Chapter 889: 277. Exploit the situation to one’s advantage.

Selena pressed her lips together and nodded.

“Very well, you go deal with that pile of Mechanos. The water flow array needs some adjustment, the direction of the water jet is slightly off.”

Noland Lee pointed to the nearby Mechanos, giving Selena an order.

Selena restrained the unease in her heart and immersed herself in the work.

Noland Lee watched her figure and stroked his chin.

Women like Selena, he had encountered them before crossing.

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Well-endowed, capable, of an older age and still unmarried.

On top of that, Selena had an overbearing father.

Anyone with sights on her had to weigh whether they could cope with her father.

If Noland Lee could not appear more outstanding than her father, or gain her father’s approval, then Selena would never be able to break free from her father’s control.

Noland Lee did not feel averse to this.

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Capitalizing on circumstances was the true essence.

Selena’s family was powerful and wealthy, and indeed, Noland Lee could not contend with it in a short period of time.

But, Noland Lee’s “small boat was easily turned”, and he could make a profit and then run.

“Hehe,” Noland Lee chuckled inwardly:

“Mingwaq Pomida, Selena’s father, when you think I’m about to go head-to-head with you, you are gravely mistaken. In fact, I’ve been prepared to slip away for a while now.

“You think I would cling to Island 33 and not let go?

“Sorry, I’ve merely planted a giant bomb here.”

Noland Lee suppressed the mirth in his heart and looked down, his gaze penetrating the floor and landing on the fourth and fifth underground levels.

There, Selena’s magic servants were busy, hurrying to construct intricate energy pipelines.

Noland Lee intended to turn Island 33 into a base for launching thunderclouds, and this was indeed true.

If his cooperation with the Deep Sea Branch was successful, then the thunderclouds launched from here would provide strategic services for the Deep Sea Branch and bring him a continual flow of wealth.

But what if he fell out with the Deep Sea Branch or even became hostile with them?

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Then Island 33 would be a place that could explode at any moment.

It would show Selena’s father where Noland Lee’s confidence truly lay.

Island 33 is dual-natured—it both serves as a base for launching thunderclouds and as a bomb of spectacular proportions.

Noland Lee, holding a powerful weapon, could advance or defend as needed.

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In the blink of an eye, three days had flown by.

It was a clear morning.

Today was the day Yorksim and others in the Starfall Sea No. 13 Subarea were to pay tribute to the Sirens Kingdom.

The hustle and bustle of Suman Archipelago peaked with the arrival of this day.

The Deep Sea Branch, as a First-Grade Magic Institution of the Suman Archipelago, took up the functions of researching spells, maintaining local order, and judging wizard criminals.

However, its relationship with the numerous wizard forces of the Suman Archipelago was not one of subordination or command.

The Deep Sea Branch could suggest or request wizard forces to do or not do something, but it could not restrict any of their legitimate actions.

Yorksim, the principal of the Mantas Family in the locality, represented the wealthy Mantas Family.

In his eyes, offering magic stones to the sea monsters was not collusion with the enemy; it was purchasing services.

Yes, purchasing services.

He specially drafted a magic contract for this purpose.

He and the wizard forces he summoned were Party A to this magic contract, while the Sirens Kingdom was Party B.

The parties agreed that Yorksim and others would provide a large amount of magic stones to buy a protection service within the “Treasure Sea” and other nearby sea areas of the Suman Archipelago, safeguarding them from “Sea Monster attacks.”

After receiving the magic stones, the sea monsters would issue a pass woven by sea monster magic to each wizard force that purchased this service.

Wizard forces holding this pass would not become enemies to the sea monsters on their long sea voyages.

In doing so, did Yorksim and others violate the Ulnas Ring Law?

It’s hard to say whether they did or not.

The reason is simple.

The sea monsters’ pass would specify the sea areas protected from sea monster attacks:

The Treasure Sea north of the Suman Archipelago, the Stormy Seas to the south, the Blackfold Sea to the west, the Great Sea to the east, and many sea areas around the Kashel Continent.

All these sea areas are not territories of the Ulnas Circle.

They belong to no one, to no extraordinary forces.

In this world, they exist like the high seas.

The actions of Yorksim and others in purchasing services from sea monsters on the public seas, whether this violates the Ulnas Ring Law, have become a hot topic of debate between Suman Archipelago and Ulnas Circle recently.

Others engaged in fervent discussion, waiting to see the spectacle unfold at the Deep Sea Branch.

The Deep Sea Branch kept a low profile, doing almost nothing to stop Yorksim from gathering wizard forces and collecting magic stones.

Moreover, as the local First-Grade Magic Institution, the Deep Sea Branch indeed failed to fulfill its agreement with the many wizard forces to clear out the sea monsters and maintain order.

The Deep Sea Branch was at fault first.

The action of purchasing services from sea monsters was the result of the Deep Sea Branch’s incompetence.

By leveraging this point, Yorksim persuaded many wizard forces to belittle the Deep Sea Branch and follow his lead in buying services from sea monsters.

Subsea No.13, this sea area belonging to the Charnel Family, was now crowded with ships, gathering a fleet of many wizard forces.

Lape Charnel of the Charnel Family had received advice from the Deep Sea Branch and tacitly allowed the gathering of wizard forces on his territory.

He was one of the very few family principals who knew that the Deep Sea Branch was planning a counterstrike.

To play along with the Deep Sea Branch’s plan, he deliberately arranged several sea patrol fleets to maintain order at the edges of Subsea No.13.

Officially, it was to prevent the sea monsters from acting treacherously, taking the magic stones but not signing the contract. In truth, however, he was preventing the wizard forces’ fleet from sneaking away from Subsea No.13.

This was according to the instructions from the Deep Sea Branch.

Lape Charnel did not know what exactly the Deep Sea Branch would do.

He only knew that he must not let his maritime patrol boats enter Subsea No.13, or they would surely disappear like smoke.

Likewise, this advice also came from the Deep Sea Branch.

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