"Damn it! They landed on the Southeast side!"
Shura glared bitterly in Loa's direction. He had prepared everything on the eastern side of the island, only for his targets to land elsewhere and head straight for the Ruins. Setting up String Cloud took time. Even though he knew where they were now, it was too late to lay another trap.
And besides...
"Die, bastard!"
A cannonball the size of a human head hurtled toward Shura and his mount, meant to blow them both to pieces. But Shura had already sensed them with Mantra. Wyper's sneak attack failed.
"So you've come, Shandia!"
Shura tilted his head, easily dodging the shot. He vaulted onto Shura's mount's back, gripped his spear, and charged.
Boom!
Crash!
The Stillness of the forest suddenly erupted into chaos.
"The atmosphere on the island seems to have changed," Robin said. "It started a little while ago."
She had finally finished her notes and stood looking east.
"Who knows..."
Loa sighed like a man who had given up on life and fell out of the tree.
A hundred and six Surprise Clouds. Seventy-five exploded, thirty held assorted mechanisms, and only one had no trap. Just when Loa thought he had finally gotten lucky, he checked with Observation Haki. His face went as black as the bottom of a pot.
He had triggered every trap in the area. There had never been a trap in the hundred and sixth Surprise Cloud!!!
"Only gold can soothe my wounded heart." Lying on the ground, Loa said to Robin, "You found the way to the city center, right? Let's hurry and find the gold."
"Yes, Lord Loa."
Loa looked utterly resigned to life, as though he had transcended worldly concerns and might float away at any moment. Robin, who could not use Observation