"I AM A GOD!"
Faced with this overwhelming threat of death, the chuunibyou youth Enel let out a roar from the bottom of his heart.
The lightning on the broken giant's body converged.
Then, before the descending fireball, the accumulated lightning vanished like snow under a scorching sun.
"I am a god!" Enel muttered, facing the fireball pressing down on him.
Bang!
The fireball suddenly exploded and then disappeared.
Enel fell from mid-air, crashing onto the ground.
Cyrus, who had extended his hand, watched Enel fall from the sky.
'He didn't have a breakdown, did he?'
He had heard Enel's cry just now loud and clear; it clearly had a hint of an emotional breakdown.
Of course, he wouldn't have actually smashed him with that last attack.
Although he had shouted "Flame Emperor," it wasn't the same as Ace's Flame Emperor.
Cyrus didn't know what kind of move Ace's Flame Emperor was.
But his move just now was simply compressing all the flames he had released into his hand.
If he had truly unleashed it, God's Island below would probably have been obliterated.
In the fight with Enel just now, Cyrus had actually just let himself fall into Enel's rhythm.
Although Enel's development of his Devil Fruit Ability was very high, he was too reliant on it.
If he encountered someone who couldn't deal with his ability, Enel could even kill them in an instant.
But once he met an opponent whose ability he couldn't counter, or who could handle his ability, Enel's threat level would plummet.
As he descended from the sky, the flames burning all over God's Island converged toward Cyrus like ribbons of fire.
"Is it over?"
Robin's voice sounded. On the ship that Issho had flown over, Robin and the other two stood at the bow.
"Yes, it's over. The thing you're looking for is in that direction. No one will stop you now," Cyrus said, looking at Robin and pointing in a direction.
Robin looked in the direction Cyrus pointed and nodded.
"Also, there's a large amount of gold on this island. Take note of it as you pass by. After you get the Poneglyph rubbing, come back. I need you to write something for me," Cyrus said.
"Okay!" Robin replied.
She then returned to the cabin, grabbed a backpack, slung it on, waved at Cyrus, and walked in the direction he had pointed.
"Is he dead?" Hawkeye's voice rang out.
After Robin left, Hawkeye looked at Enel, who was lying on his back, and asked.
"Nah!"
Cyrus shook his head.
As his words fell, Enel's heartbeat reappeared, and his breathing, which had almost faded, became heavy again.
"Can his ability be used for that too?"
Hawkeye saw that Enel's own electricity had restarted his heart.
"I didn't hit him directly with that last one," Cyrus said, just as he saw Enel open his eyes and sit up.
And as Enel sat up, he saw the three people who had just beaten him standing in a row before him.
Enel's body stiffened.
The past from his youth, when he was bullied for his dream of the Endless Vearth, resurfaced in his mind.
Ever since he ate that disgusting fruit, such things had never happened again.
And today, he finally remembered that fear of being dominated by others.
"Are you still a God?" Cyrus asked, looking at Enel who was carefully getting to his feet.
"I am Enel, a Birkan!" Enel replied.
Although he still thought of himself as a god, he didn't dare to be stubborn now.
He hadn't suffered a beating like today's in over a decade.
He had almost forgotten what it felt like.
"From now on, you're my crewmate. Hmm, I'll have you do some things later," Cyrus said, glancing at Enel, then turning his head to look in a certain direction.
An armored man riding a strange-looking bird-horse was approaching.
After landing, he saw the battered Enel and the trio of Cyrus.
He didn't dare to get any closer.
"Of course, you can also refuse." Cyrus raised his hand, and the sword Robin had placed on the ship flew into his grasp.
"So, you can choose now."
'Do I even have a choice?'
Seeing Cyrus's hand on the hilt, the smile on his face, and the cold-faced Hawkeye and expressionless Issho beside him...
'If I refuse, I'll be hacked to death, right?'
'Ah~ is my dream of the Endless Vearth going to end here?'
"I agree!" Enel gritted his teeth and said.
"A wise choice!"
Cyrus's hand moved away from the hilt, and he beckoned to Gan Fall.
Gan Fall dismounted from his bird-horse with a solemn expression.
"From today on, Sky Island belongs to the Hunter Association. Until someone comes to take over in the future, you will temporarily manage everything here," Cyrus said to Gan Fall.
"What exactly are you planning to do?"
Gan Fall's expression didn't change upon hearing this; instead, he asked a question back.
"I'm going to establish an examination site here. In the future, people will come to the island to take the Hunter Exam for admission into the association," Cyrus said directly, not hiding anything.
Gan Fall was full of question marks, clearly not understanding it.
"You don't need to understand too much. Since Sky Island belongs to the Hunter Association, it is also under the protection of the Hunter Association."
Gan Fall fell silent upon hearing this, then nodded.
Like Enel, he had no choice either.
Let alone Cyrus's group of three, they didn't even have the ability to resist the previous Enel.
"Have someone gather the gold on the island. Later, people will come to Sky Island to receive this gold and will bring you some supplies from the Blue Sea."
"I understand!"
Gan Fall nodded and turned to leave.
However, he was still full of doubts.
He still hadn't figured out what had happened.
But he knew what Cyrus wanted him to do.
...
Robin was very fast.
During the previous battle on God's Island, anything that could move had fled, so Robin had an unobstructed path.
She reached the golden city of Shandora and saw the Poneglyph.
Although she could decipher it, it would take time. Robin made a rubbing of the Poneglyph and returned directly.
On Cyrus's side, he was also thinking about the construction of the Hunter Guild's examination site on Sky Island.
He didn't need to worry about these things; he could just hand them over to Crocodile.
As long as it was more or less right, it would be fine.
It wasn't something that could be done in a moment anyway.
The Hunter Exam also needed people to take it.
And this required the Hunter Guild to become famous on the seas, to attract people to join.
Although Robin had recorded everything Cyrus dictated, she felt a bit helpless about his whimsical ideas.
Putting aside the location of Sky Island, just the method of getting up there was very difficult.
The way they had come up was not something that could be popularized.
To this question from Robin, Cyrus stated that those who couldn't get up were not qualified to join, leaving Robin speechless.
"The threshold is so high, which is different from what you said before."
"What's different? Those who pass the exam are official hunters. Those who don't are candidate hunters."
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