Chapter 179 Extraordinary Charm
"This is the Olivia I like—"
At this moment, looking at the slender figure standing in the storm on the stage, a clearer image was vividly outlined in Vivian's mind.
Having lost all magic and trapped in Tū Tū, beneath her seemingly fragile appearance lay a deep and sincere heart for her people.
After an hour and a half of plot development in the early stages, not only audience members like Vivian who had seen the original, but also those like Richard-Eva who were seeing song of the ocean for the first time, at this moment, they all vaguely anticipated the direction of the upcoming plot.
While anticipating, it was also mixed with helplessness towards Olivia's predetermined fate.
All kinds of contradictory emotions intertwined, making the vast theater so quiet that only the voices of the opera singers remained—
"Rumble—"
Lightning hissed, and the storm roared.
As the war between the Sea Race and the Human Race gradually entered a heated phase, finally, under the siege of the Rose Kingdom's Mages, Olina, who was almost completely wiped out, directly used a portion of the Life force of all Sea Race members as a sacrificial medium and began to cast the "Ocean Curse" which was enough to turn the tide of the entire battle.
"Olivia, your injuries haven't healed yet! Going out now will only get you torn apart by the magic storm outside!"
"I know, Lilia."
Due to the magic backlash, Olivia, who was saved by Watson, had been recuperating in the Rose Kingdom.
Even though Lilia wanted to escort her away, because of the anti-magic array outside the Rose Kingdom, Olivia, who had been concealing her identity as a human girl, could only temporarily live in seclusion in Lilia's palace and was unable to leave.
Otherwise, once she was discovered by the rulers of the Rose Kingdom, she would inevitably become a pawn to counterbalance the Sea Race, posing a great threat to the Sea Race—
"But now only I can stop the Ocean Curse, and only I can save the lives of all the Sea Race members!"
"Olivia—"
Rumble!
The storm and heavy rain could not stop Olivia's steps. In the pouring rain, Olivia, who had transformed back into her mermaid form, flew into the sky in front of everyone and disappeared into the boundless, gloomy rain curtain.
"Olivia, what are you doing!? You'll die like this!"
At this moment, Watson, who was leading all the kingdom's Mages to desperately maintain the anti-magic array, looked at the slender figure cutting through the rain curtain, and his face, which had been relatively calm, suddenly turned pale.
"Splash—"
The figure gradually disappeared, and the only response to Watson was the heavy rain.
"Splash—"
Behind the rain curtain, Olina, as the main caster of the "Ocean Curse", looked at the ordinary mortals in the Rose Kingdom devastated by the tsunami and the Sea Race members whose Life force was constantly being depleted, and a strong sense of regret
kept sweeping through Olina's heart.
However, in order to find her sister Olivia and to reverse the unfavorable situation of the battle, Olina, as the Queen of the Sea Race, had no room for retreat. "Sister."
Just when Olina was feeling despair, suddenly, a voice she had been longing for day and night, as if in a dream, appeared by her ear.
Looking at the familiar figure that was becoming clearer before her eyes, at this moment, Olina thought she was hallucinating.
"Oli—via?"
"Sister, I'm back."
Rumble—another burst of thunder and lightning struck. Looking at her younger sister who was within reach, while Olina felt surprised, a sense of powerlessness against fate filled Olina's eyes with despair that almost suffocated her.
"Olivia, don't come over. Step behind me, go back to Olisa, and never appear here again..."
Besides sucking a portion of the Life force from the Sea Race members, the Ocean Curse also requires the caster to sacrifice their Life as the price for successful casting—and once the "Ocean Curse" is cast, it is like an arrow shot from a bow, with no possibility of turning back.
But fortunately, before Olina's death, she could still see Olivia. For Olina, who had fought to protect the Sea Race, this was the most comforting thing.
"Sister, I'm not going back. I will stay with you, with the ocean."
"What do you mean—Olivia, stop it right now!"
Holding their breath and staring intently, at this moment, looking at Olivia being enveloped by the endless storm, every audience member below the stage, and even the actors backstage who had finished their parts and had seen the rehearsal several times,
were all staring intently at Olivia, waiting for the emotional climax in the next second.
"La la—la la la—"
"Storm, please heed my call—"
"Tempest, please listen to my plea—"
"All Life has its own laws~~ Bloodied, I offer myself as a sacrifice~~ Ocean, storm, please answer my prayer and protect your most loyal subjects beneath the deep sea—"
The high-pitched singing almost drowned out the storm and heavy rain.
Not far away, besides Olina who was deeply trapped in the Curse, Watson and Lilia, who knew exactly what Olivia was going to do, at this moment, their eyes were about to split, and all their voices seemed to be stuck in their throats, unable to even shout.
"No... no no no no no! Olivia, I command you now, stop immediately!
Olivia, I beg you———stop—"
Listening to the prayer that was almost torn apart by the wind, Olina naturally knew what the other person was doing.
Using the soul as a medium, Life as a sacrifice, reversing time and space, returning everything—at this moment, Olina finally understood why Olivia's magic had suddenly suffered a backlash—
She was clearly prepared long ago, she clearly had already made up her mind to die...
"Olivia! Rumble!
In the heavy rain, Olina's tears fell like rain.
Accompanied by a flash of brilliant blue light, in an instant, the surging seawater seemed to have been cast with a spell of time reversal. Under the stage's ultimate lighting, the weather landscape that was just covered with dark clouds was instantly renewed...—..··
"In the name of Olivia, I shall cast a Protective Curse upon the ocean—any malice towards the ocean shall ultimately sink. Any conspiracy against the Sea Race shall ultimately be Swallowed by the waves—"
"Farewell, ocean."
"Farewell, my dear sister—"
As the last line of the last scene ended, under everyone's gaze, Olivia's figure gradually turned into bubbles refracting colorful light, and as the light rain gradually stopped, she merged into the endless blue sky.
"Ding—【Today's Mission: Complete a perfect performance (Completed);
Mission Reward: Talent Experience 100 points, Skill Experience 500 points, Charm +0.1.】"