In order to become a Heroic Spirit, I had no choice but to cause trouble in history.

"Heave-ho!"

However, a burly figure suddenly descended from the sky and landed beside Lemoni.

Lemoni appeared calm, but was actually quite startled.

“Although I don’t know who you are, let’s go!” Oshin grinned, using the last bit of his divine power to drive the seawater beneath the small boat, and then turned and waved.

Basamizo watched Ocean gradually disappear into the distance, feeling the many new wounds on his body, and his nearly exhausted strength, which made it impossible for him to catch up. He fell silent.

Am I the only one who got hurt...?

"Roar—!!! (Special translation: Are you kidding me?)"

"Oh, this is quite a spectacle. Looks like we'll have another chance to clash in the future." Ou Shen smiled as he looked at the towering waves behind him.

The malfunctioning Lemoni finally regained a sliver of his sanity.

He looked at Oceanus, who was standing beside him with one foot on the side of the ship, opened his mouth as if to say something.

But then he withdrew his hand.

How should I greet a stranger?

Lemoni had just escaped one crisis when he was plunged into one that was, in some ways, even more terrifying.

Ou Shen breathed a sigh of relief: "Looks like that guy didn't catch up. After all, he's exhausted too..." Ou Shen sat down heavily in the small boat, looking relaxed.

Lemoni extended another hand, then withdrew it two seconds later.

Sweat dripped down Lemoni's face.

How exactly should I greet them?!

Lemoni, now eight years old, had no contact with any strangers before leaving Athena Island, except for a handful of people, including the servants of the Athena Temple, the priestess Alexia, and Athena herself.

Although his ambition seemed lofty, and he made that promise to Athena and Alexia in a very dashing way, well...

Lemoni had never seen any other humans before.

Under these circumstances, Lemoni, who was having his first real encounter with a stranger, finally gained a clear understanding of his true nature.

It's social anxiety disorder.

“Oh, speaking of which, I haven’t said hello yet.” Oshin finally noticed the reserved Lemoni, and chuckled as he scratched his head. “Sorry, sorry, I just boarded the ship without saying anything. But that was really dangerous just now. If that small boat had been caught in a whirlpool of that magnitude, it would have been torn to shreds in an instant.”

Lemoni looked at Ocean and silently thought to himself: So, who caused that vortex...?

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Oceano!" Oceano smiled and extended his large hand to Lemoni.

Lemony nodded stiffly, grabbed Ocean's hand and shook it: "Lemony."

“I know you have some secrets, and I don’t intend to pry.” Oshin was very familiar with you, his smile hearty. “But how did you end up in this area?”

“…Go to Atlantis,” Lemoni said calmly.

"Oh! You're also going to Atlantis! Then we're going the same way!" Oshin exclaimed happily. "So, in a sense, wouldn't we be considered travel companions?"

Travel companion what?!

Lemoni's eyes were lifeless.

"Sigh, although this is the second time that big whale has bothered me, it feels a little different this time compared to the first time..." Oshin leaned against the side of the boat, his fingers sliding through the seawater. "How should I put it, this time it felt a little more human?"

Lemoni remained calm.

When is this guy going to stop talking to himself...?

“For example, during that short time I saved you, if Basamizo hadn’t agreed to give me two minutes to save you, you might have sunk to the bottom of the sea,” Oshin said with a smile. “By the way, do you have a cold? Why did a sticky, sour-smelling liquid come out when I was draining seawater from your lungs earlier?”

Lemoni's eyes were dead.

So this is ah.

He is my savior, the one who saved me from the brink of death.

Lemoni trembled as he looked at Ocean, who was chatting and laughing.

This person... is also a socially anxious.

Socially anxious (social terrorist).

Even so...

"Thank you." Lemoni stood in the small boat and sincerely thanked Ocean.

"Huh? What's going on all of a sudden?" Ou Shen was completely baffled.

"You saved me in the sea." Lemoni's lips curled into a slight smile.

"Oh, oh..." Oshin, who was used to the daily banter and trash talk, showed a rare hint of discomfort when he met someone as polite as Lemoni.

"Lemoni, right? What are you doing in Atlantis?" Ocean regained his composure and looked at Lemoni.

This is the second person from outside Doris Island that Ocean has encountered, besides Jimia!

Ou Shen is now in a state of somewhat excitement.

“...Let’s go see the scenery.” Lemoni looked at the sea with a smile.

"Huh? Enjoy the scenery? What do you mean?" Ou Shen scratched the back of his head.

“…It’s nothing,” Lemoni replied stiffly.

“I’m here to cure my brother from the Hydra poison.” Oshin looked ahead. “During a hunt, one of my good brothers was poisoned by the Hydra. There’s no cure on our island. So, on the advice of my cousin, I brought my brother here.”

Lemoni sensed something was amiss: "You have... companions?"

"Yeah. Ah! We can see them from here." Ocean saw the rafts appearing on the sea, stood up, and waved in that direction. "Ruslan, I'm coming—"

“It’s so slow!” Luslan rolled his eyes as he lay on the raft and shouted back to Oshen, “I’m almost dying from paddling! Hurry up, take over!”

Lemoni seemed to have turned into a stone statue.

Three... strangers?

"Alright!" Oshin chuckled, controlling the ocean currents, and the raft and small boat began to move together, continuing their journey towards Atlantis.

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Chapter 521 Hestia

Luslan expressed strong interest in Lemoni.

"Ah, let me introduce you." Oshin stood up, crossed his arms, and smiled at Ruslan. "This is my older brother, my brother! You can call him Ruslan!"

"Ah, you, hello..." Upon seeing a stranger for the first time, Luslan was a little flustered and nodded.

"His name is Lemoni. I accidentally dragged him into the fight with Barsamizo. His destination is also Atlantis, so I let him come with us. Is that alright?"

Luslan nodded with a smile.

Lemoni glanced at Ocean with a blank expression.

Could you please ask for my opinion first? Although I'm not opposed to working with you, you should at least ask me first.

But... how can I remind him...?

"Oh right, I haven't asked for your opinion yet... Lemony, sorry, I was a bit presumptuous." Ocean squatted down, looking at Lemony apologetically. "By the way, you're not hurt, are you? I thought you couldn't swim earlier?"

Lemoni: ...This person is probably seriously ill.

He gently shook his head.

"The big guy lying behind me is called Jimia," Luslan said, pointing to the very conspicuous Jimia behind him.

In fact, Lemoni noticed Jimia on the raft the moment he saw it.

There's no way around it, he's so big, his presence is too strong.

"You mean the brother who got poisoned... is that him?" Lemon asked, noticing that something was clearly wrong with Jimia.

“Ah, yes, we don’t have an antidote for Hydra’s poison on our island, which is why we thought of going to Atlantis.” Ruslan sighed. “But you actually got involved with Ocean and that thing, what was it again?” He glanced at Ocean.

“Barsamizo, that’s the name my damn old man gave it.” Ocean rolled his eyes.

"Oh, right, Basamizo. You weren't injured in the fight between Ocean and Basamizo. Looks like you're not an ordinary person either."

Lemony froze.

Ou Shen quickly tried to smooth things over: "Everyone has secrets, right? Luslan, let's not pry into other people's secrets like this."

Luslan instantly understood what Ocean meant and nodded: "So how far are we from Atlantis now?"

"Hmm... it's about three times the distance from Doris Island to here," Ocean said after a rough estimate of the distance.

Lemoni glanced at the small boat beneath him.

He remembered that Athena had set the voyage to an automatic travel time of more than twenty days, and seven days had passed before he fell asleep.

Lemoni glanced at Ou Shen and his two companions, looking for an opportunity to speak.

"Is it really going to take that long to get there?!" Luslan exclaimed in surprise. "What if there's a problem with Jimia?"

"Don't worry, if it weren't for Basamizo getting involved, we should have arrived by this time tomorrow! — It's not too late!" Oshin pulled a leg out of Lemoni's small boat, stepped onto the three people's raft, and grinned, showing his teeth. "Everyone — hold on tight!"

Luslan wore an extremely uncomfortable expression, but still held onto the raft.

Lemoni didn't know what was going to happen, but he also gripped the sides of the small boat tightly.

"The divine power we used up has been replenished! So, full speed ahead!!!"

Divine power—activated.

Something inside Oshen's heart, something unformed, seemed to have been stimulated.

Divine power flowed along Ocean's unique magical circuits, passing through Ocean and reaching the ocean.

The ocean currents will surge under Oshin's command.

Moreover, when it is only applied to this small area, not only will the output of divine power be greatly reduced, but most importantly, the speed will be increased to a new level compared to before!

Perhaps it was the evenly matched battle with Bashamizona that allowed Oceanus, standing on the sea and fully enjoying the protection from his father, Poseidon, the sea god, to grow even further.

Divinity has already begun to solidify within Ocean's soul.

If Ocean can completely stabilize this divinity, then for Ocean, everywhere will be the ocean.