"Waaah!"
Zyra, shut inside the box, let out an unwilling protest. In the end, she still could not resist Liszt's discipline and obediently lay down, burying her head to sleep.
Only then did Liszt find the time to mount Loki the Landwalker and head toward the castle by the sea.
A Ke was not in the castle, nor was Rose the Seven-Colored Whale. Only Pike the Giant Kelp Great Elf, along with three Giant Kelp Little Elves and eight Giant Kelp Elf Bugs, swam freely about in the pool.
The moment he saw Liszt arrive, Pike immediately split his mouth full of sharp teeth in a hearty laugh. "Wow, Liszt, you're back! A Ke said you were fighting a war. Did you win? Pike has never lost a battle in the sea. Want me to teach you?"
"Thanks, Pike." Liszt reached out and shook Pike's hand. "But when I fight on land, I haven't lost so far either."
"Hahaha, as expected of Liszt, who is as handsome as Pike. We're both masters of war."
"That's right."
After casually humoring Pike's ramblings for a few lines, Liszt asked, "Where's A Ke?"
"She and that stupid, ugly big colorful fish went out to look for bugs. What a bore. What's so good about those little bugs? Pike hates little bugs most of all. If any little bugs dare come into Pike's territory, Pike will tear them in two!"
"Don't say that, Pike. You evolved from an Elf Bug too!"
"Hahaha, but Pike evolved successfully and has already risen above such lowly tastes. They're still little bugs, stupid-looking and ugly."
It made so much sense that Liszt did not know how to refute him for a moment.
He had no idea how this Giant Kelp Great Elf had grown up to possess such