Reincarnation Paradise: There are vests everywhere

Chapter 2288 Waves and Stars

I have never been afraid of the darkness, but I am afraid of those things that swagger in the darkness. Every hesitation and uneasiness nourishes the darkness, and the shadows sweep in like a wave, and the abyss will also invade.

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In the sea west of Mount Targon, there is a tribe of Vastaya called the Mermen. Long ago, these creatures discovered a crack in the abyss of the seabed. In this bottomless crack, there is a terrifying darkness that is constantly spreading outward, threatening to exterminate all living things.

In the center of the merman village, the mermen placed a glowing moonstone. Legend has it that this moonstone possesses the magic power of stars infused from heaven, and its holy light can repel the darkness in the depths and protect the safety of the mermen. Every hundred years or so, the moonstone will begin to dim. At that time, the tribe will select the strongest warrior and give him the title of Tidecaller.

To obtain the title of Tidecaller, one must dive into the freezing cold abyss, overcome all kinds of terrible obstacles, and bring back a deep-sea pearl. If successful, the Tidecaller will represent the Mermaids to the coast and trade with the Glorious Wanderer from the top of Mount Targon, exchanging pearls for moonstones. For the Tidecaller, this is an arduous process. He carries the fate of all his people and devotes all his efforts to curbing the creatures in the darkness.

In the past, the mermaids had sent elite troops to the abyss to collect pearls, but they found that the more people they sent, the more difficult those dark creatures became, as if they would adjust their strength according to the strength of their opponents.

Nami's ambition had always been to become a Tidecaller. She was a strong warrior, but too young and reckless. She was known in her tribe for her stubbornness, and she suffered a lot for it. When she came of age, the Moonstone dimmed for the first time in a hundred years.

She participated in the selection of Tidecaller. But due to her overly impulsive personality, the elders finally chose a warrior named Lasha, who was cautious and could remain calm in war, and was their ideal Tidecaller.

After Lasha dived into the abyss, there was no news for a whole month. There has never been a failure in history. While waiting, the light of the moonstone was about to disappear, and the elders had a dispute. Nami knew that someone must step forward and take on the task of the tide caller, otherwise, everyone would go to destruction together.

Nami picked up her mother's magic wand and dived into the deep sea without hesitation. When she was a child, she heard stories from her mother that the Tidecaller was the hero of the mermaids, protecting them from the horrors of the abyss.

When the abyss was eroding, the mermaids tried to suppress the surrounding seas, but still failed to prevent the appearance of the abyss monsters, and the mermaids sacrificed many of their companions. Until a land walker gave the mermaids a special moonstone, the special moonlight could protect them from erosion.

The monsters in the abyss retreated back to the cracks of the abyss under the light of the moonstone, but this did not completely eliminate them. So every once in a while, the mermaids had to send people to dive into the terrifying abyss to find the most beautiful pearls and trade the moonstones with the land walkers.

After losing contact with Rasha, the mermaids have been unable to select the next warrior. Nami feels that someone has to do the responsibility for the mermaids, so she resolutely dives into the abyss of the sea.

Nami saw Lasha in the abyss, Lasha who looked like a mummy. He, no, maybe it was him, a gem that looked like a dark purple eye appeared on his forehead.

Lasha said this when she met Nami: "You can't imagine what kind of miracle I saw. I witnessed death with my own eyes, but I came back safe and sound. You don't know my power, let alone our power..."

"you?"

"Pearls are meaningless. We can bring this power to our people, and they will no longer have to fear."

Without fear, how can there be courage? Nami no longer cares about Lasha who has been eroded by the abyss. Surrounded by monsters, she successfully gets the Abyss Pearl, returns to the Mermaids, and becomes the new Tidecaller.

This is not the end, what the mermaids need is the moonstone, not the abyss pearl. She ascended to the surface world, riding the tide to the shore to meet the Glorious Wanderer.

However, there was no sign of the wanderer on the shore. Only an old woman stood on the beach waiting. The old woman said that her grandparents had witnessed the last transaction of the Tidecaller. She came to tell the mermaids that there would be no moonstone this time. The only moon spirit who could use magic to conjure moonstones had disappeared.

Nami couldn't believe the news. In order to save the lives of her people, she immediately set out to find the Moon Spirit and retrieve the Moon Stone. Through the magical power of controlling the tides, she condensed a pool of water that never dried up under her fish tail, and stepped onto land for the first time to continue her mission to save the mermaids.

Guided by the existing clues, Nami came to the foot of Mount Targon and found a village of the Rakkor tribe. The villagers were moved by Nami's fearlessness, but unfortunately, these Rakkor people also did not know the location of the Bright Moon Star Spirit.

On the Giant God Peak.

On the dark snowfield, a pack of wolves gathered around a huddled mass in the snow. A figure strode into the night, head held high. The moon had risen, looking unusually large, a common sight on Mount Targon.

The figure's home is on the way to the top of the mountain. To the east is a rugged mountainside plain, and to the west is a steep cliff with endless fog. A cold mountain wind blows everything to the west all year round. It is not uncommon for wild animals to brave the wind and sand to cross the plain, but it is rare for them to find prey here.

The wolves turned and roared at her, their semi-fluorescent eyes reflected in the yellow light that filtered through the windows of the yurt. At the same moment, the mass toppled over. It was a girl. A pair of frightened eyes responded to Soraka's gaze, and a pair of shaking hands clenched a wooden spear. There was only one way to get to this cliffside path leading to the sacred mountain, and that was to climb to the top of Mount Targon.

Soraka drove away the wolves, and only the girl remained. Her eyes flickered upward from time to time, peeking at Soraka's horns, and Soraka already knew what she was thinking.

"Are you... that?"

"Which one?"

"Demon. I once heard that..."

Hearing this, Soraka laughed. But before she could reply, the girl collapsed weakly, and the tip of her spear dropped. Only then did Soraka finally feel the great pain and abnormality from the girl. Both of her arms below the elbows were black, as if they were corroded by some unknown force.

Soraka used all the strength she could give to infuse the dead flesh, driving away the pain. Rings of emerald light snaked up the girl's hands. The spear fell to the ground. As Soraka used her power, she saw the color of some of her skin gradually fade from black back to red. This was partly due to frostbite, but also partly because the dark power that had eroded her arms had not dissipated, but was much more suppressed.

After a while, Soraka asked, "You want to climb the main peak. Why?"

The girl said without hesitation. "We...we Rakkor are warriors. My mother, she was the strongest warrior. You don't know what it feels like to be the only one who can't fight. That kind of...weakness."

Soraka: Weak. I've never felt that before.

But Soraka still waved her hand and pointed to the dirt road the girl had just walked, the road leading to the foot of Mount Targon. "You've come this far, do you still feel weak?"

"My weakness will soon be over," the girl answered, her hands clenched into fists. "When I reach the top, I will walk up the last mountain and into the sky, just like the old stories. Then they will have to admit that I am strong."

(End of this chapter)