Shadow of the Beautiful World

The city of Atlantis today is extremely lively.

This city under the sea is the most dazzling pearl in the kingdom of the seven seas.

After the era of the Great Fall, the people under the sea left the land where their ancestors lived and scattered into the oceans of the whole world, and the city of Atlantis was the most splendid building built by the remnants of the first era in the underwater world. Miracle.

It completely imitates the construction of the real Atlantis city recorded in the literature.

The city is covered with silver-white energy towers, using the wonderful technology inherited from the first era to convert the endless seawater in the sea into energy for the city, thus truly lighting up the dark seabed.

Just like the electricity used by humans, people under the sea hold the secrets of the sea.

This never-drying ocean has generously bestowed its power on the people on the bottom of the sea, allowing them to live and work in peace and contentment in their arms.

But even the city of Atlantis, which is one-third larger than New York City, is far from being able to compare with the capital city of the Kingdom of the Seven Seas in the first era recorded in historical documents.

Regardless of its scale or technological level, it is far worse than the real Atlantis.

Although in the eyes of humans, this underwater city is already great and majestic, those unknown technologies seem to come from the future.

But the Atlanteans knew that their technology had declined too much after the terrible fall that ended the glorious First Age.

Therefore, in this era, the underwater people explored the ancient ruins of the first era.

To be precise, the search for the lost ancient city of Atlantis has never stopped.

Scientific and technological progress depends on archeology

This is a slightly ironic remark, but it is also the current status quo of the underwater world.

But today, the people under the sea temporarily forgot the sad past, and the people in Atlantis started a parade around the city.

The underwater people who look like humans, those with fish scales and fish tails, or those who are half-human and half-fish, and even some underwater people who wear heavy armor like crabs.

These strange guys gathered together, sang the songs of the glorious age, and cheered to celebrate the coronation ceremony of Prince Aum today.

All kinds of weird undersea vehicles were driven, as well as a large octopus aircraft like a parade float.

A pet octopus that was probably domesticated, covered in weird oil paint, was placed above the aircraft, with a musical instrument like a jazz drum in front of it.

This guy with a lot of tentacles wraps around four drumsticks in his tentacles, and beats them back and forth on the instrument.

It's also quite musical.

The beat of the drum and the rhythm of the singing are very consistent.

But the scene itself is a bit ghostly

In fact, from a high point, this parade is no different from the parade in the human city, but the more advanced technology of the people under the sea makes the streets covered with shining lights and projections, making it look more gorgeous.

The soon-to-be-crowned Prince Orm's prestige in the Kingdom of the Seven Seas is very high.

He not only has the appearance of a king, but also has the heart of a benevolent king. During the period when his father, King Ovax, was seriously ill and even died, the regent prince managed the country very well.

He has a high reputation among the people.

At least for now, everyone is cheering for Prince Aum.

On the highest point of the city, in the palace with rolling hills, on the terrace overlooking the whole city, several kings who were invited to watch the ceremony were chatting and laughing happily.

Uh, even though it claims to be the kingdom of the seven seas, after the mysterious fall, the ancient kingdom of Atlantis was indeed divided into seven countries.

But in fact, there are only four countries that still maintain ties.

Atlantis and Nero, located in the Atlantic Ocean, are two countries of the sea people who still maintain the appearance of humans, and they are also the two countries with the closest exchanges with each other.

Their kings are the soon-to-be-crowned Orm, and His Majesty Xebel.

The latter, like Aum, has a human appearance. Although he is wearing ritual armor at this time, his long red hair makes him look elegant.

In addition, His Majesty Zebel, king of Nerou Kingdom, is also Aum's future father-in-law, and his daughter, Princess Mela, will become his queen after Aum's coronation.

The beauty who flirted with Aum in the palace three days ago was Princess Mela herself.

Beside the two sons-in-law who had a good talk, holding wine glasses and reciting ancient songs, is the king of the fisherman country in the Indian Ocean.

It also wears ritual armor, but it looks like an odd half-man, half-fish.

The body is covered with fish scales, the human body has a fish tail, no hair, and there are shiny scales on the face.

This is King Curry.

Beside it is another petite female murloc with purple-red scales on its forehead, it is its underage daughter, who also came to Aum's coronation ceremony today.

Most of King Curry and his subjects were distorted by the power of the Great Fall and became fish creatures similar to Naga.

Therefore they call themselves the Fishermen's Kingdom, which is occasionally translated as the Naga Kingdom.

The underwater people in this country look weird, but they are famous for their elegant poetry and artists. The disaster distorted their bodies, but endowed them with more sensual souls.

They are pacifists in the deep sea, but if someone invades, these Naga will fight back mercilessly.

Beside King Curry, at the end of the palace, there are even stranger creatures.

A big crab with a fiery red body and a heavy carapace

Uh, lobster people, or crab people.

He was very rude, and he ate and drank and roared by himself while the other kings were talking, but this lobsterman also had a crown made of red coral on his head.

It is also a king.

It is the king of the salt water country, and its name is Ulalalaweila Ulawa, which translates to Benboerba.

(Just kidding, don't mind it, it's not named in the movies or comics, maybe in case it's actually called that?).

Like the fisherman's country, the residents of the saltwater country were also distorted by the power of the Great Fall, and became creatures similar to crabs and lobsters.

But unfortunately, the catastrophe warped their bodies and did not give them a more sensual soul.

They live in the hottest canyons on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and use weapons made of coral as compensation for the loss of civilization. Their physique and strength are the most powerful in the Seven Seas.

They are very savage, and after the collapse of civilization, they live the life of clans, and the most powerful individual will be elected as king.

But even so, these lobster people are still a recognized civilized country in the ocean, so Aum also invited Benboerba to participate in his coronation ceremony.

For this, His Majesty Benboerba showed disdain, but he still liked the grand banquet after the coronation.

These are the only four remaining kingdoms in the seven seas, and the remaining three

Alas, it doesn't matter if I don't say anything.

History will always create endless tragedies, such as the crazy murloc tribes in the deep sea, who were once one of the seven kingdoms.

On the other side of the palace, several mages wearing red monk robes and hoods stood on the terrace, watching the scenery of the underwater kingdom.

They are the representatives of Karma Taj, who come to watch the ceremony on behalf of the Supreme Being.

In another hour, it will be the coronation ceremony.

King Zebel patted Aum on the shoulder. He held a wine glass, like an old father-in-law, and told the young Aum:

After today, you will also become the honorable king of the sea. You can no longer be rash when doing things. There are some important things that must be discussed with other kings.

The old father-in-law's words made Aum's eyes narrow.

He heard King Zebel's overtones. His father-in-law meant that he didn't quite agree with the war against the land people.

This made Aum angry in his heart, he wanted to do big things, why didn't these guys understand?

But today is the big day, and Aum is not having a seizure.

He politely thanked his father-in-law for his advice and promised to marry Princess Mela soon after the coronation.

King Curry wagged his tail and came to Aum, saying that he had just finished a long poem praising the friendship of the undersea kingdom, and planned to present it to Aum at the coronation ceremony.

This made Aum even more irritable.

Rather than a pompous poem, he hopes that King Curry can give him three Naga legions

The magic of the sea witches, the stormcallers of the fisherman's country, is what he needs very much to wage war.

And the sound of the rude lobster man running around and chewing food coming from behind made Aum even more upset.

That savage guy has been eating since he came to the palace

Hell, those lobster warriors under its command are the most suitable infantry in the deep sea to fight on land.

If you can get the support of this savage

Orm contemplates what he will do when he becomes king.

But bad news seems to be coming one after another today.

Just as the beautiful maid handed him the king's robe, the palace door was suddenly pushed open.

A fully armed submarine guard rushed into the palace and came behind Aum. He whispered to his highness:

Master Vico has an urgent message. Things have changed. He can't stop those troublemakers. He makes you ready to face the challenge to the throne!

What?

Aum's expression changed drastically.

Turning and grabbing the armor of his loyal guard, he whispered:

What's going on? Vico clearly promised me that he betrayed me?

No, no! Your Highness.

The guard replied:

I saw with my own eyes that Master Vico stood in front of those land people with a sword in his hand, but something happened that caught everyone off guard!

The landman at the head, he is the gatekeeper!

There was a hint of unconcealable fear in the guard's voice, but also a weird excitement.

He said to his prince:

Holding the golden scepter repeatedly described in the literature, he brought us news of the ancient ruins of Atlantis. He called himself the gatekeeper of Atlantis.

Your Highness! The legend is true. The capital of the First Era was not destroyed by the Great Fall, and our heritage is still there!

His Majesty's capital is still there!

The glory of the first era is still there!

The guard may have been too excited.

His voice spread throughout the palace at this moment.

There was no sound.

Even the lobsterman king Benboerba who was eating stopped chewing, and the most emotional king Curry even dropped the scroll that recorded the long poem in his hand.

Even the mages of Karma Taj, who had been staying out of the matter, turned their heads in surprise.

Shut up!

Aum almost squeezed out the scolding from between his teeth.

But it was too late.

What you said is true?

The first person to react was His Majesty Zebel, Aum's old father-in-law. He grabbed the guard's gauntlet and asked loudly:

The legendary gatekeeper appeared? Does he really hold the golden scepter?

It's true!

Under the weird helmet of the guard, there were orange light spots shining in the pupils of his eyes, and he almost shouted with all his strength:

The ancient gatekeepers have come to Atlantis!

He came with ancient secrets and inheritance!

Today, he will return the most precious relic in the underwater world to the descendants of Ocean Emperor Atlanta!

Today, he brought back the lost glory of the sea, and at the coronation ceremony, the real king of the seven seas will be born!

No one can stop this!

Cheer, kings, under the gaze of the ravens, the glory of the first era will come again! The divided seas will unite again!

Cheers!

The guard seemed to be going crazy. After shouting out the thoughts surging in his heart with all his strength, he fell to the ground tremblingly, as if he had completed his mission.

Come on!

When he heard the name of the raven, Orm could hardly suppress the panic and chill in his heart, he roared angrily:

Assemble the Legion! Drive out those invading landmen, in my name, drive them out

boom

Before Aum finished shouting, a loud noise sounded in the palace.

The savage lobsterman king Benboerba stood up, his huge and strong body cast a ferocious shadow, and in those small crab-like eyes, absolute anger and disdain shone.

Are you deaf?

Benbo Erba roared angrily:

That's the gatekeeper! He brought the news of the real city of Atlantis! That's the last relic left by the sea emperor Atlanta to all the people in the sea!

Aum! Are you going to reject that inheritance?

The lobster man's hoarse voice echoed in the silent palace.

You coward!

You are not worthy to be a king! If you dare to keep the gatekeepers out of the palace, millions of warriors in the Saltwater Kingdom will become your enemies!

The Fisherman's Country doesn't agree either!

King Curry wagged his tail, and he yelled:

It's about the glory of the First Era. I can't allow you to do this, Aum! You don't have the right to do it either!

The old father-in-law, King Zebel, looked at his son-in-law with a complex expression. He took a step back and said in a low voice:

I'm sorry, Aum. But this matter is about the origin of the Kingdom of the Seven Seas, I can't let you mess around!

guard!

The king of Nerou turned his head and shouted to the guards of the royal court standing behind him:

Open the main gate of the palace immediately! Send out the ceremonial troops!

Welcome the gatekeeper with the highest standard!

Aum felt dizzy.

At this moment, he became a supporting role in the crowd from the future king that everyone was paying attention to.

But that's not the most important thing.

He remembered that dream. Three days ago, the voice of the man who called himself Raven echoed in Aum's mind:

I don't have time to play games with a brat like you!

You can't be king!

There will be someone else to replace you, and I will watch that scene, I will watch you step down from the throne in despair, and I will watch your pathetic ambition turn to dust with my own eyes.

boom

The wine glass in Aum's hand was crushed.

An uncontrollable chill rose from his heart, like the cold wind of winter, freezing all his ambitions in an instant.

Raven is coming

The unknown and mysterious Heavenly Father comes from hell with punishment.

The imagined confrontation between the two sides has not yet begun, but Aum has already

Flat out.