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As Drake swam to protect Aquarius and fight the two Sea Kings with his two beloved wives, he left behind everyone else to protect the mermen, which was his top priority. For him, it would be much harder to protect and secure these people than to just fight two huge monsters with the help of an already grown up Aquarius, who was already vastly stronger.
And as they went their separate ways, Benladra, Kate, Rose, and everyone else quickly started fighting the swarm of hundreds of giant sea monsters that were attacking the city, cleaning it from monsters while also calming the mermen, using Sapphire as their medium.
"Please, everyone calm down!" She said, using Ancient Mermen Tongue to quickly convince the people she was not some random outsider.
"A Mermaid?!"
"Y-You! Did you brought these freaks with you?"
"Well, they're helping us survive, don't call them freaks!"
"Young Lady! Who may you be?! As you can see, we've been caught in a terrible crisis! But you… have come to save us?" Wondered an old-looking mermen. "I am the chief of this humble village…"
"Elder…" Sapphire sighed, suddenly remembering this old man, sighing. "Yes, we've come to save you! Is there anybody here named Sapphire?"
"M-Me?" The little Saint wondered, swimming towards Sapphire.
"Indeed, you." Sapphire gave her a head pat and smiled slightly. "We need your powers, dear. That huge sea dragon over there won't be able to handle things on his own. He has come all the way here to protect all of you."
"Who is that sea dragon?" Wondered the little Sapphire. "He's big and strong but… He's different than the myths."
"He is Aquarius, a young and conflicted sea dragon that went through many hardships. He had come all the way here to save you all after his family of dragons, including his mother, were killed by these monsters." Sapphire sighed.
The other mermen were suddenly moved by these words. Despite being people that lived isolated, they valued family bonds greatly, hearing someone that had lost everything deeply hurt them as well, as they were highly empathetic in ancient times, before they grew into corruption in the present that Drake and his friends saw.
"Poor dragon…"
"His entire family?!"
"Even his mother…"
"He has lost everything?"
"And even then, he's risking his life to save us…"
"Maybe its true what they said, Sea Dragons are our guardians, even after so long since the last time we saw one!"
The mermen slowly began to change their perspective of the situation, realizing the sacrifice that Aquarius was doing for their wellbeing.
"T-Then what can I do?" The little Sapphire said.
"You possess a special magic, isn't it?" The present Sapphire said. "The Magic of connecting people's hearts and sealing away powers."
"H-How do you know about that?!" The little Sapphire was flabbergasted.
"I am also a Saint, from another, faraway and ruined country." Said the adult Sapphire. "Little Sapphire, would you help me? If everyone here can be convinced to unite their hearts and to imbue all their Mana and Magic into the Dragon named Aquarius, we might be able to find a solution to our predicament."
"Such a thing is possible?" Wondered the Elder of the tribe.
"Yes, I am sure of it. But we need all of your cooperation, everyone." The present Sapphire said, looking at the few hundred of Mermen.
Although some were beginning to change their mind, over seventy percent of the rest were still filled with much fear, incapable of being able to unite their hearts together using Sapphire's magic.
"Everyone, I know you're afraid. I know you must be confused about what's happening right now, but please, without your help we won't be able to accomplish this! Perhaps some of you may think you're weak, maybe some of you may think that your power wouldn't be enough, but all of you are like a small grain of sand, alone, we may be insignificant, but together, we can make something as enormous and big as the sands covering all of the seas' depths." Said Sapphire. "If you cannot bear to help us for yourselves, do it for those you've lost, for those you want to protect. Look at your family members, and think of what you can do now!"
"…"
"…"
"…"
Everyone remained in silence, still undecisive. Sapphire was rather rusty about dealing with people. She put her very soul in that speech yet it seemed to not have reached everybody's hearts.
"Come on! What are you waiting for?! Do you want your kids to die?! Just give the dragon your mana!" Benladra barked angrily from faraway.
"We are doing everything here while you are being saved, be grateful and don't get cocky!" Rose said cockily.
"Yeah, just do it, cowards!" Coral said. "You call yourselves warriors of the seas but you can't even cooperate a bit?! Unify your damn hearts!"
Unlike Sapphire's speech, the harsh words of three younglings hut their pride much more. And suddenly, the Mermen became very cooperative.
"Y-You insolent brats! We are no cowards!"
"Dammit! Okay how do we do this?!"
"Do I just give your Mana, child?"
"Sapphire, do it then, I'll give it you all my damn mana to shut down those kids!"
"Urgh fine! I guess we need to pay for your aid, no?! Dammit!"
"I don't even know how to do this, I am afraid but screw it!"
The mermen suddenly started glowing, as both Sapphires realized they were willing to cooperate. Particles of blue light started emerging from their bodies, it was their Mana and their own Aqua Essence.
However, amidst them all, the Elder brought something else, it was a small, blue-colored orb, glowing with a powerful Ocean Divine Essence like nothing before.
"I've brought this! It is our ancient relic, the Blue Ocean Heart." Said the Elder. "This is… our treasure, and where we draw the power of our rituals and magic. Our ancestors collected these Fragments, named Blue Ocean Tears, and unified them together to create the Blue Ocean Heart. Could this help him become stronger?"
"T-That item is…" The Present Sapphire and the Past Sapphire reacted the same, at the same time.
It was the original Blue Orb before it was shattered into pieces.
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This 𝓬ontent is taken from f(r)eeweb(n)ovel.𝒄𝒐𝙢