A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

Dove's little gesture interrupted Bray's thoughts.

"What's wrong?" Bray looked down at Doffin, who looked nervous.

"Can we go back to the shore?" Dove asked.

"..." Bray pondered for a long time.

"can."

Bray was surprisingly agreeable and didn't press Dove about why he wanted to go back to the seaside.

“Mr. Bray, the battle at the beach…” Nisha hesitated before continuing.

Unlike Bray, Nisha always felt that the other side of the sea was still too dangerous and it wasn't appropriate to take Dove back.

“It’s alright, go back.” Bray just shook his head.

--

After the battle between the two Silver-ranked individuals, the coastline was beyond devastation.

The terrain was completely distorted by the aftershocks of the battle, and the coastline was forcibly lowered.

The entire coastline is estimated to be only two-thirds of its original size.

With Redip's protection, I wonder if the entire coastline would be submerged if things really went crazy.

Dove stood on the shore, looking around.

A while later, Dove did something that astonished Bray.

She plunged headfirst into the sea.

“Hey, wait a minute…” Bray tried to call out to Doffin, but it was too late.

Dove has already jumped into the sea.

Dove jumped into the sea, and his vision was filled with a vast blue expanse.

It was as if something was guiding Dove.

Dove followed his instincts and descended.

Thanks to her mixed-race heritage, she moved freely in the sea.

As I swam, the surrounding seawater changed from azure to murky, and then from murky to light red.

That was the seawater stained red with Norman Carmen's blood.

In the blood-stained, murky sea, Dove keenly spotted a tiny figure.

The seabed in this area is not deep, and Dove quickly reached the bottom.

Upon seeing the figure clearly, Dove's heart couldn't help but flutter with panic.

That was none other than Redip, who had just finished fighting Norsen Carmen.

Redup closed his eyes slightly and sank to the bottom of the sea.

If Dove hadn't come looking for him, Redip might have just sunk to the bottom of the sea.

Redip, who has become an abomination, may not die so easily.

But if he were to sink to the bottom of the sea, he might remain asleep forever.

He might only wake up when he realizes he's collapsing, but will he still be the same Redip at that time?

Dove's little hands gripped Redup tightly, struggling to lift him upwards.

For Dove, Redip is a bit too heavy.

The young girl could only do her best, pulling Redip upstream at all costs.

She didn't know when she would run out of energy.

Although the seabed doesn't rise, pulling someone up to the surface is completely different from surfacing alone.

"I can't let go, I can't let go," Dove murmured to himself.

But ultimately, Dove was too young, and it was unrealistic for him to carry Redipple.

Her strength gradually ran out, and she swam slower and slower.

If this continues, Dove himself might also get caught up in it.

Just when Dove thought he was about to lose his strength and sink into the sea, a hand was placed on the back of Dove's hand.

While being pulled by Dove, Redup began to regain consciousness.

It was as if they had been awakened.

How could Redip let the little girl who woke him sink to the bottom of the sea like that?

"!" Dove turned his head and saw that Redip had slightly opened his dead fish eyes.

Before Dove could even feel happy, a gust of ocean current rushed up towards him.

---

“Cough cough…” Redip coughed up a little water on the shore.

The current was created by Redip himself, specifically to bring the exhausted Dove ashore.

Dove shouldn't have sunk to the bottom of the sea; she should be free.

The beach that used to be there is long gone, so Redup is now climbing onto a port that has been largely destroyed.

"Cough cough..." Dove coughed a few times along with Redip, but Dove's voice was obviously much cuter.

Redup shook his wet hair, looking like a drowned rat.

Just as Redup was about to wring out his clothes, Dove hugged him.

Redup subconsciously touched Dove's short hair.

"What's wrong?" Redip asked softly.

Dove didn't say anything, but hugged her even tighter.

Redup didn't say much, just quietly being held by Dove.

After a long while, Dove loosened his grip slightly, but still held Redup in his arms.

“Redip can’t die,” Dove said, choking back tears.

Dove lifted his face and looked at Redip.

After Dove looked up, Redip saw that she had already been crying her eyes out.

Tears streamed down her cheeks, mingling with the remaining seawater.

"You promised to take me everywhere to play," Doffin cried, clutching Redup's clothes tightly with her little hands.

“Of course I won’t die,” Redip said calmly.

"I said I'd take you to see interesting things, and I will."

“I won’t break my promise.” Redup put one arm around Dove.

"You absolutely...can't leave me..." Dove's words were already slurred.

I don't know if she was crying or talking.

Seeing Doffin sobbing uncontrollably, Redup just silently stroked her hair again and again.

“Go back, you’ll easily catch a cold,” Redip said.

“Hmm…” Dove answered obediently, even though neither of them knew where else they could go back to.

The wooden houses on the beach had long been destroyed.

---

“Mr. Bray, are we just going to watch like this?” Nisha asked timidly, standing next to Bray.

Nisha never expected that after Dove jumped into the sea, she would actually find Redip.

“No,” Bray said.

"Huh?" Nisha was stunned.

"Should we go over there? It feels like this is their time," Nisha said, a little conflicted.

“Who said we went over there? I mean, we just left.” Bray patted Nisha on the shoulder and said irritably.

Bray was too exhausted to gossip.

The battle was over, and the sea creatures did not return, nor did the giant whale launch a counterattack.

However, despite this, it took a long time before the people of Vinipado dared to return to the city.

Well, what happened in this city left them with a bit of a psychological scar.

In this incident, apart from Nissa, the "Great Enemy of God" did not play a significant role.

Just like Arlen said, he's completely useless.

Nisha stood in front of Katrina and Misala, her expression somewhat serious.

“Well, I didn’t expect that…” Katrina played with her hair and glanced at Nisa.

Misala knelt before Nisha, looking somewhat respectful.

“Nisha… no, I should call you Lady Nisha now,” Misara said with a sigh.

Nisha looked at Misala with a complicated expression.

Misala isn't exactly a bad person, but Nisha isn't used to Misala's personality.

It's hard to explain, but I guess we're just not compatible.

Misala is also a serious person, but her seriousness is a little different from Nisa's.

"Don't do that," Nisha shook her head, a little helpless.

"Now that you've awakened, your status within the 'Great Enemy of God' is completely different."

“It’s been far too long since the ‘Great Enemy of God’ has produced an Awakened One,” Misala said, her head bowed.

“Missara is right,” Katrina said.

"The Great Enemy of God hasn't produced an awakened being in decades, so you're now a precious gem to them."

Unlike Misala, Katrina's attitude did not change because of Nisha's awakening.

“Lady Katrina is right,” Misala said.

Whether someone is awakened or not is actually quite easy to tell.

After awakening, a complex ring will appear around the mark of "the Great Enemy of God".

This mark cannot be tattooed on casually, nor can it change easily.

After Misala saw Nisa's mark, she understood that Nisa had become an Awakened One.

However, not many people in "The Great Enemy of God" know how to become an Awakened One, or what it actually entails.

Almost no one knows about the "Hall of Fire".

"An Awakened One...?"

“Mishara, let’s go back to the headquarters of ‘God’s Great Enemy’,” Nisa said in a deep voice.

“I have a lot to say to the chief.”

Nisha remembered every single word Arren said in the Hall of Fire.

The "Great Enemy of God" has changed, and Nisa needs to warn the bandaged man, who is the leader.

"Shall we go back now?" Misala asked, looking up.

“No, I also want to find someone to say goodbye to.” Nisha waved her hand.

Before leaving Vinipado, Nisha decided to say a proper goodbye to Bray.

---

Meanwhile, Nisha, who was thinking of Bray, was searching for someone at a temporary gathering place outside Vinipado.