Guardian of the Destined (As You Wish)

Twenty-One: Guardian Angels can Blackmail, Too~

The Shandians had set up base at the far side of Upper Yard, opposite to God's Shrine. To make her way there, Sylvie came upon an open field. The field was quite spacious, and some cloud paths were scattered around it, like a path for some kind of tour.

'Then again,' Sylvie thought to herself, 'Who would want to see this during their nice vacation?'

The field was filled with randomly placed poles/sticks, which was odd, but it was what was impaled upon them that would cause one to look away in unease. Skulls. Human skull were perched upon the tops of the sticks and there were hundreds of them across the field. Other bones were scattered about, and the tactician felt disgusted. Sure, it was human nature to boast of one's victory, even the most innocent can't help but do so in some way, but this was downright shameful.

Shaking her head, she sat onto one of the cloud paths and laid on her back, watching the cloud-less sky. During her stay on the island, she had taken note of the cloud paths she passed, their location, their likely destination, and which direction they were flowing. Similar to a river. The cloud path she was on should bring her to the Shandian camp soon enough, and she grew tired, having not slept much the night before during the bonfire, and had to leave early as to not get caught.

She thought she had seen a zap of electricity pass above her, but she didn't feel any aura and brushed it off. She was too tired, and as she fell asleep, she still kept a constant check of her crew's auras, as well at that one Shandian who seemed to be the leader, dubbed Bull-Mask. As her eyes drifted close, she dimly noted that Bull-Mask and Luffy have made contact.

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Enel was proud. Proud of himself, and his fullproof plan. He knew that the tactician would attack his pawns, so he only ordered fourth of them to stay at Giant Jack. The rest he had drawn away and zapped them unconscious, so his goddess wouldn't sense their auras. He scanned the island again with his Mantra, and found her sleeping on one of the paths crossing the Field of Repentance, filled with the remains of those who opposed him. He had given them eternity to repent for their sins against him, God, but even that is not enough.

He woke his armies and ordered them to ambush the camping Shandians at the coast.

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Sylvie stretched as she awoke to murmuring. Scratch that, she had just realized she couldn't move. Confused, she opened her eyes only to find that she was blindfolded as well. Moving her jaw, she was relieved to know she wasn't gagged.

She heard someone walk towards her and realized it was Bull-Mask.

"Who are you, a Blue Sea dweller?"

Interrogation it is. Might as well mess with them.

"I am a person." She said solemnly. "And I come from both."

She inwardly giggled as the person's aura flared the slightest in annoyance.

"Why are you here?"

"I was kidnapped." Sylvie replied truthfully. There was a pause.

"By who?"

"A jerk with an over-the-top-god-complex who is apparently in love with me."

"Enel?!"

Sylvie shrugged. "Apparently."

"... What's your name? And you also mentioned earlier you were from both the blue sea and white. How?"