"What new gift?"
The tall, thin man leading them asked.
"Go back and tell your people!"
"From this moment on, you Shandia can move back to your homeland!"
Lightning flickered over Xia Le's body, its dazzling brilliance forcing everyone in the Shandia squad to shut their eyes.
When they opened their eyes again, the figure before them had vanished.
"Who exactly is he?"
The Shandia squad looked astonished.
They all doubted what the man had told them.
The war between the Shandia and Sky Island's natives had lasted four hundred years, and they had been at a disadvantage for most of it.
In the end, they had even been forced into hiding in Hidden Cloud Village.
"That guy... could he have been telling the truth?"
One of them murmured.
"There's only one way to find out!"
The tall, thin leader said gravely.
Soon, they encountered a squad of Divine Palace guards in the jungle.
Both sides eyed each other warily, but neither attacked right away.
"Shandia!"
"Our war is over!"
Suddenly, the captain of the Divine Palace guards spoke in a low voice.
The Shandia squad looked puzzled and waited for an explanation.
"You must have noticed those Blue Sea people who entered Upper Yard earlier."
"Their leader is immensely powerful, and he has already made God Gan Fall submit."
"He is the new god here now!"
The guard captain sighed.
"And he ordered us to inform you."
"From this moment on, you may enter this land!"
After a pause, a complicated expression crossed the captain's face, somewhere between regret and sorrow.
"The fighting between us, which lasted four hundred years, is over!"
The Shandia trembled slightly, finding it just as unbelievable.
Then an indescribable emotion welled up in their hearts.
Four hundred years!
How terribly long that was, and