Chapter 117: Intervene

Orm decided not to delay the succession to the throne and to remain the sole worthy king.

The duel between them was organized within ten minutes. 

A huge number of Atlanteans gathered around the arena, as well as the Atlantean military and the kingdom of Xebel. 

King Xebel supports Prince Orm's desire to attack the surface and his troops are also here.

Recently, King Ryus sent her to keep an eye on Arthur Curry as he learned about him through spies. 

As soon as Mera girl left, Ryus died, and Nereus became the new king of Xebel who wanted to marry her to easily take his place on the throne.

However, King Ryus had consented to King Orvax for their children's marriage. 

It turns out Mera is Orm's bride, but Nerius also wants to marry her... now he wants war with the surface even more.

He decides to withdraw from the competition for her hand.

"You know, don't you think fighting for the throne in a battle nowadays... is wild?"

I whispered in Mera's ear who was very excited about the upcoming event.

"Traditions are traditions... you wouldn't understand." 

She glanced at me.

"What... were you even planning to do here? And what were those earthquakes about?" 

She asked me after a short pause. 

We were standing near the arena now, waiting for Atlanna to accompany the two princes. 

She had obviously seen me somewhere before, not just on television; most likely she was watching Kara and me as we dealt with the tanker.

"If you've been keeping an eye on the situation on the surface, you know there are heroes like Superman and Supergirl. They would fight against the Atlantean forces, and these people wouldn't win anyway. You don't want war, just like me... that's why I came to eliminate the one who wants war. My powers are quite versatile, and one of my abilities is controlling the earth... so I'm perfectly capable of raising Atlantis from the depths."

"You came alone."

She reminded me with some skepticism.

"I alone is enough."

I said, and she clearly intended to say something when the music started playing... underwater, and Orm emerged onto the arena. 

Atlanna appeared nearby, a beautiful woman in her thirties with snowy white hair who was clearly not in the best mood.

It's understandable because her own son almost killed her, and then he said he would kill the second one in front of her even if it was from another man.

"You've all gathered here to witness my swift victory over my bastard brother, and let's not delay this glorious moment of my triumph." 

Orm confidently declared.

Arthur was already in the arena, and he was evidently unhappy.

"Brother, this can still be resolved without bloodshed. Don't you care about your mother and me? We are the only remaining relatives" 

He tried to reason with his brother. 

This whole situation reminds me a bit of mine with Lex. 

Lex and Orm are ambitious bastards willing to sacrifice their own kin for their purposes. 

However, I knew who Lex was especially after a more thorough study with Cortana and his death doesn't weigh on my conscience.

"Absolutely not. You're just holding me back especially this woman who killed my father."

He looked at Atlanna... and his gaze showed complex emotions.

Despite his hatred towards his mother, there was still childhood resentment and love.

Orm's arrogance amuses me somewhat. 

After all, I recently slightly bruised his pride with a punch, and he even used the Zodiac Crystal on me, which didn't work... anyone could guess that I am a serious opponent. 

However, Orm doesn't acknowledge surface dwellers because his arrogance and imagined pride blinded him to the fact... that I can be very dangerous. 

However, Mera noticed this even if she wasn't entirely sure of my victory. 

She understood I was strong enough to give him at least an equal fight. 

Atlanna noticed something about me and fixed her intense gaze on me.

The battle between the two brothers began, and... Arthur was clearly losing. 

If Orm was trained by the best warriors of Atlantis and was given all the necessary knowledge as a prince, his brother had no special skills.

"We have to do something..." 

Mera said anxiously.

"But we can't intervene in ancient traditions, can we?"

I glanced at her and raised an eyebrow because my words were projected directly into her mind.

"I'm from the kingdom of Xebel, not Atlantis." 

She found an explanation for her future actions. She tried to subtly help Arthur by using hydrokinesis, but it didn't bring much benefit.

"Alright, I've seen enough. You owe me one, beauty." 

I looked at Mera and rose from where I was sitting.

"Sit down, land-dweller." 

Nereus said who was relatively close to us. 

He was jealous of me being close to Mera, and he simply didn't like the fact that she invited a guest from the surface.

"..."

I looked at him and discreetly used spells... and it worked. 

Nereus's face suddenly changed, and he began to vomit slugs while simultaneously emptying his bowels.

"Stop the fight, boys."

A small stone wall grew between the two princes.

"Land-dweller will pay for this!"

"Shut up." 

I appeared next to Orm in less than a second, grabbed him by the neck, and threw him down, breaking the arena. 

"I've seen all I wanted to see. Instead of an ancient civilization that still remembers its roots, I saw technologically advanced barbarians eager to ignite war."

I released my wings and momentarily stopped restraining my aura, magic, and the essence of a being that could well be called a god. 

Those who were standing either fell to their knees or just slumped face down as soon as they felt suffocated.

"Atlanna, take back your throne. You've been ruling better than being a mother... especially considering that your son tried to kill you and then immediately used his newfound power against the surface."

"Open fire on the land-dwelling rat! I'll show the might of the Ocean Master!"

Orm managed to climb out of the hole and used the Zodiac Crystal.

A huge amount of magical energy accumulated in the trident that began to crack under such power. 

The water around started to ionize due to the lightning running through the trident, causing it to boil intensely.

"You've already tried."

The energy beam from the trident simply vanished before reaching me mere inches away and shattered Orm's energy attack... that could easily wipe out a small town.

"Kill the bastard!" 

Nereus exclaimed and tried to pierce me on his trident from behind but his weapon was grabbed by clumps of denser water and ripped from his hands.

"Mera!"

He looked at her and then received a slap from me and blacked out while breaking the stone barrier of the arena with his head.

"Orm!" 

While I was distracted by King Nereus, Orm pierced Arthur on the trident... It went right through him while piercing his heart, lungs, and stomach.

"Now you..." 

He looked at me with a threatening gaze. 

A watery barrier formed around the arena, and Mera's way of helping to prevent the guards from shooting at me and ensure that the water didn't interfere with my fighting... even it didn't bother me.

"You're pathetic. You tried to kill your mother from behind, but she survived, and now your brother... is gone." 

I said I was expecting Arthur's wound to heal, but it didn't, or rather, it did, but not as it should have because the soul had already left the body.

"Why isn't it working?" 

I was surprised, and Orm took advantage of my hesitation and tried to kill me just like he did with his brother recently. 

However, he hit my aura and blocked it. 

"Alright, you managed to finish off your brother." 

I admitted when realizing that Arthur's soul had already left maybe because of the trident connected to the Zodiac Crystal.

I move closer to Orm to catch the trident he threw at me and hit him right in the jaw. I could feel his bones breaking under my blow. 

I didn't let him swim away from the blow, and I grabbed his hand and hit him again in the stomach this time.

"You know, I can't condemn you for myself. That would be hypocrisy on my part, but you're still quite the jerk much like my brother."

Finally, I struck him across the face with my palm to knock out some of his teeth, and he passed out completely from that.

"Son..."

Atlanna held Arthur in her arms to shield them from him.

"He has no wounds. Why isn't he waking up?" 

She turned to me.

"Most likely, his soul left immediately after death because of the trident with the Zodiac Crystal. I healed his body, but not his soul... which might be with Poseidon, but I can't be certain." 

I spoke.

"It's my fault... I asked Mera to try to bring my son here when seeing that Orm was just a copy of his father." 

She had just lost her son with regret.

"My Queen, you're not to blame..." 

Mera entered the barrier and heard Atlanna's words.

"Actually, You are to blame. You could have done better in raising them."

I shrugged while ignoring Mera's gaze.

"Atlanna, as I said, the throne is yours. One son clearly wasn't ready for the throne, and the other wanted to start a war..."

"Who are you?"

She looked up at me.

"You possess the power of a king from legends. I sense hidden power in you..."

"You can call me Anthony Luther or just Tony. I'm an archmage and an Angel..." 

I spread my wings, and a dark halo appeared above my head.

"And the CEO of LutherCorp. Your son unleashed a tsunami on the surface. I stopped the tsunami and became curious about what was happening here. I met with Mera and Arthur... and still ended up beating Orm's face in." 

I looked at the unconscious prince.

"My Queen, now only you are worthy to rule..."

Mera said, also looking at Orm.

"Now there's only one contender for the throne... the advisors will..."

"I don't care. You're lucky I didn't decide to retaliate against Atlantis for the tsunami by orchestrating a local genocide here."

My eyes were now glowing a bright golden color.

"If something like this happens again, I won't be so tolerant and will finish what was started by those who brought this Atlantis upon you."

"If at first, I found Orm's arrogance amusing, now this whole situation is irritating." 

I said, and Atlantis trembled once again but much stronger than before.

"S-stop, I understand..." 

She was frightened as even some parts of the palace began to collapse before her eyes, and she tried to look me in the eye.

"I don't want to appear as an oppressive tyrant. I'm not against your kingdom even quite the opposite. I have knowledge of Arion, and they've been very helpful to me, but your son could have killed millions of innocent people on the surface."

"Arion?"

She widened her eyes slightly.

"You... are a descendant of the Lord of Order and King Arion?"

Atlanna asked with mixed emotions.

"I doubt it." 

I honestly replied. 

He had mistresses, but I'm clearly not blood-related to him.

"I will help you suppress any protests, and you can continue to be queen at least you understand that war with the surface is not the wisest idea. And yes, I understand that for you, I'm a stranger who fell from the sky... or rather, from the surface, yes. So I hope we can establish a connection over time." 

I smiled at her.

"Nereus has an army here, and he will resist, as will the advisors who supported Orm." 

Mera added while observing me closely. 

After mentioning Arion, she became more... attentive indeed.

"So the king will be dead... long live the new king."

I shrugged.

"I'll just demonstrate that I'm not to be trifled with so that all dissenters keep quiet. Especially since Atlantis' systems are already under my control."

I said. 

Cortana couldn't immediately hack into all the systems as she didn't have direct access to them. 

I sent nanobots to the local server room in the tower as soon as I got here anyway. 

As soon as they connected there, Cortana took control of all the systems.

"..." 

Mera and Atlanna exchanged glances. 

They didn't know how to react to me. 

After all, I appeared quite suddenly and had already proven my strength... but Orm was also strong, yet he wouldn't have stood a chance against me even an entire army with a Zodiac Crystal.

"You... you're not planning to... seize power?"

Atlanna asked.

"Why would I?" 

I blinked in confusion.

"It's in my best interest for you to manage things here alone... I already have enough responsibilities with LutherCorp. I don't need any more."

A lot of people saw how easily I defeated Orm and how Mera protected me. 

As a result, there were true stories going around in Atlantis about me that made me laugh.

The part of King Xebel's army really decided to attack me and "save" their allied king, Orm. 

The advisors supporting him were only too happy about it and also decided to put pressure on Atlanna and me.

They were saying that I was an invader from the surface and King Orm was right.

"Nereus, stop it! Your desire to start a war will not benefit our kingdom!" 

Mera exclaimed when seeing Xebel's warships and some from Atlantis aiming their cannons at me as I rose above the palace.

She was speaking into her unique communicator which resembled a seashell.

There was no answer from the communicator, and the ships fired at me but all of their tech stopped working at that very moment. 

Cortana had already managed to connect to Xebel's systems.

There are some of the ships resembled octopuses, others jellyfish or whales and there was even a crab-shaped ship. 

They may have looked powerful as the ships were not small, but they couldn't really oppose me in reality.

"Now let's clean up."

I said as a dry space formed around me, and then I began demonstrating my power. 

I created a huge creature resembling a squid from the Earth, and it hovered over the ships. 

Then, a brilliant white beam shot out from my hands causing the water to bubble and evaporate as the rays were VERY hot. 

I easily split one of the main Xebel ships in half to ensure no one was harmed. 

In the next moment, I teleported a shocked Neron to me.

He looked wide-eyed at me from the ship... with one of its parts slowly sinking to the bottom. 

Then, I simply crushed his head and burst like a ripe watermelon.

There were still advisors left... and many problems because of this Orm. 

I wouldn't have come here if he hadn't ventured onto the surface, at least not so soon.

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