Chapter 187 Reclaiming Arpaiado

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"Captain's orders?"

Ganfor muttered to himself, his heart filled with curiosity about the excessively young captain in front of him.

"Don't ask me any more questions. I'm in a hurry. The captain wants to make this happen quickly, so I don't have time to chat with you any more. Go ask him yourself when you get a chance. I'm about to get on with it!"

"Haha, young man, don't underestimate me, I am..."

Before he finished speaking, Senior left an afterimage on the spot, and in the blink of an eye he was already on Ganfor's left side.

"So fast!"

Gan Fule was startled and several cold rays of light came towards him. He quickly raised his gun to block them.

"Choke!"

The powerful claws slashed on Ganfor's knight's lance with a deafening sound. The black claws embedded into the lance, leaving several deep claw marks.

The huge force transmitted from the weapon made it impossible for Ganfor to hold the handle of the gun. The spear was instantly knocked out, spun several times in the air and then stabbed into the ground. The force was so great that it directly smashed the unfortunate marble slab into pieces.

Before Ganfor could recover from the shock, the claws as sharp as swords were already on his neck.

"ended."

Senior said this in a flat tone, without any joy of victory on his face. An opponent of this level was just pure bullying, there was nothing to be proud of.

"Oh, I lost!"

Gan Fule sighed and said, he didn't expect that he couldn't even withstand a single attack. He was still wondering whether he should deliberately let go and lose the competition. It was really ridiculous.

Behind him, the guards of Sky Island were silent.

They were all witnesses of the entire battle. No one dared to be unconvinced or think that Ganfor was too weak. Everyone was shocked and knew that the opponent in front of them was incredibly strong.

No one showed an eagerness to try without knowing their own limitations. Why would one seek death when one can live a good life?

The captured soldiers had already experienced Senior's strength firsthand, so they were particularly calm about the defeat of the god, and even felt a little relieved:

It turns out that the God of Sky Island couldn't withstand one more attack than himself, so it doesn't seem too shameful that they couldn't win.

"I will lead the people of Sky Island to evacuate Arpaiado. Please do not harm the guards of Sky Island. I guarantee them with my reputation that they will never take the opportunity to rebel."

Ganfor requested sincerely.

"Hahaha, I don't even know you, and I don't know what your reputation is like. How about this, you should use your people to stay as collateral, so I'll feel more at ease."

"Yes, you stay as a hostage, and we can let these Sky Islanders leave first."

Ger said with a smile, and the chief beside him rolled his eyes and expressed his agreement.

"can!"

Ganfor agreed without hesitation, which touched all the Sky Island guards.

"Lord Ganfor!"

Everyone shouted worriedly.

Gan Fuer, on the other hand, saw things clearly. He was not worried about his own safety at all. If the other party really wanted to harm them, now would be a good time to wipe them out. There was no need to play any other tricks. So he spoke to comfort everyone:

"Don't worry about me. When you return to Angel Island, maintain order and stop everyone from panicking. Wait for me to come back."

"Yes!"

After hesitating for a while, everyone finally had to obey God's arrangement and evacuate towards Angel Island with the wounded.

When the retreating Sky Island guards completely disappeared from sight, the Shandian people were stunned. It all happened so fast, as if they were still in a dream.

"boom!"

"Hey you!"

An older soldier in the crowd suddenly knelt down heavily on his knees, scaring the people around him.

The man ignored the gazes of others around him, reached out and grabbed a handful of soil from the ground, put it to his nose and smelled it, with an intoxicated expression on his face, and laughed and cried, shouting like a madman:

"We! Are! Finally! Back!"

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words, and then their noses were sore. More and more people in the team were secretly wiping away tears, and many of them knelt on the ground and cried loudly when they thought of their relatives and friends who sacrificed their lives for this land.

Ganfor stood aside and watched this scene with a complicated expression, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Boom boom boom!"

When everyone had vented their anger, the chief knocked his staff on the stone slab and ordered:

"Okay, everyone calm down. Thors, take a team to pick up the tribesmen coming over from behind. The rest of you, come with me to find Shandora. We also need to light the lamp of Shandora and tell our ancestors the good news!"

"Yes!"

When everyone heard this, they were energized and started to take action.

Gel also followed the large group into the depths of the dense forest.

"Old friend, let's take a walk together and chat on the way."

The chief turned to Ganfor, who was still in a daze, and invited him.

Ganfor came back to his senses, nodded silently and followed.

The old fox, the chief, had thought it through long ago. Currently, they were only relying on the strength of Gel and a few others to temporarily retake Arpaiado. There had been no fundamental change in the strength situation between them and the Sky Island people. Once Gel and his gang took the gold back to Qinghai, they would most likely suffer more defeats than wins if a full-scale war broke out with the Sky Island people. Moreover, this defeat would mean the annihilation of their entire clan.

So he agreed to let Ganfor stay as a hostage so that both sides could have a chance to sit down and have a good talk.

Ganfor is the most friendly of all the Sky Island gods to the Shandians, and has always been committed to making the two peoples live in harmony.

In fact, the two have had many private negotiations and can be considered old acquaintances.

The main contradiction that prevented them from reaching an agreement was that even though Ganfor was the leader of the Sky Islanders, he could not make the decision alone to return the holy land to the Shandians.

And all peace talks of the Shandian people may have to be based on the premise of taking back their own homeland.

These two leaders, who were the first to realize the need to resolve the centuries-old dispute between the two nations for the next generation, did a lot of useless work because of this principled conflict.

But now, driven by external forces and coincidence, this historic problem seems to have been solved, and the negotiations between the two sides seem to be able to continue at last.

Along the way, the two old men quarreled with each other and soon their faces turned red. Gel just listened quietly beside them without saying anything.

"Siba is very important to us, so I hope we can be allowed to send some people to Arpaiado in the future. Because the island clouds in the sky can cultivate plants, but they cannot give birth to plants. We need to take some plants back to cultivate. This is related to the interests of all the people on Sky Island. Otherwise, the resentment will deepen over time, and then I may not be able to suppress the voice that wants to go to war to take back Arpaiado. You know, the god of Sky Island can also be replaced!"

Ganfor said excitedly. He turned his head to look at Geer beside him and continued to persuade:

"They won't stay in the sky forever. If a war breaks out again, you will definitely not be able to defeat our Sky Island Guards. So please consider my advice seriously, old friend. You must believe that I sincerely hope that the two tribes can shake hands and make peace together."

"No! The sovereignty of this island should belong to us Shandians. If you Sky Islanders can come and go as you please without our permission, we won't even be able to sleep well. You also want to take away the plants on the island. We also rely on these plants to survive, so this is absolutely not allowed! If this is the case, the Shandians can only choose to continue fighting and defend to the death!"

The chief refused firmly.

"Ugh!"

Ganfor's old face wrinkled into a ball and he sighed helplessly.

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