Astrid and her group had just discovered that Upper Yard was, in fact, the missing part of Jaya, which meant that the fabled city of gold was on the island.

"So we found the city of gold completely by accident," said Astrid as she looked around.

"Correction we found the island it's on, we haven't found the city yet," said Toothless.

"This development certainly explains a few questions," said Heather.

"We should get back to Chopper, we've been out here for far too long," said Fishlegs.


Up in the sky Selan, was engaging the vanir having Blaze blast them with flames. Branham moved into position began shooting him with his pistols, but he anticipated every single shot.

"Useless," said Selan.


Hiccup and the others were still making their way down the Milky Road and then they entered into an open field. This field was in fact was Cadman's domain, but since he was engaging the vanir elsewhere on the island it was left unintended.

"What is this?" said Tuffnut.

"Smart money says this is where we supposed to meet the next ordeal which means another Gothar," said Ragnar.

"We've already gone through one ordeal, is that more than enough?" Snotlout muttered.

"So which ordeal do you think this is? Iron? String? Or Swamp?" Ruffnut asked.

Hiccup noticed that it wasn't just a grassy field, it was littered with skulls embedded on wooden pikes.

"I wonder what all those skulls here are supposed to do?" said Hiccup.

"I think supposed to scare us… and it's working," said Snotlout.

"I wish Heather was here, she could make sense of this," said Hiccup.

"What is there to make sense of?" Snotlout yelled. "This is clearly the work of one of those Gothar!"

Then they heard yelling from the forest and that was followed by an explosion.

"What with the smoke?" Tuffnut asked.

"Looks like an explosion," said Ruffnut.

"This must be the ordeal! Every man for himself!" Snotlout yelled.

"I'm a girl!" Ruffnut yelled.

"Could have fooled me," said Tuffnut.

Then suddenly shooting directly over them were the vanir the lead by Wyper. He didn't waste an opportunity and aimed his bazooka directly at them and then fired a cannonball.

"I've got this!" Hiccup yelled as he transformed it is hybrid form and then immediately spread his wings out. "Wing Blast!"

Hiccup slammed his wings together creating a powerful burst of wind that knocked the cannonball completely off course. Wyper and the rest of his men quickly landed on some tree branches and just stared at Hiccup completely taken aback by his transformation.

"What's wrong with that guy?"

Wyper knew what was going on. "Zoan… only one who has eaten of the Devil Fruit could do that."

"Wyper, we fighting?"

Wyper shook his head. "Not now, keep moving."

Ragnar recognised Wyper from when they first arrived. "You…"

Hiccup looked at Wyper, instantly recognising him as the leader. "You wanna go another round and more than happy to oblige!"

Wyper narrowed his eyes. "You sound and stink like Blue Sea people! Which means you're the ones that are causing all the chaos in Skypiea!"

"Hiccup, that's the gorilla we saw back on the White Sea," said Ragnar.

"Looks like he wants to finish the job," said Snotlout as he clenched his fists.

"If you don't want to die then go back your Blue Sea immediately, because I promise you if you do anything stupid on this island we'll execute you with Enel!"

"They're probably trying to kill this guy Enel?" Ragnar blinked. "Also these gorillas aren't elves their human."

"And if they're not part of Enel's entourage that means they're not Gothars," said Hiccup. "Which means we don't have to fight."

"I say they want a fight we give them one," said Snotlout as he cracked his knuckles. "If these guys wonder piece of Snotlout, I'll give it to them."

"You are just crying for your mummy a few moments ago," said Ruffnut.

"Guess it's only because they're not the scary Gothar," said Tuffnut.

"Shut up!" Snotlout snapped.

Wyper just looked at them and then turned his back on them before he took off with the rest of his men.

"I wonder why they were up here?" Hiccup pondered.

"I'm not sure, but it must be pretty serious," said Ragnar. "But they seem to be enemies of Enel as well as us."

"So we got more people wanting to kill us," said Snotlout.

"That might actually be a good thing," said Hiccup.

"How is that good?" Snotlout asked.

"Because I imagine that the rest of the Gothars have to contend with them rather than deal with us, which means will have an easier time getting to the altar," said Hiccup.

Ragnar nodded. "Then let's make good use of this opportunity."

With that they continued making their way down the Milky Road.


Hiccup's intuition was correct all the Gothars were fighting against the vanir, who were trying to swarm them.

Selan was bashing them in the sky while Gable and Cadman were fighting on the ground.

Cadman's pet dog Toby managed to grab one of the vanir and was now slamming his paws down on the others.

"I'll cover you!" Rachel yelled as she skated on a pathway above them. She immediately began shooting at Toby with her rifle. "Get him out about things mouth!"

The shot struck Toby at the back of the head forcing him to release the vanir and then the others jumped into the fray.

"Move now!"

Cadman then gripped his sword and then quickly spun around striking all them, cutting them down before they even had a chance to react. The only one of them that was still fighting was Rachel, but she was now completely outmatched

Gable was also taking down an entire group of vanir striking them down with powerful wind impacts. A vanir managed to get inside his garden try to strike him down with an axe, but he anticipated this and easily jumped over him and then smiled viciously as he struck in with a wind impact.


Hiccup and the others were still sailing down the Milky Road they had yet to encounter any difficulty. They had just left the plains and they had yet to encounter any other Gothars or vanirs.

"It would seem as if you are right Hiccup," said Ragnar as they left the field. "The other three Gothars must be having their hands full with those gorillas."

"Looks like it's smooth sailing from here on out," said Snotlout.

Then suddenly they began picking up speed and heading downwards. It only took them a few moments to realise that they were now sailing down a spiral heading towards the forest floor and they couldn't see the bottom of it.

"You had to say it," said Hiccup.

"It's like some kind of crazy slide," Tuffnut smiled.

"This is fun!" Ruffnut cheered.

"What's the point of having a canal spiral like this!" Snotlout yelled as he hanged tight.

Snotlout was starting to look sick, but the twins just screamed enthusiastically as if they were on some kind of rollercoaster.

"You have to admit this is fun!" Ruffnut smiled.

"I admit nothing!" Snotlout roared.

"Hold on everyone!" Hiccup yelled.

"What do you think we're doing!" Snotlout yelled.

Hiccup's warning was quite warranted as a few moments later they found themselves doing a loop to loop.

"I think I'm going to lose my lunch," Snotlout groaned.

"Whoever designed this has a funny sense of humour," said Ragnar.


The vanir had been battling against the Gothars all day long and so far they hadn't taken one of them down. It was then that Wyper and his group arrived to back them up.

"Wyper we can handle these guys!" Genbo yelled when he noticed him.

Kaapo was engaging Cadman matching his spear against his sword.

"Yeah, help the others!" Kaapo yelled as he jumped back.

"Got it," said Wyper as he led the others onwards.

He then saw Gable had trapped some of the vanir in a whirlwind of wind and then immediately moved in towards him. He tried to kick him, but Gable moved out of the way predicting this attack, but then Wyper aimed his bazooka writing his face.

A few moments later there was a huge explosion.


Hiccup and the rest of his group were still sailing down the Milky Road when they saw the sunset.

"The sun is going down," said Snotlout. "I wonder what we'll run into after dark? Do you think we can make it to the altar before then?"

"No I don't," said Ragnar as he looked through his spyglass. "I can barely see the sun for these clouds."

"I'm just surprised they actually have sunsets up here," said Hiccup.


At the sacrificial altar, Astrid and her group had finally arrived back.

"Chopper!" Astrid yelled from the shore. "Where are you Chopper? If you can hear me answer! Are you there?"

Toothless noted the damage done to the ship. "Look our mast is gone and the wing is ripped in half."

"Obviously the Going Tiger was attacked," Astrid concluded. "Chopper I'm sorry that we took so long! You can come out now, you'll be safe I promise! At least give a sign that you're not dead!"

All of them waited for a reply, but there was no sign of Chopper.

"Guess that means that he is dead," said Heather.

"We can't jump to conclusions, he could be just unconscious," said Fishlegs.

Toothless then stepped forward. "Chopper if you are over there please answer soils will be forced to swim across!"

Chopper then poked his head out and he was covered in bruises and bandages.

"Hi," he said timidly. "Everything stayed shipshape while you were gone."

"There's no need to lie to us, we're just glad that you're alive!" Astrid yelled. "Now tell us everything that happened."


Hiccup and the others were still climbing the Milky Road, which was not a good sign.

"Looks like we're climbing over a tree," Hiccup noted.

"Yeah, and the biggest tree I've ever seen," said Ruffnut.

"I wonder what will find at the top," said Tuffnut.

Snotlout gulped. "I know what we'll discover not going to be anything good."

"More than likely, but I still have money on a will encounter those other Gothars on the other side," said Ragnar.

"Actually, I think it's more than likely that will find an unsafe drop at the end of this tree," said Hiccup.

When they reached the top they discovered that Hiccup's assumption was right and they started to plummet downwards at an incredible speed.

"Please let it not be another corkscrew!" Snotlout begged.

"No it's not another corkscrew," said Hiccup as they entered the canopy.

"Does that mean there are Gothars at the bottom?" Snotlout gulped.

"No just sky shark," said Ragnar.

"Oh, thank goodness I for that we were goners," said Snotlout as he sighed with relief and then his eyes widened. "What do you mean sky sharks!"

He looked down and saw that they were heading straight towards a school of sky sharks with razor-sharp teeth.

"Those suckers will swallow us all!" Snotlout yelled.

"Not on my watch," said Hiccup as he transformed into his hybrid form. "Plasma Barrage!"

Hiccup then began firing multiple plasma blasts striking every single one of the shot with pinpoint accuracy and knocking them all out cold. They then landed in the sea without a single scratch to their name, though the impact covered them with water.

"And now I'm soaking wet," Snotlout grumbled.

"Better than being eaten alive," said Ragnar.

"Check it out we found it!" Tuffnut yelled pointing at the sacrificial altar.

"Yeah, there's the altar with the Going Tiger sitting right on top," said Ruffnut.

Astrid and the others then noticed Hiccup and his group had arrived.

"Fancy meeting you guys hear," Hiccup smiled.

"Come here often?" Ragnar asked.

Astrid sighed with relief. "Looks like everyone is safe and sound, that's good."


Hiccup and the others began making their way towards the Going Tiger. Hiccup then flew Astrid and the others one by one back to the ship.

Snotlout was a little disheartened to discover the damage done to the ship. "Where's the mast?"

"Uh… look I tried, but it didn't matter how hard I fought he still kept burning everything," said Chopper timidly. "I promise I did everything I could."

"Yeah, but are you going to be okay or what?" Snotlout asked folding his arms.

Chopper merely nodded.

Snotlout sighed. "You must have been scared facing that guy all by yourself, it's a good thing he set the mast on fire instead of you right? Working figure out the details on the ship later."

Chopper was quite taken aback, he knew how much Snotlout treasure the ship and expected him to be angry that he failed to protect it. He then burst into tears and then with a fiery determination looked towards the sky.

"I promise to be a more dependable man starting right now!" he vowed.

"Oh that's nice, but how exactly did you get rid of that Gothar?" Hiccup asked.

Chopper looked at him. "I used the whistle that the Sky Knight gave us and he showed up to rescue me."

"And where is he? Did he leave after battling the Gothar?"

Chopper then led them into the main cabin where Gabriel was lying on the floor unconscious. Chopper had tended to the wounds to the best of his ability, but they had been pretty bad. Swift's injuries weren't as bad and now he was up and around though he had bandages wrapped around his body.

"We need to sacrifice this much for us, even though he gave us that whistle for free?" said Hiccup as he bent down to look at him.

"If it wasn't for the Sky Knight you guys probably wouldn't have a ship and I'd be sure for dead," said Chopper.

"I've got a bunch of questions for him, but I guess they'll have to wait until he wakes up," said Astrid and then looked at Swift. "We owe you our thanks as well."

Swift just squawked.

Hiccup then got to his feet. "The Going Tiger is trashed and it's getting dark soon so there's no chance will make it back to Valhalla Island until tomorrow." He then guided the others outside with the rest the crew was waiting. "We should make our way over to landed make camp onshore for the night."

"Uh, why there?" Tuffnut frowned.

"Because if we stay here and someone attacks us the first thing that'll take a beating is our ship," Snotlout pointed out. "Would you use your head for once?"

"Plus it easier to fight on land than an altar of floating on a cloud," Ragnar added. "Hiccup is the only one able to fly."


With that they made their way onto the mainland and set up camp, they started to fry the sky sharks that Hiccup took down. Once they were all settled down they began exchanging notes about their experience on the island.

"Okay let's put together all the information we've gathered," said Hiccup.

"Our group ran into this Gothar named Selhen who uses spheres with different kinds of threats inside of them for each one," said Ragnar as he pounded some food into dust for Gabriel on Chopper's orders. "But what really causes problems was that this guy kept on predicting our movements with the power he called mantra or something."

"The Gothar that attacked me was named Selan and he used to spear that set fire to anything," said Chopper. "It was like he could predict my moves just like that Selhen guy and I tried and tried to attack him, but he dodged me every single time. Then the bird he was riding on burnt down the mast in the Sky Knight was defeated."

"Sounds like you all had a rough time," said Fishlegs. "Well what we found, is that this island we're on is actually the missing part of Jaya. You see the city of gold didn't sink into the ocean, it was shot into the sky like us."

"Okay let's review," said Hiccup. "Based on all the reports these Gothars are able to predict our move into power they call mantra and that the bird is able to blow flames and at the spear burns you. However, the most important thing that we've learned is this… the city of gold is not 1000 leagues under the sea as we have thought it said it hidden somewhere on this very island."

"No way," said Snotlout.

"So what is this mantra business all about?" Toothless asked looking at Ragnar.

"Sounds like some kind of sixth sense you only get up here," said Ragnar.

"Sixth sense?" Toothless frowned.

Ragnar then looked at Chopper. "Chopper do I need to grind this down any more?"

"Yes, it needs to be a fine powder," said Chopper as he continued to tend to Gabriel. "He's taken a lot of damage to his digestive system."

"If the city of gold is here, then I say we have to postpone our trip back to Valhalla Island," said Hiccup.

"An adventure with gold at the end, who would walk away from that?" Astrid smiled.

"This place is fascinating, it would be a shame to leave when we've only just scratched the surface," said Fishlegs.

Snotlout stared at Hiccup. "Did you forget what the scary guru her guy said about execution?"

"The All-Father will be really mad," said Chopper.

Heather merely chuckled. "Sounds like fun."

"No way we can back away from this kind of adventure," said Ruffnut.

"You tell them, sis," said Tuffnut.

"Well we wouldn't be very good pirates if we turn our backs on gold, so let's not," Ragnar smiled.

"It won't be easy, you know everyone up here already hates us," Toothless pointed out with a small smile. "Which of course means I'm in."

"Aren't any of you even a little scared of the wrath of the All-Father?" Snotlout stared.

Hiccup laughed as he rose to his feet. "That gold is waiting for all of us!"