Marineford's Logistics Blacksmith Chapter 196: God Gan Fall and Angel Island

"What's up in the sky?"

Suddenly, Shirley, standing on the lookout platform, let out a cry of surprise, drawing everyone's attention upward.

What entered their eyes was an endless expanse of white.

"Clouds?"

"But can clouds really stretch that far?"

Lance frowned tightly, completely unable to understand the situation before him.

"That's not a cloud layer! That's the White Sea of the Sky Island!"

Hamr suddenly woke up, staring excitedly at the cloud layer right in front of them.

"Sky Islands exist above the White Sea, over 7,000 ters above the ocean, probably around 10,000 ters high!"

"The appearance of the White Sea ans we're about to reach the Sky Island!"

At that mont, Hamr stopped panicking. The joy of finally reaching the Sky Island instantly washed away all his fear.

"So how are we supposed to get in?"

"White Sea? It's still a sea, right? You, Shirley, and Hina are Devil Fruit users, Hamr."

Lance looked at Hamr, Shirley, and Hina thoughtfully.

"Get lost. It's called the White Sea, but it's actually clouds! We're not going to drown!"

Hearing Hamr curse irritably, Lance finally relaxed.

As long as they wouldn't drown, everything was fine.

The Knock-Up Stream was still rising, and soon it pushed the Warhamr straight into the White Sea, the cloud layer itself.

In an instant, everyone felt their breathing halt.

The sensation of oxygen deprivation struck imdiately.

Boom!

With a loud explosion, the Warhamr burst through the cloud layer.

The Knock-Up Stream beneath the ship had already vanished.

The Warhamr slowly descended and steadily landed atop the clouds.

Only then did everyone finally relax.

"Huff! Huff! Huff!"

Everyone gasped for breath desperately, but no matter how much they inhaled, they couldn't shake off the suffocating lack of oxygen.

"After all, we're over ten thousand ters above sea level. The air's incredibly thin. Adapt as quickly as you can."

Hamr breathed heavily with difficulty. At that mont, he felt sowhat regretful. If he had learned Life Return earlier, he could have adjusted his body and avoided this situation entirely.

For a while, the only sound aboard the Warhamr was heavy breathing.

The first to adapt was Hamr, followed by Shirley, Gion, then Lance, Tokikake, and afterward Hina along with the soldiers.

At that mont, the difference in everyone's strength beca obvious.

After all, powerful individuals handled situations like this much better.

"So this is the Sky Island? Looks pretty nice."

Shirley gazed at the endless white sea of clouds, a trace of delight appearing on her face.

After all, the pure white cloud ocean truly was beautiful.

"Stop admiring the scenery, Shirley. Hurry and check our bearings. See if there are any islands nearby."

"There's no wind in this cloud sea, Lance. I'm going to activate the Warhamr's propulsion system. You take command of the deck."

Lance nodded.

The Warhamr's propulsion system was normally never used and only existed for special situations.

Only the Warhamr's supre commander, Hamr, had permission to use it.

Hamr walked to a massive iron door at the rear of the cabin and forcefully pulled it open with both arms.

Inside was a rather small room containing only sothing resembling a boxing strength tester.

"First ti using this thing. Hope it works well."

Hamr stretched out his right hand and slowly placed it against the device.

The next second.

DUANG!

A gigantic hamr strike instantly activated. The machine compressed under the force, and then a powerful burst of propulsion erupted from the rear of the device.

The entire Warhamr was imdiately pushed forward by the force.

"Good grief… is Hamr literally turning himself into the ship's power source?"

It was Lance's first ti experiencing this propulsion system as well, and he was utterly shocked.

If even he was this surprised, there was no need to ntion the others.

But Lance was, after all, the vice captain. He quickly adjusted his mindset and began issuing orders.

"Coastline spotted at one o'clock!"

"Good! Change course! Head toward one o'clock!"

As the Warhamr slowly sailed toward the shore,

Suddenly, several figures erged from the coastline, with one even flying into the sky, all charging toward the Warhamr.

"All hands alert! Soone's approaching!"

Lance imdiately issued a warning.

A black shadow suddenly flashed across the sky, and at the sa ti, a figure descended from above, landing on the Warhamr's deck.

"Hm? You people are from the Blue Sea?"

The newcor wore light armor and a helt while holding a circular knight's lance.

His slightly aged face and long beard gave him a rather elderly appearance.

At the sa ti, the shadows on the cloud sea also reached the Warhamr.

Upon closer inspection, they were small boats carrying people dressed in white clothes, all with small wings on their backs.

"People of the Sky Island?"

"Boarding our warship just like that… isn't very polite, is it?"

Lance's face instantly turned serious, and the surrounding soldiers slowly drew their weapons.

"Lance, everyone, put your weapons away!"

Hamr's voice suddenly rang out, and all the soldiers sheathed their weapons again.

The three-ter-tall giant stepped out from the cabin and slowly walked toward the white-bearded elder.

As soon as Hamr arrived before him, the elder instantly felt an overwhelming aura pressing toward him.

"People of the Sky Island, hello. We are Marines."

"I am Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral Hamr. These are my subordinates."

Hamr calmly introduced himself while his laid-back kingly aura slowly spread.

"Marines? The rulers of the Blue Sea…"

The elder fell silent for a mont before speaking slowly.

"I am Gan Fall, the god of the Skypiea."

"We noticed soone approaching Angel Island, so I ca to investigate. Judging by your appearance, you really do seem like so sort of authority."

Gan Fall's gaze slowly swept across the soldiers.

The identical uniforms, iron-blooded aura, and seagull-like emblem made it easy to recognize them as highly trained military personnel.

"I wonder, what business do you have coming from the Blue Sea to the Sky Island?"

"Uh, God Gan Fall, we're guests who traveled from far away. Isn't talking on the ship a bit inconvenient?"

Gan Fall suddenly slapped his forehead.

"Ah, you're right. Please follow us onto the island."

"We can continue our conversation there."

As he spoke, Gan Fall blew a whistle.

A pink shadow instantly descended.

Everyone looked over and discovered it was a pink horse with wings.

"How can there be such a bizarre horse???"

That thought appeared in everyone's minds.

Only Hamr knew the truth, it was actually a bird that had eaten the Horse-Horse Fruit, which was why it looked like this.

"Please follow our patrol unit onto the island."

After speaking, Gan Fall rode the horse and flew toward Angel Island's shore.

The patrol mbers also turned around and headed toward Angel Island.

"Lance, I'll keep powering the ship. We're heading for the shore!"

The Warhamr activated once more.

Destination: Angel Island!