Chapter 099 Heart of the Ocean 9

Yu Xi hesitated a little.

He wanted to take Archimonde as his partner to clear the level, but that didn't mean he had to go ashore with him and stay away from the ocean.

Although Yu Xi hasn't confirmed what the main quest of this dungeon is yet, based on the name of the dungeon, it can be roughly inferred that it is related to "Heart of the Ocean".

So Yu Xi still refused.

Archimonde showed a little regret, but didn't say anything else. He talked to Yu Xi about other things as usual.

Yu Xi didn't notice anything unusual at the time.

Until the night before Archimonde was scheduled to leave the sea, something happened in Atlantis.

Yu Nu seemed uneasy in his sleep. The Heart of the Ocean hidden in his chest was emitting a scalding temperature, which made him frown from time to time.

First, someone woke Yu Nu up. The fish tail behind Carlo was swinging violently, with layers of water lines.

"Archimonde escaped."

Yu Nu suddenly woke up, but he didn't understand what Carlo said. "What do you mean... He didn't..."

Didn't we agree to take him away from the sea?

Carlo's face was very ugly, "We just caught him... He..."

After a pause, Carlo finally said, "He just sneaked into your place and wanted to steal the Heart of the Ocean."

Yu Nu "clicked".

Although the Heart of the Ocean is powerful, it is also extremely fragile.

It grows on the chest in the form of scales, and will pop out once it encounters stimulation. If Yu Nuo doesn't notice it, it will be easily cut off by someone with a knife in her sleep.

The life and power of the Mermaid King who owns the Heart of the Ocean almost all come from the Heart of the Ocean. When the Heart of the Ocean is stolen, it will instantly become weak, and its long lifespan will be greatly reduced.

Carlo was obviously angry when he said this, "I was right about him before! Humans are not good people!"

Fortunately, the mermaid patrolling at night discovered the sneaky Archimonde. If he hadn't stopped him in time, what would Yu Nuo be like now... Carlo didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Their king was not as strong as other mermaids, and he was still young, so he was still protected by everyone.

If she had lost the Heart of the Ocean, Yu Nu would probably not wake up now.

The ocean outside was just getting light, and following Carlo's line of sight, Yu Nu vaguely saw many mermaids swimming out.

Were they all trying to catch Archimonde?

Yu Nu looked down at her chest, which was normal, and felt that something was wrong.

"What's going on outside?" Carlo saw Yu Xi's doubts, raised his hand and grabbed a passing mermaid, "It doesn't take so many mermaids to go to search for humans, right?"

The mermaid saluted Yu Xi and Carlo respectfully, and spoke quickly, "Just now other mermaids asked us to pass through, and we don't know what happened."

Carlo was a little angry, "How can we just follow the orders of other mermaids without the king's order? Go and see what happened over there, is it--"

But before Carlo could finish his words, Yu Xi and the other fish heard a sudden violent vibration above their heads.

The entire sea seemed to roll for a moment.

Two mermaids swam over hurriedly from outside. The mermaids who always cared about their appearance had messy hair, and their beautiful tails were covered with black dust.

"There are human fleets on the sea!"

"There are so many people and so many boats. The mermaids over there are all coming to Atlantis because they are worried."

Leviathan, who swam over from afar, let out an excited cry and circled around Yu Lan anxiously.

Yu Lan touched his head and told him not to be so excited.

"There weren't so many boats when we were hunting on a large scale before," Carlo said, "Why did they suddenly come to this sea area today?"

Yu Lan noticed the serious expressions of the mermaids and took the initiative to ask to go to the sea to take a look, but was rejected by Carlo and other mermaids.

Yu Lan had to comfort them, "Don't worry, Leviathan will follow me."

The Leviathan beside him excitedly swam around Yu Lan again.

Carlo sighed, glanced at the huge Leviathan behind Yu Zhen, and silently swallowed his words of advice.

.Time

went back to a few hours ago.

The imperial royal fleet set out.

The fleet that followed was huge, and even part of the port navy was dispatched. Surrounded by other ships was a huge, unnamed royal cruise ship.

The people accompanying them speculated which noble was on the cruise ship, but they could not guess anything.

Even on the cruise ship, except for a few servants in the core area, no one else knew who was inside.

The royal cruise ship has no name, but the gorgeous Archimonde family logo is hung on the surface of the hull so that people can see it at a glance.

Because of today's "special mission", this sea area has been completely cleared.

Inside the cabin.

In the corner, a servant was gurgling hot tea. Although electric stoves in the interstellar age have already reached a more advanced level, the upper class still believes that the traditional method of brewing tea can better preserve the taste of tea.

The fire below flickered with a golden light, and the smoke from the boiling tea above was quickly discharged by the induction exhaust system on the top of the cabin.

The emperor was reading a book on the sofa.

The cabinet minister who came in got the servant's signal and knew that the emperor was in a good mood. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief and his steps became lighter.

"Your Majesty," the minister saluted the emperor, and only stood up after the emperor nodded and said, "According to the coordinates sent up by the search team, we have now reached the target sea area."

The servant's footsteps were silent, and he carefully placed the hot tea on the emperor's left hand.

A layer of fragrant white mist floated above the brown hot tea.

The emperor hummed a neutral "hmm" and turned a page of the book, making a faint sound.

The minister guessed the emperor's thoughts and continued, "Because this sea area is where the royal mermaids live, our marine task force cannot go down directly. We are currently searching the sea surface with instruments."

The emperor still didn't react.

The current emperor is quite capable of ruling. When he first came to power, he quickly cleaned up all the reactionary nobles, big and small, in the imperial star. During his decades in office, he even occupied more than a dozen new star systems.

But perhaps because he was too aggressive in the early days, the current emperor is less aggressive and more moderate.

In recent years, all matters big and small in the interstellar space have been basically handed over to the cabinet to handle, and His Majesty never asks about it.

This time he suddenly proposed to go to the sea because he was worried about the safety of the crown prince.

His Majesty is still unmarried, and the crown prince is the child of his adopted brother, and is considered His Majesty's nephew.

But the current situation...

The minister wiped his sweat secretly, and was determined that if His Majesty didn't mention it, he would never take the initiative to talk about the situation of the crown prince.

Just as the minister was still hesitating about what to say to the emperor, there were two quick knocks on the door.

The attendant opened the door.

In came a Royal Navy colonel, who saluted the emperor on the sofa and then said directly: "Your Majesty, we have found His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The emperor finally responded.

As soon as the colonel finished speaking, there was a flurry of footsteps at the door. Accompanied by two attendants, the soaking wet Archimonde appeared in front of everyone in a rather wolfish manner.

A layer of water condensed on the floor.

Charles Archimonde, the crown prince of the empire and the first heir to the throne, appeared in front of everyone on his own initiative after disappearing for more than 20 days.

Archimonde, no, now he should be called Charlie, carefully smoothed his wet golden hair, and knelt on one knee without daring to look directly at the emperor's face.

"Your Majesty, it's all my fault."

The emperor asked him, "If everything is safe, why didn't you come back earlier, so that I would have to go to such great lengths to find you now."

Archimonde took a deep breath, and his dark eyes finally raised to look at the emperor, and he looked into the emperor's deep golden eyes from a distance.

Such an action was indeed somewhat rude, and the attendants beside him wanted to remind him, but they could only sense the change in the atmosphere in the cabin, so they had to hold back their words.

The emperor frowned slightly.

Charlie lowered his head again, and said in a loud voice, "Your Majesty, I found the Heart of the Ocean."

The cabinet minister beside him covered his mouth in shock, and the Royal Navy colonel behind him widened his eyes.

The emperor took two steps forward, and his voice was unusually fast, "Are you sure?"

"Ninety-nine percent," Charlie said cautiously, "I'm basically sure that what I saw was the Heart of the Ocean."

"It's almost completely consistent with the ability recorded in the family legend."

The emperor's expression finally changed slightly.

Charlie was still speaking quickly, "Originally, my communication device had problems after the Elizabeth accident, and then by chance I survived in the ocean. According to the plan, I should return to the palace earlier to let His Majesty rest assured, but..."

"But in the middle, I encountered the Heart of the Ocean, so I stayed on the seabed for a few more days to observe."

The emperor stood still with his hands behind his back, his dark golden eyes obscured by the shadows cast by his eyebrows, "Where did you encounter the Heart of the Ocean?"

Charlie did not hide it, "On a mermaid, there was a blue scale on his chest that could be hidden, and that scale was the Heart of the Ocean."

The people around him became more and more nervous as they listened, and the cabinet ministers who were listening in couldn't help but interrupt, but were interrupted by the emperor.

In an instant, the emperor understood a lot of things. "So the Elizabeth was hit by the blue whale... It was not an accident, but the work of this mermaid with the heart of the ocean."

Charlie nodded.

The emperor asked in a deep voice, "Where is the mermaid?"

"I didn't bring him here," Charlie said. "Before I left, I tried to persuade him with words, but he didn't agree... Last night, I wanted to take him away while the mermaid was asleep... but he was discovered."

When he said this, Charlie couldn't help but wipe the water off his face. "If I hadn't happened to meet your Majesty's ship today, I would have been caught by the mermaid now."

No wonder there are so many mermaids under the sea today.

The colonel behind him thought silently, and was caught off guard by the emperor's name.

"Are there still a lot of mermaids outside now?"

The colonel nodded quickly, "Yes, there are a lot of mermaids today. We have already driven them away, but they won't leave. I have just ordered to capture all the mermaids who are interfering with the search."

The emperor suddenly walked out.

The attendant colonel and ministers in the house hurried to follow.

There were many soldiers standing on the deck. After seeing who was coming, they were all shocked and speechless.

They had just received an order to catch mermaids, but the mermaids in this sea area were particularly cunning, and they didn't catch any for a while.

The emperor didn't even look at the noisy salutes on the deck, and raised his hand to grab the telescope from a soldier.

"What does that mermaid look like?"

Charlie, who was following behind, was suddenly a little speechless.

The telescope reflected a deep blue sea.

A blue mermaid with black hair and black eyes left a startled glimpse and quickly disappeared from the telescope's sight.