Surprisingly, everyone felt relieved after hearing the explanation.

"I see. So that's how it is … And to think you have been fighting alone this whole time." Ayaka bit her lips, regretting her current condition. She was still too weak for Kai to rely on.

"This is the first time I heard this, but I think everything makes sense after all those things that happened around us." Sofia nodded with a serious expression. "I don't mind getting stronger. On the one hand, people will think I'm a monster for having that kind of power. On the other hand, I can't really leave my future husband to be called a monster by normal people alone, right?"

Leah and Devain furrowed their eyebrows but remained silent. Despite her words, what she said was right. In the common people's eyes, Kai's power was too monstrous to even be called a human.

Leah even added, "Actually, there were many ways to call a full-fledged protector in the past. Even King Gilgamesh called himself a Divine Being."

"Although this sounds a bit rude… Parents will leave us first. Then, our children will leave us for their own independence. Only our other half will always stay by our side for the rest of our lives." Michelle smiled. "Who cares about what people think? If this power can let me stay together with him, I shall accept it without hesitation."

"Well said. As expected of my number one rival." Tasha nodded in agreement before giving a fist bump to Michelle.

"Anyway, I will ask for permission to leave the army for a while to train myself here." Tasha continued, "What do you plan to do?"

"I'm going to convince my teacher first and start preparing other things. I also need to meet another person alone and do something in Chile." He sighed. "There are too many things I need to do right now. Of course, I'm not planning to waste my time."

"If that's the case, I will give you my Sealing Magic for now. It should be able to help you move around." Tasha smiled.

"Thank you. That will help me so much." Kai nodded.

"I will focus on my training here. We may need to do some renovation in the house to make a secret room or something." Michelle chuckled. "Depending on the importance, I guess we can ditch the school or just use their facility to train?"

"School is good." Ayaka nodded. "We can tear down the room and make a spacious room for our training. We can work with the academy for that and ask for some support… Probably from the president himself."

"I agree with her." Sofia nodded and looked at Leah. "What do you think about going to school?"

"Every place is fine for me." Leah smiled.

"That's great. Since your figure is similar to mine, you can use my uniform later. We can stay there for a few months too." Tasha nodded.

"Devain will be searching for any clue about our enemies, especially whether there is a spy or not, okay?"

"I understand." Devain nodded without hesitation. "Please take care of my sister."

"Sure." Kai made a big smile and gave a thumbs up.

…

Little did he know, the sea race also began to discuss their options.

With the mermaid king sitting on the throne, he looked at the eight creatures kneeling in front of him.

His aura permeated the entire place as he had a hard time containing his anger.

"Father… No, Your Majesty, please refrain from your anger…" The mermaid princess said with a timid tone.

The king closed his eyes for a moment as the aura coming from his body diminished for a bit. Still, it didn't truly disappear.

In that condition, he opened his mouth. "So, what do you think we should do?"

The mermaid princess fell silent as she began to think. "I'm afraid Kai Carter's improvement is already beyond our imagination. Hence, it's time for us to make a big move. There are only eight of us remaining, so it's better to test him to check whether he is already aware of his status.

"Due to the ancient pact, we can't eliminate a race that doesn't have their Protector. That's why we killed many protectors in the past and didn't do anything to the human race.

"To avoid making other races our enemies, we have been speeding things up, so he grows a bit to be acknowledged as a protector… And I think it's time for us to check him for real. If he already has that power, we can focus on our plans. As long as we manage to complete our preparation, we should be able to take action and eliminate all humans on this planet."

He thought for a moment and looked at the others.

The turtle raised his head and opened his mouth. "I agree with the princess' idea. Kai Carter is a mysterious man. His power doesn't rely solely on his strength, but also his brain."

"Are you telling me I'm dumber than him?" The mermaid king squinted his eyes, releasing a bit of his pressure.

The turtle remained calm and shook his head. "Of course not. Intelligence can be used for many things. His case, in particular, is for warfare. If we let him grow any further, we may need to handle the full force of the human race. This will make our objective harder because we are required to fight on land. Even with Your Majesty's power, we need to be careful."

"You make a point." The mermaid king nodded with a serious expression.

"I'm flattered." The turtle nodded. "That's why I volunteer to be the princess' escort and help the princess."

"In that case, let me do it too. We have suspected there's an intervention from some ancient tribes that know their power and past strength, so it's better to bring me there." A Shark raised his head, offering himself to go with a smile. "This way we have three strongest fighters in the rank. I'm sure that it's not that easy to kill us."

"…" The mermaid king remained silent and looked at his daughter as if asking her the plan.

The princess smiled and said, "To do this, we are required to avoid destroying the humans too much and massacre is not possible. Hence, I'm planning to destroy two of their bases. Argentina and Paraguay Bases.

"We only destroy the base and let the majority of humans escape. Since this is a sneak attack, we can split our force into two and destroy both bases, especially their weaponry. After that, we will gradually march to Chile Base.

"I'm sure Kai Carter will appear in that base with their strongest strength. As long as we use our power to threaten him, he will surely come at us with all his strength. We will see whether he has the power already or not.

"After confirming it, we will leave and return here, bringing you the news. Depending on the result, we may need to speed up our plan." The princess finished her explanation with a smile.

"What do you think, My King?" The turtle asked.

The mermaid king fell into deep thought. After several minutes, he finally opened his mouth. "I shall agree to your plan. The rest of you will stand by here and make sure you are ready to help them if they need it."