While in the Cinder Forest, many misunderstandings were shortly going to disappear, bringing with them a change whose repercussions weren't clear yet.
Something strange was happening underwater, or more precisely, under the Ouroboros Ocean floor.
The speed of the creature was incredible: any modern-era excavator wasn't even comparable in the speed with which the monster was proceeding from the center of the planet toward the surface.
It was a giant nutria: its length from the mouth to the end of the tail was over 20 meters, and its weight, around 4000 kg, was comparable to that of an elephant.
If its measures weren't enough to show the uniqueness of the nutria, its hair was so dark it seemed to attract light to it: on the back, a red skull was visible, and watching it with attention, it seemed like it was moving from time to time.
Finally, it had heterochromatic eyes: one was of an everchanging blue shade, and the other was crimson red with another skull on it.
The claws, with resistance characteristic of metals, were able to dig easily: opening a way for it to pass.
When he encountered mineral deposits, its diamond-like fangs ate through that to improve the strength of its skeletal system in the complex, and its whipping tail was usefully compacting the ground behind before preceding in its travel.
After a couple weeks from the beginning of its trip from the Underworld up towards Atlantis: the respective capitals of the two kingdoms, the giant nutria started swimming, arriving shortly after near the entrance of the royal castle.
There he was welcomed by two Meerman soldiers: '' We greet Lord Danu!''
They were friends for a long time, being its job as the official messenger between the two different kingdoms, and there were guards at the royal palace's door: they met quite often and had shared some ale together in the past.
''Hi John, Jake, I've to go urgently to the portal, we can meet after at the usual pub tonight.''
Ready for the ever-appreciated proposal, the two nodded while smiling slightly, as if saying words weren't needed in some circumstances with long-time friends.
Happy about meeting his friends just after arriving, Danu accelerated his gait, expecting about the stories they were going to tell each other the following night.
Absorbed in his thoughts, he abruptly found himself at the portal that, similarly to that of the Underworld, allowed arriving in the personal space of the patron god of the kingdom: Hades there and Poseidon here.
After steeling his resolve and inhaling deeply, a couple of times, as if readying himself for an abrupt effort, he raised himself on his hind limbs and walked through the portal.
As he expected, he started feeling sick as if he was on a boat with a stormy sea: the problem was his eyes only saw a monochrome blue background so his mind had difficulty appreciating any spatial reference to improve his current nauseous situation.
He didn't have any similar problems going in the personal space of his other Master Hades: in fact, this process wasn't necessary, it was just a perverse way of playing with him or 'saying Hi' to Master Poseidon.
After some time, the background slowly faded, and he found himself on a tropical island.
Seagulls could be heard squawking in the far sea, the wind delicately moved the white sand, the leaves of the coconut trees, and small hermit crabs walked searching for a new home.
As if in a different universe from the otherwise heavenly situation, docked at the port, was a huge dark oak pirate galleon with a black background flag decorated from a blue skull.
The sea was otherwise calm, but just around the cited galleon waves, high tens of meters raged against its keel.
Near the galleon helm was a tall, tanned man with black hairs reaching his shoulders and teal eyes as stormy as the surrounding sea waves.
His clothes could give further description of his character: he wore a pink Hawaiian shirt and some oversized khakis shorts, to complete the insane picture, he held the helm with his left hand, and in the right one was a pufferfish whose air he was pumping out.
As if this crazy picture wasn't enough, he was laughing with a volume so high his voice was heard over the raging sea.
''Ahahahahah, dolphins sure know how to enjoy themselves!''
He said before inhaling again from the pufferfish.
Sadly and strangely used to that kind of scene, Danu decided to stop him for the sake of the poor pufferfish and his night reunion.
''Lord Poseidon, I have urgent news from your brother Lord Hades.''
Clearly saddened by the words he heard, the waves, for a moment, reached an incredible height of over 100 meters before going back to the sea, which calmed down as if what just happened was a lie.
''You sure are a party pooper Danu, when we created you, my brother probably used too much influence and made you too gloomy and serious…here, take a whiff!''
As if finding a way to solve a difficult problem, Poseidon appeared next to him on the white beach and handed him a pufferfish.
Knowing the personality of his second master, he answered:''Sure, thank boss, in exchange, you give a read to this!''
Thanks to this compromise, an unexpected exchange between a pitiful pufferfish and a scroll sealed by a wax mold happened.
Shortly after starting reading the letter Poseidon's face darkened shortly, and with that, the entire island was submerged in water.
It looked like the island was sinking, but actually, the rage of the sea god caused all the water to rise over the peaks of the island.
Surprised by his reaction Danu inadvertently left the pufferfish that gained another day to live.
Shortly after, this idea was erased by a sudden lowering in the temperature of the water.
The puffer fish was encased in an ice cube, and many icebergs started appearing on the surface of the water.
The icy look on the face of Poseidon reflected his thoughts.
This is far from optimal.
I'll have to check on him to decide what to do.
Danu just hoped to survive until tonight.