“Risveglio…” “Acqua…” “Transmutazione…”

“Risveglio…” “Acqua…” “Transmutazione…”

Blink!

A pair of eyes suddenly blinked open in a completely dark room, shining like a torch in the dark to illuminate the small confines of the room. A damp atmosphere filled the room, making it feel stuffy and gloomy.

A strange globe ball, monocle, and other numerous objects like those used for astronomy filled the room. The room was simple but it seemed sacred, it looked like the home of a great wizard.

The gray-haired old man who was the owner of the pair of eyes was slowly roused out of his sleep. He sat down and fell into deep thought, slowly the contents of the dream came back to him.

After piecing everything together, his expression became grim.

“Another Prophecy”. He mumbled.

After sitting for a few minutes to confirm that he did not hear anything else, he stood up and draped a long coat over his body. He picked a book, rapidly scribbled on it, before folding it and going out of the room.

Going out of his room, he came before a long corridor that looked even damper than his room. The layout of the corridor showed that this was an underground structure, and only 3 doors were along it.

The first was the door leading to the gray-haired old man’s room, the next led to another room, while the last led to a staircase that spiraled upwards.

The gray-haired old man walked through the corridor with brisk steps, it did not take him long before he arrived before the next door.

Knock! Knock!

“Bam!”

“Ouch…! What type of human are you? You’ve disrupted my experiment again. I hate you, old geezer!!”

Ignoring the insults that he was bathing in like he was used to it, the gray-haired old man still had a calm expression on his face as he gently pushed the door open and entered.

He was not surprised by the sight that greeted him; he was used to it.

The room before him was far bigger than his and it seemed like it was a library, it also looked like a laboratory. 15 long bookshelves stood at various corners of the room, almost taking up the whole space.

At a section of the room stood a cooking cauldron, and a lot of alchemical tools. Fire was currently heating the cauldron, and some ingredients moved in it while projecting different colors.

Only one chair was in the room, a table, and the rest parts of the room were covered with scribbling papers, pamphlets, and magazines. The room looked so disorganized that it was easy to mistake it as the lair of a mad man.

The man who just replied to him was currently lying sprawled on the floor like a marbled shrimp, close to one of the bookshelves. A ladder was beside him; it was evident that he fell from it while trying to get access to a book.

Without a word, the gray-haired old man went closer, extended a hand of help, and easily pulled the mischievous brown-haired old friend up.

“Humph!” The brown-haired old man snorted while supporting his aching waist after standing up. “Pulling me up, that’s all you can do?”

“You can’t apologize? Do you know how many ingredients I just lost because of your unrestricted visits?”

As he blabbered on angrily, the frequency of his words suddenly started slowing down as he noticed that something was wrong. “Old Gab, what happened?”

Old Gab had a grim expression on his face. “I had the same prophecy again”.

The brown-haired old man frowned. “What was it this time?”

“It was exactly the same, I heard the same mumbles from the spirit world, but this time it was clearer and I got the keywords. I heard, Risveglio, Acqua, and Transmutazione”.

“The ancient Dawn language?”

“Yes”. Old Gab sighed. “Old Ralph, I’m certain, something disastrous has been awakened”.

Old Ralph did not utter a word of rebuttal. “Let me check for their meaning”.

With the help of his old friend, he raised his ladder again. Following his memory, he slowly navigated through all 15 bookshelves before finally arriving at the section he kept for the ancient Dawn language.

After checking for 2 minutes, he carefully pried the books apart before bringing a book that looked like a dictionary.

He slowly came down, placed the book on his table, put on his glasses, before switching on his special reading magic light. After repeatedly flipping for a minute, he stopped.

His hands slowly traced through the ancient lines before him. “Risveglio- Awakening. Acqua- Water. Transmutazione- Transmutation”.

“Awakening Water Transmutation”.

His eyes widened immediately. Quickly turning his head to face his old friend, they both said the same word with a heavy expression on their faces.

“The 1st Sea King!”

Old Gab took a deep breath. “We need to immediately call a meeting of the council of warriors”.

“Go on, I’ll be there in a moment. Let me tidy this place a bit”.

Old Ralph had a resigned expression on his face as he gently swiped his hand through his receding hairline. “We always knew that it was a matter of time before it was inherited”.

…

3 hours later.

In a large hall that was surrounded by a huge dome-shaped structure that looked like a shield, a large number of individuals sat surrounding a round table. Precisely, there were 24 seats with another one at the head of the round table.

Inside the hall was filled with bright lights illuminating everywhere, and it was dry, but outside was completely submerged in ocean water.

Murmurs continued in the hall as the warriors speculated and discussed the reason for the emergency meeting that was called.

Clang!

All of them stood up as soon as they heard this sound while subconsciously bending their heads a bit in respect.

A dashing woman accompanied by 2 guards entered the hall. She was dressed in formidable warrior clothes adorned with gold on various parts, her hands were covered by golden gauntlets, her boots were also golden.

A golden cape flowed behind her as she walked, and on her head sat a majestic golden crown. It emitted golden waves, clearly revealing its identity as a high-grade magic artifact.

Queen Auralis, the great sovereign of Atlantis.

As soon as she sat down in the seat of honor, she gestured at one of the warriors seated below her. “Prophet Gab, you can begin”.

“Yes, your majesty”.

Not mincing his words, the Prophet who was dressed luxuriously and completely different from the way he looked previously revealed the contents of his prophecy and their meaning.

As soon as he finished his narration and sat down, the queen started rapping the edge of her majestic chair like she was deep in thought.

“Another unique skill…, were you able to decipher the wielder?”

“No, your majesty”.

She turned her head to face the chief commander of her army. “Commander Alex, what is your opinion?”

“The 1st Sea King died to our army just a decade ago, I did not expect its ability to be inherited so quickly. My suggestion is that we strike now while the iron is still hot and sharp”.

“The inheritor is clearly still a juvenile. If we act fast, we have a high chance of assassinating it while it has not matured yet”.

“That is my sincere opinion, your majesty”. He bowed.

The queen immediately gave her verdict. “You have my permission, mobilize the army to assassinate this threat while it is still small”.

She stood up to leave the next moment after giving her verdict. Getting to the door which led outside, she paused. “I want no unexpected complications”.

“Yes, your majesty”.

With a step, she left the hall and entered the water outside. Golden magic power suddenly surrounded her, and she glided through the water away at an unimaginably fast speed.

The meeting finally came to an end.