Of course, jumping in the air from the water was impossible, but Zach couldn’t even move his body. It was as though the water had turned solid.
Suddenly, a small hole appeared in the middle of the sea, and the water slowly started getting sucked into it. The more water the hole sucked, the bigger the hole became.
The players who were near the hole were also sucked into it. Eventually, it sucked all the players in, and only Zach, Aria, and Aurora were left.
“I am scared!” Aurora closed her eyes and hugged Zach as tight as she could.
Zach was trying his best to move, but he couldn’t. He also tried to control the water around him using his gloves’ ability, but it didn’t work even though it worked a while ago.
Aria looked at Zach and held his hand but didn’t say anything.
‘Great…’
Zach watched as the blue hole sucked them into the water.
When Zach glanced around, he saw other players struggling to breathe. He looked at Aria, and she was perfectly fine, but Aurora wasn’t.
Zach held Aurora’s face in his hands and stared into her eyes.
The air bubbles left Aurora’s mouth as she ran out of the oxygen in her body.
Zach pulled her face closer and kissed her on the lips to provide her oxygen.
Zach had mastered breathing techniques which he used to control his body in battles. He could easily hold his breath for 5 minutes, but he had to kiss Aurora every 30 seconds to give her his oxygen. And due to that, his body also ran out of oxygen.
But, he wasn’t struggling, nor was he worried about himself; he was worried about Aurora, who was trying her best to breathe slowly.
Zach glanced around to see many players had already died.
Aurora tapped on Zach’s shoulders and gestured that she couldn’t hold her breath anymore. However, Zach himself didn’t have any oxygen left in his body.
Zach looked at Aria and found her staring back at him.
‘I have no other choice…’
Zach moved his face close to Aria and kissed her on the lips. Aria was surprised and shocked, but she knew the reason why Zach did that. She kissed him back and passed some oxygen to Zach. However, she felt guilty when she noticed the dejected look on Aurora’s face.
Then, Zach turned to Aurora and kissed her until he ran out of oxygen again.
Aria raised her hand and gestured that she was out of oxygen too.
Zach clenched his fists and hugged Aurora in his arms, hoping the water would disappear soon, and it did.
Everyone fell down to the ground with a loud thud, but Zach and Aria landed on their feet.
“What is this place…?” Aria muttered as she glanced around.
They were standing in an underwater arena, where hundreds of sea creatures were standing and sitting, watching in the arena. They all were in a humanoid form, but some of their body parts were still of the sea creatures.
In the middle of the arena, there was a skene at the highest point, where a man was sitting on his throne, and dozens of guards were around him.
“Whalecum to the realm of the sea, Atlantis,” the man asserted in a loud voice that echoed in the entire arena. “My name is Aquitius the seventh, and I am the king of this kingdom.”
Even though it left a great impact on everyone, Zach paid no attention to the sea king or anyone.
When he looked at Aurora, he noticed her eyes were closed, and she wasn’t moving.
Zach placed her on the ground and shook her while calling her name: “Aurora. Aurora!”
Zach kissed her on the lips and pressed his hand on her chest.
COUGH! COUGH!
Aurora coughed out water as she opened her eyes and looked at Zach with teary eyes.
Zach sighed in relief and hugged her before kissing her.
“Are you okay?” he asked with an anxious and concerned look on his face.
“Umu…”
Zach frowned at Aquitius and glared into his eyes. And Aquitius did the same.
“Don’t you dare glare at me, boy,” he said in a raspy voice.
Zach let go of Aurora and helped her stand up.
“I will be right back,” he said to her and disappeared from everyone’s sight.
The next time he was seen at the skene, with a lightning sword in his hand that was touching Aquitius neck.
Zach could have severed Aquitius’ head if he wasn’t stopped by his guards.
Aquitius looked at the sword in Zach’s hand, then looked into Zach’s eyes for a while.
‘I see… so he is…’ Aquitius’ eyes widened in surprise as he muttered, “Get back.”
Zach frowned even more and uttered, “I will kill you.”
Aquitius gazed at his guards and said, “Get back.”
“But—” A guard tried to speak, but Aquitius’ one gaze stopped him.
All the guards stepped back, leaving Aquitius totally defenseless.
“If you kill me, then you won’t be able to go back to the surface,” Aquitius uttered in a calm voice.
Zach glared at Aquitius for a while and jumped back into the area where other players were standing with Aria and Aurora.
There were a total of 81 players, including Zach, Aurora, and Aria. However, 30 of them had already died in the blue hole.
“What is this place?” Zach asked in a loud voice.
“As I said, this is the realm of the sea—”
Before Aquitius could answer Zach’s question, Zach asked another question.
“Why are we here?”
“You triggered the secret event,” Aquitius replied.
“What type of event?”
“This sea realm has three kingdoms. One is Atlantis— the one you are currently standing on. The second is Xavier, and the third is Ribel,” Aquitius asserted.
“The other two kingdoms are ruled by Aquitius the fifth and Aquitius that sixth. They are my brothers,” he added.
“Are you also transported here from your own world?” Zach asked.
“Not exactly.” Aquitius took a deep breath and replied, “The gods came to us. They offered us a new world, so we agreed.”
“Now, let me tell you about the event.” Aquitius stood up from his throne and conjured a trident in his hand. He tapped the trident on the ground, and a scroll appeared above the arena.
“This scroll is our heirloom which was passed on to us by our ancestors. It contains a powerful magic spell based on the water attribute.”
“Great then…” Zach beckoned Aquitius and said, “Give it to me.”
Aquitius raised his brows in amusement and asked, “Tell me one reason as to why I should give you my family heirloom?”
Zach conjured a lightning trident similar to the one Aquitius was holding and tapped it on the ground as he said, “Tell me one reason as to why you shouldn’t give it to me.”
“No one has dared to open the scrolls for decades. Even my stupid brothers can’t dare to open it. Nor have we allowed anyone to go near it, let alone touch it.” Aquitius frowned his face and continued, “If we can’t give it to our people, why would we give it to an outsider?”
Aquitius tapped his trident on the floor and said, “Now tell me your reasoning.”
Zach mocked Aquitius by imitating him and said, “If you give it to me nicely, then I will spare yours and your kingdom’s life.”
“Hah!” Aquitius laughed out loud and said, “Killing me or my kingdom won’t get you back to the surface.”
“Then how can we go to the surface?” a player asked with a curious look on his face.
Aquitius smirked and said, “Only the spell in the scroll can get you to the surface.”
“Then how do we get the scroll? Another player asked.
“That’s the wrong question.” Aquitius once again tapped his trident on the ground and asserted, “The correct question is— What do we have to do to get the scroll.”
“What do we have to do to get the scroll?” yet another player asked.
After a brief silence, Aquitius gazed at Zach and uttered, “The scroll is protected by three seals. And only my brothers and I can undo the seal.”
“Just get to the point already!” Zach broke his silence and said, “What do we have to do to get you and your brothers to undo the seals?!”
“A simple task,” Aquitius responded in a calm voice.
Zach knitted his brows and asked, “What task?”
Aquitius stared at Zach for a while and sighed before saying, “Argh! What in the fuck am I doing?”
“….” Everyone present there stared at Aquitius in confusion.
“I am not cut out for this shit.” Aquitius sat back on his throne and said, “Just go to the other two kings and complete the tasks they give you. I will undo the seal on my part once their tasks are finished.”
“However!” Aquitius suddenly shouted. “Those two tasks should be completed by the same person. Otherwise, I won’t undo the seal on my part.”
Aquitius gazed at all the players and shrugged his shoulders before saying, “First come, first serve, bitches!”
‘His personality went from 0 to 180, and now it’s minus 180.’ Zach thought to himself.
“You all can come to my palace, eat, rest, and do whatever you want. You are very, very whalecum there. But remember, the clock is ticking. Tick Tock, motherfuckers!”
All the players, including Zach, Aurora, and Aria, went to the palace to prepare to leave for the other kingdoms.
Aquitius looked at the dead bodies of the players in the arena and said, “Feed these bodies to the draught fishes. It would work as a fuel for the players to travel to the next kingdoms.”
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Total players in the game 404129.
0 new players logged in.
63 players died.
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Author’s Note- Let’s celebrate the 100th chapter of this series together!
Thanks, @Atrax, for the gift!