The Thunder Shattered

The group joked and bickered as they went, completely unconcerned about whatever danger lay ahead. Magellan watched them leave and, for some reason, felt no tension at all. It seemed their emotions had infected him.

There was no way he could cheer Roger on. After all, Enel's Mantra covered too wide an area. If they let their guard down for even a moment and a bolt of lightning struck, he might be the one who died. Magellan could only pray that Roger and the others would return alive.

"That island ahead looks like land. How is that possible? Isn't this Sky Island? How could there be a land island here?"

They were still some distance from God Island. Simon stared at the island in the distance and cried out in surprise.

"Land? Are you sure? We're ten thousand meters in the air. How could there be land?" Ham laughed and shook his head as he raised the telescope.

"Ah, it really is land."

In less than two seconds, Ham cried out in surprise. Clearly, what Simon had seen was exactly what lay before them—there really was land.

"Really?"

The others crowded over after hearing that and took turns looking toward God Island through the telescope. Even Jerry and Billy imitated them, taking a look as well, though no one knew what the two of them had actually seen.

"My goodness, how could there be land ten thousand meters in the air?" Ares muttered to himself.

"There is nothing impossible about it."

"God Island. Isn't the thing Sky Islanders yearn for the earth? There's such a huge island right in front of us."

"But why don't they live there when there's clearly an island? They even call it God Island."

"Pfft, pfft, pfft!"

As they spoke, a bird suddenly flew over