Shadow of the Beautiful World

The underwater kingdom, Atlantis.

Enough to accommodate nearly 300,000 people, the ring of fire arena divided into several floors was silent.

The ongoing battle for the throne here is also projected in the direction of real-time projection on as many as thousands of water curtain projections throughout the city of Atlantis.

It can be said that the city, and even the country, are paying attention to this matter.

With the development of science and technology, the speed of information dissemination far exceeds the imagination of the land people who walked with Arthur and Namor.

Almost at the same time that Arthur turned Aum over, the whole country boiled.

The people on the bottom of the sea yelled and used their own language, which made the mutants resting in the palace a little confused. They couldn't hear the calls of the guards around them. Are they excited or angry?

Or ashamed?

Arthur is amazing.

Billy Batson, who maintained the Shazam superman form, swallowed with some fear, and he glanced at the superwoman Kara standing beside him.

The substantive minor suddenly felt that perhaps it wasn't a good idea to blindly pursue Kara after she and Arthur broke up over trivial matters.

Especially when he saw Arthur slamming Orm in the posture of a lion, Shazam's heart beat suddenly.

He took the initiative to replace Aum with himself. After thinking over and over and comparing it with Solomon's wisdom, Shazam came to a conclusion that reassured him a little.

On land, get rid of the oppression brought by the sea water and the increase it brought to Arthur, and then under the condition that both sides make full efforts, Arthur should...

Can't beat him?

what's on your mind?

Kara Kent, who was wearing a red and blue short skirt and battle suit, suddenly looked back at Shazam beside her. She gave her new boyfriend a strange look in her eyes, which made Shazam feel like he was being seen through.

Uh, nothing.

Billy waved his hands hastily, and then put Kara in his arms.

The two seem to be very close, but in fact, their communication is limited to hugging, holding hands, and the like, and they rarely even kiss.

It's not that Shazam doesn't like the beautiful and independent Kara, or that he doesn't have male urges.

It's just that his mentor is a very rigorous and strict person. Once Merlin finds out that Shazam is still messing around before the battle for the supreme mage begins, he will die.

Ten of them tied together is not enough for the King of Vanity to beat with one hand.

Lower body bliss is far less appealing in this life-or-death situation, and besides, he looks like he has a subadult body, but he's not yet a teenager.

Children can't do such embarrassing things with a beautiful and lovely big sister!

Arthur won! Yay!

After the water screen projection in the palace showed Arthur's victorious fighting posture, the green-haired girl jumped up with her fists waved. She put her hips on her hips and said triumphantly to the little wolf girl and Ruiwen who were playing games with their heads bowed beside them:

I said it at the beginning, that sissy is definitely not Arthur's match!

Okay, you are the best.

While stroking Laura's long hair, Rui Wen couldn't help but respond.

She has been fighting in the hell of Marduk recently, making herself more compatible with the power of arrogance, but when she pushes her strength to the bottleneck of the Heavenly Father, her progress becomes very slow.

Even though that is the power of her real name, after several years of re-mastering, it still takes time for the two to advance to a 100% fit again.

In other words, your own efforts are one aspect, and the rest will take time to work slowly and meticulously.

It is worth mentioning that after becoming the Queen of Arrogance, Ruiwen still has the temperament of a quiet literary girl, but occasionally, inadvertently, she will always burst out with the aura of the Queen of Darkness.

It makes her look a bit schizophrenic...

Fortunately, it is not too serious.

Beside Lorna who was clenching her fists and cheering, the mutants also looked happy.

Namor is also a member of the mutants, and has been living on Utopia Island for the past few years.

Namor is already one of them, and now Namor is only one step away from becoming a king. How can this make these young mutants not cheer?

A king is about to be born on Utopia Island!

A mutant yelled:

From now on, the underwater world is also open to mutants! Let those arrogant humans occupy the land, we have a better choice!

We'll have a new home!

Cheers like this echoed in the Deep Sea Palace. Although the advanced mutants of the Hellfire Club looked calm, they couldn't hide the excitement in their eyes.

This is probably the most lucrative investment for the Hellfire Club since its birth.

Although, the price of this reward is that they put their leader in it...

However, Ms. Emma, ​​who was changing into a gorgeous queen's dress at this time, probably didn't care about it.

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kuang

In the silent Ring of Fire arena, under the watchful eyes of those sea people, Namor, holding a silver trident, jumped down from the viewing platform.

The prince who had been away from home for decades, cousin of Orm, nephew of the previous king, landed on the broken arena in a way that was very graceful and very befitting of his status.

His long black hair dangled in the water.

He looked at his bloody and victorious brother with a look of pride and admiration.

He took a few steps forward, held out his hand to Arthur, and said:

Congratulations, Arthur, Aunt Atlanta will definitely feel sincerely satisfied with your growth and kindness.

It's nothing, old man.

Arthur was a little unmotivated.

After a frantic battle, he felt a little tired both physically and mentally.

The complex gazes and sporadic cheers of those underwater people around him did not make him feel more love and attachment to his so-called hometown.

In Arthur's heart, there is only one real home.

Maine, the lighthouse in Port Grace, where he grew up.

Dad is still waiting for me to go back to dinner.

Arthur raised his head and glanced at Merlin on the viewing platform. He nodded to his uncle, and then looked at the old Gonamo in front of him.

He said:

Let's just get this over with, man, this place makes me sick.

You gotta get used to it.

Namor patted his younger brother on the shoulder, and he said:

This is your hometown after all, and I also need you to help me in the days to come...

But you're right. This kind of thing can't be done overnight. When you want to come back and have a look, brother, this country will always open its doors to you!

Um.

Arthur nodded.

Under the gaze of the entire arena audience and the other kings under the sea, Arthur took a step back.

In the halo surrounding the ring of fire, in the beam of light shining from above, in the fierce sound of the music-loving monster octopus beating the war drum.

Arthur grabbed the trident stuck in the ground beside him, took a deep breath, and then half-kneeled in front of Namor.

He raised the trident in his hands and handed it to Namor.

It's a ritual.

It represented that Arthur gave up the throne that was at his fingertips, and handed over the victory to his elder brother.

Namor didn't hypocritically refuse either.

He didn't even care about the surprised exclamations and grotesque boos of the audience around him. He stretched out his hand and held the heavy golden trident in Arthur's hand.

Holding his silver trident in his left hand, he turned around, facing Merlin, and raised the golden trident in his other hand high.

A new king is born...

Merlin said softly:

Born in silence, speak, King of Atlantis, your people are listening to you, tell them what you want to say!

Lord Raven's voice echoed in the arena of the Ring of Fire.

He said all this in human language, but with the blessing of vanity, everyone could understand him.

As a result, the entire arena became even more silent.

Even the entire city, and even the entire country, seemed to be quiet at this moment.

Listening to Namor's speech.

My name is Namo Mackenzie.

Namor didn't stay silent for too long, he had been waiting for this moment for many years.

Those words hidden in his heart finally don't need to be said to himself alone in the dead of night.

I am the son of Princess Fern, the nephew of Ovax, the grandson of Thakur, a direct descendant of the sea emperor Atlanta, and the blood left by the sea god Poseidon in the world. This blood flows in my body. The most noble blood in Fang Dahai.

Namor's voice echoed in the sea.

It's not very grand, like suppressing a flame, he calmly told his life experience.

But that's just the beginning.

My mother was expelled from her country as a princess because she fell in love with a land person.

Without the acceptance and help of the benevolent Queen Atlanna and King Curry, my mother and I would have died in exile.

Namor didn't care about telling what happened to his mother.

Although in the eyes of stereotyped underwater people, this is an out-and-out scandal.

How could the most noble princess of the sea have love with the humble and lowly land people?

They talked a lot.

But Namor didn't care at all.

Today, my brother and I came back.

Namor pointed the trident in his hand to the ground, his voice raised in vain, and he shouted like a roar:

My younger brother defeated the best prince in the sea, and before your eyes, he shattered your traditions, and shattered the traditions of this sea!

He gave me the glory of victory, and he pushed the throne in front of my eyes because he believed that Arthur believed that I could bring changes to this closed country!

I will make a difference!

Namor said blankly:

Under your gaze, under the gaze of the sea, Atlantis will wake up from its corrupt past, and this country will integrate into this changing world in the future with a freer and more open attitude.

You will feel the change for yourself, and you will accept it, as you will accept me, a lowly son on the throne!

The change has come, and I'm not begging you to embrace it.

clang!

The sound of metal colliding with rock reverberated like a raging wave in the sea, just like the king's first order.

In the beam of light above the arena, Namor spread his arms, raised his head slightly in the water, and closed his eyes, as if accepting the glory of the king.

Now, hail the new king!

Behind Namor, Arthur stood up, raised his arms, and let out a roar.

Like a bell being rung.

Welcome, King Namor!

Wearing the queen's white long dress with weird colorful jellyfish embellished on the shoulders and waist, the white queen Emma raised her finger on the viewing platform.

In the full smile on her face, the spiritual power belonging to mutants rolled away like a sea tide.

After she yelled the first cheer, the audience in the arena woke up like a dream, and amidst the excitement surging in their hearts, they also shouted the name of King Namor in unison.

Thus, the new king ascended the throne!

And amidst the enthusiastic cheers, no one paid attention to the losers.

Aum, clutching his chest, staggered away from the arena in the gloomy darkness.

He doesn't want to be here anymore.

Lost to Arthur, lost to a bastard brother of humble blood...

really...

shame!

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Namor's coronation ceremony will be held in the palace an hour later.

Fortunately, there is a coronation ceremony for Prince Aum in Japan today, so the guards and servants in the palace are not in a panic.

Coupled with the assistance of King Curry, a great poet who is very familiar with this ritual process, everything went in an orderly manner.

Namor himself said that he and his mother were accepted and helped by King Curry in the worst times, so after he became king, the great poet King Curry and its Fisherman Kingdom became Namo's closest friends. character of.

King Curry is also very proud of this.

The soulful murloc told his daughter privately that accepting Namor and Princess Finn was definitely the most honorable thing he had ever done in his life.

It has even prepared to compose a long song to praise Namor's struggle and today's legend.

Well, as expected of the most famous poet in the sea, this Naga king is really talented in this respect.

But in this way, His Majesty the King Zebel of the Nero Kingdom, who was originally the closest comrade-in-arms with the Kingdom of Atlantis, felt excluded, but this old fox also had his own way.

Namor, as a king, you must have a queen.

In the royal palace full of joy, King Zebel, who was holding a wine glass, said to Namor who was wearing the king's dress:

I see that you are still single. This is not good for the throne and the majesty of the king. My daughter Mela is a famous beauty and sage among the kingdoms of the sea. She is still unmarried...

Nerou Kingdom and Atlantis are also countries that have been friends for nearly a thousand years. Why don't you...

Ahem, Namor, help me pick out a dress!

Before King Zebel finished speaking, a charming and feminine voice sounded in the palace, and Namor responded with his usual expression.

He stood up and said to His Majesty Xebel with an apologetic face:

I'm sorry, Your Majesty Zebel, my wife is calling me... I will not accompany you. In addition, Lord Raven has left me the staff that opens the gate of Atlantis.

Namor looked at King Zebel, whose face changed slightly, and said:

Please summon King Curui and His Majesty Benbo Erba. I can only open the box when the four kings gather together.

Yeah, that's the really important thing.

King Xebel put aside his unhappiness, nodded to Namor gracefully, then turned and left the palace.

It's really good to be a king.

Emma, ​​who was wearing only black underwear, came out from the next house, folded her arms, and said to Namor:

Before the coronation, someone offered to give away their daughter... How about it? King Namo, do you want to accept another princess?

At this moment, Namor's expression was a bit strange.

This White Queen Emma, ​​is she going to play for real?

Didn't you say yes, just play on the occasion?

woman...