Invidia observed them, more specifically, she's observing the whale tribe.
'They are full of anger.'
Their anger was boiling, it was spilling and burning.
And she knows the only reason for that.
Letting them see what they lack, the difference between here and that world will result to full-blown jealousy, envy and possessiveness.
The need to possess the variable that change this world's fate.
Ahh, such a kind soul that you are Kim Rok Soo, no, Cale Henituse. Kind, generous and beautiful Cale Henituse if only that girl's soul gives up, then this Invidia will chose you as my next corporeal vessel.
Invidia can feel how the soul of this body still tries to fight her power, she can still feel how she tries to influence Invidia with her kindness, at first, it was fun feeling her futile fight, but close to ten thousand years it's starting to become boring. Invidia thinks that Cale Henituse will be fun to possess, after she broke her seal of course.
The Black Dragon only spoke into Cale's head when there was someone unfamiliar nearby.
– There is a lifeform inside this cave. Although it is almost dead, thankfully, it is not a corpse that you fear.
Pssssssss. Pssssssss.
Cale could hear something dragging inside the cave and started to contemplate his choices.
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Psssssssss. Pssssssss. Pssss.
But that dragging noise became more urgent and the lifeform revealed itself before Cale could make up his mind. Cale put one foot back into the water.
The lifeform that revealed itself started to speak in a shaking voice.
"P, please save me."
Witira jumped from her seat when she saw her brother. The brother that she couldn't find. Pasenton who just suddenly disappeared, even after she roamed the whole ocean she couldn't find a trace of his body.
If she knew what would have happened, she would not let Paseton go through that mission. She would keep him by her side, safe and healthy.
"Paseton." Witira chanted over and over again while looking at her brother on the screen, everyone in the room is looking at her, she's crying but she also a smile on her lips, but she doesn't even register it. She's too focused on the screen.
Ah. A gasp came out of Cale's mouth. The lifeform had a salty smell to it. It was the smell of the sea.
'No way.'
"There is something I must accomplish. I, cannot, d, die here!"
A human looking existence, with its horrendously scratched up leg dragging behind it, approached Cale.
There was a green fluid on the scratches that made the existence continue to vomit up blood. That was clearly the work of a mermaid.
"P, please-."
Archie was clenching his teeth and hands, he may not be closed to Paseton as he serves the Whale King but Paseton is a whale like him, and seeing how he needs to beg to be save, thinking of how painful he's experiencing right now makes him wants to destroy everything around him.
It makes him want to go and kill every mermaid in the ocean, damn the balance.
It was a whale.
This beautiful human with messy hair that was crawling toward Cale with his hands, was a whale.
– Weak human, did you catch a cold? Your face is pale.
The Black Dragon was talking into Cale's mind, but Cale could not hear it. Cale felt like he was facing a scene straight out of a horror movie.
An injured, almost dead, member of the Whale Tribe had revealed himself to Cale.
Cale started to think.
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That Whale's pupils were accurately looking at him. He also seemed to be putting strength into his hands, as Cale could see the Whale's fingers digging into the ground. His strength was unbelievable even though he seemed to be close to death.
He had a single question on his mind.
'A Whale tribe member being hurt by mermaid poison?'
An answer quickly floated across Cale's mind.
Mixed blood.
That was the only possible answer.
Cale quickly thought through[REDACTED]
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Cale started to frown and worry.
"Ugh."
The Whale could not crawl anymore. His body started to shake without being able to do anything else. At that moment, Cale heard the Black Dragon's voice in his head.
– Human, are you not going to help?
The Black Dragon doubtingly asked. Cale did not answer the question and stood up.
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"Hey."
Cale approached the mixed blood Whale and crouched in front of him. The Whale human who was shaking on the ground slowly lifted his head.
This long-haired man really lived up to the stories about how the Whales were so beautiful that they made elves look like squids. Such a beautiful man was looking at Cale.
"...Save-"
Cale answered without any sort of emotion in his voice.
"Yes. I'll save you."
Witira was now on her knees, experiencing the break down she never had the luxury to go through when Paseton disappeared.
A mixed-blood Whale human. Cale knew that it might be more painful for this Whale to be alive than to die in the next few moments. He was sure that the Whale knew this to be true as well.
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The Whale Tribe's king and mediator of the ocean was someone with blue hair and blue eyes. Although Cale could not tell for sure because it was dark, the face of the Whale looking at him right now was slightly similar to the face of the Whale King as described [REDACTED]
Alberu despite that ruckus that the whales are making focused on the screen.
Cale Henituse was really preparing meticulously if he even knows what the whale king looks like.
Cale looked toward the sea-like blue eyes and started to speak.
"Sleep for a bit. Everything will be fine when you wake back up."
The blue eyes blinked a couple of time before slowly closing. Cale watched the unconscious mixed-blood Whale for a bit, before approaching and inspecting his legs.
"What do you think?"
The Black Dragon revealed itself once the mixed-blood Whale became unconscious and quickly approached the Whale. He then created a small light ball with magic so that they could take a better look at the leg.
"It is a mess."
The Whale Tribe's skin is very thick and tough. Although their skin looked flawless and beautiful, it was also extremely tough. Sadly, this mixed-blood Whale did not have such a luxury. That was why it was impacted by a mermaid's attack and poisoned. The Black Dragon watched Cale with an odd expression on it's face as Cale inspected the Whale.
"...You are a very weird human. You are so weak and weird."
"Enough nonsense."
Cale pointed to the Whale and ordered the Black Dragon.
"Dunk him in the water."
"...Did you lie to him?"
"No, no no no no! Yes! Dunk him in the water! Faster!" Witira shouted, a whale will have a faster recovery and the biggest chance to be save if they are in the water.
The Black Dragon seemed completely shocked. The shocked expression of this reptile looked pretty serious.
"Human, you said you were going to save him! You are weak, but you have kept all of your promises until now! So why are you telling me to dunk him in the water?! Are you trying to make him suffocate to death?!"
Sigh.
Cale let out a deep sigh. He then grabbed that light ball that was floating in the air. It was not hot.
"I'm doing it to save him."
He then added on.
"After you put him in the water, you remember the corpses from earlier, right?"
"...Just what are you trying to make me do?"
"Nothing much. Just go and bring me back one arm."
The Black Dragon's jaws dropped. Cale did not care about this and headed into the cave. It was because the Black Dragon didn't say no, even though it looked completely shocked.
"...I will do as you asked for now."
The Black Dragon really was obedient. Cale did not look back and continued to walk forward. He needed to take care of it and return back before the village became rowdy.
The cave was not deep, and Cale reached the end quickly.
'Found it.'
[REDACTED] Cale took out one of the items he brought with him. It was an alarm device. It would let Cale know if someone else got close to this location.
'I just need to take it with me before I leave.'
Cale scooped a bit of that puddle into a small glass bottle.
'Fire-Suppressing Water.'
Water is always strong against fire, but the strength of this water was a bit different. If Cale dunked the item Lock will procure for him into this water, it will give birth to a very precious item.
It will become a treasure that will save the drying jungle.
Cale returned back to the cave entrance. The Black Dragon seemed to have already returned with the arm, as he handed the arm to Cale with an iffy expression. Cale could also see the drenched mixed-blood Whale boy as well.
"Let's go."
The Black Dragon sighed before levitating the mixed-blood Whale, the mermaid arm, and Cale before floating back home.
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On and Hong did not move from the corner of the room after seeing the mermaid arm. These kittens were scared of a lot of stupid things.
Cale headed to the bathroom and scooped up some of the sea water from the bath. The Black Dragon watched with curiosity as Cale dunked one side of the mermaid arm into the sea water.
Sizzle-
A burning noise could be heard, but, in reality, the dried up arm was quickly returning to normal. The corpse's swift change made On and Hong run and hide underneath the bed. The corpse arm returned completely back to normal in another moment. Cale looked toward the Whale human's leg. Unlike earlier, the green fluid was mixed with the sea water.
Cale took out a knife.
At that moment, the unconscious man's eyelids started to flutter and his body started to twitch.
"It looks like he's going to wake up. Human, put the knife away!"
The Black Dragon shouted and the man opened his eyes. The first thing the man saw was Cale lifting the knife up over his head. Cale smiled toward the Whale human in order to tell him to relax once they made eye contact. The Whale human's eyes started to shake as the knife moved.
Stab.
The knife stabbed into the mermaid arm and cut through the skin. A fluid started to pour out of the cut arm. It was the mermaid's blood. Once the arm returned to normal, the blood was restored as well.
Cale started to speak to the still shaking man.
"Good."
The blood poured out and fell onto the man's leg.
Sizzle.
The green fluid on the man's leg started to sizzle once it came into contact with the mermaid blood.
Cale handed the bleeding arm to the man.
"Drink it before the blood dries up. That is the best way."
"Go on Paseton, drink faster brother." Witira whispered. Archie just looked at Witira heartbrokenly. He knows how Paseton's disappearance broke Witira and he's scared that this might push the future queen off the cliff, what's much worse is he may fall with her.
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The eyes of this man, who seemed to be in his early 20s, started to shake again. It was the same for On, Hong, and the Black Dragon as well.
In the end, the man got better. He had chosen to drink the blood after seeing that the dripped blood from earlier was indeed slowly curing his leg.
Cale continued to speak while looking at the confused expression on the mixed-blood Whale's face.
"What? Aren't you the one who killed this mermaid?"
The man's expression stiffened up. Cale started to scoff after seeing that expression. It was weird to see the Whale being so anxious after being asked if he had killed a mermaid.
Cale then poured the remaining blood back onto the Whale human's leg, before putting the arm back into the water. The arm started to dissipate inside the water as Cale watched.
Cale continued to look at the arm dissipate as he started to speak to the Whale human.
"If you're a Whale, you probably need to return to the ocean by morning in order to recover completely. Get some sleep and return on your own."
The man's face turned cold. It was a different type of viciousness than Choi Han. This was someone who was always looked down upon, someone who was always reminded he was not as good as the rest of his tribe members. This was a viciousness that could only come from such a person.
"How did you know I was a whale?"
"Who else could kill three mermaids?"
"...I need to return home."
Cale felt like he would end up having to listen to a useless story, so he quickly waved his hand.
"I have no desire to hear your useless story."
That was why Cale did not ask for the Whale's name nor let Hans see the Whale.
"I only saved you because I said I would when you asked me to save you."
Cale laid down on the bed. He needed to take a shower, but he was too tired for that right now.
"I'm going to sleep. Be quiet on your way out."
Cale closed his eyes. There was nothing he needed to worry about since the dragon was there. [REDACTED]
He had experienced losing all of his family members himself. [REDACTED]
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The savior of the king's son. Whether it is the current Whale King or the future Whale Queen, wouldn't he be able to use this to his advantage?
"Yes, whatever you want Young master Cale, anything." Witira said, answering the screen.
But, most importantly, the Whale Tribe had to win the war against the mermaids. Cale fell asleep with a calm mind. When he woke up the next morning, Paseton was already gone.
The red kitten Hong reported to him.
"He said he'll be back at night."
"There really is no reason for him to do-."
Cale just shrugged his shoulders without finishing the sentence.
The screen blackened.
Witira's eyes is blank. In dazed.
Why did the Cale Henituse of their world didn't save her brother?
Where was she when her brother needed her?
The Roan Kingdom was preparing for war before, was Young master Cale held up because of that?
Whale Tribe, the next most powerful beast tribe after the dragons. And powerful people have always been like this, possessive and obsessive.
They will take whatever they want, the means doesn't matter, the opinion of the subject of their obsession doesn't matter. They should have him.
They have the means to do so, reasons doesn't matter.