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Chapter 188 The Shark Princess... is actually Orph? The perplexing truth!

Princess Shark, a name that has resonated throughout the entire Kingdom of Augu for hundreds of years.

Not only in the Kingdom of Augu, but also in the Boyue Empire and the Budai Dynasty, almost everyone had heard the legend of the Shark Princess.

Although Princess Shark is not a transcendent monarch, as a ruler, she possesses the strength to rival the two transcendent monarchs, Father of Ten Thousand Stars and Roaring Emperor.

This is not because she, like Marshal Gaius, could sign an exaggerated fifteen secret contracts; in fact, she seems to have only signed nine.

Because, as a pirate, although she was the emperor among pirates, she had too few "anchor points" to support her signing as many as fifteen secret contracts.

It is said that the reason why Princess Shark was able to fight against the Father of Ten Thousand Stars and the Roaring Emperor was because she possessed an incredible treasure that was at the top level in the world.

It was thanks to this treasure that she was able to stand firm at sea, occupying and possessing a territorial sea area that was in no way inferior to the other four sea emperors.

And now, Princess Shark's "Shark Swarm" has appeared before everyone!
This extraordinary behemoth, which is practically a mobile city, gives the impression that if it loses control of its power even slightly, it could completely smash the Red Porcupine to pieces!
From a distance, the Red Porcupinefish, which is a full kilometer long, looks like a tiny soybean next to a domineering tank in front of the Shark!

"Princess Shark suddenly appeared in the Father of All Stars' territorial waters, especially in the Worm Islands. Could it be that she wanted to discuss with the Father of All Stars how to join forces to deal with that Mysterious Emperor?"

Xia Fa pondered to himself. The five emperors on the sea were not united; in fact, one could say they each harbored their own ulterior motives.

Among them, the Father of Ten Thousand Stars and Princess Shark both restrained their pirates from harming civilians. Therefore, these two pirate emperors, who always adhered to morality and bottom lines, did not have much friction with each other, perhaps because they shared the same ideals.

On the other hand, although both the Roaring Emperor and the Silent Prophet allowed their pirates to burn, kill, and plunder at will, these two pirate emperors were extremely at odds with each other and wished they could kill each other.

As for the most mysterious pirate emperor—the Silent Queen—she almost never allies with any side, and her territorial waters are the smallest.

It is said that the Silent Queen and her pirates, aside from occasionally hunting traveling whales, hardly engage in any pirate activities.

Whether it's naval battles with other pirates, raiding merchant ships, or smuggling contraband, they won't participate in any of these activities.

On the contrary, the pirates under the Silent Queen's command prefer to frequent various underwater ruins, extraordinary relics, and high-risk eerie realms, seemingly searching for something.

"Don't panic, everyone. Princess Shark and her pirates won't kill innocent people indiscriminately unless we provoke or challenge them. So let's do nothing and just wait for the Shark to pass by."

Captain Red Pufferfish spoke in a deep voice, explaining that since picking up Shafa outside Rum City, this voyage, though not particularly long, had been fraught with danger.

Either it's a time-looping ghost realm, or it's a sightseeing boat from which there's no escape, which prevents him, as the captain, from ever being able to play his role.

Now, finally, it's time for him to be of some use.

However, his words had no effect.
Because the three guests on the ship—Sharfa, Prince Justinian, and His Excellency Avalon—were not flustered at all; on the contrary, they seemed quite calm.

Clearly, they all knew that Princess Shark was different from the Roaring Emperor and the Thousand-Faced Prophet; she wasn't the type to indiscriminately kill the innocent and bully the weak.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise of not actively provoking others.

Pirates are always pirates; without a temper and a fierce spirit, they can't survive at sea.

Just as everyone was hoping that the Shark, a ship that resembled a mobile city, would slowly drive away from them, and preferably not look back...

Suddenly, the Shark Gang came to a stop.

On the ship's hull, which stretched for thousands of meters like a city wall, an arched hatch opened.

Immediately afterwards, the seawater rose up and condensed into ice-blue round platforms emitting a chilling aura, forming a series of circular steps between the hatch and the Red Porcupine.

Elegant footsteps sounded, and at the hatch, a handsome man with platinum blonde hair, dressed in a blue and white knight's outfit, with a golden rapier at his waist, slowly appeared.

He stood in front of the cabin door, placed his hand on his chest, and slowly bowed to the crowd. His manners were extremely refined, giving him the air of someone of noble birth.

"Gentlemen, the leader invites you to a gathering on the ship, especially His Highness Prince Justinian and His Excellency Avalon. The leader wishes to meet the two young overlords."

On the Red Porcupine, everyone felt a chill run down their spines as they recognized the newcomer.

James, the second officer on the Sharkpack, is an angel with extremely formidable strength.

In particular, his rapier, which looked like it was made of gold and was engraved with vines and rose patterns, was an extremely powerful treasure.

James once used this rapier to defeat three angels of equal rank, fighting them alone.

It was that battle that made Him famous throughout the Baron Ocean.

Seeing that even the pirate emperor, Princess Shark, had sent her second mate to invite everyone, they naturally couldn't refuse.

With Dagney guarding the ship, Prince Justinian, Avalon, and Captain Red Pufferfish immediately stepped onto the circular, icy steps formed by the seawater.

Xia Fa didn't want to go, because it seemed that Princess Shark hadn't invited him.

But at that moment, James looked at Shafa and smiled very politely as he spoke:

"Mr. Shafa, aren't you getting on board? Many of us on the Shark have heard of your exploits, about the land of gods in the desert."

Xia Fa was slightly taken aback, not expecting that his performance in the God Land of the Desert had actually reached the sea.
However, upon further reflection, he realized that since both His Majesty Octavian and Marshal Gaius knew about it, it seemed quite normal for Princess Shark, being a fellow ruler, to also know.

After some thought, Xia Fa decided to follow Prince Justinian aboard the Shark Gang.

Those circular icy steps, though undulating in the air, were surprisingly stable to step on; perhaps it was James's secret ability.

Xia Fa quickly entered the cabin. Behind the cabin was a passageway covered with talismans, each engraved with various secret inscriptions, dazzling the eye.

Xia Fa observed with considerable surprise, estimating that this passageway was more of a defensive measure to prevent infiltration of the Sovereigns' ships during battles.

Once these runes are activated, they will inevitably form a ritual array with extremely high destructive power!
Fortunately, he, along with Prince Justinian and others, boarded the ship as guests, so there was nothing to worry about.

The passageway was extremely long, stretching as far as the eye could see, with only the runes on the talismans flashing intermittently.

The group followed James, and before they had gone far, they saw him suddenly stop.

James turned halfway around and suddenly pressed several of the rune stones.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of machinery running rose from beneath everyone's feet, and miniature ritual teleportation arrays appeared, spreading spatial power beneath Xia Fa and the others.

No one panicked. After all, the shark lord's main target was them, and they had no chance of escaping.

Presumably, this ritual teleportation array was simply to get them to the largest cabin faster. The next moment, Xia Fa's figure disappeared first, followed by Captain Red Boar, and then Prince Justinian and Avalon's figures also disappeared.

As for James with the golden rapier, his figure slowly faded, and he was the last one to disappear into the passageway.

……

The lively and bustling sounds rushed towards us, followed by the pervasive aromas of beer and food.

As soon as Xia Fa appeared, he saw countless pirates raising their glasses in celebration, tearing apart huge legs of lamb or beef and eating with great relish.

This is a vast space, seemingly endless in all directions. Only the wooden ship walls behind and the ebony ceiling above remind Xia Fa that this is still the Shark.

Or rather, the interior of the Shark Group.

Neither the ship's walls nor the ceiling were made of ordinary building materials, but rather some kind of extremely special and extraordinary wood.

The fact that the Shark Princess managed to build such a large ship using only the same extraordinary type of wood is truly astonishing.

Xia Fa looked up and gazed into the distance. At this moment, he was standing on the high platform on the left side of the ship's cabin, which was comparable to a city. As far as the eye could see, there were pirates indulging in pleasure.

Some were drinking and eating meat, some were playing cards and dice, some were wielding swords and fighting, some were huddled together reading books, and some were fast asleep.

Xia Fa even saw some pirates fighting around a metal square platform that looked somewhat familiar to him.

Pirates nearby waved their fists in encouragement, and bursts of light occasionally flashed from the metal platform, illuminating their excited faces.

That was the kind of game he and Chestnut had seen in that strange game hall in the Dames district of Augustus, where they shrunk their bodies to enter the battle arena for a three-on-three game.

"Please don't be shy, everyone. Please find a place to sit."

A crisp sound rang out, yet it carried a chilling majesty that instantly reverberated throughout the entire city-sized ship's cabin.

The pirates, who had been reveling just a moment ago, suddenly fell silent, and whatever they were doing immediately stopped.

Immediately, countless eyes turned to look at Xia Fa and the others standing on the high platform on the left.

Xia Fa also withdrew his gaze from observing the pirates and turned his head with great curiosity to look at the source of the clear yet stern voice.

That was the highest point of the ship's massive cabin, as large as a city.

A petite young girl is sitting on a pirate throne made of black and gold.

She appeared to be only about 1.5 meters tall, with vibrant rose-red curly hair, a petite figure, and wore a platinum-gold robe studded with diamonds, the robe slit at the sides of her thighs.
She revealed her legs, which were surprisingly long for her figure.

What's most eye-catching, however, is the mask she's wearing.

It was an extremely strange mask. At first glance, it appeared to be made of wood, but it was inlaid with all sorts of tiny gemstones—rubies, sapphires, topaz, blue sapphires, green sapphires, purple sapphires, obsidian, diamonds, agate, and so on.

It was this mask that concealed her face, preventing either Xia Fa or anyone else from seeing the true appearance of this sea emperor.

Xia Fa was about to look away when suddenly his gaze fell on the Shark Princess's pair of fair and delicate little feet.

Indeed, Princess Shark was barefoot, her shapely legs swaying on the black and gold throne. It seemed that only these swaying legs indicated that she was a young girl, not one of the five majestic pirate emperors, a being of supreme status.

Xia Fa wasn't interested in the girl's delicate feet; he wasn't a pervert. What truly caught his eye was... a sense of familiarity he felt when he saw those fair, tender feet!

Those fair, almost translucent skins, the perfect arches, the lustrous pink toenails... In Xia Fa's memory, there was only one person with such adorable and perfect little feet.

That was none other than Oberon's daughter, the proud and arrogant girl who loved riding traveling slimes, Oph!
Xia Fa used the power of the Etheric Source Pact to confirm again, and carefully examined the Shark Princess's pair of fair and tender little feet.

Same, exactly the same, exactly the same as Aufu's!
These little feet are so white and tender, so fragrant and soft, making one want to hold them in one's arms and play with them—realizing that her thoughts were getting a little off track, Xia Fa immediately stopped thinking like that.

He looked up again, gazing at the Shark Princess's petite yet curvaceous figure, barely 1.5 meters tall, and her curly hair...

If we had to point out the differences, Auf's curls are seaweed-colored, while Princess Shark's are as vibrant as a red rose.

"No way, could she really be Off?"

The more Xia Fa looked at it, the more it seemed similar, but because of this, it seemed even more unbelievable.

“Ouf should only be in her early twenties, but the title of Princess of the Sharks has been known at sea for hundreds of years…”

Xia Fa was pondering this in his heart.

Suddenly, Prince Justinian stepped forward, placed his hand on his chest, and respectfully bowed to Princess Shark on the Black Gold Throne, saying:

"Your Highness Princess Shark, please allow me to pay you my highest respect. I come from the Kingdom of Augu and have long heard of your reputation. In particular, my father and uncle greatly admire your character and have always praised your methods of disciplining your pirates. It is a great honor to be able to board your ship this time!"

His manners were so impeccable that one could not only feel his reverence for Princess Shark, but also the respect that His Majesty Octavian and Marshal Gaius of the Kingdom of Augus held for her.

Avalon also stepped forward and bowed with his hand on his chest, but his words were simpler.

"I am Avalon, and I pay my respects to Princess Shark."

Princess Shark waved her hand slightly, her voice cool and clear:
"No need for such formalities now that you're at sea. Justinian, when you return, please give my regards to Octavian and Gaius."

Prince Justinian smiled and bowed again:
"I will definitely deliver your greetings when the time comes."

Xia Fa had been observing and discovered that Princess Shark and Auf seemed to have very different personalities.

Princess Shark is aloof and proud, with an imposing presence, yet she gives off the feeling of a lonely girl, possessing contradictory qualities.

As for Auf, she is lively and proud, loves to chatter, and has the demeanor of a charming and cute aristocratic young lady.

However, the two also share so many similarities that he couldn't abandon this hypothesis.

The main point is that if Princess Shark is really Orpheus, then I'd have an acquaintance at sea, one of the five pirate emperors!

This will make everything at sea much more convenient!

However, at that moment, Princess Shark slightly turned her head, her crimson eyes beneath the mask looking down at Xia Fa, and spoke calmly:
"You're Xia Fa?"

(End of this chapter)