Marcus and company stepped on the dark blue stony flooring. There were nagas, siyokoys, and kappas walking around. They looked at the new comers in a weird way.

There was no ounce of sea water inside the building. It was as if a barrier kept the water out.

All of them were not used to seeing visitors, and the last guest they would expect was a human. They could not understand why their leaders would invite the land dwellers here in their sanctum.

Marcus didn't mind the stares, and so did Emily. Zoey stepped a few inches closer to Emily as she could feel their cold glares aimed directly at her.

Marcus could see doors at the side being opened, as creatures came out to look at them. Most of which have never seen humans up close before.

"You don't have to mind them." Arielina turned her head and smiled. She could understand the reaction from her brethren. It would take time for them to understand that the people she is with aren't bad, and that they have saved a lot of their comrades.

"It's fine. I don't mind being admired." Marcus smiled back as if the atmosphere didn't affect him.

The three ladies giggled. Zoey wasn't expecting Marcus to joke around at a time like this.

The group continued walking until they reached a parabola shaped doorless doorway.

"This is where I'll leave you." The guard had to go back to his job as he was not invited inside.

"Thank you," Marcus slightly nodded his head.

The guard left with a weird look on his face. He didn't understand why the vermilion haired teen was still polite to him although all he showed was slight hostility.

'Humans are weird.' The guard went on to return to his post.

Marcus and company walked inside. They could already see three individuals sitting cross legged on an elevated platform at the back side of the room. There were also white colored cushions underneath their bottoms.

Marcus could see that they were all dressed in dark blue robes, all three of them were in their human form too.

To the left was a female with long black hair. She had a pointy nose and thin brows. Her eyes shone blue as they darted to each one of the humans.

In front of her laid a sword just within arms reach. It was a meter long thin straight sword that seemed to value speed.

To the right was a bald man with a siopao like face. He had deep black eyes and a long nose. His figure was slightly chubby with a bit of his stomach bulging out. On top of his legs was a brown stick that was about half a meter long.

From his shoulders down to his waist were vertical straps, it seemed as if he was carrying a backpack. His eyes were  also curiously looking at the humans. He didn't even spare a glance at the familiar faces of Ergetse and Arielina.

Lastly, the one who sat in the middle also had his eyes on the guests. He has short hair, blue eyes, and a long nose. Beside him laid a gold colored trident.

Zoey leaned her head closer to Marcus and Emily. "Can you guys discern which race each of them belongs to?"

Emily shook her head.

Marcus looked at Zoey, "I'm sure that the one with no hair is a kappa."

"Obviously," Emily and Zoey said in unison.

"Ahem" Ergetse cleared his throat. He moved forward and bowed. "Leaders, you requested to see us and the humans."

He was slightly nervous. Although he was already at the Commander Stage, he still wasn't that high enough to interact with the high leaders directly all the time.

The sole female smiled at Ergetse. "Thank you for bringing the humans here. We would like to hear your experiences later, but for now, we would want to hear a few things from the humans."

They have heard that the humans were the reason why a lot of their people were saved. They were already prepared to lose everyone who went to the surface as they knew that it would be hard to escape from the clutches of the land dwellers.

Ergetse nodded.

Marcus let go of Emily's hand, and stepped forward. "It would be an honor to speak with you three."

Ergetse and Arielina's eyes slightly widened as they looked at Marcus. Addressing the leaders as "you three" was slightly disrespectful. The two were worried that it might upset the leaders.

Marcus, of course, didn't know this. Now that he was here, he wanted to see the leviathan. His interest in the three different races and leaders were lowered as the question of 'where the leviathan came from?' kept repeating in his head.

'Maybe he knows where a portal is located.' Marcus hoped. He wouldn't go to the heavenly realm right away, but at least he wouldn't have to worry about transportation in the future.

The one in the middle stared at Marcus. "Human, why did you do it?"

"I beg your pardon?" Marcus asked, pretending as if he didn't understand.

"Why did you save the captured ones. You humans are supposed to hate us, correct?" The blue eyed man who had a trident beside him was confused when he was told that a human saved his people.

From what he remembered, humans did not have the best impression of them. No matter how badly they tried in the past to do things peacefully, it still ended up badly.

"I'm not a human." Silence followed Marcus' sentence.

Zoey, too, was dumbfounded by what Marcus said. She had been running around with aliens this whole time. Any other race besides humans were called 'aliens', and she was taught to stay away from them, just like how she was taught to stay away from the nagas, kappas, and siyokoy.

"Are you going to tell us you're a naga?" The sole female giggled.

Marcus shook his head. His skin started turning into a different color.  His height increased and the muscles around his body bulged.

Everyone watched as Marcus grew taller. His once white skin now turned vermillion. The clothes he wore were ripped. He of course made sure to wear better pants so the lower part of his body was not exposed. He had already learned his lesson from before.

Black colored tattoos started appearing around his body. There was now, what seemed to be, unfinished tribal tattoos on arms.

"I am an Asura." Marcus spoke in a deep voice, different from the one he had in his human form.

The leaders were silent as they observed the being in front of them.

Zoey brought her hands to her mouth. The transformation shocked her to her core.

After a long period of silence, the bald leader spoke. "This isn't some sort of magic?"

Marcus shook his head. "I also have no reason to lie to you."

The female leader nodded her head. "That makes more sense."

"I guess it is time for a formal introduction." Marcus took a step forward.

"My name is Marcus, Marcus Kauffman. As I said before, I am an Asura."

"I am Peroy, the leader of the Kappas." The bald chubby man with a siopao faced shape introduced himself first.

"I am Synthei, the leader of the naga." The female leader followed.

"And I am Dokoy, the leader of the Siyokoy." The man with short hair spoke last.

"Can I ask why you saved our people?" Dokoy asked. He wondered why Marcus would go out of his way to save people who he didn't even know.

Marcus slowly changed back to his human form. His skin started to turn back into white. His muscles returned to normal and the tattoos around his body started to fade.

"I am currently not in a good relationship with one of the big families of Estra. So, your people being captured gave me the chance to mess their plans up."

Vid already told him about the whole thing, so he knew what the Strongwald family was up to.

"I see, and here I thought you were going to give a speech about helping the ones in need." Dokoy chuckled.

"Don't get wrong," Marcus smiled. "If I do pass by people who are in dire need, I do help them. Like you for example."

"I thought you helped our people escape because you had a grudge with the Strongwald?" Synthei had a puzzled look on her face. As one of the leaders, she of course knew who the five strongest families in Estra were.

Marcus shook his head. "That is not what I meant."

"Then what?" Synthei asked.

"Help you with your big problem, the threat of the humans." Marcus needed their help to take down the Strongwald's. He wasn't too worried about the allies of the number 1 big family, as he knew that those allies would not stick their necks out if they found out that the Strongwald would crumble anytime soon.

The other big families are no problem, as he already has slight control over them. The Frey family has not been making any problems for him as of late, so he didn't have to worry about them. The Strongwald family on the other hand, he wanted them out of this place, this planet.