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"That's what happened. Arthur explained to his father.
Thomas looked at the group of beauties following Arthur in a daze. To be honest, even a romantic like Thomas was a little dazzled by these beauties. What's worse is that these people discovered Arthur's specialness!
Thomas was not sure whether this was good or bad. But after all, others had no ill intentions, so Thomas did not reject them. Then Thomas was annoyed by Angel. This little girl probably had a bit of a superhero complex. She kept pestering Arthur and asking questions. Arthur ignored her, so she pestered Thomas.
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"Uncle Thomas, do you have superpowers too? Arthur inherited his superpowers from you, right? If that's the case... According to blood relationship, can I also have superpowers? ! ! Ah! So awesome! ! ! "
Watching Angel getting excited alone, Thomas was embarrassed. He knew his son was not a mutant, but the son of Atlantis. And his bloodline had no superpowers at all, so Angel's hope was destined to be a delusion.
Just as Angel was pestering Thomas with questions, Arthur suddenly raised his head and looked at the sea.
Kay and Diana did the same thing.
Soon a whale shark broke out of the water, with a man standing on it.
Diana was the first to react: "Atlantean! "
When Thomas heard this, he immediately turned his head and looked at Diana. It was the first time he heard this term from an outsider. In the past, when people talked about Atlantis, they thought it was a legend. Only Thomas knew that it was not a legend. Atlantis really existed, deep in the Atlantic Ocean!
Diana could naturally recognize the Atlanteans.
Since the Age of Gods, Amazons and Atlanteans have had exchanges, because they are the only two nations blessed by the gods.
The Amazons were blessed by the gods, especially the goddesses among the Olympian gods, especially the hunting goddess Artemis and the queen of gods Hera, who especially liked these female warriors.
And Atlantis was loved by the sea god Poseidon. You know, Poseidon even put his palace in Atlantis, perhaps among all Among the main gods, Poseidon is the most "people-friendly". He really regards Atlantis as his own people.
It is also because of this that although Amazon and Atlantis are essentially human beings, they are very different from ordinary people because of the gods.
Once upon a time, Amazon and Atlantis had always maintained a considerable degree of contact, but as time went by, this contact became less and less. Now, there is basically no contact. The reasons are very complicated. There are cultural, living habits and religious reasons. But Diana can still easily tell that the person in the distance is an Atlantean.
On the sea, Nudis Vico also stood on the whale shark, looking at the lighthouse from a distance.
If possible, Nudis Vico does not want to take Near here.
The monarch that Nudis Vico was loyal to, the Queen of Atlantis, violated the laws of Atlantis and gave birth to Arthur with a land human. This led to the execution of the most cruel punishment for Her Majesty the Queen.
Nudis Vico was the royal adviser and warrior leader of the Kingdom of Atlantis, a position somewhat similar to that of the Minister of Defense.
Before the Queen died, Nudis Vico was rid of by his own queen and asked to teach Arthur how to become a true Atlantis warrior.
Nudis Vico did not like Arthur, and it was because of his existence that the Queen died. But the Queen's last exhortation made him unable to turn a blind eye.
Over the years, Nudis Vico has been secretly teaching Arthur how to use his power.
To be honest, Arthur is indeed very good, he has Atlantis's All the advantages of the Atlantis royal family. Unlike human society, Atlantis pays great attention to blood. It is not like humans who simply fabricate the theory of blood superiority and inferiority for the orthodoxy of rule. Among the Atlanteans, the royal blood is naturally much stronger than that of ordinary Atlanteans.
Among the seven underwater countries today, all the royal blood comes from the original royal family of the Atlantis Empire.
Take their Kingdom of Atlantis as an example. The royal family members have power that ordinary Atlanteans can hardly reach. They can easily manipulate water to fight for themselves. They can easily send out sound waves to tame the wildest sea beasts. Their bodies are extremely tough. Even the sharpest blades cannot easily break their skin. In short, there are many benefits brought by blood. And the purer the blood, the stronger the power that can be exerted. This is why Atlantis cares so much about blood.
And Arthur is the best among the royal family members of this generation. He is so good that he doesn't look like a mixed-race child!
Even to some extent, he is better than those royal families with pure blood.
Because Atlantis lives in water, they can't leave the water for too long anyway. Arthur has no such concerns. He can live on the shore for a long time like normal humans.
And it is this excellence that makes Nudis Vico always try to cover up Arthur's existence.
No Atlantis will accept that a barbarian half-blood is better than the royal pure blood.
For more than thirty years, he had been doing very well. Although the royal family knew that there was such a mixed-blood, they didn't know where he was and whether he was still alive.
But yesterday, he couldn't cover it up anymore.
The current king of Atlantis, the second child of the former Queen Atlanna, Om Marius. Knows about Arthur's existence!
It is also because of this that Nudis Vico came to the lighthouse to warn at all costs.
Arthur saw Vico, and although he felt surprised, he was still very happy.
In fact, over the years, Arthur has also had some guesses about Vico's identity. But he is not interested in Atlantis. So he never asked anything. He just simply regarded Vico as his teacher.
It's not that he didn't think about introducing his teacher to his father.
But Vico always asked Arthur to keep the secret strictly and not reveal everything about him.
Unexpectedly, the teacher came today.
This made Arthur very happy.
Soon Vicco came to the lighthouse. Thomas looked at Vicco vigilantly. The man who walked out of the sea last time took his wife away... He didn't want his child to suffer such a bad fate again.
Vicco turned a blind eye to Thomas. If possible, he even wanted to kill this man.
"Vicco! Why are you here!"
Vicco said to his disciple with a cold face: "I'm here to warn you, Arthur."
"Warning?"
Arthur was a little confused.
"Yes, they have noticed your existence. You must leave now. Otherwise, they will not give up. You go to the depths of the continent immediately and never return to the seaside." Vicco did not beat around the bush, but directly asked Arthur to leave quickly.
"Why?" Arthur was not stupid. He could probably guess who wanted to deal with him: "I don't want to make trouble. I just want to live a quiet life. I won't affect them!"
He didn't know that his mother was dead. This was the request of his mother Atlanna. She didn't want her son to hate her country and people. So Arthur has always felt that it was his irresponsible mother's remarriage partner who wanted to deal with him.
He obviously didn't realize that this was more than just a simple family conflict.
"No, Arthur, your existence itself is a trouble."
"So... he is a hybrid of Atlantis and humans?" Diana suddenly interrupted and asked.
Vicco's face turned ugly. Even though Vicco could look at Arthur's existence differently because of the Queen, he was still unhappy with the saying of hybrid.
"Woman! Watch your words! You are humiliating the great Atlantis!"
Arthur was stunned for a moment, and then said with a strange look on his face: "Humiliation..."
His existence was actually a humiliation.
It was the first time he knew that his teacher was actually a racist.
"You should be careful with your words! Atlantean, the person standing in front of you is Diana from Paradise Island! The future queen of Amazon!" Diana will not indulge anyone. Even if Kai talks nonsense, she will also confront him. Not to mention an Atlantean.
"Amazon..." Vicco did not expect that he would actually meet an Amazon from Paradise Island.
Paradise Island is a good place. It is protected by the gods' barrier. Amazons living there can live forever and never have to worry about hunger and disease. If there is any place in the world that is closest to the mythical paradise, it can only be there.
Atlantis is much worse in this regard, because they... are in the water.
The Atlanteans did not live in the water at the beginning, although they did love the ocean and strictly followed the teachings of Poseidon. But they were indeed land creatures at the beginning. It was only because of an accident that they became what they are now.
However, the Atlanteans still look down on the Amazons.
In their view, those women with a little bit of nerves are barbarians who wantonly waste the gifts of the gods. Look at those women. Ten thousand years ago, these women fought with spears and swords. Ten thousand years later, these women are still holding spears and swords.
What the hell is this if not savages?
Unlike them, Atlantis, with its prosperous technology, has developed into the most powerful and brilliant civilization in the world with the gifts of the gods!
So he didn't take Diana's threat seriously.
If the current Atlantis can't beat a group of female savages with spears and swords...then it's better to just perish!
"I'm very sorry, Your Highness, Princess of the Amazon. I apologize for my gaffe." However, out of the "courtesy" of civilized people, Vico still apologized. But it was very perfunctory. Diana was of course unhappy, and wanted to teach this old man a lesson, but Kai stopped her. Why did they get involved in it.
Then he turned his head and persuaded Arthur to leave quickly.
Of course Arthur disagreed.
The two quarreled.
Kelly seemed to be very interested in this fight and watched the whole process, and so did Angel.
Only Catherine didn't care much about it, but she noticed the strange expression on Kai's face.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just remembered that I once lived in Atlantis for a while, well, it was still on the sea at that time. It was a very nice place. By the way, I had a good relationship with the Fisher King of Atlantis, and he gave me a natural coral crown."
Kai did think of the past.
Ten thousand years ago, Atlantis was indeed a great place, even better than Athens and Uruk in Sumer at that time.
It was full of humanistic atmosphere, people liked knowledge, they loved the ocean, and they paid attention to balance. They might be the first people on this planet to pay attention to environmental protection. Of course, it is not without shortcomings. Their biggest shortcoming is... the taste is too salty!
You should know that Kai was a Jingchu person in his previous life. People in Jingchu originally liked salty and fragrant food, which was considered to be a heavier taste, but the Atlanteans simply treated salt as free.
Well, they definitely like tofu pudding.
For Kai, the sweet party is the right way! Fortunately, there were no soybeans in Atlantis at that time, so there was no tofu, and there was no dispute.
In short, it was full of memories!
"By the way, we seemed to have fought with the Atlanteans at the beginning. Do you still remember the king of Atlantis?"
Kai didn't pay attention to the name of the king of Atlantis at that time, and completely forgot it.
Catherine also recalled and thought of: "Pontos."
"Yes! Pontos!"
Kay finally remembered the man's name.
"By the way, his daughter is called Atlanna, right?"
Catherine looked over with a smile: "Why do you remember her daughter's name?"
"Well... after all, beautiful women always give people extra memory points, right?"
"I feel sad for Pontos. After all, he is a comrade-in-arms. But his presence is not as high as his beautiful daughter."
Kay smiled and did not deny it.
The quarrel on the other side also fell into a white-hot. Arthur did not want to be like a coward and run away at the slightest disturbance. And Vico thought that Arthur had no idea of the situation.
"Om will not let you go! Do you understand! Because you and your father killed his mother!"
Vico roared.
Arthur was stunned.
"What?! Atlanna... is dead?!!" Before Arthur could react, Thomas grabbed Vico: "What did you just say?!!"
Thomas has only been connected to one Atlantean woman in his life, that is Arthur's mother, Atlanna.
"Yes!" Vico grabbed Thomas' neck and lifted him up: "It's because of you! My queen was sacrificed to the Trench Tribe! If it weren't for your ignorance and deception, the queen should be ruling the waves now! Instead of being eaten alive by a group of savage monsters! You are the culprit of everything!"
Arthur immediately rushed to rescue his father.
At the same time, he was also confused.
He always thought that his mother was just... irresponsible, but he didn't expect...she was dead. Or because of her love with his father and his birth.
"Om has always hated you! He hates you for killing his mother. He has always regarded this past as a shame!"
Atlanna escaped from Atlantis because she wanted to avoid political marriage, but she was unlucky and met the Trench Tribe, got injured, and was rescued by Thomas. After that, they fell in love and gave birth to Arthur.
After being captured, Atlanna married the chief guard of the royal family, Owax Marius. The Marius family is also a family with a long history, a distant branch of the royal family. The Atlantis royal family relies on this kind of marriage to consolidate power and keep the bloodline pure.
But Atlanna did not love Owax, which made the loyal chief guard feel extremely sad. He once tried to make Atlanna admit her mistakes and clean up the dishonorable "evidence" to save Atlanna's life... But Atlanna refused and directly told Owax that she did not regret it. These years on the shore were her happiest time. Then the chief guard's mentality completely collapsed. Not long after Atlanna was sacrificed, he also passed away.
Otherwise, how can you say that Om hates Arthur and Thomas.
This is the hatred of breaking up the family!
Vicco knew that he had said too much, but since it was like this, he might as well just say it all.
"Soon, the soldiers of Orm will arrive here. You can't be their opponents."
Arthur is very strong, but he can never be stronger than the entire army!
At this time, Kai interrupted: "You are too late. It seems that someone is coming."