With a speechless expression, Grandpa Rayleigh walked to Lucci's side with a wry smile and took Gan Fall from him.
Gently removing Gan Fall's helmet, Rayleigh smiled knowingly as he looked at Gan Fall's gray hair and beard, and patted Gan Fall's face.
"Hey, old man, wake up!"
"Ah!"
Gan Fall suddenly woke up, and immediately looked around while shouting.
"Where's my bird? Where did my bird go? Where's my bird?!"
Gawain:?
A group of people:??
Sky Island Residents:???
For a moment, people looked at each other, almost at a loss for words.
As for the old god Gan Fall, after looking around, he finally saw the winged horse that Lucci was still carrying.
"Ah, finally found him, Pierre!"
I'm so glad you're still alive!
Wait, who are you?
"That beard and glasses look so familiar... You're... Rayleigh from the Roger Pirates?!"
Having confirmed that his bird was alright, Gan Fall finally remembered Rayleigh's identity, and incredulously grabbed Rayleigh's hand.
"Damn it, I knew you guys weren't good people from the start!"
You claimed you didn't care about gold at all, but only a little over a decade later, you actually brought Blue Sea People to the Sky Island!
"You bastard, Rayleigh, I really misjudged you! I even treated you to pumpkin back then!!!"
"Hey, old Gandof, get your facts straight before you start yelling. Did I bring people here for you? Are you still the god of Sky Island?"
Rayleigh roared at Gan Fall, after thinking about it, realized it was indeed true...
So he immediately continued yelling at Rayleigh.
"I am G. F., Gan Fall.!!!"
After yelling, Gan Fall vigorously stroked his beard.
"After letting out a couple of roars, I feel much better. I never expected that big ship would be with you."
Previously, I saw some wingless creatures acting suspiciously at my home. After arresting and interrogating one, I learned that he was from your ship.
Although I was defeated by Enel long ago, I still want to do my best to protect Sky Island, so I've decided to go check out your ship.
Then...
Then I got a good beating!
"That young man on your ship was really ruthless! My back is almost broken. Roger won't be able to get away with this without having a couple of drinks!"
As he spoke, Gan Fall smiled, stood up as Rayleigh pulled him up, and then asked Rayleigh a question.
"Oh right, where's Roger? And what about Oden, that loud, idiotic Oden who only wears a loincloth on his lower body?"
Why did you come alone?
At this point, Gan Fall gently patted his lower back.
"Although I am no longer a god, Enel did not completely wipe me out. I still have a humble abode, half an acre of pumpkins, and a few jugs of warm wine."
Rayleigh, while Enel hasn't come looking for you, how about we go for a drink together?
"Well..."
Hearing Gan Fall's words, Rayleigh's old eyes narrowed slightly. This was truly a heartbreaking invitation.
With a heart full of longing, Rayleigh patted Gan Fall on the shoulder.
"Roger and Oden are both doing well, haha."
They no longer have to go out to sea like this old man, suffering terribly.
As for drinking, I'll keep you company after we've finished our business!
"Why?"
Gan Fall blinked his old eyes in confusion.
"You mean Roger and the others went into seclusion?"
Haha, this is truly wonderful! To be able to take up arms and sail the seas when you're young, and to lay down your arms and retire in your old age—that's the dream of so many people!
But the important matter you mentioned refers to...
As Gan Fall spoke, he glanced in Gawain's direction.
Noticing Gan Fall's gaze, Rayleigh smiled and nodded.
"Come on, old pal, come with me to meet my current captain, Gawain!"
"Oh my, this is incredible!"
At that moment, a cunning and shrewdness, typical of the elderly, was revealed in Gan Fall's eyes, and he exclaimed in amazement.
"The person who would make you abandon Roger to follow him must be an even more heroic figure Roger!"
Captain Gawain, is that it? That's quite remarkable!
As soon as he finished speaking, Gan Fall straightened his face and walked towards Gawain's direction.
When he stood before Gawain, Gan Fall solemnly raised his Sky Knight Spear!
"Gawain, you've defeated Enel, haven't you!"
He shouted the question.
Faced with Gan Fall's serious question, Gawain sat there and smiled as he spoke.
"He was defeated by Gion, one of my subordinates."
After saying that, Gawain pointed to Gion, who was holding Kompira, not far away.
But Gan Fall didn't look at Gion; instead, he planted his lance into the ground beside him.
"But you are their captain, Gawain!"
So, place your knife on my shoulder!
You have ended the reign of God Enel, so as the victor, you are qualified to inherit the highest power of Sky Island!
"Now, you can be called God Gawain!"
After saying that, Gan Fall was about to kneel down without hesitation, but at that moment, Gawain suddenly drew his Rokumei Kotetsu and used the blade to block Gan Fall's knee.
"Now that you have acknowledged my rule over the Sky Island, you shall obey all my commands from this day forward."
First, I demand that you never kneel before anyone again, including me!
As soon as he finished speaking, Gawain gently raised the blade, restoring Gan Fall to a standing position.
Then, he gently patted Gan Fall's shoulder with the blade of his knife.
"Rayleigh and I had a brief conversation about you, which made me realize that you are not a power-hungry person."
But I really didn't expect you to give up so decisively.
No sooner had Gawain finished speaking than Gan Fall burst into laughter.
"God Gawain, is there anyone in the world who can truly be free from the lust for power?"
Especially for those who have truly held the highest power!
As for me, haha, it's because I've already lost everything.
This isn't the first time I've been defeated; over the past three years, I've adapted to the life of an ordinary person.
I even stole a lot of soil from God's Island and spread it in my little house in the White Sea, where I planted a whole yard of pumpkins! Haha!
Compared to being a god, all I want now is to go back to my yard and look after my pumpkins!
"As for me, haha, compared to being a god, I'd rather be the captain of everyone in the world."
Gawain responded to Gan Fall's words with a smile, then gently patted the armor on Gan Fall's shoulder.
"You can take this off from now on, it's unnecessary."
As long as my flag is raised, and as long as I am alive, the Sky Island will never again see wars that even an old man like you has to get involved in!
At this point, Gawain released Gan Fall, then went to the shop by the roadside and jumped onto the roof of the shop.
After landing on the roof, Gawain gently clapped his hands to everyone below who was looking at him.
"Everyone..."
"Wait, sir, I have a megaphone and a headset here!!!"
Before Gawain finish speaking, Uta jumped up and threw her headset at him.
After a moment, looking at the incredibly cute-looking headset in his hand, Gawain was caught in a brief dilemma.
However, he still put the headset on his head, gently adjusted the volume, and then Gawain twice.
"Cough cough!"
In an instant, the amplified sound reached the ears of the growing number of Sky Island residents.
Under the solemn gazes of everyone, Gawain smiled slightly at them.
"Looks like I should get a less cute headset, what do you guys think?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gawain gently patted the cute earpiece, a gesture that made the children in the square burst into laughter.
At the same time, the children's laughter eased the tension of the people.
Seeing that the atmosphere in the square had improved considerably, Gawain nodded slightly and then continued.
"Many of you have probably already heard what I just said."
However, let me repeat it briefly here.
First, we are Gan Fall's friends; second, Enel has already lost; and finally, I am not your god.
These are the three things I wanted to tell you all.
At this point, a small murmur rippled through the crowd; they gasped and exchanged glances.
However, Gawain wouldn't give them time to observe. The more chaotic their situation, the more likely Gawain's words would have an impact on them.
After a brief smile, Gawain immediately continued.
"You all seem to have experienced too much turmoil and unrest in recent years. Just three years ago, you all changed the lifestyle you had adopted over the past few decades."
Therefore, I won't use anything more innovative to help you readjust to a new lifestyle before you've already changed it!
Therefore, from this moment forward, your lives will be fully restored to the way they were in the Gan Fall era!
After a brief moment of stunned silence, the people in the square immediately erupted in excited screams and cheers.
Seeing their cheering, Gawain nodded knowingly and continued speaking to them.
"Besides returning to the lifestyle of the Gan Fall era, I will certainly bring some new things, but don't worry, they are good things."
Tonight, the entire Sky Island will be hosting a grand banquet at Angel Beach, and I will be treating everyone to food from the Blue Sea that we brought on board!
Meanwhile, the musicians on our ship will also be putting on a unique concert for everyone!
At this point, the entire square erupted in cheers, with the crowd embracing each other wildly. These two simple sentences revealed Gawain's attitude.
What attitude?
An attitude of not creating more pressure and burden for the Skypieans!
So, how could the Skypieans not be happy to hear such news?
Meanwhile, as the Skypieans' emotions grew increasingly high, Gawain continued speaking to Skypieans.
"I'm not one to give long-winded lectures, so let me give you one last real order!"
You should know that Gan Fall is no match for me, Enel is no match for me, and you are no match for me either.
Therefore, I expect you to listen carefully to my next command and then carry it out thoroughly!
At that moment, Gawain raised his voice slightly, causing the Skypieans's vest to twitch slightly.
Their lively atmosphere cooled slightly, and then they looked at Gawain nervously.
In their eyes, Gawain spoke with utmost seriousness.
"My only order to you now is that you must not refer to anyone, including myself, as a god, and you must not kneel before anyone!"
From today onwards, your knees must be completely hard!!!
As soon as he finished speaking, Gawain took off his headset and jumped back into the crowd from the shop.
At the same time, after a brief silence, the crowd erupted into complete agitation.
Their cheers even reached the distant Hidden Cloud Village, puzzling the Shandia hiding there.
As for Gawain, he walked through the cheering crowd to Gan Fall's side and gently patted Gan Fall's armor.
"Gan Fall, you know your era better than I do, about the lifestyle of the Sky Island inhabitants and the laws and regulations they had to follow..."
Why don't you save some time planting pumpkins and then sort out the rules for Sky Island?
As for me, I prefer my great ship to your Lookout. I'm going back to rest now. See you at the banquet on Angel Beach tonight!
As soon as he finished speaking, Gawain left Gan Fall behind and led everyone, including Rayleigh, toward the distant beach and the Dark Bird Ship.
Before leaving, Rayleigh waved goodbye to Gan Fall one last time.
"Old man, I'll keep you company with a good drink tonight, hahaha!!!"
Amidst the laughter, Gawain and his group gradually walked away, leaving Gan Fall alone, completely bewildered, facing the noisy crowd.
Everything happened so fast today. Enel lost too quickly, Gawain won too quickly, everything happened so suddenly!
Most importantly, he ended up taking on all the mess himself?!
This doesn't seem reasonable!!!
Gan Fall was on the verge of tears...
Before Gawain and his group even returned to the ship, Gion couldn't help but ask Gawain a question.
"Sir, you just issued a few simple orders and then handed the Sky Island over to that Gan Fall?"
"I simply handed over the present of Sky Island to Gan Fall."
Gawain responded with a smile.
"As for the reason, Gion, do you have any experience in completely ruling a country?"
"Well..."
When faced with this question, Gion shook her head.
Gawain then looked at the others and continued asking.
"And what about you? Have you ever had experience ruling a complete country?"
How should we arrange all of this, including people's livelihood, the economy, job allocation, and social welfare?
See? We have absolutely no experience with this. Even I myself am just discussing these things theoretically!
Most importantly, politics itself cannot withstand recklessness, and the people cannot withstand deception and harm!
If I easily impose new lifestyles and rules on them based on my own unilateral judgment, what if I'm wrong?
Correct?
Just as justice delayed is no longer justice, the harm caused to the people by frequent policy changes is not something that can be remedied by mere correction.
Therefore, I will approach what I am about to do for Sky Island from my own perspective and with the most rational attitude."
At this point, Gawain and his group boarded the Little Dark Bird, which was coming to greet them from the shore. Standing on the Little Dark Bird's deck, Gawain continued speaking to everyone.
"As long as I am rational enough, I will not rush to use my planned governing methods to drastically change the lifestyle of the Skypieans."
Because the Skypieans had just experienced a coup three years ago, they experienced two different lifestyles three years ago and three years later!
Between these two lifestyles, the Skypieans have come to the conclusion that they need more. At least after Enel came to power, the Skypieans felt that they needed the life that Gan Fall brought them more!
Of course, the life I provided for them might be much better than that of Gan Fall, but for them, I was a possible unknown, while Gan Fall was a definite reality!
In particular, no matter how strong we are, we are still seen as Blue Sea People by the Skypieans!
Therefore, what can truly reassure them now is not the benefit I promised them that doesn't actually exist around them!
If I want to win their hearts as quickly as possible, what I give them must be benefits that they can feel and deeply experience as quickly as possible!
A relaxed smile, a grand banquet, a gentle and brief speech, and the lifestyle they had been looking forward to for the past three years, a lifestyle they had compared to and felt was better!
Look, the first thing I gave them was benefits they didn't need to expect or imagine, and they could immediately experience without any worries.
Therefore, people's reaction will naturally be just as enthusiastic as before!
But this is just the beginning, guys, there's a lot more to do.
As they were talking, the Dark Bird Ship was already very close. The group immediately went up the elevator and returned to the Dark Bird Ship's rest area.
After sitting down on the sofa and starting to drink, Gawain continued his explanation to everyone.
"Sky Island is a very interesting place, because it has never been influenced by my Celestial Dragon predecessors."
There are no Celestial Dragon here, no World Government, and no ugly rules from any Four Blues!
Therefore, this place is most likely to become a testing ground for my governance!
The more we treat it as a testing ground, the more cautious and careful we must be in our attitude towards the local residents.
So, Lucci!
Gawain suddenly called out Lucci's name.
"I am here!"
Lucci immediately stepped forward and nodded to Gawain.
Gawain then continued.
"From now on, you will stay by Gan Fall's side. Although he is not very strong, we must admit that he has been an exceptionally outstanding ruler of the Sky Island for the past forty years."
At the same time, he is also the closest to us... a complete ruler.
Record his methods for organizing this Sky Island, and use those materials as learning resources for us.
At the same time, it is also necessary to record the laws and provisions he restored, as well as his methods and approaches to operating the people's livelihood and social welfare system.
Learn from experience, organize and summarize, then develop a plan, and finally innovate!
So, your task for the next three days is to record everything about how Gan Fall manages the Sky Island!
"Yes, sir!"
Lucci nodded heavily.
After Lucci left, Gawain looked at Kalifa again and said in a deep voice.
"Kalifa, you also need to keep busy these next few days. Take your people and investigate all the specialties of the entire Sky Island, and select those specialties that may open up trade routes Four Blues."
At the same time, I need to pay attention to the market dynamics of the Sky Island and understand the unique business operations within this independent kingdom.
In addition, we should conduct a census for the Skypieans, starting with the original Sky Island inhabitants of Angel Island.
After all, there's still a group of Shandia who came to the sky with Sky Island Jaya. I'll deal with them later."
Gawain gently patted the table.
"Once you've done all that, we'll start by providing more jobs and higher salaries for the Skypieans, and then we'll work on changing their living conditions."
At the same time, the banquet showcased products from Four Blues to stimulate their consumption.
From this perspective, people from all over the world would welcome it.
Because everything I just mentioned can increase people's happiness!
It's the end of the month, time for a summary. I only updated 42 characters this month, and I'm in the top 30 of the monthly combat power ranking!
With this result, it's reasonable for me to ask everyone for a monthly pass, right? Hehe~.
Love you all~~~.