Please be my partner.

Just then, Zagumon heard some noise and immediately closed his eyes and pretended to be unconscious.

Soon, the sound of metal footsteps hitting the ground came in front of him, and then opened the cage he was in.

When Zagumon felt the increasingly cold aura, he realized that it was pointless to pretend any longer. He did not think of suddenly attacking, so he stood up obediently and saw three giant mechanical wolves staring at him hungrily.

Then the giant mechanical wolf moved aside to make way and motioned for him to follow.

Zagumon was surrounded by giant mechanical wolves and moved forward with a nervous look on his face. After gaining more information, he realized that he should be on a ship at this time.

When Zagumon came to the deck, his eyes suddenly widened. He actually saw a human being!

At this moment, the horror stories told to him by the elders of the tribe when he was a child appeared in his mind again, making Zagumon shiver uncontrollably.

Melen was amused by the Naga's reaction and asked, "Do you know me?" After thinking for a moment, he felt that the question was too ambiguous, so he changed the question: "Um...are there humans on the sea?"

Zagumon first nodded frantically, then shook his head frantically, not even knowing what he was doing.

Of course Zagumon was afraid. To him, humans were like the ghosts that appeared in the stories that ordinary humans had heard of when they were young, and that their parents used to scare them. They were enough to stop the little Naga from crying at night.

Melen didn't quite understand what Zagumon wanted to say, but he wasn't going to continue the topic, so he asked instead, "Have you ever seen a human like me?"

Zagumon had recovered from his panic and said, "No, no, I just heard about it from the elders of the tribe when I was a child."

"When I was a child?" Mellen pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "How old are you this year?"

Zagumon said: "Since I was born until now, I have experienced 23 tidal changes."

Melen naturally didn't understand how long the so-called tidal alternation that the Naga in front of him was going to last. Fortunately, although the latter had a strange accent, she used the common language, so there was no problem in communication.

After some common-sense inquiries and simple calculations, Melen figured out that one tidal cycle takes about three years, and 23 tidal cycles is nearly 70 years.

This made Melen wonder, because as far as he knew, this secret ocean realm opened about once every ten years. Normally speaking, the Naga in front of him should have experienced the arrival of students from the Golden Academy at least six times. It was impossible that she was lucky enough not to be affected every time.

After discussing related issues for a while, Melen suddenly realized that perhaps when the secret realm was in a closed state, the flow of time inside was different from that outside, so a large number of treasures could be produced.

After understanding this, Meren stopped worrying about it and began to ask about the Naga tribe that Zagumon belonged to.

Hearing the human in front of him start to ask about his family group, Zagumon finally overcame the fear in his heart. His face became firm and he stopped talking. He looked brave and ready to kill or chop him up as the Lord ordered.

Although Melen can use his mental power to forcibly search memories, this technique is more effective against weaker enemies. It is not impossible to use it on the Naga in front of him, but it is best to consume the opponent's spirit first, so that more complete information can be obtained. The actual operation is too troublesome, so Melen does not plan to use it.

Then he saw Melen saying: "Besides what you said, I have other Naga captives. Even if you don't say it, someone will tell you. And..."

Melen pointed in a direction and said, "Although you were using the power of the ocean current just now, you were heading roughly in this direction, right? This means your tribe is in this direction. If we search carefully in this direction, it shouldn't be difficult to find them."

"Then I will tell the other captured Nagas that you told me all this. This way, they will think that I have learned the information about your tribe from you, and there will be no need to keep it secret."

Zagumon looked on in horror, feeling that the stories his elders told him when he was a child were indeed true, that all humans were devils!

Melen looked at Zagumon's expression and said with a smile, "If you tell me the information I want to know directly, I can save myself the trouble. I will throw you back into the cage and the other Nagas will not know about our communication. How about that?"

"Look, I didn't hurt any Naga, because I came here with sincerity. My only purpose is to make some deals with you Nagas, that's all."

Zagumon had a dejected expression. Melen's guess was correct. The vortex island where their tribe was located was indeed in the direction Melen had pointed out before. It was even not far away and would be found soon.

Seeing Zagumon's expression, a smile slowly appeared on Meren's lips.

More than ten minutes later, Zagumon was taken back to the cage and locked up again.

Garuru slightly adjusted its direction and began to accelerate. The giant mechanical wolves that were hunting and gathering in the sea stopped their actions at the same time and quickly moved in the direction designated by Garuru.

Meren stood on the deck, feeling the sea breeze, while thinking about the information he got from Zagumon.

There is a Naga tribe on the Whirlpool Island with a population of thousands. This Naga tribe is also the actual ruler of the entire Blue Tide Sea.

Adult Nagas can reach the third level of strength, and some gifted ones can easily reach the level of pseudo-legends. There are seven legends in the entire Naga tribe, six of whom are in the early stage of legends and one is in the middle stage of legends.

This sea is said to be a secret place, but its area is probably larger than many small worlds. It is only a corner of the Bichao Sea. It is said that there are powerful ocean kingdoms outside that rule over many sea areas.

Of course, more specific information is not something a little guy like Zagumon can know.

After understanding this information, Mellen sighed helplessly. The secret realm would be open for a month. He had previously thought that this was plenty of time, but after understanding the scope of the secret realm, he realized that it was simply a fantasy to want to find what he wanted by his own strength.

Fortunately, Melen never thought of exploring alone from the beginning. He could cooperate with the natives in the secret realm and use their local power, just as he is doing now.

I think other students who enter the secret realm will make the same choice.

So the first thing they have to fight for next is how to obtain more information from the natives of the secret realm!

PS: Thank you for not keeping memories in life – a hundred rewards for walking around!

Chapter 298 'Cooperation'

The Whirlpool Island is actually not an island in the conventional sense of human beings, but is located under the deep sea.

Because of the complex confluence of ocean currents around it, the nearby sea has a regular counterclockwise flow all year round, like a huge vortex, hence the name.

Driven by this special terrain, the water element of the entire Whirlpool Island is richer than other places. Marine life can grow faster in this environment. This is also the fundamental reason why the Naga occupied this place as their nest.

As the overlord of the sea, the Naga tribe is naturally supreme on the Whirlpool Island. Other races are their subordinates and slaves, so naturally, the idea that the Whirlpool Island will be invaded has never occurred to most Nagas.

At least, not before today.

When Melen swaggered to the vicinity of the Whirlpool Island and even ordered Garuru to go deep into the sea and continue to approach, the marine tribes living nearby and who were vassals of the Naga suddenly became a little agitated and immediately came to stop them.

Mellen showed no mercy to these various marine lives and attacked them directly.

In a short period of time, the area was dyed red with blood.

The strong men of the Naga tribe naturally received the news of the invasion of the Whirlpool Island at the first time. Three legendary auras rose and rushed towards the direction where Melen was.

When they saw Mellen standing at the bow, their expressions suddenly changed, and they immediately ordered the marine life to stop attacking and keep their distance.

One of the legendary Nagas shouted, "Humans, why are you invading the Whirlpool Island?!"

With Melen's current strength, he can move freely even in the ocean. He chuckled and said, "I came here to seek cooperation."

Naga was stunned by this, and then she was furious: "Cooperation?! How can you cooperate like this?!"

Melen said calmly, "Go and call out the leader of your Naga tribe. I have something to ask her."

The rage in the eyes of the legendary Naga was almost bursting out. He pointed the trident in his hand forward and was about to give the order to kill the invaders.

But at this moment, a gentle voice sounded, and instantly spread throughout the battlefield: "Shaga, bring our guests here."

The legendary Naga Shaka turned around in disbelief and shouted, "Chief?"

Shaka's question received no response, so he suppressed his anger and said to Meren, "Our leader wants to see you, come with me."

Melen didn't care about Naga's rudeness and her attempt to gain the upper hand over small details. Surrounded by the gazes of many marine creatures, he followed Shaga into the Whirlpool Island.

The Whirlpool Island is a large underwater plain. Because it is located at the center of the confluence of ocean currents, the flow of sea water is almost imperceptible. There are many huge and exquisite buildings here. In terms of aesthetics, Naga is still recognized by Meren.

There are similar legends in many worlds that the Naga were mutated after the elves entered the ocean. Although the elves in many worlds do not recognize this view, evidence can be found in many clues.

As he got closer, Meren saw the Naga greeters.

There are five Naga legends, led by a female Naga holding a golden trident. She is wearing a light blue palace dress that looks like quicksand, giving a contradictory feeling of beauty and gentleness.

The Naga leader said in a gentle voice: "Human, tell me your purpose."

Mellen said calmly: "I am here to seek cooperation."

The Naga leader's expression turned cold, and he said, "If it's about cooperation, then please leave. We Nagas will not cooperate with humans."

Mellen chuckled and said, "Then let me make it clear. I'm here to seek cooperation with you, and you have no right to refuse."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the Nagas changed color.

The Naga leader said: "Human, there are some things that cannot be said carelessly."

Melen shook his head slightly and no longer had the heart to talk to these Nagas. In fact, his meaning had been expressed very clearly. If it were someone else, they would probably have taken action directly, but these Nagas were still restraining themselves. It seemed that they were not naturally good-tempered, but were afraid of Melen's identity.

But so what? Melen doesn't need a so-called legitimate reason to take action.

As Mellen's mind turned, the Garuru under his feet immediately expanded and deformed into a huge sea beast. At the same time, a huge number of weapons emerged from his body and launched indiscriminate attacks in all directions. The mechanical giant wolf also opened fire at full power, clearing out the surrounding marine life.

The golden-haired dragon roared, and spewed out the breath of purgatory dragon. Even in the depths of the ocean, the flames still burned fiercely and would not be easily extinguished.

The little red lotus condensed into a small body, and it naturally did not go out directly, but a large number of blood-colored minions transformed into blood-colored ghosts, merged into the sea water, and wantonly plundered the blood of marine life.

Xiao Liuli turned into an illusory light and shadow. With the little fox's ability, the more chaotic the environment, the safer it would be.

Even the Void Dog transformed into its two-hundred-meter original form and played around freely. It was very interested in those giant sea beasts that were comparable to itself in size. Of course, this interest was mainly reflected in the amount of energy contained in them.

Naga didn't expect Meren to be so cruel and launch such a brutal attack without saying a word. She immediately retaliated in anger.

The Naga leader did not move, and confronted Meren, who also did not move.

A legendary Naga tried to attack Meren, but was stopped by a dozen giant mechanical wolves.

Whether it was Garuru or Golden Retriever, it would take three or four legendary Nagas to barely stop them. Although there were legends among the marine tribes under the command of the Naga, these legends were dwarfed by the siege of the mechanical giant wolf and the bloody minions, and other marine life could only be slaughtered wantonly.

The battle lasted only a moment, and the Naga side fell into an absolute disadvantage. This made the Naga leader unable to remain calm any longer. She raised the golden trident high, and an invisible wave spread out instantly.

Melen released his perception and immediately realized that the ocean currents outside the Vortex Island seemed to be controlled and began to converge inward, followed by an unimaginable amount of water element energy, and these water elements seemed to have owners and could not be used by other beings.

This is a domain-like ability achieved through special terrain.

Feeling the surging power from the outside world, Spike, who was sleeping in the fairy tale kingdom, had his eyelids tremble slightly, and a deep fighting spirit containing pure killing intent overflowed from him.

Mellen smiled slightly and comforted Spike, who was about to wake up from his slumber, through the contract, telling it that he could handle it.

Little Honglian also came over and told the big dog to sleep peacefully, saying that he didn't need to worry with her around.

After receiving Mellen's thoughts, Spike's mind fell silent again, and his killing intent slowly dissipated.

Mellen gently tapped Xiao Honglian's head, and the little guy immediately understood. Endless blood-red mist rose from his small body, forming a surging blood-red wave in the sea water and expanding rapidly.

Whether it was the Naga or other marine life, they all felt the blood in their bodies begin to churn automatically, as if it would leave the body at any time.

No! Not as if!

Strands of blood seeped out from the surface of the marine life and merged into the blood-colored waves of the outside world. Those marine life forms with weaker strength turned into mummies in a short period of time. Even those with stronger strength could only slow down the speed of blood leaving the body, but could not stop it. As the blood flowed, their strength became weaker and weaker, until they could no longer block the blood in their bodies.

As the blood-red wave expanded, it collided with the ocean currents that were converging further out, forming a stalemate. Countless red and blue electric lights were generated at the collision point, and occasionally, tiny black cracks could be seen.

The Naga leader, who had always been calm, changed her expression for the first time. She agreed to let Meren enter the Whirlpool Island with the consideration of using the tribe's hidden means, but she did not expect that the hidden means would be so forcefully resolved by the human in front of her.

Thinking of the historical records of the tribe and listening to the screams of his tribesmen, the Naga leader closed his eyes and pondered for a moment. Finally, he made up his mind, raised the golden trident in his hand slightly, and then dropped it suddenly.

The Naga leader was clearly floating in the sea, but the falling golden trident made a dull sound as if it hit the solid ground, and invisible waves swept across the entire battlefield in an instant.

Both sides in the battle fell to the ground under the influence of this wave and had to stop fighting.

Although the Legendary Nagas were not affected, they understood their leader's intention and took this opportunity to stop fighting and keep their distance.

The dogs understood that their owner did not want to kill them all, so they naturally stopped attacking.

Just like that, the battlefield that had just been a life-and-death struggle became clearly divided again in an instant.

The Naga leader looked around with a heavy expression. She looked at Meren, her lips trembling for a moment, and then she said with a bit of humiliation: "Human, tell me about your cooperation."

Mellen's expression remained unchanged. This was the situation he had envisioned long ago.

It is foreseeable that every time the secret realm is opened, there will be students entering this ocean world to search for resources. Then the fastest and most efficient way is naturally not to collect them bit by bit by yourself foolishly.

Faced with such a vast ocean, the correct way to open it is to conquer an indigenous force and then use them to collect a large amount of resources.

For the local maritime forces, although being forced to serve others is not a glorious thing, fortunately it is only a month's time and it is not permanent exploitation. They have to grit their teeth and accept it.

In this context, one can imagine what attitude the local forces will have towards foreign humans.

Therefore, from the beginning, Melen never thought about cooperating with the Naga in a fair and friendly manner.

This kind of "cooperation" method, where the other party is hurt first and then obeys, is what Mellen really wants.

Melen chuckled and said, "This is not the place to talk, let's go."

As he spoke, Mellen swaggered towards the most magnificent building on Whirlpool Island, as if he was the master of the place.

This attitude made the other legendary Nagas even more depressed.

The Naga leader followed Meren calmly.

Melen sat down at the top without any hesitation. What he didn't expect was that although the Naga's lower body was a snake's tail, it also had furniture like a chair. The only inconvenience was that the chair was too big and was made entirely of some kind of volcanic crystal. It was too hard and a bit hurtful to the buttocks.

Melen asked the Naga leader, "Tell me everything you know about this ocean world and humans."

The Naga leader silently organized his words, then recounted everything the tribe had recorded...

For students of the Golden Academy like Melen, this is a secret space for collecting resources, and it also contains some inheritances left by the strong people in the academy.

But for the marine life living here, this is their home and their world, and the humans who enter once every hundred years like robbers are foreign invaders.

Marine life has not thought about ways to fight against those invaders. In the past, there was a powerful marine empire that calculated the time when the invaders would arrive and set up layers of traps to try to kill them.