"According to Illustrious Miss, the divine war at the beginning of the Fifth Epoch was a battle between the Ocean Gods and that Dragon Devouring Demon. No matter what either side left behind, it should be related to dragons and the ocean."
He walked toward the busy pier, stopped at its farthest end, and gazed out at the sea surface:
"Regarding dragons, I only have Red Dragon Force and the gloves. As for the ocean... I have devoured the divinity of the Fishmen's guardian—the Lord of the Scarlet Spiral; the divinity of the controller of ocean storms—the Raging Storm; and the divinity of the First Drowned One—the Lord of the Deep Sea Drowner."
Shade preferred to call them the Three Evil Gods of Coldwater Port. The Cults of those three evil gods had also appeared in the Moon Bay Area, though they were not very common.
Holding the glove, he used Red Dragon Force, then closed his eyes and listened closely. As expected, he heard nothing. He then emptied his mind and tried to feel the ocean before him.
Although Shade had never mastered any power related to the "ocean" apart from Water Surface Walking and Underwater Breathing, perhaps he truly had a talent for it, or perhaps the ocean itself did not reject him. At first, he could hear only the ebb and flow of the tide. Then, the sound of the waves seemed to become pleasant music. All senses except hearing appeared to lose their function, and when Shade's soul gradually forgot even the sounds by his ears, his mind touched the tide before him, and the water accepted his soul.
The divinity of the Ocean Gods had entered the Outlander's soul one after another. A soul stained with the breath of the sea was regarded by the