Invasion Scheme

“Thank you.”

The princess, still shaken from her near-death encounter managed. The wolf fishman looked at her as he sheathed his sword.

“It was just my duty, your highness.”

He replied and straightened his back. He held a black orb up to his face and scanned it. He applied a bit more pressure to the orb, trying to crack it, but the princess noticed this early.

“Don’t do that.”

She snatched the orb from his hand protectively and put it at her side, while cautiously swimming back from the guard.

“Excuse me?”

He was perplexed. He failed to understand why she didn’t allow him to destroy it. That was the very creature that just attempted to kill her, so why would she protect it?

“No need to worry about that. Who are you, anyways?”