Chapter 139: The Unshakable Figure
“No, this is bad, God! Those Shandia people led three strange guys into Apayaado!”
A member of the patrol God Squad ignored the rules and rushed into the temple’s inner hall to report in a panic.
“We already know.”
The Chief Priest looked grimly at the priest on the ground who had already lost consciousness and said.
“God, what do we do now?”
Seeing the other side’s greeting method that showed no goodwill at all, Gan Foll was somewhat puzzled.
He had clearly just agreed with the Shandia Chief not long ago that there would be no war recently, so why had they come knocking so quickly?
Moreover, judging by this momentum, it wouldn’t be easy to settle peacefully this time.
“God?”
“Sigh~ Immediately send the order: have all priests and God Squad soldiers prepare for battle!”
With a sigh, Gan Foll stood up, also preparing to put on armor to meet the enemy.
“Yes! Navel!”
Soon, more than six hundred God Squad members assembled completely, confronting Obei and her group who had been waiting in front of the temple.
“Pierre~”
The Pegasus neighed.
Wearing bright silver full-body armor, holding a sharp knight lance, and astride a sturdy winged colt, the Sky Island “god” Gan Foll came to the front of the team.
“Shandia people, why have you invaded the Holy Land without cause?”
Gan Foll held his lance at the ready and shouted loudly.
However, his gaze kept drifting intentionally or unintentionally toward Obei and the other two, especially toward Jin.
There was no helping it; a height approaching four meters stood out like a crane among chickens among this group of Shandia people who were at most just over two meters tall.
Not to mention that pair of huge jet-black wings and the flames constantly blazing behind his head—this looked completely unlike any ordinary person no matter how you saw it.
“Obei Obei, look at that horse—it’s so weird! Its head is black, but its body is pink with so many spots~”
Aoxi pointed at Pierre under Gan Foll and whispered in Obei’s ear… well, not really whispering, since those nearby could all hear it.
“Pierre~”
Hearing someone talking about itself, Pierre neighed proudly.
“Pfft~ It’s so ugly! And its neigh is so weird.”
“Is this some horse that ate the Spotted Dog Fruit?”
“Pierre~!”
Pierre clearly understood Aoxi’s words, flapping its wings and charging to bite her, but Gan Foll barely managed to pacify it.
“Pierre ate the Horse-Horse Fruit, little girl—what are you all?”
Gan Foll recognized Aoxi’s voice; it was the one who had been shouting something about “signing a treaty” outside the temple earlier.
“We are the future property owners of this island—could you please leave ‘our’ island?”
Obei stepped forward to explain, deliberately emphasizing the word “our.”
“What a joke? Apayaado was given to us by the heavens—when did it become a thing for you outsiders?!”
As expected, upon hearing Obei’s words, the God Squad members couldn’t hold back anymore.
The land they had lived on for hundreds of years had become someone else’s with just one sentence?
Moreover, the arrogance in the other side’s tone made the God Squad members, who had always viewed the Shandia people as barbarians, feel extremely displeased.
“The ones joking are you.”
Obei spoke coldly.
“The original owners of this island should be these Shandia people behind me, right? And you are the outsiders.”
At these words, the numerous Shandia warriors behind immediately puffed out their chests.
“That’s right, you Sky Island scum have occupied our homeland for centuries and still have the nerve to say it was granted to you by the heavens!”
“Every inch of land under your feet is soaked in the blood of our ancestors—blood debts must be repaid in blood!”
“Get out of our homeland!”
“Get out of our homeland!!”*n
“The ones who should get out are you barbarians!”
A hot-tempered God Squad soldier couldn’t hold back and shot an arrow straight at Zannick’s position.
He saw that the Warrior Captain, renowned in both tribes, was in poor condition and thought to claim a great merit with a sneak attack.
Whoosh!
Thud!
The special arrow left a peculiar cloud trail in the air—this was a unique attack method of the Sky people; they could charge directly to the enemy along this cloud trail.
But regrettably, he had no such opportunity this time; Obei, who had always been at Zannick’s side, directly reached out and caught the arrow mid-air.
Looking at the cloud arrow still trembling in her hand with undiminished force, Obei casually tossed it back, and the arrow returned along its original path at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
Whoosh!
Boom!!!
Before anyone could react, a large hole was blasted in that God Squad soldier’s chest.
Not only that, through the bloodied hole in his chest, everyone saw the wall, trees, and rocks behind him… all neatly gouged out in a chunk.
No one knew how far that arrow had flown, but everyone understood that the little girl before them was monster-level powerful.
“This…”
All the God Squad soldiers instinctively retreated two steps, leaving that unlucky guy—who seemed not yet aware he was dead—exposed.
“I… sa, save me…”
With his final breath came words of plea for help; the God Squad soldier collapsed lifelessly.
“Form up!”
Gan Foll was the first to recover, gripping his lance tightly.
He stared wide-eyed at the extremely cute little girl opposite, never expecting her to take one of their warriors’ lives so casually.
“Quick, attack that monster!”
“Hurry!”
“Loose arrows!”
The priests from each squad, a beat late, immediately ordered their God Squad soldiers to fire in panic; countless cloud arrows whistled toward Obei, trailing thick cloud paths.
Seeing the small figure in their vision completely covered by white cloud trails, all the Sky people’s hearts slightly relaxed, sinking into the false sense of security from the visuals.
But just as Gan Foll subconsciously let out a breath and prepared to fly into the air to reorganize the attack, a fierce gale suddenly scattered all the cloud trails, flipping his side’s people head over heels.
“What?!”
“Ah!”
“What’s happening?”
“Protect the ‘god’!”
The gale carried the arrows, instantly shattering the formation of the Sky Island people.
Dozens of God Squad members were pierced by their own arrows; everyone was tossed left and right in the brutal wind, only able to huddle down and cling desperately to the earth beneath their feet.
Obei coldly watched this scene, lowering the arm that had just unleashed the hurricane, and issued the final ultimatum.
“I’ll give you one last chance: leave this land now and never disturb the peace on the island again.”
As she spoke, an overwhelming pressure crushed those Sky Island people who hadn’t yet gotten up back to the ground.
Obei used her Divine Might for the first time proactively.
“This is… Conqueror’s Haki!”
Jin, who had been standing silently to the side, wore an “as expected” expression.
Since both La and Aoxi had it, there was no reason for Obei, as the Third Child, not to.
……
“Urgh!”
Gan Foll, face buried in the dirt, exerted all his strength to lift his head, but that indescribable pressure pinned him firmly back into the mud.
Even as he struggled, the pressure on him grew heavier; his bones and armor were already creaking ominously.
And a voice in his heart told him not to look up, not to resist, not to meet that girl’s gaze!
“Argh!”
“Da, damn it!”
“What kind of monster is this!”
“Spa, spare me!”
Over six hundred Sky Island God Squad members were now pinned immobile, some already crying out in agony.
“Pie… Pierre~”
“Pierre…”
Hearing the hoarse, mournful neigh of his old companion at his side, along with the pitiful screams and pleas of countless God Squad soldiers, the “god” Gan Foll finally gave up struggling.
Apayaado was immensely important, but as the Sky people’s “god,” protecting his people came first.
“I… we surrender.”
“We surrender!”
As the words of submission fell, the pressure on everyone instantly lifted.
The crushing force that seemed about to pulverize flesh and bone vanished in an instant, leaving only the ache in their bones and racing hearts to remind them it hadn’t been an illusion.
“A wise judgment.”
Behind Obei, Zannick—who hadn’t spoken a word—stared blankly at the small figure.
She hadn’t moved a step, just like yesterday, and had subdued their centuries-old foe in the struggle with the Shandia people; a sense of inexplicable reassurance rose in the man’s heart.
105️⃢Indeed, you are the incarnation of Earth（Bath）. Did you hear the Shandia people’s prayers and descend to help us reclaim our hometown…?』
