Doris seemed to have guessed what Catherine was referring to and was waiting silently. Sure enough, Catherine unbuttoned her waist, took off the Sea King's crown hanging on her belt, and held it in front of Doris with both hands.

"This is the Sea Emperor's crown that I hid back during the mission, and it belongs to Lord Kareto's artifact." Catherine said solemnly: "It's a pity that I didn't work in the mission. Now I'll return it to you Storm Temple, which belongs to you."

Doris nodded, took his head crown with both hands and looked in front of her eyes, and said with relief: "No wonder Matthew told me before that you have never used it, it turns out that this is the reason."

"Yeah?" Catherine asked in confusion: "What's the reason? Is there any problem?"

"It's broken." Panis said behind Catherine: "I've completely lost the function of the crown."

"Bad?" The girls stared at Panis with a look of ghosts, as if they were depressed by the guilt they had added to before: "How do you know it's broken?"

"I've checked it." Panis felt puzzled and asked back, "Have you ever checked this kind of thing that may be used?"

"I won't mention this matter." Catherine coughed a few times and said, "I remember this mistake. I didn't see the possible use of the items around me. In the end, I was not experienced enough and I didn't have enough vision. I won't make such low-level mistakes again in the future."

"Well, I understand." Panis probably guessed what happened, and did not say anything that might make the girls even more embarrassed. He asked Doris: "Have you found out the reason? I have tried it a few times and I couldn't activate the head crown at all, let alone the sea god realm you mentioned. I suspect that the war that year damaged the head crown. Or the head crown was sealed by the enemy after it was taken away."

"It was my mistake." Doris sighed and said, "I was not from my original body before, and I couldn't find the problem of the head crown. I heard Matthew say that you had killed you once? That curse is really powerful, and it can really reverse life and death. But fortunately it was the curse, otherwise... I really don't know how to face those old friends by then."

"Can you not worry about what hasn't happened?" Panis rolled his eyes and said, "What's going on with this thing? I'll declare first that we didn't break it. If you want compensation, don't look for us. Go to Dimos's church."

"In recent years, you have not improved in other aspects. You have become more and more rogue." Doris laughed out loud at Panis's words and said unhappily: "The crown of the head is not damaged, it just activates the self-protection function and closes itself. This is also a function that the holy weapon originally has. When a user encounters a strong enemy and may not be able to protect the holy weapon, he will consciously activate this function, so that if the holy weapon falls into the hands of the enemy, it will not help the enemy in reverse. It is normal for you to be unable to deal with it. Only the high priest of the sea god can remove the protection function, and no one else can do it. Alas, I should have thought of this situation that would happen long ago. I really should have asked you to come back at that time. There is no need to put you in danger."

For a moment, the atmosphere became a little heavy again, and Panis blinked and suddenly said, "Our mission commission is to solve the problem of the control of the Caspian tribe in the Devil's Sea, not including this head crown. Now that there are additional gains, we cannot give it to you for free."

As expected, Panis received several vicious eyes at the same time. Doris said with a laugh and cry: "I know, I know. I will repair my head crown first, and then talk about the bargaining matter later."

In the curious eyes of the girls, Doris lifted the Sea King's Head Crown flat in front of her, and slowly let go of her hand. The Head Crown violated the gravity and floated strangely in the air. Doris stared at the Head Crown, chanting an indescribable prayer in her mouth. The girls could feel that special energy continued to gather from the surrounding ocean to the Head Crown, forming a powerful energy field around the Head Crown. The energy around the Head Crown became stronger and stronger, and Doris's prayer also chanted more and more.

As the energy intensity reached an astonishing height, a dazzling bright light suddenly burst out from the head crown. Another sun seemed to rise on the island, and the strong light made everyone unable to help but close their eyes. When the strong light dissipated and people opened their sore and crying eyes, the head crown had fallen smoothly on the ground. However, to everyone, including Doris, was surprised that in the original position of the head crown, there was a strange blonde mermaid standing.

The mermaid suddenly appeared very tall, and when it was in the form of ocean, it stood at a height of more than two meters, much higher than Panis. However, although she was very tall, she did not appear bulky, and her well-proportioned figure brought her a different charm. However, everyone soon discovered the difference between the blonde mermaid. She seemed to be no longer a living person, but just a residual soul, her figure was as unstable as a fog, and it seemed that it might dissipate out of thin air at any time.

"Are you... Ancestor of Amphitry?" Doris was the first to wake up, guessed the identity of the blonde mermaid, and said in surprise: "Amhitry, are you still alive? No, no, I mean, your soul still exists in the world?"

Affitrie did not answer, and glanced around, staring straight at the high-level priest behind Doris holding a special box. To be precise, staring at the box she was holding. After staring for a few seconds, Affitrie spoke, his voice was as cold as the cold sea water in the deep sea, with almost no trace of the temperature of the world: "Is the matter solved?"

"Yes." Doris replied with great respect: "With the help of several human adventurers, the nightmare artifact has been completely destroyed."

"Adventurer? What is that?" Ampietri obviously relaxed, his figure faded a lot again. Although his voice was still cold, his tone softened: "Forget it, I don't need to know anymore. How many years have passed?"

"According to the records inside the Storm Temple, three thousand six hundred and fifty-five years have passed," Doris replied.

"Fortunately, it's not too long." Ampietri's answer made several human girls feel very strange. But for the lifespan of the mermaid tribe of 1,500 years, more than three thousand years is not too long. From the perspective of humans, it's only more than two hundred years. Four or five generations are just four or five generations. Ampietri smiled rare on his cold face and said softly: "Fortunately, the matter has been resolved, and I can go to my Lord's divine realm with confidence."

"Are you leaving now?" Doris asked reluctantly: "I haven't seen the current situation of the sea clan."

"I don't have much time anymore." Ampietri shook his head: "By the way, is Nina okay?"

"Nina?" Doris asked in confusion: "I haven't heard of this person."

"Nina is the battle with me in the sea beast." Ampietri explained: "The longest-lived monster in the deep sea can be traced back to the first era, and it has been more than 200,000 years."

"Sorry, lord of ancestors." Doris lowered his head sadly: "We found a large and amazing corpse next to your remains, maybe..."

"It seems that Nina died in battle as well." Ampietri interrupted Doris with a wry smile: "Before I died, I felt that Nina was also attacked by fatality, and when I asked her, she was just holding a little hope."

"Sir, what happened back then?" Doris asked, "Have your soul been trapped in the Sea King's Head Crown?"

"It's not like being trapped, it's my luck," Ampietri explained: "Before I died, I activated the protective measures of the head crown and closed the head crown. When the head crown was closed, I just died completely. As soon as my soul left my body, it was closed by the head crown. Fortunately, my soul was closed. The power of that artifact was too strong. Under its suppression, I could not go to my Lord's divine realm. If it was not closed, I'm afraid my soul would completely dissipate. There was no chance to stand beside my Lord. So this is my luck, but it's really uncomfortable to stay in it for a long time."

"Did you keep awake inside?" Doris asked in horror: "For more than three thousand years, you have been..."

"Yes. Always awake." Although Affitri said it very easily, he spent more than three thousand years in darkness and loneliness. No one dared to imagine this crazy horror. On the contrary, Affitri said calmly: "Don't be surprised, I think it's worth it. Judging from your current situation, you will know that my pain over the years is not worthless."

"Indeed, your death has ushered in precious time for all the sea clans." Doris nodded vigorously: "It is precisely because of your battle back then that we have the opportunity to completely solve the problem today."

"That's enough." Ampietri smiled. The smile on his cold face seemed to thaw the glacier. Her eyes turned to the five people in the adventure group and said softly: "You are the humans mentioned before. Thank you very much for your selfless help. I don't have time to say more thanks, but in the future, I will pray for you for a long time in the Kingdom of God of our Lord, and wish you all the best."

Faced with the thanks of this sea hero thousands of years ago, the five people could only bow together and pay tribute to the deceased hero. Although the races were different, Amphitri's spirit of sacrifice was enough to win everyone's respect.

"Time is up." Ampietri looked up at the sky: "It's time for me to leave."

"Don't you say hello to your old friend?" In the crowd that had stopped not far away, the two followed Doris to the island and walked out: "I didn't expect to see you again, Ampietri."

"Badia?" Ampietri said in surprise: "And Bayer? It's great that you two are still alive."

"Are you really leaving now?" Badia asked regretfully: "I want to chat with you again, it's really..."

"We have to leave." Amphitri wanted to pat Badia's shoulder, but his illusory hand passed through his body: "Look, there is nothing we can do. But there is no need to be sad for me. I will be reborn in the territory of my God as a servant. Everyone should be..."

Before he finished speaking, Amphitri had turned into a cloud of mist and disappeared suddenly as if it was appearing. Several humans and the sea clan were stunned for a while before they showed bitter smiles together.

"No matter what, it is a great pleasure to see the ancestors." Doris reluctantly cheered up and smiled, "This opportunity was brought to me by you, Catherine, as I said before, let's celebrate the successful completion of this mission with a grand banquet."
Chapter completed!