Birca Sky Island.
At the highest point of the island, inside a religious temple, in the spacious main hall.
Four men dressed in white robes and holding spears stood guard around a small altar.
On the altar, which stood over a meter tall, lay a red cushion. Resting atop it was a bright yellow fruit covered in spiral patterns, its edges sharp like lightning bolts. It was the divine object worshipped in this temple... the Rumble-Rumble Fruit!
A narrow crimson line tore through the air, and ripples of space rapidly folded apart. Sephiroth, holding a long sword, stepped out from the world beyond the gate, with Enel following behind him in utter shock.
"Who are you?"
The four guards immediately raised their spears at the two of them. The commotion in the hall quickly caught the attention of the other guards outside, and twenty more guards rushed in.
"We should hurry up and run!"
Seeing this, Enel's eye twitched slightly, anxiety and panic welling up inside him.
He must have been out of his mind just now to let his head get hot and want revenge on those five priests.
And now, Sephiroth had actually brought him straight into the enemy's headquarters!
Wasn't this just courting death?
There were over two hundred people on the priests' side, while there were only two of them. The difference in numbers was more than a hundredfold!
"Before absolute strength, numbers are meaningless..."
As Sephiroth's voice fell, he flipped the Butcher Blade in his hand. With several swift slashes, he knocked down the four guards using only the back of the blade.
Then, with a casual reach, he picked up the Devil Fruit from the altar and sighed softly.
"Tsk, tsk... That was unexpectedly easy!
Shouldn't there at least have been some kind of