On this day, Ethan was rushed to Ophira's hospital because his head was bitten by an octopus.

He realized that Anapolis was a very vengeful person. Before Aelium's embodiment left the abyss, He gave an order to His newly recognized child—cling firmly to Ethan's head!

Aelium executed this order faithfully, and thus a moving octopus hat appeared on Ethan's head.

No one was more furious about this than Lindong.

In the ward, she saw Ethan in this state and was so anxious that she was jumping up and down. She even transformed into a cat several times, climbing onto Ethan's shoulder, trying to scratch off the octopus hat with her paws, but she didn't dare to use too much force. This Little Octopus was occupying a crucial part of Ethan. If she accidentally scratched a bald spot on Ethan's hair, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The second volunteer was Uerta. Upon learning that this octopus was the embodiment of Aelium, he became very excited, gesticulating wildly and muttering in front of the Little Octopus. This stirred up some bad memories for Aelium, who knocked Uerta to the ground with a flick of a tentacle.

As for Ave, after she understood the background of the Little Octopus and Anapolis, she didn't intend to help. Her golden hair was laughing heartily on her head, which directly exposed her true feelings.

Ave hadn't forgotten how Ethan sweet-talked her into becoming a member of the "Golden Hair Tribe" when they disembarked. This boomerang came back just right; now Ethan has also transformed from a human into the Deep Sea Race. As a result, all three of them have become demi-humans.

No one expected that an unexpected visitor would break the balance in the ward.

While Ethan was entering the abyss, Yue and Ophira's craftsmen fought fiercely, eliminating all the twisted shadows that emerged from the rifts within the city. With Ethan's return, those rifts scattered throughout the city vanished without a trace.

As soon as Yue learned of Ethan's injury, he immediately went to the hospital with the maid Lily.

"Old—"

Before he could call out Old Sen, his vision was shrouded in darkness. Before he could understand the situation, something soft and slippery pounced on his face, knocked him to the ground, and then clawed at his throat.

"This octopus can squirt ink!"

In the chaos, Yue heard an exclamation from the ward.

But he always felt that there was a schadenfreude tone in the exclamation; only Lily was concerned about his situation. However, even as she pulled the octopus on Yue's face at great length, she couldn't pull it off.

"Help—!"

With his face stained black by the ink, Yue stretched out his arms to signal for help from others in the ward. For some unknown reason, this octopus seemed to have become very angry, and he was having difficulty breathing.

"He's not the person you think he is."

The only one who saw through the truth, Ethan, reminded, already knowing from Anapolis's memories that Yue and the Master of Tides looked quite similar, "If you keep squeezing his neck, he will die."

The reminder worked.

The octopus leaped from Yue's face to his head, placing the "octopus hat" on Yue's head.

Lily quickly took out a handkerchief to clean the ink off Yue's face, but it seemed to become more and more smeared.

"Until it calms down, this ink may not be wiped off completely."

Ethan helped Yue up from the floor. Seeing this, Lindong immediately transformed with a "pop" into a small white cat, climbed along Ethan's arm to his head, and glared at the octopus, silently conveying a warning of "it's already a full house here."

Then, she gently brushed Ethan's hair, carefully cleaning the sticky parts.

"So how can I calm it down? Would inviting it to eat work?"

Yue reached up to touch the octopus hat on his head, but his hand was swatted away by a tentacle—this octopus did not allow him to touch it.

With his spiritual sight, he saw more. When the octopus occupied his head, his vision was submerged in churning seawater, and this room sank into the deep sea. He also felt anger, but this anger didn't seem to be directed at him; he was just caught in the crossfire.

Yue felt that it might have to do with Ethan's earlier reminder.

This octopus mistook him for someone else.

The grudge runs deep, not something that can be resolved with just a meal or two.

Ethan suggested, "Let's go to the underground ruins."

They made their way through the streets. Ophira, at this moment, appeared like a scene of survival after a catastrophe. Those who survived the attack finally got a chance to catch their breath, mostly sitting among the ruins of buildings, staring blankly at the ruined streets.

The guards carried the wounded on stretchers, while emergency teams formed by doctors were running all over the streets.

The craftsmen were controlling ironmen to begin the cleanup and reconstruction work, but the destroyed area was so vast that even these agile ironmen didn't know where to start right away.

Rebuilding Ophira would be a long and arduous task.

However, they had once again defeated the flood.

The people of Ophira witnessed the waves that could engulf the city. What followed was a sight that defied explanation; they saw the sky darken with shadows, and before that shadow, they felt as insignificant as dust, so much so that the same thought arose in everyone's mind.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.