Child of Destiny

Chapter 1533 The Sea Giants (Part 1)

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As Shin was collecting the gemstones that were dropped by Gammarus, he suddenly heard a rhythmic clapping coming from behind.

He quickly went on alert mode, especially when he could not sense the presence of someone sneaking behind him. If the other party wanted him dead, then he would most likely been killed by now.

But when he realized that the other party did not plan to harm him, he somewhat relaxed himself, although not daring to lower his guard.

When he had gotten a clearer look at that individual, he realized that it was Falan, who was still emitting his usual powerful aura. From the lack of injuries from the latter's body, Shin could tell that taking down Darya was quite an easy job for this first-seeded candidate.

"Not bad, huh? You are pretty strong for someone who just awakened," commented Falan as he clapped his hands and approached Shin.

He then looked at the corpse of the giant devil lobster, which now looked like a bunch of broken blocks of ice, before adding. "Even for a World Serpent, aren't you too much of a monster?"Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Complete mastery of bloodline powers on top of summoning your Soul Weapon at such a young age – that kind of talent is something that can only be seen from the greatest geniuses of the Oceanic Races."

He then turned at Shin and looked at the latter from head to toe before shaking his head. "You greatly reminded me of someone. The resemblance is too great to ignore."

He then suddenly disappeared and instantly reappeared in front of Shin. He leaned forward to look closer at Shin's face.

He squinted his eyes while rubbing his chin before asking. "You-... Are you also from the first bloodline? A direct descendant of the First Ouroboros."

Shin was unable to respond as he was not quite sure himself. He just took over this body after the system had sent him for this trial, so he was unaware of the background of this avatar that he currently possessed.

After observing Shin for quite a while, Falan suddenly leaned back once again before nodding his head. "I've decided! I will be leaving the gems in your care."

"Eh!?" Shin was taken aback by the sudden declaration and looked at Falan confusedly.

Falan, on the other hand, chuckled as he explained. "There is no need to be confused. As a Warrior and a Watcher of the sea, our races are meant to work together in times like this."

"As you have already seen, some of the Kings of the Seas have betrayed the Sea Palace and sided with the Demons. As a warrior and a watcher, we must protect the seas from these filthy creatures."

"The Destruction Devils and Demonic Abominations are already hard to deal with, so it will be a great disaster if these traitors join the battle as well."

"We will not look for my tribesmen and our kind since we are in a rush, but we will regroup with them once we anyone along the way."

"Remember, your job is to collect the gemstones and protect them from being snatched by those traitors."

"You don't have to worry about how to snatch the gemstones from the other participants since they will naturally reveal themselves once they are gathered in one place."

"The gemstones will be attracted to one another, so all you have to do is collect all of them when the battle starts."

"I will make sure that Octo and Nuguro will not interfere with you, so you can focus on collecting them. Once you are done, you must head to the altar as soon as possible and not let anyone touch the emerald once it is formed."

"We will win the war once you become the champion of the seas and receive the blessing from the gods," Falan explained the plan to Shin as they were heading toward the center of this dimensional realm.

Along the way, they encountered quite a few creatures who were trying to snatch the gems from them. They had also found some of the members of the Devouring Whale Tribe, which joined them immediately after.

But the strange part was they had never encountered a single member of the World Serpent Race, which was quite puzzling.

At first, they disregarded these thoughts as the World Serpents headed straight to the center of this independent realm, trying to take down the traitors together.

Given their overwhelming force when they were together, Octo and Nuguro would have a hard time dealing with it even with the help of their people. After all, a group of World Serpents were a force to be reckoned with.

At least that was what everyone believed until they reached their destination.

They all could not help but halt their tracks when they saw the scene in front of them. Right in front of the altar were mountains of colossal corpses.

Moreover, the majority of these corpses were from the giant serpents with snow-white scales, which were now dyed with a variety of colors from the blood of different sea creatures.

On top of the altar, they could also see some poles where more of the World Serpent Race in their humanoid form were currently hanged.

Shin subconsciously clenched his fists when he saw this scene as his blood boiled in anger. He directed his gaze at the pair of figures standing on top of the altar in the distance who were looking back at them with haughty expressions on their faces.

Falan also felt the same anger as Shin as some of the humanoid figures being hanged in those poles were his tribesmen and friends from other tribes.

These two started emitting an overwhelming pressure that almost suffocated those around them.

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