The ferocious man took Austin and the others to the people who were standing at the center of the square.
"Master Justin, these are the people you were looking for,"
the ferocious man said respectfully to one of the middle-aged men.
Austin looked up at the middle-aged man who was about 40, wearing a funny hat, and looked very strong.
The man's gaze was sharper than an eagle's and it gave off such a powerful force that made people afraid to have eye contact
with him. 'He must be the king of this palace!" Austin thought.
"All right,"
Justin said, as he nodded and looked at the two princesses of the mermaid tribe.
"My princesses, you must be tired by now, aren't you?"
"Uncle Justin, it's you!"
"Uncle Justin, we haven't seen each other for more than ten years. Why haven't you visited us for such a long time?"
Surprised and delighted to see Justin, the two princesses both walked towards the man with a huge smile on their faces and their
arms wide.
Upon seeing this, Austin thought, 'So they knew this man. He must be their elder."
Justin hugged the two princesses and comforted them tenderly, completely ignoring Austin and the four maidservants.
The four maidservants, knowing their humble status, retired to the corner without saying anything.
But being ignored put Austin in a very bad mood.
‘Since I'm here, | am their guest. These sea beasts are really rude! How can they treat their guests like this?" he thought, fuming
silently.
"Shaw, is this the human boy Felix was talking about?"
a tall, fat man in blue with a rather rugged face asked as he stared at Austin. Soon, he started his way towards him.
Obviously, the man in blue not only treated Austin impolitely, but was even trying to provoke him.
The others already had their eyes turned to Austin.
They were filled with indifference, contempt, ridicule, and arrogance.
Justin, too, looked at Austin with a hint of superiority in his eyes.
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‘Damn it!
What are these sea beasts up to?" Austin thought, confused by the hostility he was receiving. Despite being offended, he decided
that it would be better to say nothing. And with that, he just stared back at them with the scold eyes.
"Sanders, don't be so rude! Felix askedto bring him back. Don't forget that!"
Shaw said, replying to Sanders. A frowned was on prominent on his face, however.
"Ha-ha! | don't understand why Felix thinks so highly of this human boy.
What else is there to human beings aside from their arrogance and greed?
He's just a guy who was able to reach the preliminary stage of Master Realm, nothing else. An ordinary guy at best. | don't
understand why Felix regards him so highly!"
said another man. He was a strangely tall, sharp-headed young man with narrow cheeks and even sharper eyes. After finishing
what he said, he turned to Austin stared at him disdainfully.
"Hey! Don't say that.
Or else you'll scare the little boy!
This boy is so good-looking and so timid.
I think Felix likes him for a reason."
said a female nearby. Austin looked for the person the voice belonged to and he saw that it was from a young woman who looked
extremely coquettish. After a while, she started to ctowards Austin, her plump behind seductively swinging.
A gust of wind sent the woman's scent to Austin's nose.
Being stared at by such a young, sexy woman, Austin was felt extremely embarrassed. Her stare made him feel like he was being
undressed in public!
"Excuse me, woman, are you interested in this boy? Ha-ha!
This boy is too weak for you. Let him go.
You'd only crush him to death! Ha-ha!"
joked a short, fat man with a round belly.
"Fuck off!
He is so much better looking than you, you stinking fish. Yeah, you do stink all over! You makewant to throw up!"
the woman replied angrily as she glared at the man who was making fun of her.
Soon enough, the sea beasts began to ridicule Austin as if he wasn't there, making the whole atmosphere very hostile.
Austin didn't say anything back to the sea beasts, but he gradually understood why they were doing this to him.
Perhaps it was because Felix, who lived in the Sand City, praised Austin in front of the sea beasts of the Transformation Realm here.
It made them highly dissatisfied and restless.
‘That's why they're treatinglike this, ' he thought, breathing deeply to control his emotions.
Amidst all of what was happening, Justin didn't say anything. However, he didn't seem to have any intentions of stopping them
from laughing at Austin.
But slowly, the ridicules were starting to get on Austin's nerves.
Soon, he found himself smiling disdainfully and thinking, 'No matter whose place this is, you all better not mess with me, or | won't
spare you.
| have been here for so long, and they not only did not greet me, but also mockedand clearly showed that they despised me.
Even Justin is putting on a big show of arrogance."
His anger was steadily rising in his chest.
He was already regretting coming here with Shaw.
If it hadn't been for the Magic Sea Water the mermaid princesses had promised him, he would not have been here and instead, he
would have been attending to his own business. 'There are so many things that | could have been doing right at this very moment.
| do not need to be disrespected like this."
"Boy, you seem to be very dissatisfied. Why?
Felix said you have more talent than we would ever have.
Since he likes you so much, I'm sure you're not a nobody.
So... How about showingwhat you got?"
a tall man said in an unfriendly tone. He cforward and Austin saw hostility in his eyes.
'l was right!
Felix told them that | am more talented than any sea beasts he had encountered.
It must have upset them, and that's why they've been provokingsince | got here.
But why would Felix say that? Didn't he know that that would only getin trouble?"
After a few moments of silence, Austin finally decided to talk. "Oh, Really?
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Are you sure about that?"
he impatiently replied to the tall man's invitation.
"How about this — fight sbeast masters.
We won't fight with you
because no one here wants to be accused of bullying a weak boy like you,"
he said, his tone unabashedly offensive. Before Austin could even answer, he waved his hand and three beast masters outside the
square crushing towards them.
One of these three beast masters was a premium beast master, while the other two were medium beast masters.
The premium beast master was a giant walrus. With a pair of long, pointed white teeth, each four or five meters long, it looked
incredibly dangerous.
It had a bloated, fat body and finned limbs. It was on the ground but it started crawling towards Austin at an astonishingly fast
speed.
One of the medium beast masters was a giant shark whose mouth was covered with hacksaw-like fangs.
The other medium beast master was a 20-meter-long giant prawn with two indestructible-looking silvery claws.
"Uncle Justin, don't do this, please! It was because of him that we are here!"
the two princesses pleaded. They could not help but worry about Austin's welfare.
"Relax. | know what I'm doing.
He'll be fine,"
Justin replied.
The tall man said to the giant prawn, "You go first."
After receiving the tall man's order, the giant prawn immediately attacked Austin.
Austin stood where he was, motionless. He looked very calm.
"Don't overdo it!"
Shaw cried out. It was the only thing he could do, as he knew that he could not stop them.
"Don't worry, Shaw. It's a friendly fight. We're not going to hurt that human boy,"
replied the tall man.