Chapter 195: The Black Lake Mermaid’s Request
She quietly shifted her gaze away from her hand in front of her and looked into the distance.
There were several human-like creatures standing in the distance. The strange language just now seemed to have come from them. Amanta raised her head slightly and squinted her eyes, trying to see more clearly.
"She's awake—"
Someone beside her suddenly spoke, startling Amanta.
Several people in the distance walked quickly - no, swam over. As they got closer, Amanta gradually saw their faces clearly.
These people... are mermaids - mermaids who live at the bottom of the Black Lake.
However, the mermaids at the bottom of the Black Lake do not look like the mermaids in myths and legends. Not only are they not beautiful, they are also cruel and very warlike.
For example, the ones who came over - they had dark skin, bulging eyes, small and dense teeth in their mouths, and their hair was like some kind of yellow-green seaweed, floating in the water in a mess.
The mermaid beside her muttered something, and Amanta soon found that she could move her body. She shook her webbed hands, propped herself up on the stone and sat up.
“…Gu…Hmm?”
She opened her mouth and wanted to speak, but a few bubbles quickly floated out of her throat and some muffled sounds surged in her throat.
Amanta immediately discovered that it was probably because of the different way sound travels in water. Even with the help of the gillweed, she was unable to speak freely underwater.
"Merlin."
The mermaid swimming in front called her name. Even with the species difference, Amanta could tell at a glance that he was old - his hair was a little gray and sparse, and there were more wrinkles on his face.
"I know you understand our language." The leading mermaid continued in a hymn-like tone, "After all, you are a descendant of the Merlin family - so, I will get straight to the point."
Amanta nodded.
At this point, we can only listen to what they want to do.
"Your friend." The mermaid pointed the long trident in her hand not far away.
Amanta looked in the direction the trident was pointing and saw an oval cocoon-like object about two meters long wrapped in green algae. Draco must be inside.
"He's staying here for now, and you need to help us retrieve something."
Amanta frowned, took out a piece of parchment cast with a waterproof spell from the Sage's Ring, and scratched it with her wand.
"Why should I help you?"
She held up the parchment.
A mermaid standing behind her suddenly bared her teeth and glared at her with an extremely unfriendly look, her densely packed teeth rubbing up and down.
"That's what she should do! Why are you being so polite to the offspring of a thief?... The thief may have gained fame, but who knows us?!"
His last words seemed to arouse the empathy of the mermaids. The expressions of the other mermaids became more and more unfriendly, just like a few piranhas that wanted to tear her into pieces.
The elder in the lead seemed quite calm. He swam half a circle in front of Amanta, raised his chin, and looked at her with a proud look.
"Your ancestor, Merlin, once deceived and defrauded us and took away the most precious gem of the Black Lake Mermaids - the magical treasure that the Black Lake relies on to maintain its environment. After losing the gem, the environment of the Black Lake gradually became like this, and we... also became like this."