"Despair? You're probably the only one feeling despair!" Hearing Shiki's final cry, Shishu shook his head, speechless. When these people bullied others, they were arrogant and smug; when it was their own turn, they suddenly thought the world was hopeless.
"Senior Shishu, that was nothing more than a beaten dog's howling," Hexia said softly from beside him.
"Don't worry, Hexia! I just feel like laughing. Every one of these people thinks standing at the top of the world makes them superior, and they treat ordinary people like ants. Little do they know that those powerless ordinary people are precisely the force this world cannot do without. People like them, meanwhile, can be discarded by the times at any moment without making the slightest difference."
"As expected of you, Senior Shishu. You really see things clearly." Hexia smiled faintly and nodded at Shishu.
"Let's go check on Cocoyasi Village!"
The two then returned to their respective fleets, leaving behind a sea of shattered timber and the sky islands, which were slowly sinking now that Shiki's power was gone.
"Legion Commander Shishu! Legion Commander Hexia! Welcome to Cocoyasi Village!" As Shishu and Hexia slowly disembarked, the village's Holy Light Cleric Commander immediately saluted alongside the Holy Light Clerics under his command.
"Did the village suffer much damage? Were any civilians injured?" Shishu asked softly, his voice full of concern.
"Reporting, Legion Commander! There were no casualties, but many of the civilians' homes were damaged!" The Holy Light Cleric Commander looked somewhat ashamed as he said this.
Shishu gently patted the commander's shoulder. "This wasn't your fault. The enemy came from the sky and had been traveling through heavy cloud cover the entire time, so the satellites failed to detect them. Just handle the aftermath properly and do everything you can to compensate