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As soon as they reached the surface of the sea, they saw that the seawater had turned pitch black, and the creatures inside were almost invisible.

The entire sea area had become deathly still, with only the occasional skeleton soldier emerging.

However, to avoid attracting attention, Allen and the others did not summon the dragons, but simply flew in the sky, which allowed them to avoid the skeletons' line of sight, making their journey surprisingly safe.

Not long after, they arrived above the ruins of the Atlantis Empire, where there were even more skeleton soldiers, densely covering the sea surface.

"Lord Duke, what do we do now?" Marco, being the most familiar with Allen, stepped forward and asked.

Allen also had a headache. Under normal circumstances, they should have avoided conflict, and Allen had originally planned to sneak past.

But looking at the current situation, it seemed impossible.

"Get ready!" Allen took a deep breath and said to the people behind him.

Now it seemed that they had to resolve the situation through battle, but it was a pity that all their previous carefulness had been in vain.

"We must act quickly and decisively, without lingering. We must rush in at the fastest speed, understand?"

Once they exposed their whereabouts, the skeletons would quickly realize their intentions, so they had to speed up.

Allen reminded them once again, "Be sure to be fast."

Then Cecil Miona said, "Maybe it doesn't have to be so troublesome, I have a way."

"Allen, can you fully control Luca's power?"

Chapter 414: Underwater Investigation, Paulia Royal City!

"Cecil Miona, you have a way?" Allen looked at Cecil Miona, somewhat surprised. "Yes, but it requires you to be able to control Luca's power."

Cecil Miona continued, "I am an Ocean Singer, naturally possessing the power to control the ocean. I can use the seawater to envelop us and hide us within it."

Allen was pleasantly surprised, considering this an unexpected gain.

"However, the seawater has now been polluted by the Abyss. To ensure safety, you need to use Luca's power to protect us."

Because there were outsiders present, Cecil Miona did not mention the Forbidden Dragon and the Mind Dragon, but Allen naturally understood her meaning.

"That's great, I have no problem at all." Allen said, closing his eyes and contacting Luca, who was playing in the Dragon Nest.

Then, a white light emanated from his hand, and Allen waved it.

Instantly, the white light transformed into several small spots of light that entered their bodies.

Immediately, Marco and the others felt a sense of ease in their bodies, and the aversion to the seawater below disappeared.

Seeing this, Cecil Miona chanted an incantation, and a surge of seawater suddenly gushed upwards, causing a commotion among the skeletons below.

Meanwhile, Allen and the others were enveloped in a sphere of seawater.

Allen looked at the seawater beside him, feeling curious.

However, Allen could indeed feel an evil energy existing in the seawater, constantly eroding him, and it was thanks to Luca's energy that he was protected.

"Okay, let's go down."

Allen saw that many skeleton soldiers had noticed them, and his heart flared up again. He frowned and casually waved his hand, sending countless fireballs downwards, trailing long tails of flame, like shooting stars.

Boom—, boom—, boom— The fireballs exploded upon contact with the water surface, unleashing tremendous energy.

The skeletons below were thrown into chaos.

Seeing this, Allen said urgently: "Cecil Miona, take them down there and wait for a while, I'll draw them away."

Now he could only pretend to be retaliating against the undead to divert their attention.

After Allen finished speaking, without waiting for their reply, he summoned Luca. The huge dragon body immediately attracted all the attention.

"You bastards, don't think that I, Allen, will just let you hit me." Allen laughed a few times and rode the dragon away.

The skeleton soldiers also followed closely. Allen controlled his speed, keeping them far behind him.

Sometimes, when he saw ghost generals and ghost soldiers popping their heads out, baring their teeth and claws as they chased after him, he would launch a fire blast at them.

After circling around for a long time, seeing that it was almost enough, Allen released another forbidden spell. Taking advantage of the chaos, he quietly retracted the dragon and landed in the water.

Allen landed in the water and saw many undead. As expected, as long as he didn't deliberately flaunt in front of them, the average undead would ignore him.

Allen was very fast in the water, and soon he arrived at the previous location.

Marco and the others were waiting for him there, perhaps afraid that he wouldn't be able to find them, and hadn't moved an inch.

Seeing Allen, they were very excited.

"Lord Duke."

"Yes, let's go." Allen greeted them, but then he thought that Cecil Miona was the most familiar with this place, so he let her walk in front.

"Cecil Miona, let's go to the royal palace first," Allen said.

"Which royal palace are we going to first?" Unexpectedly, Cecil Miona turned around and said this.

Allen also did not expect that the Atlantis Empire had more than one royal palace.

Perhaps sensing Allen's confusion, Cecil Miona explained: "Because of the seawater erosion, our previous royal palace has sunk to the bottom of the sea, so we later built another royal palace."

"Go to the nearest one first." Allen had no choice but to use the most basic method, searching one by one.

"Follow me." Cecil Miona said, rushing forward.

Although the seawater had been polluted by the Abyss, Cecil Miona still seemed to be able to control some of it.

The water currents in front of her split apart, reducing a lot of resistance and making it easier for them.

Along the way, they occasionally encountered some skeleton soldiers. For safety's sake, Allen kept as far away from them as possible.

Along the way, it was difficult to see fish and shrimp in the seabed, and the ocean became very eerie and terrifying. …

From time to time, remnants of palaces and cities appeared on the seabed, silently recounting the past glory of the Atlantis Empire in this dim underwater world.

After passing countless ruins, Ceciliana whispered, "We're here."

Allen was also somewhat surprised by the ruins before him, and could only say that it was indeed worthy of being the Atlantis Empire.

This royal city was hundreds of miles in size, and Allen's current strength could not see the end of it at a glance. There were also many folk houses around the royal city, which looked very simple and unsophisticated.

Although many years had passed, the palaces inside had not completely collapsed. Many buildings were dilapidated, but they still stood tall.

Looking at the royal city in front of her, Ceciliana was in a trance for a while, "This is the later royal city of our Atlantis Empire, the Royal City of Baulia. Royal City of Baulia, I, Ceciliana, have seen you again."

When Ceciliana was born, the Atlantis Empire had already had large areas of territory eroded by seawater, even the previous royal city.

What Ceciliana was most familiar with was the Royal City of Baulia. Seeing it again at this time, Ceciliana was very excited.

As Ceciliana spoke, she was about to move forward, and Allen was shocked and hurriedly grabbed her.

"Ceciliana, be careful, there may be enemies inside."

In the cities seen along the way before, there were many skeleton soldiers. It was not known whether it was because of their memories from when they were alive, or whether they were ordered by someone.

However, since this was a royal city, the number of undead would probably not be small.

Moreover, Allen noticed that the outside of this Royal City of Baulia seemed very quiet, without a single undead. It was very likely that they were all hiding inside.

Perhaps they were waiting for Allen and Ceciliana to enter, and then launch a sneak attack.

Although they had been careful along the way, there had been chaos before, so they had to be on guard.

At this time, the quiet Royal City of Baulia looked very solemn and simple, but in Allen's eyes, it seemed like a monster that chose people to devour, opening its bloody mouth, waiting for Allen and the others to arrive.

"Ceciliana and I will go ahead, you follow behind."

Chapter 415: A Great Battle

Allen waited outside for a while, and found that this was not a solution, so he made a decision.

"Ceciliana, you and I will be at the front." Allen was the strongest, and Ceciliana was the most familiar with the place, so naturally she took the lead.

"As for you." Allen looked at the six people behind him, thought for a while, and decided to let Marco and the others bring up the rear, after all, they had been dragon knights for a longer time and were stronger. "Marco, you and Thomas Jackson at the end. "Honasan, Lutchinger, Emil, you three in the middle."

"Yes, Duke." Marco and the others did not hesitate and listened to Allen's words.

Ceciliana was also infected by Allen and became careful.

The eight people slowly approached the Royal City of Baulia, ready.

However, until they landed in the middle of the Royal City of Baulia, there was no movement at all.

Allen and Ceciliana looked at each other, a little puzzled, and cautiously moved forward.

"Ceciliana, let's go to the library first." Allen knew that after such a long time, the library might no longer exist, but he couldn't help but hold some hope.

After all, if they could find some books, whether it was a cultivation method, or an ancient lost potion, or even just ordinary local customs, it would be a great wealth. Ceciliana also guessed Allen's thoughts and smiled. "We can try our luck, but I don't think there's much hope." With that, Ceciliana led Allen crookedly through many building ruins and came to a ruin. "We're here."

Allen's eyes widened as he looked at the pile of stones in front of him, "Is this what you're talking about?" Ceciliana covered her mouth and chuckled, "Allen, it seems your luck isn't very good."

Marco and the others behind Allen also wanted to laugh, but in order to maintain the Duke's dignity, they forcibly held back.

"Forget it, let's go!" Seeing this pile of stones, he was too lazy to dig.

Anyway, the system had already said that the treasures of the Atlantis Empire were all his.

It seemed that it would not give him the opportunity to pick up leaks, and he dismissed the idea of going to the treasure house again.

Where should he go now? Allen thought for a while, what was the most important place in this Royal City of Baulia?

And the others, including Ceciliana, did not speak, waiting for Allen's decision.

"Let's go see your king's palace first!" Allen thought and said to Ceciliana.

Ceciliana nodded and continued to lead Allen forward.

For some reason, Allen and the others were on tenterhooks all the way, afraid that they would encounter a group of skeleton soldiers lying in ambush at some corner, who would come up and give them a sap.

But until now, there was no danger at all, and they gradually relaxed.

Fortunately, this time the palace was not a pile of ruins, otherwise Allen would have gone crazy.

However, the entire palace was also dilapidated, making people feel that it would collapse in the next second.

"Be careful, there may be enemies in such an important place." Allen was not at ease and reminded them.

But the fact proved that he was overthinking. The palace was quiet and there was no one there.

Most of the things inside had turned to ashes, leaving only some tables and shelves.

At the very top was a throne, but it looked very old, without any majesty or splendor.

Allen's gaze was attracted by a suit of armor hanging next to the throne. At first glance, it was the exclusive armor of the King of the Atlantis Empire.

Although it looked gray and inconspicuous, Allen was still a little excited.

However, he was not careless. He first carefully explored it and found that there was no danger, then he excitedly stepped forward and picked up the armor.