That's the sealed place!

No.

That's wrong. There's a problem!

Ye Long's eyes suddenly turned strange. He recalled the murals on the wall. The place where Francis pulled out the Trident wasn't the Old One's Temple. It wasn't even in the sea.

Maybe this didn't mean anything.

But what about Karen?

The fourth pirate, the explorer Karen, entered the Old One's Temple and even obtained the Trident.

But he was desperately trying to escape!

Why?

Did he not know the Trident could seal monsters, or did he not know how to put it back?

This hypothesis didn't make sense. Karen found the Other Shore after reading his grandfather Francis' notes.

How could he not know about the disaster and the sealing key?

He even went looking for the Trident because of this.

Yet, under these circumstances, after he obtained the Trident, he was desperately trying to escape, not trying to put the Trident back somewhere.

So there's only one possibility!

The place to insert the key wasn't the Old One's Temple at all!

Francis didn't pull out the Trident on the Other Shore. He did it somewhere else!

But the text also said that Francis visited the Old One's Temple.

Ye Long felt that his visit was probably to lift the curse on himself, not to remove the Trident.

Because the story mentioned that Francis was cursed after removing the key.

This shows that he didn't die after removing the key.

And after the Trident was removed, those monsters brought it to the temple for safekeeping. Francis wanted to retrieve the Trident to seal the monsters again and lift the curse on himself.

The story didn't continue after that, so he must have failed.

And his descendant, Karen, inherited his will and went to the Old One's Temple again, successfully obtaining the Trident!

But he didn't escape the temple alive.

If so, the clue is clear.

The Old One's Temple is a prison guarding the Trident.

But if that's the case, where is the real sealed place?

Ye Long couldn't recall any related information.

No, the information about the real sealed place simply didn't exist in his memory!

Thinking this, Ye Long sorted through his thoughts and explained this to Naira Sorkin.

...

Inside Kitsune Headquarters.

Several researchers slammed their hands on the table. "Why did he change his mind?! We just found a clue about the Other Shore. Now he tells us the sealed place isn't the Old One's Temple?!"

"Then where is it?"

"He doesn't even know. What a joke!"

"Is he messing with us?!"

Seeing the agitated researchers, Zero cleared his throat. "Everyone, calm down. At least we have a clue."

"The fork is a Golden Trident. It's the key to sealing the disaster. And the sealed place is not on the Other Shore."

The Priest pondered for a moment after hearing this clue. "Chief, have you heard an ancient myth? The story of Atlantis."

Zero looked at the Priest. "You think this is related to Greek mythology?"

"It's a bold guess, but what's the harm?"

The Priest smiled. "Right now, with Outer Gods and dragons, it proves that anything is possible in this world."

"Continue." Zero poured a cup of tea and sat down.

The Priest stood up. "If we're talking about mythology, it's not really rigorous. So let's talk history. Atlantis isn't a myth."

"Maybe, more than ten thousand years ago, such a civilization really existed."

"Let's start from the beginning."

"The dragon said it had visited the Old One's Temple. There was a statue holding a Golden Trident."

"What do you think this means?"

"It means that person sealed the sea monsters?" Master of Flesh said.

The Priest nodded. "I agree with this hypothesis. So, who is the person holding the Golden Trident?"

"I think it's similar to Poseidon, the sea god in Greek mythology."

"If this hypothesis is true, then the real sealed place should be related to Poseidon."

"Question, what's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Poseidon?"

"…Atlantis," Zero murmured.

The Priest nodded. "Exactly, Atlantis."

"So the story is quite clear. Those things in the sea were sealed by the sea god. The Trident was used as the sealing key."

"Until one day, someone pulled out the Trident and released those monsters. The monsters were afraid of being sealed again, so they brought the Trident to the Old One's Temple for safekeeping."

"So, the real sealed place we're looking for is Atlantis."

When it came to mythology, the Priest's knowledge was undoubtedly vast.

However, they all knew the monsters were created by that Being.

But long ago, someone among them proposed another hypothesis.

Maybe that Being was just bringing back things that had already died.

Like a forgotten era of dragons, that Being brought the dragons from ancient times to the present, making them reappear in people's sight.

Everything already existed. That Being made them reappear, bringing back the past.

If so, then the Priest's guess wasn't entirely unreasonable.

"The legendary Atlantis, if it really existed, should've been discovered long ago."

"Isn't Atlantis in the deep sea? Human exploration of the ocean is still very shallow. There are many unsolved mysteries."

"Humans haven't found Atlantis, but it doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

Listening to their discussion, Zero suddenly frowned. "Maybe, Atlantis isn't in the sea at all…"

"Not in the sea?"

"Doesn't everyone say Atlantis is a sunken city?"

"If it's not in the sea, where could it be?"

...

Deep under the sea, Chino suddenly opened his eyes.

He'd had another dream, a dream about the past.

It was as if he was tracing ancient memories. He saw a glorious, shining ancient civilization. And in that civilization was a king.

This was how his people described their king.

"Our king came from the North Mountain, holding a Golden Trident that symbolized power. He led us and built the first city in the world, on the land of Nessus."

"When the oceans were still passable, our kingdom could reach every corner of the world."

"We built the central palace with gold, silver, bronze, and ivory."

"Our king resided there. Underneath this palace, imprisoned beings could cause a great flood. Our first kingdom perished there."

"At the end of that war, our homeland, our home, Atlantis, experienced a natural disaster."

"The earth rose, lifting our kingdom into the sky. The flood engulfed everything. After that, Nessus was no more."

Chino's dream further confirmed the danger of that object.

In the ruins of an ancient kingdom called Atlantis, something remained.

As long as the Trident of Atlas was inserted, the terror of the sea could be ended.

Chino slowly stood up. "Temporarily abandon the bait tactic on Asia. All Deep Ones and Priests, depart, find Atlantis."