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Chapter 405 Mother and Son (Please subscribe, read, vote and comment)
"If I'm not mistaken, Vicco is now kneeling in front of Atlanna, crying and telling her how much he and Atlantis miss the queen."

Martin was a step slower than Arthur. The two of them walked in the jungle of the island, seeming to be at ease. The harsh natural environment around them did not have any effect on them.

"I know you like to be sarcastic, but Vico is my teacher after all. Can't you be more lenient?"

Arthur did not refute Martin's words, but only protested against his attitude.

Martin swung his knife to cut off the surrounding plants and said calmly, "I don't have any opinion on Vico and your mother, but I want to tell you that people like Vico don't actually have any firm stance, and can't even see the future clearly. They can only find a little comfort in the glory of the past."

"If I'm not mistaken, what you implied is that I should abandon Vico and the others at the appropriate time?"

Arthur's brows were furrowed, this action was too extreme for anyone.

"Of course not. What I mean is that no matter what you do, some things are destined to slip away from you, so you have to look at the long term and prepare for what may come."

As Orm approaches Atlanna, the conflicts in this complex family will erupt completely, and Arthur must face the final consequences.

Martin told him this in advance just to give him a heads-up.

"thanks for your reminder!"

Arthur's pace slowed down. He couldn't help but look back and said, "I'm beginning to regret leaving immediately. Maybe I should have stayed. It's better for me to fight with Orm than for Orm to attack my mother."

Martin shook his head, smiled and asked, "Are you going to stay in Atlantis forever?"

"of course not."

"Then stop talking nonsense, unless you can be cruel enough to kill him here. Otherwise, the conflict between Orm and Atlanna will erupt sooner or later, and in a worse way. You are familiar with history and should know what people will do to fight for power."

Killing one's own mother is nothing, but there are also many emperors who treat their sons like dogs and have been doing this for decades.

"Viko is still wary of Om. Even if Om wants to take action, the chances of success are not very high. If you really want to save your mother, continue to implement our plan and make Om more wary of you than your mother."

Martin analyzed everything in an orderly manner. The road to the Trident of Aquaman is not short, and talking about these possible things is also a kind of entertainment.

"It's none of my business, so it's easy for you to say that. But she's my biological mother. We haven't seen each other for more than 30 years. It's hard to stay rational when we finally meet."

Arthur was very distressed and began to miss the past days.

"If you don't think about various plans ruthlessly now and then rush into it when things happen, it will only make things worse."

Martin didn't mind taking Arthur's place for a while to help him through this adjustment period.

The problem is that he cannot settle down and is always on the road of change. He can only provide guidance but finds it difficult to give them long-term and stable support.

"I really don't want to admit it, but you do have a point."

Arthur drooped his face, and the word "depression" was written all over his body.

The Trident of Poseidon, which Orm wanted so badly to find, was meaningless to Arthur.

He had no intention of inheriting the Atlantean Empire, and the history and authority of the Trident did not exist for him.

The original King of Atlantis who created the Trident used it as an amplifier to amplify its effect on his life force, but Arthur is now beyond the point where he needs to rely on props to expand his abilities.

Martin smiled slightly, patted his shoulder, and told him not to think too much and to hurry up and get the trident. Then Orm had no time to deal with Atlanna anymore.

Arthur immediately quickened his pace, and the two of them quickly passed through the jungle on the island and came to the center of the island. Suddenly, they saw a wasteland with a big hole in the middle. The sea water was pouring up through the hole, and it was so dark that they couldn't see what was inside.

Although Martin didn't have Arthur's sensing ability, he took one look and said, "This cave is just an ordinary underwater tunnel, and the water inside is just ordinary sea water. Although there is no danger, do you need me to go with you?"

"Of course."

Arthur nodded repeatedly. "Let's finish this crap quickly! This kind of family relationship is really meaningless. Even if Orm is killed, what will happen? It would be more meaningful for me to work for the Justice League for an hour."

"At least after that one hour has passed by me, I can show a young person the way forward. But what can I gain in this place?"

Arthur looked at the dark sea and felt like he was looking into an eye, but he did not feel any fear of staring into the abyss.

"You are right. Some things are destined to be abandoned. I cannot put the seabed at risk of war just for my personal feelings."

After saying that, Arthur regained his determination as the King of the Sea and jumped directly into the sea.

"Shouldn't I be the one saying this?"

Martin saw that Arthur had finally gotten rid of his anxious state, muttered something to himself, and then jumped in.

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"Your Majesty, I never thought that I would be able to see you again in my lifetime!"

Vico knelt on one knee and bowed to Atlanna who came out of the tree house.

"It's my fault that all this happened. As a royal attendant, I should have been more careful and kept the Royal Guards under my control. Then you wouldn't have been exiled, and this wouldn't have happened..."

"No, no, no, these things are in the past, we don't need to mention them anymore."

Decades of exile did not change the queen's attitude. Although she was wearing camouflage armor made from the shells of the Trench Tribe, her beautiful face, long platinum hair, and tall figure had not changed at all, and she still had the demeanor of a queen.

Although the life span of the Atlanteans was not as exaggerated as that of the Amazons, Atlanna was still in her youth, and even Vico, who had served three kings, was still a middle-aged man.

"Viko, I never thought that I would be able to see you again one day."

Seeing her old friend again, Atlanna had a complicated expression, but she still smiled and helped the teacher up from the ground.

"You did a great job. I've just met Arthur. Although the kid is a little extreme, he is very capable."

Speaking of her eldest son, Atlanna had mixed feelings.

Her union with Tom was not a temporary impulse of a little girl to rebel against her father.

It was because of that ordinary tower keeper, through his own actions, that the princess under the sea saw another way of life, a way of life full of hope that did not require her to plunder other people's lives in various ways.

In order to have this hope, she gave up the seemingly more superior life of wealth and glory in the sea and chose to live her life with the people on land.

Even though she had to return to the bottom of the sea later, Atlanna wanted to bring this hope to the people in the bottom of the sea, so she made so many reforms and finally sent herself to this place.

"Arthur, he is here!"

When Vico talked about this, he was also sad: "Arthur is my greatest pride in my life. He is the best student I have ever taught. From character to ability, he can be called outstanding. Such a person should have been the king who led Atlantis into the future, but now Arthur is completely disappointed with Atlantis and completely stands on the side of the land people."

"Tom is a good man, even though he is incompetent in the eyes of the Atlanteans. But I believe that no one can be a better father than him. Plus, after what happened to me, it's normal for Arthur to have such an attitude."

Just as Martin guessed, Atlanna's attitude towards this matter was to make a neutral judgment and then slightly lean towards Arthur.

"Excuse me, but your tolerance may not be forgiven by the people."

Vico knew the situation in Atlantis better, and now the people might not accept a king who took a neutral stance.

Atlanna looked at the head attendant who was beginning to show signs of aging, and examined his condition. "Arthur just said these things. Although they are just some small details of his plan, I can guess what the current situation of Atlantis is."

"Plan? What shameless and vicious plot have Arthur and his friends on land planned for the seabed?"

A sharp and vicious voice suddenly interrupted the conversation, changing the harmonious reminiscence.

Om strode over with a group of soldiers. He walked with great vigor and looked at his mother whom he had not seen for a long time. There was no reaction in his only remaining eye, as if he was looking at a stranger.

"Mother, I never thought you were still alive. It seems that even the Trench Clan dare not offend the majesty of the Atlantis royal family."

Atlanna did not recognize her youngest son because he had changed so much, especially the deliberately terrifying prosthetic limbs on his body.

It was not until he spoke that Atlanna realized that her youngest son had become disabled. "Om, your body?"

"How is it? Do I look like a monster now? I don't look like your son at all?"

Om's face turned grim and his one eye began to turn red.

He raised his prosthetic limb and growled, "This is all the fault of your bastard son. He made me a crippled person and destroyed the future of Atlantis becoming an empire again.

Now, he wants to compete with me for the Trident of the Sea King. I really don’t know what’s wrong with your brain. You are so despicable as to sleep with a land man! "

"enough!"

Atlanna was furious. With a roar, the moisture in the air gathered with her anger and instantly formed waves, pushing all the ordinary soldiers out.

"I hit you right in the gut, and you're so angry! If you still have any dignity as a king, you should commit suicide to avoid bringing shame to Atlantis."

Orm thrust the trident into the ground, ruthlessly humiliating his mother.

The excitement that Atlanna felt about reuniting with her youngest son disappeared, leaving only anger and disappointment.

She couldn't find any memory of Om. The cute little boy didn't leave any trace on Om.

"Tom is the only love of my life and my true husband. No matter when and where, I will admit this openly. As for your father, he is a shameless villain who used my father's will and mutiny to threaten me to marry him.

Even so, my feelings towards you and Arthur are the same. I stayed with you until your father exiled me, but I never met Arthur, and I never even thought of letting him know about the existence of Atlantis. "

"Shameless, how dare you blame all this on my father. He was the one who saved Atlantis."

Orm swung his trident in anger, tearing through the oncoming water and rushing straight towards Atlanna, as if he was going to kill her.

"His Majesty!"

Vico shouted a respectful title, drew the two swords on his back, and stood in front of Atlanna without hesitation.

"Traitors, you are all traitors!"

Such a scene stimulated Om further, causing him to increase his speed. The air around his body was torn apart, generating a huge air wave that crushed the surrounding plants.

Atlanna frowned slightly, leaped over Vico, and swung two water whips in the air, hitting Om's head.

Om stopped suddenly, turned the trident with both hands, used the sharp blade on the top to cut off the water flow towards him, and then swung the trident upwards, releasing three energy waves, hitting Atlanna who was falling.

With the cover of energy fluctuations, he also quickly stepped forward, stabbed out the trident fiercely, and shot out a series of afterimages.

"What a bad boy!"

Atlanna thought of the reminder Arthur had just given her.

At that time, she blamed Arthur for being an unqualified brother who was so suspicious of his younger brother.

"Now it seems that I have completely wronged Arthur. Orm was really taught by his father to be a tyrant."

Atlanna thought so in her heart, and she closed her arms. Two water whips wrapped her up like a whirlpool, and she quickly fell to the ground, avoiding the energy waves shot by Om.

As the trident was about to strike, two water javelins made of pure water suddenly pierced out from the whirlpool and pierced into the gap at the top of the trident.

Atlanna's legs seemed to be rooted in the ground, and she exerted force with her arms, twisting the trident downwards little by little.

There was a gleam of surprise and doubt in Om's eyes. He had never expected that the loving mother in his impression could have such strong power.

Even though Orm showed no mercy, the trident in his hand still shifted downwards a little bit.

He clenched his teeth, held the air in his lungs, suddenly changed the direction of his force, and pushed forward fiercely.

Atlanna took advantage of the situation, dispersed the water blade in her hand, jumped high, and kicked Orm in the back.

Although this kick did not cause any damage, it caused Om to lose balance. He fell to the ground and rolled a long distance, covered in leaves, looking even more embarrassed.

"Come again!"

Orm roared and stood up, his eyes fixed on Atlanna, wanting to fight again.

But Atlanna lost interest in fighting him, or rather, she had never intended to do so from the beginning.

"The Trident of the Sea King is in the center of this island, and Arthur has already gone there. If you want to compete with him, then go ahead and see who of you can snatch the thing from the monster guarding the trident."

Although Atlanna was disappointed with Orm's behavior, she still did not give up the plan to save her youngest son. She did not want him to fight with Arthur and finally kill each other.

"In this competition, I will not favor either of you two brothers. Whoever loses will withdraw from this power struggle."

"Humph!"

Orm did not respond to Atlanna's words, but turned and left, and by the way, he also mobilized all the soldiers present with the order of the King of Atlantis.

Thanks to Atlanna, the soldiers were pushed out by the waves before they heard Orm insult his mother, so they had no idea what was happening and just followed the king out of habit.

"Excuse me, Your Majesty! No matter how you mediate, it will not change the outcome. Orm will definitely not accept it, and Arthur has his own ideas."

Vico expressed his opinion.

Atlanna's momentum also weakened a bit, and she said helplessly: "I also know that this is not just a conflict between the two brothers. But as a mother, how can I watch my two sons kill each other?"

"Let's go and see who can take the trident from that hand."

Atlanna did not interrupt this matter, and rushed forward with Vico, and told her most trusted friend about her experiences on the island over the years.

"The monster guarding the trident turned out to be the legendary monster Krasen. You don't intend to tell His Majesty Orm such important information?"

Vico was very surprised. If he didn't know these circumstances, he would probably be eaten by the monster.

"I didn't tell Orm, and I didn't tell Arthur. That's only fair."

Atlanna felt deeply tired. She had fought Krasen for years and had escaped death every time, but the tiredness was only physical.

She knew that as long as she rested for a while, the physical fatigue would disappear.

The conflict between the brothers Arthur and Orm was indeed something she could neither control nor decide.

"I don't know about Om, but I don't know about Arthur. He has a very mysterious friend. Although I only fought him once, he gave me a very special feeling."

Vico felt something and recalled the conversation with Martin: "It seems that Arthur was able to come here entirely because of him. At least, he knows you are on this island."

"Arthur mentioned this friend. His friend is called Martin. He highly respects this friend and wanted to introduce us to each other."

Atlanna recalled the scene just now: "What you said does make sense. Arthur attaches great importance to Martin's opinion. He wanted to tell me more, but when that friend came, he left quickly."

"After I leave here, I will not investigate this person."

Vico stopped talking when he saw Atlanna nod.

The two of them stopped and looked at Om, but did not approach.

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