Chapter 127 (2/2)
But in the end, she replied firmly, “I feel sad, but I don’t regret it!”
Sui Xiong couldn’t help but roar to the sky, full of depression and anger. But he finally had lost the madness that he had when he was desperate to be destroyed together with his enemies.
“Look at them, Verbocus!” he yelled at the exhausted Goddess of Ocean. “As a God, it’s shameful enough for you to let the believers sacrifice themselves to protect you. But you break even the lower limits. See what you’ve done! I would also feel ashamed if I were you!”
The Goddess panted violently, turned her head in powerlessness, and saw those believers who were still surrounding her now.
Most of them were familiar to her, many of whom were the followers who struggled with her to create their undertakings. However, they were no longer young. Even the sea elements whose ages couldn’t have been told were already old. One could clearly see the traces of countless sighs and tears on their faces and bodies.
As for the murlocs and sea monsters, who always commemorated her merits and deeds, they upheld a chaotic, evil, and fierce style of bullying the weak while fearing the strong. So at the moment, they were waiting for him to fall in their Holy Kingdom. It was unknown whether they were looking forward to a resurrection in prayer, or directly wanted to replace her…
She, who had been pleased due to the smooth process of what she experienced, finally came back to reflect on her own path through the years.
“Why… why… why…” she trembled violently, the pain in her heart overwhelming even her physical pain. Before she only shed blood, but never tears—not even when she was intoxicated. But now she finally desperately roared, “Why have I become what I am now!”
She whimpered and cried in a miserable way, and the blue armor that once guarded her body suddenly collapsed, and turned into innumerable blades that crazily tore and cut at her body. That was similar to famous ancient tortures which were daunting.
But the Goddess of Ocean seemed to feel no pain at all. She just cried desperately, sometimes apologized, sometimes spit, and sometimes lamented, leaving her huge body to the blades. They created hundreds of holes, and left no complete flesh on her.
The face that once looked fine had been severely wounded; the once fierce and dignified eyes completely lost their light at that moment.
Sui Xiong could even feel that there was a breath, called desperation, spreading out from her body. After a while, her body was fragmented, and the breath of life became increasingly dim. At the very last moment of her life, she turned her head and stared at Sui Xiong with her blank eyes.
“Strong man from the ocean, remember my destruction! Do not embark on the same path as me!”
These were the last words of the powerful God.
As the believers cried, her large body slowly collapsed, and the entire Holy Kingdom collapsed too, slowly and firmly. Numerous fragments broke through the sky and fell from the sea domain to the main plane, like meteors crashing into the vast sea.
The Gods silently watched the Goddess of Ocean collapse with her Holy Kingdom and with the blue seat that was originally located in the middle of the third row of the Pantheon temple.
A God was strong because of her beliefs, and she was bound by faith, and even changed by faith. This was really a very heavy topic. Even the most powerful or most heartless Gods were not willing to talk about this topic.
For a time, the huge Pantheon temple was caught in a dead silence.
On the main plane, almost all the creatures on the continent witnessed the scene of the meteors falling like rain. All the creatures in the sea could not help but shed tears, especially the mermaids in the deep sea who sobbed and couldn’t say a complete word.
They did have a lot of dissatisfaction with the Goddess of Ocean, and they even abandoned their faith in her. But they would always remember the beautiful mermaid princess, the heroic and upright sea queen. Countless mermaids were secretly hoping that their queen would one day repent, and change back to the queen they once knew. But now, all hope turned into bubbles, and their queen had fallen!
Sui Xiong also returned to the main plane with those fragments. He had now returned to his usual size, hidden in the clouds. He stared at the fragments falling into the sea and changing into countless bubbles.
This was the death of a powerful God, proclaiming the victory of his revenge battle.
However, he did not feel happy. He was somewhat embarrassed, somewhat empty, and somewhat confused.
“This is not the end I wanted!” He could not help but sigh, but his sigh was blown away by the wind and disappeared without a trace.
In accordance with his idea, after a hard-fought battle, he would have finally defeated the enemy, and stabbed the Goddess of Ocean, who would have been half-dead. Then he would have opened his bloody mouth, devoured the wicked female tyrant like he had done to the bald guy before, chewed it, and swallowed it. Then he would have shaken his fork and laughed, declaring his successful revenge.
He never thought that the outcome of revenge would turn out like this!
“What is this?”
When all the fragments finally fell into the sea, Sui Xiong also fell to the surface of the sea, and sighed amid the countless bubbles.
The scenes seen from the past memory of the mermaid resurfaced again in his mind. He recalled carefully, admired at times, regretted at times, and finally uttered a long sigh.
“It’s over! It’s over! There is nothing other than what happened!”
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly had an idea in his heart, and felt that many powerful wills were spying around, and were about to take action.
He immediately understood: these guys all wanted the heritage of the Goddess of Ocean, and wanted to be the next Gods of Ocean.
However, from these wills, he could not feel even the slightest good intention. He could not feel the slightest idea of guarding the ocean, and protecting the infinite number of creatures in the sea. Instead, he felt only greedy, fierce, brutal, sinister intentions.
In a furious rage, he shouted, “You want to take advantage of this chance to get her heritage? Get away!”
Those wills dispersed like frightened birds, but they did not go far, and still watched.
As a result, Sui Xiong was so angry that he couldn’t help thinking they were worse than the last generation. Looking at the slowly diffusing bubbles around him, he suddenly had an idea when he remembered the tough Goddess who decided to commit suicide in desperation when she found out that she had betrayed her ideals.
“Since those bastards don’t behave, why don’t I cultivate a person who will? He must be strong and kind!”
With a little thought, he threw the mighty weapon, The Wrath of the Waves, into the bubbles. At the same time he transmitted all the thoughts of goodness and kindness in his heart outwards.
It was strange that this obviously sturdy weapon fell into the bubbles and quickly dissolved like a spoonful of sugar falling into water, leaving no trace.
Then, all the bubbles concentrated at the place where it fell. They collided and surrounded it, and eventually turned into a white spray.
All people clearly felt that the deity and holy mission of the Goddess of Ocean, which should have been scattered after her death, were rapidly condensing towards the waves now.
A moment later, among the sprays, a large white shell rose, which seemed to be cut and polished by a beautiful jade stone.
Sui Xiong laughed and ridiculed the ghosts, “Sneaky beings! Now you can get away!”
Those wills finally left in disappointment, leaving only the laughing jellyfish to accompany the newborn deity.
After a while, the shell opened on its own. On its mattress-like pink flesh, a beautiful mermaid opened her eyes. She seemed to have just woken up, and stretched her body. She was graceful and infinitely beautiful.
“What is your name?” Sui asked with a smile.
The mermaid turned and looked at him. The green eyes were full of peace.
“I don’t know who I am,” she said. “I was born from the wreckage of the Goddess of Ocean, Verbocus and inherit her power, her past goodness, and sincerity. I also abandoned her greed and evil with your help. So who am I?
“You awoke her from a confusing dream to facilitate my birth. As my guide, could you tell me who I am”
Sui Xiong frowned and was lost in thought.
After a while, he no longer frowned, and his mouth gradually curled up, revealing a smile.
“The Goddess of Ocean, Verbocus, is dead. Her past has vanished. You are you and you have nothing to do with her!” he said. “I think the name Ariel suits you, because you were born out of the bubbles, and it reminds me of a very famous story: The Little Mermaid.”
The mermaid smiled, and bowed her head to show gratitude. The shell gradually disappeared, and she changed into a human figure. She was standing on the surface of the sea, her slender legs seeming weightless.
In the Pantheon temple, a new chair rose, and the avatar of the mermaid was sitting on it.
Compared to the previous Goddess of Ocean, the daughter of the sea was obviously a weaker. But the smile on her face reminded many old Gods of Verbocus when she had just been apotheosized.
With the Gods looking at her, out of curiosity or gratification, she stood up to pay tribute to everyone.
“Nice to meet you. I’m Ariel, the patron saint of good sea creatures, a mermaid princess, and the daughter of the sea.”