Not far from Dragon Island, at the bottom of the deep sea, Meria gritted her teeth against the backlash of the Magic Power, glaring angrily at the man opposite her.

This was the capital city of the Sea Race, Gudis City.

Once, it was the happiest city in the entire ocean, with countless sea folk freely swimming here.

But today, this city has been seized by fear and bloodshed.

Earlier this morning, the great general of the Sea Race, Beiard, launched a rebellion. The rebels advanced into Gudis City as if they had received some mighty power, rendering even the Sea Race's elite forces incapable of harming them.

And critically, throughout this process, aside from the royal guards, all other troops watched in silence.

They had long been discontent with Meria's decision to lead the Sea Race into surrender to Qishala.

The Sea Race, the freest creatures in this world, how could they submit to another race?

"Beiard, do you know what you're doing?!" Meria clutched the scepter in her hand. After her father fell seriously ill, she had been holding the Sea Race's scepter, "This is a rebellion!"

"Rebellion? Ha ha, a royal family that cannot protect its own race has no value left." Beiard spread his arms, grinning.

"Protection? Is your idea of protection sacrificing the entire Sea Race to Zevo?!"

"Do not address the Sea God by name!" Beiard roared loudly.

Meria looked at Beiard, a mocking smile appearing on her face: "So it is, so it is indeed."

As the de facto leader of the Sea Race, she had long sensed this trend within the Sea Race.

After the Twilight, the Gods began their Recovery, and the Sea God was naturally no exception.

The Sea Race, once the most devout believers of the Sea God, naturally wouldn't miss this wave.

However, the royal family of the Sea Race, the merfolk, always suppressed this trend.

Because they were very aware of the calamity such a trend would bring.

The greatest king in Sea Race history, Alting, was harmed by this trend and killed by the Twilight Saintess.

When Meria took over the Sea Race's scepter from her father, the merfolk found themselves powerless against this trend.

"Never anger the Twilight."

This was Alting's advice to his descendants before his death.

"You are dragging the entire Sea Race into the Abyss..."

"Blame your foolish choice," Beiard laughed heartily, "Surrender to the Dragon Race? We own the vast seas! We have endless resources! The great Sea God will protect us! When you surrendered without a fight, you lost everything!"

"That's because we understand." Meria said coldly, "Turning to the Dragon Race, we might survive, welcoming back the Sea God means destruction."

The Sea God was never the protector of the Sea Race.

In His eyes, the ocean belongs to Him; all resources and wealth, everything in the sea, are His private property.

The Sea Race?

The moment He fully returns, they are no longer His believers but thieves who stole His possessions.

In Zevo's era, the Sea Race was miserable. In the Sea God's eyes, they weren't even slaves, merely expendable resource gatherers.

When they could no longer work, Engreem would appear.

Devour them, extract their last value.

Countless compatriots became food for the Sea Beast Engreem.

Martina left under such circumstances.

She firmly believed in the Sea Race's legend:

When the sea abandons us,

Go ashore.

There, heroes exist.

He will save us.

Even if it overturns the entire ocean.

And then, the terrifying man returned with Martina.

In the Sea Race's hearts, Alting is the greatest king, and Martina is the savior.

Thus, even after a thousand years, Gudis City still has Martina's Temple. However, due to Alting's precedent, they no longer assign Martina a Divine Position.

Meria coughed and struggled to float upright.

Her tail, once covered in beautiful scales, now had large patches peeled away, exposing red flesh.

"You don't know the terror of the Sea God." Meria said loudly, "You will regret today's decision!"

Did Alting not know Vivian's hatred for the Gods?

But then, what could be done?

The Sea God wasn't truly dead after all.

As long as the belief in the Sea God exists, He will always have a day of return.

The Sea Race didn't want that horrifying world to return, so the best way was to use a new Sea God to replace the old, usurping the Sea God's Divine Position and completely killing the original Sea God.

Thus, Alting, the hero who led the Sea Race against the Sea God, willingly ascended the altar.

He failed, but the ocean remembers his contributions to the Sea Race.

Due to Alting's efforts, the Sea God's Recovery was forcibly delayed by a thousand years.

"Regret? Ha ha ha ha! When the great Lord Zevo revives, the whole ocean will rejoice!"

Beiard pointed towards the southeast: "Look! The Sea God's mount, the invincible Sea Beast Engreem, will lift the Sea God's Temple to descend upon Gudis."

"At that time, we will offer you as sacrifices to the great Sea God!"

"The master of the ocean will awaken once more in Gudis!"

"By then, those detestable Giant Dragons will also become Engreem's food!"

The moment Beiard finished speaking, a loud sound echoed throughout Gudis City.

His face lit up with great joy, looking up towards the southeast.

At the edge of his vision, a shadow loomed, indistinct.

"Look! Lord Engreem has responded to our call!"

"The Sea Beast is here, you should submit to the ocean!"

Beiard exclaimed in wild joy, excitedly waving his arms to his subordinates.

The roar of the giant beast drew nearer and nearer.

People could already see the outline of Engreem.

However, strangely, the legendary powerful Sea Beast seemed to have a cold white light flickering on its back.

Beiard didn't doubt it.

Assuming this to merely be a part of Engreem.

"Lord Engreem!" Beiard couldn't wait, rising to greet the Sea God's Apostle in person, "Gudis is ready! The Sea God's descent ceremony can start at any..."

But before he could finish, Engreem let out a roar.

For the first time, Beiard realized it was a cry of pain.

Why was Engreem in pain?

Beiard looked forward in confusion.

Flame.

White flame!

Flames blanketed the entire back of this giant beast.

Its body trembled and twisted under the searing pain.

And among these flames, the Sea God's Temple, which had appeared in his dreams, flickered in and out of sight.

Boom!

Engreem plunged towards Gudis.

With a powerful tremor and painful roars, the whole of Gudis City descended into Chaos.

Fire spread from Engreem, but showed no intent of harming Gudis City's buildings, focusing solely on burning the rebels.

This flame was igniting the belief in the Sea God.

"Hehe! Safe landing! I told you, you should trust my piloting skills!"

A cute female voice came from the flames.

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