By evening, the guards sent to the Deep Sea Canyon in the north had returned with important news.
"Brother Lin! We found signs that someone had harvested Poison Algae in the Deep Sea Canyon, and we also found a guard corps badge with the character for black engraved on it!"
Lin Taichu immediately rose to his feet. "It's Ahei's badge! He really did go there!"
Aron was equally shocked. "It was really him? Why would he do this?"
Just then, another guard rushed inside. "Your Majesty! Big Brother Lin! We found Ahei! He's at his home—he's already killed himself!"
Everyone froze. Lin Taichu quickly said, "Take me there!"
They rushed to Ahei's home. It was a tiny, sparsely furnished house. Ahei lay on the floor with a Short Blade buried in his chest, no longer breathing.
A bag lay beside him, containing serrated tools, several poisoned needles, and some black powder—the exact same kind found in the coral forest.
Lin Taichu crouched down to inspect Ahei's corpse and discovered that he was tightly clutching a note in his hand.
He carefully removed and unfolded it. Written in Atlantis script were the words: "The seal has been broken. The demonic beasts will emerge. Atlantis is doomed. I merely let the clan members learn fear in advance."
The King looked at the note, trembling with rage. "Utter nonsense! The seal has already stabilized, yet he harmed his own clan members over something like this!"
But Lin Taichu felt something was wrong. Looking at Ahei's body, he saw that Ahei's eyes were wide open and his face held a trace of terror. He did not look like someone who had committed suicide.
Moreover, the wound in Ahei's chest was extremely deep and came from a strange angle. It would have been difficult to