Huge waves rolled up on the sea surface and turned into a white line in the distance, sweeping over violently, washing up the wreckage of ships and human bodies rolling in the water. This was a scene that no one had time to react to.
Boom!
The loud noise of waves crashing against several warships that were still on the sea surface was heard with desperate screams from people. The soldiers on board and the ships were pushed to the coast by the waves, crashing into the docks, reefs, and mountain walls. Broken masts and shattered wooden boards on the side of the ship were splashed everywhere, and the people thrown out were smashed hard against the sea cliffs and the nearby observation deck, rolling out a long trail of blood.
Boom boom... The loud sound of the seawater hitting the water continued, and the ships docked at the ferry bridge were overturned and sank. Sanders, who ran to the high point of the harbor with Siren on his shoulder, looked back and saw that Uka, who was escaping with him on the same boat, was swept into the waves. Then, only one shoe was carried back to the shore by the sea...
"May God bless you, Wuka. I will use your share well for you."
After saying that, he turned around and ran wildly towards the stands with the double-headed eagle flag above. As he pushed aside the stunned people, the splashing sea water fell on their faces. Regardless of whether they reacted or not, they screamed and rushed to the back madly. In the pushing and shoving, some people were pushed down and screamed, but no one stopped. Pairs of feet stepped on them, and the sound of their screams was drowned out by the chaotic sound tide in an instant.
"Run! There are monsters in the sea!"
"It was that Fa Guang thing that summoned it. I saw it!"
"If you see anything, run for your life!"
"Your Majesty is still here, Your Majesty has not run away..."
On the high platform, Phocas held down the hilt of his sword, staring straight at the sea giant waving his fists and smashing the warship. He moved his body tremblingly and squeezed out a voice through gritted teeth: "Let..."
As soon as the words came out, someone rushed to the stand and said, "Your Majesty, Sanders on the White Pearl has returned with the Siren."
"Get him out of here, take him and his damn siren with you, get out of here!!"
Phocas almost roared, walked back and forth along the stands, and suddenly called out to the messenger who was turning away, "Come back... bring him here, and the Siren too!"
Immediately, he asked the loud-mouthed guard to calm the fleeing people of Constantine, "Tell them that only by solving the source of the disaster, the chaos will soon pass!"
The guard nodded and saluted, then shouted out the emperor's words. At this moment, Sanders was escorted to the stage by soldiers carrying the siren, and the mermaid was also brought to the stands and presented to Phocas.
"You are such a beautiful sea elf."
The people of this land grew up listening to mythological stories told by their parents. When the emperor saw a living half-human, half-fish creature from the sea in front of him, he couldn't help but reach out and touch her skin. His fingertips gently stroked the fish's body, stroking the dense scales.
"… If there is no such thing as today, I will be reluctant to kill you, but you must die. If you don't, that giant will destroy the entire Constantine and ruin the throne I have obtained."
Most people thought that the giant came for the Siren, or was summoned by the Siren. As long as the other party died, the giant made of sea water would disappear, and he would become a heroic emperor who saved Byzantium and killed gods and monsters!
When Phocas withdrew his hand regretfully, he suddenly grabbed the mermaid's hair. As he was a military man, he was very strong. He lifted her up, facing the sea, and spoke in a loud and majestic voice.
"My people, look! This is the Siren, the source of the shipwreck and the murderer of the hero of the White Pearl today! As your emperor, I will cut off her head with my own hands and ask the gods to make the giant before our eyes disappear completely—"
The mermaid in his hand seemed to understand what he said. Tears flowed down her face and turned into pearls that fell down one by one. She shook her head vigorously and begged in a mournful voice.
Amid the chaotic noises all around, the people of Constantine who had been rushing to the heights gradually stopped and turned to look at the emperor on the stands, as well as the siren who was struggling in pain in the emperor's hands and swinging its tail, with an inhuman scream on her painful face.
"Clang!"
The cross-hilt inlaid with gems was pulled out of the scabbard with a unique low hum of metal. Phocas drew out the sword and held it high above his head.
"For Byzantium, for the gods—"
The loud and clear words echoed and drifted away in the wind.
…
On the other side of the strait, Toad Taoist spit out his cigarette, jumped off the rock, looked at the harbor in the distance, and turned his head to look at his disciple beside him.
"Liangsheng, that barbarian emperor seems to be challenging you. Look, he's even raised his sword!"
The four scholars behind nodded in unison, echoing, "That's what the Immortal Toad said."
"This is clearly a sign of disrespect for our Imperial Master!" "Hey, is that the little mermaid he's holding in his hand? He's not going to chop off her head, is he?"
"How dare you, barbarian!" Zhao Tang clenched his fists, stood up and roared.
On the other side, Lu Liangsheng, who had been silent all the time, finally spoke a few words.
"Master, and the four of you, wait here for me."
After saying that, he turned around, flicked his sleeves, and jumped onto the old donkey's back. The bookshelf fell off by itself with a snap and landed on the ground. The distressed Toad Taoist hurried over to check if the small wardrobe was damaged.
"Don't you know how to be gentle?"
Looking back, the disciple and the old donkey were no longer on the edge of the cliff.
In the harbor below Constantine, the raging waves gradually subsided, and the fleeing figures slowly stopped when the emperor drew his sword.
Amid the inspiring roar of "For the Gods...", the raised sword flashed a cold light and slashed down. However, the next second, in everyone's sight, a bluish-white light flew down obliquely from the sky, and there was a metallic sound. When everyone's sight was restored, they saw that the emperor on the high platform had an empty hand, and the sword was nailed to the throne half an inch deep, with only the tail end still visible on it.
"Buzz~~"
Half of the sword body and the hilt were trembling with the remaining force. Phocas turned his gaze back, endured the burning pain in his hands, and slowly turned his head, only to see a monster he had never seen before standing in front of him.
The lion's mane, the deer's horns and the dragon's head are all glowing with electricity, which is indescribably awe-inspiring.
There was another Greek standing beside the elegant and agile body. Phocas's clenched fists were covered with sweat, and half of the words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter them.
The soldiers and guards on the stage below wanted to get closer, but the unicorn beast, which was glowing with lightning, tilted its head, opened its long snout to reveal its fangs, and growled, stirring up thunder and lightning. The guards who were approaching were frightened and fell backwards, screaming "Ah--" as they fell under the stage.
The screams stopped abruptly. Lu Liangsheng didn't even look at the falling figure. He simply glanced at the Byzantine Emperor over there and walked past him. As he walked, the ropes tied to the mermaid broke one by one. The freed mermaid screamed and threw herself into the scholar's arms, crying like a frightened and aggrieved child.
"It's okay. I brought you here, and I'll take you home."
Lu Liangsheng gently patted her smooth back, and when his warm palms touched a few deep whip marks, his gentle expression gradually darkened.
His tone was still gentle, and he whispered, "Who hit you?"
His telepathy carried Lu Liangsheng's words into the merman's heart, and the mermaid lying on the scholar's shoulder calmed down. Hearing this, a slightly choked voice followed her finger to the audience, and a man with a beard on his chin suddenly became excited. He kept gesturing with his webbed fingers, pointing to the part where his hand was stretched out, pouting as if he was telling Lu Liangsheng how the other party beat her.
“Chi! Chi! Ah, puff! Snap! Pah!”
Lu Liangsheng rubbed the head of the mermaid who was gesticulating excitedly, stood up and walked to the edge of the platform, looked at the man below who was staring at the unicorn beast and had not yet reacted, raised his wide sleeves, hooked his fingers, and a wisp of clear air floated out, wrapping up the man and lifting him off the ground.
The man, who just reacted at this moment, struggled with his hands and feet in mid-air, and asked for help from the soldiers below. However, when he rose to the same level as the stands, he found that there was another person next to the unicorn, and a Siren holding his thigh.
Seeing the intimacy between them, Sanders' Adam's apple rolled and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
"I… "
Lu Liangsheng just looked at him, his gaze lingering for just a brief moment, then he waved his hand and threw him far away into the sea. The huge figure on the sea turned around, swung his arms, and slammed his palm towards the flying figure.
Bang!
In the distant sky, a cloud of blood mist exploded, and several blurry pieces of flesh and internal organs flew back, slammed onto the stands, and landed in front of the emperor's feet.
Phocas, who was standing in place, had his lips trembling slightly, and then his body began to tremble as well.