You Are Too Arrogant, Land Dweller
Chapter 115: You are too arrogant, land dweller
David grabbed Mera, who was crucial to both nations, and she broke through the seawater as she rapidly ascended.
The boundless azure ocean was suddenly pierced by a shadow, like a missile breaking the surface, kicking up a sky-high tidal wave as it soared into the clouds.
After a brief pause, David manipulated gravity, his oval gravity field enveloping him like an intercontinental ballistic missile, continuously accelerating, speeding past Mach 200.
He glanced at Mera, who was still struggling.
Mera was released and fell, her eyes widening in panic, thinking she would crash into the ocean surface thousands of meters below. Instead, she landed with a thud on a solid barrier.
Still shaken, she tried to get up, but her head bumped against the barrier, causing a sharp pain.
"Don't move around. I won't pick you up if you fall."
David looked at her with an expression as if she were an idiot.
The streamlined, shuttle-shaped force field was more energy-efficient when flying in the air. There wasn't enough space for her to stand up.
Outside the force field, the blue sky and white clouds rapidly receded, a blur of motion, like two colors, blue and white, colliding and churning.
"At least above Mach 100."
Watching David fly, Mera's face was filled with undisguised shock.
She could achieve supersonic speeds underwater too, her neural reflexes far surpassing those of land dwellers. But not only could she not exceed David's speed in the water, she couldn't even clearly see the speed at which he was flying.
Recalling the glimpse of his strength when he grabbed her and left Xebel, she wondered just how powerful this man was.
Mera's entire body stiffened. She looked up at David, who was flying at full speed, with the sky below him. She dared not make any rash moves.
"If I lost his force field, I would skim across the sky at over Mach 100 and crash into the sea or the land, definitely splattering into a pulp."
But after a while.
Mera couldn't help but feel that the posture of the two people within the barrier was awkward, one above and one below, making her feel uncomfortable all over.
But David was looking straight ahead, flying at extreme speed, not looking at her at all.
"Who exactly are you?
I am a princess of Xebel, the fiancée of the King of the Seven Seas.
Land dweller, if you abduct me, you might bring disaster to the entire world."
Looking at David, dressed in what appeared to be land dweller clothing, Mera warned after a while, having adjusted.
"You keep calling me a land dweller, how do you know I'm not an Atlantean?"
David smiled and looked at her.
In the past, Atlanteans were also land civilizations. After sinking to the seabed, various groups began to evolve. There were the mutated Brine and Trench dwellers, whose appearances were barely recognizable as human.
There were also the Fishermen tribe, a blend of humans and fish, and Atlanteans, who, apart from breathing underwater, were indistinguishable from humans to land dwellers.
"Do you think I'm easy to fool? Land dweller."
Mera sneered coldly.
The clothing style of Atlanteans, apart from ancient armor and high-tech armor, was similar to wetsuits that clung tightly to the body. David's attire, resembling beach vacation wear, was clearly not Atlantean clothing.
The most crucial point.
"Atlanteans live in water and love water, just as air is to land dwellers. They don't reject contact with water, while you..."
David chuckled, "So that's the reason."
He had been deliberately avoiding getting wet while underwater, but he had no intention of changing this flaw.
"Did you hear what I said?"
Seeing David finish speaking and continue to look ahead, she spoke again.
"Which part?"
"My disappearance could bring danger to the land," Mera said, looking at his indifferent expression and getting angry, she couldn't help but emphasize again.
This was not an exaggeration. Her identity was one factor, and Orm's ambition was another.
"Orm has always been extremely dissatisfied with the land dwellers' pollution of the ocean for many years. The sea he rules has become your land dwellers' dumping ground.
It can even be said to be hatred."
"My abduction could very well become his excuse to wage war against the land and conquer the world!"
"That has nothing to do with me."
The wind, strong enough to tear a person's body apart, along with the howling wind, was excluded from the force field. David's voice was faint.
"As for the so-called King of the Seven Seas, he won't be for much longer."
"You are too arrogant, land dweller."
Mera shook her head and sneered.
"Orm possesses the purest royal bloodline among the current Atlanteans.
The royal family and ordinary Atlanteans can even be considered two different species."
Atlanteans can live freely in high-pressure deep seas, their bodies tougher than steel. The strength of the Atlantean royal family is easily ten or even a hundred times that of commoners.
David chuckled lightly, remaining noncommittal about Mera's claims of Orm's immense power.
In the Justice League, on land, Aquaman's strength is far inferior to Superman's, even to Wonder Woman's. However, the situation is entirely different in the water; Wonder Woman is no match for him either.
Sharks are only truly ferocious in the water.
"His strength can easily lift a ten-thousand-ton nuclear submarine, pushing against the currents to quickly bring it to the surface.
In the water, Aquaman's strength is estimated to reach tens of thousands of tons."
And Orm, the Ocean Master who has lived in the sea since birth, can exert even greater power in the water than Aquaman.
"Don't place too much hope in the Trident of Poseidon."
Mera hoped he would abandon his plan to seize the throne of the Seven Seas and send her back to the ocean depths.
"Even if you obtain the Trident of Poseidon, you may not be a match for Orm."
"After sinking into the deep sea, Atlanteans have evolved. Our progress isn't just in technology; our bodies have evolved alongside it.
Today, any random Atlantean thrown into ancient times would be an invincible warrior, capable of leaving behind epics."
She had always harbored a skepticism towards the Trident of Poseidon, which had become a legend.
"I never intended to use any trident to defeat Orm."
David wanted to obtain the trident, but only for its symbolic meaning, to have a legitimate cause to ascend to the position of King of the Seven Seas.
A land dweller could not sit on the throne of the Seven Seas. While he could conquer the Atlanteans through brutal slaughter, using fear as a whip, he could not stay in the deep sea long-term, nor was his home in the dark, sunless depths.
"A throne obtained through slaughter and enslavement would lead to constant rebellions, even if I stayed in the deep sea, let alone if I left."
Moreover, he was incapable of such actions.
Mera was about to say something else.
"We're here."
David stopped flying and looked down at his destination.
Beautiful islands, a slightly muggy breeze, blowing across crystal-clear waters like sapphire, the white seabed visible at a glance. The scenery was breathtaking, almost rivaling that of Themyscira.
Italy, the beautiful island of Sicily.
But in Mera's eyes, this was another place, and her expression changed.
"This is where the Trench dwellers live.
What are you doing here?"
The Trench dwellers were once a branch of Atlanteans, but whether through evolution or devolution, they had become deep-sea monsters.
While the Brine's appearance resembled crabs and crustaceans, they at least retained their intelligence.
The Trench dwellers' minds were filled only with slaughter and madness. Any creature that entered the abyssal trenches where they lived would be torn to shreds by countless Trench dwellers.
Mera's expression was complex.
The queen who had watched her grow up was sacrificed to the Trench dwellers for uniting with a land dweller, considered an insult to the Atlantean royal bloodline.
David gazed at the seawater.
"Because the lost Trident of Poseidon is down there."
Today it was overcast and rainy, and the house was stuffy. I opened the window for some air, and my head felt foggy and I wasn't feeling well. I'll take a short break. If the second chapter isn't updated by midnight, the update will be moved to daytime.
I won't miss any updates.
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