Star Rank Hunter

ltr ”>The clan elder’s words were hurtful enough, but his condescending tone made it hurt twice as bad.
For a second, Big Rock and the rest of Lung’s subordinates contemplated if they could get away with slapping an elderly. 

 

That said, they understood that the clan elder wasn’t talking out of his ass, and that God’s Tear could not be as ordinary as it looked.
They just wished that the old man could be less offensive.

 

The clan elder gave no fucks about their dissatisfaction though.
He continued, “Now that he has successfully grown his second vocal cord, he should be able to communicate with the fellow in the marine trench and have him carry you back to the sea surface.”

 

“That fellow?” Lung asked in confusion.

 

Cillin immediately recalled the story Cyrea had told him earlier.
It was probably the sea beast whose snores were loud enough to shake the city.

 

“How do you feel now?” The clan elder asked Lung.

 

“I think I’m doing okay,” Lung replied while squeezing his throat again.

 

“In that case, feel free to test out your new vocal cords.
You must not go to the marine trench before you’ve mastered it though.”

 

“No problem!”

 

Lung was all for it.
Ever since he grew a new vocal cord, he felt like his affinity with the sea had grown by leaps and bounds.
He instinctively felt that he could understand the creatures of this sea a lot better than before.

 

Just in case, Lung traveled to the opposite end of the marine trench before he tested out his new toy.
As it turned out, his feelings weren’t imaginary after all.
Not only had he grown a second vocal cord, he really had become a lot more acclimatized with the ocean environment.
He felt like he was a true sea beast who could breath and swim in the deep sea as easily as it was on land.
In fact, he was certain he could swim all the way to the surface on his own.
But of course, he was hardly going to leave his friends and subordinates behind.

 

The initial tests went very smoothly.
Lung was able to compel a sea beast to swim up to him and show him its tongue.
He even made it roll around in circles like a pet trying to please its master.

 

On Cillin’s shoulder, Wheeze shot the playful sea beast a glance before snorting.
“Disgraceful!”

 

Cillin shot Wheeze a glance and said nothing.
Even if he did, it would never admit that it was just as “disgraceful” a creature as the sea beast, if not worse.

 

After testing his ability on multiple sea beasts and getting more or less the same results, Lung finally followed the clan elder to a spot in the marine trench.
It wasn’t far away from the spot Cillin had been at earlier, but here there was a stone platform on the ground.
All the Moors in the city had assembled in order to witness this historical moment with their own eyes.
When the day was over, they would finally be able to relinquish their responsibility and enjoy the sea to their heart’s content.

 

Lung’s subordinates stared at their young master with deep pride as the latter stood on the platform.
And how could they not? Lung had more than proven himself to be the worthy successor of the Andrea Family!

 

After studying the instructions jotted in the clan elder’s notebook and preparing himself, Lung began communicating with “that fellow” in the marine trench.

 

When he was done, everyone held their breaths and waited for whatever it was that was going to happen.

 

BOOOOOOOOOM!

 

There was a massive boom, and the world began to shake as if there was an earthquake.

 

The humans and almost-humans saw nothing out of the ordinary, but all of the Guardians were pressing themselves against the ground and shivering slightly.
Their eyes were full of fear, and they were making weird, bubbly noises from their mouths.
These creatures were usually unperturbed even when they encountered grave danger, but now they looked like all they wanted was to crawl into a hole and hide.

 

“Look!” A Moor pointed at the marine trench.

 

Bubbles of all sizes had begun to rise from the marine trench.
In fact, they covered nearly the entire marine trench.
It was as spectacular as it was terrifying.

 

It was at this moment Wheeze said something that absolutely ruined the mood beside Cillin’s ear.
“Hey, do you think that the sea beasts living in the marine trench just farted at the same time?”

 

Cillin gave its ears a pinch.
“Have some manners, will you?”

 

Wheeze flicked his fingers away, disgruntled.
If that wasn’t the case, then why did the bubbles appear to be brown in color?

 

Cillin stared at the rising bubbles for a moment.
It was true that they looked rather brown, but they definitely weren’t the farts of a sea beast.