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Even when Aquaman Arthur came to invite him personally, the other party dared to point at his nose and curse at him. King Nereus sometimes wondered how this big crab could become the king with such a political acumen.

There was no other way, and finally only King Riku and King Nereus went to Atlantis to meet Aquaman. However, when they arrived at the palace, they were shocked to find that the person sitting on the throne had become King Orm.

"Om, how could it be you!" King Riku exclaimed.

Atlantis did a good job of blocking intelligence. Neither the attack on the capital nor the death of the former Sea King Arthur had leaked out at this time, so neither the Kingdom of Zebel nor the Fisherman Kingdom knew about it.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that they rarely participate in the battle of New Paradise Island.

Sea King Arthur only ruled the Seven Seas in name, but he could not have supreme command over all the kingdoms of the Seven Seas like the first king. After all, he did not grow up in the sea, and his administrative management skills had not been sufficiently trained before he fought with the Amazons, so he was just a nominal lord of the Seven Seas.

However, the King of the Sea at that time only wanted the people of the Seven Seas Kingdom to provide him with faith and fame, and did not seize real power, so there was peace between the seven kingdoms.

In the war with the Amazons, the Atlanteans were always the main force on the battlefield. In order to preserve its strength, the Kingdom of Zebel did not confront the Amazons head-on, but instead fought against the human navy, which was easier to deal with.

The same is true for the Fisherman Kingdom. Among the Seven Seas Kingdoms, other kingdoms are full of martial virtues. Even the Desert Kingdom that does not live in the ocean has considerable war strength. Only the Fisherman Kingdom loves art and literature and does not like fighting, so its strength is the weakest.

They served as logistical support in this war and did not participate in the fighting.

Therefore, these two countries had no idea about the front-line battle situation between Atlantis and Amazon, and they never thought that Aquaman had been killed by humans.

"Om, why are you sitting on the throne? Where is King Arthur?" King Nereus looked at the person on the throne with a serious expression.

King Orm sat on the throne, looking down at the two kings in front of him... no, it should be the two grand dukes.

Ever since Aquaman succeeded the throne of the Seven Seas, the Undersea Kingdom has nominally become the Atlantis Empire again. Although the relationship is superficially harmonious, it is much better than the previous mutual hostility and open and covert fighting.

Originally, this war had the potential to reunite the entire underwater civilization. Unfortunately, Sea King Arthur was too soft-hearted and allowed the armies of other kingdoms not to participate in the war. How could unity be achieved without bringing down all the kingdoms? How could the empire be rebuilt into its former glory?

Om believed that the new empire would be revitalized in his hands, and the other party's arrival was just in time.

His eyes flashed, and he grasped the golden trident beside the throne in his hand.

"I have something to inform you. King Arthur died in battle on New Paradise Island. Now I have taken over the responsibility of being the Lord of the Seven Seas."

"What are you talking about?" Nereus frowned. "I can't possibly acknowledge your identity."

You know, before Aquaman took over, Nereus didn't think much of King Orm. He always felt that this guy was not magnanimous enough and only knew how to plot and scheme.

"Om, the only one recognized by the five kingdoms as the Lord of the Seven Seas is King Arthur. You are not qualified." King Riku, the King of the Fisherman Kingdom, said sternly. He had some grudges with Orm, so he was very opposed to him becoming the Lord of the Seven Seas.

Since the split of the Ocean Kingdom, there are seven kingdoms. In addition to Atlantis, there are the Kingdom of Zebel, the Fisherman's Kingdom, the Saltwater Kingdom, the Trench Kingdom, the Desert Kingdom and the Lost Kingdom sealed by blood magic.

Except for the last kingdom, the other five countries all recognized Aquaman's identity as the Lord of the Seven Seas because they received divine revelation from Poseidon, the god of the sea, and reluctantly agreed for the sake of the main god's face.

Poseidon could not do the same thing twice. He could not give a divine revelation just to help Om stabilize his throne. This would make the divine prophecy worthless.

Besides, the defeat of Aquaman this time also dealt a blow to Poseidon's prestige. The lord of the seven seas, whom he personally acknowledged, was actually killed directly by the enemy, without even a complete corpse left. Isn't this embarrassing enough?

He felt he had to play it safe. What if King Orm failed like Arthur Curry? He decided to let him perform on his own for a while.

After hearing King Riku's voice, Om sneered: "Look at what I have in my hand before you say anything."

"Trident of Poseidon, you actually got the recognition of this artifact?" Nereus frowned. He didn't expect it to be like this. After the death of Poseidon, did the artifact directly choose another master?

"Even if you get it, what's the use?" King Riku sneered at this time: "Didn't you say that King Arthur died in battle? If he died with the Trident of Poseidon, how can you be any different?"

Orm froze when he heard this, his expression darkening. "You want to break the oath of the Seven Kingdoms?"

Before the sinking of the Atlantis Empire, the seven kingdoms had sworn an oath that no matter when and where they were, they would respect whoever possessed the Trident of Poseidon as the King of the Seven Seas. That was how Arthur Curry became the Lord of the Seven Seas. Why did it change with him?

Om suspected that this group of people were targeting him on purpose, and murderous intent suddenly arose in his heart.

King Nereus said nothing. As a qualified old villain, he would not take the initiative to express his position at this time. It would be better to let the King of the Fisherman Kingdom test the other party first. Anyway, there was a rift between him and Om.

As expected, King Riku roared, "King Arthur's death in battle is all your own story. Who knows if you were the one plotting against him behind the scenes to usurp the throne?"

You know, King Aum has a history of doing this kind of thing!

Chapter 540: Assassin the King and Killing the King

In the palace hall, King Riku's questioning was so deafening that the Atlantean soldiers guarding around subconsciously lowered their heads, not daring to look at King Orm's expression.

King Riku was one of the seven kings. When the empire was not actually united, his status was equal to that of King Orm, and they did not dare to offend him.

So even though the other party spoke in a harsh tone and had a disrespectful attitude, no soldier dared to stop him and could only allow him to question him in public in the hall.

Om noticed this and his expression grew even darker.

He knew that if his brother Arthur was questioned, the soldiers would definitely not have the same attitude. After all, the impact of his failure in the duel for the throne had always been there, and in the eyes of the people, he was always inferior to that half-blood.

King Om was filled with murderous intent, but as a king who had just ascended the throne, he could not kill another king in public. That was not how diplomacy worked.

So he simply ignored King Riku and turned to King Nereus: "So, King Nereus, what are your thoughts? Is Xebel still willing to abide by the ancient oath?"

"Before I answer that question, I have a question for King Orm." Nereus' eyes flashed, and he suddenly became stern: "Should the war continue?"

His daughter Mera died at the hands of Diana, and of course he hated that woman, but Wonder Woman was the daughter of Zeus and had the blood of a demigod. Nereus knew that it was absolutely impossible for him to complete his revenge on his own.

A demigod can only be dealt with through the power of another demigod, so he needs someone who can compete with the other party as a leader. This is the fundamental reason why he spared no effort to support Aquaman Arthur.

King Orm, of course, knew what Nereus was thinking. He laughed heartily, "King Nereus, you may not know this yet. Wonder Woman was also affected in the war that killed Arthur. She's been missing for a long time now, maybe even dead."

Nereus was a little incredulous. "What kind of power could harm two demigods at the same time?" He thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered something. "Could it be the weapon King Arthur created?"

If this is the case, perhaps it can be explained. Perhaps something happened to Aquaman during his battle with Wonder Woman that forced him to activate the weapon, ultimately leading to the death of both of them. This speculation is reasonable.

King Riku also guessed this possibility, and his eyes suddenly became alert when he looked at Om.

He thought that if the facts were really as they guessed, then the weapon was likely still in the hands of Atlantis, and maybe Om would use that thing against them.

However, unlike what they imagined, King Om suddenly became quiet. He seemed to be thinking about something. After a long time, he told the truth.

"The weapon that caused Arthur's death and Wonder Woman's disappearance came from humans..."

"This is impossible!" King Riku blurted out.

King Nereus also opened his mouth, but did not speak. Unlike the Fisherman Kingdom, which almost never went to the battlefield, the Zebel army had fought many battles with humans and knew that these humans' thermal weapons actually had many commendable aspects.

As for the tactical nuclear bomb, although he had never seen it with his own eyes, the death toll could not be false.

If such a weapon were stronger and more powerful, it might really be able to kill King Arthur and Wonder Woman.

But Nereus still doubted that with Zeus's ability, he might be able to resurrect his daughter. Unlike Atlantis, there was only one crown prince of Amazon, who was also a very precious chess piece in Zeus' camp, and the other party would never give up.

King Riku thought that Om was talking nonsense. His understanding of humans was still at the end of the Middle Ages. At that time, the Fisherman Kingdom still had some contact with the people on the surface, and most of the mermaid legends that were widely circulated around the world were left over from that period.

But that period was also the darkest era in human feudal history. The Sea Coachman gradually declined, and the new ocean overlords were actively expanding overseas.

The Fisherman Country witnessed human greed. For some metal minerals, they even enslaved their own people just because of their different skin color.

After the legend of mermaids spread, some fearless sea thugs searched everywhere for their traces, trying to capture the mermaids and use them as slaves.

At that time, all the citizens of the Fisherman's Kingdom hated humans very much and adopted a policy of "closing the country to the outside world". Unless they were of the same race as the Seven Seas, they would not appear in front of humans.

This has also led to them being completely ignorant of the human world that has undergone industrial transformation and technological development for so many years.

The lower body of the Fisherman people has completely evolved into a fish tail, and the upper body has also shown serious fish-like phenomena. These changes make them very disgusted with waterless environments.

In Atlantis and Zebel, only the nobles still retain the ability to breathe on land, but in the Fisherman's Kingdom, only the royal family members retain this ability, and they cannot keep it up for long. After a long time, they may even experience palpitations and difficulty breathing. This is why they can only serve as logistics troops.

Compared with the people of other kingdoms, the Fisherman Kingdom may be the country that is most dependent on the marine environment. Even the Saltwater Kingdom living on the molten salt lake is much better than them. Even everyone in the Trench Tribe is an amphibian.

It is no wonder that King Riku did not believe what Om said. In his impression, humans are still that technologically backward, cunning and shameless race.

How could such a race possibly harm the King of the Seven Seas?

He suspected that this was actually a coup carefully planned by Orm, and he must have used some despicable means to steal Aquaman's trident and defeat him.

There was a time when King Orm had been trying to start a war between the underwater people and humans, but was stopped by Aquaman.

For Om to have such an idea, he must know humans very well, and maybe he learned human tricks in this way.

Thinking of this, King Riku felt that he had a responsibility to set things right. Their Fisherman Kingdom was the country that was most devout in its belief in Poseidon. This was because Poseidon had a mermaid version, and the Fisherman Kingdom had always believed that they represented the orthodox descendants of Poseidon.

Since Poseidon gave the oracle, indicating that Arthur Curry is the orthodox one, even though he is dissatisfied with the other party's human blood, King Curry still respects God's will and believes that Arthur is the real king of the seven seas. As for Orm?

There have been many Atlantis kings as ambitious as him in history. He doesn't think there is anything special about such a man. He is just a new tyrant.

Therefore, King Riku put forward a new suggestion regarding this matter.

"I think, Orm, you don't have to inherit the throne so soon. Although King Arthur died, this is not irreversible."

"Oh? King Riku has a better idea?" Om seemed to have guessed what the other party wanted to say. There was a half-smile on his face, and the murderous intent was almost condensed into substance.

Nereus wanted to remind the other party, but after seeing the barely concealed malice on Om's face, he could only sigh and give up.

King Riku was completely unaware that he had brought about a catastrophe. He said matter-of-factly, "We can pray to Poseidon and ask him to resurrect King Arthur. Moreover, since the Amazon Queen is missing, the war can be ended..."

Before he could finish his words, two beams of red light suddenly shot down from the throne. The light instantly penetrated King Riku's chest, and the wound was directly carbonized, with only sporadic blood flowing out.

King Riku widened his eyes in disbelief and looked upwards, only to find a tall, pitch-black man standing beside the throne. On his strange helmet, two huge red eyes were emitting steam.

Nereus was also shocked. He did not expect King Orm to take action now. He thought that the other party would at least wait until King Riku left the border before doing such a thing.

But if you think about it carefully, King Riku's words have shaken the kingship of Om. This is the bottom line, and the other party certainly cannot make concessions.

As for the executioner who took action next to Orm, if Nereus guessed correctly, it should be King Orm's most loyal deputy, Black Manta.

Just as he thought, it was Black Manta who killed King Riku so cleanly.

When he said he wanted to resurrect Aquaman, the fishman was already doomed to die.

As a king, what he cares about most is undoubtedly the royal power in his hands. The suggestion put forward by King Riku is absolutely intolerable to King Om.

Under this premise, diplomatic influence and other things must be put aside.

Facing the corpse of King Riku, Om said lightly: "After King Riku paid a friendly visit to our country, he was ambushed by human armed forces outside the country and died.

I arrived upon hearing the news and killed the attacker, but King Riku was already beyond help. I wonder what King Nereus thinks of this?"

He had just finished speaking when Black Manta, who had already killed a king, turned his head. His eyes glowed slightly, and steam evaporating from the high temperature rose above his red eyes.

Nereus was very sensible. He bowed his head slightly and said, "King Orm is absolutely right. I saw it with my own eyes."

Since he saw it with his own eyes, he would naturally have to testify when people from the Fisherman Country asked him about it in the future. This was a direct surrender to Om, which was considered very sincere.

Om nodded with satisfaction and turned his gaze to the Atlantis soldiers around him. This matter could not leak out at all. There was no shortage of thorns scattered among the soldiers here by the council members, and Om could not trust them.

Without saying a word, Black Manta fully understood the monarch's meaning, and he swam down the stairs.

Om's voice rang out: "Please invite King Nereus in for a chat."

Nereus looked up and saw King Orm swimming behind the throne. After thinking for a moment, he felt that King Orm would not kill him at this time, so he stood up and followed him.

As he passed the throne, the screams of countless soldiers rang out behind him.

Chapter 541 Beheading Operation

In the second month after the nuclear explosion on New Paradise Island, the United Kingdom of Atlantis issued a war notice to the human world in the name of revenge for the former king.

24 hours after the declaration of war in accordance with human war conventions, Metropolis and Gotham City were the first to be attacked.

The tsunami completely submerged the two neighboring cities within 7 minutes. Taking advantage of the rising water level, the joint army composed of the four major kingdoms of Atlantis, Xebel, Fisherman's Kingdom, and Trench Kingdom launched an attack on human cities.

Communications failed, troops lost contact, and the municipal system was completely paralyzed. Within 16 hours of rising water levels, Metropolis and Gotham City lost nearly % of their population, and civilization was destroyed in the "Great Flood."

This blitzkrieg against humans was called the "Great Purge" operation by the sea people.

The United States Pentagon urgently dispatched an aircraft carrier battle group to participate in the war. Three hours later, the human army was defeated and the Atlantean amphibious fighter jets took off.

The sky is no longer a battlefield that belongs exclusively to humans. In the face of the technology of the underwater people, humans' fifth-generation fighter jets were defeated, and the initiative of the war changed hands.

At this time, there was a suggestion within the Pentagon to use atomic weapons against the Sea People, but it was rejected.

The upper class of this world still has some moral integrity and did not agree to use nuclear bombs on their homeland, but the complete defeat on the front battlefield made humans finally realize that the technological strength of the sea people far exceeds theirs.

At this critical moment, Sky Eye is entrusted with an important task. The Suicide Squad and the superhuman team led by Batman and Cyborg rush to the battlefield to prepare for the decapitation operation.

72 hours after the Ocean Alliance launched its attack on the surface world, the floods caused by the tsunami gradually receded. The Sea People could not stay on the surface for long, so most of the coalition soldiers retreated, but half of the two traumatized cities remained underwater forever, and that place became the bridgehead for the Sea People to attack the surface world.

At this moment, the superhuman team led by Batman arrived at the battlefield...

Thomas looked at his hometown which was half submerged by the sea, took a sip of wine silently, and then spat out a mouthful of alcohol-smelling saliva in the direction of Gotham City.

At this time, Steel Bone came up from under the deck.

At this time they were standing on a submarine and had just come out to get some fresh air.

"Have you found your target?" Thomas asked without turning his head.

"No." Cyborg shook his head. "Without any specific features, it's hard to find."

"Where's Amanda Waller?"