Floco touched his chin, which was equally blue and smooth as water, “More or less, but I’ll only escort you away and ensure that the Tribunal’s wizards temporarily can’t track you. The path ahead still needs to be forged by yourselves. After all, mermaids who can’t live independently are too disgraceful—better to just die.”

The mermaids shrank their necks and tails upon hearing this.

Looking at the water spirit before them who wasn’t large but also had a fish tail, they had thought he was one of their own kind.

But he wasn’t so easy to talk to.

Seeing that Aqua had no intention of speaking, Coral stepped forward herself, “My lord, the teleportation array to leave this place is just ahead.”

She pointed in a direction.

Floco didn’t waste time. Although he had easily dealt with a veteran third-rank wizard, it didn’t mean the current him could fight against a veteran fourth-rank wizard.

Lord Water God was still not at full health.

The mermaids set off again. This time, with Floco’s help, they walked on land as if swimming in water.

Water in the air condensed into small droplets, moistening their skin and scales.

In just over two minutes, they reached the designated location.

Arriving beside a withered old tree, Aqua stepped forward and took out a guidance device that Black Fish had given him before the operation.

The guidance device looked like a shuttle from a loom, with a circle of miniature magic formations inscribed around its thickest middle section. Magic crystals were also wrapped inside.

Aqua activated the guidance device. The withered old tree immediately split open and fell in all directions. After a flash of light, it formed a perfect circular magic formation.

Aqua walked in holding Pearl, then inserted the guidance device into the center of the circular formation, “Five people enter each time.”

The guidance device without wizard control had limited power and could only send five mermaids away at once.

If they encountered an emergency, mermaids who couldn’t enter the teleportation had to immediately destroy the guidance device, so pursuers couldn’t follow the teleportation array to catch those already teleported.

According to the plan, Coral and several weak mermaids would be in the last batch to teleport.

Even without pursuers, Coral wouldn’t leave but would destroy the guidance device at the end and lead the mermaids to draw away the pursuers’ attention.

So when Aqua stood on the magic formation and turned back to urge Coral to hurry in as well, Coral hesitated.

“Go in.” Floco had already seen Coral’s intention, “With me here, there’s no need for you to sacrifice yourself. Moreover, I guarantee that the Tribunal absolutely won’t have the mind to track you down next.”

“Are you going to the Tribunal’s territory to kill everyone?” Aqua said excitedly.

“Uh,” Floco decided to ignore him and continued to the somewhat hesitant Coral, “For mermaids to establish themselves outside, relying solely on some natural abilities won’t work. The most important thing is brains. In my opinion, among these mermaids, you have the best mind and strongest willpower. If anyone should survive, it should be you.”

This was the first time Coral had heard someone recognize her so much, even considering her more important than Aqua.

Her lips trembled slightly, not knowing whether from joy or enduring hardship.

Ever since Mr. Black Fish told her that to help the atavistic mermaids escape their tragic future, she needed to sacrifice herself by pretending to be infected with disease and accepting wizard experiments.

After wizards confirmed that atavistic mermaids were no longer suitable for absorbing pollution from Red Sea Tree stems, they would be abandoned and not watched so strictly, giving them a chance to escape.

Coral only hesitated for one night before telling Mr. Black Fish she was willing.

From then on, pain and disease plagued her, and her body was dissected again and again.

But as long as she saw her brother’s hopeful eyes, she could endure all torture.

Yet today, the powerful water spirit lord said she was the hope of the mermaid race.

Was she really that important?

Was it okay?

Seeing Coral still hesitating, Aqua hurriedly called to her. Aqua hadn’t known before that Coral would deliberately stay behind, and now he was afraid she still wouldn’t want to leave.

But Floco had run out of patience.

The mermaid called Aqua had ability but was somewhat reckless, while the mermaid called Coral had brains but lacked confidence.

These two mermaids were best not separated.

Floco waved his hand, and Coral was pushed into the formation by tiny water droplets.

The other mermaids quickly followed.

“My lord, do you know when Mr. Black Fish will come?” Aqua didn’t immediately activate the teleportation array.

Just now Mr. Black Fish hadn’t come with them, so in his urgency, Aqua could only continue fleeing with everyone according to plan.

But now with such a powerful helper appearing, he still hoped the other could also bring Mr. Black Fish along.

Mr. Black Fish?

Floco thought: Saul didn’t mention any black fish. If there really is one, then this Black Fish’s identity would be interesting.

“You take care of yourselves first and escape as many people as possible,” He looked at the mermaid princess Aqua was holding and suddenly reached out to grab her from the magic formation.

Aqua was stunned for a moment and instinctively reached out to pull Pearl back, but because the latter moved too quickly, he only grabbed empty air.

“My lord, why did you take Princess Pearl away?” Coral also called out anxiously.

“I already said that to survive independently outside, brains are very important. And your mermaid princess has long lost this ability. Let her become assistance for your escape instead.”

The water spirit looked at the confused Pearl and sighed lightly, “A mermaid princess, mermaid royalty, shouldn’t be like this.”

As soon as the water spirit finished speaking, his entire being transformed into a blue light and drilled into the mermaid princess’s body.

Pearl’s whole body shook as if electrified, then closed her eyes and opened them again. Her originally pearl-colored pupils were now tinged with water blue.

Then, she slowly turned around, looked at the still-confused mermaids, and raised her hand: “You may go.”

“Princess?”

Pearl turned again, facing the direction of the Red Sea, no longer looking at the other mermaids, “Today you learn that mermaid royalty has always fought on the front lines, and has never been someone who needs others’ protection.”

Then, Pearl suddenly flew into the sky as if leaping into the ocean.

With a flick of her cyan fish tail, she became a shadow and disappeared from the forest.

The other mermaids didn’t even have time to voice their objections.

“Sister, what should we do? Mr. Black Fish said that no matter who among us dies here, we must protect Princess Pearl’s escape.” Aqua asked Coral in panic.

“I don’t know what to do either.” Coral was also very anxious, but she knew that under current circumstances, their thoughts didn’t matter. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel_fіre.net

Because none of them could bring the mermaid princess back out.

Finally, Coral grabbed Aqua, “Let’s go.”

Aqua was stunned, and the other mermaids all looked at Coral.

Coral made the difficult decision, “We can’t do anything. If we continue staying here, we’ll definitely be caught by pursuers. That way, whether it’s Mr. Black Fish’s sacrifice or that lord’s efforts just now, it would all be wasted.”

Aqua had long been indoctrinated by Mr. Black Fish about the mermaid princess’s revered status. His mind couldn’t turn around for a moment, and he still couldn’t make up his mind.

But when his gaze fell on Coral’s messy short hair, his heart suddenly clenched. Thinking of the suffering his sister had endured these days and how she had almost sacrificed herself for them, he unconsciously nodded.

“Alright!”

…

When the mermaids were leaving the southeastern coast, Pearl had already silently arrived at the Red Sea coast.

She looked expressionlessly at the increasingly bright sky and the wizards who had begun forming ranks, her heart slightly cold.

“Sorry, Saul. The plan needs to change slightly. To make the mermaids escape Nephret more smoothly, just killing a few third-rank wizards won’t do. We need to create some big trouble for them.”

Pearl’s lips curved into a cold smile, “If you want to blame someone, blame them for underestimating mermaid abilities.”

Pearl’s gaze fell below the sea surface, “Since you’ve already been raised to be useless by wizards, then sacrifice yourselves for your true kin.”

She raised her arms, slowly lifting them above her head, her ethereal voice moaning.

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Crazy ravings repeated again and again.

At the same time, a highly penetrating mental power wave probed into the sea.

A few minutes later, the entire Red Sea… boiled!

(End of Chapter)

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