A small banquet was being held in one of Roseburg's banquet halls. Among those in attendance were McLaren, National Pillar of the Dragon Kingdom; Zoleika, a Legendary Dragon; Shuyun, a Legendary Panda Monk; Rosef Vishidno Gallop, the lord of Roseburg; Oskaya Finless Porpoise, a High-Rank priest of the Finless Porpoise Clan; the lord of Breyak; Harald, a High-Rank walrus-folk; Zhuoya, a High-Rank harpy from Eagle Rock City; Tata, chief of the Scorch Wolf Tribe; Zhu Xi, chief of the Forest Cat Tribe; Shitade Woziyi, a Retainer of the otter folk; as well as Landen, Gleia Blue Dragon, Tierney Joyason, Katarina, and Honnier Gallop.
At the far end of the dining table, inside a giant aquarium that took up an entire wall, the white whale's divine retainer—whose birth Rosef and Landen had attended together—swam about happily.
As soon as the banquet began, Harald swayed as he raised a glass of Hundred-Flower Brew and said cheerfully, "Honored guests, the three of you, Duke Landen—please allow me to toast you all on behalf of Breyak! Without your support, I'd probably have returned to His Majesty the Sky God's Divine Kingdom by now!"
"Blue Ivory" Harald was deeply moved. At the beginning of the month, when the Merfolk launched a surprise attack on Breyak, the entire city had fought back. Even the white whale's divine retainer had joined the battle. Though they killed ten High-Rank Merfolk, the cost had been enormous. Without Rosef, Landen, and the others doing everything they could to treat the wounded, the Sea Beastmen of Breyak would have dwindled away.
Yet in just over half a month, several races had sent experts to Breyak's outer waters. Working together, they captured ten High-Rank Merfolk in a single night without suffering a single injury. Harald could even see a path to total