"Aaaah!!!"

  The intense pain made it impossible fe to keep smiling. He clutched his broken arm, howling in agony on the ground.

  Without that unknown fruit, he couldn't transform his pain into power. He couldn't withstand the intense damage.

  "Bang!"

  Arthur's punch followed, nding e's head. Urouge's earth-shattering screams were sure to have been heard by others. This pce was no longer safe.

  He dragged the two men, one dead, one half-dead. He quickly moved to the edge of the circur cloud path where the Express Shrimp had brought him up. He threw them down.

  He spared Urouge's life for now, wanting to see if Urouge could still bee a Supernova after this. Could he ge the future?

  He dealt with them. Arthur picked up the parked Waver. He pressed the switch ected to the Breath Dial. He sped off towards the southeast, as he had calcuted.

  "Thump-thump-thump-thump!!"

  Driving a Waver wasn't easy. It required uanding wind patterns and water currents. But these weren't major problems. Arthur got the hang of it after a few wobbles.

  After all, a skilled driver only needed one word to describe them - steady!

  The sea breeze blew. Arthur was gradually moving away from Angel Isnd. He grinned. He stomped on the Breath Dial, accelerating. He rode the waves towards Birka.

  ...

  Not long after Arthur left, a group of armored, winged people arrived at the se of Arthur and Urouge's fight.

  "Captain Mley, there are signs of a fight. There's blood on the isnd cloud that hasn't been ed up!" A guard said to a Skypiean who had his hand on his forehead, his middle finger pointing upwards.

  "Were there any witnesses?" Mley frowned. "Who was the first to hear the screams?"

  Killing was not allowed on Sky Isnd. The punishment for murder was to be pced on a drift cloud a down the Milky Road to the White Sea, where they might be swallowed by a Sea King or eaten by the clouds.

  "There were no withe first to hear the screams was Barl. He was returning from fishing!" The soldier had more to say.

  "Captain Mley, we found a pair of wings over here!" Anuard searg the area found the bird wings Arthur had discarded behind the pavilion. He was shocked.

  "What?" Mley's normally calm face ged color. Wings were the most important thing to Angel Isnders. They took pride in their wings. They wouldn't allow others to touch them. It was the greatest insult.

  Noair of wings were here, but the person was gone. A murder had definitely occurred. Who had the audacity to break the rules so brazenly?

  "Hurry a this to God!" This squad of God's Militia immediately ed up the se. They rushed tod's Isnd.

  ...

  Arthur was unaware of what was happening behind him. Even if he knew, he wouldn't care. He was far from Angel Isnd now. Very few people on Angel Isnd knew where Birka was.

  Would they chase him? Even if they did, Arthur wasn't afraid. By then, he was fident he would have obtaihe Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

  He pushed the Waver to its limit. It cut through the water, creating a spray of white.

  The sky gradually darkehe stars were brilliant.

  Sky Isnd was at an altitude of 33,000 feet. So, nighttime was lohan daytime. The stars were more brilliant than on the Blue Sea. The Milky Way seemed within reach. Even the moon was enormous.

  He traveled onward.

  As time passed, the Waver's power was dwindling. Arthur khe wind stored in the Breath Dial was running out. He o refill it.

  He stopped the Waver and y on the woodeo rest. His stomach growled. He had no food reserves. He could only go into the White-White Sea and catch fish to eat raw.

  Fortunately, the fish in the White-White Sea were plentiful. And they had no fishy smell. They were fio eat raw.

  After a night's sleep, Arthur woke up and trained on the Waver for two hours. When the sun rose, he tinued his journey.

  Two whole days passed.

  Just as Arthur was about to give up on this dire, an isnd finally appeared ahead.

  From afar, he could see the white shoreline. Green trees stood tall. The whole isnd was in the White-White Sea.

  Smoke was rising from the isnd. The residents of the isnd cloud were starting their day. He could smell the aroma of food from thousands of feet away.

  Arthur's tense expression finally rexed. He was certain. This was the isnd he had dreamed of - Birka!

  After some sideration, Arthur decided not to rush onto the isnd. He spent several hours piloting the Waver around Bika Isnd, roughly estimating the isnd's total area.

  It wasn't a rge isnd. It was only a bit bigger than Jaya on the Blue Sea. One side was a forest. The other side was where the vilgers lived. The popution robably a few thousand.

  He parked the Waver in the forest and made sure it was hidden. Arthur nded on the isnd of his dreams, excited.

  He looked at the forest and grinned. His dark eyes were filled with ambition for the future and a thirst for power.

  "In this world where Isnds and Kingdoms are frequently destroyed, I will not be weak. I will leave a glorious mark, to annouo the world that I was here!!"

  ...

  He walked out of the forest. Arthur ehe poputed area.

  rows of isnd cloud buildings. People oreet greeted each other. It seemed peaceful.

  They saw Arthur, a strahey weren't surprised. They only g his back, at his ck of wings. Then they showed a look of disgust.

  "It seems like Enel was bullied and hated on Birka because he didn't have wings, right? They thought he was an outcast, so when he gained power, he destroyed this pce that had hurt him!" Arthur ignored everyone's gazes. He strolled leisurely.

  At least the Angel Isnders khat there was a Blue Sea beh their feet. Blue Sea people didn't have wings. But Birka was different. It was almost pletely isoted. They probably had never even heard of the Blue Sea.

  Like frogs in a well, they thought their well was the whole world.

  "Hehe!"

  Arthur smiled indifferently. He walked through the streets. He was looking for Enel.

  Other people's gazes didn't affect his mood. Finding the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was the top priority.

  "Why is there another wingless freak on Birka?"

  "Who knows? He's probably reted to that little freak, right?"

  People were whispering. Some even shouted at Arthur, making sure he could hear them.

  "Suouths. No wonder Enel didn't care about them." Cold light fshed in his eyes. He almost couldn't help but start a massacre.