23. The Seastones

"Even though we Atlanteans tolerate humans in our great realm, that doesn't give them the audacity to be making impudent assumptions," Adrian Maris said with a cocky face.

"I wonder who asked him now?" someone whispered among the crowd of people.

"His arrogance knows no bounds," another person said slowly.

"Don't you know the Maris noble family? They are all full of themselves"

"I see...!"

Both the Atlanteans and the humans started whispering among themselves.

"Next?"

A grim voice was suddenly heard from the front of the line and the next person quickly moved to the front of the guard.

"50 thousand ordinary Seastones to enter the city," the guard with the stern voice said with an emotionless face.

"What???"

"50 thousand ordinary Seastones?"

"This is fucking daylight robbery"

The people at the front of the gate started complaining in a loud voice, clearly against the high cost of entry into the city.

"I could eat my fills and even feed 5 grown men with 20 thousand ordinary