Two Great Beasts-Correction: Attack on Atlantis
Atlantis, a city for sightseeing on the sea.
"Master Davien, this way please," a waiter said to a silver-haired boy with a blank expression.
The young man walked upright in the middle of the group of dignitaries, and the people around him whispered among themselves.
"Who is this? So young, yet already the head of some family?"
"Oh dear, you don't know this. This Mr. Davien, well, I should say he was incredibly lucky. His father and his other rival sister both died in that great hurricane in South America."
"Really? But for someone so young to be able to support the family business is quite remarkable, isn't it?"
"Who can argue with that? I heard that when Davien first got the news, he was suppressed by other local families, but he fought back against them all."
Davien walked up to the host of the banquet, Nahamah, and bowed slightly. "I have long admired your name, young master Nahamah."
"Oh, you're Lilith's brother?" Nahamah swirled his wine glass gently, saying with a hint of amusement, "You do look quite alike, but... your personalities seem to be completely different."
"Please don't compare me to her," Davien said coldly. "She's too naive."
"Naive?" Nahamah raised an eyebrow. Little brother, have you been fooled by your sister? Lilith is naive? Nahaima's meeting with Lilith a few days ago left a deep impression on Nahamah. After Lilith left, Nahamah kept a close eye on the House Attagina.
He had to admit that, based on his observations, Lilith's acting talent was truly off the charts. If he hadn't seen part of her true self with his own eyes, he probably would have thought that Lilith was a talented and well-bred young lady.
That hurricane in South America...
Even he couldn't find out the details, only that the army had been mobilized in large numbers and all communication between the cities affected by the hurricane and the outside world had been blocked. On his face, he was still worried that the hurricane had caused too much damage.
What bothered him was that when Lilith took her whole family (excluding Davien) on vacation to South America, she sent him a message saying, "I don't need your help anymore, go have fun by yourself."
Why would she send herself such a message? Could it be that she's changed her mind and decided to cherish her family?
He didn't believe it, instinctively he didn't believe it, just as Lilith knew his true nature the moment they met. He knew Lilith was a monster the moment they met. He even had a feeling that he had been led around by Lilith from beginning to end, used and schemed against by her.
Now, let's think about it from an outsider's perspective. Lilith made a deal with him to get his assistance, and the price she paid was to stage a good show to destroy her own family. However, after he provided a lot of help and supported her, she terminated the cooperation in a very casual manner, and he got nothing in return.
So, as the one who lost a fortune in this deal, will he take his anger out on Davien, the only surviving member of the House Attagina?
At the same time, based on the intelligence he had observed in Lilith during their meeting, if she had truly changed and cared about her family, it would be even less likely that she would send him such a message. The arrogant and nonchalant attitude conveyed in that message was practically a direct message for him to personally take action against House Attagina.
"Or is it that she doesn't actually care whether I'll take my anger out on the House Attagina?" Nahamah pondered, looking at Lilith's younger brother. "If I do take my anger out on them, that would just be playing into her hands. If I don't, wouldn't I just be a sucker in her eyes? Ha... this woman... she really knows how to manipulate people. No matter what I do, in the end, it's just her amusement..."
"I know that my sister had a business relationship with you, but now that she is dead, I... if possible, I hope to continue our cooperation in the name of the House Attagina," Davien said.
Nahamah took a sip of red wine, looked at the young man before him, and said casually, "So, what can you offer me? Your sister's condition for cooperating with me was a promise of a good show of sibling rivalry, but I don't seem to have seen a single one. So, don't you have any ideas?"
Davien paused for a moment, then a slight smile appeared on his lips. He looked up at Nahamah and said, "Then I also promise you that I will rule the entire Estonian Peninsula as the ruler. Of course, if I fail, then I can also be a source of arrogance and ridicule for you."
"Oh?" Nahamah smiled. "That's quite interesting. In that case, I might as well give you a chance, but don't disappoint me."
Davien bowed slightly, then took his leave.
Nahamah turned to look at the school of fish swimming outside the window. Atlantis, a tourist city on the sea, is actually nine-tenths of the entire city built below the sea surface. It is the crystallization of the Mu Continent's technology and human art. It is a sea city created entirely out of human technology. While serving as a tourist city, Atlantis is also an important sample collection site for many marine animal research institutes. For many artists, the dreamlike ocean city of Atlantis is also an art city.
The underwater part of Atlantis is also divided into an inner city and an outer city. The inner city is for human activities, while the outer city is used for the cultivation of marine life for viewing and activities such as diving.
Suddenly, a gasp came from the crowd. Nahamah didn't even bother to turn around. He knew from the sound that Eden had arrived. He just glanced at his watch. As a special guest of the banquet, Eden had arrived quite punctually.
This banquet was actually organized by that group of equally bored guys from the Mu Continent to celebrate the first anniversary of the founding of Atlantis. As a world-class superstar and artist, Eden was naturally invited to such a lively event.
Eden also noticed Nahamah, but she only glanced at her before looking away. It wasn't for any other reason than that she and Nahamah had completely different views, both in their past lives and now.
Nahamah's views on art were quite frivolous. He didn't care what form of art it was as long as it pleased him. In his words, "The value of art is to please mankind. Art that cannot please most people has no value."
He scoffed at most of the artists who loved and pursued art throughout human history, believing that they went against the times and that their pursuit of their artistic ideals was utterly ridiculous.
In Nahamah's eyes, the status of artists was similar to that of jesters and clowns who performed in front of kings and nobles in ancient times.
Therefore, Eden and Nahamah have never had a good relationship.
Eden came mainly because he was surprised by the current state of Atlantis. Aponia said that fate would eventually follow its original path, but Eden still believed that fate could be changed, at least...
Atlantis peacefully celebrated its tenth anniversary. In the previous life, the Fourth Law's storm swept across the Americas and the British Isles. While the Fire Moth were focusing their forces on dealing with the Fourth Law, the opposing forces of the Honkai Beast Vayu, who was accompanying the Fourth Law, failed to intercept it, allowing it to attack Atlantis. In the face of the giant waves it unleashed and the massive Honkai Beast, Atlantis was sunk to the depths of the ocean. The situation was extremely urgent, Atlantis had no time to react. In order to prepare for the tenth anniversary celebration, most of Atlantis's manpower and resources were devoted to the preparations, which also caused huge casualties.
After that, humanity once again realized the horror of Honkai, and the power of the Fire Moth was further strengthened.
As the center of human technology, Mu Continent, while assisting the Fire Moth in fighting the Honkai, also independently conducted research on the Honkai, and in some areas, its progress was even higher than that of the Fire Moth. Therefore, before the Ninth Law incident, they believed that their technological level was invincible against any law, Fire Moth also thought that Mu Continent was reliable enough. As for the result...
It sank.
"Although the damage caused by the Fourth Law this time was limited to South America, why do I still feel a vague unease?" Eden frowned slightly in his heart.
Just as Eden was pondering, Veronica suddenly walked up to her and whispered, "Miss Eden, your friend Elysia is here to see you. She's outside right now."
"Elysia?" Eden was taken aback. "What's she doing here?"
With a sense of doubt, Eden said goodbye to the others, leaving Veronica to deal with them, while she walked out of the banquet hall and watched Elysia from outside.
"Hi~ Long time no see, Eden, did you miss me?" Elysia waved to her.
"Of course, seeing you is the happiest thing for me today," Eden said with a smile. "Are you also here for the 10th anniversary celebration of Atlantis?"
Elysia glanced at the banquet hall and said somewhat helplessly, "If I could, I would like to attend, but... I'm only here as an escort for the core of the Fourth Law. If nothing unexpected happens after the handover is completed, then Feng and I should be able to enjoy the Atlantis celebration for a while."
At this point in time, at the strong request of the Mu Continent, the core of the Fourth Law was to be transferred from the Mobius Laboratory to the Mu Continent. Mobius was indifferent to this, since she had already studied all the Law Cores in her previous life. So, Mobius agreed readily. The Mu Continent did not want to push her too hard, so the body of the Fourth Law was still kept in the Mobius Laboratory.
Currently, this core of the law is transiting through Atlantis.
However, Elysia's main reason for being here was not to transport the Law Core, but because the first large-scale Honkai attack that would Honkai without warning in the deep sea, along with the birth of Judgment-class Honkai Beast, would occur. In order to minimize casualties, Elysia accepted this escort mission.
In the previous life, the Judgment-class Honkai Beast born in this Honkai was named Varuna, the one that was fused with Eden. Varuna was, to be precise, Honkai Beast born on the ruins of Atlantis, but it had already been monitored by the Fire Moth before its birth and was killed immediately after its birth.
Although the Honkai 3rd Varuna without warning, Atlantis was already a deep-sea ruin when the Honkai broke out, so there were no casualties. But now it's different; Atlantis is still here.
The Honkai on the seabed. Many Honkai Beast born from this event could not be completely eradicated. After that, the Honkai continued to spread on the seabed, and eventually the entire ocean became the enemy of mankind.
During this period, one Honkai Beast evolved by devouring its own kind, eventually becoming Vishnu, End-of-Law Honkai Beast that was extremely troublesome to humans and caused a large number of casualties.
"We don't know if the Honkai will cause unexpected changes to the world. Defeating the Honkai is by no means easy. Our enemy is not only the Honkai, but also human beings." That's what Mobius said.
Because the massive Honkai of the Varuna was completely unexpected, there was no way to mobilize the relevant personnel to take appropriate measures. Humanity's current monitoring of Honkai Energy is enough to help them predict the occurrence of the Great Honkai, so they are overly confident that they can control the situation.
However, the Great Honkai began to occur without warning, and humanity gradually shifted from an advantage to a disadvantage.
Just as Elysia and Eden were talking, the eyes of Vayu, which had been lurking in the deep sea, lit up. With a violent tremor, Vayu began to rise and head towards Atlantis.
The Fire Moth, having established a temporary base at the location where Vayu was hiding, immediately detected Vayu's movements.
"The Vayu have begun their operation, and their target... seems to be Atlantis?! Even with its core isolated from Honkai Energy the Fourth Law still maintain contact with Honkai Beast? Quickly notify the security forces of the Ministry, Mu Continent, and Atlantis!"
News of Vayu attack was immediately relayed to the Fire Moth, who promptly dispatched troops to Vayu the Fire Moth. The Mu Continent also made immediate preparations for battle.
As for why the Vayu didn't take action against the Flame when it was in the deep sea, the reason is quite simple: ordinary weapons cannot kill Judgment-class Honkai Beast, and weapons that can damage them are not applicable at the bottom of the sea. If nuclear weapons were used, the resulting marine pollution would be immeasurable. Therefore, the Fire Moth's attitude towards the Vayu was to closely monitor it.
Just like Ugar, who has been wandering in outer orbit and occasionally circles the moon, Fire Moth currently has no way to kill Ugar in space, especially given that Ugar's special abilities are too outrageous. Therefore, it is keeping a close watch on Uga.
Atlantis accepted the suggestion from the Fire Moth to evacuate the city's inhabitants, but Atlantis's decision-makers did not care about this. On the one hand, Atlantis currently has a large number of people in its city and cannot evacuate them in a short time. On the other hand, there is still an hour before Vayu arrives in Atlantis, which is enough time for the Mu Continent to send support troops to intercept Vayu.
"Atlantis doesn't need to end this long-planned celebration for the sake of a possibility!" he said.
Since Atlantis actually belongs to the Mu Continent, the Fire Moth was ultimately just offering advice; whether or not to listen was up to the other party. Furthermore, the Fire Moth had absolute confidence in this Vayu, as the opponent only had one Judgment-class Honkai Beast and no other lower-level Honkai Beast, making interception easier. Offering this advice was merely a precaution to absolve herself of responsibility in case of unforeseen circumstances; even if it was just polite talk, it still had to be said.
While the Mu Continent's army was intercepting Vayu, in the deep sea at the bottom of Atlantis, the eyes of another Honkai Beast lit up.