Pirate: Starting by Refusing Red-Hair's Invitation

Enel's appearance meant more than progress on his mission. It also gave Lin Mo hope of returning to the Blue Sea sooner.

The fruit wine here tasted decent, but he missed the strong liquor of the Blue Sea more.

Meanwhile...

In the area covered by the thundercloud, the Sky Island guards led by Gan Fall were fighting the Shandia led by Wyper for the umpteenth time.

"What... what is that?!"

"A thundercloud? Is it going to rain?"

"But I've never seen a thundercloud that huge..."

"I don't know why, but I've got a bad feeling about this."

The Skypieans and Shandia stopped fighting and looked up at the sky.

Neither Gan Fall nor Wyper looked pleased.

Neither knew why the thundercloud had appeared.

As everyone stared in shock, a terrifying bolt of lightning suddenly plunged from the cloud and struck a Shandia who failed to dodge in time.

"Ah!" With a scream, the Shandia collapsed, charred black, his eyes rolled back.

Wyper frowned and glared at Gan Fall. "Your reinforcements!"

Gan Fall was about to deny it, but before he could speak, another terrifying bolt fell from the sky and struck a guard behind him.

Another scream rang out. The guard fell to the ground, foam spilling from his mouth.

"Ah! What's going on? What the hell is that lightning?"

"Oh god, run! We'll be finished if it hits us!"

Panicked cries rose all around them.

One of Wyper's men, a young man named Braham whose hat covered the upper half of his face, immediately checked on their stricken companion. "He's still alive!" he called to Wyper.

The moment he finished speaking, another bolt fell from the sky and struck him.

"Braham!" Wyper cried. He rushed toward his fallen comrade.

Realizing how serious things had become, Gan Fall said quickly,