Shade slowly walked into the water, but then frowned and looked at his arms.
Although I have had the experience of swimming in the sea many times, this time I entered the water, I clearly felt that my affinity for the water has improved. The so-called affinity does not mean that I can control the ocean, but that the ocean welcomes Shade's return.
.When the skin is stained by sea water, it even feels smoother than when it is stained by air on land.
This is definitely not due to the redness of the sea water. After all, Shade has nothing to do with the [Lord of the Scarlet Spiral]. Therefore, it is probably the ball of meat he just ate that enhanced his affinity for water.
"What level of relic are you?"
He asked in a low voice.
Then he plunged into the water. As a small string of bubbles emerged from the bottom of the water, Shade's figure scurried forward like a fish swimming under the water. Originally, he could only swim a little, but now he felt that he was really in the water.
It turned into a fish.
After leaving the small pier under the sea cliff, Shade probed his head from the water to confirm his direction and found that he was not far from the beach. The turbulent waves and rain forced him to return to the water as soon as possible, and when Xia De
It was ten minutes later when De staggered out of the red sea water.
He gasped and stood up, turning to look at the sea behind him.
Under the dim yellow sky, huge red waves are constantly crashing towards the pier of Coldwater Port. The strange composition makes people instinctively feel uneasy. On the submerged beach in the distance, there are several black waves above the water.
small dots.
Shade was confused for a moment, and then his eyes suddenly widened.
Those black dots are human heads, which are walking towards the depths of the ocean. Currently, only the heads above the shoulders have not been immersed in the sea water. And just when Shade wanted to go into the water again and tried to pull them up, someone else walked beside him.
Pass.
It was a middle-aged man wearing checkered pajamas and a nightcap, walking staggeringly. After being pulled by Shadra, he immediately fell to the ground, then got up on his own, and kept walking toward him in the rain.
Go forward.
Just because Shade was still holding him, he just stayed put.
The man's eyes were open, but there was no look in them. In addition, there was a blood-red tattoo of a fish face, human body, and fish tail on the right half of his face. The tattoo looked like a fish after being exposed to rain.
It swelled up like a scar and trembled with the heart rate.
"Sir, can you hear me?"
Shade wanted to try to see if he could wake up this person. But then he discovered that more and more people were appearing on this vast beach, swaying towards the ocean with the same frequency.
Under the dim sky, in the red ocean, everyone had dull eyes and tattoos on their faces. Their legs were stained with sea water, and then the water level became higher and higher. They walked towards the depths of the ocean.
, until Shade could no longer see it.
Turning around and looking in the direction of the city, more people appeared on the far side of the beach. Together with those who had stepped into the red ocean, under the dim sky of Coldwater Port, they formed a strange and frightening scene with strange colors.
They will send their bodies and souls back to the ocean, and let the giant mermaid corpses attracted by the ritual eventually swallow up the city with the waves.
"Why are there so many people infected with the Mermaid Curse? Aren't the number of infected people only in double digits?"
Thinking in his mind, Shade punched the man in front of him on the back of the head, and then successfully knocked him unconscious. Shade hoped that he was knocked unconscious. After all, he had never learned the technique of knocking people unconscious. But as soon as Shade let go, he passed out.
The people on the beach actually jumped up, and then swayed their bodies again, and together with the people swaying around them, they lowered their heads and stepped into the scarlet sea water.
He couldn't stop these people at all.
The cold rain hit his face, the red color of the sea, the yellow color of the sky, and the team of people on the ocean and beach. At this moment, Shade felt really chilled in his heart:
"Lecia"
He didn't care about these strangers, turned around and ran in the direction of Aurora Manor.
The beach where Shade landed was not far from the Aurora Manor. After leaving the beach, I discovered that the church was not doing nothing. On the coastal streets, at regular intervals, there would be ordinary priests wearing robes holding scriptures and sitting in high places.
They loudly preached the teachings of the righteous gods. At least two-thirds of the people who walked out of the city unconsciously would faint on the ground when passing by them.
The police set up roadblocks at the main intersections near the beach to prevent those who walked out of their homes unconsciously. Excluding those stopped by the church and the police, the only ones left were what Shade had just seen on the beach.
Calculating this, the number of people infected with the "Mermaid Curse" in Coldwater Port is at least four digits. And at least 90% of them are contained within the urban area. The Diocese of Coldwater Port is indeed well prepared.
The church's preparations go beyond that, but what they really want to prevent is a tsunami that floods Coldwater Port and kills everyone in the city. Therefore, those currently taking action are mostly ordinary clergy of the church, together with the police and the Coldwater Port garrison.
, fighting the murlocs who tried to start a city-wide riot in the city and on the beach.
When Shade went from the beach to the manor, he encountered more than one gunfight. However, he did not find the ring warlocks of the Scarlet Secret Cult, nor did he see the church's organized team of ring warlocks. Obviously, the battlefield was not just on land.
The no-passage relics set up by the murlocs for Aurora Manor had been broken at dawn. When Shade came to the vicinity of the manor, the police were still surrounding the place, prohibiting anyone from approaching. Although it was raining, the weather was also strange.
, but there were so many people nearby that the carriage even blocked the door of the tavern where Shade had been in the middle of the night.
In addition to the police, there are also the Coldwater Port Navy, church priests, private armed forces of local nobles, and a small number of gun-wielding mercenaries with whom Shade has no origin.
Such a messy situation was beyond Shade's expectation. Fortunately, the manor is now open to entry and exit at will. The guests who came to attend the banquet are leaving in batches. However, the church's ring warlock team is blocking the entrance of the manor.
Anyone who wants to leave now must undergo the most stringent physical inspection. As a result, there are still a group of guests staying in the manor who refuse to leave, planning to wait until the church's inspections are relaxed before leaving.
Using [Ragrai's Jump] to avoid the church's sight, Shade also successfully sneaked into the manor. At this time, there were almost people everywhere in the Aurora Manor, including people like Shade who were still dripping with water.
People are not uncommon either.
It's just that the corridor leading to the wine cellar on the first floor was blocked by the church, and while walking upstairs against the flow of people, Shade didn't see Miss Aurora or Princess Lesia.
However, the witch has not forgotten Shade, and left a servant on the third floor to wait for his return. Through Miss Aurora's message, Shade learned that Princess Lesia did not want to bump into the church, so she went to the beach behind the manor to relax.
The witch still had things to do. Shade was very suspicious that she had discovered Darkness who was with the cultists through the explosion of the steam bomb.
"Did Miss Aurora go after Darkness?"
Although Luvia's divination shows that Darkness will not die in Coldwater Port, but will leave for Tobesk today and tomorrow. But going to Tobesk with one breath intact is different from going to Tobesk with only one breath left.
Totally different.
"But, what's Lecia doing at the beach at this time?"
With such doubts, Shade walked out of the mansion again and walked through the garden to the beach. The beach behind the manor and the bay outside the beach are both part of the Aurora Manor, which means that this huge area,
Theoretically, they all belong to Sivi Avora.
The area of the beach is very large, almost twice the area of gardens, buildings and courtyards. Because of the rain and the fright of the gunfight in the middle of the night, there are not many people on the beach now.
Shade didn't see Lesia at first and was worried that she had walked into the sea. He ran to the beach and turned around twice anxiously. When he turned around, he saw Lesia standing on the edge of the beach, close to the grapes in the manor garden.
Looking at him from under the shelf.
There were only two maids beside her, one holding an umbrella for her, and the other holding the clerical relic [Soul Fishing Rod] that Shade bought from Old John, with a transparent fishing line tied to the princess's wrist.
Seeing Shade running over quickly, the red-haired girl deliberately turned her body, as if she didn't want Shade to see the right side of her face. But when Shade came closer, he could not help but see Lesia's face.
Swollen red tattoo on body.
Due to the combined suppression of the sage-level relic [Saint's Curse-breaking Stone], the clerical-level relic [Saint Laurent's Ring] and the fishing rod, Lesia's condition seemed to be good. But when Shade walked up to her,
The red-haired girl raised her hand to cover the side of her face so as not to look at him.
When Shade grabbed his wrist very rudely, took his right hand away forcefully, and touched the swollen and hot tattoo with his fingers, Lesia looked up at him with red eyes:
"Isn't it interesting that I look like this?"
Normally, Her Royal Highness would never say such words. Although the curse did not make her enter the ocean, her mental state was inevitably affected.
Shade glanced at the two maids, who looked at the empty beach in front of them, as if there was something very attractive there.
"I've even seen Dorothy's face when she turned into a fish-man. What does it mean for you to be like this now? You also know what happened that time."
By touching the mermaid tattoo on the side of Lesia's face, Shade also confirmed that the curse was suppressed.
"Dorothy"
I don't know whether it was because of the comparison or because she heard the familiar name, Lesia's expression really relaxed.
Shade gently touched the tattoo with his fingers, and then added:
"Besides, this is not a permanent tattoo. Even if it is permanent, if you use a knife to scrape off the flesh and blood on your face, and I will treat you with [Saturation Food], you will be able to completely restore your most beautiful appearance."
The traumatic wounds treated by [Saturating Food] will never leave any traces.
Lesia hummed softly:
"What on earth did you do just now? Why do you feel that you have changed so much? Dorothy said that you rarely take the initiative to compliment the girls on their beauty besides saying hello."
"That's not important. Lesia, why didn't you stay in the room? Instead, you came here?"