Chapter 109: Sea Kings and the Royal Family
The approach of the behemoth disturbed the deep-sea currents, instantly attracting the surrounding schools of fish, which all converged in the direction of the disturbance.
This chaos puzzled the soldiers of the Ryugu Kingdom stationed in the channel, and they subconsciously looked toward the deep sea.
"What's happening?"
"Why are the schools of fish gathering in one—"
However, the next moment, they froze on the spot, their eyes wide, their pupils trembling violently.
"Wh-what is that?!"
At the edge of their vision, a white object carrying a golden sun was slowly swimming over from the distance. Wherever it passed, the currents became chaotic, and schools of fish swirled around it.
The fish-man soldiers dared not delay. They immediately reported to their superiors and requested support from other nearby soldiers.
Meanwhile, at the edge of Avant Heim, Louis seemed to have discovered something and turned to look into the distant deep sea. He had sensed three super-large Sea Kings, each over five thousand meters long, swimming in their direction.
On his shoulder, Uta noticed Louis's unusual behavior. She leaned down to meet his eyes and asked curiously, "Is there something over there?"
Louis came back to his senses. Looking at the exquisite face and amethyst-like eyes so close to his, he answered softly, "It's nothing serious. Just three Sea Kings."
"Sea Kings?" Uta looked up, following the direction Louis had just been looking, the small wing-fins by her ears twitching slightly. The next moment, a series of slow whispers sounded in her ear. Uta was taken aback, then subconsciously repeated the words.
"Unidentified object, has approached the king."
"Annoying siren—has come again."
As if she'd caught a keyword, Uta jolted and asked with some uncertainty, "The siren you're talking about—do you mean me? Annoying?" A subtle change came over Uta's expression. She didn't know she was annoying. Besides, this was her first time here.
"..."
The distant voices disappeared, but the massive shadows were still gradually approaching.
Uta's words made the others who had gathered realize something was wrong. They subconsciously asked, "Uta, who are you talking to?"
To this, Uta first glanced at Louis, then quickly explained what had just happened.
By the time everyone understood the situation, the three super-large Sea Kings had arrived at the side of Avant Heim, quietly looking down at Louis and his group. To be precise, they first glanced at the giants and Yelena, before their gazes finally rested on Louis and Uta, who was on his shoulder.
Their intelligent eyes shimmered with a subtle light, as if they were recalling something. In the end, they just quietly watched as Avant Heim approached Fish-Man Island, making no move to stop them and ignoring Uta's questions. Then, they quietly returned to where they had come from, once again letting out a series of difficult-to-understand whispers.
"Lunarian?"
"Lunarian!"
"Horns, a descendant of giants?"
"This time, the siren isn't one of them—."
Even with the super-large Sea Kings watching, Avant Heim paid them no mind and continued straight ahead, soon arriving at the entrance to the Ryugu Kingdom.
Under the watch of many fish-man soldiers, the water barrier created by the Natural Water connected with the entrance to Fish-Man Island. Then, Avant Heim separated a portion of its cloud mass, which carried the crew along the channel and into the territory of Fish-Man Island.
The four giants, with an average height of over ten meters, made the fish-man guards' pressure multiply, and they broke out in a cold sweat.
Fish-Man Island is a necessary route for pirates entering the New World. Every day, many pirates pass through this unofficial channel. Therefore, as fish-man soldiers stationed here, there was one skill they had to master: to memorize the face of every person on every bounty poster they received from pirates. And the four giants before them happened to be quite famous. The fish-man soldiers had a deep impression of their act of destroying Enies Lobby.
After seeing these four famous giants, they seemed to think of something and tremblingly turned their heads to look at the relatively smaller figures in front. With just one glance, their dark green faces instantly turned deathly pale. They felt their hands and feet go cold, as if they had been plunged into an ice cave.
Behind the figure with wings stood a figure in heavy armor, their appearance completely obscured.
"..."
In the end, they dared not make the slightest move to block them. After reporting to their superiors, they adopted an attitude of leaving it to fate.
A moment later, under the astonished gazes of the mermaids in the cove, the white cloud mass slowly descended onto the beach, setting down the four giants, Louis, and the others.
As soon as they landed, the group captured the attention of all the mermaids and the few fish-men on the entire beach. Fish-Man Island was located ten thousand meters under the sea. Very few giants had ever been here; over 99% of the population were seeing a giant for the first time. Therefore, many mermaids couldn't help but gather around, looking at Hajrudin, Gerd, and the others with great curiosity.
"Are those the legendary giants?"
"So big! They're as tall as a house!"
To this, Road looked at the beautiful mermaids around him, who were all dressed in very light clothing. He subconsciously straightened his attire and flicked his long hair, which covered half his face, as if wanting the mermaids to see his handsome side. However, he was met with merciless punishment from behind. Gerd punched him in the stomach with a look of disgust and said, annoyed, "Stop embarrassing us giants of Elbaf!"
Goldberg also revealed two rows of large white teeth. "Road, you'd better restrain yourself. Don't ruin Elbaf's image." They felt that being called barbarians was more acceptable than being called perverts.
Road recovered from the pain, gave Louis and Hajrudin a weak smile, and stopped his antics.
Soon, the gazes of the mermaids moved from the giants to the others. When they saw Louis, with his flawless white wings and extremely handsome masculine face, the group of approaching mermaids subconsciously froze, their gazes gradually becoming shy.
Yelena, clad in armor and habitually concealing her true face, saw this. A gentle smile appeared on her face beneath her special gas mask. "Louis's lethality in this regard is as astonishing as ever," she said meaningfully.
To this, Kuina, who had taken in the dazed looks of the surrounding mermaids, nodded in agreement. Louis's beauty was undeniable; he was the most beautiful person she had ever seen. If she weren't completely devoted to the path of the sword, she would probably be distracted as well.
Then, as if she'd thought of something, Kuina looked at Louis's back as he walked at the front and subconsciously asked, "Louis is so conspicuous. How did you all travel the Four Seas without being discovered by the World Government?"
To this, before Yelena could answer, Uta, who was sitting on Louis's shoulder, had already turned her head and given Kuina a bright smile. "That's because I'm here to clean up the messes!"
"..."
Kuina heard this and became thoughtful.
Soon, someone noticed Uta on Louis's shoulder and let out a series of gasps.
"Is that... a mermaid?"
"That child is so young, but so beautiful!"
"I feel like she's on par with Princess Shirahoshi!"
But some sharp-eyed merfolk noticed the several colorful scales on Uta's cheeks, the sharp, cold-glinting claws on her fingers, the small wing-fins peeking out from her red and white hair, and the wing-like colorful fins on her lower back.
"Why does that child look a little different from us?"
"Wait, this child probably isn't a resident of Fish-Man Island. If there was a mermaid here as beautiful as Princess Shirahoshi, it's impossible that she would be unknown!"
On Louis's shoulder, Uta heard the praise from the merfolk, and the gloom from being ignored by the Sea Kings was swept away. A bright, charming smile appeared on her pretty face. "Hey, Louis, did you hear that? They're talking about me!"
To this, Louis replied casually, "It's fine. They're just stating the facts."
Uta heard this, and the smile on her face grew even wider. She propped herself up on Louis's shoulders with her hands, and her pink fishtail began to wag rhythmically.
Just then, a fish-man, looking at the familiar faces of Louis and the giants, seemed to recall something, and his heart skipped a beat. He fumbled through the backpack he was carrying, took out a few crumpled bounty posters, and compared them with the people in front of him. The next second, his face turned pale, and his legs began to tremble.
"It's... it's them."
Just as he was about to shout and tell the spectating merfolk and fish-men to flee, a large, blue, webbed hand pressed down on his shoulder. A tall whale shark fish-man shook his head at him, signaling him not to make a sound and cause a commotion.
At almost the same time, the crowd in front parted. A group of soldiers quickly walked over, separating the crowd from Louis and his group. Then, the king of the Ryugu Kingdom, Neptune, walked over from the end of the street and came directly before them.
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