Mermaid Lord

"Yahwah!" I didn't know what happened, but Shi anxiously explained to the guards, but the guards insisted on not letting us in, and even held out their tridents to drive us away.

Fortunately, rescue came.

"Oh, dear children, you are here." Thomason came out of the palace, patted the guard on the shoulder, smiled and said something I couldn't understand, the guard immediately put away the trident, bowed his head to us, Please let us in.

"Please forgive me, children. It was my fault that I didn't notify the guards of your arrival in time. Only mermaids with status are allowed to enter the palace. Obviously, the little guy doesn't have the qualifications yet." Thomason smiled. He led us into the palace, but he smiled reluctantly, his face was full of exhaustion, and there were even some dried blood on his arms. It seemed that he had just come off the operating table.

"You don't look well, what happened?" I asked with concern.

Thomason sighed and said: "Sorry, it's not peaceful recently, many brothers in the clan have been attacked by other clans... Oh, look at me, what am I talking to you, this is a happy day, our leader When he comes back, he will definitely lead us to expel the invaders. Well, children, this is your seat, although it is a bit far from the main banquet, but it is relatively clean here, and the loud music cannot be heard clearly."

There is indeed music playing back in the palace, accompanied by the beautiful singing of mermaids. On both sides of the road, there are several polished stone tables inlaid with shells and other decorations. On the stone tables are placed various foods and drinks.Some mermaids were chatting cordially with their companions while holding drinks, and some mermaids were singing around the object he was looking for. For a moment, I almost thought I was attending a royal song and dance party.

We were arranged to sit in a very remote corner. If I didn't stand up, I couldn't see the main seat in the middle of the palace.The music gradually weakened, and after the sound of a horn sounded, all the mermaids returned to their positions, standing quietly and looking at the main seat.

A male deep-sea mermaid held a scepter, swam out from behind the main seat, and stood majesticly in front of the main seat. The lively atmosphere just now suddenly became solemn.

Although my back was turned to all the mermaids present, I could feel that their eyes must be full of awe at this moment.

This is the leader of the deep-sea mermaid group, Adrian.

Except for the mermaid lord at the top of power, each mermaid group has a leader, who is equivalent to the king of their group.The leader, like the mermaid lord, is not a hereditary system, but a competition. Only the most powerful mermaid in the group is eligible to take this position after brutal fighting.

Thomason once told me that Adrian has been the leader for ten years, so you can imagine how powerful he is.And he's a serious guy, he doesn't smile unless in front of his family, and he can get pretty violent when someone touches his boundaries.

In short, this is not easy to mess with, Thomason also warned me, must be careful what you say, don't make him angry.But after admonishing, Thomason patted me on the shoulder again and told me please don't be afraid of Adrian, he is actually a good man.

Adrian pursed his lips and raised the wine glass in his hand. The liquid in the glass was red, and the color was too much like fresh blood. If Shi hadn’t told me that it was just red wine, I would have thought he was tasting human blood .

After he put down the wine glasses, the mermaids also drank the red wine in their hands, and then, under Adrian's gesture, started tonight's lively banquet.

All kinds of food were brought to the stage, but probably because of Shi’s low status, our food didn’t look delicious, except for a few pieces of raw fish that were not particularly fresh, there were only a few shriveled fruits that lacked moisture.In contrast, sitting at the table closest to Adrian, the food is quite rich, and the aroma is transmitted over more than ten meters away.

It seems that there is also a serious hierarchical system in the mermaid race, and Shi is obviously the lowest mermaid.

"Shi Dawa." Shi Fork picked up a fish and stuffed it into my mouth. I didn't want to eat raw food, so I took the fork from his hand, seeing no one was paying attention, I secretly roasted the fish with fire before Pass it to him: "I remember you like grilled fish very much, you should eat it first."

"Ah wood." Shi opened his mouth and bit it up, chewed it up and swallowed it after a few mouthfuls, and then excitedly handed him a raw fish, asking me to continue grilling it for him.

Probably the smell of grilled fish attracted the fish sitting around us. They looked at me one after another. When they saw me as a human, they all showed surprise expressions, but soon they accepted me naturally. The existence of the bold mermaid even secretly handed me raw fish, expecting me to grill them.

They are all races against me, I should reject them mercilessly, but please forgive me, the enthusiasm and friendliness in their eyes deeply moved me, and they are not hostile to me (Of course, why are they not hostile to me? I still don’t understand), and sincerely gave us fresh fruits. Out of friendship, I took the raw fish they handed over.

The hierarchical differentiation system of the mermaid race was once again presented to me. Some mermaids got whole-raw fish, some half-raw fish, while the mermaids sitting in the front row got grilled fish.

I don't dare to say I have any major complaints about the mermaid's hierarchy, but I'm a little dissatisfied that little mermaids like Shi are not treated well.

I couldn't help but share the fruit I got with a few more.

Probably because our movement was too loud to attract the attention of the upper echelons.

"Is it too bad?"

The mellow male voice sounded as loud as through a loudspeaker, and the sound of the entire palace suddenly became quiet as if the power had been cut off. Not a single mermaid let out a single heavy breathing sound.

It's eerily quiet here.

Lian Shi seemed to know Adrian's temper, opened his eyes wide, and covered his mouth tightly with his paws. After a few seconds, he foolishly released a webbed paw to cover my mouth.

I couldn't laugh or cry at Shi's behavior.

Due to our movement, we became the focus of everyone's attention, and it was natural that our Adrian was found and invited to him.

Adrian made a call in the language of the mermaid. Although I couldn't understand it, I could tell from his expression that he was asking about my identity.Thomason, sitting below him to the left, stood up and explained to him.

Then, I heard the familiar human language again.

"Are you the human who saved our people?" Adrian's voice was very mellow, and it sounded indescribably majestic.

In fact, it’s not salvation, it’s just that we have common interests, so I didn’t admit it or deny it: “I think Thomason has already told you my identity.”

Adrian sat on the throne, looked at me condescendingly, and said with an authentic facial expression: "You are very brave, young man."

"Thank you for your compliment." I frowned. To be honest, I'm not very used to this kind of dialogue with obvious level differences, so my tone was a bit stiff.

At this time, Shi stuffed his webbed claws into my hand, although his webbed claws were as cold as usual, but I could really feel his warm heart encouraging me.

Adrian still has no expression, I can't deduce his mood based on his expression, he is simply too elusive.

He beckoned downwards, and immediately a few deep-sea mermaids slid in front of me. I recognized them. They were survivors who shared our troubles. They were more or less injured, but they were quite spirited. It seems The injuries were not serious.

Under Adrian's gesture, they stood in a circle around me, and suddenly they sang together, the singing was soothing and melodious, and I was deeply immersed in the ocean of singing.Shi tugged at my sleeve and explained to me while gesticulating that this is a song used by deep-sea mermaids to express their gratitude.

To be honest, when I escaped from the research institute with them, I never thought that I would be rewarded one day. After all, I always thought that mermaids are ruthless and cruel creatures, but now I feel a different side of mermaids.

I suddenly had an idea, maybe mermaids are not as cruel as we imagined, they are even friendly to humans, and the so-called sacrificial game is just our misunderstanding.

Thals, you're crazy, you think merfolk are friendly creatures.

However, they know how to be grateful. They got along with me friendly without knowing my identity, and they didn't hurt me.

I'm driving crazy with these two conflicting thoughts and I need to calm down.

Just in time, the singing of the mermaids ended, and they returned to their seats. Adrian also re-arranged us to the front seat on the grounds that his subordinates did not know our identities, so they arranged us to sit in the back, and asked his subordinates Bring better food and drinking water.

However, just as Shi and I were about to sit in the seat arranged by him, he suddenly stood up and shouted: "Wait a minute."