Chapter 4364: Justice League: Assembly (19)

Arthur was somewhat bewildered, and Mera was also confused. Mera was able to find this place, of course, because she had some understanding of what happened back then. But now it seemed that things were probably not that simple. This Tom, who had a love affair with the Atlantean princess back then, didn't seem to know nothing at all.

They got back in the car, and the car drove all the way into the small town, only getting more and more remote. As a local, Arthur knew Amnesty Bay too well. He hesitated for a moment and then said: "Dad, are you going to Black Street? That place isn't very safe."

Mera turned to look at him. Arthur didn't want to pay attention to her, but when he turned his head and saw her deep blue eyes like the ocean, he coughed lightly in embarrassment and then said: "This is one of the ports closest to Canada, there will be some drug dealers and smugglers. They all gather on Black Street, locals usually don't go there."

While speaking, the car stopped on a street near Black Street. The three of them got out of the car, and Tom led them into a small alley. Before they reached the end, Arthur saw a familiar figure; it was exactly the gang leader he had just met at the bar.

"Why did you guys come here?" The gang leader was clearly very surprised. He sized them up, focusing his gaze on Arthur, and then said, "Don't go inside, it's Black Street in there. You aren't trying to find trouble with them, are you?"

Before Arthur could say anything, Tom spoke first, saying: "I'm looking for little Lient, you know."

The gang leader paused and sighed, saying: "He's in there. You guys go ahead, don't stay too long."

Tom nodded at him and led the two deeper inside. Unexpectedly, there was a deeper part at the end of the alley. At the end of the alley, they moved a wooden board aside, crawled through the hole, and there was a semi-basement window. Tom knocked on it and said: "It's me, lighthouse keeper Tom."

"Tom?" A voice came from inside, "Weren't we supposed to meet on Friday? Why did you come today?"

Mentioning Friday, Arthur suddenly remembered that his dad, as a lighthouse keeper, usually wouldn't leave the lighthouse; that was their home. But every Friday, his dad would go out at night and never take him along. Arthur originally thought he was going to drink, but he didn't smell like alcohol after coming back. He had also asked a few times, but Tom never answered.

Soon, the window opened. Tom climbed through with some difficulty. Arthur was a bit big, and it took some effort to get in. Mera got in quite easily.

But as soon as he got in, Arthur was so scared he took a step back, bumping right into Mera. Mera was almost embedded in the wall, and just as she wanted to open her mouth, she saw a scene that shocked her somewhat.

Arthur was also stunned, because the middle-aged man sitting on the sofa in the room was missing the right half of his body.

To be precise, from his right collarbone to his waist, it had turned into a very terrifying scar, and his entire right arm was gone. This caused his head to only be able to tilt to the left, looking very frightening.

But at this moment, Mera seemed to have felt something. She walked up lightly, circled the man, and said: "Sea People magic... how did this happen?"

"Many years ago, back then you weren't born yet." Tom said while taking water and towels from the side, "I saved your mother from the sea. We fell in love with each other in the process of getting to know each other, formed a family, and gave birth to you. Unfortunately, good times didn't last."

"Your mom ran away from an arranged marriage, her father had been hunting her down. Not long after you were born, the Sea People's pursuers arrived. Although your mother defeated them, but... they destroyed two fishing boats in the process of coming ashore, killed over twenty fishermen, and almost destroyed the entire street..."

"My god." Arthur said incredulously.

"Little Lient was one of them. He was on a boat at the time and was directly hit by their weapon. But he was lucky enough to survive and drifted to the shore. Your mother saved him, using that... magical magic."

Tom walked over and wiped Lient's face. Arthur watched this scene. He understood that this kind of injury wouldn't just lead to limited upper limb movement; it looked like he probably had trouble walking too.

"No wonder," Mera said. Arthur looked at her, and Mera continued: "Actually, if it was just to protect you two, they only needed to escape to another place. The continent is so big, and the Sea People couldn't possibly send so many people to hunt you down. At worst, go to an inland country with few people, you could always survive."

"However, if they let them keep searching like this, I don't know how many innocent humans would be harmed. Although humans and Sea People have always had conflicts, we are all emotional lives, and it's absolutely impossible to sit by and watch the slaughter happen."

Arthur pressed his lips together. He couldn't say he had no complaints about his mother; after all, a single parent raising a child is always very hard. Besides keeping the lighthouse, Tom would also take on many manual jobs he could do at home, such as blacksmithing and helping people repair boats. In order to let neighbors look after him more, he would also take the initiative to help others. Fatigue and economic pressure made him look older than his peers.

He had also once thought about this problem: if his mother was forced to leave due to some realistic pressure, why couldn't she take them both? Even if she returned to the ocean, it had been so many years, she should have come back to take a look, right?

But now it seemed that things were not that simple. His mother didn't just return to the ocean to protect them both. In order not to let the Sea People frequently invade the land, she had no choice but to return.

Arthur looked at the figure sitting on the sofa again. That wound was very terrifying, almost beyond Arthur's cognition. He looked down at his own hand; he knew very well what powerful strength the Sea People had. This simply wasn't something humans could resist.

When he saved the submarine, those pirates were also heavily armed and had lethal firepower, but the bullets couldn't shake his skin at all. He defeated them easily.

Then, those Sea People who once hunted his mother could also trample the streets of the small town so unscrupulously. Just a casual throw of a spear could injure an ordinary person like this.

Arthur turned to look at Mera and said: "What did you say that... shit prince was going to do?"

"It's Orm," Mera said somewhat helplessly, "He wants to conquer the Seven Seas, become the new Sea King, then go to war with the continent, and eventually unify the world."

Before, if Mera had said someone wanted to rule the world, Arthur wouldn't have believed it. Humans fought two world wars, and he didn't see anyone rule the world. Even if a madman really wanted to do so, he wouldn't succeed.

But now he was a bit unsure. The power gap between the Sea People and humans was too great. If this so-called Orm really unified Atlantis, even if he couldn't succeed in the end, the destruction caused wouldn't be less than a world war.

Arthur looked back at his father, then looked up at the window they had just climbed down from, and said: "Let's go outside and talk."

The two came to the depths of the alley. Mera stood leaning against the wall with her arms crossed and said: "To tell you the truth, I am Orm's fiancée. Of course, we don't usually interact much, but he has been trying to get me to support his plan."

"What plan does he have?" Arthur asked, "Where does he intend to start fighting?"

"He has already landed in the Caribbean region and used the Sea People's forces to conquer several small countries. He intends to use that place as his base. And recently, he is planning to carry out a Tsunami Plan."

Arthur gasped, feeling a chill down his back. He said: "He's going to trigger a tsunami? Where?!!"

"No, he doesn't intend to use a tsunami to destroy cities. Not to mention that doing so requires a large amount of magic, which he can't do; he also doesn't want to fall out with humans so early. So, he just intends to push all the ocean trash and sunken ships to the shore."

"That's nothing," Arthur said, "It's thrown in by humans themselves anyway, it's served right to be sent back, isn't it?"

Mera sized Arthur up. Arthur shook his head and said: "Fishermen have no good feelings for those who pollute the ocean. When I was young, the fishing industry on the East Coast was pretty good, and everyone could make a living by fishing. Ever since a chemical plant was built in the city to the north, the fish catch here has been declining year after year. I heard that Canada is the same, those famous fishing grounds can't catch any fish either."

Mera sighed and said: "This is the conflict between Sea People and humans, it's been like this for many years. But even if you want to deal with this trash, you can't use such a brutal method. Rather than revenge, it's more like a threat."

"How big will the scale be?" Arthur asked with one hand on his hip and the other rubbing his chin.

"Both the East and West Coasts will be affected," Mera said, "America is their main target. And when they act, they won't care if there are people on the coast. Even if it's not a large-scale tsunami, many people will be drowned by giant waves."

Arthur's expression became serious. He said: "It really can't be allowed to go on like this. Besides intensifying the conflict, it has no benefit. Let me think..."

Arthur paced back and forth with his arms crossed. Suddenly, he said: "Do you think if I go find Orm..."

"No way, this guy is a complete madman," Mera said, "Besides, you two are half-brothers with the same mother but different fathers, both having the legitimacy to inherit the throne, you are competitors yourself. He won't listen to you, he'll only want to kill you."

"Then what if we go find him and have a fight? Can't we kill him in advance?"

"Do you think you can beat him?" Mera said with an incredulous look, "Not to mention you've never lived in the ocean and don't know any magic; you are a hybrid after all, your strength isn't as good as a pure-blood."

"This won't work, that won't work." Arthur appeared somewhat restless. He didn't like Mera saying he wasn't as good as his brother, but he had no way to refute it.

And at this time, Tom also climbed out. He said: "Let's go back first, the lighthouse still needs people."

The three of them drove back to the lighthouse. The road was calm and peaceful. When Mera got out of the car, she said worriedly: "The Tsunami Plan should be launched soon. You guys go to sleep, I'll keep watch."

Arthur waved his hand and said: "I can't sleep. Let's go into the sea and take a look, if there really is a tsunami, we can still stop it."

Then he turned to Tom and said: "Dad, you go rest, I'm going for a swim in the sea."

Tom naturally knew his ability and didn't say much, nodded, and went upstairs. Arthur and Mera walked along the beach into the sea.

"You said my mom was taken to the Trench?"

"Yes, that's the place where criminals are executed," Mera's tone was somewhat regretful, she said, "She's probably dead."

"I want... I want to see her, even if it's just a grave."

"Impossible. Sea People who are executed and die won't have graves, and won't even leave any traces behind. However, if you really want to commemorate her, you can set up a tombstone for her on land."

Arthur appeared somewhat silent. Mera turned her body and walked backward, then said: "Your mother left back then because she didn't want to implicate humans. If you can save the continent from Orm, she will definitely be proud of you."

Just as they were about to jump into the sea, Arthur's phone suddenly rang. After he answered it, he heard a voice from the other side:

"Hello, this is A. R. G. U. S. We are organizing a team of super-powered individuals to move the Capitol building back to its original place..." ===== CHAPTER 4365 =====