Chapter 4363: Justice League: Assembly (18)

With a *splat*, a pirate was beheaded. A strong man wearing armor stood on the sea surface. Suddenly, a spear shot from his hand, piercing through several other pirates one by one. A shipwreck floated up from under his feet. Driving this ship, he arrived at a nearby island.

Following him ashore were several tribes. And once away from the seawater, the man's face appeared even paler, and a pair of eagle-like eyes kept scanning the surroundings.

"Any movement in the south?" he asked.

"No major issues, the rule is still quite stable," a subordinate replied, "It won't be long before we can rule the entire Caribbean region. This can help us better gain the trust of the Seven Kings."

The leader nodded. But at this time, another subordinate said: "A few strange ships have come to the eastern sea area recently, they look like they belong to that big country."

The man immediately stopped walking, looked back, and then said: "Big country? You mean the United States?"

"Yes, it seems to be their police, police specifically for the ocean. They are patrolling the sea surface non-stop."

"Patrolling? What's on that sea?"

"In fact, there's nothing, and there's nothing on the seabed either. But their search range isn't small; it seems they are looking for something."

"Send people to find out what they are looking for," the man switched his weapon to the other hand and then said, "Those guys who call themselves Americans are the most cunning and treacherous; they had better not be trying to hinder me."

Walking into the tent on land, the man sat down. Soon, another subordinate came to report: "Your Highness, we caught a police officer, do you want to see him?"

"Let him in."

The police officer was soaked through, shivering, and looked very scared. The man sat there and asked in English with a bit of an accent: "What are you looking for?"

"I... I don't know..."

A spear flew past his ear. The police officer screamed, then said: "I really don't know. They just said there was some weapon in the sea and made us go fish for it! We're just doing it for the money, who knows what those old men are thinking!"

"Weapon? What kind of weapon?" The man first thought of those cannons of humans, but he also knew that most human things couldn't be used once they fell into the sea, and no one would specially go fish for them. Then what were they trying to fish for?

"I... I really don't know. Just heard it's something that can be used underwater... otherwise... I'll make a call back to ask..."

"You'd better not think about tipping them off," he said, "Although you definitely won't be walking out of here, I think you still have a wife and children, right?"

The police officer swallowed hard and said: "I'll help you ask, don't do anything to them."

The man nodded. The police officer dialed the phone tremblingly and said: "Um, we... we seem to have found something... but... you have to tell me what that thing looks like specifically before we can determine whether to salvage it... Trident? Like the kind in mythology?"

The man stood up with a *ceng* sound. His subordinate next to him immediately walked up, saluted, and said: "Your Highness Orm, what they are talking about should be the Golden Trident."

Orm walked out quickly, came to the seashore, gazed at the sea, and said: "Of course I know, that legend is true, there really is a Golden Trident."

"But why do humans want to find this thing?" the subordinate said with some confusion, "They don't want to rule the ocean, and even if they found it, they couldn't use it."

Orm took a deep breath and said: "They can't use it, but someone can. Where has my dear fiancée gone?"

"Sorry, Your Highness, we didn't find her either," the subordinate said somewhat helplessly, "Preliminary inference is that she might have gone ashore."

"These women are never honest; only absolute force and power can make them submit." Orm sniffed slightly, a fierce look appeared on his face, and then he said, "The Tsunami Plan is suspended; I need to figure out why humans are looking for the Golden Trident and whether they can actually find it."

The subordinate took the order and immediately went to investigate. And clearly, A. R. G. U. S., which had been controlled by agents, was leaking like a sieve; the result of the intersection of various forces was that the conversation between Schiller and his subordinates was transmitted to Orm here word for word.

"Illegitimate son..." Orm raised his eyes with a fierce look, but soon returned to a blank expression and said, "Mera doesn't approve of my plan; she must have run to find that illegitimate son, wanting to use him to stop me, but she's too naive."

"And humans, they want to help that illegitimate son defeat me by finding the Golden Trident. I won't let them succeed."

"Should we look for it too? Your Highness?"

"Look for it, we must be faster than them!"

"Yes!"

Maine on the U. S. East Coast is the northeasternmost state in the United States, almost embedded in Canadian territory. Even so, it possesses a long coastline. And Amnesty Bay is just an inconspicuous seaside town on this coastline.

Tom, the lighthouse keeper, was as authentic a local of Amnesty Bay as they come, and like the other townspeople in this town, his life was somewhat boring but always stable. Until this day, he broke his tradition of not going to the bar during the day and walked into the only bar in the small town.

Just as he walked in, he heard the TV broadcasting: "Mysterious person saves hijacked submarine, is it a sea monster, or a hero who saves people..."

The next image was a familiar face. Tom saw his son appear in the news report, and at that moment, everyone in the bar cheered.

A tall figure walked over from the other side, sat down beside Tom, turned his head, and smiled at him: "I knew you would come here."

Tom smiled and patted his shoulder, saying: "You did the right thing, you saved many people, I'm proud of you, Arthur."

The tall man called Arthur took the drink from the bartender. The bartender knocked on the table and said: "It's on me, big hero."

Arthur smiled again. Just as he was about to say something, he turned his head and saw a tall and strong person standing behind him, looking very unfriendly.

Arthur was somewhat confused; he knew this person, he was the leader of the town's thugs. Although he had a bad temper and often got into arguments with people, he wasn't a bad person. Moreover, the lighthouse keeper was a very important role, and ordinary townspeople wouldn't easily offend him. After all, the light of the lighthouse was the hope that guided fishermen home, and everyone owed him a favor; sometimes his words were more useful than the mayor's.

Arthur squeezed his fists; if these people dared to be unreasonable, he would let them know how he defeated the pirates on the submarine.

But unexpectedly, that tall gang leader hugged him directly and took out his phone to take a photo with him. Arthur was somewhat helpless, but still smiled at the camera.

The gang leader reached out, the two shook hands, and the other party said: "Good job, Arthur. You and your father are both good people, may God bless you."

Arthur gave him a smile and sat back in his seat. Tom looked at him and said: "How does it feel to be famous?"

Arthur shook his head and said: "What kind of fame is this? The news report was only thirty seconds. If one day, the Golden Channel is full of my name, that would be truly famous."

Tom also smiled and said: "Don't pursue fame, follow your heart..."

"I know, keep being kind, be a good person." Arthur nodded.

After finishing their drinks, they drove home. Halfway there, Arthur suddenly saw something in front, he thought it was a deer, so he slowed down to go around it, but discovered it was a woman with strange red hair.

Arthur slowed the car to a stop, opened the door, and walked down, sized the other party up, and said: "Are you okay?"

The woman walked up and looked at him, suddenly reached out and touched his shoulder. Arthur immediately retreated in vigilance. The woman looked as if she were relieved and said: "It really is you."

"Who are you?"

"Mera, I am a Sea Person."

"Sea Person?"

"Yes, you are too. I came here to find you."

Arthur thought for a moment; he didn't refute the fact that he was a Sea Person, because of course he knew very well that ordinary humans couldn't move freely in the water, let alone have such powerful strength as he did. And regarding his mother, his father had always been vague; now it seemed he might be a hybrid of Sea Person and human.

"Alright, what do you want with me? If it's to plead for those pirates, I'm afraid we'll have to have a fight."

"Pirates? What pirates? I came to find you because of things in the sea," Mera looked at him and said, "The Sea Prince Orm wants to rule the world, he intends to launch a war."

Arthur turned and walked away.

"Hey, don't go!" Mera chased after him and said, "He will conquer the Seven Seas first, then annex the continent, the entire land world will be destroyed..."

"Play fewer video games, what do you think this is? Metal Slug?" Arthur said speechlessly, walked back to the car, and stepped on the gas. Mera reached out helplessly, and a curtain of water blocked the car.

Arthur immediately got angry, his father was still sitting in the car. So he jumped out of the car and rushed toward Mera. Mera wasn't used to land at all and was directly tackled by him.

Arthur choked her neck and said: "Don't bother me."

But at this time, his father rushed out of the car, hugged Arthur's waist, pushed him to the side, and said: "What are you doing! Don't treat a lady like that! This is too violent!"

Mera climbed up from the ground, wiped the water on her cheek, and said: "I'm not joking. That guy named Orm is a complete madman, it won't be long before he triggers a tsunami. He calls this a warning to humans, many people will die!"

Arthur was still unconvinced, but Tom seemed to have remembered something. He said: "Your princess... I mean..."

"She was exiled," Mera sighed and said, "She had a conflict with the old king, although she eventually married her fiancé and gave birth to Orm, she had already been exiled to the Trench, she's probably dead by now."

Tom took a deep breath, looking incredulous. He staggered and fell to one side. Arthur hurriedly supported him and then glared at Mera.

"I'm very sorry," Tom looked at Arthur and said, "Regarding your mother, I..."

"It's okay, Dad, if you don't want to mention it, don't. Everything is in the past," Arthur said, "I think life is pretty good right now, don't think too much."

"No... no..." Tom suddenly straightened his body, he looked at Arthur and said, "We have to find a way to stop them."

Arthur frowned and looked at his father, somewhat confused. Tom shook his head and said: "You don't know what happened back then, that group of freaks who rushed ashore... you guys follow me, I'll take you to a place."

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