Chapter 640: Knowledge Check (1/2)

The entire Atlantis in on a lockdown today.

The atmosphere was weird. Everyone who's stationed in there, be it common folk, nobles, even the guards. All of them were unusually alert, if feels like they were sitting in pins and needles. This his because Lorenzo's wrath was oozing in every corner of Atlantis. It was an unfiltered rage too so everyone felt it.

The lord of Atlantis is mad.

Lorenzo had been Poseidon for a long time already, and the moments where he's absolutely livid could only be counted on one hand, however every time it happens, Atlantis will be at it's most sensitive state. Any citizens who tried to do something funny will most likely be punished heavily according to Sect Laws and Regulations. It happened before and it won't be different this time.

Most people knew why Lorenzo is mad even without him announcing it or telling them. After all it's incredibly easy to anger him. Try doing something harmful to his little brother - Elias and he will be pissed beyond words. That's all it really takes, and few times where this same event occurred was because of the same reason.

Just a few hours ago, some names were called in the palace. Some people saw those people entering but up until now, they still haven't come out yet so they could only imagine what happened to them. Frankly, some people don't even wanna know. They were just glad that it wasn't them.

Come noon, the situations still hasn't improved but at least it was relatively quiet. People were minding their own business at the comfort of their own home.

Nobody was out instead of the guards who were tasked to be on patrol. Due to this, only the guards noticed that two people came out of the palace and were heading out of Atlantis.

These two were none other than Raven and Elias.

If one would've looked closely, they would see that Elias' face was marred with regret and loss. It was safe to say that he still hasn't moved-on from the sudden revelation yesterday. In fact, he hadn't had a wink of sleep since then, he also lost his appetite completely.

At this point, Elias had no doubts that what Raven told him was indeed the truth. He was taken advantage off by the people he treated as 'friends'.

That was a rather rude awakening for him. It was a tight slap in face. He thought that these people genuinely cared about him just like his brother but in a way that is more appealing to him. He treated the like his own family, any request they asked, he tried his best to fulfil. He even defended them against his brother once yet all he received from them was this kind of treatment...

Elias was heartbroken. He didn't know what to say or what to even feel. Seeing them punished was even more enlightening to him since even as they were about to fall to the deepest pits of Tartarus, their gazes still held disdain when they look at him. How could he have been so blind?

Now that is has come to this, Raven's words and all of the advices that his Big Brother was constantly telling him were now echoing, in his mind.

Raven invited him to go out of Atlantis for a while in order to take his mind out of it. Elias agreed without much of thought, not really thinking properly but he knows that doing something would be much better than sitting inside his room and marinating in these thoughts.

As they reached the exit, it was only then Elias realized something...

”U-um...Young Lord. Where's our shuttle?” Elias asked, still wary about how to act around Raven.

”A shuttle?” Raven raised a brow and looked at him, seconds later his expression changed as he said: ”Ah! That...we don't really need that. We'll just go on foot.”

”O-on...foot?” Elias asked, a little bit unsure especially after seeing where they are currently, which is at the sea bed.

”Just follow me.” Raven didn't say much and approached the gates without explaining any further. Elias swallowed some spit and just followed his orders.

He was getting a little bit nervous but he can't back down now. The stepped out of Atlantis and moved towards the edge of the bubble that's protecting the whole place.

All of a sudden, a brush appeared on Raven's hand and he waved it a couple of times. Small runes flew and attached themselves to Raven and Elias. After that, Raven moved and stepped out of the barrier.

The barrier fluctuated just a little bit when he stepped outside. And to Elias' amazement, he saw Raven walking on the seabed as if he's walking on land. Raven looked back at Elias and asked:

”You're not coming?”