"Homelander, surrender now!"
"You had the chance to kill me before, but unfortunately, you failed to seize it."
"And now, everything is no longer up to you."
Orm's voice rang out. He looked at Alex with an expression of absolute confidence, as if victory were already in his grasp.
"And this,"
Alex glanced at the densely packed fleet before him, a trace of disdain appearing on his face,
"is what you're relying on?"
"I'll show you just how fragile and laughable your so-called confidence really is!"
Orm couldn't help but curl his lips into a sneer.
This Homelander was far too arrogant.
Did he really think he could take on a thousand warships by himself?
What the hell—
Did he think he was a god?
Especially the Atlantean general, who stared at Alex as if looking at a fool.
He hadn't personally witnessed Alex's strength before.
But judging from how the royal hall had been wrecked—and from Orm and Vulko's reactions—he could tell this man was extraordinarily powerful.
Still…
To completely disregard a fleet of a thousand warships?
That wasn't confidence—that was insanity.
Like some kind of joke.
Whoosh!
But at that very moment, Alex's figure vanished.
"What's going on?"
"What just happened?!"
"Where did he go? Where's the Homelander?!"
King Orm and the Atlantean general were both shocked, utterly confused.
And then—
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The fleet before them instantly fell into chaos.
All they could see was a blurry shadow streaking through the armada.
One warship after another exploded in rapid succession.
Blazing fireballs erupted nonstop, terrifying shockwaves surging outward again and again.
Endless flames rose and connected together—
Like a brilliant fireworks display.
There was even a strange, breathtaking beauty to it.
But for Orm and everyone present—
This visually stunning spectacle was the most horrifying scene in the world.
The Homelander, alone, was tearing through their fleet like rotten wood!
Atlantis's most advanced warships—
Before him, they were nothing but paper toys, utterly defenseless.
And what about their fleet?
Completely helpless.
They had no way to deal with him at all.
Because his speed was simply too fast.
So fast that the fleet couldn't even react.
No commands could be issued in time, no countermeasures taken—
All they could do was watch as he destroyed the ships one by one.
"Impossible!"
"How can this be possible?!"
The smug confidence that had just appeared on Orm's face vanished in an instant.
In its place came overwhelming shock.
He was stunned.
Completely stunned—like someone struck by lightning.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that a single person's speed could reach such an outrageous level.
So fast that it completely surpassed the limits of human vision.
Even someone like him—a royal of the sea, with vision far superior to ordinary beings—couldn't see Alex clearly.
All he could catch was a faint, blurry afterimage.
Nothing more.
And this was underwater!
Surrounded on all sides by seawater!
The faster one moved, the greater the resistance—
And yet the Homelander could still achieve such a horrifying speed.
It was beyond terrifying.
Gulp.
Vulko and Mera both couldn't help but swallow hard.
Sweat covered their foreheads.
Even though they had already witnessed Alex's power firsthand, they were still deeply shaken at this moment.
So this…
This was the Homelander's true strength?
They had once thought that destroying forty warships was already shocking enough.
But now they realized—
That had been nothing at all.
Forty warships?
What did that even count for?
A thousand warships were just as fragile!
Just who in the world was this Homelander?!
At this point—
Even calling him a god didn't seem sufficient.
Hiss—!
The Atlantean general sucked in a sharp breath.
He froze completely.
From start to finish, he stood there dumbstruck, unmoving, like a statue.
Inside his mind, thunder roared endlessly.
This had to be fake.
It had to be fake.
How could a flesh-and-blood body accomplish something like this?
How could it possibly be real?!
Those thoughts echoed over and over in his head, drowning out everything else.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
And so—
Before the stunned eyes of Orm, Vulko, and Mera—
The thousand warships were destroyed in a blazing chain reaction.
In just a short span of time, they were completely wiped out.
Not a single ship remained.
Looking out—
All that remained outside the royal hall was a sky filled with fire and wreckage.
Whoosh!
Only then did Alex's figure flicker back into view.
Like a ghost, he reappeared beside them.
Whoosh!
The moment Alex appeared—
Orm, Vulko, and Mera all felt their entire bodies tense up instinctively.
Every muscle tightened.
Their nerves snapped into a state of extreme alert.
The way they looked at Alex was filled with boundless fear—
And barely suppressed panic.
A great demon.
At this moment—
In their eyes, Alex had become nothing less than a terrifying demon king.
"If I were you,"
Alex said calmly, as if chatting casually,
"I'd do everything possible to recover the Mother Box before the news that the current King of Atlantis lost it gets out."
"One month."
"You have only one month."
"If I don't get what I want by then—believe me—"
"The consequences won't be something you can bear."
Boom!
After casually dropping those words, Alex vanished again without a trace.
Only Orm, Vulko, and the others remained—
Staring at one another in silence.
The atmosphere became heavy and suffocating.
These core figures of Atlantis—each of immense authority—now felt as if a mountain were pressing down on their chests.
Even breathing felt difficult.
Faced with an enemy so overwhelmingly powerful, so utterly beyond reason—
An enemy they could not possibly confront head-on—
What could they do?
Was submission… their only option?
Orm and the others exchanged glances.
In each other's eyes, they saw the same thing—
Deep helplessness.
And utter bewilderment.
The destruction of a thousand warships outside the royal hall quickly shook all of Atlantis.
Even King Nereus of Xebel and the rulers of the other sea kingdoms were alerted.
After all—
This incident was simply far too big to ignore.
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