Koi (Third Watch)

Black Tooth beamed and said, "Your Excellency, Sea God Priest, Jinlin, our tribe's High Merfolk collaborator in Black Coral City, found me and said he was willing to continue working with you. I wonder, besides Tooth Pattern Grass, are there any other items you'd like to buy?"

"I'm no longer interested in ordinary magical materials. Aside from Tooth Pattern Grass, I'm only interested in collectibles," Suye said.

Black Tooth's eyes widened. "What a coincidence! He runs exactly that kind of shop. For the first three days after the Sea God Festival begins, all the prices will be reduced by ten percent, just like in most other shops."

"You mean a ten-percent discount?"

"Yes."

"Are there any items with even bigger discounts?" Suye asked casually.

Black Tooth grinned. "There are! Other people can't buy them, but we definitely can!"

"When is the Sea God Festival held?"

"It officially starts tomorrow and lasts three days."

"Then... continue buying Tooth Pattern Grass tomorrow morning. I'll take Red Scale and Black Tail to experience the Sea God Festival. We'll arrange a place to meet, then go find your collaborator together."

"His shop is in the Upper District. We'll meet at the Ancient Whale Archway at the entrance to the Upper District. We can't enter the Upper District, but I'll contact Jinlin and have him take us in," Black Tooth said.

"Good."

After Black Tooth left, Suye continued organizing the information about the Old God era and the Whale Kingdom, pondering and digging deeper.

The information he had obtained over the past few days was simply too astonishing. Combined with several of Euclid's earlier deductions—whether intentional or unconscious—they all pointed toward a possibility that sent chills through Suye.

What was the essence of the struggle between the Old Gods and the New Gods? Euclid believed