3 : The Trident's Power

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The queen died right in front of Jeonghan and Han's eyes. Due to King Han's anger, he used most of his trident's power even though he is prohibited from doing so.

He destroyed King Cheol's ship that killed hundreds of people inside. A life for a life.

"Retreat!" King Cheol announced and left the area with the life boat that Joonki provided for him.

As soon as the humans left the area destroying some structures in Oceana and killing few mermaids and mermen, King Han immediately swam towards the corpse of his wife.

Jeonghan, on the other hand, looked around to find his sister. He looked everywhere, yet Eunbi was nowhere to be found.

"At least we got a young mermaid." King Cheol smirked as he stared at the young mermaid. The Princess of Oceana. He got Eunbi.

"Father!" Jeonghan swam onto his father who's still grieving for the death of his wife. "E-Eunbi... Eunbi is missing!" He cried out loud. Han looked at him in surprise. His anger towards humans grew even more. He's sure of it. They got Eunbi.

"S-She swam earlier i-into the crowd, w-while I was l-looking for her.. M-Mother died.. and now she's missing!" Jeonghan shared his side, and Han understands his son.

Jeonghan blames himself for his sister's disappearance and also for his mother's death. King Han thinks otherwise. King Han will blame no one but the selfish humans.

"Stay here in Oceana. I will save your sister." Han caressed Jeonghan's cheeks and turned his head on Haneul who just came back from rescuing most of the mer people.

"Tell them to arrange my wife's funeral and take care of my son. We need to save the Princess." Han said before swimming away with his palace sharks who helped him swim faster.

"Guards, please gently carry the Queen's body." Haneul ordered. He's sad, extremely sad. He remembered how good the now late Queen is to him.

The queen saw the young Haneul without any parents with him and kept him. The queen dressed him well but she cannot adopt the young merman. So she made him as the General of Oceana.

The queen that Haneul treated as a guardian is now gone. "You have my respects until your last moment, Your Highness." Haneul bowed at the queen's corpse before the guards carried it away to prepare for the funeral.

Haneul swam away and followed the King with some guards and sharks with him.

While they are busy, Jeonghan took this chance to swim away from them and follow his father without anyone noticing him.

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King Han reached the seashore, and saw his daughter trapped in a big net, looking pale and lifeless. She's basically pale because she's not in the water as she's supposed to. She needs to be rescued as soon as possible.

The palace sharks are on guard. He brought a battalion. The King is in rage. First, they killed the Queen and now they have the guts to capture the Princess.

"We got a big fish, Joonki." Cheol smirked as he stared at the body of the young Princess Eunbi.

"Your majesty!" They were stunned with Seung's appearance. Seung couldn't believe it, they captured a mermaid.

"What is a mermaid doing here?!" Seung asked and Cheol just chuckled feeling his victory over the merpeople he just encountered. "We got her. We found the hideout of those merpeople." Cheol smirked.

Behind Seung was the young Prince Seungcheol. "Free her! She's clearly not breathing!" Seung said but Cheol chose to become deaf. He will never let the young mermaid go.

Han who was watching them, used his trident and used all of its power. He built a tsunami and a big wave to help him get into the land.

The whole Lirei witnessed how the clouds suddenly darkened and the waves became so angry. Eunbi is still unconscious.

"Mother.. what's happening?" Seungcheol asked his Mother, but Seung doesn't know either and just hugged her son.

Cheol took out his sword, and there, the whole Lirei saw the raging King of Oceana with its trident and a bunch of sharks with him.

"Release my daughter or everyone else here will die!" King Han angrily said, full of authority but Cheol won't risk losing the Princess in his possession.

"Yah, Merman! I will not lose this big fish I just got! Try me!" Cheol dared, without even knowing how powerful he's fighting with.

King Han raised his trident and it created a thunder and a storm in an instant. "You, Human! You already killed my wife, and don't you ever dare to lay a finger on my daughter!" King Han said. As much as he wants to fire him with his trident, he just can't. He can't drag these innocent people into this mess that Cheol created.

"Oh, did I kill your wife? I'm sorry, but your daughter is mine! I need to let people know about my discovery!" Cheol shouted back but he left King Han with no choice.

"NO ONE SHALL POSSESS THE PRINCESS OF OCEANA THAN OCEANA ITSELF!" Han used his trident's power on Cheol leaving him unconscious in an instant.

Palace Guards started to throw arrows on them using a bow, but Han immediately blocked all of them by using the waves he created and all of those arrows vanished in the ocean.

"Release my daughter, or I will let your Kingdom drown into the water without leaving any single trace of your bodies." King Han ordered, and Seungcheol, who cares for the mermaid and for his people, immediately released Eunbi from the net.

It was a bold move that he snatched a sword from a palace guard before cutting off the net and released Eunbi.

"Eunbi!" Seungcheol turned his head and saw the blonde haired boy. He remembers him! He's the one who saved him.

On the same time, Cheol recovered his consciousness and saw that the mermaid was released from the net. He also saw the newly arrived young merman.

"JEONGHAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" King Han asked his son. Yoon Jeonghan.

They were shocked when Cheol was about to get Eunbi, Jeonghan just pointed his finger on Cheol and he was trapped in a magical water rope, trapping both of his legs.

"Let me get Eunbi, father." Jeonghan said and blocked all the guards with his power who tries to get his sister.

After leaving all of them unconscious, Jeonghan created a carpet-like water that supported Eunbi's body. She finally regained consciousness after getting in contact with water.

Jeonghan got his sister on his arms, "J-Jeonghan oppa.." Eunbi uttered out and Jeonghan cried out. "Oppa is here.. don't cry." Jeonghan said and turned his head on his father. "We'll get back to the palace now."

King Han gave him a carriage, a big sea shell carriage with sharks as its horse in water. "Go with him, Haneul." Han said and the General nodded its head and joined the young prince in the carriage provided by the King.

Before Seungcheol could even approach Jeonghan, Jeonghan dove into the water with Eunbi on his arms while in the carriage.

Cheol was released from the water-like rope and there, he saw how angry the King of Oceana is. Fear took over his body. He trembled in fear.

King Han raised his trident and cast a spell, "I am King Han, King of Oceana. Humans are now forbidden to see the Kingdom of Oceana. You will experience an extreme crisis of not experiencing any rain in the next 10 years. That's for killing the Queen of Oceana and capturing the only Princess of Oceana. You are now meant to struggle for ten years! I DESPISE ALL OF YOU!"

King Han casted his spell and created a barrier which prevents the whole Kingdom of Lirei on getting any sea creature in the ocean and gets only a bit part of the ocean water. Few waters and is not enough to supply the Kingdom's needs.

It rained so much and thunders are everywhere. King Han stared directly onto Cheol before leaving the shore with his palace sharks.

The crisis in Lirei has now began.

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