Chapter 671: I Am Your God

Atlantis was in the deep sea, so deep that even Loren had spent a long time finding this place.

And there were Protective Wards here too. Even if others managed to reach this place, they couldn't get in, but the wards were useless against Loren.

He didn't know if it was the effect of the True Sight Eye, or if the Dawn Princess had left a back door for Loren when she first created the Protective Wards.

"This place is pretty beautiful."

Although this was the deep sea, it wasn't dark at all. There were many glowing things, giving it an almost brightly lit feel.

The guards here were also careless, with only two guards holding tridents stationed at the entrance.

"I know a small path we can take to get in, so the guards won't notice..."

Korali planned to lead Loren through the small path. She had snuck out, or rather, escaped from prison, and couldn't be discovered.

Moreover, Atlantis was currently in a state of lockdown, with no entry or exit permitted, and they couldn't get in through the main gates either.

"No need. We'll go through the main gates and tell them directly that I've arrived."

Loren wasn't planning on doing anything too fancy. Before, when his strength wasn't enough, he had needed all sorts of schemes. Now that his strength was sufficient, he couldn't be bothered to play house with them here.

"You probably don't know where Melody is being held, right?"

"Right, that place is very well hidden. I was caught before I could find it, and I didn't see any sign of Melody in the cell where they locked me up..."

"Then that's exactly right. My appearance can intimidate them, making them temporarily afraid to harm Melody.

"They're actually quite certain that I am the Perpetual Observer. Otherwise, they wouldn't be this afraid, afraid to the point of capturing Melody.

"So once I appear, they won't dare to act rashly."

Loren explained his logic to Korali, and Korali nodded, indicating she understood.

At this moment, Loren released the Merfolk ability, and his lower body transformed back into ordinary legs.

Therefore, the instant the two of them approached, they attracted the guards' attention:

"Who goes there! Korali... fugitive Korali! You even brought a human back with you!"

The guard had already raised the trident in her hand. This trident was entirely golden, and the moment she raised it, the ocean currents began to surge. Loren sensed her killing intent. She genuinely wanted to kill Loren and Korali.

"Shh..."

In the blink of an eye, Loren appeared behind the Merfolk guards. Both guards were stunned. They hadn't seen Loren's movements at all.

"I am the Perpetual Observer. I've come to rule over you."

"You? The elders just said the Perpetual Observer hasn't been reborn yet. We still need to wait..."

Before she could finish speaking, Loren slammed her face into the wall:

"I said I am the Perpetual Observer. Are your ears deaf?"

At times like this, explaining was useless. Every piece of evidence Loren presented would be denied, even if the reasons they used to deny it were laughable.

After all, the right to speak and the right to interpret were both in their hands. It was only natural for them to act this way. They could even convict someone with zero evidence.

So what Loren needed to do was beat them into submission first.

"Master Mentor..."

Seeing Loren suddenly act, Korali was startled.

"Call me Observer here. I'll explain to you later."

Loren pinned down the Merfolk guard and drew the Requiem, stabbing it into the wall right in front of the guard's eyes:

"I say I am the Perpetual Observer. Do you believe me?"

"I..."

The guard stammered for a long time without managing to say anything coherent, so Loren pressed the blade against the Merfolk's tail and scraped off many scales by force.

"Ah!"

The intense pain made the guard let out a scream, scaring the other guard into trembling, not daring to move.

Even Korali felt phantom pain watching this scene. She was also Merfolk and knew very well how painful that was.

Anyway, this Merfolk guard had wanted to kill Loren from the start. Even if Loren had killed her outright, there would be nothing to say about it. Loren was already being merciful enough.

"What am I?"

"You... you are the Perpetual Observer..."

"Good. You get to live."

Loren released the hand gripping the Merfolk's hair, stepped past them, and entered the interior of Atlantis.

They would definitely report this afterward, and that was exactly what Loren needed.

It probably wouldn't be long before Loren was personally invited by the elders, though there was a ninety percent chance it would be a trap.

"Why didn't you explain to them? Melody's pendant already proves you're the Perpetual Observer...

"Before, she had no other evidence. After all, only she knew the divine oracle. But now that you're here..."

After entering Atlantis, Korali also voiced her question.

"You're still too naive... Think about what I told you before. In the face of power, neither explanations nor evidence are of any use."

It was a bit hard for Korali to understand all of this in an instant, but Loren could let her see it with her own eyes.

Loren said no more, simply leading Korali strolling along the main street.

The architecture here was very distinctive, using a lot of coral and seashells.

However, Loren could forget about eating anything good here. This place was constantly underwater, and the sea pressure here was absurdly high. Ordinary materials simply couldn't create hollow cavities, so it was basically impossible for Merfolk to eat roasted food.

They could forcibly boil things, but it was still very difficult.

Loren, a human, was extremely conspicuous here. Every Merfolk who passed by had to look at him, some even rubbing their eyes to make sure they weren't seeing things.

Quite a few Merfolk ran off to inform the guards, and Loren just walked down the main street as if nothing was wrong, waiting for someone to come find him proactively.

Loren arrived at the central square, where there was a massive statue. The statue was of a woman, in the pose of embracing the world.

This statue was exactly the same as the Statue of the Dawn Princess Loren had seen before.

At the same time, the interior of Atlantis was covered with Inverted Cross symbols everywhere, even more so than the Pseudohuman village Loren had seen before. Their faith in the Perpetual Observer had reached a fanatical level.

The Statue of the Dawn Princess had already become somewhat decayed, covered in algae, with no one bothering to clean it.

Since Loren had nothing better to do anyway, he climbed up onto the Statue of the Dawn Princess and started cleaning.

Korali also came up to help, but the algae had been there for a long time and couldn't be cleaned off in one go.

Just as Loren finished cleaning, the guards had completely surrounded the area.

"Human, the elders invite you to the royal palace."

"What did you call me?"

Loren leaped down from the statue, clapped his hands, and said.

"Human..."

"Please call me the Perpetual Observer."

Loren interrupted the guard captain, looking at her seriously.

"Human... uh..."

The guard captain wanted to say something more, but Loren's hand pressed down on her head.

As Loren steadily increased the pressure, the guard captain began to bleed from her nose:

"I said, call me the Perpetual Observer. I am your god."