You've Grown Up So Much I Barely Recognize You

Outside the cave, a Trench Dweller monster lurked as it crept toward the entrance. Its entire body was rigid and pale, like dried bones. Looking closely, it really was a Trench Dweller skeleton.

The newcomer was Queen Atlanna. She wore armor fashioned from the corpse of a Trench Dweller monster, wrapped tightly from head to toe.

With her extraordinary senses, Atlanna keenly detected that strangers had arrived on the island—three of them. Two were Atlanteans, while the other... might have been a surface dweller.

Having not seen another living person for twenty years, it was impossible not to feel excited. After all, loneliness could drive people mad. But Atlanna did not dare approach, because she knew very well why outsiders had come to the island.

They were searching for the Trident!

Anyone capable of crossing the Trench Dwellers' territory and successfully entering this "hidden sea at the Earth's core" possessed unquestionable strength and luck.

With all three appearing at once, luck became far less of a factor. That could only mean that all three were extremely powerful.

In other words, she could not afford to provoke any of them. So she chose to observe quietly first, confirm their identities, and pray they were not enemies.

Just as Atlanna calmly considered the situation, hiding carefully and slowly drawing closer, a stream of water shot out of the cave at tremendous speed. Before she could react, it wrapped around her waist and dragged her inside.

In the blink of an eye, three people appeared before Atlanna: a male human from the surface, a red-haired Atlantean woman, and... a new breed of Atlantean man.

Russell was automatically ignored by Atlanna. Mera's long red hair made Atlanna assume she was from the Kingdom of ZeBell. As for Arthur, he gave her an inexplicable sense