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"Teacher Rossi said that bell was still on this island.
Knowing him, he would never lie about something like this."
"Child, I don't know this teacher you speak of."
Gan Fall steadied his breathing and slowly straightened.
In truth, a figure had already begun to take shape in his mind.
Yes, it was the man who had descended years ago with overwhelming force, burned down the Shandia village, shattered Angel Island's peace, and finally forced those two peoples, enemies for generations, to survive side by side-the being given the name "Demon King"
.
Over the years, Gan Fall had privately consulted the old Shandia chief many times.
They had gradually arrived at a similar conjecture: the man named Rossi might have done it deliberately.
He had appeared in a nearly apocalyptic fashion, yet had never actually taken the life of a single Sky Island resident.
It was more like a cruel performance, intended only to force the two peoples, mired in a blood feud, onto the same side.
Later, travelers from the sea below had occasionally reached Sky Island, bringing news of tremendous changes in the outside world.
Rossi had challenged the "God" who stood at the pinnacle of the world,
Imu, seeking only to win broader freedom.
He had gravely wounded that supposedly invincible being, who had remained hidden for eight hundred years, and ultimately vanished himself, but had left a crack in the shadow hanging over the world.
In his heart, Gan Fall was willing to believe the words of such a man as well.
However-
"You aren't the first Blue Sea visitors to come here."
He shook his head, his gaze sweeping over the mottled island clouds and ruined walls around them. "Even we Sky Island residents, born and raised here, have never stopped searching for