After years of roaming, most thought it just got weaker from old age, but it was the complete opposite. The Hunter kept slaughtering endlessly to end its hunger, but what truly kept it from becoming sated was the inability to enter the waters of Atlantis;
Despite its incredible skills, it could still not go past the Guardian's defence. Even if the Guardian itself was a being much weaker than it, it was supported by the entirety of Atlantis every time someone or something tried entering the metropolis with the intention of causing harm.

The Hunter wasn't just a merciless beast though, it knew how to fool. When the once ruler of the ocean decided to get out of its protected space, after it hadn't seen the Hunter in weeks, it fell into the Hunter's trap and was massacred. With the Hunter now owning the ruler's crown, Atlantis was doomed to become nothing but ruins.

In a last stretch of hope, the Guardian did all it could to protect the metropolis, but ultimately failed with a worse fate than the one of the Ruler.
Only one was left, but even the Hunter didn't dare to bother that...

oppression still solos lmao