Pearl Clan Tribe,
The clan's fishmen were overjoyed to see Beilun return and hurriedly gathered around him.
The death of Ma Tai'ao, the clan's pillar and a legendary fishman, had already dealt them a devastating blow. If even their current leader, Beilun, had met with disaster, they dared not imagine what the future would hold.
Occupying the richest waters of the Pearl Sea, the Pearl Clan had long drawn the covetous eyes of other races. If that truly happened, they would be finished.
Because he had foreseen the predicament they might face, Beilun had almost given up competing for the position of leader of the Fishman Tribe Alliance.
He had previously taken men to the Church of the Ocean Goddess to seek assistance.
In exchange for withdrawing from the competition for leadership, he hoped to ensure that the other side would not target the Pearl Clan.
But now, it seemed that had merely been wishful thinking on his part.
They had dispatched quite a formidable force to hunt down him and his subordinates in order to eliminate him.
Had Beilun not fought desperately at the final moment, he might already have become their trophy.
It now seemed that they did not merely want the position of alliance leader. They had also coveted the Pearl Clan's territory for a long time.
There was no way they would simply let them go.
A Legendary Majesty stood behind the other side. With Ma Tai'ao gone, that figure was a mountain of despair weighing upon the Pearl Clan.
If he had not encountered Klaus, Beilun would have chosen to abandon all their territory the moment he returned to the clan and led his people away from the Pearl Sea.
If there was an opportunity in the future, they could return.
Otherwise, they could only