Grigori spared a moment of thought and then smiled mischievously and spoke directly to Naur once again.
"On a second thought... Naur, play Chapter 428 – the conversation part. So that everyone can have a basic understanding of just how delusional that White Radish and his underlings really are."
"Ho... Yes, My Goddess, I understand." Naur replied overhead. There was a chuckle of amusement and mischief in his tone.
<Chapter 428: Trap (2)>
Sayeru covered his mouth as he let out a light cough. The handkerchief in his hand had blood on it. Sayeru coldly stared at it for a moment before starting to speak.
"When will you attack?"
The people of the TCF!World and the TBOAH!World went rigid in shock and surprise at the sight of the individuals upon the screen. One was that feeble-looking Bear King Sayeru and the other was someone TBOAH!Choi Han and his closest allies knew fairly well – after all it was the person who had killed them in their timeline. Naur and Grigori blatantly ignored the glares of animosity that were directed at Grigori because she'd shown something so unexpected to them through the Palantír – however for the TCF!World people this was a scene they had never known about and they were interested to see what Grigori had to show them.
"Delusional... For even the Goddess to call that White Radish delusional, was he perhaps an even bigger idiot than what we already know him as?" That was the thought on all the TCF!Alberu's mind and Kim Rok Soo's minds.
The land of the Whale tribe. When will they head there?
"It's been over three weeks since I came over from Mogoru."
The original plan was to meet up with mage Becrock to do reconnaissance and then striking the land of the Whale tribe right away. However, Becrock was captured by the enemies and the plan had to change. That was why Sayeru sent Dorph to the Eastern continent and came here alone.
"...Something is weird." The White Star commented as he looked toward the distant glacier with a suspicious gaze. No, it wasn't that far if you really thought about it.
They were on a secluded corner of the coast that was not visible from the Northern Coast Guard Post with half of their troops on the shores and half on the ships.
"You're saying that the Whale tribe is acting weird?"
"Correct."
The White Star nodded his head at Sayeru's comment while Sayeru responded with an annoyed expression.
"You're basically saying that it is suspicious that the Whale tribe is letting the black mages spy on them. You think something might be up."
"Yes."
"You're the one who is being weird."
"...What do you mean?"
Sayeru pointed toward the White Star.
"This is what the normal you would have said. 'We will take the Whales down as planned. We will confirm the suspicious details after we capture them.' "
The White Star's eyes had an odd light in them.
"...It does seem as if I was thinking hard about it for no reason."
"Exactly! If the Whales are suspicious, barge in and figure out whatever the hell they are planning."
Sayeru's eyes were filled with an odd sense of lunacy.
"Are you afraid of death? You, the White Star, are afraid of death?"
The members of the audience blinked and their eyes grew wide when they heard this, on the other hand Cale had a vicious smile upon his face as he looked toward the goddess, Grigori smiled innocently back at him as the Palantír continued.
The firm belief that the White Star did not fear death was in Sayeru's crazed look. He started to speak to the White Star as if he was warning or suggesting something to him.
"Crazy bastards should act like crazy bastards. I've never seen anyone crazier than you."
Only Lion King Dorph and Bear King Sayeru had the qualifications to say such things to the White Star.
"We can't fail as they did during the ancient times."
The ancient White Star ended up dying.
TCF!Zed and TBOAH!Zed grit their teeth and tried to maintain an air of impassiveness. The topic of the Ancient White Star had always and would always be a festering wound for the Crossman family – this was also mainly due to the fact that TCF!Zed Crossman was unaware that TCF!Alberu had made a deal with the Sun God Angelina to return the curse the Sun God had placed on their family – if he knew, perhaps the shame and burden he carried would have lessened, Grigori had no intention of dealing with that drama right now, so she also ignored them both.
The current White Star, Sayeru, and Dorph had no plans of facing the same fate. That was why they had prepared quite a lot of things for such a long time.
"Do you have a lot on your mind because of Cale Henituse? Hmm?"
The White Star could see Sayeru's sneer.
"Are you jealous because he managed to do something you needed 1,000 years to do in just a few years? Or are you afraid that everything that you have built up will come crumbling down? Is it because everything you tried to do in the past one or two years has ended up in failure? Hmm?"
Kim Rok Soo began to snicker, he was unable to hold a straight face at the sight of this version of the White Star he had never hoped or dreamed of getting to see. He muffled his laughter by covering his mouth and watching with teary eyes as the record continued.
Sayeru was the head of the organization. The finger that was pointing at the White Star who was the brains of this organization right now touched the White Star's neck.
"The things that we have built up are not things that would crumble because of a few years of failure. The great amount of power we've gathered through time, experience, and talent-"
"Your mouth." The White Star cut Sayeru off. "Shut your mouth and move your finger."
"Are you telling me to stop if I don't want to die?"
"Sayeru, you seem to misunderstand something."
Sayeru could then see that the White Star was smiling.
"There is only one thing I worry about. Once this boring time of preparation is over and I finally get my hands on that last earth ancient power..."
The thought he had while looking at the land of the Whale tribe. If he could gather that final earth ancient power...
"What to hunt first. How to rule over everything."
A terrible chill went through the room as everyone seated in the hall, all had the same thought.
"This bastard really is crazy!"
Grigori nodded mutely at their collective thought. She agreed with them after all.
The crazed look in Sayeru's eyes dimmed a bit. He could feel that the White Star, Cale Barrow in front of him, had a violently crazed look in his eyes that was not comparable to his own crazed look.
"Hmm?!" TBOAH!Jopis stiffened in her place beside her counterpart, she was one of the only people in the TBOAH!World who noticed information bomb Grigori allowed to drop upon the guests of her hall.
The man with the eyes filled with madness continued to speak.
"I think I'll become even crazier than I am now. That is what makes it so entertaining."
He was looking forward to it. He wanted to know what he would be able to do once he finally became god, once he finally became nature.
"...I knew there was nobody as crazy as you."
"I was wrong!" TBOAH!Rosalyn mumbled.
"He's worse than crazy!" TBOAH!Alberu grumbled, agitatedly running his hands through his hair. The White Star's goal to become a god was something that they'd heard about from their TCF!World counterparts during the rest hours and breaks, however to hear about him wishing to become 'nature' – that was entirely different. As an elf – even as a quarter dark elf – TBOAH!Alberu was greatly angered that this kind of enemy had been allowed to succeed in his timeline. He looked toward his counterpart who was muttering something about the White Star having screws loose and then returned his cold glare back to the Palantír as the record continued.
Sayeru finally had a satisfied smile on his face. The White Star started to speak as if to respond to him.
"Launch the ships. We are heading to the land of the Whale tribe."
The ships that were anchored at shore hidden by stealth magic raised their mast and started to move.
"We are heading for the land of the Whale tribe!"
"Our goal is the glacier! Start rowing!" Voices were shouting all around them.
The White Star had moved to the deck of the largest ship at some point before he started to speak again.
"Get rid of the stealth spell."
There was a sharp noise before a transparent glass-like barrier was destroyed. The stealth spell had been removed. The Whale tribe would be able to clearly see the White Star's troops now. Sayeru started to get excited as he moved next to the White Star. He then raised his hand before dropping it.
"Go."
That was the signal. The ships all started to head toward the glacier located at the most northern tip of the world.
"We are going to go hunt some Whales."
Sayeru grabbed onto the railing on the deck with a satisfied heart.
"This stupid bastard... should have beaten them up more!" TCF!Archie growls, but Paseton reaches over and pats him on the shoulder to appease his anger – surprisingly it works, TCF!Archie calms down even while grumbling and telling Paseton to stop it.
The ships quickly cut through the water. Black magic was helping the ships move quickly even though the wind was blowing in the opposite direction.
"Looks like we need to pass a few glaciers."
The glacier where the Whale tribe lived. That large glacier was located past a group of smaller glaciers. The fast-moving ships were now almost by those smaller glaciers.
"Sayeru-nim, the ships will move slower from here."
"Doesn't matter. Go slowly if needed."
They needed to carefully maneuver if they wanted to pass through this narrow path without hitting any glaciers. Sayeru didn't think it would matter if they moved slowly. He also became certain about something.
"White Star."
"What is it?"
"It definitely seems like there's something up with the Whale tribe. Although I don't know whether that is a trap for us or treasure they are trying to hide..."
The Whales were showing no reaction even though they were openly charging forward like this. It was at that moment.
"Look behind you."
"Huh?" Sayeru asked in confusion before he felt chills on his back.
He was sensing danger. He turned to look behind him. He heard multiple loud explosions in the distance.
"T, that is-"
'That's our base.'
The place they had been hiding under the stealth magic spell. That location was blowing up.
"Sayeru, it looks like the enemy has been waiting for us as well."
They could see people running wild through the explosions. A few human-shaped individuals were destroying the base that they had stayed at for almost a month.
The only people who could do such a thing...
Flinch.
Sayeru looked down at the water past the railing.
The large ship he was currently on... There was a large figure underneath it. It was a large lifeform that made even this large ship look small. Sayeru crushed the railing as he started to frown.
"...Whales."
TBOAH!Archie grinned viciously. He had a crazy look of excitement upon his face as he spotted familiar faces of friends and fellow warrior who had died earlier in the TBOAH!World. To see all those familiar people alive and fighting so powerfully against those Arm bastards was filling him with exuberant energy and the urge for action as well.
Although it was still summertime, the summer ocean of the North was as thick and dark as during winter. The moment Sayeru said that word... Many large figures rose from the bottom of that deep dark ocean. They were whales. The fact that so many whales were gathered here could only mean one thing.
'The Whale tribe is here......!'
There were Whales both at the base and here in the ocean.
TBOAH!Witira clicked her tongue and TCF!Witira smirked proudly.
"Of course... where else would we be when you bastards were poking your noses where if didn't belong!" She taunts the Sayeru on the record. The arrogant look on her face looks strangely dignified and surprisingly attractive, not that TCF!Glenn or any of the others in the hall were willing to admit aloud.
Sayeru raised his head when the White Star jumped onto the railing to see someone. On the first glacier on their way to the land of the Whale tribe... A woman was standing on the glacier.
"...Witira."
It was a name that Sayeru knew as well. Witira, the future Whale Queen.
"I don't recall this bastard receiving permission to call my sister's name!" Paseton hissed with an attractive glare of his own. TCF!Witira chuckled softly and reached over to pat her brother's shoulder in order to calm him down and remind him that this was the past and they'd all collected on their revenge all thanks to Young Master Cale.
Witira had jumped onto that glacier without him noticing. The White Star who jumped onto the railing seemed to have noticed Witira's appearance. This meant that Sayeru was not as good as Witira at detecting presences. Sayeru's expression stiffened before returning to normal. Detecting presences was not the only thing he knew how to do. He started to speak with a smile on his face.
"You've been sitting still this whole time while we peeked at you, but you've finally come out because we started to move?"
Witira's gaze was focused on Sayeru. Sayeru started to sneer as he continued to speak.
"Is there something you are hiding? Hmm? Or were you too scared to do anything?"
He thought this would be enough to provoke her.
"Is he a fool?" TBOAH!Shickler asked with a frown of confusion.
"It's-! You know what, let's just say that yes, yes he is a fool!" TCF!Shickler conceded, realizing it would take too much time to explain that Cale Henituse had reduced all of Arm and their top rank members along with their leader into idiots who were not better than prey that all the members of Cale's group go to play with.
"Children, it's not good to play with your food... and also, you shouldn't eat bad things, it'll give you a tummy ache." Grigori commented randomly and a lot of people looked toward her in confusion, except for TCF!Shickler who suddenly pressed his hand over his mouth and turned away to hold in his usually boisterous and hearty laughter.
This was the proud Whale tribe they were talking about. Sayeru could see Witira immediately start to respond.
"We were waiting. We were waiting until you came out into the ocean."
'What?'
The moment Sayeru flinched at her unexpectedly calm voice... A whip instantly appeared in Witira's hand and she kicked off the ground. The whip was flicked toward the glacier.
The glacier broke into pieces and debris blasted out. As Sayeru's eyes opened wide in shock... He felt the ground under him start to rock.
"They're coming up! The whales are coming up!"
"Move the ships back!"
He could hear people screaming around him, forcing Sayeru to look down once more. The whales were shooting up toward the ships. Tens of large whales moving at once were making the water move. Sayeru raised his head.
"This......"
He could see Witira standing on a different glacier and pointing her whip at the White Star. Numerous Whales appeared behind her. It was as if all of the strong individuals from the Whale tribe village had shown up. Each of these Whales would be just as strong as the strongest humans. All of them were looking at Sayeru and the enemies with angry expressions on their faces. It was their quiet anger from quietly letting the enemies spy on them for about a month. Actually, it was not very quiet.
"Damn right! You guys beat those bastards to death!!" TBOAH!Archie suddenly exclaimed, jumping from his seat with excitement. TCF!Archie looked over at his counterpart strangely. However TBOAH!Witira understood why TBOAH!Archie was reacting like this. Upon the Palantír she also recognized the faces of their fallen kin who were still alive in TCF!World. Her heart leapt and somersaulted with the same excitement as well as a desire for their health, happiness, and long lives.
Witira flicked the whip into the water, slamming the water into the air. Witira then pointed the whip toward the White Star again.
"Come." She continued to speak to the White Star with a stoic expression on her face. "I will kill you."
The Northern ocean roared at that moment. The whales' cries covered the area while the Whale warriors kicked off the glacier and moved forward. The battle between the Whale tribe and the White Star had started.
"Holy f—" whatever TBOAH!Bud was going to say was cut off abruptly by the innocent, but somewhat vicious smile upon Grigori's face. She turned away as soon as he fell mute. Although she ordinarily would have left the alcoholic swordmaster do and say whatever he please, there were children present and she did not want to offend any parents – after all there was a limit to the degree of profanities she allowed.
- Human, the field has finally been set!
Cale listened to Raon's voice in his head and started to smile while remaining quietly hidden.
TBOAH!Choi Han and TBOAH!Rosalyn's eyes went as wide as saucers.
"You were there?!"
"Uhhh... duh! I planned the trap, so of course, I had to be there to see it through and make sure nothing went wrong or that those fools fell for it properly!" Cale answered with a snarky and rude tone. Raon flew out of his lap, so Cale took the chance to stand up and stretch.
Cale's body was feeling a little stiff because he'd been sitting in one position for a while now. Grigori and Naur waited until Cale was once again sitting in his place between Kim Rok Soo and TCF!Alberu at the front before she motioned for the record to continue.