This brutal scene was displayed without reservation on the giant screens before every citizen of God's Country.
A cloud of despair instantly descended upon everyone watching. Children cried out in fear, women covered their mouths, and men clenched their fists, their eyes bloodshot with helplessness.
Then, they heard Enel, who looked like a demon on the screen, pronounce his judgment in a condemning tone:
"Look! This is the fate of those who defy God! Humans are not birds, yet they foolishly dream of building nations in the sky. That in itself is a crime against the laws of nature! All Sky Islands, these deformed things built upon clouds, should be utterly destroyed! Only then can the sky regain its purity! Yehahaha—!"
With the Guardian Force completely wiped out, this declaration of destruction became the final straw that crushed many citizens' mental defenses.
The gloom became tangible terror. They could practically see themselves and their families falling alongside the Sky Island, smashed to pieces. Those with weaker minds collapsed directly to the ground, weeping soundlessly. Some even began muttering in despair, "It's over... everything is over..."
Hope seemed to be rapidly dying out.
Then, the image on the screen underwent a subtle change.
Wiper, who had been lying beside Leo and was thought to have lost consciousness, twitched a finger slightly.
Then, beneath the disbelieving gazes of countless citizens, the small, charred figure trembled as he used the broken half of his cannon barrel to support himself and stubbornly rose to his feet again!
He raised his head. Though his little face was pale and his lips cracked, his eyes burned with unyielding fire as he glared fixedly at the towering Enel and shouted hoarsely with all his strength:
"Y-You're dreaming! Lord Adams... will definitely stop you! He is our true