The residents of Raijin Island were not all that powerful even though they were a part of the New World, there may have been some powerful individuals who were in charge of and protected the island but they had only come across the rookies who entered the New World for the first time so they had not encountered a crew like the White Storm who also had powerful devil apes on their side.
Their usual tricks did not work and even many of their more suicidal actions did not work as many carried sharpened electrical poles in their hands as they attempted to stab their enemies or attract the falling lightning towards themselves and those closest to them.
The suicidal attempts did not work on those that already understood their intentions and the science behind using themselves as moving lightning rods and those with any power were met with a fierce resistance from those that had entered the island along with Liushi, Yvie, Jester, Ann, Sunila and K1.
K1 was able to easily attract the electrical attacks towards itself and then release them at anyone it considered an enemy.
Ann was able to cause many illusions to confuse the enemy to disrupt their suicidal attempts while she had allowed those on her side the chance to launch many surprise attacks.
Jester and Liushi had more than enough combat power on their own to take down those with a bounty over three hundred million berries so they were able to hold off anyone that was a threat to the rest of the crew and defeat them quickly.
Sunila and her trick arrows never missed as she had provided additional support to the battlefield.
The combination of them together with many mercenaries was more than enough to subdue most of the residents of Raijin Island that had put up any resistance but there would always be casualties in war.
There were many who willingly cooperated with them after their strong display of strength as many had tried their best to apologise for their actions towards the White Storm.
As they were all gathered together, a change in the surroundings took place as the clouds above started to change suddenly.
The thunder clouds were still releasing wave after wage of attacks on the island but in the middle of it was a strange image that looked like a face which was looking down with a disappointed look on its face.
Its was as if the thunder god had looked down on his worshippers with eyes full of disappointment.
"What is.."
"The god.."
"Praise god!"
"What is wrong with gods eyes?"
"They are angry!"
"Save us god!"
The village chief stepped out and then bowed down as he shouted. "Lord thunder god! I beg for your mercy! I know that you are disappointed in us for our actions! We have taken your name in vain and committed my crimes in your name! Please show us mercy and allow us to repent!"
The thunder clouds continued to rumble and more attacks came down from the sky as they hit many of the poles which were placed around the area which created a heavy and dangerous atmosphere.
"What? God is angry with us?"
"But the emissaries told us that god needed us to do this!"
"Did they lie?"
"How could they!"
The eyes turned from disappointment and anger to love, disappointment and pity as many emotions were displayed one after another when a loud voice spread across the island. "My children, my poor children. You have all suffered terribly so I understand your pain but I have never asked for any sacrifices. You have done nothing but corrupt my nature and being with your actions as my powers have been used to kill many innocent souls. Your god is understanding and merciful. If you have room in your hearts to repent and change then you will have a chance to regain your humanity. Once your humanity is regained then your luck should return. My children, never lose faith in the kindness of strangers. One day a stranger may become a threat to you but they can also be your saviours. Never forget this lesson! My powers are fading so I can no longer contact you anymore so do not believe in anyone that claims to be my emissary. To the visitors, please show mercy on my children and help them in their time of need. My children! If someone with eyes similar to mine arrives on this island, please trust them and take care of them."
Suddenly the face faded and the skies returned to normal as the rumbling continued.
Far away, Ann had cancelled her abilities as she turned around to deliver a light punch to Jester's arm. "This was really sneaky of you. However I like the plan and hope it will work."
Jester shrugged. "I hope so too."
They both overlooked the crowds of people who were sitting on the ground in prayer as they looked towards the sky.
There were a couple of lights that had appeared and then faded to add a dramatic touch to it as Ann finished up her performance as she used her projected images to create the image of gods face before letting it disappear into nothingness.
Around the island there were many broadcasting equipment placed and Jester had been the one to act as god but he disguised his voice to make is less recognisable as nobody could tell if it was a male or female speaking.
With the combination of technology and special abilities, they were able to fool many people and bring them to tears.
Liushi stood by Sunila's side and sighed. "This must be a joke right? It was that easy?"
Sunila shook her head. "There will always be some non believers who will resist but our job is to remove them to allow a positive change to happen."
K1 added. "Sunila is correct! Not every human heart can be swayed by this and some may not be so easily tricked."
Yvie looked down at her hand silently as she clenched it into a fist. "We need to do a good job before she gets back."
She quickly ran out and appeared in her wolverine hybrid form as she shouted towards the sky. "Lord thunder god! We have heard your request for mercy and we have decided to forgive these poor souls! God bless us all!"
It was as if she was truly a believer of the thunder god and as her words followed, she signalled for many of the weaker residents of Raijin Island to be released first who had been seen to be repenting. "Those that repent will receive mercy as god has asked! All praise the thunder god!"
"We are sorry!"
"Uhuuuu waaa im sorry!"
"All praise!"
"Thunder god!"
"So beautiful!"
"Mercy!"
"I will repent!"
"Do not listen to.."
"Non believer!"
"Hey! He is one of the followers of the emissary!"
"Those fakes that tricked us?"
"I have long grown tired of those guy!"
"They have made us do all this for so long and made god upset with us."
"They even punished us when we tried to go against the words of god!"
"God is merciful!"
"God will not punish us like they did!"
The situation had changed as those that were believed to have a direct connection to god and are able to pass on his will were now believed to be liars.
God had exhausted enough power to manifest and communicate them for a short time just so the truth could be known while asking a favour of the White Storm to show mercy upon the residents of Raijin Island.
Once that power was exhausted, the godly presence had disappeared once again and taken its natural form as a large thunder cloud.
Those that were already strong believers of their god had got to witness a new truth which had been painted and it was truth from the mouth of the god they believed in and not an ordinary human like themselves so the balance of power and belief had shifted greatly.
Even die hard fanatics had turned on those in power who had acted as gods emissaries as they voiced their complaints and started repenting for their crimes one after another.
Some select few people who did not believe in the god so much and were not so easily tricked had chosen to remain silent as they hoped that a change would be brought to the island.
Requests for executions of the emissaries, those who had previously been in power and the enforcers had come from the vast majority of the people after a little discussion as everyone knew that with them there, there would be no change on the island and the cycle would only continue so long as they remained.
More repentant people were released while the truly guilty were given punishment as they each had a quick death.
Even with their many crimes, god would not wish for those who were guilty to have a slow and painful death so they were each granted a quick and painless death because their god was merciful.
"All hail the thunder god!"
"Gods eyes were beautiful!"
"We will repent for the rest of our lives!"
Jester shamelessly watched over everything with a playful look in his eyes. 'An entire civilisation has changed so easily because of the power of the white storm and a little manipulation.'
His gaze turned a little sorrowful for a moment. 'If it was back then and I had more allies like this then those events could have been stopped and many lives could have been saved.'
The image of a beautiful and heroic princess appeared in his mind and a small tear fell down from the corner of his eye.