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Chapter 251 Prince Haz

That afternoon, Richard concluded his royal visit and returned to the Knight family residence.

Shortly after Richard returned, Stephanie, along with Siat, found him.

Richard was quite surprised when he saw Sia.

She noticed that Hiat looked much better than before.

Clearly, with Stephena's assistance, this ancestor of the Knight family turned misfortune into good fortune, successfully burning the swamp giant's source blood and breaking through to the mid-stage of level one, thus gaining more than ten years of lifespan.

Under these circumstances, Hiat naturally treated Richard with even greater respect.

If it was absolutely out of necessity before...

So now it's half out of necessity, and half out of genuine willingness.

After all, a person's heart doesn't change so quickly.

Hiat bowed respectfully to Richard and said, "Lord Richard, I just gathered the latest information. The ancient wizarding site that was suddenly discovered on Crab Claw Peninsula seems to be the site of an ancient wizarding school specializing in water-based magic—the Tide School."

"Although this school of thought has been lost to the annals of history, the Tide School was famous for its water-based witchcraft when it was alive, which greatly attracted the sea creatures and some water-based wizards."

"Secondly, the island's location is precisely on the edge of the near sea, close to the open ocean, which gives the sea creatures an excuse to interfere."

"However, the message says that the site is severely damaged and not very attractive to second-level archmages. So, on the sea tribe side, currently only one clan near Crab Claw Peninsula—the Sliding Blade Naga clan—is confronting the kingdom's wizards."

Richard nodded; he understood.

Both sides have their own interests regarding the site and neither will easily back down.

However, this is merely a severely damaged site, and the great wizards are not interested in it. Therefore, it is now the first-level wizards who are vying for this territory.

"So, how strong is this sea race—the Sliding Blade Naga clan?" Richard asked casually.

"Well, Lord Richard, we don't really know much about the sea creatures. We only know that the Naga people are handsome, regardless of gender, and have scales on their bodies, as well as fins on their backs and arms. But we don't know much about the strength of their entire clan."

Richard thought about it and agreed.

It would be incomprehensible if the intelligence agencies on the continent of Essos could investigate all the intelligent creatures in the vast ocean; it's normal that they can't investigate them all.

"In that case, we can find out the rest of the information after we arrive at Crab Claw Peninsula."

"Stephena, we'll set off for Crab Claw Peninsula first thing tomorrow morning."

"Yes, Master!" Stephania's face lit up with joy.

"Siat, the Knight family is still in your hands. I don't want to see what happened before repeat itself," Richard said to Siat again, turning to her.

"Lord Richard, of course, please rest assured."

The next day.

Richard and Stephena rode on their hippogriffs and flew straight to Crab Claw Peninsula.

Crab Claw Peninsula may be just a peninsula, but it is actually quite large, with an area no smaller than Richard's hometown of Rossby County, and even considerably larger.

Richard's destination this time was Baigang City, the county town of the Crab Claw Peninsula.

Baigang City is located right next to the sea, and it is not far from the island where the ruins were discovered.

After arriving at White Harbor City, Richard still had to take a boat to the small island. Luckily, he had a flying mount, otherwise the bumpy ride would have been quite a ordeal for him.

Furthermore, with the conflict with the Sliding Naga clan, the danger of sailing from White Harbor City has increased dramatically. Naturally, flying mounts are safer and more convenient than boats when heading to the island.

As for why it's necessary to be on good terms with the sea creatures instead of directly flying from the Crab Claw Peninsula to the Loras Peninsula on the Vitlor Continent using flying mounts?

Richard originally thought so too.

But after he learned about the situation, he realized that his idea was a bit unrealistic.

Do you know why the Storm Strait, located between the Crab Claw Peninsula on the continent of Essos and the Loras Peninsula on the continent of Vitlor, is called the Storm Strait?

After several days of investigation, Richard learned that a huge number of Storm Elements, first-order elemental creatures, were lurking in the skies above the Storm Strait.

These elemental beings, like the fire and rolling stone elements Richard encountered in the Scorched Earth Secret Realm, arose due to a special geographical environment and gradually grew stronger. Their history is so ancient that much of it is now impossible to verify.

The Storm Strait is located in the center of strong convection between the north and south oceans, and is prone to violent hurricanes year-round, making it a geographical feature that storm elements love most.

It is said that among this vast group of storm elementals, there are not only hurricane lords of up to the third tier, but also beings of even higher tiers.

If Richard dared to ride over on his flying mount, he'd probably be reduced to ashes.

But the sea route is different.

Because of the massive amount of storm elements, which absorb the energy from the convective air, the Storm Strait is mostly calm except for a limited period of one or two months.

Therefore, after avoiding the core area of ​​the storm element, the Storm Strait became a bustling shortcut for maritime traffic.

Most of the goods from the Kingdom of Heron to the Trade Alliance are transported via this sea route.

Richard and Stephena chatted all the way to White Harbor City.

This is where the gryphon's role comes into play; the airflow automatically splits to both sides, allowing the two to speak calmly even while flying at high speed.

If it were a swamp wyvern, it would probably get a mouthful of airflow the moment it tried to speak while flying at high speed!

Inside a tent on an unnamed island.

Daenerys, dressed in a light blue wizard's robe and holding her signature icicle staff, was discussing something with several wizards.

"Daenerys, the Sliding Blade Naga clan says that their Prince Haz will be arriving tomorrow to resolve the ownership issue of this site. At that point, it will be very difficult for us to hold onto this island."

The speaker was also a female wizard, wearing a white wizard's robe with a rushing stream of water patterned in light blue thread on her chest.

It is the logo of the business alliance, Hydashia College.

Beside him stood a handsome man, also dressed in a white robe with a symbol of rushing water on his chest, who said:

"Yes, Daenerys, the Sliding Blade Clan is quite powerful. I'm afraid we won't be able to withstand them with just a few of us."

While speaking, the other person's eyes were fixed on Daenerys with deep affection, like that of a suitor.

The man's name is Haytham Milton, and he is currently an instructor at Hydashia College. He and Daenerys were once under the same tutor.

From the moment Daenerys entered the school, Haytham was amazed by her. Her rare ice talent, high wizarding aptitude, and beautiful appearance made her the perfect companion on the path of a wizard.

Although Daenerys has a somewhat aloof personality, this makes him stand out from the crowd, and it also makes him feel more at ease after they get together.

He came to the Kingdom of Heron this time, ostensibly to search for a rare, extraordinary creature that lives only on the continent of Bais, but those who know him know that his true purpose is not what he claims.

The search for extraordinary beings was a pretense; the real purpose was to visit Daenerys in the Kingdom of Heron.

It would be even better if we could persuade Daenerys!

In terms of family background, he is also the son of the Kingdom of Milton, which is part of the business alliance. His status and position as a prince of the kingdom are a good match for Daenerys.

He had tried to persuade Daenerys to stay and teach at the academy more than once before, but she had always declined.

For Daenerys, her home was in the Kingdom of Horon, in the city of Pentos, the city of griffins. Hydashia Academy was nice, but it was not her hometown.

To be honest, there are relatively few wizards who have this idea.

Danerys was one of them.

This left Haytham feeling quite helpless.

After listening to her two companions' analysis, Daenerys frowned, seemingly deep in thought.

When the three of them arrived, seven or eight wizards from the kingdom had already engaged in battle with the Sliding Blade Clan.

Clearly, fighting against sea-folk wizards on an island abundant with water elemental energy particles would be extremely difficult and thankless for human wizards. In addition, the kingdom's wizards themselves were not very strong, so they were easily defeated.

When Daenerys arrived, even after she revealed her identity, the Naga clan of the Blade Blade didn't take her seriously.

Without sufficient strength, you won't even have a voice!

After a small battle, the other side suffered a minor loss and then agreed to report to their superiors that the human kingdom had sent a representative to the Blade Clan.

Just now, a message came from the other side saying that Prince Harz of their Sliding Blade clan will arrive on the island tomorrow to discuss the ownership of the ruins with Daenerys.

Saying it's a discussion is just a nice way of putting it; in reality, it will likely come down to who has the bigger fist.

In the wizarding world, strength reigns supreme.

Yesterday, they conducted a preliminary exploration. Although the site was severely damaged, one of the small cultivation secret realms seemed to be relatively well preserved. After being closed for so many years, there should be many rare ancient herbs inside the cultivation secret realm.

Moreover, these should all be herbs that are more effective for water-based wizards.

What the human wizards thought of, the sea-folk wizards obviously thought of as well.

Don't forget, almost every sea-folk wizard is a water-based wizard.

but

Outside this small cultivation sanctuary, there is a rather complex defensive magic array.

This is both good news and bad news.

The good news is that the outer defensive magic array is functioning normally, so the small cultivation secret realm inside is most likely intact.

The bad news is that it may take them several days to crack it.

The presence of the sea tribe shaman watching them intently made it impossible for them to concentrate on breaking the ancient shamanic formation.

If they happen to solve the puzzle, and the sea tribe shaman suddenly attacks, then they've done all the work for the sea tribe for nothing.

Of course, if the sea tribe wizards were even more cunning, they could easily ambush them outside after they finished searching their secret realm.

That would definitely cause them heavy losses or even their demise!

In that case, all items found during the exploration of the secret realm would belong to the sea creatures.

For a moment, Daenerys was caught in a dilemma, unsure whether she should try her luck and see if she could break the spell before Prince Hearts arrived.

Or should we wait for the other party to come and have a face-to-face talk?

Suddenly, a guard outside reported, "Your Highness, the sea people are here again!!"

"So soon! Wasn't it supposed to be tomorrow?" Daenerys exclaimed in surprise and immediately stepped out of the tent.

A cluster of blue dots appeared on the distant horizon.

Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that seven or eight giant seahorses are rushing towards this direction at high speed.

There was clearly someone on the seahorse's back, but the distance was too far to see their face clearly.

Seahorses swim extremely fast on the surface of the water, leaving long white trails in their wake.

Before long, the human wizard could see the other person's face clearly.

These Naga of the Slipper Clan have human faces, and both men and women are very handsome. Their bodies are covered with fine scales, and they have long fins behind their ears, behind their foreheads, and along their long backs.

Their hands are thick and strong, with a sharp, protruding cartilage on their forearms, which is the origin of their clan name.

At this moment, most of the Sliding Blade Nagas are holding harpoons and javelins made of special materials, and their lower bodies are similar to fish tails, which should be some kind of mutation that occurred to adapt to marine life.

Judging from their appearance, these sea creature shamans don't look like shamans at first glance; they look more like warriors.

Leading the group was an exceptionally tall male Naga, who was clearly Prince Haz.

Daenerys was completely baffled as to why the other party had arrived so quickly!

Upon his arrival, Prince Haz, still riding on a giant seahorse over two meters tall, surveyed the entire area with an imposing gaze.

He quickly spotted Daenerys, surrounded by admirers, and then spoke in a deep voice in the ancient Hutt language:

"Humans, according to our agreement with you, this is the territory of the sea race. Quickly take your people and leave this place."

This immediately infuriated Daenerys and the other human wizards.

She hadn't expected that Prince Haz would be so disrespectful; it seemed he wasn't there to negotiate, but rather to overturn the table.

That's right, Prince Hearts' aura is extremely powerful, probably at the high level of the first rank!

Among us, the highest level wizards are myself and Haytham, but we are only at the mid-level of level one. So it is normal that the other party does not take us wizards seriously.

"Prince Harz, although this place is relatively close to the open sea, it is still considered coastal. Therefore, the ownership of this island should belong to us," Daenerys said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"No, this is already the open sea. Humans, if you don't evacuate, we will launch an attack, and you will be the one to start the war." Prince Harz on the other side brandished his trident, pointing it menacingly at Daenerys, and said forcefully.

"you"

"However, to avoid provoking a war between you humans and our sea race, I can give you three chances. If anyone can defeat me one-on-one, then this ruin will belong to you."

The strong Prince Haz revealed a sly smile.

This immediately left the human wizards looking at each other in bewilderment.

Daenerys's brain was also racing.

You're saying the other party didn't show any goodwill?

The other party talked to you and made a seemingly fair proposal.

If our side doesn't accept this, we should declare war directly. If that happens and it really ignites a conflict between continental wizards and sea wizards, I'm afraid the Kingdom of Herun alone wouldn't be able to bear such a responsibility.

But you said the other party showed goodwill, right?

The opponent's aura was that of a high-level first-tier cultivator, making them virtually unmatched among their group. Furthermore, the trident in the opponent's hand did not seem to be an ordinary magical artifact.

Daenerys knew that even if she fought herself, she might not be able to defeat her opponent.

To be honest, the chances of winning are really slim!

For a moment, Daenerys hesitated when faced with this choice.

(End of this chapter)