"But if I don't show myself, our people will keep being slaughtered by those rotten fish and shrimp! If I don't show myself, that loathsome worm will think we're afraid of her! If I don't show myself, the dignity of the Merfolk Tribe's royal family will be swept away.
And once this has blown over, do you know what we'll face?"
The little princess clung tightly to her mother, for at that moment, she felt her elder sister was terribly frightening.
A trace of bewilderment appeared on the Merfolk Queen's face as well. "Wh-what?"
"Our royal family will be overthrown completely, and there will no longer be any place for us in these waters. So, Mother, even if you won't think of yourself, please think of my little sister."
After a long while, the Merfolk Queen's expression finally softened somewhat.
Setting aside the war, the world beneath the sea was truly magnificent.
Unlike those in the mortal realm, the underwater cities had no clearly defined walls marking their boundaries. Each had its own understood territory.
And the place where Su Jiu and the others now stood was clearly within the Merfolk Tribe's territory.
"It should be about time." Xia Jue's calm voice sounded from beside them.
Qi Song was just about to ask what it was time for when he saw an extraordinarily beautiful merfolk swim out of the Merfolk Tribe Palace.
She held a nine-foot-long scepter, with an exquisite gemstone set into its tip.
But everyone could sense that the gemstone was more than merely beautiful. It also contained an abundant concentration of spiritual qi.
"That's the King's Scepter, isn't it? So that woman is the ruler of the Merfolk Tribe?" Su Jiu turned toward her Junior Granduncle. She knew Chu Luohen had visited the Merfolk Tribe before.