Chapter 627: Supreme Leader (1/2)

Gravis looked at the gathered beasts with interest. He wanted to know what had changed during his seclusion.

After the beasts surrounded them, they didn't immediately attack, surprisingly. One would think that the sea beasts would attack a land beast immediately as soon as they saw one inside their ranks.

”What is your purpose, intruder?” the leading level three Emperor, a swordfish, said. Obviously, since the enemy didn't know about the relationship between Morus and Gravis, he targeted his question towards Morus, the seemingly more powerful one of the two.

Morus didn't react and stayed silent.

”We didn't invade your territory on purpose,” Gravis said, surprising the gathered sea beast. Why was the King talking? Did the Emperor feel that they were not worthy enough for him to say something?

”We were deeply underground for over two centuries, trying to comprehend the Law of Gravity. Back then, there was no water here. We simply returned to the spot where we came from, which is here,” Gravis said.

Surprisingly, none of the present Emperors rebuked Gravis, even though he was a King. Usually, if a King opened their mouth with so many Emperors present, it would be like a kid trying to partake in a solemn discussion among adults.

One of the Emperors seemed to notice something as his eyes widened. Then, he informed the level three Emperor of something.

Gravis noticed that the level three Emperor had a change in expression as he also realized something. Then, he glanced at Morus and then back at Gravis.

”What's your name?” the Emperor asked Gravis neutrally.

”I'm Gravis,” Gravis said. ”This is Morus, my servant,” Gravis said as he gestured to Morus.

Immediately, the entire atmosphere changed. Instead of being nervous, all of the gathered beasts became shocked, except for the level three Emperor. His expression changed to a bright smile like he had found a goldmine.

”So, you are Gravis,” the Emperor said. ”Please ignore our earlier hostilities. After all, we have to protect our territories.”

Gravis was a bit surprised at how friendly the level three Emperor suddenly became. Weren't they still at war with the land beasts?

”It's no problem,” Gravis said with a dismissive wave. ”I guess that Orthar has given you some orders regarding me?” he asked.

The Emperors became shocked when Gravis spoke out Orthar's name. Was Gravis suicidal!?

If fish could sweat, the swordfish would probably sweat out of nervousness right now. ”As expected,” he said silently.

”Yes, the Supreme Leader has ordered us that we should find you and bring you to him. The Supreme Leader has also ordered that we have to treat you with respect,” the swordfish said.

Gravis nodded. ”Sure, bring me to him.”

The swordfish nodded with a smile and ordered the other beasts to scatter. After that, he gestured for Gravis to follow him.

Gravis and Morus followed the swordfish for a short while. The central base for the sea beasts was inside the Grand Lake, and Gravis had entered the ground from close to the Grand Lake. Because of that, the base was not far away at all.

Surprisingly, the base of the sea beasts was not in the middle of the Grand Lake but at its edges. Yet, Gravis quickly realized the reason behind the peculiar placement. The sea beasts were probably not big fans of the Striders constantly walking over their territory.

Gravis already felt Orthar before he even properly entered the humongous Abyss, which was the core of the entire sea beasts' faction. Yet, he didn't contact him until they stood right before him.

They quickly swam past several level three Emperors and two level four Emperors. After that, the three of them reached the bottom of the Abyss, where a gigantic octopus resided. Orthar took up the entire ground of the Abyss with a lot of his tentacles buried inside the ground.

The swordfish bowed before Orthar and left quickly without saying a word.

Gravis had to smirk when he saw Orthar.

”This reminds me of the time we met,” Gravis said. ”Back then, you were also half-buried in the ground. The only difference was that you had been hidden.”

”Half-true,” Orthar commented. ”Only a tenth of my body is visible as the rest stretches across the entire Grand Lake.”

Gravis smirked. ”So, you have noticed me even before your forces?” Gravis asked.