Chapter 116: The Athlanteans's Shock
Chapter 116: The Athlanteans's Shock
Immediately, the system gave the notification, Nolan moved forward with speed, appearing before the remaining 500 or so nightmarish creatures who immediately tried to run but they were all swiftly executed by Nolan, their heads raining down on the ground.
"YAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!"
The ecstatic roars of the Atlanteans could be heard as Nolan walked toward the stage with his dagger dripping in dark blood, and he cleaved apart the chains surrounding the other celestial heirs before walking to the Atlantean King and ripping out his chains too.
Then he walked toward the bound Atlantean men severing their chains, freeing everyone of them.
"You have done me a great service, young man!" King Sammodra said as he swam towards Nolan, helped by his royal
emissaries.
"State..." King Sammodar was saying when suddenly he stopped as he turned his head to the side and looked into the distance, where a lone figure slowly swam forward.
"I...I...Ho..." He struggled to speak as Nolan also turned his gaze to the side, and everyone followed after his motion, causing the attention to focus on a figure.
The figure of an extremely beautiful young lady with flowing blue hair and a fish's tail.
"Father..." The melodious voice whispered out, yet every Atlantean stood rigid where they were in shock as the word continuously reverberated through their heads.
"Father..."
"Father..."
"Father..."
The simple word rang in the mind of King Sammodra repeatedly as he looked at his own daughter.
Even though his body was absolutely battered, he swam forward with such grace and speed that he was before her in less than a few seconds, and his hands were gently placed onto her shoulders.
"Lorelei. Is that...your voice?" King Sammodar's voice quivered, unable to control his emotion as Lorelei nodded before she was instantly swept into the hands of King Sammodra who had tears spilled forth from his eyes, and the same could be said for every Atlantean.
"Never...Never did I ever think...this day would come."
"he day I would hear you make a sound..." King Sammodra's choked voice rang out, and the Atlanteans roared out even louder.
Their princess, who had been cursed with never being able to make a sound, had healed from it!
She had healed from her sickness!
Now Atlantis had a rightful successor to its throne!
But then the question came...
"Tell me!"
King Sammodra said as he broke up from the hug, even though his hand remained on Lorelei's shoulder.
"Tell me, how did you break the curse!" King Sammodra called out to her as Lorelei slowly turned her head to the distance, her motion followed by the entire Atlantean crowd, and they all had their gaze settled on Nolan, who slowly withdrew his dagger back into himself and smiled a little, embarrassedly.
"He took it away. Nolan..." Lorelei called out as everyone simply remained where they were, staring dazedly at Nolan for a while until King Sammodar's gaze slowly furrowed instead and a hint of alarm flashed in his wizened eyes.
Of course, he knew well what was responsible for Lorelei's curse and the reason why the Atlantean kingdom would remain forever lost.
It was due to the bits of Anti-Aether that remained in the air, unchanging and unwavering.
It was what had caused so much gloom for so long.
But now the Anti-Aether had been taken away by Nolan.
Now it made more sense why he was suddenly so strong.
Finally, a figure had harnessed the power of Anti-Aether—the Atlanteans' greatest creation!
"Everyone, go to your homes and reunite with your families."
"Tell them the pain and anguish is forever over."
"In a few moments from now, a large assembly will be called!" King Sammodra called out to the Atlantean men, who all bowed their heads to their king before they all left, leaving only the godly ten, Nolan, King Sammodra and Lorelei herself.
"I can't thank you all enough for your help..." King Sammodra asked as he swam towards the godly ten and gave them a respectful bow.
"But I also hope you all will give me a few moments with him."
"My royal emissaries will take you to the care room, and you will be given the care you all need, all on me." King Sammodra said as Oliver gave a long stare at Nolan, who shrugged helplessly and he agreed.
And so, they were led away by the royal emissaries, leaving only Nolan and Lorelei with King Sammodra, who had his eyebrows furrowed.
"You both. Come with me..." He said to them as they headed into the palace, and the two of them followed after him.
Quickly they advanced deeper and deeper into the palace and they came to arrive before the random wall of an alleyway and King Sammodra slammed the butt of his trident in a special rythm on the door.
The special technology of the Athlateans which is their strange need to slap thier hands or object on seemingly ordinary surface only for it to tunnel into something bigger was now starting to be understood and accepted by Nolan.
Now he no longer found it strange.
"The Orders of One From Poseidon..." The voice of King Sammodra rang out as the walll suddenly sank in, strange steam oozing from the side and then it opened up revealing a smaller door with another's weird lock that quickly got solved by King Sammodra before finally the door opened up and immediately, the order resounded.
"Come with me..." King Sammodra said swimming into the darkness and Nolan and Lorelei also followed after him.
The entire hallway was dark and the water felt warmer to Nolan, but it was only a matter of time before they appeared elsewhere.
It was like they had stepped into a completely different area judging from the colder water temperature.
And right before Nolan was a long hall with wooden shelves lined over the wall and stretching upwards towards the dark and seemingly endless roof preventing anyone' from ever discovering how truly high the roof went.
In the shelves there were no book, instead scrolls filled everything to the brim.
Yes, scrolls!
It seemed to Nolan that he had went back to the nineties, but somethings carried much weight in his heart.
Why was he led here?