King Xebel: What? My Daughter Was Lured Away by a Blond Punk?

Mera told Atlanna about Orm's situation, but she didn't know much about Arthur.

"Orm's request for a marriage alliance with the Xebel Kingdom is an attempt to leverage Xebel Kingdom's power to attack the land," Ben explained.

Although he had never met Orm, he knew the ins and outs of the story from watching the movie.

He really was still bothered by that incident.

Atlanna's face showed sadness. Her only feeling towards the previous king of Atlantis was resentment, but Orm was still her child, and hatred should not be carried on him.

However, his past led to Orm's hatred of humanity.

She glanced back at the monster Karathen, hidden among the mountains, then turned back and gripped Mera's hands tightly, pleading, "Princess Mera, please stop him! We mustn't let him commit such a terrible crime!"

Mera her hand away, refusing, "Why don't you go yourself?"

"I am just a sinner; even if I leave here, I will have no voice."

"Me too." Mera hugged Ben and rolled her eyes.

She had no desire to have any further contact or entanglement with Orm. At first, she only regarded Ben as Aquaman who could unify the seven seas, thinking that she could rely on Ben's help to avoid becoming a political sacrifice.

But after everything that's happened, Mera has actually started to like Ben a lot.

He's incredibly handsome when he's not transformed, but terrifyingly powerful after transforming.

In all its forms and appearances, there will always be a moment she likes.

For example, Mera was very fond of the fiery aura of the Heatblast, which was as hot as a volcano, and the flames on their heads were as passionate as their rose-colored hair; the Sucker Punch were also her thing, the sense of security of being wrapped in huge tentacles, and the heartbeat that seemed to be ringing in her ears were the most perfect experiences for Mera.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and now even Ripjaws has a unique charm in Mera's eyes. Even if Ben were to turn into the smelly Toby on the spot, Mera could still accept it.

so...

Orm, please don't contact me anymore. I'm afraid Ben will misunderstand.

"You..."

Atlanna was speechless for a moment, clearly remembering that the girl in front of her, like herself, had run away from an arranged marriage.

However, the other woman was a little luckier than herself. She met a powerful man and didn't have to sacrifice herself like she did, having to submit to the Atlantis King and bear him a son in order to save her husband and son's lives.

On the other hand...

Was the crown of the King of Atlantis green? Why does everyone have to be so arrogant?

"I'm sorry, it was my oversight."

Atlanna released Mera, her face darkening slightly. "In that case, you'd better leave the Dark Sea quickly. Although the Trench is extinct, there's still a terrifying monster here, and it's still extremely dangerous."

"We've wiped out so many Trench, what monster could possibly harm us?"

Mera with her hands on her hips, chest puffed out triumphantly, with an expression that said, "Ben, we were so awesome!"

"It's Karathen."

Atlanna said of the legendary sea monster's name, "The Trench would be nothing more than fried snacks compared to it."

She shook her body, letting the heavy skeleton fall off to reveal a yellowed white body armor. Time hadn't left many marks on her face; Atlanna still retained her charm.

"Leave quickly, I have to leave too. No matter what, we can't let Orm continue down this wrong path, I have to stop him."

"You're going to stop Orm?" Mera looked at her as if she were crazy.

"Do you think he'll listen to you? If the elders in the council knew you were still alive, they'd order your execution immediately."

"I know, but I am a mother." Atlanna smiled. "It is my duty to stop my son from making further mistakes. Let's leave the Dark Sea together, and part ways once we pass through the whirlpool. I hope you two can live a happy life."

Her eyes gleamed with envy for Mera and Ben, and with a resolute determination.

"If you ever encounter an Atlantis who has been lost beyond the Seven Seas, please give him my greetings; he is my other son."

"You should ask him yourself, after I've resolved my problem."

Ben took a few steps forward, passing by Atlanna's figure, Mera quickly jogged after her, her bare feet stepping on the smooth stones of the riverbank, her steps unsteady yet full of curiosity about the things on land.

"Wait, you guys wouldn't...?"

"That's right!" Mera turned around and held up a finger to Atlanna, while Ben's figure walked further and further away until he stood among the mountains and stepped into the curtain of water that hung from the sky.

That was Karathen's lair, a massive waterfall leading to an underwater cave.

Similarly, Poseidon Trident is among them.

"Ben will become the king who unites the seven seas, the true Aquaman!"

"He'll get the trident, and then Orm will have to kneel down and obey his orders. The war will be even less likely to break out," Mera said.

You're all insane!

"Only a descendant of the Atlantis King can awaken the Poseidon Trident. Even a member of the royal family cannot gain his approval; he would be killed by Karathen!"

Atlanna became excited and ran towards the waterfall, plunging headfirst into it Ben.

Having been through similar experiences, she truly didn't want to see Mera and Ben, two young people who could have lived happily together, lose their lives in vain.

Hopefully, Karathen wasn't woken up.

Glug glug...

Only the sound of bubbles remained in the water.

Ben surveyed the enclosed body of water. The black currents were remarkably calm, making it seem somewhat undangerous for the resting place of the Atlantis King.

The water was several hundred meters deep, and at the far bottom were dilapidated ancient buildings. In the darkness, only one point of light was still flickering.

The golden trident stood there, held by a corpse clad in green armor, radiating golden ripples.

Even as a mummy-like corpse, one could still discern the greatness of the Atlantis King in life.

Ben lowered his body, came to the trident, reached out and gently tugged at it, but the trident did not budge.

Just then, Atlanna and Mera, worried about him, also caught up. Mera's eyes lit up when she saw the trident, but she was puzzled when she realized that Ben hadn't picked it up.

There's no reason for that. Ben is Aquaman, how could he not lift the trident?

"Does it really have to be a descendant of the Atlantis King?"

"I told you he couldn't possibly lift the trident." Atlanna looked around nervously. "Alright, let's get out of here before Karathen wakes up!"

"Wait, who said I can't lift it?!"

Ben raised an eyebrow immediately. A man can't say he can't, much less that he's impotent!

"I can lift the Hammer of Thor, how could I not lift your broken harpoon?!"

The arms, which were entangled like old tree roots, suddenly exerted force, their muscles swelled up, and they managed to lift the trident off the ground with great difficulty, pulling Atlantis King's arm down with it.

"How is this possible?!" Atlanna's eyes widened. "How did you do that?"

Ben ( with Chang Wei look): "I'm naturally strong."

He was born with superhuman strength.

The ability to lift this trident at this moment is not based on any bloodline recognition, but on genuine strength.

Atlanna looked like she'd seen a ghost, but Mera wasn't surprised at all; she had always had faith in Ben.

Ben weighed the weight in his hand.

"Not bad, at least it's better than that shoddy Poseidon's Trident from that guy San. It's got substance."

One hundred and eight pounds is easy to handle, but a useless artifact weighing 108,000 pounds is too heavy for anyone to lift. Ben doesn't want to complain about it.

Ben doesn't even need to transform; he can just hook his finger and lift it up.

Of course, Ben didn't forget to collect some of the Atlantis King's dead skin so he could fuse it with the king's genes later. Otherwise, the trident would just be a heavy, pretty harpoon, good for smashing people, but impossible to use for spellcasting.

If you can't cast spells, you're just a fire poker. If you really want to hit someone, it's much simpler to just transform into Gravattack and smash a planet with it.

"They actually managed to lift it up..."

Atlanna was still in shock when the underwater cave suddenly began to shake violently, as if an earthquake had struck, jolting her awake.

She turned around abruptly and saw eight terrifying tentacles slithering like Serpent in the darkness. The enormous size of the Karathen monster pressed down on her, making it hard for her to breathe.

"This is Karathen?" Mera subconsciously took a half step back, but her expression was more like that of someone who had seen a stray dog on the roadside and was worried about being bitten and having to get a vaccine.

"Karathen is the guardian of the trident. Now that you have the trident, it shouldn't be a match for you."

Atlanna guessed.

Upon hearing this, Ben pursed his lips.

He didn't actually gain Trident's approval; who knows if they even acknowledged it.

But it doesn't matter, at worst it'll just be a fight.

He's not afraid at all.

Picking up his trident, Ben raised his head and shielded Atlanna and Mera behind him, directly confronting Karathen. At this moment, even Mera tensed up, staring intently at the enormous monster.

Ben was also ready to fight.

However, the next moment, the Karathen in front of it suddenly lowered its eight arms and crawled on the ground like a dog, frolicking happily.

The sharp sound waves echoed, like children laughing.

"It's done!"

Atlanna was overjoyed.

"It submits to you; you are the true Aquaman!"

She looked at Ben with admiration, then knelt down respectfully like a subject, unaware that Ben's expression was a little strange at that moment.

"What's wrong? Karathen has already submitted, is there anything wrong with that?" Mera asked.

"Submit? She didn't submit."

Ben stared at the terrifying monster with a dark expression, while Karathen was already twisting his body and dancing a strange and ugly dance...

"She?"

Mera noticed the Blindspot, and her expression towards Karathen became strange.

"Don't tell me she wasn't begging for mercy, but rather asking for love?!"

Ben also learned that although Karathen was a sea monster, he was actually smarter than all the Trench combined. Although he was a monster in size, he might be classified as an intelligent being by Little Broken Watch.

But that's not the point.

The key point is that this guy is actually female, and he took a liking to Ben, who had turned into Sucker Punch, at first glance.

This simply demonstrates the power of optimal genes.

Whenever Ben transforms, they are invariably the most outstanding being of their race.

While aesthetic preferences may vary from person to person, someone with the best genes is unlikely to be unattractive.

"What kind of monster is this, trying to steal my husband?!"

Mera panicked and jumped up to kick Karathen's sole.

Ben also expressed his inability to enjoy it, and gestured to Mera to control the water flow to create a vacuum area. Then he deactivated his transformation and began collecting the genes of the Atlantis King.

Karathen's courtship dance abruptly stopped. She couldn't understand how the "handsome guy" had suddenly turned into an "ugly monster," but considering that he had raised his trident earlier, she didn't launch an attack.

The genes of the Atlantis King are probably a mutation of the Atlantis race, much like Broly among the Saiyan.

He had previously extracted genes from a random Atlantis, but even after optimization, the gene wasn't very powerful; at least, the Atlantean possessed many special abilities that he didn't have.

The gene optimization function of Little Broken Watch does not include mutant strains, but they can be fused and enhanced after being included separately.

The gene fusion was completed quickly.

Ben transforms again.

"Ripjaws!"

There seemed to be a golden glint beneath the gray fish scales.

This time, Ben lifted the trident with ease.

However, the previously very dull Trident now showed an unusual excitement and confusion.

This doesn't feel right.

Why does this feel so much like Atlantis King?

Wasn't Old Deng dead?

Trident was stunned, Karathen was stunned, and Atlanna was stunned.

Squidward's radical transformation into the Salty Fish King?

Am I awake?

"Alright, we have the trident now, let's go back."

Beyond the Dark Sea.

Thousands of patrol ships loitered in the distance.

Orm, clad in armor and riding a rugged azure Azure Dragon, led his army to surround the entire Dark Sea.

King Xebel rode a seahorse, his expression solemn and worried.

"King Orm, is everything you're saying true? My daughter really was kidnapped by thugs from the Fishermen Kingdom and thrown into the Dark Sea?"

"I've already shown you the video recordings, haven't I?"

Orm gave a cold snort, as if expressing his dissatisfaction, but his tone quickly softened. He avoided mentioning that it was his pursuit that led the other party into the Dark Sea, instead giving them a way out and pointing the finger at the Fishermen Kingdom.

"Of course, I believe Princess Mera was kidnapped; otherwise, she would have no reason to leave with the Fishermen Race. As for the prisoner's appearance, I already know; Atlantis has his entry information, and he is indeed from the Fishermen Kingdom!"

He retrieved the identity information that the Fishermen Kingdom King had given to Ben.

King Xebel looked at Ripjaws Teeth's gourd-like face; the light-emitting device on the other's head was as conspicuous as a blond guy riding a will-o'-the-wisp.

He had seen the footage; how could he not see that Mera wasn't being held hostage at all, but was in cahoots with the other side?

That despicable blond guy, he doesn't even have a motorcycle, yet he kidnapped his own daughter?!

This is absolutely intolerable!