“This is my order, dispatch all the shock response elite teams to the zone of transition!”

“Activate the apocalypse level military alert!”

“The whole city is to go into a state of absolute martial law!”

“Redistribute all the troops that are currently guarding the factory zone to the zone of transition!” 

“Redistribute 80% of the troops that are currently guarding the central business district to the entrance of the zone of glory!”

“Make sure the corridor is stuffed full, I mean absolute defense!”

The Chief Councilor slowed down a bit on getting to this point before he became firm in his decision. “Unleash the Doom Destroyers!”

“Position all of them to reinforce and become the main defense force of the roundabout corridor leading to the zone of glory!”

“Like in all scenarios where we have to activate the apocalypse level military alert, change the defense formation into the concentric defense formation!”

“Also, activate the Kraken Sea Anemone superstate!”

“As for the field forces, this is my order!”

“Enough of passive offense raids, I order a reverse full-scale invasion on the Snake Kingdom!”

The Commander in Chief of the clownfish army was shocked. “But Chief…”

“No buts, listen to my order, Commander!” 

The old Chief Councilor’s voice rose a margin, booming like rippling thunder and revealing his current emotions that made the younger clownfish Commander immediately become silent, lowering his head.

“The scale and motive of this war just became higher than what you expected. This is not just a war anymore; it is much more now”.

“I also never expected that Ancient bastard to make such a radical decision, but it is as expected of snakes. They are extremely cunning but are headstrong as pigs at times”.

The Chief Councilor turned to face his Commander in Chief. “Commander, it is what it is”.

“Yes, Chief Councilor!”

Commander Nemo had lived his whole life looking up to the Chief Councilor. 

His talent became his best helper, it not only allowed him to get closer to his idol, but it also enabled him to develop to become the Commander in Chief of the clown army which was the highest position that he could attain in the army.

Throughout his decades-long service for the clown army, he had never seen the Chief Councilor being this serious about anything.

As one of the biggest higherups of the Anemone, he still had never entered the zone of glory. This and a lot of other facts already revealed to him that his home had a lot more secrets that he didn’t know yet.

The Chief Councilor’s reaction told him that the current situation touched upon a secret topic, which was why he obeyed immediately in the end.

He did not slack, once he left the Chief Councilor’s chamber, he swam to the central control tower of the clown army that was in the central business district where he started relaying the Chief’s orders.

Once Commander Nemo left his living quarters, Chief Councilor puffed as green toxic smoke came out his nose before he spoke into a device.

“Another Councilor’s Gathering commences immediately!”

…

In just 2 seconds, all the councilors were gathered before the Chief again.

None of them spoke, they dared not. The green vein-like lines that were currently rippling through the Chief’s face, tainting his colorful body and his closed eyes at this moment revealed his emotions to them.

They knew the Chief best; Chief Councilor Crook was enraged!

“They are after the Orb of Illusion!”

The Chief Councilor’s sudden declaration dropped like a bombshell in the gathering, but it didn’t elicit much of a reaction from the other councilors since they already guessed at the answer after the latest maneuver.

Trying to act pretentiously would only anger the Chief more, and was the reason why they all decided to stay true to their true emotions and remain quiet.

“The Orb of Illusion, YOU KNOW IT’S IMPORTANCE?!” The Chief’s voice boomed like thunder as he suddenly floated up from his councilor chair.

None of the Councilors dared to interject, the Chief continued, trying extremely hard to hold back his anger at the moment.

If Sebastian was here, he would easily see that this clownfish, though a powerful and authoritative leader had anger issues.

“The Orb of Illusion is the greatest treasure of our Anemone. It was given to us by the goddess herself, you all know its importance”.

Unlike laymen clownfish, the Councilors didn’t mistake their patron for a male as the Chief just referred to her as a goddess.

“The Orb of Illusion is only known by 13 clownfish in the whole Anemone”.

“Me”. The Chief pointed at himself before pointing at the other councilors. “AND YOU ALL OLD GEEZERS!”

“We are the only ones who know of this ultimate treasure of ours”.

“This brings me to the question, WHO SOLD US OUT?!”

At this moment, Chief Councilor Crook could not hold back his anger anymore as his magic power blasted out like a storm, suppressing and even causing some of the Councilors currently seated to cough blood.

Seeing the effects of his actions, the Chief did not feel remorse, it only made him angrier, feeling like he should just strangle the life out of these old geezers.

“WHO SOLD US OUT?!”

None of the Councilors dared to speak, they were so silent at this moment that they looked like little kids before their angry mom.

The current situation was tenser than that between kids and their mom though, the silence only made the Chief angrier.

“Screw it!”

BOOM!

Blue bolts of lightning were unleashed by the angered Chief Councilor as they spread everywhere, affecting everything, including the Councilors.

About a minute later, the Chief finally calmed down.

Perhaps, it was because he already vented his anger, but at this moment, his face no longer seemed as pissed off as before.

He spoke slowly. “I don’t care which one of you did it”.

“All I know is that you all will help me to remedy it!”

“Any one of you that doesn’t cooperate or even reveals the slightest contrary intention, you’re dead!”

“The deed is already done, the best that I can do is to remedy it”.

“Now, go get all your mechs pristine and battle-ready. Meet me in the corridor in 1 minute, I am expecting visitors”.

“Though they will probably already expect an ambush situation, I say that we still ambush them. I will have to show this Ancient Baskfool what it means to go against my Anemone in the most infuriating manner possible”.

“Move!”

“Yes, Chief!”

Once the Councilors all left, Chief Councilor left the hall for the councilor’s gathering and returned to his own chambers.

He rested in his chair for a few seconds as a lot of things went through his head. He didn’t stay here for long though as he decisively floated up and swam to an isolated part of his living quarters.

Clang!

Once he opened a door, he was exposed to an isolated dark room where he felt an eager will blasting against his consciousness emotionally. 

The emotions revealed by the will were like a dog finally getting to meet its owner after years of separation. It felt estranged at first, but as it continued basking in the familiar presence, its emotions became more excited. 

Feeling this familiar will after so many years, the Chief smiled.

In reciprocation to his smile, 2 familiar red glowing lights shone from the darkness, they reflected boredom at first before turning to excitement.

“Devourer…, let’s go play!”

…

“Contingency Plan C, activated!”

Over the past 2 minutes after the bomb detonation, Sebastian remained invisible and through his senses, he was able to observe everything that happened.

Originally, after understanding what happened, he felt that this current situation would force the so-called clownfish councilors out but he was wrong.

In the end, he decided that he could perhaps take advantage of the current chaos to try brute-forcing his way into the zone of glory.

But…, immediately after he thought of this, he knew that it was bad as he felt his imaginary back hair all rising and standing on end.

“Bad plan!” “Bad plan!”

Soaked in sweat, he easily decided on his contingency Plan C. Contingency Plan C was not anything complicated, it was still taking the wait and see approach but in a more proactive manner.

The Sea Anemone exploded with a lot more activity, and so did Sebastian.