“My, oh my…
You guys are too weak!
You can’t even beat my sons!” Linlin said as she ate a piece of cake, gazing at the two men trembling incessantly in the distance.
On one side was a young Ganford clad in armor and holding an iron spear, and on the other side was the chief of the Shandians wearing a feathered headpiece.
“Who on earth are you people?!” Ganford asked with a trembling voice.
An hour ago, the immense impact generated when this woman descended from the sky had directly scattered the Sky Islanders and Shandians who were in the middle of a clash.
The children who followed her were even more crisp and decisive with their attacks, knocking someone down with a single punch.
In just a few minutes, a few children knocked down all the fighters who were in combat, and then leisurely sat down beside this woman!
“Boom!!!”
A bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket struck down in front of Charlotte Linlin.
The surrounding air was instantly scorched hot by the electric light, and tiny arcs of lightning crackled and leaped about.
The lightning slowly gathered, revealing Rector’s figure.
A hint of joy and relaxed expression hung on his stern face.
His white hair fluttered slightly, and silver-white lightning filled his entire body.
The all-encompassing lightning made his eyes glow brightly, and his eyes flashing with lightning seemed to see right through them, just like the Thunder Emperor descending to the mortal world.
“Mamamama…
Rector, have you found it already?”
Charlotte Linlin stood up and patted Rector on the shoulder.
Within her Observation Haki, Rector had transformed into a ball of violent energy.
“As expected of Mama’s proudest child!” Charlotte Linlin placed her hands on her slender waist, pride suffusing her face.
Young Ganford and the Shandian chief froze at the same time, their hearts trembling.
This “emperor” incarnated of lightning turned out to be this woman’s son.
Perospero’s mouth opened slightly, and the lightning wandering in the air landed on his skin, bringing a slight tingling sensation.
“Big Brother!
You’ve become even stronger now!”
“Perospero, you guys will become even stronger in the future too!”
Rector’s smile turned into a demonic grin in Perospero’s eyes.
(The four brothers Perospero, Katakuri, Oven, and Daifuku when they were children!)
Perospero’s smile, which was originally genuinely happy for Rector, instantly froze and turned into a bitter smile.
Katakuri, who was only three years old beside him, as well as Oven and Daifuku, were all trembling slightly.
Big Brother’s plan was about to begin—bathing the body in lightning to enhance physical strength.
They originally thought Big Brother was just talking, but now with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, everything was going to become reality.
They still preferred the original training of swinging barbells.
Although it was a bit bitter and tiring, at least they wouldn’t get struck by lightning!
Rector’s attention fell on the young Ganford and the Shandian chief not far away, completely failing to notice the changes in the four people’s expressions.
The confrontation atmosphere on the field was depressed to the extreme; both Ganford and the Shandian chief’s breathing involuntarily stagnated.
Originally, this woman was already powerful enough, and now a person incarnated of lightning had appeared, and he was even this woman’s child!
“Y-You…
You are!” Cold sweat poured continuously from young Ganford’s forehead, and while speaking, he involuntarily tightened his grip on the knightly spear in his hand.
“My name is Charlotte Rector!
This is my Mama, Charlotte Linlin, and we are here to resolve the hatred between your two races!”
“This is…
the King!” This sentence appeared in the hearts of both the Sky Islanders and the Shandians at the same time.
Clearly possessing such powerful strength, they were not here to kill them.
Instead, they wanted to resolve the hatred between the two races; such a broad mindset was something only a “King” would possess!
“Thud!”
A Shandian warrior heavily knelt to the ground, full of grief and indignation: “Great King!
These Sky Islander invaders want to plunder our land!”
“They have defiled the honor of our Shandian ancestors, and even mocked the agreement between us Shandians and Noland!”
“We just want to take back our own homeland and fulfill the agreement between our ancestors and Noland!”
The leading Shandian’s voice was loud and heavy, like a thunder drum piercing through the air, with every word carrying blood and tears as he recounted the crimes of the Sky Islanders.
The Shandian warriors’ eyes turned red one after another, their breathing grew heavy, and curses rose and fell one after another.
The entire open space was filled with oppressive anger.
Young Ganford had long been filled with anger and fighting spirit.
At this moment, he had not yet become the future “benevolent” God of Skypiea, but was a hot-blooded, unyielding Skypiea monarch.
He was completely ignited with anger by the Shandians’ words and immediately roared aloud:
“Nonsense!
Upper Yard is clearly the holy land pioneered by our ancestors, and Vearth belongs to us Sky Islanders!”
“You are the shameless occupiers, you are the unreasonable invaders!!!”
The battlefield atmosphere instantly became tense and on the verge of breaking out, and the anger accumulated by both sides for a century was completely ignited.
The Sky Islanders’ fingers pressed against the spears equipped with Impact Dials, their tensed bodies trembling slightly.
The Shandians were even more tight-lipped and bit their teeth, binding the Impact Dials in their palms even tighter.
Everyone had the look of fighting to the death!
The four-hundred-year-old hatred between the two races could simply not be easily resolved.
The two leaders refused to give ground to each other, and all the warriors were on high alert.
At this moment, the scene was ready to blow at any touch.
Just a single step away, perhaps a single glance, and the battle would break out once again.
“Enough!!!”
“Screech—!”
Dazzling lightning suddenly exploded between the two leaders, and tiny flashes of lightning spattered everywhere.
Cold lightning flashed in Rector’s eyes.
His indifferent gaze swept across the two leaders, and he raised his leg and slowly walked between the two of them, “You two, calm down!”
Rector’s eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at young Ganford, “You Sky Islanders want Vearth, I can give you more!”
“Why bother fighting to the death over just this little bit!”
“You have more Vearth?” Ganford’s eyes trembled uncontrollably.
The Sky Islanders had known the wonderful uses of Vearth for generations.
Those seeds drifting from the Blue Sea could only sprout and grow successfully on the ground covered with Vearth.
Moreover, the fruits borne by plants grown in Vearth were even more delicious and precious.
The Sky Islanders would never let such a treasure be given to these vulgar savages.
Listening to young Ganford’s inner voice, Rector couldn’t help but get full of black lines.
So the Sky Islanders were fighting over Upper Yard simply to plant crops.
It seemed to be passed down in the same vein!
No wonder Ganford, who became the “God” of Skypiea, had a partiality for growing pumpkins.
The Knock-Up Stream could not carry up soil; only that Knock-Up Stream four hundred years ago had brought half of Jaya up to Skypiea.
Soil was a treasure in the eyes of the Sky Islanders, and plants grown from soil could improve their lives.
Cloud soil could not grow plants, and the main food of the Sky Islanders was various creatures in the Sea of Clouds.
Rector turned his head to look at the Shandian chief, “Even if you Shandians seize Upper Yard, you still won’t be able to fulfill your ancestors’ agreement!”
“Impossible!” The Shandian chief roared out in emotional agitation.
Four hundred years of steadfast persistence and agreement were being denied by someone.
This gap was like a person going through all sorts of hardships to find a treasure, only to open the chest and find just a slip of paper.
On it was written, “The treasure is the experiences you had along the way.” Such empty words turned all persistence into a joke!
The Shandian chief’s emotions were on the verge of collapse, and the Shandian warriors behind him instantly tensed up, preparing for battle.
Several bolts of lightning instantly appeared at Rector’s fingertips, floating quietly before the Shandians.
A terrifying coercion swept across the entire scene; as long as they dared to move, they would be obliterated by the lightning in the next second!
An invisible electromagnetic field instantly enveloped the entire area, firmly imprisoning the bodies of all the Shandians and restricting their movements.
“Let people finish speaking!” Rector patted the Shandian chief.
“Right now, the Golden Belfry is hanging on the giant vine of the Upper Yard island, and you can’t take it down at all!”
“After Noland left Jaya, he brought the king of his country back to Jaya, and all they saw was a barren island.”
“The king thought Noland had deceived him, and Noland was executed by the king four hundred years ago.
Now people on the great seas call him the liar Noland.”
“Executed!” The Shandian chief’s eyes instantly lost all luster, his body stumbled backward, and he collapsed onto the ground with a thud, his mind blank.
The person of the agreement had been executed as a liar, which meant that the people on the Blue Sea regarded the City of Gold as a wonderful fantasy and all thought it was fake.
Their four hundred years of steadfast persistence had all turned into bubbles at this moment!
Their four hundred years of effort had become a joke.
Without the person of the agreement, the sacrifices of their generations were all in futile!
“Bang!”
A dull thud rang out, blue veins bulging on Rector’s face, his eyes filled with a chilling murderous intent.
His fist struck hard on the chief’s head, and a large bump instantly swelled up on the chief’s head.
“I said!
Let me finish speaking!
If you zone out again next time, I’ll kill you!”