Chapter 275

"I have great confidence in his innate talent, so I wish to petition several my lords to permit this prodigy to join our Rosed Kingdom."

"To this end, I am willing to increase my annual tribute by double!"

"I only ask that my lord grant permission for the four-year-old prodigy named Lu En to join our Rosed Kingdom."

King Rosed IV hurriedly voiced his request to the phone worm.

The moment he finished speaking,

silence fell on the other end of the phone worm.

It seemed to be weighing the matter...

Or perhaps,

it was stunned by King Rosed IV's words.

"I cannot decide this matter."

The phone worm replied.

Upon hearing this,

King Rosed IV gritted his teeth and named his final offer: "I am willing to increase my annual tribute by triple! I only ask that my lord agree to let Lu En join our Rosed Kingdom."

This was already the absolute limit King Rosed IV could bear.

An additional triple of resources...

That meant an annual tribute of four times the original amount!

Even the immensely wealthy King Rosed IV felt as if he were cutting out his own flesh.

"Triple the additional resources?"

"For a mere four-year-old prodigy, you've truly gone to great lengths."

The phone worm's voice was filled with astonishment.

"My lord, do you agree?"

King Rosed IV asked timidly.

"No, I still cannot approve this."

At that moment,

King Rosed IV panicked.

He had already offered four times the resources...

Was that not enough?

Was the World Government truly this greedy?

"May I ask why?"

"This is the utmost price I can pay."

King Rosed IV asked through clenched teeth.

"I may as well tell you."

"Because..."

"Even I cannot interfere in this matter!"

"Do you understand what I mean?"

The phone worm's words caused King Rosed IV's pupils to shrink and his face to turn pale.

These few brief sentences...

revealed to him a terrifying secret of staggering magnitude!

The matter concerning the prodigy Lu En was so grave that even the highest-ranking figures dared not interfere?!

What did this mean?!

It was almost unbelievable!

Unimaginable!

King Rosed IV was utterly horrified, his spirit shaken to its core.

He knew well.

The identity and status of the person on the other end of the phone worm—how terrifying they were across this sea.

Yet,

even that person could not decide whether Lu En should join their Rosed Kingdom?

What did that imply?!

The more he thought, the more stunned King Rosed IV became.

He was dumbfounded.

He had merely sought assistance from the World Government for an enhancement.

He had never imagined.

That it would uncover such a colossal secret!

This secret overturned all understanding!

A monster barely four years old...

Just who was he?

How could he be so powerful that even the highest-ranking figures dared not lightly interfere in matters concerning him?!

Are you serious?!

That was the Five Elders!

The leaders of the World Government!

Gulp!

Rosed IV couldn't help swallowing hard, his face turning pale, his eyes wide and bulging, filled with deep horror.

His immensely shaken heart remained unable to calm.

After a long while,

he could no longer hold back and asked, "What does my lord mean?"

At this moment,

the answer from the Den Den Mushi was even more concise than before.

"It's simple…"

"That brat, even we dare not provoke lightly!"

"If we interfere with that brat unless absolutely forced, it might trigger something terribly frightening! Even a massive earthquake within the entire Navy!"

"And by then, things would become far more troublesome."

"Now, can you understand?"

These words,

came from the World Government's top leaders, the Five Elders!

Precisely because of this,

Rosed IV was left utterly frozen, his mind blank, the voice from the Den Den Mushi still ringing in his ears, buzzing.

He was stunned.

"My… God!"

"Even the Five Elders dare not provoke him lightly?!"

"Is this real?"

"Are they insane?!"

"A mere four-year-old brat, and even the Five Elders dare not touch him?"

"What kind of terrifying background does he have?!"

"Those are the Five Elders!"

Rosed IV's heart trembled violently.

In his mind,

the Five Elders were supreme beings.

The rulers of this sea!

that one day,