The King of Beast Trainers
Chapter 471 - 288: The Gaslighted Old Turtle_1

Chapter 471: Chapter 288: The Gaslighted Old Turtle_1

"Ah?"

"Ah???"

King of the Blue Sea ...?

At this moment, General Xuan Turtle’s head was spinning, because there was indeed a lot of information to process.

It tried to sort things out.

First, in order to save it and return to Green Sea, Lu Ran and his crew had taken out the Black Dragon King and the Dragon Palace General ...

Although General Xuan Turtle found it hard to believe, it felt that Dark Crow wouldn’t likely deceive it.

After all, if it weren’t true, it was right in the Dragon Palace, and it would be too easy to expose the lie.

If the situation had only developed to this point, then General Xuan Turtle would undoubtedly be "overcome with gratitude and at a loss for words".

After all, it would soon be able to return to Green Sea and retire, which was the life it desired.

However, now it seemed like Dark Crow had no intention of taking it back at all ...

The implication, in and out of its words, was ... for it to stay in Dragon Palace!

"General Xuan Turtle, you remember your experiences, don’t you?" Dark Crow leaned close to General Xuan Turtle, looping its wing around its head, and seductively said, "Both I and the king understand that you too wish to retire to Green Sea."

"But haven’t you forgotten? You had already achieved retirement once, but external factors did not allow you to pursue peace."

"First, you were captured by the Fishman Empire, then by the Dragon Palace, and you couldn’t resist at all!"

"The perfect retirement environment needs to be created by yourself!"

"Now with the Dragon Palace in turmoil, if we just walk away like this, can you guarantee that another maritime power wouldn’t devour the Dragon Palace, creating an even stronger force in the sea?"

"At that time, even if you do return to Green Sea, our peace could still potentially be disturbed by them."

"In my opinion, we might as well go all out just like you once pacified the near sea of Green Sea City, and take control of the Dragon Palace, taking charge of this sea area."

"Then, even if the world is in chaos, if you want to retire, you will have a massive marine force to shield you from the storm ..." Dark Crow kept analyzing the pros and cons to General Xuan Turtle, leading it into deep thought.

"What you’re saying makes sense, but I’m only a turtle." It could handle suppressing the nearby sea around a city, but the deep sea is full of monsters!

"Don’t be afraid!" Dark Crow gave a wicked smile, and said, "The king will prepare ’World’s Rare Resources’ and ’World’s Rare Weapons’ to strengthen your power!"

General Xuan Turtle: "Ah?"

Dark Crow looked at the broken stele on General Xuan Turtle’s back, shook its head, and said, "It’s time for an upgrade."

"The king will prepare for you a Stele Weapon of World’s Rare quality, one that has birthed a spirit, to lend you a helping hand."

"Your task is to climb your way up step by step in this chaotic Dragon Palace, with the king’s bestowed resources, until you take charge of the Blue Sea ...!"

"Don’t worry!" Seeing General Xuan Turtle on the verge of speaking, Dark Crow said, "I will leave an avatar to fight alongside you, so you won’t have to struggle alone."

General Xuan Turtle: %#￥@￥#@

"Once we join forces as two great generals to seat the king on the Throne of the Blue Sea, won’t it be within easy reach!"

"Ah." General Xuan Turtle showed a look of despair. The Crow with eight mouths seemingly spoke for it, and what could it do...

"After this wave, you can truly retire!" said Dark Crow.

"Really ..." General Xuan Turtle muttered, half in dread, half in hope.

"You may not trust me, but you should at least trust the king."

"There are countless sea beasts with talents and potential. If the king didn’t see you as one of his own and trust you, why would he go to such lengths to invest resources in you?"

General Xuan Turtle paused, realizing that was indeed the case. Upon reflection, Lu Ran indeed treated it quite well ... despite having many better options, he curiously chose this old turtle.

Right!! With so many young sea beasts full of potential and talent, why is it always bothering me! Damn it!

"Sigh ..." With a resigned sigh, the old turtle thought, well, since Lu Ran trusts it so much, it might as well see if it can help a little.

...

"Not bad."

Green Sea.

Dark Crow returned from reconnaissance.

Through the scout report, Lu Ran could confirm that the Dragon Palace was indeed in chaos and still housed a vast number of ferocious sea beasts.

Don’t think that just because the Black Dragon King had invaded Xia Country with dozens of level 40 and 50 advanced sea beasts, the Dragon Palace had reached its limit.

There were at least a few hundred level 40 and 50 sea beasts within the Dragon Palace.

Of course, these beasts weren’t loyal followers of the Black Dragon King; they were forcibly subjugated underlings scattered across the ocean, much like vassals.

These sea beasts were not particularly loyal to the Black Dragon King. Now that it had been subdued by Xia Country, they likely wouldn’t seek revenge.

However, their lack of action to save the Black Dragon King didn’t mean they had no desire to covet his position.

While assimilating the vassals, the Black Dragon King had plundered countless resources, not all of which were likely used up by him, with much possibly still hidden in Dragon Palace City. For these resources, various sea beasts would also come probing into the Dragon Palace.

This stage would be the most chaotic for the Dragon Palace. It wasn’t just sea beasts to worry about—human nations would probably want to have a share as well.

Although Lu Ran hadn’t received definite news, he surmised that the cooperative alliance between Xia Country and the Fishman Empire could lean towards the Fishmen providing "Covenant Sea Beasts" for Xia Country’s Beast Trainers to bond with, helping Xia quickly cultivate a "Marine Special Operations Team".

Not a navy that battles on the surface, but one that operates in the deep sea.

In that case, Xia Country would also have the capacity to quickly grab a share during this chaotic stage of marine vassal warfare.