Everyone slowed a little. Still shaken, Bungies said, "Ye Chen and the others are focused on Thunder God Enel now. They won't care about us. We have to hurry and leave Sky Island."
But after they had run a little farther, Magician Rad suddenly remembered something. "Captain! They took our ship too!"
"What?"
The news hit the Fierce Wolf Pirates like a hammer blow. It was as if someone had dumped cold water over their heads, chilling them to the bone.
Bungies thought for a moment. "We can't leave without a ship. We'll sneak in and take it back. I doubt either Enel or Ye Chen will pay us any attention right now."
Following the route along which their ship had been taken, the Fierce Wolf Pirates made their way toward the mysterious forest where the trial was about to begin.
It was the Holy Land where Thunder God Enel resided, also known as God's Island.
Ye Chen's group was going there to settle the score with Enel. The Fierce Wolf Pirates, desperate to leave Sky Island, had no choice but to set foot on an island where someone else controlled whether they lived or died.
Back at the Temple, Enel tossed Conis aside. He did not make things difficult for her.
He then dispatched his four priests and fifty members of God's Army—including forty-seven soldiers, one commander and two deputy commanders—to God's Island.
With his all-seeing Mantra, Enel knew exactly where Ye Chen and the Fierce Wolf Pirates were headed. The appearance of the Shandia warriors excited him even more.
Reclining in his seat, Enel burst into smug laughter. "This is getting livelier by the minute. Yahahaha... Even the Shandia have come. I can't wait to see how many people make it through my God's Trial."
The Shandia had