A biting cold wind swept across the boundless Ice Sea. The churning deep-blue waters carried bone-piercing chill, chunks of ice rising and falling with the waves. The entire sea lay so silent that only the low murmur of waves crashing could be heard.
The Sea Princess floated lightly above the surface, her shimmering blue mermaid gown drifting gently with the undercurrents. Her tail gleamed with a clear, glasslike luster, while a soft yet noble aura of water-element Soul Power surrounded her.
She was powerful, but she was especially cautious now, because the strength of the one before her was no weaker than her own.
Beneath the sea, a colossal shadow blanketed a vast stretch of water. The Evil Orca King's burly body lay across the Ice Sea, its pitch-black, patterned form savage and terrifying. Its enormous whale eyes glowed with bloodthirsty dark red light, violent black Soul Power churning around it. The pressure of a top-tier ferocious beast swept through the surroundings, crushing even the nearby seawater into stillness and cold.
This standoff had already lasted a long time.
Neither side dared to act rashly. The Evil Orca King understood the Sea Princess's strength as well; in the Ice Sea, it was not certain it could defeat her.
The Sea Princess also cherished peace and did not wish to start a war unless absolutely necessary, so...
"Evil Orca King, some days ago, your kin attacked my Ice Sea and carried out a massacre. I captured them. What do you have to say for yourself?"
"An explanation? What explanation? Natural selection—survival of the fittest. This world has always revered the strong! My kin were merely eating. Don't the sea lions, walruses, and seals under your command eat small fish and shrimp?" The Evil Orca King did not believe its kin had