After picking up Lemony who looked pretty good from the road, Aga drove the Elma all the way back to Atlantis.
After returning to Atlantis, several people did not go out to explore again, but chose to stay in Ozark Town and exercise their bodies at sea.
More than a year passed like this.
Everyone understood what Ocean said. He was a chess piece of the gods, just a restless chess piece who didn't want to be a chess piece.
In order to resist the fate of being a chess piece, Ocean trained himself day after day on the sea, fighting against Rashtanahar and honing his fighting skills.
But after training day after day, Ocean's sense of sadness and urgency became more and more intense.
——Is it really possible to successfully resist?
——Can we really escape this damn fate?
He controlled the huge waves to wash over him and stood still, asking himself this in his heart.
The answer is I don't know.
Alma watched as the cheerful and optimistic boy in the past gradually became silent, feeling that something was not right.
After returning from Doris Island and truly seeing the true side of the demigod Ocean Anos, Alma felt that her perception of Ocean had changed, but she couldn't tell where the change was.
In the end, it was just a sigh and continued daily life as brothers.
"Yo - we're here again!" Lu Silan opened the door of Alma's Tavern and walked in.
After learning that the Elma Five heroes were here, the Elma Tavern has always been full of guests, and the Ocean Five often come here to drink.
But today...
"Didn't Ocean come with you?" She looked at the team of only four people and asked worriedly after the blue-haired figure was gone.
"He's still exercising. Let's come here first. He'll come back later." Lu Silan put a few silver coins on the bar. "As usual, let's have forty glasses of white wine first."
"...Okay." Alma was a little distracted.
"What's wrong with her? It feels like she's been in this state for a while..." Jimia pointed at Alma and asked doubtfully.
"It's best not to explore her question." Lemony leaned against the bar calmly.
"Yeah, maybe it's just my aunt here." Lu Silan laughed coolly.
"How can there be dozens or hundreds of aunts here..." Jimia's mouth twitched.
Aga's eyes flashed, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Your wine." Alma put forty glasses of wine on the bar, then turned to do other things.
The air among the few people became quiet for a while.
"...Hey, did I read that right? I teased her and she didn't get beaten???" Lu Silan looked in disbelief.
"This, this is not normal, this is definitely not normal!" Jimia also felt a little panicked, and her hands were trembling.
"...Indeed, it feels like this is the first time I've seen her like this." Lemoni also noticed something was wrong.
"Let's have a drink first." Aga interrupted several people's comments.
"Aga..."
"I'll take care of it later. You can go back after you finish your drink."
"...Okay, ask her if she has anything on her mind."
.....
"Sister." Aga leaned against the stairs with her chest in her arms.
"Aga, didn't you go back with Lu Silan and the others?" Alma was a little surprised.
Aga has already moved out and lives with Ocean and others in the wooden dormitory kindly provided by Rashtanaha.
"No, I see that you seem to be in a bad mood lately, so I just wanted to come and see what's going on with you."
"Huh? I'm not in a good mood? It's..." Alma waved her hand indifferently, "How is that possible? Maybe it's because I have a stomachache because I haven't slept with a quilt in the past two days."
"...Really?" Aga stared at Alma with squinted eyes.
Come closer, come closer...
"...What do you want to do by getting so close?" Alma grabbed Aga's hair.
"It hurts, it hurts, let go!" Aga struggled.
"...So you really just have diarrhea?" Aga covered her head and looked at Alma with tears in her eyes.
Alma had blue veins on her head: "Such an expression on your face will only make you look like you deserve a beating."
"Okay, okay, I'm withdrawing. Remember to cover yourself up at night!" Aga said as he ran out of the tavern.
Seeing Aga's running back, Alma sighed involuntarily.
"The little kid knows nothing."
Sometimes, once a completely fixed relationship is broken, how should you deal with it?
I'm not the kind of little girl who can't recognize herself...
So, that's it.
...
Ocean stood on the sea and continued to control the huge waves to hit him.
The pain and coldness can slightly extinguish his anxiety.
Urgent—Urgent—
If his heart wasn't still beating violently, no one would think that Ocean, who was standing here like a stone statue, was still alive.
The potential within the body can no longer be suppressed at all.
In about a week, the body will be completely set.
Sixteen years old.
Will my life be fixed at this age...?
No - I will never allow it!
But, but...
Ocean turned his stiff head and looked in the direction of the cabin.
"what should I do?"
There was only suffering on the face that should have been sunny.
Salty water flowed into Ocean's mouth. It should be sea water, but Ocean couldn't be sure.
No! Don’t let your imagination run wild!
You should exercise now!
As long as you exercise, you can suppress all these messy thoughts!
Ocean suddenly controlled the sea water to rise into the sky, and huge and fierce water splashed on the sea, magnificent and majestic.
Controlling the water flow around him, Ocean turned the entire sea surface into a huge whirlpool with his own body.
Rashtanaha sighed slightly.
"What is Ocean doing? There is such a big battle." Lu Silan asked calmly as he saw that several square kilometers of sea surface in the park were being stirred by Ocean.
Hidden beneath the calm expression was a dull, aching heart.
Calculating the time, it’s actually almost the same...
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah----"
Ocean's chest glowed with blue light.
Above the divine core, the dark blue shackles are trembling slightly.
but--
no!
It’s not the time yet! Ocean! Calm down!
Hermes' voice rang in Ocean's heart, very urgent.
"I really can't hold it back!" Ocean roared with eyes wide open. Looking at Rashtanaha from a distance, Ocean suddenly seemed to have thought of something.
His eyes lit up with bright blue light, and his hands were covered with divine power.
Ocean grabbed hard towards the sea.
He set off a huge wave and washed away towards the shore.
Then, he got into the water and left quickly towards the boundless sea.
"Damn it!" Hermes' figure appeared directly in front of Rashtanaha, with an angry expression on his face, "This kid——"