After Arthur and Mera left the palace, both wore grave expressions. No one had expected Orm to be this insane—to actually join forces with King Nereus and directly attack Amazon, even ambushing the Amazon princess. This feud was well and truly set.
"What were those monsters that appeared along the coast?" Arthur asked.
"That's precisely where Orm's insidiousness lies." Mera frowned. "They're Atlantean citizens transformed into monsters. We call them the Trench Tribe. Not all of them are brutal and bloodthirsty, but they really are extremely ugly. Sometimes even we're frightened when we see them, let alone humans."
"How vicious," Arthur said. "They may not be able to launch a full-scale assault on Amazon's coastline, but if they surround it with the Trench Tribe, Amazon's tourism industry is finished. Shipping will definitely be affected too. They wouldn't attack human convoys, would they?"
As he spoke, he pulled out his phone and began checking the news. After one glance, he looked as though he was about to faint. "Of course. They attacked a cargo ship. No, we can't wait any longer. Come on, the two of us are going to find the Golden Trident."
The two quickly set out, swimming toward the location marked on the nautical chart. Elsewhere, in the Amazon queen's palace, a physician was dressing Diana's wounds. She caught her breath and said, "Whatever you do, don't fight them in the sea. My God of Fire Sword is completely useless underwater, and they evaded my lasso too. It was awful."
She picked up the phone beside her, intending to send Bruce Wayne a message saying she could not return at their agreed time. But the moment she opened it, a news alert popped up in her face.
"What?! Oh..."
She shot to her feet, only to pull at