Sarah's words set off a flurry of murmurs in the tent.
Everyone, including the twins, looked worriedly at the last lone traveler without a team - Aluna.
This is an archer mercenary who uses a longbow.
The sisters had seen her strength in the swamp. With three skills and a high level of 4, she was considered outstanding among the participants.
When Eluna saw everyone looking at her, a forced smile appeared on her face.
"Don't worry about me, Her Majesty, I...I will take care of myself."
Hearing her words, Sarah nodded, and then looked at the others.
"Tomorrow's challenge will be very difficult. You are each other's opponents and you all know how strong each is, but no matter what, I hope everyone can show their strongest strength.
Don’t think too much, and don’t be merciful just because of sisterhood. This is the character that an excellent Amazon warrior should have. Do you understand?”
"I understand!" Everyone replied in unison.
"Very good, it's getting late now, go down and rest quickly, recharge your batteries and prepare for tomorrow's challenges!"
...
Under the hazy night, the sea cliffs south of Yuxon were peaceful. The bright moonlight shone from the distant sea level, covering a strange reef as high as a person at the end of the sea cliff with a magical silver-white veil.
Clothes.
In the silence, a figure holding a dark gold spear walked out of the trees in front of the sea cliff.
She stood quietly on the edge of the sea cliff, hiding in the shadow of the woods and silently watching the rocks not far away.
This reef is the "Tide Stone", a sacred object of the ocean. It has the power to send items to the depths of the ocean and bring things from the depths of the ocean back to the other shore.
The Tidestone has the same power as the Mountain Key.
It can bring back huge waves and terrifying whirlpools from the depths of the ocean, with such power that it can even destroy the Haworth Islands.
But no one, including all the Storm Queens in the history of the Amazon tribe, can truly harness the power of this sacred object.
The figure stood in the shadow for a while, and then slowly approached the area shrouded in moonlight.
She is none other than Fina, the chanting queen who just left Yuxon City not long ago.
"Goddess, what kind of secret do you have..."
Fina murmured softly, walking up the sea cliff with an indifferent expression on her face, and walked closer to the Tide Stone step by step.
The Storm Goddess's response made her very interested in this sacred object that had been abandoned by her tribe long ago.
Why did the goddess mention this sacred object alone in her brief reply?
What is its relationship with the goddess?
Is the one who answers the call of the priests the real "Storm Goddess"?
The Singing Queen is not sure, nor does she know the secret hidden in it.
She was here just to explore this sacred object and see if there was anything that had not been discovered by her ancestors.
Just when Fina was about to reach the Tide Stone, the silver-white moonlight was suddenly covered by a dark cloud that moved from nowhere.
The sacred moonlight on the Tide Stone receded, and a damp and dark atmosphere, like the breath from the bottomless abyss of the Twin Seas, diffused from the sacred object.
"Queen of the Singing Clan, do you have doubts?"
A low and genderless voice suddenly sounded in Fina's mind. This voice suddenly froze her progress.
"I can see that you don't really believe in my existence..."
"Goddess?" Fina's eyes narrowed. She used her internal vision skills to scan around, but she didn't notice any unusual movement around her.
"I am right here, in the bottomless abyss. For thousands of years, I have been imprisoned here, and I have been waiting for my believers to save me..."
The voice became distant and desolate, as if it had traveled from ancient times.
"You...are imprisoned?"
"Disaster, invasion, the world is crying in pain!
It needs to change, and we new gods are too weak to help it.
It extracts our power and uses it to change the rules of this world so that we can fight against monsters from other worlds."
"Change...the rules..." Fina frowned, not understanding what the "goddess" said.
"You don't understand. This is normal. This world has been dragged into another track by endless wars. Without the guidance of gods, you cannot discover the truth of the world..."
There was regret and regret in Fina's voice when she answered, as if she was very dissatisfied with the current situation of the world.
"Many companions have disappeared, losing the chance to wake up in the endless sleep.
More gods were harmed by the new rules. They were restored to their original state and injected into the core of the universe... I still exist because of the Tide Stone and because of your continued faith and sacrifice to this day.
From this point of view, I should thank you, Queen of Singing."
"This is... what we should do, Your Majesty the Goddess." Fina pursed her lips, her thoughts in her mind becoming chaotic.
She also didn't expect that a spur-of-the-moment visit to the sacred objects would trigger a conversation between her and the goddess.
She was unprepared for this.
"I can see that you are confused and don't know whether you should believe me or not... This is also normal.
For too long, I have been unable to respond to your calls, and even while asleep, I have been unable to control my minions.
I'm sorry for the harm they caused you.
I promise that when I return, I will make amends to you."
"Your Majesty the Goddess...you..." Fina collected her thoughts for a moment, and then prepared to ask some questions that she had always been confused about.
However, the voice of the "goddess" interrupted her again.
This voice seemed to have the ability to read minds, easily penetrating her heart and finding the question she wanted to ask.
"You want to know why I suddenly woke up at this time after so long?"
"It's very simple, because the rules of this world are loosening due to some reasons - the rules that are as solid as steel are disintegrating because of the world's resistance.
Our world is beginning to hope to correct the detours it has taken in the past, and it is gradually returning part of the power it has taken back. My awakening is one of the examples..."
"The invasion of foreign enemies is still going on, and the world is still fighting against them... We are still waiting, waiting for the day when the world is brought back to order, and all the gods will wake up and return!"
The emotion in his voice became intense, as if he thought of something that made his blood boil.
"Then, what can the Amazons do for you?" Fina's tone became more and more respectful. She could feel the power emanating from the Tide Stone - a power as unfathomable as the sea.
"My followers, help me in my upcoming return...chichi...chichi..."
The storm goddess's voice was suddenly replaced by an ominous scraping sound. The sound was so terrifying that Fina had to cover her ears.
After a long time, the sound stopped, and Fina raised her head and called softly in the direction of the Tide Stone.
"Goddess? Your Majesty the Goddess?"
"...I am...preparing to welcome...my return...Amazon..."
The goddess's voice reappeared, but this time, Fina frowned when she heard it.
She felt that this voice seemed a little different from the desolate and distant voice before. It seemed more... gloomy and dark?
But after saying these intermittent words, there was no response from Tidestone.
The cloud that covered the moonlight in the sky drifted away, and the silver-white moonlight once again enveloped the entire Tide Stone. (To be continued)
