"Oh, I'm so excited for this chapter!" Adalie said while waving her feat back and forth. "It's when..."

"When?" TBOAH! Hans asked when Adalie stopped. 

"When..." Adalie continued.

"When what, bitch." TCF! White Star said in annoyance which made Adalie angry.

"Fucker, find out for yourself!" Adalie said angrily before pressing play.

Chapter 93: If I have to move (3)

Cale did not wait for Choi Han's answer and instead immediately went to stand in front of the bloody Whale.

'The injuries were made on purpose.'

There were no large injuries on the Whale's body. All of these small injuries would disappear without scarring after using some potions.

"Looks like you used some blood?"

"Hoh, how brave." Eruhaben commented. "Not many would want to cut and cover themselves with blood just to win a fight against mermaids."

"Che, that's for weaklings." TCF! White Star said with a mocking look. "Why do dirty tricks when you can just annihilate them in one go?"

"Says the one who kidnapped the father of his enemy just to make an alliance that didn't go well at all." TBOAH! Cale remarked, still bitter about that. He might not be close with his family but he still loves them so seeing that scene before struck a cord in him. Rok Soo knew this and gave him a one-sided hug. Similar to TBOAH! Cale, Rok Soo was also bitter about it but not as much because he has started embracing his new identity as Kim Rok Soo and left behind his past as Cale Henituse. The two Koreans looked at each other before joining the hug, laughing when Rok Soo complained that they were suffocating him with TBOAH! Cale.

TCF! Cale just looked at the two with a small smile, knowing how the two deserved to be comforted with all the sacrifices they did for the world.

Witira's eyebrow raised a bit after hearing Cale's calm voice that showed no worry at all.

"A bit. I am in the vanguard, so I thought it would be better."

Witira fought in front of even the Killer Whales that were known for their violence. She was also the type to not care about getting hurt.

All the people who knows her nod.

"Of course." TBOAH! Witira said. "I am going to be the next ruler, after all."

"Yes." TCF! Witira agreed. "What's the use of having the crown if I can't protect my own country and do little sacrifices like that?"

"Spoken like a true queen." TCF! Litana said with a smile.

"Indeed." TBOAH! Jopis nod.

That type of mentality was sometimes needed during wars.

"Unfortunately, not only sometimes." TBOAH! Harol said with a sigh. 

"I can see that." TCF! Cale said while glancing TCF! Toonka, the person who literally embodies the statement mentioned. 

While the Whale Tribe, other oceanic Beast people, and the creatures of the sea were fighting against the mermaids, she was in the front spraying her blood in order to push back the mermaids and their dead mana. How awe-inspiring would that be? It was sure to raise the soldiers' morales.

"It did." TCF! Archie said. "Especially since she is the next ruler."

Both versions of Shickler looked proud while Paseton smiled at that comment, happy that his sister was getting the recognition she deserves.

'Although I have no plans to do such a thing.'

Not getting hurt was the most important thing for Cale. He would do anything, including scamming other people, so that he would not get hurt.

"Of course he would." TCF! Alberu sighed. 

"That's right, human!" Raon exclaimed. "You shouldn't get hurt like the ones we saw!"

"Yeah, nya~" On agreed. 

"Leave everything to us, nya~" Hong said while patting his chest. It seems like the previous scenes of TCF! Cale being bloody scarred the kids.

"Don't worry, I promise I won't get hurt." TCF! Cale said before thinking about the things he had seen and decided it was better not to promise that. "If I can help it."

"Shall we go into the tent and discuss?"
"Sure."

Pssssssssssssss.

Water vapor started to appear as Witira transformed into her human form and landed on the ground.

"How pretty." Maes said in awe as many agreed. Whales really did make humans look ugly. Well, except the Cales.

'Scary.'

She looked very scary as she transformed with her body still covered in blood. Cale slowly moved away from Witira and started to walk toward the tent.

"Ah." TCF! Witira wryly smiled, not knowing that he was scared of her bloody form before. When they met that time, he was so calm and collected that if it wasn't for this she would have never guessed he was afraid.

"You were afraid of her, Cale-nim?" TCF! Choi Han asked in shock. From how he viewed their interactions in their timeline, TCF! Cale always seemed confident and nonchalant dealing with the whales. But for him to be afraid that time, was he just that good at acting?

"Hm? No, not really." TCF! Cale told TCF! Choi Han. "It's more of the fact that she looked scary with the blood on her body and not her in general."

"Oh." many echoed, understanding what he meant. It was disturbing to see someone covered in blood while walking towards you.

"For a moment, I thought the genre of the show was horror." Jung Soo commented. "You know, like Walking Dead because of the walking with blood and all?"

"Follow me."
"Okay."

He entered a different tent than the one Ron was in and got right to the point.

"You heard an overview of the situation from Paseton?"
"Yes, we were having a headache because the people helping the mermaids seemed to be strong, but we had no idea that they were such a large organization."

Many looked worried. To think that an organization that large could function over hundreds of years undetected... if it wasn't for TCF! Cale, what would their world look like? Well, they didn't need to look far though since they only needed to take a glance to their TBOAH! version to realize what. For starters, they would be weaker than their current selves. 

Witira started to drink a potion before adding on. Her injuries quickly started to disappear as soon as she drank the potion.

Paseton and both Shicklers silently sighed in relief. While they knew the injuries were light, they couldn't help but worry for their sister/daughter's safety.

"A swordsman and a spearman on a ship have been getting on our nerves the last few days. They would attack us whenever members of our Whale tribe or the whales would come up for air."

TCF! Hannah looked away in guilt, knowing that she was part of the fight and killed many whales in the process. Fortunately or unfortunately, no one saw this as everyone focused on the screen.

'Hmm? A few days ago?'

Cale flinched.

Witira continued to speak.

"The mage using fire magic is annoying too, but that swordsman that keeps sending aura blasts down into the water is the real issue."

'Aura? A swordsman sending aura blasts? Isn't that at the swordmaster level? ...This is different from what I expected.'

"The spearman is also annoying. He seems to have practiced the Spear Arts of the Eastern continent. The strength of his aura is less than the swordmaster, but he was pretty efficient at using it. He seems like he will soon reach the spearmaster level."

'...Another person almost at an equivalent level to a swordmaster?'

This was very different compared to what Cale was expecting.

Cale's pupils started to shake.
The enemies were stronger than he had anticipated.

"We still won though." TCF! Rosalyn said which made people become more curious and excited to see the first fight TCF! Cale and his group will experience. Not only that, they wanted to see how good of a strategist TCF! Cale was because of all the praise he's been sung by different people like the two Koreans. 

Cale looked toward the calm Witira.

"You were just as, no, you were calmer than her human!" Raon said while flapping his wings.

Although the Whales were few in number, the Humpback Whales with the Whale King's bloodline were stronger than Choi Han, and the Killer Whales were about as strong as Choi Han. The rest of the Whales were weaker than Choi Han.

All the whales in the room looked happy at the praise while those who thought they were strong felt offended, especially both Choi Hans. 

"Some pretty strong people have come as reinforcement."
"Right? But I think it will get easier once we get rid of a good number of the mermaids."

The warrior mermaids who have absorbed dead mana were currently avoiding the Whales and going around attacking the other sea creatures and Oceanic Beast people.

Cale received a brief report about the current situation from Witira.

"Then are the swordsman, spearman, and mage focused on attacking the Whales?"
"Yes."

The Whale tribe and whales needed to surface every so often, even during battles. The secret organization would not miss that opportunity to attack.

"None of the Whale tribe members have gotten injured, but many of the whale children have been injured."

Anger was visible on Witira's face. They may not be beast people, but whales were smart and strong creatures. They were working with the Whale tribe in order to fight in the front lines against the mermaids.

"...Many of the children have left this world as well."

Many people bowed their heads in sadness after hearing that, especially TCF! Hannah who did many of the killings.

'I'm sorry.' she thought with sad eyes and a regretful heart. 

That was why Witira was trying to kill those people, but she could not go to Hais Island 5 because the mermaids continued to attack the weak sea creatures and Beast people.
The Whale King Shickler was currently contemplating when to attack Hais Island 5.

"I see."

They had received Cale's contact in the process. They were very thankful to hear information about the organization, as well as Cale's comment that he wanted to help them out, even if it was just a little.

The TCF! Whales nod, recalling the relief they felt when they heard TCF! Cale's team was going to help them. 

It would make it easier for them if Cale's group could fight the people who were attacking them from above the water.

"Yes, that is why, although we know we shouldn't ask, it would be a great help to us if young master Cale lent us a hand."

Witira's idea of Cale's help was that he fought with them.
However, Cale's plan was slightly different.

"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" TCF! Alberu asked no one in particular, slightly rubbing his arms together as he felt shivers run down his spine. 

'It seems he developed an ability to predict when TCF! Cale will do something crazy.' Adalie thought in amazement. 'Is it because of shock or stress that he developed it?'

Cale, who had been quietly thinking for a while, slowly started to speak.

"Witira."
"Yes?"
"I'm thinking about destroying an island."
"...Destroy what?"

Similarly, everyone had a dumfound expression.

"Aigoo, you unlucky bastard." Eruhaben sighed, wondering if he made the right choice of interacting with the group. He might enjoy blowing things up when he's stress or annoyed but not to that extent.

"Do you even do anything normal?" TBOAH! Bud asked incredulously. "It's like every move you make turns a small thing into a big one!" 

"No, how can you even destroy an island?" TBOAH! Rosalyn asked in curiosity. "I'm sure that none of us...oh."

"Yes." TCF! Rosalyn nod to her other self who realized what or who destroyed the island. "Raon-nim did it!" 

A map opened up in front of the confused Witira.
Raon had opened up a map with his front paw and pointed to a location.

"I'm thinking about removing Hais Island 5 from the map."

Cale was speaking seriously.

"You're lucky no one realized it was you who destroyed the island, young master Cale." TCF! Billos commented. 

"What would happen if someone found out?" TCF! Cale asked in curiosity.

"It depends." TBOAH! Alberu answered after seeing his other self still in shock. "It can range from paying for the damages to making you work in the palace by force because of how dangerous you are."

'It's a good thing no one knew, then.' TCF! Cale thought with a slightly pale face. 'I might have had to completely say goodbye to having a slacker life if I was found out.'

Hais Islands 1 – 15 were approximately two to three hours distance from each other. According to Ron, there were no other life forms on Hais Island 5 other than the secret organization.

"Ships can just sail a bit further to Hais Island 7."

Hais Island 7 would become the new resting spot for the people using this sea route.

"Is that even pos-, ah."

Witira stopped in the middle of speaking because the Black Dragon was staring right at her.

"It is possible, little Whale!"
"Yes, I'm sure it is as you say, Dragon-nim."

It was definitely possible. Although Hais Island 5 was much larger than the Black Swamp, no control was needed as they were trying to destroy it.

"I saw nothing." TCF! Alberu murmured with dead eyes, not believing that the cause of one of the greatest mystery in the palace was because of the bastard beside him.

"However, I need two things to do it."
"What is it?"

Witira's still calm demeanor let Cale know that Witira really was from an Oceanic tribe.

She did not care about the island, a piece of land, disappearing. On the other hand, Cale would have contemplated it for a while before giving up on the idea if there were other creatures living on the island.

"Actually, there's also a prerequisite prior to those two things."
"A prerequisite?"
"Yes. We plan on fighting without revealing our identities, especially when we are fighting against that organization."

Witira understood what Cale was trying to say. It would be a bad ending if Cale ended up in some terrible situations because he became involved with that organization while helping them.
Plus, that was trivial when he was going to destroy the island for them.

"Yes, I understand."
"Good. First, we need transportation."
"I will call some Whales for you."
"Small ones."
"Of course. I will focus on agile, but stealthy ones."

He just needed a small Whale for the Wolf children.

"For the wolf children?" TBOAH! Lock asked in worry. "Are you going to let them battle?!"

He received no response, mostly because everyone involved were busy with either watching or reminiscing. 

"Second."

Cale and Witira made eye contact.

"I need you to go wild."
"...Wild?"
"I need the Whales to run wild in order to cause a distraction."

Cale casually continued on.

"Then I will use that moment to destroy Hais Island 5 and the mermaid base underneath."
"You want us to draw them out. Will it be fine if we draw out the swordsman, spearman, and the mage?"
"Yes."
"Ah!"

Witira suddenly remembered something.

"The mage has not left the island since the swordsman and spearman have arrived. He hasn't come out unless we got really close to the island."
"Really?"

That was perfect.
It would be even better if he could blow away that blood crazy Redika along with the island.

Many paled when the screen shows Redika being blown up with an island, courtesy of TCF! Cale's imagination. Fortunately, the kids and innocent ones only saw a blurred picture and not the whole thing. 

"Yes. He... seems to be a bit crazy."

Witira's face suddenly turned into a frown. Cale felt like he knew the reason.

"He started to laugh and rush at you when you were using your blood to fight?"
"How did you know?"
"The information we gathered said that he goes crazy because of the color red."
"Ah."

Witira looked toward Cale with concern. Raon turned his head around to look at Cale so fast that it made a swishing noise.

Both Deruths paled, not liking the fact his son, his red-haired son, would face a killer obsessed with red.

"H-hyung is okay." TCF! Basen said to comfort TCF! Lily who looked to be on the verge of crying. "Hyung is okay and safe."

Cale saw the looks on their faces and brushed back his red hair before casually adding on.

"That is why it will be complicated if I am seen."
"So that's it, human!"
"I understand."

Both the Whale and the Dragon understood.

Witira then started to mumble.

"That swordsman was weird too."
"Swordsman?"
"Yes, that woman seemed to have a similar personality. Well, you shouldn't need to worry, since you won't need to deal with her." 

TCF! Cale just stayed silent as he heard TCF! Choi Han fake cough. 

'I met up with her, though.' he thought idly.

Witira smiled while Raon had a look of determination on his face.

"Well, whatever then."

Cale just decided not to think about it.

He discussed the other details with Witira before saying goodbye and getting ready to send the Wolf children and Hilsman off next morning.

TBOAH! Lock looked worried for his siblings and his other self.

"A whale will guide you there, so be as quiet as a mouse on Hais Island 12. You have the outfits I gave you, right?"
"Yes young master-nim! We have it packed. I will take good care of the children!"

Cale ignored Hilsman's report and looked toward Lock and Maes. The two boys both nodded their heads.
Lock was usually shy, but he was reliable when he was with his younger siblings. A sense of responsibility seemed to change his demeanor.

"T-thank you, young master-nim." TCF! Lock said with a shy smile after hearing that TCF! Cale thought of him as a reliable brother. 

"Then go and stay there. Shoot the signal flare if something goes wrong."
"Yes sir."

The 12 of them all packed their weapons and got on a teenage whale and a baby whale, both of whom were less than 4 meters in length, and headed toward Hais Island 12.

"How cute." TBOAH! Adite said with many agreeing.

Cale watched them disappear before speaking to Beacrox.

"I know you are not happy, but you must be with your father."
"I understand, young master-nim."
"Good."
"Please save my father."

Cale understood how Beacrox must feel, wanting to fight yet not being able to do so.

Many looked at TCF! Beacrox with a sad look which he just ignored until he felt his father's hand grab his to comfort him.

"I'm alive." TCF! Ron reminded his son who only nod. 

'But almost died.' TCF! Beacrox thought bitterly, lightly gripping his father's hand.

TBOAH! Beacrox just stared at the two, not fully understanding what TCF! Beacrox's feeling was through all this but understood enough so he also grabbed his father's hand as comfort and assurance that he wouldn't die or experience the same thing as the screen showed.

"Don't worry."

He patted Beacrox on the shoulder before looking at the rest of the group.
Rosalyn, Choi Han, On, Hong, and Raon. This group was going to move with Cale.
Cale took out multiple black outfits from his magic bag.

The villains frowned in annoyance, feeling their pride get trampled on.

"Alright, put these on."

Choi Han started to frown.

"...We have to wear these again?"
It was the black outfit with a white star and five red stars around the heart and the black mask that they had worn in the past when they went to rescue Raon.
Of course, this fake secret organization outfit was slightly different compared to the real one.

"Yes."

Choi Han started to change after hearing Cale's short response. Only the three humans changed clothes before Rosalyn and Raon started to gather their mana.

"We are leaving now."

Cale's group flew up into the sky after Raon's warning.
They were heading to Hais Island 5.

Once they quickly flew over to Hais Island 5, Cale could hear a loud roar.

"Rooooooooar!"
"Fight!"

Cale looked down to see that the water was full of movement.

Splaaaash!

A Killer Whale with an X-shaped scar on his back shot up above the water before disappearing back underneath.

That caused a large ripple in the water.
The Whale tribe and the whales were doing their job of going wild.

"Wow, they're really giving it their best."

They definitely were doing what they said they would do.

"Of course we are." TCF! Archie scoffed. "We wouldn't be considered the strongest after dragons if we can't do what we need to properly."

Roooooar!

A Killer Whale shot up into the air with a mermaid in its mouth. The mermaid was already dead.

"Human. Make sure you do not go over there."
"Yes, Cale-nim. Please stay away."
"Our youngest is right! Even if you go, don't go alone."

Cale snorted at his group's concern.

"You think I'm crazy? Why would I go there?"

"Because trouble follows you everywhere." TBOAH! Eric bluntly said.

"Yeah!" TCF! Eric agreed while ruffling his hair in frustration. "Why did my troublesome dongsaeng change into a more troublesome one?! I'll get white hairs at this rate!"

It was at that moment.

"Hmm?"

Cale looked down after seeing Choi Han look down. They could see that two ships surrounded by magic shields were approaching the Whales. A person was standing at the bow of each ship.

The blonde woman who seemed to be the swordsman was pointing her sword at the ocean.
The sword was covered by a golden aura.

"Hannah!?" TCF! Jack yelled in shock as people looked over the female twin who had her head bowed down. "What are you doing there?!"

"I-" TCF! Hannah couldn't say anything, kneeling down on the ground due to stress and regret. "I..."

"We'll talk about it later." TCF! Cale said with a tone of finality, looking at anyone who wouldn't back down. Not that there was a lot though since he was using his dominating aura and his group was also looking at those who won't threateningly.

'Shit, I forgot about this.' Adalie thought in panic. 'Okay, what should I do, what should I do...'

The swordsman swung her sword and shouted something Cale could not hear.

"What is she saying?"

Raon answered Cale's question as usual.

"She said, 'I wonder how beautiful a bloody ocean would be.'"

'Crazy.'

Cale lowered the black mask even more to fully cover his face.

TCF! Hannah held back a laugh after seeing how she managed to scare TCF! Cale. While he might be easily scared (he doesn't mean it usually though) from the episodes shown, it was still refreshing to see how the calm bas-guy could show a different emotion about her. It made her seem normal and not someone either used as a tool or as a person to worship. 

'Witira needs to draw out as many of the secret organization's members as possible from Hais Island 5.'

That needed to happen for him to safely and easily run away.

Cale, who had been waiting for the Whales to run wild and draw people out, suddenly flinched.

Baaaaaaang!

The golden aura rushed out of the swordsman's sword and crashed into the water, splitting the ocean into two for a moment.

"Raon."
"What is it, human?"
"Let's hurry over."

Cale could feel his heart beating fast. Seeing the strength of the enemy was not good for his health.

"Bwahahaha!" TCF! Toonka suddenly yelled while standing up, marching towards TCF! Hannah who was being shielded by TCF! Jack nervously. "You're strong so fight me!"

"Hah?" TCF! Hannah couldn't help but ask in shock before pointing at the screen. "But didn't you see what I-"

"Who cares about what you did!" TBOAH! Toonka joined in with excitement. "War is war, weak people that joins deserve to die!"

"Okay, before we have a full blown fight in this room, I will leave." Adalie announced with a clap of her hands, finally knowing what action she should take. "TCF! Cale, as the leader of the group, I leave everything to you. Please make sure nothing is destroyed when I come back, bye~"

"Wai-" TCF! Cale tried to reject what the panda said but she vanished already, causing him to curse her. "You fucking panda! What the fuck do you mean by leader? Come back you little shit!"

Strategy: Run away and let the leader handle everything. Success.