’Logos, Pathos. What?’
.
Incidently, Zhen Hai wasn’t the only one deeply confused about Tortallion’s words.
If Zhen Hai had any kaijin power on his person, it should’ve been due to Screamira tagging along in his head not so inheritance thing from a passed kaijin.
Thankfully Logos and Pathos had an answer this ti.
=Milord, we ran the numbers and did a full body evaluation using Screamira as the main observer.=
’And...’
’Ah. That’s good...I think.’
=The "bad" news is, he does actually have remnants of Grand Fang on his person.=
’Huh? How?’
...
Zhen Hai defended(?) himself in Tide Tongue. For all intents and purposes, Zhen Hai was telling the truth. He has never heard of so of the nas being flung around, hell he barely understood who the Storm Queen was.
At this statent though, Tortallion took a long look at Zhen Hai before explaining why he said what he said.
From his back, Zhen Hai drew the [Shark Fang of the Berserker], the shark tooth club aether treasure that he received from the Zhen Clan’s vaults.
Ever since he got it, Zhen Hai had been training and using it non-stop due to how damn compatible with his aether. Hell, even when Zhen Liu did the funky thing to his brain and gave him new ans of expressing his aether, it still was compatible with it.
If such a thing actually belonged to soone as dangerous sounding as "Grand Fang" though...that would explain so of the quirks.
Tortallion walked up and stared at the Gold tier aether treasure for a couple of a monts before taking a finger and tapping one of the teeth on the club’s edge. When he did, a strange chiming echo filled the throne room.
The sound caused everyone to listen to it to enter a small daze, but only for a couple of monts. However, once their senses got back into focus, they were all shocked at the new sight that had greeted them.
"What in the-HOLY SHIT!"
Floating above Zhen Hai’s head was the vague form of a large shark man, covered head to toe in armored plating, with a large bastard sword strapped to his back.
To the Zhen Clan delegates, they were shocked to see such a sight floating above Zhen Hai’s head. Well, most of them were. Zhen Liu had been warned ahead of ti, but he made sure to act surprised to keep up appearances.
...
’So...that’s Grand Fang...holy shit.’
[Damn, he is huge!,] Razorstella comnted. [I think he can give Frosttusk a run for his money in sheer muscle mass.]
[Wait, that weapon is definitely an aether treasure right? So how can it...do that?,] Screamira asked.
[I think it’s the tooth. One of the teeth on the club belonged to Grand Fang,] Blazejudicator guessed. [Is that right?]
[A perfect picture of furious chivalry...damn,] Nepherage couldn’t help but say in admiration.
...
The Undertow Council was just absolutely flabbergasted at this point in ti, since it appeared that the Zhen Clan wasn’t just involved with one of their forr guardians, but two of them. It was at this point that they realized Tortallion had good reason to let them into Undertow.
As for Tortallion...he was just happy.
Happy to see an old friend again, even in this state, several hundred years later. Even if it was just another ghost of his past.
Eventually though, all things had to co to an end, and the ghostly visage of the shark-like knight disappeared as quickly as it ca.
Of course, the mark it left on everyone’s mind remained. Especially in Zhen Hai’s case, who was still staring at his sharktooth club in disbelief.
Tortallion said as he placed a hand on Zhen Hai’s shoulder, patting on it twice.
With those ominous words, Tortallion redirected his attention towards the whole room.
the head councilor answered for the group.
Zhen Xun Po answered before his mother could in her usual flippant manner.
"What the-"
"All of these sudden appearances cannot be good for my heart."
As soon as the na, "Terra", left Tortallion’s mouth, a woman with swirling black tattoos, an extended mouth with external teeth and a black ponytail appeared out of nowhere, already kneeling with her fist on the ground like a ninja.
...
’Of course there were more.’
[Hold up....why is this girl giving the sa feeling as those Strangeblood guys from the swamps?]
[Because...I think she’s one too, but with significantly stronger kaijin ancestry.]
[She reminds of an electric eel...]
’I’m worried about the lack of stealth detection on this...gonna need a tracker at so point...’
...
Tortallion declared.
With politeness and grace, Terra lifted herself from the ground and gestured for the Zhen Clan to follow her.
Zhen Xun Tian interrupted before anyone else could make a move.
Tortallion comnted.
the head councilor answered.
Zhen Xun Tian comnted.
one of the councillors answered.
another of the councillors piped up.
Zhen Xun Tian agreed.
With the issue of additional losing taken care of, the Zhen Clan delegates made their exit from the castle’s throne room and followed Terra to the guest wing.
The Undertow Council was silent as the Zhen Clan delegation left...but Zhen Liu could hear them mumbling in Chaos tongue.
...
[Two inheritors from the sa clan? A clan that we were enemies with, no less?]
[How can this be?]
[Is this a trick?]
[I don’t know...]
...One short walk to a surprisingly lavish guest wing later...
"Oi, Xiao Liu, you got a minute?"
"Even if I said no, you’d walk in, yes?"
"You know so well, grand nephew."
At this point in ti, the Zhen Clan delegates had disbanded for the evening to sleep and unwind in the privacy of the Storm Castle’s guest hall. It was a surprisingly lavish affair, but there was sothing about the rooms that felt...off. Not that any of them could provide an inkling as to why this was the case.
Regardless, as Zhen Liu was in the middle of turning in for the evening, Zhen Xun Tian had barged in to make a request of Zhen Liu.
One that was aligned with his innate talents, no less.
"Tell , what do you think of our hosts? The people of Undertow and that kaijin, Tortallion?"
"Tortallion I trust to be as chivalrous as he carries himself to be. As for the people...they seem fine, mistrustful as all hell but I think that’s a consequence of being isolationists."
"Fair observation...so do you have any qualms about sending in your ’special puppets’ to go and spy on them and the rest of the city?"
"Funnily enough...I had already sent them out prior to your arrival."
"Ah...well, that’s a pleasant surprise," Zhen Xun Tian said with genuine surprise. "I figured you’d be hesitant due to wanting to leave a good impression."
"Why I am leaving a good impression," Zhen Liu said with a sweet tone of voice. "I’m just sitting here while others do dirty work."
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