112 The Underwater City (2/2)

”Thank you, your majesty.” Ye Qin and Wang Tao replied.

”We will end today's conference here.” the queen spoke.

”Yes, your majesty.” the ministers bowed as they left the room.

Now, in the room are the royal family of three, and the two boys who had wandered into their kingdom.

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”You may stay in these rooms. Come to my daughter for anything, if she cannot solve it come directly to me.” the king said as he left with his wife.

”We will see you later, your majesty.” Ye Qin said.

”Okay.” the princess replied. She then swam away, while the two brothers went into their own rooms.

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After a while, they left their rooms for a meal. Ye Qin and Wang Tao shared a meal with the royal family. The king asked many questions about the outside world, which the two took turns to answer the questions he had.

They also learned about many things surrounding the kingdom in exchange. They learned that there are a couple more kingdoms of seafolk, each ruled by a ruler. Monsters also appeared which were all sea monsters of course.

A couple of generations of kings ago, humans had wandered into their kingdom and shared their knowledge. The two races became friends through the said kingdom and exchanged many things. Apparently, the other three kingdoms didn't agree to be friendly with humans and even tried to chase them out.

They also learned of the ongoing war between the kingdom against the other three kingdoms. The two sides were even, even though it was three against one. That showed the disparity in power between the four kingdoms of the seafolk.

Ye Qin and Wang Tao didn't have much time left, they felt sorry for the king, but they couldn't help until the next time they venture into the kingdom.

The king gave them a map that showed locations that are infested with monsters. The areas marked were most likely holding some treasure, the seafolk were not strong enough to fight the monsters, hence they never tried to invade the marked areas.

Once the king learned that monsters appeared in the human world, he wasn't too shocked since monsters showed up in the sea at around the same time. He was surprised though when he learned that humans could control monsters to fight against other monsters.

With that knowledge, he knew it was better for the two boys to have the map rather than leaving it to soak up dust. After the meal, the princess requested to see their monsters.

Ye Qin and Wang Tao looked at each other before nodding. Finding a large space to summon their monsters. Ye Qin and Wang Tao were surrounded by multiple colored circles.

Roar! Roar!

Roar!

Ye Qin's seven dragons came out at once. All the seafolk with scales felt an oppressive pressure. They all felt chilly in their backs, the royal family, in particular, felt the most since they were close to the dragons.

Outside the palace, many seafolk could see the seven huge dragons and pointed at them.

”Mommy! Mommy, look dragons!” a little girl pointed.

Back in the palace, the Blackgold Python Tiger and the Tiger God's daughter appeared as well. They didn't give off an oppressive pressure as the dragons did. Since the seafolk were fish, the aura from the dragons affected them greatly.

Of course, it made sense, since the seafolk had scales just like the dragons do, who are also of much greater bloodlines.