"The Dragon Palace? Where did you get such strange information from again?"
Almost immediately, Aliyah's voice came through the earphones. She seemed to be in a pretty good mood, probably because the seafood was quite satisfying.
"Well, I can't exactly say it's the Dragon Palace, but I did come across some information about the Sea King."
"The Sea King... Poseidon?"
"You think so too? Indeed, that fellow actually goes by that name."
"What, too much of a rip-off?" Bai Yueguang's voice interjected.
"Fine for the Demon King to be called Bick, but the Sea King as Poseidon? Could it be..."
"I feel that may be a bit low."
Bai Yueguang's implication was probably that the opponent might be from a similarly exotic realm as us. However, I thought the chances of that were low, as we were all on this continent, unless the other party had undergone a racial transformation like me, in which case they wouldn’t be part of the Aquatic Tribe.
"Nevertheless, we won't know until we go down. We're almost done here, let's discuss it further back at the Tian Mansion later."
"Sounds good."
"By the way, how's it going on your end, Kali and the others?"
After a moment of pause, Alexia's voice came through.
"Kali is busy right now, we've captured the disguised shrimp-person and are on our way back to the Tian Mansion."
"Alright, let's meet up there then."
With that said, I summoned the ice skateboard and flew straight towards the Tian Mansion.
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Back at the Tian Mansion, I found everyone already gathered there, dividing... I mean, examining the equipment of the Aquatic Tribe.
Seeing Governor Tian was also present, I went ahead and recounted my recent experiences to them.
After I shared the information I obtained from the Mermaid and the Sea Dragon, everyone fell into contemplation.
"Ah, it seems things are more complicated than we expected. I'll have to seek approval from the Prince to see if we can mobilize troops for defense," Governor Tian shook his head.
"That idiot? Don't count on it. Isn't that guy acting as the Emperor now? Though so, the country is already controlled by various ministers and eunuchs,"
"Yeah... oh, no, I mean Your Highness, you should just speak for yourself. Don't let anything slip out which might get us all killed. And your wanted posters are still out there. Although I've asked you to assist me in fighting against the Aquatic Tribe, if they find out, even I might face extermination,"
"Alright, alright. Stop making that expression. Worst case, I'll just go back and become the Empress," Hei Luoli grumbled.
Hey now, how many people did Wu Zetian have to eliminate to ascend to the position of Empress? Here you are, being offered the chance, but unwilling to take it. Well, at least that's more freedom for you.
"And even if I take over, I don't have to manage things all the time. I can hand it over to the Blue Moon Company in the Rosend Kingdom,"
"You, you're quite the capable absentee business owner," Mary remarked from the side.
"Although Blue Moon is a company now, most of its members were former rogues. Do you really think it's that great?"
"I haven't heard any complaints from the people of the Rosend Kingdom,"
"Well, that's true. After all, they haven't done anything they shouldn't have, in fact, they've even helped promote economic development."
Mary nodded.
"Well, let's not jump into such distant topics right now, okay? Let's first confirm our next course of action. Dale, can your airship transform into a submarine? How about we take a trip into the sea?"
"Well, that's not a problem... but."
He looked at Oyado and the others.
"Do they know the Water Absorption technique?"
"Good point..."
On our way back after eliminating those Aquatic Tribe, I noticed a hint about learning the Water Absorption technique, and my level has reached 73. Tsk tsk tsk, did these guys wipe out a troop or an army? The experience gain is insane.
But look at those dragon clans, over 100 levels, we really need to grind hard now, or we won't stand a chance in the future.
Now the question is, do we have anyone here who knows the Water Absorption technique... other than us?
"Big brother, I know the Water Absorption technique."
Oyado suddenly spoke up.
"Huh? How come..."
"I've known the Water Absorption technique for a long time, just never had the chance to show it off."
"I see."
I thought you learned it after completing missions with us, you scared me.
But as for the others...
"I'm fine with it."
Blanche said with a smile.
"Yeah, I don't need to breathe."
Pure White nodded.
But the others can't, although I think Sally, Felia, and even Nana should be able to move underwater, but letting them do so would attract too much attention.
"So... those of us who know the Water Absorption technique will explore underwater, while the rest continue to resist the Aquatic Tribe here."
Then I looked at Bai Yueguang.
"Hei Luoli, are you okay?"
"No problem, I just taught her the Water Absorption technique."
"Huh?"
"Why are you surprised? Don't we have a master-apprentice system?"
Makes sense, after all, a few of them are my students.
But... it's still a bit risky to let them go down, although they are not weak, facing the Aquatic Tribe, Kunlun Liya and the others are still not safe.
"Alright, let's do it this way. We'll go down there."
That's how I decided in the end.
"As for the rest of you, continue to fight against these attacking Aquatic Tribe, remember, run if you encounter danger, don't act recklessly."
"Don't worry, I won't do anything to non-humans~"
Alexia smiled.
Are you sure? You won't dissect them in the lab or something?
But for now, let's not worry about that, there might be some medicine that can effectively combat the Aquatic Tribe.
"Okay, let's get ready to set off."
Then I looked at Governor Tian.
"Your subordinates are bravely fighting against the Aquatic Tribe, make sure I don't catch you slacking off."
"Uh..."
The other party chuckled.
"I'll do my best."
"Good."
I looked at Dale.
"Let's go!"
"Master, let me drive instead."
Pure White said.
“Why?”
“I haven't let the airship fly over water yet~”
“……”
Are you kidding me?
