Perhaps the opponent's humanoid appearance no longer had the oppressive power of the dragon form. Rita slowly let go of her guard and spoke more and more.
"The ancient gods have shown us the Apocalypse many times in the sanctuary. The human race has always been a group of moody guys. They can ignore the worst consequences for the sake of immediate interests." Rita turned back.
He glanced at the citizens on the shore: "The best way is to stay away from them."
Todd asked: "Why did your ancient god ask you to come to me? Did he tell me who I am?"
"The ancient gods once told my mother in the sanctuary that the protector of the Dragon Kingdom is a wise and intelligent god. He has no racial prejudices or vulgar desires. If we come to you
, you will definitely get help.”
Todd touched his forehead, feeling that Leviathan had dug a hole for himself.
"Let's bring the topic back to the ancient god. Has he mentioned any clues related to seabed pollution?"
Rita seemed quite confused: "The ancient god Krakosh has said more than once that this black pollution is a catastrophe and a cleansing. The great man seemed to have known that this would happen, but the ancient god did not
Tell us that he cannot stop or interfere with all this."
Todd secretly wondered, is it because of the agreement between the Forerunners and Jingsu?
"The ancient gods told us to escape from this black plague and go to the eastern coast, where there is a sage and holy king who can provide shelter to the fish people."
Having said this, Rita paused for a moment, and then continued: "The ancient god said something strange at the end."
"Weird words?"
Rita nodded: "He said: Today, you should be grateful for the shelter; tomorrow, you must stand up."
Todd's brows knitted together.
Will the mermaids have to step forward in the future?
What does this sentence mean?
Could it be that this is a hint that the future of Dragon Kingdom needs the help of these mermaids?
Todd, who was puzzled, cast his gaze into the distance. Things that he had no clue about no matter how much he thought about, gradually became no longer attractive to him.
Not far away, a ship loaded with cargo slowly approached the harbor, and boxes of cargo were transported out of the hold.
Todd, who had diverted his attention, looked at the mermaids who were carefully picking up the goods, and asked strangely: "I have a question, among your tribe, why do I only see women?"
Rita gently swung her fish tail: "In my tribe, women are responsible for handling major tribal affairs. Men are not qualified and have no ability to deal with such occasions. Most of the places suitable for them are grazing, collecting reefs or guarding."
.”
Todd raised his eyebrows and said with some surprise: "So, your tribe is a matriarchal society?"
Evie, who was standing aside, suddenly said: "I think it's normal. This is not a strange thing."
A mermaid slowly swam to Rita's side in the sea. While looking at Todd and Evie warily, she held a small bag of things in her chest.
Watching the two mermaids conversing in a strange language, Todd waited for them to finish speaking and then asked: "What's going on?"
Rita opened the bag, pointed at the pale white powder inside, and said at a loss: "They said this is food? But how should it be eaten?"
Todd took a closer look and burst into laughter.
Evie, who was standing aside, said to Rita: "This is wheat flour, which can be fermented with water and baked into bread... Oh, I almost forgot, you live in the sea..."
Todd looked at the bag of wheat flour and asked softly: "Rita, what do you usually eat in the sea?"
"Raw fish, sea shells, fish eggs..." Rita held her chin with her hand and licked her lips and said, "There is a soft-bodied insect called a sarcopteryg. It bites like kelp, but the juice is rich and rich."
Evie closed her mouth tightly, her face turned pale, and her stomach began to churn.
Todd smiled and asked: "Can you eat cooked food? Will you be unable to adapt to condiments and spices?"
Rita thought for a while, shook her head and said, "In my impression, mermaids are not picky eaters."
Todd nodded and said to Evie beside him: "Did you bring anything to eat?"
"I still have some sweet cookies from the Beverly Bakery left." Evie covered her chest and said with some pain: "But the products in that store require queuing up early in the morning, and they are also limited in supply.
"
Todd was a little surprised: "You like sweet cookies so much, why don't you just buy that store?"
Evie took out a small paper bag containing biscuits from her arms and handed it to Rita, while muttering: "The food you buy in line tastes completely different from the food prepared by your servants. You don't understand..."
Taking the biscuits from Evie, Rita looked at these small, cute, exquisite snacks in various shapes, and asked in surprise: "Are these made with this bag of wheat flour?!"
"It's almost the same, but there are still some complicated processes in the middle."
Rita picked up a piece of biscuit and tried to put it in her mouth.
The mermaid who had been guarding her immediately shouted loudly.
Rita first looked at her companion, then looked at Todd, said something to the other mermaid, and finally put the cookie into her mouth without hesitation.
Rita's expression was nervous at first, then surprised, and finally flushed with happiness.
She chewed her cheeks hard, as if she was eating the most delicious delicacy in the world.
"I have never eaten anything so delicious!" Rita grabbed another handful of biscuits, stuffed it into her mouth, and said vaguely: "Good times, good times."
Todd smiled and said: "It seems that mermaids can also accept food on land."
After devouring a pack of biscuits, Rita licked her lips and asked, "Is there any more?"
Evie said angrily: "Yes, there are many in the city, as long as you are willing to bring money and queue up early in the morning."
Rita lowered her head and looked at her fish tail, and said frustratedly: "We can't enter the city."
Todd reminded her: "And once these foods enter the water, they will be soaked and will no longer be able to be eaten."
Rita thought distressedly for a long time, and suddenly her eyes lit up: "We can trade with people in the city!"
"In the ocean, there are pearls the size of eyeballs, colorful corals, and gold buried in the seabed. For us, these things are just dispensable decorations in our homes, but people on land should
Will love it!”
As Rita spoke, she took off a string of pearl bracelets the size of pigeon eggs from her wrist, and asked Evie and Todd: "Can such a string of pearls be exchanged for a bag of biscuits?"
Evie smiled bitterly and said: "With this, you can buy a whole boat of biscuits."
In the end, Todd decided to upgrade the trading post on Waiheke Island into a commercial town, specifically for trading between Duixi City and the Mermaid Tribe.
In the early stage, a number of food-related shops will be located on Waiheke Island, such as dessert shops, pastry shops, bakeries, pubs, etc.
The mermaids can exchange the products in the ocean for corresponding amounts of coins at the Royal Bank in the town, and then consume them themselves.