a communicator that “only works in Elbaf”), the firefighting Svarr, Painter Rocks (giants draw rainbows in the sky with them), and a village map naming Port · Western Village · Owl Library · Walrus School along the great tree’s branch routes (pp. 5, 6, 9, 10).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Characters: Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Prince Loki, Hajrudin, Gunko · new: St. Killingham, St. Sommers · referenced: King Harald, Saul
• Minor named giants: Ylva, Mag, Ronja (sleepwalking children); the firefighting Svarr
• Groups: Holy Knights, Giants, Elbaf Royal Family, New Giant Pirates
• Devil Fruits: Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Model: Kirin (Killingham), Thorn-Thorn Fruit (Sommers), Arrow-Arrow Fruit (Gunko)
• Locations: Elbaf, Western Village, Owl Library, Walrus School, Port, Branch Route 8, the village sea clouds
• Props / lore: Ragnir (Loki’s weapon), Transponder Pill Bug, Painter Rocks, “Sleeptids,” “dream food,” the “Sun World” / “Holy Land”

Notable panels

• Pp. 1–2 — Two-page color spread: “SPEED IS THE WEAPON,” a Straw Hat car/fish-vehicle chase (Chopper, Usopp, Franky, Nami, Luffy, Brook, Robin on numbered koi-shaped racers). Based on a reader request “A Straw Hat Crew Car Chase” (by Negixile). Decorative reader-request art — no foreshadowing read.
• P. 3 — Chapter title “HOLY KNIGHTS” over Elbaf’s Western Village; Saul chases the sleepwalking children (Ylva, Mag, Ronja).
• P. 8 — St. Sommers’s “every love has its thorns” monologue; name-box “ST. SOMMERS — THORN-THORN FRUIT (THORN-MAN).”
• P. 9 — Village map: Port · Western Village · Owl Library · Walrus School along the great tree’s branch routes.
• P. 10 — Name-box “ST. KILLINGHAM — DRAGON-DRAGON FRUIT, MYTHICAL TYPE, MODEL: KIRIN (DREAM-MANIFESTING-MAN).”
• Pp. 14–15 — Luffy counters Loki’s electrified Ragnir with Gum-Gum Arm Balloon; “KADOOM!!” floors the prince.
• P. 17 — Nami’s blood transfusion (“Whale Blood”) into Loki; Luffy examines Loki’s real horns.
• P. 18 — Flashback: King Harald (“you are my sons, and I love you both”) with young Loki; siblings brand Loki a bastard “tiny weakling.”
• P. 19 — Final page: Loki, “…but you don’t believe that, do you?” over the woods — “DOOM!!” To be continued.

Open questions raised

• Who tried to kill Loki, and who does Hajrudin suspect? (The Holy Knights? The 1135 intruders?)
• Did Loki actually murder King Harald “with pure murder in my heart,” or is he innocent/framed? What is in “the woods around us”?
• What is Loki’s own Devil Fruit / power (the royal-line legendary fruit), distinct from the electrified Ragnir?
• Will the Straw Hats save Elbaf’s sleepwalking children from the Holy Knights’ fire before they die?
• What is Luffy’s “business with Loki” (the 1132 secret promise)?