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The only way to deal with [Hermes's Traveling Hat] is to abide by the rules of [Hermes's Traveling Hat] and fight it fair and square.

If you become the heir of the ocean kingdom Atlantis, then [Hermes' Traveling Hat] will negotiate with them according to the trading rules it has set in order to obtain the resources of Atlantis and even the entire ocean world.

[Hermes' Traveling Hat] will not mine secretly, nor will it engage in malicious competition, because every gold coin earned by [Hermes' Traveling Hat] is only filled with trust and hope, and will not be tainted by any misfortune.

Chapter 1510 I am good at fishing

"The palace?"

Blazer touched his chin. He was not surprised at all that the Ika Stones were the palace of Atlantis. The world is so big that there are all kinds of wonders. At most, he was surprised that the palace was destroyed so thoroughly.

What he was concerned about was whether it was too hasty to become the successor of Atlantis by simply acquiring the palace.

"I know what you're thinking. You just think it's ridiculous that you can become the king of Atlantis by getting the palace." Kullene shook the fishing rod. "But if it's a crown, a throne, a scepter, or something like that, you'll find it reasonable, right?"

"Yes, these all have real symbolic meanings. Of course, sometimes they also have some special abilities."

Blaze nodded in agreement. In addition to what Kullene said, there was another thing that did not exist in this world but only in the world of strangers.

[Imperial Seal], it is said that this is an object that can make people obsessed, engraved with a person’s highest pursuit in this life. It is a pity that all treasures have a similar regrettable ending - loss.

"I can tell you right now that the Atlantis Palace is something similar. It is the palace of the King of Atlantis, the God of the Sea, and it is also a symbol of power."

"The Ica Stones are like decentralized power. Whoever possesses more power has greater power."

"This right is really huge and heavy." Blazer complained, "There is no need to worry about it being stolen or counterfeited, because this thing weighs at least 600 million tons."

"To be precise, it's 2000 million tons, but after so much time has passed, there should only be 1000 tons left."

Kullene counted on her fingers, and finally stretched out five fingers and shook them.

"We must get at least half of it, which is 500 tons."

"Cough cough cough!" Blaze coughed violently, and Kullene spoke lightly as if it only cost 5 gold coins.

"What are you afraid of? We don't have to fish out all of it. There are only 100 tons of [Hermes' Traveling Cap] in stock right now. We just need to fish out another 400 tons." Kullene pressed down a finger, smiling with some pride.

"Of course I have to shut you up in advance. These 100 tons of Ica Black Stone are not enough to repair all the teleportation towers, so using them to fight for the inheritance of the King of Atlantis is the best way to make the most of it."

"At that time, we will not only inherit the treasure house of Atlantis, but also obtain a large number of mermaids as our employees to help us operate the marine resource exploitation department!"

Cyrene became more and more excited as she spoke, and she stood up. As a result, her shadow fell on the sea, and all the fish were scared away.

Blaze had to suppress this guy who had already started to imagine the future.

"No, my question now is, how can you be sure that you can become the king of Atlantis by doing this? Mermen should exist. Why should they obey you just because of a group of people holding fragments of the past palace?"

There is an old saying that those who are not of my race must have different hearts. This describes not only the suspicion of people of different races, but also the rejection.

Can mermaids, as a different species, accept humans becoming the king of Atlantis?

He didn't think that the Atlantis Palace, a symbol of power, would have any effect. The orcs had already given the answer.

Every orc tribe has a token of the patriarch. Whoever has the token is the patriarch, even if it is stolen.

When the stranger learned about this, his first reaction was of course to steal the token and see if he could become the leader of the orc tribe.

But the result is very real. The orc tribe is only loyal to the symbolic meaning of the token, not that they are incapable of self-thinking. A human holding the token will only be attacked endlessly by the orcs. They will do everything they can, no matter how much blood they pay, to take back the precious token.

This also happens to mermen.

"No, the mermaid won't have any opinions. In the end, the mermaid's thoughts don't matter."

Blaze raised an eyebrow, but said nothing, continuing to listen to Kullene's words.

"You may think that mermaids are naturally born creatures, but unfortunately, they are created." Kullene shrugged and continued to cast and reel in the rod. Fish were caught one after another, and the surrounding fish seemed to have no memory. Even after their companions were caught one by one, they still kept biting the hook.

"In the Age of Gods, intelligent life was created for one purpose only, and that was to allow them to boast of their own greatness. The same is true for mermaids. It would be better to say that mermaids are entrusted with more such expectations. They are also part of the jewelry box."

"They are made to be very beautiful, good at singing and dancing, and carefree. Anyone who sees the mermaids and the creatures of Atlantis will sigh, "This is a beautiful and prosperous ocean kingdom." But this comes at a price."

"Their beauty is all based on this one thing. They were created for this." Kullene curled her lips and put the fishing rod aside as if she found fishing boring.

"The so-called Atlantis has only one resident, the King of the Ocean. All mermaids are just the dolls of the King of the Ocean. So whoever owns the palace can manipulate these dolls."

"Mermaids won't resist. Just like you are not good at fishing, they can't get rid of this underlying logic. Ah, it should be more accurate to call it the ideological stamp."

After a moment's silence, Blaze picked up the fishing rod from the deck and made a gesture to cast it.

"Hey, hey, hey, didn't I tell you that you're not good at fishing, and you didn't even take the bait..."

Before Kullene could finish her words, Blaze cast the rod.

It was not as simple as just throwing out the fishhook. With a loud bang, the fishing rod lashed the air like a whip, and the fishhook disappeared in an instant. Almost at the same time, a huge wave broke out on the sea in the distance.

Blaze yanked the fishing rod hard, and an incredibly huge fish landed on the deck, and the fish that Kullene had caught in a bucket was probably only as big as this giant eyeball.

“I, I——” The corner of Kullene’s mouth twitched in pain, and the vibrating air slapped him in the face like a big slap.

"You pierced the fish with the hook and then pulled it up!?"

"It's not that I'm bad at fishing, I just like to follow the rules." Blaze replied calmly.

Kullene looked at the huge fish in front of him speechlessly. Because the fishhook was very small compared to the fish, the fish did not die. No matter how eloquent he was, he could not change the fact that Blaze had caught the fish.

He could only sigh, no wonder the fishing rod was made so hard, it turned out that Blaze wanted to fish this way from the beginning.

Chapter 1511: Unhappy Birth

Cold sweat broke out on Kullene's forehead, and then the sweat was blown away by a gust of wind.

That was definitely not a gentle wiping of the sweat off his face, but a hard slap on the face, which wiped away the sweat.

The reason for this is that Blaze is showing off his perfect fishing talent.

Aim at the target, swing the fishing rod, let the hook penetrate the target, and then pull the target directly out of the water. It is simple and crude, but also extremely efficient.

The scene was quite scary, with the fishing rod whipping the air like a whip.

When he thought that Blaze started doing this because he seemed to have said something, Kullene broke out in a cold sweat, not knowing when Blaze would hit him with the fishing rod.

But he still didn't know what he said wrong.

"Alright, alright, if this continues the ship will be overweight!"

Kullene's savior, Herbie, stopped Blaze just in time.

"Herbie Hermes, you are such an excellent boss. You know how to help your employees when they are in trouble!"

"Don't make it sound like I'm deliberately helping you at a delayed time to gain your loyalty." Hebi stuck out his tongue at Kullene, then struggled to flip over the huge fish.

These sea fish are all monsters above LV60, but after being caught by Blaze, they all lay on the deck quite obediently and did not move.

Blaze's shadow enveloped them, and the fish's brains were haunted by the desire to survive that was squeezed out by the shadow as they remained motionless.

"Are you really not going to consider getting a fishing career? I feel like you're pretty strong." Herbie patted the belly of the fish on the deck, making a series of popping sounds.

"Well... I won't consider it." After thinking seriously, Blaze chose to refuse.

His attributes are already sufficient now, and obtaining a profession that greatly increases his attributes will lead to dilution, so the only thing left for him is to increase the variety of fighting methods.

A fishing rod is indeed a very good weapon. It is tough enough to be used as a whip, and it can also be used to pull back enemies that are far away or have been knocked away. Of course, it can also be used as a long-range weapon like now, directly penetrating distant targets.

It is not necessary to have a fishing profession to do this, so those professions that may limit the amount of gains should be given up.

The only problem is that the fishing rod is too long, and it is not convenient to take it out even from the warehouse.

"This matter remains to be discussed." Blaze kicked the fish he caught back into the sea one by one.

He only caught these sea fish because he was angry about what Kullene said. He didn't need the materials from them, nor did he need to gain experience points from them, and he didn't want to eat them, so it was better to let them go.

Hebi looked back and forth between Kurene and Blaze, who both had stiff expressions, and immediately understood what had happened. Kurene must have said something annoying "common sense" again.

This is an old problem among old guys. Although Kullene has always been an old guy who pursues trends and fashion, he occasionally makes this mistake.

"I've been listening for a long time. It seems you want to use mermaids as cheap labor." Hebi simply stepped on Kulene with his boots, leaving fishy fishbone footprints on Kulene's rather elegant shirt.

"What is this?" Kullene asked, pointing at the footprints, without getting angry.

"Peripherals to be sold to strangers."

"Oh! They will love these clothes with footprints all over them!"

"What I want to sell is boots! And don't change the subject." Herbie took a few steps back and stood next to Blaze, obviously joining in the accusation.

"...Ah? Ah——" Kullene blinked for a long time before she reacted. She patted her head in annoyance, "You are blaming me for my attitude towards mermaids. Ah, I almost forgot. Indeed, this is my fault. I have seen mermaids, but you haven't."

"Okay, let me make this clear. First of all, mermaids are not normal creatures. They are just a kind of living thing, a kind of ornament specially used to decorate this huge jewelry box of Atlantis."

"This evaluation..." Blaze couldn't be angry at Kurene's evaluation of mermaids, because there was a hint of helplessness in Kurene's tone.

"Every family has its own problems. Mine is both cliché and long."

"Among the new gods who drove out the old gods, there are three new kings, and they want to divide the world. Peace is hard-won, so the new kings, under the advice of the wise giants, use drawing lots to decide the right of domination, but well~ the wise giants hold the lots." Kullene stretched out her voice, her words full of ridicule.

"It's fake." Herbie crossed his arms and guessed the truth about dividing the world by drawing lots. "This seemingly fair drawing of lots is actually just to satisfy the vanity of one of them, making his position seem like destiny."

"If it were me, I would definitely do so. Whether it's the new king or the new gods, the fact that they didn't question the result can only mean one thing. Either they are too stupid to see it, or they know it but can only swallow their anger and dare not question it."

"Who knows? No matter it's fake or not, as long as we don't get the best, we will feel dissatisfied, and we will make up for the dissatisfaction elsewhere." Kullene pointed to the sky.

"The gods created humans to praise and serve them. They are intelligent beings living on earth. On paper, the gods divided the earth equally, but everyone knows who is greater must be worshipped by the humans on earth."

"No god would like to be less than the greatest, and the solution to this problem is to create a creature that can only live in its own domain and only worship itself."

"If it were just this, it would be fine, but the new king was quite unwilling to accept this. He wanted humans that were no less than the humans created by the king who was destined by heaven, so he forcibly gave the sea creatures the upper body of humans. But he also wanted to prove that he was superior to the king and that the humans he created were more excellent, so he prepared the meaning of life for humans."

"Thus was born the mermaid, who is absolutely loyal, absolutely worshipful, happy all day long, and whose favorite thing to do is to sing and dance to praise the king's greatness."

"But humans are wonderful because of rebellion, they progress because of laziness, they shine because of pain, and their souls are incomparably dazzling because of freedom. Mermaids don't have these. Although they have souls, that's all. They just exist like Gram."

Kullene spread his hands and added the last sentence.

"Even my father was quite calm when facing mermaids, which shows how big the problem of mermaids' existence is."

Chapter 1512: Species without Self

What Kullene meant was very simple. Mermen were basically a kind of life form without self, and the entire race was created from the very beginning because of a certain vanity and jealousy.

As long as the palace of Atlantis reappears, the mermaids will happily gather around the palace, singing and dancing. If the owner of the palace orders the mermaids to do something, the mermaids will do it happily.

Without the Atlantis Palace, the mermaids would have no happiness, and even no meaning in life.

"Your statement is a bit too arbitrary. The palace has been gone for so long, the mermaids will find a new meaning for their existence anyway."

"I am always willing to applaud your optimism and believe in your expectations, but I will also tell you my thoughts truthfully." Kullene spoke each word simply and straightforwardly.

"Change is a trait that only weak beings possess. Just like humans change in order to survive, and can even rebel against God, mermaids are very strong."

"They are outstanding creations of the Ocean God. They possess enough power to roam the deep sea. They have no pressure to survive and naturally have no ability to change."

"Of course, I also said that I appreciate your idea more. If the mermaids really change, communicating and negotiating with them will give me a greater sense of accomplishment." Kullene took off her straw hat and pulled out one of the straws like a magic trick.

The whole straw hat popped into a bouquet of flowers.

"Don't tell me that a mermaid like this interests you."

"Who do you think I am!"

Blaze and Herbie said nothing, they simply looked at Kullene.

"..." Kullene held it in for a long time before squeezing out a sentence from between her teeth, "You can't just point fingers at something that we both agree on."

"Then we were not wrong." Blaze rolled his eyes. He no longer had any expectations for Kullene to change her personality.

But then again, he wouldn't refuse to help Cyrene's plan because of this.

Now that the [Hermes' Traveling Hat] has been handed over to Herbie, he can't just sit back and do nothing. Moreover, Culene must ensure that every gold coin is perfect and will be as nice to the mermaids as possible.

"Well, you better tell us what we should do. We are already salvaging the Ica Stones, but we have only found a small amount after so long."

Blaze pointed to the fishing net behind him that was used to salvage the [Ika Black Stone]. Their luck had really hit rock bottom. After several days of salvaging, the amount of [Ika Black Stone] they obtained was only the size of a fist.

That little bit of weight doesn't even account for a small portion of the total weight of 1000 tons.

"Even if the number of salvage vessels increases a hundred times, if we continue to salvage like this every time, we may not be able to achieve the set goal even after four or five years."

"This is indeed a problem, but the solution is right in front of me." Kullene put on a flattering smile on her face, rubbed her hands, and nodded.

Blaze looked around and found that there was no one else around except him and Hebi. If Kullene didn't want to spend resources madly and salvage the [Ika Black Stone] at all costs, then she was asking him for help.

"So you've been laying the groundwork for this moment? You can just say what you want to say."