Chapter 118: The Gift of the Super-Large Sea Kings
In the boundless, cold, and deep seabed, Avant Heim, enveloped by the Natural Water, hovered in the middle of a deep trench.
Louis looked up, sizing up the three sky-pillar-like giant shadows that were faintly visible under the light. Since these highly intelligent, super-large Sea Kings had already allowed them to enter Fish-Man Island and make contact with their king, Shirahoshi, yet had now reappeared to intercept them as they were about to leave... this abnormal behavior made Louis quite confused.
After some thought, Louis turned to Uta, who was also looking puzzled while wearing her crown, and asked her to inquire about the Sea Kings' intentions.
"Uta, ask them what they're doing. If it's nothing, tell them to get out of our way."
To this, Uta blinked her purple eyes and nodded. "Okay, but I'm not sure if they'll answer. They ignored me a few days ago."
"If they don't answer and don't make way, then we'll return them to the ecosystem," Louis said, making a bloodthirsty decision.
Uta heard this, transformed into her Siren form, and swam directly to the front of the water barrier. "What are you blocking us for?" she asked the several super-large Sea Kings.
"..."
As her words fell, the three sky-pillar-like giant shadows lowered their heads in succession. Pairs of huge eyes looked directly at Uta in her Siren form. Then, a deep, very slow voice echoed in Uta's ear.
"Almost every siren comes here."
"You are different from them."
Uta was taken aback. After relaying the message, she fell into thought. "Do they mean the previous users of the Siren Fruit?"
The next moment, Uta turned to Louis and asked with some uncertainty, "Did that elder from your tribe ever come to Fish-Man Island?"
Louis, who was pondering what the Sea Kings were trying to express, softly refuted, "No. She told me her story, and it did not include Fish-Man Island."
Then, Louis added, "Ask them who the 'others' they speak of are."
Soon, Uta did as Louis suggested and received an unexpected answer. "They said... they were all from the people above." Uta pointed a finger up toward the Red Line, her expression becoming strange.
"The Celestial Dragons above?" Louis was surprised. "In the past few hundred years, many Siren Fruit users from the Celestial Dragons have come to Fish-Man Island? Does that mean that before the Siren Fruit was stolen, it was always in the hands of the Celestial Dragons?" Beside Louis, Yelena had a thoughtful look on her face.
On the other side, the three Sea Kings stared intently at Uta. Their giant mouths moved slightly, speaking words that only they and Uta could hear.
Uta's expression gradually became a picture of bewilderment, and the look in her eyes as she looked at the Sea Kings also became strange. After a brief silence, Uta explained to Louis and the others in a peculiar tone, "Because the Siren can control sea beasts and understand the words of the Sea Kings, it seems the Celestial Dragons wanted to use the power of the Siren Fruit to persuade the super-large Sea Kings to serve the World Government. For this goal, the Celestial Dragons would come here or to the Calm Belt every so often to find the super-large Sea Kings and subject them to one-sided harassment. A short while ago, they mistook me for one of those harassers."
Louis heard this, and his expression also became strange. The Celestial Dragons had once wanted to rely on the Siren Fruit to communicate with the super-large Sea Kings, to master their power and become a low-budget version of the Ancient Weapon Poseidon. However, judging from their first meeting with Uta, the annoyed Sea Kings had gradually stopped paying attention to them.
It wasn't until decades ago that a person from the Lunarian race intercepted this fruit from a World Government ship. After she died, the fruit returned to Louis's hands before being discovered by the World Government, was eaten by Uta, and once again arrived at Fish-Man Island.
The others were taken aback, then all fell into thought. They felt that the Celestial Dragons' idea was indeed attractive. Many people on the sea knew that the super-large Sea Kings possessed intelligence, and the Siren Fruit gave humans the ability to communicate with them. The basic condition for communicating with them had been met; no wonder they would have such an idea. It was just a pity that their plan had failed at the last step. The super-large Sea Kings had not agreed to their request and had gradually begun to ignore the Sirens who came looking for them later.
"But what does that have to do with you stopping us?" Uta said bluntly, her hands on her hips. Uta was not interested in those Siren Fruit users from the Celestial Dragons. Right now, she just wanted these Sea Kings to get out of the way so she could head to the New World.
To Uta's words, the several super-large Sea Kings said nothing more. They just quietly watched her, until Uta became a little impatient. Only then did they open their giant mouths and speak words that an ordinary person could not hear.
???
Uta heard them and froze on the spot, her mouth slightly agape, her eyes wide. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.
This abnormal behavior made the others behind her frown slightly, a sense of confusion rising in their hearts.
It was a good while before she came back to her senses. She subconsciously touched the crown on her head and said uncertainly, "Are you serious?"
At this moment, the confusion on the faces of the others grew even stronger. They wanted to know why Uta had such an expression. After a long while, Uta's face gradually became complicated. She frowned and said, "Shirahoshi, she actually—"
"..."
Finally, after a moment of silence, Uta nodded firmly. "In that case, then thank you very much—"
The three super-large Sea Kings heard this, and all raised their heads, opened their cavernous mouths, and let out a silent roar, as if they were transmitting something throughout the sea.
After doing this, the three Sea Kings did not linger, turning to leave and once again swimming toward the giant sea trench near Fish-Man Island.
After a long while, under everyone's gaze, Uta swam back to Louis's side, took his hand, and led him toward the cloud cave.
Louis saw this and raised an eyebrow, letting her pull him away without asking too many questions here.
"What happened?"
"What did they say?"
To the others' questions, she only left one sentence. "Nothing happened. Just a gift."
Then, the two of them disappeared from sight, leaving the others to look at each other.
A few minutes later, inside Uta's room in the cloud cave, Uta told Louis everything in one breath, then picked up a glass of water and gulped it down.
And Louis, after learning the contents of Uta's conversation with the Sea Kings, also had a strange look on his face—
❃❃❃
⤑ Show your support with Power Stones!
⤑ Unlock a Bonus Chapter every time we hit 400 Power Stones!
❃❃❃
♕ Get early access to 30+ advanced chapters on Patreon!
🔗 https://www.pat-reon.co-m/c/Hollowborn
(Just remove the hyphen (-) to open the link!)
💬 Enjoying the story? Drop a review!
Your support really helps the series grow—thank you!