By the time dawn broke, a salty, damp wind was blowing in from the East Sea. Kraken's figure materialized on the shore. "Leave the Spirit Hall Empire by way of the East Sea, skirt the Star Luo Empire, and head straight for the Sun-Moon Empire... It's a bit of a detour, but it's faster, and I can avoid the Star Luo Empire's spies."
Kraken swam effortlessly through the water at astonishing speed. Like a streak of blue lightning, he cut a straight path through the deep blue sea. His destination was the Sun-Moon Empire, but first, he had something else to do.
Clean house, for one.
At the thought, a knowing smile curved Kraken's lips.
He accelerated sharply through the depths, shooting toward the heart of the East Sea like a blue arrow loosed from a bow.
The first stronghold, the second, the third... Less than half an hour passed between each destruction. Kraken swept south along the East Sea coast like a tireless harvesting machine, bringing down the Sea God's banners wherever he went.
In just half a day, he uprooted more than a dozen outposts devoted to the Sea God across the East Sea. Word spread through the waters like a plague, and panic took hold among the Sea God's followers.
A pack of more than a hundred Sea Star Wolves surfaced from the depths of the East Sea. Their leader, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Star Wolf, declared, "We must reach Sea God Island at once and report this to the High Priest!"
More than a hundred wolves threw back their heads and howled. Their mournful cries echoed across the sea before they turned and swam at full speed toward Sea God Island.
The next day, at noon, on the East Sea.
A vast pack of more than a