"Ah!"
Over the boundless sea, Orm howled like a mad dog. Gripping his trident, he burst from the water and charged straight at Jino, skimming across the surface.
Staring at the cold gleam of the blade stabbing toward his face, Jino merely raised two fingers before him.
"Bang!"
The sound of clashing blades exploded through the skies, and the ringing of metal echoed across heaven and earth.
"I!"
Orm's expression changed drastically, his pupils dilating.
He saw the trident in his hand trembling nonstop, whining and shaking like a terminally ill patient.
Then, under Orm's horrified gaze, the weapon in his hand cracked apart inch by inch, turning into fragments that scattered and splashed into the sea.
The weapon his mother had left him crumbled piece by piece, becoming nothing more than scrap.
"I—"
Before Orm could speak, a flash of light filled his vision. The Lord of Atlantis was sent flying like a torn leather ball, cutting through the air before crashing heavily into the sea.
"Boom!"
Water exploded across the surface as Jino's fist slammed brutally into Orm's abdomen, driving him from above the sea into the water.
As he fell hundreds of meters, Orm felt as though the surrounding seawater had been filled with lead.
He tried to wave his arms and halt his plunge, but that tremendous force kept pushing his body deeper beneath the surface.
"Cough, cough!"
He opened his mouth and spat out mangled bits of internal organs, blue blood spreading through the ocean.
Orm clutched his head, dizzy and disoriented.
His stomach felt as though it had been struck by a plasma cannon, burning with pain.
His pride, arrogance, and conceit were utterly shattered by that punch, reduced to crumbs fallen from a steamed bun.
"No! I am the King of Atlantis! The