Chapter 76: Choosing to be King
The moment Xingle descended, he chose to change back into his Amazon form and fell from the sky.
And in the process of seeing a giant dragon falling from the sky, in the process, it turned into a humanoid life, which was obviously still very scary, and sure enough, Xingle's transformation ability still scared Arthur's mother.
βοΌοΌοΌ ... Are you a shapeshifter? β
"I'd rather be called an indexer, and if you want to be called a good one, you can call me Disa, Your Majesty."
Xingle, who had turned into a young man, saluted respectfully, and hearing Xingle call herself, Arthur's mother said:
"I'm not an empress anymore, so you can call me Atlanta."
"Yes, Ms. Atlanta, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Xingle politely accepted the title that AtlΓ‘na asked her to call her, and it seemed that Atalana still had some mustard for the Atlantis who threw herself here.
"I've never seen you so polite to someone."
"I will still show respect to those who should be respected."
After Xingle said this, he noticed that Mera's condition was not very good, and it looked like she was injured.
"Come with me." Apparently already familiar with the island, Atalana helped Mera to the interior of the island, followed by Xingle and Arthur, who still had a stomach full of questions about the isolated lady.
However, Xingle looked at Arthur from time to time, and there was a little envy in his eyes.
Xingle followed Atalana to the doorway of a ruin, where there was a light mist, a ruined stone statue falling into the water, and ruins everywhere, but with the passage of time, it was already decorated with plants and water to look like a fairyland.
"You've lived here alone for twenty years?"
Looking at the environment here, there are a little traces of human life, and it seems that there is no need to ask.
"Yes." After Fumera sat down, Atalana answered Xingle's question, and at the same time looked at Arthur, and said with apology and guilt in her heart:
"I'm sorry, I really hope you'll forgive me, Arthur, for everything I've done." Atalana touched Arthur's face and said guiltily:
"I didn't mean to leave you, but only when I left at that time could I save you and save your father."
"Tom, isn't he..."
Arthur knew this, so he said with some heaviness:
"Every day, he goes to the pier, and every morning, looking out to sea, waiting for you to come back."
In just a few words, Atalana's eyes couldn't help but burst into tears, a person's life may be so simple enough, it is really enough to have a person who is so affectionate to him, a person who is constantly waiting for him.
"Why never go back?" At this time, Arthur didn't understand why his mother was alive but never went back.
But the question...
"The passage we came in was a one-way passage, we could only enter, not go out, so even if she was alive, she couldn't get out."
Xingle said this answer, such a stable channel has such a violent power, this may be because this channel is unilateral and stable, but on the other side, it is not very good, which can only show that the channel is one-way, and it is already good to be able to maintain it for so long.
"That's right, this is the place where the King of Atlantis has self-imposed after he caused Atlantis to go to the bottom of the sea, and where the Trident is stored."
Atlanta nodded and told the secret:
"This is the Hidden Sea in the center of the earth, I came here to survive under the hunt of the Trench Clan, I knew here, and I also knew that there was only one way to leave here, and that was to pull out the trident and become the true king."
"You, as a member of the royal family, have not become the master of the Trident... No, it should be that you were repelled without even touching the Trident. β
Xingle said, looking at the ruins, an entrance, an entrance hidden by the curtain of waterfalls, and in it, Xingle saw a life, a very violent life, although he could definitely defeat it, but Xingle understood that it was just a guard dog.
"If you can live here, it means that no creature dares to come near here, the reason should be that this place is too close to the storage place of the trident, or even too close to the creature guarding the trident, and it is too powerful, other creatures don't have the courage to come closer, am I right?"
Regarding Xingle's statement, Atalana nodded with some complexity and said:
"That's right, it's the ancient beast that guards the trident, Carathan."
"Karathan?!" Mera, who was sitting on the sidelines, couldn't help but be frightened to stand up when she heard this name, it was obvious that Karathan's existence was a terrifying existence for Mera or the Atlanteans.
"Well, what's Karathan?"
"The story that has been passed down since ancient times among the Atlanteans is that the former king of Atlantis was a giant beast that the king of Atlanta feared, so the king of Atlante sealed it here, hiding the sea in the center of the earth, and now it is the last guard of the trident."
For Arthur's question, Atlanta answered his question, which is enough to explain what happened to this powerful existence.
"Behemoth, huh... I don't think it's bigger than my buddy. β
Arthur smiled and patted Xingle on the shoulder, but this guy obviously chose the right character, with Xingle's combat power, this Karasen is probably not a problem.
"Uh... No, Arthur, your friend..."
"He once cleaned up several monsters more than fifty meters tall in the outside world, and by the way, if he wanted to, he could also become more than fifty meters tall."
A brief explanation of Xingle's previous record, so that Atalana didn't know what to say, of course, it was best to have this kind of help.
But...
"Arthur, I'm sorry, I can't help you take out Karathan." Unexpectedly, Xingle refused Arthur's invitation, and everyone couldn't help but look at Xingle.
"Wait? What did you say? Why? "Arthur didn't understand why Starle was turning him down, this was a great opportunity, why...
"Because I'm not Atlantean." Xingle looked at Arthur, he himself hated this, but he did have his own reasons, and said:
"Arthur, I've helped you a lot along the way, but no, I'm not from Atlantis... Although I can become an Atlantean, I am not a member of the royal family, I am not qualified to go in and help you get the Trident, you have to face it yourself, you have to cross this trial on your own, this is the only thing I can do as a friend. β
"The only two? And what else is? β
"If you can't, I can save you before you get killed."
β... Awesome. Arthur couldn't help but feel bitter, but Xingle was right, Xingle had done enough for himself, and he should face it himself.
Pressing his trembling hand, Arthur tried to take a deep breath to calm the emotions in his heart.
"Are you scared?" Atalana asked, looking at her child's reaction.
β... Yes. "Arthur didn't choose to hide his emotions, but he intended to resist the feelings, the fears, and this...
"Good, you're ready." Atalana nodded, scared, everyone will go through it, but can you admit it, it is the difference between whether you can take on the big responsibility, and Arthur, enough.
"Atlantis has never had a shortage of kings... And now, it needs a greater being...", Mera stepped forward to encourage Arthur.
"What could be greater than a king?"
"Heroes." Atalana trusted her son and said, "The king will only and can only fight for his country, but Arthur, you, will fight for everyone." β
Listening to the encouragement of the two, Arthur nodded, turned around, and was about to walk towards the curtain of the waterfall, but Xingle stopped him at this time:
"Don't be chosen by the trident."
Arthur turned around and looked at Starle, who was looking at Arthur himself and said to him:
"In my life, I also have my own innate vocation, but I have always doubted whether I can do it, so I am scared and want to escape, but I can't find the answer."
"But I understand now that it's not our destiny to choose ourselves, but to choose this vocation by ourselves, so I don't want to run away anymore, I want to be greedy to complete what I want to do, I want to take everything that belongs to my own destiny in my hands, I don't want destiny to choose myself, but I choose that destiny by myself."
"Arthur, this is also what you have to do, don't let that fork choose you, you have to fight for everyone, it is your own choice, it is the path you choose, it is you who choose to become the king, so whether that fork chooses you or not, hold it in your hands, and let all the nonsense chosen by destiny get out!"
The big words like pride and grandeur flowed into Arthur's heart like a warm current, looking at Xingle's unspoken support for him, Arthur hooked his mouth and smiled, turned around, and walked into the curtain of the waterfall, although he was alone, but it was like tens of thousands of people moving forward together.
When Arthur walked into the water curtain, Atlanta patted Xingle on the shoulder, nodded gratefully, and said:
"Thank you for helping Arthur so much."
"You're welcome, for friends, this may be something that should be done..."Xingle nodded, he already understood, in his heart, he had already admitted that this guy who made stupid mistakes from time to time was his friend.
"Do you think he'll succeed?"
After so many years, the reason why the trident has become a legend is because no one has pulled it out for a long time, and Mera can't help but be a little worried, but Xingle is smiling and saying:
"There's no reason why he shouldn't succeed."
This day, this night, after all, will be a sensation for a hero, a real king newborn, Xingle, Mera and Atalana also believe that he will do it, this is not blind trust, this is an undefeatable fact.