Ricky was, of course, aware that Hyatt was both tempting and threatening him.
"It seems that we cannot leave easily today," he said telepathically to his companions. "As for the matter of the Shark Palace, he certainly wants us to be his cannon fodder, and even if he doesn't, I'm sure that he has some other evil intention."
"Ricky, you don't have to keep talking to him. They can't stop us from leaving," Soar said somewhat arrogantly, but Ricky shook his head in disagreement.
"Hyatt can't keep us here, yes. But what if the leader of the Shark Palace takes action against us?" he reasoned. "Hyatt must have sent a message back to the Shark Palace and assure his father that we aren't a threat to them. If he doesn't, I'm afraid his father will act against us.
That's why we should go back with them. If we find out that there's something wrong, that's the time we can run away. And if we can't run away, we will have no choice but to expose something.
Besides, he said there would be an opportunity for us, didn't he?"
"We leave it all up to you, Ricky," said Hugh seriously. They all nodded in agreement at this. They trusted Ricky, and besides, they weren't worried at all because they had a middle spiritual emperor by his side. It was inconvenient if they exposed their strength at this point, but if push came to shove, they could take them all in a fight.
"Let's wait and see what kind of opportunity he can offer. If we're not satisfied with it, then we can just leave!" Ricky decided. He thought that it would be better to check out the opportunity first, so they wouldn't miss out on it, just in case it was something amazing. Anyway, with their strength, they could leave anytime they wanted.
"Amanda, does Amelia need us at once?"
"No, we can take our time. Even if we arrive half a year later, there will still be enough time," Amanda replied. Ricky nodded at this information and then turned his full attention back to Hyatt.
"You mentioned an opportunity. May I know what it is?" he asked. His whole decision would be based on Hyatt's answer because if he wasn't interested in the said opportunity, he wouldn't waste his time going to the Shark Palace.
"Since I offered it, I won't let you down," said Hyatt confidently.
After all, if he had any way to solve his problem without involving them, he would have killed Ricky and his companions already.
"A Dragon Cave for Flood Dragons." Hyatt's words shocked Ricky and his companions. All of them realized now that the opportunity they were being presented was as precious as the finest treasures in the world.
Meanwhile, Hyatt smirked at Ricky and his companions' reactions. Just from their faces, he knew that they wouldn't dare to reject him now.
The Flood Dragon was a creature only inferior to the Great Dragon, and
er Palace was equal to that of the Shark Palace, they couldn't threaten the Super Palace. But at the same time, they didn't want to give up on the Dragon Cave.
He didn't want to admit it, but they were desperate to find such a creature. Thankfully, fate had brought Ricky to him.
When Hyatt was about to kill Ricky, he suddenly realized that Ricky was a good choice, so he changed his mind and invited him to the Shark Palace instead. As long as he could control Ricky's companions, he believed that Ricky would follow his orders.
"Oh, I see. But why do you need the joint power of fire and water to remove the restrictive force at the entrances of the Dragon Cave?" Ricky asked curiously.
"That Dragon Cave is named Fire and Water Dragon Cave. According to our analysis, the dragon that lived there before must have been a Flood Dragon who cultivated the power of both fire and water at the same time. In that case, it seems natural that the restrictive force has both fire element and water element," Hyatt readily explained to him.
"Oh. That is very reasonable," Ricky murmured.
'I hope this Dragon Cave really exists, and I hope it won't let me down, ' he thought to himself.
Ricky could tell from the get-go what Hyatt intended to do with them, and he sincerely hoped that he was telling the truth about the Dragon Cave. He could tell that Hyatt chose him because Hyatt believed that he could be controlled, but little did Hyatt know that what he was seeing was very different from the true Ricky.
They journeyed for several hours at high speed, until they came to a small island. It was called the Shark Island, named for the Shark Palace that was located in its depths.
As soon as they arrived, Hyatt led Ricky and his companions straight to the Shark Palace, where they were to meet the leader of the Shark Palace, who was also Hyatt's father, Hiram.