A howl echoed off the craggy rock, not of pain but amusement, and its source was the near doubled over monarch sitting upon his throne made of the bones of his fallen enemies. His hand lashed out, snatching a passing minion by the throat and giving it a hearty squeeze as the cavern erupted into hisses. The magical orb that they had all been closely watching since its creation had exposed the events of the failed hunt upon the humans but it was when it showed the intimate moment between the merprince and lowly female human that sent him into hysterics. "This…this is too easy! Even I could not have planned it better!" His sharp nails extended several inches, causing the minion ensnared to writhe and shriek with pain. "The little fool has just confessed to his own grandfather, the KING OF THE SEVEN SEAS, that he had saved a human not once but twice, then proceeded to admit he had feelings for her?!" The minion gave one last choke then grew limp, their ruler's hand remaining around their throat for several more seconds before it tossed the lifeless corpse to the salivating lower class sirens lurking in the nearby shadows. Within seconds the fallen minion had been consumed until nothing was left. His lips lifted into a wicked sneer as he trailed a finger along the eel mistress' spine as she inquired to his sudden outburst. "My precious, I am beyond pleased by this." He rose to his full height, his arms opening wide as he turned to address the recently returned party. "Though you have failed, you have succeeded in moving things along! Why don't you pay our dear little prince a visit? Surely some motivation will cause him to finally seek me out."
"Sea Warlock, their forces will kill us the second we pass through their gates!"
His eyes glittered with deviousness. "You forget your own words. There is nothing that I cannot do." She gave a subtle sigh as his hand cupped her chin, to raise it so that their noses brushed. "And you shall go with them, my precious."