Chapter 836: An Unimaginable Secret
With Marina alive, the relationship between the Stoneheart Horde and the Tidefang Clan was not beyond saving.
Orion offered a respectful bow to Lady Seraphina, then turned his ancient giant-horned whale and departed the Silvercurrent Sea. As for Vorluk and Gulas, still on the deck of the Sea-Devouring Warship, Orion had no intention of releasing them yet. He still needed them to navigate the labyrinthine trenches of the deep sea.
As Orion’s fleet departed, Lady Seraphina’s gaze swept over Phorcys and Jaklas.
"I am reclaiming the scale used to summon the Guardian," she announced. "When the Tidefang Clan learns to stand as one, I will bestow it upon you again."
With those words, her will-projection vanished. The Tidefang Guardian retreated slowly into the shimmering, scale-shaped portal before it, too, disappeared. Jaklas and Phorcys were left behind, one just inside the defensive formation, the other outside, both looking utterly wretched.
In this battle, Jaklas had fled rather than fight. Though he had not further disgraced the title of Merman King, such an outcome was already the greatest humiliation. Phorcys, for his part, had suffered catastrophic losses. His trump cards were exhausted; if Lady Seraphina had not appeared, he would be dead.
"Alas... the blame for this battle is mine." A true king, in a critical moment, had to stand and accept responsibility, salvaging what he could.
Jaklas directed his transcendent power to wash the acidic slime from Phorcys’s body and personally helped him back into the Silvercurrent Sea.
"There are always greater powers in the world, Phorcys. Our Tidefang Clan is not the strongest race in the Titanion Realm. Let today be a lesson to us both." Jaklas sighed. Lady Seraphina reclaiming the summoning scale was a clear sign of her displeasure with him.
"Your Majesty..."