SWNOVELXO Chapter 780, God of the Ocean
The hall instantly fell silent.
The hatred between nations and families was irreconcilable, but in the present scenario, no one had anything more to say.
The Sea King's forehead began to sweat profusely, his heart filled with reluctance, but at this moment, he had no alternatives.
"We need to discuss this," the Sea King said loudly. "The Sea Tribe is also an important member of the Trade Alliance, so we need the Alliance to officiate and grant us autonomy..."
Fang Hao listened with a frown.
What nonsense about the Trade Alliance, officiation, autonomy.
He had never heard of such things. When two forces were at war, why involve a merchant platform to officiate anything?
He waved his hand again and said, "Chop!"
Demitrija, who was sitting to the side, stood up and drew the sword from his waist.
An orange-ranked nine, certainly not something ordinary soldiers could handle.
"I am an orange hero, the leader of the Sea Tribe; you cannot kill me," the Sea King shouted loudly.
The longsword unsheathed, its snow-white blade reflecting a bone-chilling cold light.
Seeing that his words were ineffective, the Sea King quickly changed his tune, "I surrender, I choose to submit."
The sword's edge broke through the scales on his neck and abruptly stopped.
Blood flowed down his neck, dyeing his brocade robe a crimson red.
The Sea King widened his eyes, seeing Demitrija sheathe his sword and realizing his head had not fallen, he deflated like a balloon, collapsing into a C-shape on the ground.
If he had been any slower with his words, he would've been decapitated.
Fang Hao looked at him, had him taken aside, and continued, "Your King has submitted. What else have you to say? Now choose for yourselves. Those willing to surrender, speak up; you are aware of the consequences if you don't."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately said, "I submit, I'm willing to submit."
"I also submit to you, my lord. I hope you won't make it difficult for us."
"I submit too..."
With the King already capitulating, no one else showed any backbone.
One after another, the ministers expressed their submission.
Fang Hao nodded and said, "Alright then, except for the Sea King, take the rest away."
The Sea Tribe officials were taken away, and the bodies of those beheaded were dragged out.
"Can you continue to lead them well?" Fang Hao looked at the Sea King again.
The Sea King was startled, then immediately said, "Yes, I can."
"If I let you continue as the leader, what would be your first step?" Fang Hao continued to ask.
"Placate the people?"
"You need to control the other islands as soon as possible. Can you do that?"
"Yes, most of the Island Masters on the other islands were appointed directly by me, and they are very loyal to me."
"Good. Also, keep this secret. I have many enemies, and if news of the Sea Tribe's conquest gets out, you won't be so lucky next time."
"My lord, you are?"
"Fang Hao!"
The Sea King's eyes widened instantly, but he quickly calmed down, "I understand."
Fang Hao said no more, took out a 'Law Mark' from his storage space, and stepped down from the dais.
The Sea King saw him holding something, walking over, and he immediately panicked.
"What are you doing? I've already submitted; you can't do this! I'll agree to anything you say, don't mess around."
Fang Hao ignored him, grabbed the back of his collar, and after a slap on it,
He stamped the Law Mark onto his neck.
A faint light flowed through the Sea King's body, then disappeared.
[Sea Churner Sainsbury has joined the territory through a 'Law Mark'.]
[This unit is bound by the Mark and adheres to the basic rules of the Gold Laws, unable to harbor 'negative' core thoughts towards this power and its leader.]
[The 'Law Mark' effect can be lifted through the 'Law Mark'.]
The prompt appeared, verifying that the Mark's effect was activated.
Fang Hao continued to check his loyalty.
[Sea Churner Sainsbury's current Loyalty to you: 22.]
Just 22; seems like this kid isn't as compliant inside as he appears to be.
At that moment, a Bound Spirit Guardian walked in, "My lord, we've docked."
Fang Hao nodded, put away the binding belt, and released the Sea King, "Let's go, we'll take a look at your Royal Palace together."
The Sea King regained motion, somewhat disheveled as he stood up, "Alright, alright."
Several people walked onto the deck together and entered the city upon landing.
...
The Sea King returned to the Royal Palace to manage the Sea Tribe's affairs.
Fang Hao, accompanied by a few others, made his way to the local Temple.
The main island's Temple was built gloriously and grandly.
There were decorations made from pearl shells visible everywhere.
They entered the Temple.
In the center of the Temple, there was a statue of a creature with the body of a woman and the tail of a snake.
"Is this your deity?" Fang Hao asked.
The Coral Witch accompanying him, spoke respectfully, "Yes, lord, this is the great ruler of the underwater plane, the Prince of Sea Spirits, the Wise, the Creator of the Depths..."
"Ah, so the Sea God, basically!"
"Ah? Oh, yes, my lord," the Witch answered, having been interrupted.
[God of the Ocean (Purple)]
[Category: Special Building]
[Effect: Sea Tribe fertility +20%, Water Elemental Magic +20, Attack Power +10%, Injury Recovery +5%.]
(Description: The God of the Ocean blesses this domain, and all believers are under the protection of the God of the Ocean.)
Turns out to be a purple deity statue.
In the territory, the few statues obtained were all graded as blue.
It was the main deity of worship, and it was purple.
Fang Hao opened the Book of Lords and had Zhang Bin exchange one of his own statues.
"Let this statue also be enshrined in the Temple," Fang Hao said.
"This..." The few Sea Tribe members in the temple hesitated in an instant.
"Change it now," Fang Hao said firmly.
Having no choice, the Sea Tribe sent someone to inform the King and began to place the divine statue.
Soon, the divine statue was erected and positioned in the middle,
taking the principal position.
Seeing his own statue being set up, Fang Hao nodded satisfied and continued, "Well then, have people pray to this more often in the future."
The Sea Tribe member next to him didn't dare to say much, only nodding, "Yes, my lord."
...
Soon, the meeting with the Sea King concluded.
Fang Hao took several people and left the temple, heading straight for the Royal Palace.
In the Royal Palace, it was empty except for the Sea King and a few trusted aides and ministers.
"Respected sir, I have already passed on your orders, and order in the Rainbow Islands will be restored soon," the Sea King said respectfully.
"Good," Fang Hao nodded, walking towards the throne while saying, "Anjia, take some people and have a look around here."
Anjia's eyes lit up as she pulled Rolana and ran off, "Okay!"
Fang Hao himself approached the throne and sat down with ease.
In an instant, the system prompt rang out again.
[Rainbow Pearl Island has become your subsidiary city; you have the option to 'rename' the city, and you can command all the resources of the city and its subsidiary islands and cities.]
Fang Hao had no intention to change the name of the city.
He couldn't think of a better name anyway.
So for now, it would remain as such.
He continued to review the city's attributes.
[Rainbow City]
[City Level: Level 14 Indigenous City]
[Attributes: Sea Tribe Reproduction +20%, Pearls +15%, Fishing +10%, Island Environment +10%.]
(Description: A city with attributes can bring various enhancement effects to accelerate city construction and development.)
This Sea Tribe city was only at level 14.
Still short of a level 15 city, it was somewhat less than the human cities of Silver Wing City and Mount Dragon Peak.
But the attribute increases were decent: race reproduction, fishing and pearls, and one for island environment.
It should make this place more suitable for the Sea Tribe to live.
[Unlocked Blueprints: Pearl Base Construction Blueprint (Blue), Coral Sanctuary Construction Blueprint (Purple), Water Magic Spring Well Construction Blueprint (Purple), Sea Dragon Guard Dojo Construction Blueprint (Purple).]
There weren't many blueprint rewards.
[Pearl Base] is a place for pearl cultivation, increasing the production of pearls.
[Coral Sanctuary] and [Sea Dragon Guard Dojo], on the other hand, were two barracks.
They could respectively recruit 'Coral Witches' and 'Sea Dragon Guards', considered the Sea Tribe's two most common types of soldiers.
The last one, [Water Magic Spring Well], was actually a bit unusual.
The description explained that it could condense water elementals into drinkable fresh water.
In places with abundant water elementals, there was no shortage of water, and in places lacking water, there were not many water elementals, so it seemed somewhat superfluous.
Not as practical as Fang Hao's Rejuvenation Spring, which could slowly restore water without relying on water elementals for condensation.
Fang Hao focused his attention on blueprints and attributes while the Sea King and several ministers quietly waited on the side.
They didn't dare to speak but kept exchanging looks with each other.
"My lord, this chair was made according to the physique of the Sea Tribe and might seem strange, but it's not comfortable for humans to sit on for long periods."
At that moment, one Sea Tribe minister stepped forward and cautiously explained.
Fang Hao frowned at him, sensing an implication that he intended to monopolize the chair.
He stroked the back of the chair with his hand and asked, "What material is this chair made of?"
The Sea King answered, "Mainly various metals."
"These golden parts here are gold, right?" Fang Hao touched the golden area.
"Ah, yes..."
"I sit on chairs made from bones, you sit on gold ones, replace it with ordinary coral. If I see you sitting on a gold chair again, I'll break your legs," Fang Hao said seriously.
The Sea Tribe members were somewhat dumbfounded.
He was like a bandit, so domineering, not even allowing them to sit on what they already had.
"Did you hear me!"
"Yes, my lord," the Sea King bent his waist again.
Fang Hao seldom concerned himself with these matters before and was quite lenient toward subsidiary lords. Amanda's place was filled with gold, making her seem more like a lord than he, yet he never bothered with it.
But you have to know your place.
Who reminds someone that sitting on their chair is uncomfortable for humans after a brief stay?
...
Quiet settled again in the hall.
At this time, a guard walked in with a Sea Tribe witch.
"Your Majesty the Sea King, Loreille the witch requests to see this lord."
The Sea King frowned, looking questioningly at the witch below.
Fang Hao had seen this witch before, the very one who had recited a long list of the Sea God titles in the temple.
But now, she seemed very different than before.
In Fang Hao's eyes,
the witch radiated a faint divine aura.
A deity?
No, more like 'Godly Possession'.
Some deity was using this body to descend.
Fang Hao looked doubtfully at everyone else; whether they were Sea Tribe or the four sisters of Dark Gold, there were no changes.
Could only he sense it?
"Sea King, rest of you, step back," Fang Hao said directly.
"Oh, as you wish, my lord," the Sea King said, leading the ministers away.
Fang Hao then smiled at the witch and spoke, "Please take a seat, God of the Ocean."