Although I couldn't really give Shou the answer he wanted, he understood what we wanted to do, what we wanted to fight for. He seemed to have no choice but to trust us now. So he slowly turned his head back to me, and said,

"The person I want to kill..... Killed my master, and left me doomed to this metal armor I have. After that, I have sworn that because of what he did, because he tarnished our honor and killed a person dear to me, I would find him and take his life. Regardless of whatever happened."

He seemed emotionally lost, frustrated, and very sad while saying this. It was as if he was remembering something.

But just then, Hiroshi fixed his hat and said while sighing,

"One more case of revenge, huh?"

I looked at Shou and said,

"I see. We'll help you with that. But right now, our priority must be to save Princess Mila and end the reign of the second epic. If we don't do this right now, we may not even get out of this kingdom, and it would mean nothing."

Babu turned his head to me and said,

"Did they capture Mila?"

"Unfortunately, Yes. They were quite crowded, and even worse, we don't know where they took her."

Suddenly, a familiar sound rose from outside,

"I know where they took her."

The voice was quite familiar. It sounded exactly like the voice of the king. And then the door opened slowly, and the one who came was, as I guessed, was the king of the sea people. He walked in slowly, having trouble because of the wounds in his body.

"I know where the Epic is."

Of course, he was injured, but it wasn't his injuries that everyone was focusing on. The things he had done to protect his daughter before had obviously made Babu angry. The anger was appearing in his face and he was clenching his fist. He was looking at the king with anger.

He said to the King loudly,

"It was your decisions that have already caused most of this...."

I signaled Babu to stop,

"Babu, don't."

"I calmed down, so it's your turn Panda. Don't do anything stupid." said Hiroshi.

But he didn't listen, he even started shouting,

"Look at the state of our friend because of you! None of this would have happened if you'd listened to us! It was because of you that Mila was kidnapped, that our friend was in this situation, that we are now in danger! Now how are you going to turn this situation the right way around, huh!"

"I did this because I was trying to protect her!"

As just as Babu was angry, the King didn't hold himself back. His sadness took over him,

"I'm not just sitting here doing nothing and waiting. Every day, minute by minute, I fought for the sake of my daughter and I continue to fight. Maybe you won't forgive me for what I've done, but if I can't find the strength to fight for her, I will lose her forever."

The king bowed his head, with a fragile tone of voice, he added,

"So just, for this day, for this moment... Help me. Please. She's everything to me, and if I lose her too, I'll have nothing left."

The king was in a rather sad, regretful state. He was distraught, desperate. He was maybe somebody who did something wrong, but in such a situation, after everything we've said to Shou and everything we've done, it would be ignorance to act on our own. We had to help him.

"Sooner or later people can make mistakes in life. That's why it's our duty to ignore them and move forward."

"You..." King looked at me with teary eyes.

I then said,

"But still I will need some help from you."

"I understand. Tell me, boy, what do you need?"

"You will help us find our route and the location of the second Epic. The exact location of both of them."

"Anything I can do to get my little girl back, is no problem for me. I will help in return for you all helping me."

"Ryuu, are you sure about this?" Babu asked nervously.

"We don't know where to go. Besides, princess Mila needs our help. We can't just waste time arguing."

They didn't say anything because everyone else was aware of this situation. They agreed with me and knew what we had to do.

Hiroshi lit his Cigar one last time and asked,

"Well, as it is. Your Majesty, tell us, where is this Epic?"

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(At That Time, On An Island In The North Of The Kingdom)

Captain Barlog was talking to his soldiers in an extremely angry way, and looking at his men in a very scary way,

He said,

"Why weren't half our soldiers weren't on the battlefield, sergeant?"

Frightened and perturbed, the soldier replied,

"Sir, there's been an intruder situation in the woods! Our forces were attacked by three unknown people!

"They were defeated by only three people, right? We had tons of soldiers there. And how can you explain that?"

But before the captain's question was answered, a voice came from right behind him. It was coming from the darkness in the captain's room. It was getting closer and closer, and it was getting more and more obvious. However, due to the darkness, only the shape of her body was visible.

"Calm down, Barlog, we got what we wanted."

"I was just getting the report that we need, my lady. As you know, there are new people in the kingdom. In fact, we can also say that there are more fugitives than visitors."

"I already know that. Besides, we'll meet them very soon."

"And your orders, my lady?"

The Epic didn't reply. She slowly approached Mila, which was tied to the wall with chains by her hands and arms at the time. She lifted Mila's head gently with the tip of her fingers and then said,

"Prepare the ships, and very soon immortality will be mine."

Then she added,

"Isn't that right, little girl?"

She said, while looking at Mila with bloodthirsty eyes.