The Alpha King's Nemesis-Chapter 130: Make Them Disappear ()
Alan stared down at them, his gaze narrowed as the sea octopus came to a stop right above them, casting it’s massive shadow over them.
"The Sea Lords should not be here, this is forbidden grounds of the Northern Seas." Alan said in a cross tone.
"Stay back." Lord Melven said to Zariah as he swam forwards just as Alan lifted his spear and dove down, lunging for them,
The waters spun furiously around him, his legs merging into a tail as he lunged for them, a huge sea wave following in his wake.
Lord Melven drew his sword and with a flick of his tail, he shot through the water at blinding speed, the two warriors clashing in a wild torrent of waves.
Zariah blinked as Prince Treyton pulled her out of the way, the residual force from the clash between the two mers uprooting the rock behind which Zariah and the Sea Lords hid, leaving them exposed.
"This power puts my water wolves to shame." Zariah murmured, impressed at the display of sheer power and command over the sea that the merfolk could wield.
While the Crimson water wolves could command the water as the element it was, it seemed the merfolk were the sea themselves, one and the same entity, there was no distinction.
The earth trembled violently and groaning sounds were heard from the sea bed, Zariah was not certain if it was as a result of the battle or an effect from down in the canyon.
The Northern battle mers had also been alerted by the battle between Lord Melven and their commander Alan and now stared straight at Zariah and the Sea Lords.
Zariah glanced up at Lord Melven and Alan who both circled each other slowly, it seemed the first attack had just been a comparison of strengths.
Between the two, Zariah could see Lord Melven had the upper hand but that did not really matter since Alan was backed by about two hundred battle mers who stood, awaiting his command to attack.
From the tension between the two battle mers and the fact that the Northern battle mers had not attacked yet but just stood clutching the hilts of their swords,
Zariah perceived the battle mers of the Northern Seas were familiar with Lord Melven and reluctant to attack him.
Zariah quirked a brow as she leaned over to whisper to Prince Treyton who stood at her side.
"This Lord Melven seems to command respect, who is he?" Zariah asked curiously, she had long noticed the other Sea Lords looked up to him for direction.
Zariah had thought all the Sea Lords were of equal rank, excluding Lord Imain who was of royal blood and slightly higher ranked than the rest of the Sea Lords due to his bloodline.
"Lord Melven is my uncle, my father’s older brother." Prince Treyton explained.
Zariah turned to him in surprise, she had not realized King Himan even had siblings.
"Older? King Himan was not the eldest prince of the previous sea king?" Zariah asked in astonishment.
Rulership of the Sea Kingdom was usually passed down to the eldest child of the reigning king and it continued down the lineage in that order.
Although it was not always absolute that the eldest child would inherit the throne, Zariah had just assumed King Himan was the eldest prince.
"Lord Melven was not born to the Sea Queen, he and my father share different mothers. His Mother was the previous Lord of the Coral Seas." Prince Treyton explained.
"I don’t even want to know." Zariah decided with a shake of her head, the intricacies behind that mix up was better left unknown.
"Lord Melven is also Kristen’s father." Prince Treyton added.
"I would never have guessed." Zariah murmured, the Lord of the Coral Seas had not even acted like someone whose son had been poisoned.
"Alan, the blood of the Coral Seas runs in your veins, your father was my kin. I do not wish to battle you." Lord Melven reasoned.
"Lord Melven of the Coral Seas, my men and I hold you in high regard. This is the private affair of the Northern Seas, it is not for the Sea Lords to intervene. As long as you do not interfere, there will be no confrontation." Alan replied in a straight forward tone.
"Private affairs?! This is rebellion! You stand with a rebel, Lord Imain will ruin the Sea Kingdom and every last one of us along with!" Lord Melven snarled furiously.
"As long as the Sea King cooperates, the Sea Dome will remain intact. We have been the ones guarding the Sea Dome for centuries, we do not wish to free the darkness anymore than you do." Alan replied.
Zariah frowned, she was slowly beginning to believe the battle mers of the Northern Seas did not truly understand Lord Imain’s intentions.
The whole sea kingdom would be at risk if the darkness was unleashed, the darkness was a force of nature, it did not distinguish between friend nor foe.
"Do you not hear the sounds? The waters have never been this troubled for decades. Whatever is going on down there is beyond what you are making it seem." Lord Melven insisted.
"My battle mers will not stand aside, Lord Melven." Alan replied adamantly.
Zariah felt a tug in her inner consciousness and it was only then she recalled Nile was somewhere around here.
Zariah lowered her mind block immediately knowing Nile was trying to communicate his thoughts to her.
"Alpha...there are like two hundred battle mers some distance ahead of us and if you don’t do something soon, King Askel is going to kill them." Nile thought to Zariah.
Zariah hissed inaudibly as she realized King Askel, Nile and Kristen were over on the other side of the Northern battle mers.
"You can go into the canyon, give the trident to the Sea King, stop King Imain. I can take care of myself." Zariah thought to Nile.
"The Northern battle mers cast a barrier over the sea dome, we can’t get through without alerting them. Either ways, we will have to fight them." Nile thought back.
"We can’t kill them, at least not unless it’s absolutely necessary. They are blinded by Lord Imain’s deception." Zariah thought back to Nile.
"I think King Askel has a very different opinion. Kristen is having a hard time holding him from getting to you so unless you have a way to make them disappear, then I fear King Askel will not be merciful." Nile thought back.
"Disappear?" Zariah murmured to herself before her eyes widened slightly as an idea began forming in her head.
In the past lifetime, all these battle mers had become dark mers and since there was no redeeming them, the battle mers of the Northern Seas had all been massacred.
This time, the Northern battle mers were free from the possession of the darkness, whatever would have led to that state had not happened yet,
The Northern battle mers were just rebels, soldiers obeying the orders of their Lord, if Lord Imain was defeated, they naturally would surrender their arms.
This time, they could escape the fate of death but that was only if Zariah could get them away from here,
If they remained here, Zariah was not certain she could make it in time to stop Lord Imain and if she failed to stop him and the Sea Dome was opened, not just the Northern battle mers but everyone in the seven seas would fall to the darkness.
"I have to make them disappear." Zariah murmured.
Zariah glanced around, everyone was focused on Lord Melven and Alan which meant no one was paying attention to her.
Zariah thought over it, she could cast a flame seal surrounding the battle mers but her flames would be quickly dispersed by the sea waters,
It would only hold for a short time, long enough to open a portal and transport the battle mers out of the Northern barrier.
With the battle mers gone, they would be locked out of the Northern Seas along with the armies of the other seas,
The play field would be levelled, Lord Imain would be left without his army just like the other Sea Lords.
However a portal of that magnitude could only be cast by a mer of royal blood and he would have to work fast enough before Zariah’s seal was quenched.
The Tide Trident was on the other side, there was no way to get to it with Prince Treyton and there was also no way for Nile to bring it over to them across two hundred battle mers without being spotted.
But there was still one option, Kristen was of royal blood, he could wield the Trident from his end while Zariah could cast the seal from her end, if they worked in tandem... the two hundred battle mers would be gone before they even realized what was happening.
"Nile, I have a plan but I need Kristen’s help. You will have to take over restraining King Askel." Zariah thought to Nile.
