"Only one being in the world has power to destroy me, and that is King Anko, the sea serpent." "Then you'd better let him do it," advised the little girl.
"No.

Much as I long to die, I cannot allow King Anko the pleasure of killing me.

He has always been my worst enemy, and it would be such a joy to him to kill me that I really cannot allow him.

Indeed, I have always hoped to kill Anko.

I have now been three thousand six hundred and forty-two years, eleven months and nine days figuring out a plan to destroy old Anko, and as yet I have not discovered a way." "I'd give it up, if I were you," advised Trot.