Chapter 251: Making a deal
The queen and princess were visibly sweating after feeling how strong Kai was. Both of them were strong, but after feeling Kai’s mana, they felt weak and insignificant. Fear crept up their spines, and they didn’t know what to do next.
The princess was nervous. She didn’t know if Kai would be upset with her after saying that she wanted him, so she looked away, hoping he wouldn’t take his anger out on her.
The queen wasn’t any different. She only sat there, staring at Kai. There was no way she wa going to order him around after learning how powerful he was. She planned on sucking up to him and would make his stay in her city as comfortable as possible.
"Y-Yes, we can speak like civilized people." The Queen straightened herself, looking strong and unbothered even though she was scared out of her mind.
’This is lame. I don’t want them to be scared of me. I can already tell that they’re about to kiss my ass because of how strong I am. Let’s correct this a bit.’
Thankfully for Kai, after his stunt, their hypnosis colors went from red to pink. They were weaker than him, which was a plus, and after learning about his true power, they were scared of him, so this made it easier to hypnotize them.
"Alright. You’ll forget about how powerful I am, but you’ll see that I’m strong enough to withstand your magic power, and that impresses you a lot. You no longer plan on punishing us, but you do have to understand why and how we ended up here." It was simple, but to the point. Kai snapped his fingers, and everyone in the room was affected.
"Impressive, outsider. You were able to withstand the might of my power while also protecting your comrades. I applaud you." The queen smiled, licking her lips.
’Yes! Now this is what I’m talking about. I like it when women think they’re in charge! It makes them look hotter!’
Kai bowed. "Thank you, your majesty."
"But even though I’m impressed, this doesn’t explain how you got here, or why you’re here in the first place."
"Well, the reason why we’re here is because on the surface, there is a reward for people to find out whether the lost city is real or not. For years, people have been trying to find this place, but they have all failed. So, that’s the reason why we’re here. As for how we got here, I learned that the Leviathan can travel between the surfave world and someplace else. So, I hitched a ride with it, following the creature until we came here."
The queen and princess were shocked and also impressed.
"The Leviathan is one of the guardians among our people. It prevents outsiders from finding this place. We also have the Kraken that protects our people. Its tentacles protect our city as it slumbers." The princess showed an image of both the Leviathan and the Kraken using water magic.
’Wait! That giant sea serpent wasn’t a serpent but a fucking massive octopus? To be fair, I couldn’t see its entire body, but still. That’s fucking insane!’ Kai shuddered at the thought of the massive creature.
"Hmm. We do not know whether your intentions are good or not, but I will allow the seven of you to stay in our kingdom for the time being. You will each be given a room in the castle, but there is something your leader must do." The queen announced
"Me?" Kai pointed at himself.
"I cannot let you stay here without learning more about you, can I? So, during your stay, you’ll need to do two things for us."
He shrugged, not really worried about what he needed to do. "Sure. What are they?"
"The first is knowledge. I would like to know more about this outside world. Our ancestors were from that place, the surface, but for thousands of years, we have been living in the ocean, and our origins have been forgotten."
"Oh, that’s easy. I can do that."
The queen smiled and nodded. "The second thing I want you to do is participate in the Aquatic Games. Every ten years, a grand tournament is held where the strongest of warriors and sorcerers come together and test their power. The winner gets a prize. I want you to join as a person from the surface. It will make things more interesting for my people."
"I can do that as well. Is that all? Or do you need something else?" Kai winked
Both the Queen and Princess smirked, getting what he was saying. "We may need some help with some other areas. We’ll call you when that happens."
"Sounds great."
’Oh yeah, I’m gonna bang a giant hot milf and her daughter! Can’t wait to have fish sex! Yessir!’
"You all will be taken to your chambers and will await there until you are called for. Dinner will be served in a few hours, and until then, you may roam the castle with a guard. Dismissed." The queen dismissed everyone and left to do her own duties.
Kai started walking away to his chambers with everyone when he was called for.
"Kai, you will accompany me." The princess ordered.
"Don’t mind if I do." He turned around to follow the giant princess.
"Be careful." Cornelia waved him off.
"Girl, you should be saying that to the princess." Gwen chuckled.
"Ha, yup. We’re getting two more additions to our family now." Sasha laughed.
All of them were used to Kai’s womanizing ways and knew what was going to happen while he was away. While it sucked that they weren’t going to spend more time with him, the excitement of exploring a new place overshadowed that feeling.
Except for Kyana. She still hated being underwater. It was only bearable since she was with everyone.
"I wanna go to the library." Nadya was ready to absorb all the knowledge of this place.
"Count me in. I’ve studied ancient texts about the lost city before, and I want to know if they were true." Cornelia was currently living her dream, and she wanted to maximize her time here.
"I think I’ll just head to the room assigned to me," Kyana grumbled.
"I’ll follow you." Amaya held her hand.
Gwen and Sasha stuck together and just roamed around and looked at anything they thought was cool.