God

"Damn it! Foolish people, show respect to the gods!"

Enel, who had once again climbed out of the ruins, was clearly enraged. Cifer's speed being faster than lightning was something he had never anticipated.

In fact, Cifer was just faster than him.

"200 Million Volts · Thunder God!"

Enel unleashed all the lightning on his body, wrapping it around himself and transforming into the giant form of the Thunder God.

Judging solely by attack power, in Cifer's perception, Enel now possessed strength comparable to some of the Whitebeard Pirates' division commanders.

No matter how powerful a Devil Fruit was, without the support of physical combat skills and Haki, only the fruit itself was strong.

"Insolent wretch, accept the judgment of a god!"

With a massive palm strike, a giant bolt of lightning descended from the sky towards Cifer. This attack was enough for Cifer to take seriously.

"Cero!"

Cifer unleashed his full power. The spiritual pressure, compressed and fixed to its limit, erupted from his fingertips and collided with the giant lightning bolt in mid-air.

The stalemate lasted only a moment. Enel used all his strength, attempting to overpower Cifer's attack. The result was that his lightning was shattered into dust, and the Cero struck his Thunder God form head-on.

The Thunder God form shattered!

Enel, bleeding from all seven orifices, fell from the sky like a puddle of mud, landing on the ground unconscious. If Cifer hadn't dispersed his spiritual pressure at the last moment, he would have already turned to ash.

Seeing Enel lying on the ground, the three priests chose to faint. At this time, the Skypieans, who had just finished dealing with the lesser enemies, also began to arrive at the temple.

"Enel has been defeated!"

With a loud shout, everyone's weapons were thrown into the air. The 400-year war finally drew to a close at this moment, and they could finally go home!

"I'll leave these three to you to deal with. I'm taking Enel with me."

Cifer pointed at the three priests who were feigning unconsciousness nearby.

"Is that the companion you were looking for? He doesn't seem like a man willing to be subservient."

After this ordeal, Hina could guess that Enel was the one Cifer was looking for. His potential was immense.

"I naturally have a way to handle someone like him."

For arrogant people, crushing what they were most proud of was the way to go. Of course, Cifer also understood the principle of leaving room for maneuver.

After all, he was looking for a partner now, not a slave.

No one should be anyone's slave.

This world was shaped like a crescent, but Cifer was not.

He returned the Golden Bell, which Enel had hidden, to Wappa. Then, with Wappa as a witness, Wappa, KureKke, and Gan Fall rang the bell together.

The deep bell sound reverberated throughout the Sky Island. Both the original inhabitants of the Sky Island and the Skypieans couldn't help but shed tears at this moment.

Before Enel's arrival, the Sky Island had been plunged into endless civil war. The Sky Islanders and the Skypieans had shed countless blood and sweat fighting over the land.

When he arrived, they realized how ridiculous their constant war had been. When one side occupied with absolute advantage, the other side didn't even have the right to land.

After an unknown number of years, they finally heard this sound filled with history. This bell was the origin of all wars, and from today onwards, the war would also end with the ringing of the bell.

Jaya, returned to the Skypieans!

Of course, over 400 years, the Sky Islanders and the Skypieans had actually merged in many aspects. At Cifer's suggestion, Wappa agreed to govern the entire Sky Island together with Gan Fall.

The Sky Islanders and the Skypieans were truly going to become one family.

The news of liberation quickly spread throughout the Sky Island, and everyone was celebrating Enel's downfall.

Aisa sat on Kamachi's shoulders, running with him on the land they had dreamed of. The bonfire feast even attracted giant snakes from the forest to peek out.

It saw KureKke and Wappa drinking in the center of the feast, as if seeing the time 400 years ago. Tears welled up in its eyes.

Hina and Wright were cooking with Conis and the others, asking about various types of shellfish.

Cifer sat leaning against a large tree, holding a large pancake, with food spread out in front of him, watching them not far away.

"Why didn't you kill me?"

Enel, who had opened his eyes at some point, sat up beside him, his face no longer showing arrogance.

"You have great potential, you shouldn't die in a place like this."

An apple was tossed into his hand.

"Become my partner and sail back to the Blue Sea with me?"

"Is this a threat? Or pity?"

His constant invincibility had made him a bit arrogant. After suffering such a great setback against Cifer, he began to feel lost. Was he still a god?

"If possible, I hope it's salvation!"

Cifer looked him directly in the eyes.

"Didn't you always call yourself a god? Are you interested in doing some of the things a god should do?"

Enel looked at the people in the feast. He felt waves of joy from his Mantra, something he had never felt since becoming the god of Sky Island.

When did he start becoming cruel and merciless?

Ever since he ate the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, the people of his hometown began to shun him, calling him a monster. But he was a resident of Sky Island too, so why did they all call him a monster?

All he could sense through Mantra were malicious words about himself. He didn't understand why it had become this way, why he had become an outcast.

Until one day, someone told him that he wasn't human at all, but God! Then he also heard tales of the Infinite Land.

His thoughts began to change: That's right, it's precisely because he was God that they felt he was a monster!

How could God be the same as everyone else on Sky Island?

He broke off his own wings and replaced them with distinctive drums.

He destroyed his hometown, Bika, came here, defeated Gan Fall, and became the new God of Sky Island.

Since he was God, he had to be respected and feared. Therefore, he sat enthroned in the temple, his Mantra covering the entire Sky Island. Anyone he heard speaking ill of him would face divine judgment.

Over time, everyone came to hate him yet had no choice but to show him respect and obedience. Deep down, he felt that being God wasn't supposed to be like this, but he couldn't pinpoint what was wrong.

He yearned more and more for the Infinite Land, the place where God should reside. Perhaps there were other gods like himself there, beings who wouldn't reject him.

So, he ordered his people to pour all their resources into building the Ark Maxim, wanting to travel to the Infinite Land and fulfill his dream as God.

Unexpectedly, just as it was nearing completion, he was brutally defeated, and his dream as God began to crack.

Sensing the emotions transmitted through Mantra, he felt a long-lost joy. It wasn't the joy of toying with others, but a joy from the bottom of his heart.

"What should God do?"

For the first time, he completely let go of his hostility, shed his divine identity, and asked Cifer for guidance.

"What God should do, of course, is save the world."