[Gudis was shrouded in flames.]

[However, Meria and Beiard were captivated by the scene before them.]

[Three girls and a horse jumped down from the body of the sea beast Engreem, drawing the attention of all around.]

["Wow! Xia Lulu! Your gadget is truly amazing." Alice took a deep breath, feeling no sensation of drowning. With the help of the Fishman's Tear, she could freely breathe underwater.]

[Ding! You have acquired the Equipment Spell Card: Fishman's Tear]

[Alice turned her head to check on Engreem's condition. Throughout the journey, she had been urgently warning Engreem with pressing words that it was going to be burned alive by the fire on its back and needed to speed up, it had to speed up.]

[Towards the final stretch, Engreem had already lost speed.]

[In Alice's estimation, this impact shouldn't be small; she wondered if it would be enough to incapacitate the giant beast.]

["Holy crap, such a big body but such a small courage?" Alice couldn't help but quip as she saw the completely unconscious Engreem.]

[She never expected Engreem would pass out from fright.]

[Even more unexpected was that Engreem had taken her words completely at face value.]

That's because you underestimated the significance of twilight.

Just look at this burning temple.

Temples are usually enveloped by the divine realm of the gods.

To ordinary people, lighting up the divine realm seems simple, surely burning oneself to death would be easy as well.

Who would have thought the arsonist was just a sixth-tier kid?

["Xia Lulu?" Meria cried out in surprise, recognizing her sister, "Why have you returned?"]

[When her subordinates reported the disappearance of Princess Xia Lulu to her, she was very worried, but at this moment, she would rather Xia Lulu remain missing, as Gudis was about to face a nightmare.]

["Sister! Watch out for Beiard! He's planning a rebellion!" Xia Lulu shouted urgently.]

[Beiard glanced at the soldiers around and then at the besieged palace: "You're a bit late with your warning, Princess Xia Lulu."]

["Damn it! You deceived me into searching for a hero to defeat the Evil Dragon at the coast, just so you could get rid of me and seize the opportunity to start a rebellion! You're despicable, Beiard!" Xia Lulu pointed at Beiard's nose, vehemently accusing him.]

["Uh..." Beiard touched his nose: "You seem to overestimate yourself, Your Highness. I just didn't expect you to be so foolish as to run to the coast because of one word from me."]

[Saying this, Beiard glanced warily at the burning Sea God Temple, then at Anna.]

["It seems, Princess, you've brought someone quite remarkable," Beiard said coldly, "Humans, this matter isn't something you should meddle in, so leave quickly."]

["Ah... if I said I was just passing by, would you believe me?" Alice said, blinking cutely.]

[Beiard's soldiers unsheathed their weapons.]

["Tch." Alice pouted.]

[Alice didn't expect that a simple sea trip would embroil her in the major event of the Sea God's descent.]

[Initially, she just wanted to accompany Xia Lulu to see who was spreading Qishala sister's infamous reputation, to use this information to win Qishala sister's favor later.]

[Why did it turn out like this?]

If you didn't want to stir up trouble, you should have halted at the mention of Engreem.

After hearing it, you still went ahead, and drove Engreem over, clearly intending to stir up trouble, right?

Shen Sui's mouth twitched slightly.

["Stop deceiving yourself." You said in a neutral tone in Alice's ear, "If you really just wanted to gather intelligence, there was no need to approach knowing the Sea God's descent was about to occur."]

["Ugh..." Alice was at a loss for words.]

["Alright, when the Sea God descends, I'll clean up your mess." You coughed twice, as if recovering from a serious illness, "I wonder when this old body of mine will fully recover."]

["Do you have the confidence to defeat the Sea God, Claude?" Alice asked cautiously.]

["We'll see." You said, "If it's just scaring them off, it won't be an issue."]

Actually, directly killing it wouldn't be an issue either.

That's the art of conversation.

Shen Sui mentioning it this way made Alice think he wasn't confident.

No choice, to make the young girl stop relying on him, Shen Sui had to feign weakness.

It always felt like he was pretending to be like one of those super-rich people who feigned poverty to teach their children.

[Alice surveyed the surroundings, giving a signal to Anna with her eyes.]

[Though underwater, Anna couldn't exert her full power, she remained the strongest present, even with those limitations.]

[To prevent Claude from being injured again, Alice decided to snuff out the threat in its infancy.]

[In the next moment, Anna took action.]

[Alice made the decision very swiftly.]

[But she remained too young.]

[Upon seeing them descend from Engreem, Beiard had already prepared.]

[Anna's attack proceeded towards him without hindrance. Yet, he didn't dodge in the slightest.]

[Evil pierced his chest.]

[Dark power consumed his flesh.]

[Anna immediately sensed something off because she couldn't detect any resistance from him, as if he deliberately stood there, inviting death.]

[At that moment, a mysterious force suddenly repelled Anna.]

[The sea began to tremble.]

[A blue pillar of light burst from beneath Gudis, illuminating the entire sea.]

["You!" Anna was shocked as she looked at Beiard.]

[Though pierced by the power of evil, irrevocably dooming his life, his face was filled with ecstasy.]

[The Sea God would descend upon the world because of his sacrifice!]

[The sea would become mighty once more!]

[For that goal, sacrificing his own life didn't matter at all.]

[Realizing Anna's power surpassed his, Beiard made the decision to use himself as bait to attract everyone's attention.]

[He undoubtedly succeeded.]

[The awakening ceremony had been initiated.]

[No one could prevent the Sea God's descent.]

Shen Sui yawned as he switched perspectives, watching it unfold.

["The Sea God's about to descend on that side, do you plan to intervene, Qishala?" you asked Qishala.]

Because of deliberately feigning weakness, Shen Sui felt it would be inappropriate to make a move this time.

Though Qishala was only at the 14th-tier, having trained her, it's fine against ordinary gods; unless it's a Main God, she'd invariably win. Hence, he planned to have Qishala make a move.

["Let's wait." Qishala said, "Let Alice experience the divine power for future preparations."]

["Alice is only at the sixth-tier." You reminded.]

["It's because she's only at the sixth-tier, preparations must begin early." Qishala replied, "This child can't live under our protection forever."]

Hmpf!

That's the logic indeed.

But....

This is no different from signing up a six-year-old for college entrance exam prep classes!

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