Chapter 715

"Is that boy the great figure we've been waiting for?"

"Unbelievable!"

"A boy who looks no older than five or six has made two princes and a princess adopt such a solemn posture to welcome him!"

"They even used the highest ceremonial protocol of our Geya Kingdom to solemnly greet his arrival."

"So…."

"That mysterious big shot is actually a five-year-old boy!"

"This is astonishing!"

"What merit does a five-year-old boy possibly have to warrant such solemn greetings from three royal heirs? And worse—they bowed to that boy!"

"Heavens!"

A group of guards and servants were shaken to their core.

What they saw before them had utterly overturned their understanding.

In their minds,

the three royal heirs held incomparably exalted and noble status.

They were supreme and unrivaled.

Yet they had never dared to dream…

that one day,

three noble royal heirs would bow to a mere five-year-old boy!

And worse—they deliberately lowered themselves to treat him with utmost reverence.

At this moment,

everyone present was utterly dumbfounded.

Their understanding had been completely rewritten.

Meanwhile,

their worldview had shattered and collapsed.

They had long speculated:

Who was this mysterious figure worthy of such solemn greetings from the three royal heirs?

They had considered countless possibilities.

Yet they never once imagined…

that the one who merited such solemn greetings…

would be a boy!

A boy just five years old!

Now that the answer had been officially revealed, their inner shock intensified further.

For the first time,

they saw three nobly exalted royal heirs extend such extraordinary courtesy to a boy.

Gulp!

Everyone present involuntarily swallowed hard.

Their expressions were filled with shock; their gazes stared blankly at the five-year-old boy.

"That boy…"

"Just who is he?!"

"Your Highnesses, no need to be so courteous."

"I am but a humble naval officer—what merit do I have to warrant such grand gestures from three nobles?"

Facing the bows of the three princes and princess, Lu En couldn't help but chuckle and shake his head.

He could clearly see:

these three royal heirs were deliberately trying to flatter him.

This made him sigh inwardly:

in just one short year,

he had gone from an ordinary boy to a transcendent figure courted by nobles.

He knew well:

these nobles were flattering him solely because of his overwhelming strength.

Without such formidable power, he could never have drawn the favor of the three royal heirs of Geya Kingdom!

Remember:

these three held status second only to the monarch, above ten thousand others.

They were born with incomparably exalted and transcendent positions.

Yet today,

these nobles of such exalted status were flattering a five-year-old boy!

Think of it:

how bizarre this phenomenon was.

All of it was because of Lu En's immense strength.

"Mr. Lu En, on behalf of the Geya Kingdom, I invite you to visit the Wang Gong."

"Would Mr. Lu En be willing to accept?"

Bruce asked tentatively.

Even though he was a prince of the Goya Kingdom, standing before Lu En, he still appeared deeply uneasy and restrained.

He knew full well.

Before a supreme powerhouse of the sea like Lu En, his illustrious and exalted status as a prince was merely a joke.

The Goya Kingdom was but a speck of land!

Across this vast sea, it was nearly insignificant.

There were far too many kingdoms in this sea.

And the Goya Kingdom was merely one among them, and not even the strongest—just a tiny nation on a speck of land.

Therefore,

Even as a prince of the Goya Kingdom, he dared not act arrogantly or show the slightest disrespect toward the five-year-old boy, Lu En.

"After all..."

"The man before him was hailed as the strongest genius in naval history!"

"He was even the sea's most terrifying monster!"

"The name Quan Mo Lu En had already echoed throughout the Grand Line."

"In the Grand Line, no one did not know the terror of Quan Mo Lu En."

Bruce deeply understood all this.

Precisely because of this,

he showed Lu En such profound reverence.

"Invite me to the Wang Gong?"

Lu En pondered.

He was somewhat tempted by Bruce's proposal.

Windmill Village lay precisely within the territory ruled by the Goya Kingdom.

If he could cultivate some connection with the Wang Shiguizu, he might find an opportunity to have them specially watch over the remote Windmill Village.

In that case,

Lu En would no longer need to worry.

That Windmill Village might suffer attacks or raids from bandits.

Thus, Lu En would be freed from some lingering concerns.

Taking all the above into account.