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In western Tianlin City, within the Shadow Moon Guard's secret stronghold, Seru spread a scroll of hide covered in a briny sea smell across the table.

She had taken over the Shadow Moon Guard for a week already.

The hide scroll was densely covered in Shark Tribe Secret Script, recording seven secret meetings between Chilin and the Shark Emperor of the South Sea. Beside it were annotations in demon script deciphered by the Shadow Moon Guard.

"Three months ago, Chilin began contacting the Shark Tribe of the South Sea."

Seru's fingertip traced the date markings on the hide scroll, her voice cold.

"The first meeting was on Chenzhu Island. Chilin visited the Shark King as an envoy and offered mining rights to three Sea Spirit Mine Veins along the Eastern Country's border."

Kirinmaru stared at the hide scroll, his brows tightly furrowed.

"Sea Spirit ore is useless to land demons, but it is a priceless treasure to the Shark Tribe. What did he trade it for?"

"The Shark Tribe of the South Sea's Deep Sea Array Diagram, and... the Shark Emperor's promise."

Seru turned to the latter half of the hide scroll, where a complex naval battle formation had been drawn, accompanied by densely packed tactical notes.

Remembering something, Seru took a Memory Shell from her sleeve.

This was a recording artifact unique to the Shark Tribe.

As Demonic Power flowed into it, a watery image appeared across the shell's surface.

Chilin sat opposite a Shark Tribe man with a human body and fish tail, wearing a Coral Crown, inside an underwater palace.

The man's face was enchanting, his eyes as blue as the deep sea. He was clearly a typical demon of the Shark Tribe of the South Sea.

"...Once our two countries take down the Western Country, the