Chapter 142: Fostering The Future

"Follow me and stay close." The naga guard turned his head to Ergetse and Arielina. "Your presence is also requested by the three high leaders."

The two nagas nodded. Ergetse expected to be called as he knew he'd be the one to make a report about what happened.

Marcus, who was still holding Emily's hand, started moving forward. Zoey, followed beside Emily.

The rescued creatures were now reunited with their families, however they were not allowed to go home just yet. There was still a worry of an explosion spell that might be planted inside each of them.

This was already none of Marcus' business. He knew that the ones he rescued would be safe as he didn't plant anything that could harm themselves or the races underwater.

The Commanders who have fought with Marcus and his group were free to go after a quick check. They all went in the same direction.

"What are the leaders like?" Emily asked Arielina who was in front of her.

"Hmm," Airline thought before answering. "The leaders right now are a lot better compared to the ones we had in the past. The present leaders don't stick to those boring and rough traditions that past leaders implemented. The present leaders are also the ones who agreed to have the peace treaty and even fish trade with the humans."

Emily and Zoey listened while Marcus thought of the things he would say later to the leaders. He knew that convincing them wouldn't be an easy task. 

Going to war against a race who could reproduce as fast as you kill one of their kind if rough to them who needs to control their population.

He was told by Ergetse that the sea might be big, but the humans are still taking up most of it with underwater mining and resource gathering from sea beds.

"So they are more open minded." Emily spoke as Arielina finished.

"In a way, yes." Arielina nodded. "But they still do stick to a few traditions that are pretty important to our race and the other two races."

"How about the leviathan?" Zoey asked. She had never seen one before. However, as a human, she had heard of stories, a lot of stories about the said creature of the depths.

There was a really old series that her father watches, where two brothers would hunt monsters, angels, demons, and other creatures that lurk in the dark. In the later seasons, the two brothers fought against leviathans.

She, of course, has only seen bits and pieces of it. But in the series that her father watched, leviathans had extremely sharp teeth. Which was quite scary considering she was still a child when she saw it.

In another story, she heard that it was written in a holy book of a certain religion that was still active until today. And in that book, it was said that leviathans came first, even before humans. It was said that they served as pets for the god of that religion.

"The leviathan that you speak of doesn't show himself much. He prefers to stay alone inside his home. From the few times I have seen him, he was never a scary person, so you don't have to worry." Arielina has only seen the true leader of the races twice.

"I see," Zoey imagined the creature to be a tyrant. From what she heard, the leviathan was powerful, which made her think that the creature would lord over the inhabitants of this city.

"You saved the dozens of our people. The leaders will be thankful." Ergetse spoke seeing that Zoey looked a bit worried.

Zoey, who was glared at by the onlookers actually was. As a human, she was worried of the things the leaders would say. However, she also wondered why Emily and Marcus looked calm.

"There is nothing to be worried about. They can't do anything to us." Emily smiled at her past life best friend. 

Zoey nodded. Though deep inside, she was still quite worried.

"Were your people originally from this planet, or did you come from someplace else?" Emily asked.

"From what we have been taught, our races have lived here ever since, even before the humans came. Of course, the question of how we came to be is still not answered." Ergetse knew quite a bit of the history of his race. 

He, like all other inhabitants of this city, knew that the humans were the invaders, and their race lived peacefully on this planet.

Well, the relations between the races before the humans came was quite awry and blood shed from small skirmishes, but they had the planet to themselves, and it never escalated to large scale wars. Unlike when the humans arrived.

"I see," Marcus nodded. He, who was from the heavenly realm, had a slight idea of who placed them here, but he was still confused of how the leviathan arrived on this planet.

Marcus knew that the leviathans were only sent to Earth, as that was where the 'Holy God' sent his son.

'This is probably someone who rebelled and ran away.' Marucs knew that the 'Holy God' was powerful, but his powers didn't allow him to scan the whole mortal realm, which meant that a leviathan could run as long as the escape plan was well crafted.

"Were here," The guard, who had been ignoring them, stopped.

Marcus and company stood in front of a temple-like building. There were rows of pillars surrounding the building, with snake-like creatures coiling around them. On top of the buildings were three statues painted with a dark blue color.

One was tall and had a humanoid body with a lower body of a snake. It's arms were raised in the air while its head was looking towards the surface of the ocean.

The other was significantly shorter than the first. It had sharp claws, with a shell on its back. It stood there looking as if it was ready to fight.

The third and last statue had the figure of a human. There were fins on top of its head and on its ears. It held a trident with his left hand and its head looked towards the horizon.

"Those symbolizes the three races that are now united." Ergetse looked up. 

"Let's hurry. The leaders are waiting." The guard led them to the entrance.

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In a room with a lot of reporters and cameras.

Eva sat at a table covered with white cloth. She wore a long sleeveless dress that looked elegant. Her right hand grabbed the water bottle in front of her and started drinking.

Nexus sat beside her. He wore navy blue shorts and a green shirt. His eyes revealed how he hated to be here. He bounced his leg up and down as he waited for this whole thing to finish. 

The show he'd been watching for the last two or so weeks would air its finale in a few hours, and he wanted to be home before that to feel more comfortable.

Eva placed the water bottle back onto the table and surveyed the people sitting in front of her. These individuals were from different news channels of Estra. 

She spoke. "I know that you might be curious as to why I set this up out of the blue."

Some of the reporters nodded. 

In the last two months, no one really got to interview the CEO of Asura. All the company said was that she was busy and couldn't find the time. 

Now, however, they were all surprised to find out that Eva initiated inviting the media. Their stations immediately sent out the best of the best, which would make every one of these individuals here, veterans.

She continued. "As you know, Asura has been doing really well. In such a short time, it expanded. I know that this wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for the people of Estra. Without them, Asura wouldn't have grown this quickly."

The individuals in front of Eva stayed silent. Though they had no idea where this was actually going, they still wanted to listen.

"A few days ago, a disaster hit Estra, and it was devastating." Eva paused. Her eyes darted around the people.

A few of the reporters were puzzled, while some nodded their heads in agreement.

"There were a number of people that died, countrymen that were left homeless, and children motherless. Which is why my company, Asura, would be making an orphanage that offers free education to homeless children. 

The orphanage won't only take in street children from this city, but from the whole country. We all know that the children are the future of a country. I believe that saying.

To give something back to Estra and its people. My company would like to foster the future of this country, and make them an asset to society."

Eva took a deep breath. She once again grabbed the water bottle on the table and began sipping. Only the first few parts of her lines were rehearsed. The others were sentences that she came up with midway through her speech.