Chapter 23 Hardship

Soon, the more the two talked, the more speculative they became, as if there were endless words. It turns out that the teenager's name is Shura. Locke asked him if there was a queen and where she was, which was a question he had been trying to figure out. When it came to the queen, it seemed that he had touched Shura's pain, and his eyebrows were locked again.

"Say it, brother, maybe I can help you?" Locke patted Shura on the shoulder, his eyes full of concern and sympathy, and more sincerity.

Shura cast his dark eyes to the huge bed: "Did you see it? That's where Arlanti slept.

"Atlanti? Who is he?"

"You should know that this city is called Posedia, right?"

"I know, of course I know." Locke remembered what the shopkeeper told him when he had just set foot on the island.

The full name of this country is Atlantis, and Posedia is its imperial capital. The whole island was divided by Poseidon's ten sons, who were all twins. Among these five twins, the most powerful and domineering eldest sons, Atlanti and Atranus, especially Atlanti, who is the king of ten princes. Therefore, the country was named Atlantis after both of them. I came here because of an accidental accident. I helped Queen Casey build a royal palace, develop weapons, and build a huge army. Atlanti is an ambitious conspirators. He always wants to expand his territory and annex neighboring countries. They found that the queen had a secret weapon in her hand and wanted to take away their barbaric plan. Queen Casey loved peace and refused to cooperate with them, so they took the queen away and humiliated her in every way. The queen couldn't bear the humiliation and threw herself into the sea. They turned to deal with me again. I refused to hand it over, and they... they..." As they spoke, their eyes turned red and tears were about to fall.

"Don't be afraid, isn't it just a few rookies? I'll take care of them for you!"

"Is it just you? You don't know how terrible they are. They are all gods!"

"What's wrong with God? God eats the tribute of human beings, but still wants to harm people. Sooner or later, I will chop them all and feed those stinky fish and rotten shrimp!" Locke's eyes spewed fire again, and he resisted not letting the red pupils open.

"You go on!"

"The two downstream embryos!" Shura spat fiercely, "People only know that they are the same, but they don't know that they have very different personalities. That Atlanti is a good woman, but Atlante is a good man. Because I refused to cooperate, they cast a spell on me to become a queen to accompany Atlanti during the day and a man at night to accompany Atlante. Sometimes...sometimes...they come here at the same time..." Shura finally couldn't help crying.

"Bum", Locke punched on the table in front of him. The wine bottle flew out and fell to the floor and smashed it. The golden table was smashed into a pit. Locke's eyes flashed red and dark, because he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.

"I'll take care of this!" It seems that he was born with an uneven fight. Locke stood up, reached out and stroked his hand, and the table returned to its original state, and the bottle of wine returned intact.

At this moment, a strange look suddenly flashed in Shura's eyes, and it returned to a faint blue with only a flash.

"Whose sons do you think they are?"

"Posebsiden is the sea king."

"Sure enough, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. Poseidon was as romantic as Zeus, picking flowers and grass everywhere. He is obedient and violent, and his son is tall and rude. But how can I find them?"

"No one can find them. They live in ten different places and enjoy the tribute of local residents. Even if they come here, they come and go without a trace."

"Then how did you accompany them?" Locke blushed when he said this.

"As long as I wear a golden mask and rush to the sea, someone will pick me up, and then..." Shura lowered his head. "However, every year, they will get together one day."

"Oh?" Locke's eyes suddenly lit up, "Let's get together? This is a great opportunity, so let's catch them all, so that I won't look for them one by one.

"You said so lightly. They are all like giant towers, and they are infinitely powerful..."

"Don't grow other people's ambition and destroy your own prestige. There will always be a way, as long as you use your brain..." Locke pointed to his head.

"Brain? Hahaha..." Shura suddenly laughed, "If you want to talk about brains, who else in the world can compare with me? Look at this huge golden imperial capital, everything in it is designed by me, and..."

"Oc, these are two things. Don't brag. Let me see, you are just a bricklayer with a slightly better means."

"You..." Shura is angry. He waved his fist and punched Locke in the face.

"Oh, it hurts!" Shura grinned in pain, "Why is your face so hard?" It's like a pit stone."

"Isn't it good to be hard? As soft as you, you still have to pinch others. Locke said this unintentionally, but the listener was intentional, let alone the talented Shura? Shura thought Locke was mocking him, saying that his face had been pinched by the two sea princes.

How can you feel your own pain and humiliation? Shura was silent.

When Locke saw that his face was very bad, he was surprised and inexplicably. Then he thought about it and understood that he must have said something wrong, so he hurriedly said, "Don't be so **, okay? I don't mean anything else, don't think too much. Let's get to business. When will they get together? We have to plan well."

After a long time, Shura raised his head and said, "It's an annual sacrificial ceremony."

"What kind of sacrificial ceremony?"

"You are a foreigner. Looking at your strange appearance, you will know that you don't understand." Shura raised his face.

"Hi, hi, are you still angry? Can I make amends for you? Is it my fault? Locke coaxed Shura, just like coaxing his pet goat when he was a child.

"Hmm!" Shura glanced at him and continued, "Every year's spring flood, alas - you don't understand, you barbarians..." Shura muttered in a low voice.

"A louder, I didn't hear it clearly." Who is Locke? Demon King. Can he not hear clearly? If you want to pretend to be a person, you have to pretend to be decent. Locke deliberately raised his voice, put his hand on his ear, and shouted, "Say it again, what a wild..."

"I mean, on the first fish hunting day of every year, people have to offer sacrifices to the sea king to pray for peace before going to sea. On that day, a grand sea king sacrifice ceremony will be held, and the residents of the whole island will come to attend. It was the busiest day of the year. Only on that day will the ten ugly monsters appear and perform the sacrificial ceremony to their father, and I will attend and give a speech as the queen. Shura's eyes dimmed again.

"Oh, so that's it. So, how long is it before this year's sacrificial ceremony?

"Nine months, less than 200 days." Atlantis calendar: 18 months in a year, 20-21 days per month)

"Wow! This is too long! Don't I have to wait for a long time?"

"It's not long, just right. At that time, hey, my super secret weapon has been successfully developed." Shura smiled strangely.

"Well...then you have to be...that...that for so long." That damn face showed another evil smile.

"You...go to hell!" Shura roared and waved his fist. Before he hit Locke's face, his fist suddenly opened and turned into claws, twisting Locke's ear. Shura gritted his teeth and said viciously, "So, it depends on whether you, the great hero of the world, have the ability to save me from the sea of suffering!" He used his strength to breastfeed and pull hard.

" spare your life, spare your life! Your Majesty, please forgive me!" Locke's ears were so hot that he was about to burst into tears.

"You still say it!"

The more Locke begged for mercy, the harder the "eagle claw" would be.

"Good Shura, kiss Shura! I'm wrong, I'm wrong, I really know I'm wrong! Just give me a break!"

Looking at the evil face and finally turning into a bitter gourd appearance, Shura let go of his hand and laughed happily. He hasn't laughed so happily for a long time.

Suddenly, Shura looked nervous. He stood up in a hurry and said, "It's getting late. I'll send a bodyguard to take you out of the palace. You can stay at the State Guest House for the time being. I have to go to Atlantes."

Locke looked up and looked out of the window. It was already the first lantern. He took a big step and stopped in front of Shura, who was about to leave, clutching his arm tightly, and his eyes were full of begging: "Can you not go? If you don't go, what can that Atlante do to you?

Shura shook off his hand hard, pulled him to the window, pointed to the lights outside the window, and shouted in a trembling voice, "Do you see? Those are my people. If I don't go, this place will be razed to the ground. If it were you, could you bear to watch them swallowed up by the sea? Do you watch hundreds of years of painstaking become a bubble? Big drops of tears gushed out of the water-blue eyes, wet the sharply trembling eyelashes, and also wet Locke's arm... Then, turning around, the thin body rushed out, resolutely and resolutely without even looking back.

The tears had already wet Locke's heart. My heart seemed to shrink into a ball. After bursts of colic, Locke couldn't help frowning, and he had to press his chest tightly with his hand. Can he understand how great this humiliation is to be suffered as a man? But human beings, what kind of creature are you? What kind of strong heart can we have to withstand such a huge pain? Locke couldn't help but respect this seemingly weak human being.