Three Gluttons
If it is just the wild sharks following them, he might have a chance to outpace them, but the problem comes when the Unholy Lord steps in. As much as possible, Dolphy must remain calm since with him is the third princess of the water realm. A red-tailed royal one at that.
He does not want to let the so-called Unholy Lord of the Water Realm realize his presence yet or it could lead to further troubles aside from their death.
Knowing that it was his fault that they ended up in this mess, Dolphy wanted to kill himself so badly. But right now, the safety of the princess is much more important than his life.
"Our choice is to go straight to the powerful essence up to the southeast. Problem is that we might face a bunch of hungry wild sharks on the way." Dolphy calmy relayed his plan.
"How many do we expect to face on the way?"
"I am detecting only three on that side."
"How about we go back while we are not that deep yet?"
"There are a total of ten wild sharks blocking all angles in the back. I am afraid our chance of survival is zero if we choose to go back now."
"Are you sure about the powerful essence on the southeast?"
"I have scanned that half human-half dragon before and it is the exact energy I have just detected. Although there is a slight change in his aura, I am pretty sure it is the same creature."
Gripping her bruised hands on the golden armor, Diana glanced at the southern direction with mixed emotions. There is excitement to see the only human she admires but an unstoppable feeling of worry kept on disturbing her.
"I hope Dash and everyone are still safe back there," Diana whispered to herself as she prepared herself for another dangerous drive.
***
Far from them, ten great white sharks with varying species and sizes slowly sneaked their way at the back of the dolphin and the princess. Their red beady eyes locked on their two pray while their mouth displayed their horrifying razor-sharp teeth the size of a single ruler each.
Their gills slowly moved, as if preserving their energy for an intense chase.
The leading great white shark with a length over fifteen meters calmly followed their scent. Slowly, its head scanned the other directions where the other group of wild sharks is on standby.
A hint of bloodlust emanated in their beady red eyes.
and again, This nose pointed straight at the dolphin carrying a princess.
The other sharks of various kinds behind him seem to be waiting for his signal.
***
"Let's do this Dolphy," Diana said with an overflowing determination.
Knowing that the slower they move, the better positions their ambushers could set up and their chance of survival could dwindle into nothing. Their death could also ultimately spell the end of their race once they failed to find Elric.
"Hold on tight Princess. The wild sharks are closing ahead."
SZOOOOOOSH~
And with his maximum speed, Dolphy dashed straight towards the southeast direction, leaving nothing but a white streak of bubbles.
Noticing their sudden burst of speed. The sneaking wild sharks immediately reacted.
SHHHU~
SHHU~
SHUUU~
With their menacing gray bodies, they made their way after the dolphin and the mermaid, with an obvious intention of snacking on them.
***
SLAM!
SLAM!
SLAAM!
The five Thagda's had been hitting the turtle hidden under the sand shell for quite some time now. Unfortunately, the absurd defense of the turtle made all their attacks useless despite the latter not moving an inch.
It was a defense worthy of praise!
"I am really hungry!"The firstborn complained.
"This is not working. That turtle is a coward! He doesn't want to face us! I just want to get a bite on his tail! ROOAR!~" The second-born roared in impatience.
"Can I eat sand?" said the third one with each of his redeyes looking in two different directions.
The three gluttons blabbered in irritation. Failing to force the turtle out despite their relentless attacks.
"Everyone comes to me. I think I know what to do." The leading Thagda finally stopping his attack He distanced himself away from the sand shell of the turtle and glanced at the direction of the beautiful coral city of the water realm.
"What is it? Spit it out." The first one urged and the other three stare at the last born with tired looks as they dragged themselves in utter impatience.
The fifth one sighed in hopeless stupidity of his brothers and calmly said:
"This turtle seems to be too weird to become a normal water elemental. He must be something that protects the water folks. The reason he is not coming out could simply mean that he is stalling us for time. Either he is hoping that help will come or just giving time for his people to hide and escape. It can be either those two-"
"I am not a brainer like you. We are born to devour anything. Just spit it out already." The second-born interjected and the other two gluttons nodded in agreement.
GRRR~
The fifth born was about to explode in anger but quickly calmed himself down. Getting frustrated because of his idiot brothers is the same as losing against them. His pride does not allow him to stoop so low to get on another brawl with his stupid brothers.
"What he is saying is we could just ignore this turtle and feast on those fisherfolks." The fourth one finally spoke his mind as if trying to predict the fifth born's plan.
"That is not a bad idea!"
"Fishes all you can eat! Now we are talking!"
"Can I eat that golden castle from afar?"
"Idiots." The fifth born cursed in his mind. He rolled his eyes in sheer stupidity of his glutton brothers and calmly added.
"We need someone who can make the turtle stay here while the rest go on binge eating the water folks." The leader calmly said his plans and an enlightened look brightened the faces of the three gluttons. The fourth one doesn't look impressed though.
"That is a perfect idea! I am not staying here though." The first one cried excitedly.
"I am not staying here too. I want to go fiesta on their salty meat!" added by the second born.
"Can I eat those coral buildings? The third one finished with both his eyes still staring at two different directions. It was the perfect presentation of a block-headed-glutton dragon.