Diana woke up from her sleep again and finally came to her senses. She complained a little: Bruce's medicine was a bit too strong, it could even knock out someone like her, a demigod. She really didn't know under what circumstances such painkillers would be necessary.
After she woke up, she recalled what Bruce had said to her, and couldn't help but slap her forehead — she was really foolish, in the end, she was dreaming one sentence after another without any logic, no wonder Bruce wanted her to sleep for a while.
Her outrageous performance in reasoning made Diana a bit embarrassed to find Bruce again. So she went to find her mother. The Queen was looking at a sea chart; when she saw Diana coming over, she looked at her shoulder with some concern. Diana said, "I'm fine, Mother. I just called a friend, he said Orm's hurry to attack Amazon is not entirely because we have cold iron."
The mother and daughter sat down together. Diana held a cup of juice, drinking as she spoke, "He suddenly changed tactics, probably because he learned about the actions of his competitors. But the strange thing is, how did he come to know the plans of his competitors?"
The Queen seemed to have some guesses, but couldn't be sure, she just said, "There's probably more to this matter. The most important thing is to first repel this madman and protect Amazon."
Diana moved her shoulder, looked at the wound that was no longer bleeding, and the movement wasn't too painful. She said, "I will go protect the route first."
The Queen nodded, so Diana set off. She quickly flew to the scene of the incident at the cargo ship, which was completely sunk. Diana closed her eyes in pain.
But she quickly locked onto the position of the sea monster in the ocean. This time she did not dive into the water but flew directly in the sky, observing the movements of the sea monsters. Soon a cargo ship came over, and the sea monsters underneath indeed started moving. They wanted to attack the ship from below, and Diana flew directly to the side of the ship, took a deep breath, and slowly lifted the ship up.
Although this would also cause the sailors inside to fall, the tilting speed was relatively slow, giving them time to react, and even if injured, it's still better than being eaten by sea monsters.
She thus escorted a cargo ship all the way to the port. But when she went back again, two more cargo ships were attacked.
Another cargo ship had Amazon warriors onboard. They fought well, but the sea monsters sank the ship first, leaving the warriors with no place to stand, forcing them to battle in the sea.
Although Amazon warriors were brave, they were not of the ocean race; they couldn't fight for long without coming up for air, and if they couldn't catch a breath, they would suffocate. Diana, despite being wounded, kept diving in and out of the water, but still watched helplessly as one sister was pierced in the abdomen by a sea monster's sharp tail.
She rushed to scoop the sister up. Then another sister was sunk. She sent the injured one to the surface to breathe, then went to rescue the one knocked down.
However, during this time, more were injured, and once injured, it became difficult to surface. Some struggled downward, only to be dragged down. Diana felt both shocked and furious, desperately swimming back and forth in the water but still couldn't prevent some from sacrificing themselves.
With a "thud," she flew out of the water. Seeing the sea water stained red with blood, Diana clenched her fists tightly: "Atlantis!!!"
She took several deep breaths, urging herself to calm down: this is not so simple. However, the casualties of the war made her inevitably recall the experiences of rescuing people in the trenches back then.
Why? Why provoke war? Why create meaningless casualties? Why exhaust all strength to destroy others?
Once she thought it was because humans were too belligerent, or they were too young. But now, the struggle among ancient relic clans showed her the truth of war. One does not need any special reason to kill others; the essence of intelligent life is bloodthirsty, is brutal; the essence of civilization is mutual harm, is mutual slaughter.
Diana took a deep breath and plunged back into the water. She let out a silent roar underwater, divine power surged and directly shook away all the sea monsters. She stirred up a violent whirlpool in the sea, sending all the injured and corpses to the surface, and then transported them to the mainland.
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Arthur and Mera soon found the place of oblivion where the golden trident was located. But here a giant sea monster guarded it. They struggled for a long time before finally subduing the sea monster.
Arthur approached the throne in front of him. He already saw the golden trident, it exuded an extremely powerful force, as if all the seas were boiling for it.
When he reached out his hand, trying to take the trident, he thought about many things. He understood that once he took this weapon, it would be more than just defeating Orm. He would become the new king of Atlantis, responsible for all the sea clans, and this would be his lifelong career.
He originally thought Mera would urge him, but soon he heard footsteps behind him. Mera stood behind him and said, "This is not just for the sea clan, Arthur. For many years, human industrial development has threatened the living environment of the sea clans with the marine garbage they create. The conflict has been intensified to almost irreconcilable levels; otherwise, Orm wouldn't have the idea of waging war on the mainland."