Chapter 131: Crisis
Seeing the familiar scene in the photograph, Braharti immediately recalled the situation at the time, pointed at the large hole above, and shouted:
“That’s right, it’s this one!”
“This monster! It came toward the White White Sea!”
“Calm down, Braharti.”
“Did you see the monster’s full appearance? What exactly is it?”
The chieftain pressed.
“I, I didn’t see clearly. At that time, the White Sea was full of red light and countless golden lightning, so I could only vaguely see a pair of red wings.”
“And then? Did you see where that thing went?”
“I don’t know. I just glanced at it and was knocked unconscious. When I woke up, I found that my companions and almost all the sky fish in that sea area had also fallen into a coma.”
Hearing this, Gan Foll and the chieftain exchanged a glance, both with grave looks in their eyes.
Based on that hole in the photograph, the monster that invaded Sky Island this time must be enormous, and it also has the ability to knock people out from a distance.
To think that Braharti, who is one of the top warriors in the village, was subdued in an instant…
“In any case, us standing off like this isn’t a solution. Let’s each go back and inform our people to prepare.”
“If that thing really comes to attack, neither of our tribes can handle it alone, so…”
The Shandia Chieftain didn’t continue, but Gan Foll already understood the other’s meaning.
When facing an enemy too strong to defeat, cooperation between the two tribes will be inevitable.
Besides that, both silently harbored the same little thought: to use this joint effort against the external powerful enemy to ease the conflict between the two groups.
The long war had already seriously hindered the development of both groups, and neither wanted to pass the flames of war to the next generation.
……
“Then, we’ll take our leave first.”
Under the not-so-friendly gazes of the Shandia people, Gan Foll led the God Squad members away just as they had come.
“Chieftain, what’s this about?”
Watching this group of menacing sky people leave just like that, the Shandia warrior with damaged wings asked puzzledly.
The chieftain didn’t explain, but solemnly ordered:
“Pass the order: the elderly, children, and women in the tribe should not go out for a while.”
“Also, send a team to search again for Zannick and the others. All remaining warriors must be ready for battle at all times from now on.”
“Chieftain, what exactly happened? Are we going to full-scale war with those sky people?”
“Yeah, why such a big move all of a sudden?”
Behind the wingless Shandia warrior, the others also sensed a hint of unease from the chieftain’s orders.
“It’s not the sky people, it’s calamity.”
The chieftain looked at the distant clouds and slowly said.
“Calamity is coming.”
……
“God, we’re just leaving like this?”
On the other side, after the sky island group had walked some distance, the chief priest who had been at Gan Foll’s side finally spoke up.
“Yes. Now is not the time to conflict with them again.”
“Priest, after returning to Apayaado, immediately send someone to Angel Island to notify the residents there not to go out for a while.”
“Then gather all the God Squad members and have them prepare for battle.”
“Eh? Didn’t you say you planned to go to war with the Shandia people soon?”
The chief priest asked in surprise.
“Our enemy this time isn’t the Shandia people, but something even more terrifying.”
“Something even more terrifying…”
“Yes, I understand! Navel!”
……
Shortly after the two groups parted, at the outskirts of Cloud Village in the Holy Land in the sky, a strangely shaped pirate ship was charging toward Cloud Island at extreme speed.
“Waaahhh~ We’re gonna crash, hey!”
“Obei, how do you turn this thing off?”
“How would I know? It’s not like you didn’t insist on opening them all at once. Now look what happened!”
“The wind shell switch is at the top, press it quick!”
“Too late, too many installed.”
“Jin, hurry down and push the boat back!”
“You go yourself.”
“Ouch!”
Amid the group’s tugging, the ship rushed onto Cloud Island and ran aground directly, while Wright and the others, who were unconscious, also bumped their heads on the ship’s railing due to the emergency stop.
But this jolt woke them all up.
“It’s all your fault, Obei. You insisted on installing all these shells on the ship. Now look!”
“You have the nerve to blame me, idiot Aoxi. Who was it that complained the ship wasn’t fast enough and had to open them all?”
“And kept yelling ‘full☆speed☆ahead☆dah’?”
“If you hadn’t installed so many, even at full power it wouldn’t have been a problem.”
“Hah! Do I have to open however many you install? You don’t eat all the vegetables Big Sister gives you usually either!”
“Th-that’s not the same!”
“Alright, Miss Aoxi, Miss Obei, stop arguing.”
“And you, brat! You knew those jet shells had such power, why didn’t you warn me beforehand?”
“Huh? Me?”
Young man Yuta successfully drew the fire onto himself.
“Ugh… so noisy… what happened?”
Wright clutched his head and staggered to his feet.
“Nothing, just a little mishap.”
Jin supported the still wobbly Wright, while saying to the two bickering girls nearby:
“That’s enough. We’re getting off the ship now.”
He then looked at Zannick, who was similarly being supported by his son.
“Your village should be nearby, right? Take us there now.”
“……”
“I can take you, but I hope you won’t harm my tribespeople.”
“We can, if we get the answers we want.”
“Sigh~ Follow me.”
Zannick sighed, ultimately giving up the struggle.
The group had already reached the outskirts of the village now. Even without him leading, they could find it on their own soon enough.
Better to take them there proactively now to avoid any conflict later due to misunderstanding.
“You all follow too.”
Calling to his few companions who had just woken up and didn’t know what had happened, Zannick led the group toward Cloud Village.
On the way, the group also encountered Shandia warriors who had come searching for them.
Fortunately, with Zannick explaining, no conflict broke out again.
“Captain Zannick, where are you going? The chieftain is urgently looking for you, says it’s very important.”
One warrior said while sizing up Jin’s group.
“Important matter? Related to those sky people?”
“No, more serious than that. Seems related to some terrifying ‘calamity’.”
The Shandia warrior shifted his gaze from Aoxi and Obei’s faces and whispered into Zannick’s ear.
“Calamity?”
Four different voices rang out at the same time.
