Before paying, I looked at Friend of Nature Delanlay.
"So you chased them here because you wanted to see those butchers go on the road with your own eyes? With all due respect, they seem to be doing pretty well so far. Your Poseidon doesn't seem to chase them in."
"After waiting for a while, the dye on their bodies disappears, and it seems that they will be able to return without success."
"Even if you are braver, try to explore in this direction."
Before paying, he pointed at the mermaid above his head.
"It's not necessarily a failure."
"I didn't expect the mermaid to escape in this direction..."
After being reminded before paying, Delanlai raised his head and looked at the top of the tree, with a look of regret on his face.
"I should have taken action earlier if I had known... As for Poseidon, although even He is not willing to enter this place, the feeling this time is indeed different from usual."
"Oh, what does He usually look like?"
Facing the man behind the scenes who seemed to be familiar with the situation at sea, Fu Qian immediately asked without shame.
"Are you sure you want to chat with me here?"
The other party was so interested that Delanlai couldn't help but have a weird expression on his face.
"Don't forget that the gunshot you just made could easily be noticed here."
"Are you sure it's easier than the one in the tree?"
He looked surprised before paying.
"...I can't put it down."
This sentence immediately caused Delanlai to fall into silence, and after a moment he admitted his own powerlessness.
"How could it be? Didn't you plant that tree?"
The questions before payment are so natural and logical.
"Yes, but normally it shouldn't be this big...and I can't communicate with it at all now."
Under the shadow of the giant tree, Delanlai couldn't help but grab the fibrous roots hanging in front of him.
"It's too unstable here, and life forms can easily become uncontrollably distorted. That's why I didn't take action at the beginning."
"I see, I thought it was because I was found standing here."
Then he raised his head and looked at the mermaid who finally calmed down, before he clicked his tongue.
Judging from Delanlai's reaction, although the scene before him was strange, it was not too exaggerated for the Sea of Ashes.
"Your appearance is indeed something I didn't expect..."
After being exposed, Delanlai's expression stiffened for a while, and then he admitted that he had chosen to hide before and after seeing Fu.
"You feel too dangerous, so I wanted to confirm your intention first, but I never expected that it actually wanted to go deeper..."
"Sound judgment."
Before paying, he affirmed Delanlai's comments about himself.
"So the mermaid's tail turning into two is also a distortion of life form?"
"This is a very classic change. In fact, this is why even Poseidon is unwilling to enter here."
Delanlai nodded.
"Mutations will appear anytime and anywhere in ways that challenge imagination, and most of them may not be restored even if you go back outside."
"I can see that you are familiar with this place."
I gained a lot of information, and I didn’t hesitate to praise before paying.
"That's because I choose to communicate with these beings instead of killing."
Delanlai's voice was filled with anger.
"They told me a lot of things."
Are you really a druid-type nature lover?
Before paying, he sighed silently and pointed at the mermaid.
"Then did it tell you why it went to the depths of the Sea of Ashes just now?"
this……
Faced with the problem at hand, Delanlai thought for a while and made a series of strange sounds to the mermaid.
Unfortunately, although it didn't sound aggressive, the latter was running around nervously.
"It seemed to be frightened and refused to communicate with me."
Delanlai sighed.
"However, there was a rumor circulating before that just like mermaids confuse passing sailors with their songs, they will also receive calls from the depths of the Sea of Ashes."
"Most of those who respond to this call will never return, but if they survive successfully, they will be twisted into another form."
Another form?
Fu Qian frowned slightly, thinking of the cage in Gerald's hand.
"Flocculant?"
"right."
This is how that special creature came to be.
Mermaid distorts creation? If nothing else, this distortion is comparable to plastic surgery in terms of appearance.
Even in terms of rank, the human head in Gerald's hand was obviously divine, which was completely different from the little mermaid in front of him who only had a slightly supernatural aura.
If the little mermaid really heard the call just now, it seems understandable why she agreed so simply.
"Although it looks gorgeous, this twisted creature often becomes cruel and bloodthirsty, and is no longer so friendly to humans. It is almost one of the things that people least want to encounter during maritime activities."
That's why he wasn't included in the protection list by the Night Master, right? Sure enough, becoming outstanding is not necessarily a good thing.
Before paying, he nodded slightly to express his understanding.
"Congratulations, it looks like you successfully prevented an ignorant mermaid from being corrupted."
"...provided it survives."
Although he was not sure whether Fu Qian's congratulations were sincere, after careful exchanges, Delanlai clearly realized that this guy did not have much murderous intention, and finally relaxed a little.
"Lan En and the others may discover the situation here at any time. If they don't put it down as soon as possible, they may fall into the hands of those people again."
"Are you a little too optimistic?"
"……What's the meaning?"
"Even if you don't have the guts to run around for the time being, how could a group of experienced people not find a commanding height to observe the surroundings in a place like this?"
Fu Qian pointed to the hills behind him.
"You mean they might have noticed this place?"
Subconsciously looking at the dead mountaintop, Delanlai's face turned extremely ugly.
"Considering that you specifically hung it up, yes, I think it's unlikely that you didn't notice it."
Before paying, he confirmed his suspicion.
That……
Delanlai was obviously confused.
Compared to the mermaid, he is undoubtedly the target of Lan En and the others. If he is really discovered, even the shock of the Sea of Ashes will not be able to stop those people's desire for revenge.
But if he just left like this, did he abandon the mermaid here directly, or did he stop it from escaping...
"Can you help me, Your Excellency?"
After some hesitation, Delanlai finally did not leave directly, but asked Fu Qian for help.
"OK."
He glanced at him before paying, stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers.
Is it too straightforward?
Just when he was wondering if the other party was playing a trick on him, Delanlai's expression changed drastically in the next moment and he suddenly stepped aside.
Halfway through the movement, two huge tentacles burst out of the water from his side and hit the giant tree hard, making a deafening sound.
The power carried on it was so violent that the branches that were originally as solid as iron stone were directly ripped into countless pieces and scattered all around.
Amidst the screams, the mermaid at the top of the giant tree fell into the water along with the cage that restrained it.
