From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 350: The Siren Tribe's Drastic Change

While the Dark Iron Dwarves and the Sirens were negotiating on the Moonturbid Beach, a major event was happening at the Sirens' Temple of Vashj.

The Sirens in the Tidal Sea are divided into three tribes. All three tribes believe in the sea god, but there are some differences between them.

The tribe ruled by High Priestess Sona worships the Temple of Vashj, also known as the Siren of Vashj.

This tribe holds the scepter of Poseidon, on which is inlaid the gem [Heart of the Tide] that contains the power of Poseidon.

This is the strongest foundation of Vashj Siren.

In addition, there are two other tribes of sirens in the Tidal Sea, namely the Tide Sirens and the Shallow Sirens.

The three Siren tribes were differentiated from the same Siren tribe. The reason for the formation of three Siren tribes was mainly because of their different habitats.

The habitat of the sirens is in the deep sea, and they prefer to live in the darker light, while the shallow sirens live in the storm fjord with high winds and rough waves.

The Shoal Sirens are more of an amphibious race, spending much more time on land than other Sirens.

Of course, this is only compared with the other two siren tribes. The shoal sirens spend most of their time in the sea and only come ashore about a quarter of the time.

Even so, the Shoal Sirens are indeed the most adept at land operations among the three Sirens tribes.

Among the three siren tribes, Vashj Siren has always been the most powerful branch, because of the gem [Heart of the Tide] on the scepter of Poseidon.

This is the embodiment of the Sirens' supreme authority.

[Heart of the Tides] is governed by the high priest of the Vashj Siren tribe of each generation, and is also responsible for governing the tidal sea.

Because of the importance of this Poseidon Gem, the three Siren tribes all want to master this gem.

In the history of the Sirens, there was once an internal fight among the three tribes for the possession of the Sea God's Gem.

However, this infighting will not develop into a fight between tribes, but will only lead to a small-scale competition among tribal leaders.

……

now.

The Tide Sirens and the Shallow Sirens appeared outside the Temple of Vashj, while the priests and elders of the two tribes were confronting the High Priestess Sona in the temple hall.

In addition to the priests and elders of the Tide Sirens and the Shoal Sirens, there is another elder in the dome hall, Onatu, the elder of the Vashj tribe.

Onatu was placed under house arrest by the high priestess Sona, but the order was not binding.

Even if the guards wanted to stop him, they couldn't.

However, at this moment he did not stand on the side of High Priest Sona, but stood with the other two elders of the Siren tribe.

High Priest Sona had a cold expression on her face and asked, "Onatu, what are you doing?"

Onatu bowed his head and saluted: "High Priest, you are too kind. You are not decisive enough in some things. I hope to correct some of your wrong decisions."

Sona shouted angrily, "Do you want to sit in my seat?"

Onatu knelt on one knee and said: "I have the highest loyalty to the high priest and the tribe, but for the future of the tribe, I must do something.

"As long as the high priest agrees to my three conditions, I will still be his most loyal supporter."

It is obvious that what happened in this temple today was a coup d'état by the Sirens.

Or to put it another way, it can be called forcing the emperor to abdicate.

The power that Onatu possessed was not enough to fight against the authority of High Priest Sona, so he joined forces with two other Siren tribes to besiege the Temple of Vashj in order to force her to abdicate.

Sona looked gloomy and asked, "Tell me, what is your request?"

Onatu stood up and said seriously: "First, unlock the seal of the Deep Frozen Trench and release the embers of Gross inside."

Sona's eyes darkened and she asked, "Do you know what the consequences of doing this will be?"

Onatu said as a matter of course: "I know. This will make the Fire Demon Gross revive earlier."

Sona: "Now that you know this, how dare you make such a request?"

Onatu spread his hands and replied, "Did the high priest misunderstand something? The Fire Demon Gross and our Sirens have never been hostile.

“On the contrary, we have a common enemy with the Firelord Gros, the Dark Iron Dwarves.

“I have communicated with the will of the Fire Demon Gross. When the Fire Demon Gross revive, it will immediately leave the Tidal Sea and return to the Lava Crown.

"By then, the deteriorated environment of the Tidal Sea will recover quickly, the rising sea temperature will slowly drop, and the habitat of our Sirens will return to its previous state."

High Priest Sona's eyes narrowed, and she angrily questioned, "How dare you contact the will of Gross in the Deep Frozen Trench without permission!"

Onatu answered frankly: "I am considering the future of the tribe. The Fire Demon Gross is an elemental creature on land, and a fire creature, and will never enter the ocean.

“Moreover, the reason why we are troubled by the Balrog Gros is entirely because the Dark Iron Dwarves dumped volcanic ash into the Tidal Sea.

"What I did was just to make the Firelord Gross return to where he should be. He is the ruler of the Lava Crown, and it was the Dark Iron Dwarves who seized his territory.

"The Dark Iron Dwarves have occupied the Molten Crown for over a hundred years. It is time to return it to its original owner."

High Priest Sona fell silent.

From the perspective of the Sirens, Onatu's statement is not completely unreasonable.

Normally, it is impossible for the Fire Demon Gros to enter the Tidal Sea, after all, water and fire are incompatible.

The Sirens live in the deep sea and have no conflict in their living environment with the Fire Demon Gross.

In other words, the resurrection of the Fire Demon Gross will not pose a direct threat to the Sirens.

On the contrary, sealing the embers of Gross in the deep frozen trench has increased the temperature of the sea water and destroyed the habitat of the Sirens.

From this perspective, it is in the interests of the Sirens to release the Firelord Gross and let him go back to seek revenge on the Dark Iron Dwarves.

This is why Onatu received a lot of support from the Sirens.

High Priest Sona's expression became more serious. She asked, "The Fire Demon Gross may not threaten the fate of our tribe, but what about the Abyss? Have you ever considered the problem of the Abyss?"

Onatu waved his hand and responded, "That's another matter. We need to deal with things one by one. First, we need to deal with the Dark Iron Dwarves and the Firelord Gross, and then we can deal with the pollution of the Abyss."

Sona took a deep breath, forced herself to stay calm, and asked, "What about the other two requests?"

Onatu continued, “The second point is to issue a hunting order to hunt down the human recruits and prohibit them from approaching the deep frozen trench and our territory.

“Third, if Celian has already signed a settlement agreement with the Dark Iron Dwarves, it doesn’t matter.

"The end of the Dark Iron Dwarves has come. Whether or not we reconcile with them will not affect what happens next.

"But there is one request. If the Dark Iron Dwarves ask for help from our tribe, the High Priest must not provide assistance to the Dark Iron Dwarves for any reason."

After hearing his request, Sona already guessed what would happen next.

He even blocked the idea of ​​helping the Dark Iron Dwarves.

The reason for this requirement is simple.

Once the Firelord Groth resurrects, he will inevitably fight with the Dark Iron Dwarves in the Lava Crown.

In this world, the Sirens are the first race that has the ability to fight against the Fire Demon Gross.

Because the Sirens control the most powerful ocean power in the world, and water restrains fire, the Sirens are the nemesis of the Fire Demon Gross. Once the Fire Demon Gross revives and fights with the Dark Iron Dwarves, the Dark Iron Dwarves are likely to ask the Sirens for help.

Onatu had already anticipated this, so he made this request in advance.

Sona pondered for a long time, then asked coldly: "What if I don't agree to your request?"

Onatu bowed his head and replied, "Then please ask the High Priest to temporarily hand over the [Heart of the Tide] and let me keep it for the time being. After the matter of the Fire Demon Gross is over, I will apologize to the High Priest."

Sona clenched her fists and shouted angrily, "Onatut!"

Onat said in a deep voice: "High Priest, time is running out. Please make a decision immediately and agree to my request. I will only keep the Heart of the Tide temporarily. After the Dark Iron Dwarves are destroyed, the High Priest will still be the master of Vashj's Temple."

"Onatu!" Sona's eyes turned cold. She raised the Scepter of Poseidon and stomped on the ground, releasing a whirlpool of water that rolled up Onatu and trapped him in mid-air.

Onatu opened his arms and allowed High Priest Sona to imprison him. He said, "High Priest, you can kill me, but everything I do is for the future of the tribe."

Seeing Sona taking action, the elders and priests of the other two Siren tribes attacked together, releasing various means of attack such as water streams, ice crystal harpoons, etc., towards Sona.

Sona raised her palm and released the power of [Heart of the Tide], propping up a water curtain barrier to resist the attack.

Both sides fought with restraint, not wanting to damage the decorations inside the temple.

After all, this is the temple of their Sirens, the most sacred place in the hearts of Sirens.

Although the fighting between the two sides was relatively restrained, the level of power released was not low at all.

The collision of the water currents created circles of energy ripples, causing the entire sea to shake.

High Priest Sona shouted angrily, "Are you going to rebel too?"

The elders of the two Siren tribes responded in a deep voice: "We are also doing this for the future of our tribe. Sona, you are not fit to sit in the position of high priest."

Among the Sirens, the high priest of each generation of the Vashj tribe selects the strongest Tidecaller from the tribe to inherit the [Heart of the Tides].

Sona is now the most powerful tidecaller among the Sirens, and has the ability to control the water in an entire ocean.

She could easily stir up the tide, but now she was facing a mermaid of the same species, and she couldn't kill her.

The battle continued, and the energy generated by the shock wave caused the entire temple to shake.

The entire Sirens tribe was suddenly in a panic. They knew that something big had happened in the temple, but this was not something they could get involved in.

As the energy of the attack grew more and more violent, cracks began to appear on the temple's columns.

High Priest Sona's face became even angrier. She rolled up the power of the Seagod's Gem and a stream of water sent a Tide Siren elder flying away.

The elder of the Ditch Tide Siren flew backwards, hit the wall of the temple, and spurted out a mouthful of blood.

The blood instantly dyed the sea red, filling the entire temple with the smell of blood.

The High Priest of the Siren of the Tide turned around and saw his elder was seriously injured and dying. He shouted angrily: "Sona, you are so kind to foreigners, why are you so cruel to your own people?"

Sona also saw the severely injured Grooved Tide Siren Elder, her heart trembled, she sighed, and slowly withdrew the power of the Sea God.

After the battle, the two tribes of sirens immediately stepped forward, surrounded Sona, and ordered him to hand over the [Heart of the Tides].

If Celian were here, she would choose to give the Heart of the Tides to Celian for safekeeping, but now Celian has gone out to be responsible for the peace talks with the Dark Iron Dwarves.

If you give the Heart of the Tide to the Siren of the Tide and the Siren of the Shallows, it will be difficult to get it back later.

By that time, the power structure within the Sirens will have undergone drastic changes.

After much thought, she decided to give the Heart of the Tide to Onatu.

Onatu knelt on one knee, took the Seagod's Scepter with both hands, and accepted it respectfully: "I will definitely keep the [Heart of the Tide] safe, and when the Balrog incident is over, I will return it to the High Priest in person."

Sona didn't want the Sirens to kill each other, so she waved her hand and closed her eyes.

……

the other side.

On the moonlit beach.

Peace talks between the Dark Iron dwarves and the Sirens have ended.

When Celian was about to return to the temple to report, she received urgent information from her subordinates.

As the tide-calling elder of the Sirens, Celian has a very high status in the Sirens, no less than Onatu.

She might even be a candidate for the next high priest.

However, the current High Priest Sona is still at her most powerful period, and it is too early to talk about replacing the High Priest.

Among the tribal guards, many are Celian's confidants.

Therefore, when something happened in the Temple of Vashj, she was far away on Moon Turbid Beach, but she was still the first to receive the information.

However, it takes at least half a day to reach Yuezhuo Beach from the temple. If we go back now, we won’t be able to do anything.

Such an attempt to force the emperor to abdicate, whether successful or not, would not last long.

By the time she rushed back, the abdication incident was already over.

If High Priest Sona wins this time, she doesn't need to rush back and can just return according to the normal plan.

Once High Priestess Sona is defeated, Onatu and the other two Siren tribes will be in power. At that time, if she goes back, she will most likely be captured.

After all, she is Sona's confidant and an extension of Sona's will.

In other words, if she rushed back now, not only would she not be able to help the high priest, but it would put the tribe in an even more unfavorable situation.

Just as she expected, it didn't take long for her to receive the news that High Priest Sona was under house arrest in the temple, and the Heart of the Tides was handed over to Onatu for safekeeping.

Celian was very angry, but she quickly calmed down. She did not choose to return to the tribal territory immediately, but turned to find the leader of the human recruits.

The leader of the human recruiters she was looking for was naturally Lu Heng.

"There is one thing I need to tell you. Onatu joined forces with two other sea monster tribes to rebel and seized the high priest's sea god scepter."

When Lu Heng heard the news, he was surprised: "Is this... a coup d'état in your Siren tribe?"

While speaking, Lu Heng quickly searched for relevant information in his memory.

However, no information about a coup d'état among the Sirens was found in the memory.

If you think about it for a moment, you will understand what is going on.

One of the important reasons for the coup d'état among the Sirens was that Onatu was demoted and placed under house arrest by the high priestess Sona.

It was because Onatu was demoted that he launched a coup.

In other words, if there had been no conscripts to facilitate reconciliation between the two tribes in the previous life, there would have been no peace talks.

If there had been no peace talks, Onatu would not have been demoted, and naturally there would have been no coup d'état.

The current situation is the result of a series of butterfly effects, and the development of events is completely different from the previous life.

(End of this chapter)