Hoenstly at this point I don’t know where odas going with this arc…
It really feels like the setup for the big battle royale Oda mentioned, when you consider all the major characters who have appeared and made moves, all these reveals and such. It feels like another Dressrosa and Wano in complexity but MUCH shorter/more condensed and its gonna have MASSIVE repurcussions/payoffs imo.
I feel Elbaf will be the next and a fairly big arc too. Since Elbaf is the land of the giants, it should be WAY bigger than other islands naturally so what perfect place to have the ultimate battle royale too? A race for the king's throne? The throne wars Oda mentioned? Loki might end up being a huge player somehow too! Since Elbaf is a land of warriors too, it would make sense as well!
This almost feels like another Reverie actually, a lot of big players, a lot of stuff going on and we're being given snippets/highlights/previews of whats to come, like fuses being list and the bombs exploding much later down the line.
Oda could be setting up the most chaotic, bombshell laden finale for all we know, I mean apparently Xebec has been fucking cloned and is Vegapunks top clone?! His 2nd most successful one?! If that spoiler was true after all? Thats such a MASSIVE bombshell and then some which is being completely ignored by everyone here and elsewhere for some WEIRD reason!? It wasn't proven fake was it? I need to check the spoilers again...
I have no idea where this arc is going either, theres a lot of confusing stuff being set up, a lot of questions and mysteries by Oda purposely but I imagine it's so he can give us an absolute gatling bombardment of reveals/twists/bombshells/whatever sooner or later too.