Chapter 197 Madam, you don't want anything to happen to your daughter, do you?
As the mermaid continued to approach, Angelica and Elizabeth still had a look of confusion on their faces.
"The beautiful voice is like a mother's embrace, so wonderful..."
"No, I can't listen anymore, it will kill me!"
Just plugging the ears with cotton can't completely resist the mermaid's singing. Of course, this is not useless. They are just out of mind, and the others who are not very prepared, the crew of the Black Pearl under the moonlit night, turned into
They formed a skull shape and jumped into the sea one by one like dumplings.
With Bai Ye's sight, he could see that some mermaids, with cruel and excited smiles on their faces, went to catch the skeletons that jumped into the water, but were shocked by the skeletons.
They caught the sailor who fell into the sea, intending to use it to communicate and then eat it, but as for the skeleton... there was no way to use it to communicate, or even to eat it, it was just a pile of useless waste!
"Commander, you are a wizard, is there any way to solve this situation?"
I don't know when, Jack Sparrow came to Bai Ye with his little follower Will Turner. He swallowed his saliva and looked at the mermaid in the sea. There was both greed and lust for money in his expression.
There is also fear and horror.
"You're okay?"
Bai Ye looked at Jack Sparrow in surprise.
"hey-hey……"
Jack Sparrow smiled guiltily and said:
"Ever since I entered the Bailang Bend area, I have carried homemade earplugs with me and plugged my ears every night when I went to bed. I was afraid that I would be attacked by these mermaids unknowingly.
, become food in their mouths.”
He caught Will Turner who still didn't know what was going on, and showed Bai Ye that he had given Will Turner earplugs.
As for why he could still hear Bai Ye's words, it was purely because he knew some lip reading. In fact, even if he couldn't lip read, with his own cleverness, he could casually guess what Bai Ye asked.
Bai Ye nodded, looked at the mermaid in the sea, and said:
"It's not a big problem to solve them."
"I knew it was you, the handsome man!"
Jack Sparrow offered the compliment.
The Black Pearl is a big ship. If there are not enough sailors, it will be difficult to drive this big ship.
Therefore, those skeletons who were seduced by the mermaid cannot watch their bones being torn apart by the angry mermaid and sinking to the bottom of the sea.
Of course, if Barbossa was at this moment and his limbs were flying around due to those mermaids, and they could no longer get together, the relationship couldn't be better.
In this case, no one will compete with him for the captainship of the Black Pearl in the future.
"Mermaid!"
A smile appeared on Bai Ye's lips, and he raised his right hand to the sky, his eyes glowing with a rich blue light.
Above the sky, dark clouds quickly gathered, covering most of the sky.
Many pirates who turned into skeletons under the moonlight regained their human bodies. Of course, they only looked like human beings, but in fact they were still skeletons.
The violent thunder flashed in the dark clouds, like a snowball, growing bigger and bigger, exuding extremely terrifying pressure.
Thunder has always been the most terrifying natural disaster, bar none.
"Lei Ying——!"
As Bai Ye stretched out his hand, the thunder that was patrolling the sky fell instantly.
“Sizzssssssssss——!!!”
The sound of lightning and thunder resounded through the sky, and the light was blazing, swallowing up the entire sea area in front of him.
Jack Sparrow and Will Turner who were watching the show involuntarily closed their eyes to prevent being blinded by the lightning.
When Jack Sparrow and Will Turner felt the light dimming, they opened their eyes and saw the mermaids on the sea, all of them were electrocuted to the point of turning their stomachs, and they were all floating there!
Look at Bai Ye again.
Thunder and lightning danced at his fingertips, and his blue eyes turned white, giving him a feeling of indifference and ruthlessness, making him look like the God of Thunder.
Jack Sparrow pulled off his earplugs and looked shocked:
"The Marshal is... too powerful! I have been on the sea for decades, and I have seen a lot of wizards and dark wizards, but a person as powerful as the Marshal is... Never seen it.”
Without the interference of the mermaid, Angelica and Elizabeth also regained their consciousness, and their eyes looking at Bai Ye...of course became more intense.
A person as handsome as Bai Ye and possessing such great strength is like Tang Monk meat among women's mate selection group, and everyone wants to take a bite of him.
"Okay, let's fish out the crew and the mermaids!"
The lightning on Bai Ye's body dissipated, and he returned to his previous appearance and said.
Most of the skeletons that fell into the sea were stunned by the thunder and lightning in the white night. Fortunately, before all the crew members on the Black Pearl had time to jump into the sea, there were still some people left on the ship, who were singing to the mermaid's song. After retreating, it means everything is fine.
The skeletons and mermaids were quickly fished out.
The mermaids were imprisoned alone in the cells of the Black Pearl.
Bai Ye, Angelica and Elizabeth came to interrogate these mermaids.
"So this is what mermaids look like!"
Angelica looked at the mermaids curiously. As Blackbeard's daughter, she was well-informed, but she had never seen a real mermaid, a legendary creature.
"Fish are worthy of the name of beauty, every one of them is surprisingly beautiful!"
Not to mention Elizabeth, she felt even more that her decision to follow Bai Ye out on the adventure was right.
Except for Bai Ye herself, her very core is filled with an impulse to yearn for the sea. Being raised by Governor Swan as a good girl for so many years only slightly delayed her rebellious character.
As Bai Ye and others approached, the arrested mermaids showed crazy postures that were completely different from their beauty. Their sharp fangs were arranged in rows, extremely fine and dense, and the teeth were cold and cold. The cold light seemed to be warning Bai Ye and the others not to come any closer.
Well, Bai Ye felt that if they had one bite of their teeth, the man's happiness in the rest of his life would probably be gone.
Of course, Bai Ye is not afraid. He is a user with the ability of the Thunder Fruit. When in danger, he can automatically transform into elements, so he can safely let these mermaids bite him.
"According to legend, mermaids are emotionless creatures, more like fish than humans. Looking at their lack of fear and their crazy and cold eyes, the legend seems to be true!"
Angelica said.
"You humans are the vicious and cruel creatures!"
Suddenly, among the imprisoned mermaids, a young mermaid seemed to be unable to bear Angelica's animal-like look and retorted.
As soon as the little mermaid spoke, the other mermaids whose expressions changed covered their mouths and were pulled behind them.
"Huh? You can actually still speak? Do you still speak English?"
Angelica was surprised. She really thought that these mermaids could not communicate. After all, if mermaids can really communicate with humans, then they should be closer to humans than fish, but how could they?
What about developing the habit of eating human flesh?
"Wait a moment!"
Elizabeth pointed to the mermaid legs and said:
"Look!"
It turns out that as the water flowed through these mermaids' legs, their original fish tails gradually retreated and evolved into human legs.
Now, these mermaids become no different from humans.
"How amazing!"
Elizabeth exclaimed:
"They can freely switch between fish tails and human legs. Doesn't this mean that if mermaids blend into human society, no one will be able to detect their abnormalities."
"In other words, there are mermaids that have infiltrated into human society and no one has noticed them. This can also explain why they can still speak English."
I have to say that Elizabeth’s imagination is not ordinary!
Bai Ye looked at the mermaids standing reluctantly and said:
"Things may not be as simple as you say. Mermaids, mermaids, their race is mermaids, not humans. Even if their fish tails can be converted into legs, there must be disadvantages to walking like humans."
"The world is always fair. If fate opens a window for you, it will inevitably close a window for you. There will never be a truly perfect creature."
In fact, as Bai Ye thought, although the mermaids' fish tails can turn into legs, it is difficult for them to walk on their legs. When they walk hard, their feet will feel as painful as stepping on an awl, so
, the mermaid's legs are more like decorations to facilitate communication with male humans at certain times.
"Little girl, you just said that we humans are vicious and cruel creatures? Isn't that right? We just arrived at Bailang Bend and didn't do anything when we were beguiled by your singing. We almost jumped into the water and were killed by you.
Damn it, you guys actually beat us up and say we are vicious and cruel?"
Angelica looked at the mermaid who just spoke.
"Ha!" The little mermaid still broke free from the restraints of the surrounding mermaids, sneered, and said: "You greedy humans, you know what you want to do when you come to Bailangwan, and we won't do anything to you first.
, you will also hunt us, we are just attacking first!"
"We do want the tears of your mermaids, but talking about hunting and killing is a bit much."
Angelica said:
"If you hadn't taken the initiative to attack, we might not have chosen to hurt you. We would have probably just obtained some of your tears through a peaceful transaction."
"We will not believe you greedy, despicable, cruel humans!"
the little mermaid said loudly.
By the way, she also talked about why mermaids are so hostile to humans.
A long, long time ago, mermaids were originally gentle, non-aggressive animals. When the first fleet sailed through the Whitecaps Bend, the mermaids treated each other with courtesy, and several of them even fell in love with the handsome sailors.
However, a mermaid who fell in love accidentally revealed the secret of the Fountain of Youth to the sailors, and bad luck happened.
After the sailors learned the secret of the "Fountain of Youth", their greedy nature was revealed. In order to gain immortality and obtain the mermaid's tears, they did not hesitate to hunt and kill the mermaids, which almost brought disaster to the mermaids.
It was under this kind of oppression and aggression that the mermaids turned from self-defense to revenge.
The war with the sailors left a painful lesson for the mermaids, which was recorded in the annals of mermaid history. From that time on, the Mermaid Kingdom had a new rule: sailors must be destroyed when they see them!
From then on, any ship that dared to approach Whitecaps Bend would be dragged into the water and eaten alive by the mermaids once they heard their songs and were deceived.
"Uh..." Angelica said: "It sounds like what they are talking about is indeed something that human beings wandering on the sea can do."
In this era, those who dare to go out to sea and run boats basically keep their heads tied to their belts, because the risks are too great, including all kinds of natural disasters, storms, tsunamis, fog, and all kinds of other things.
An abnormal place could kill the crew at any time.
Therefore, those who dare to go to sea are risking their lives in exchange for wealth. Therefore, when they hear the temptation of immortality, they must risk their lives to snatch it.
Mermaids, who were originally gentle and harmless, were killed to the point of annihilation. They must have had a blood feud with humans.
"We don't know who you have met before, but we are definitely not the kind of people who kill wantonly." Elizabeth thought for a while and said tentatively: "You were the first to attack us. Logically speaking, we
It should be an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, but we can give you a chance. As long as one of you mermaids...one fish sheds a tear for us, we will let you go, how about it?"
These mermaids looked at Elizabeth as if they were an idiot. If they still believed in humans that much, they would have been exterminated long ago.
Angelica and Elizabeth both want to get some legendary mermaid tears from these mermaids. Unfortunately, these mermaids have long lost all trust in human beings. No matter how much Angelica and Elizabeth try to coerce and induce them, they will not be able to win.
These mermaids cannot waver.
"Forget it, they are stubborn, and you can't convince them with your mouth." Bai Ye yawned and said, "It's already very late, why don't we get some sleep and think of a solution tomorrow."
Elizabeth and Angelica thought about it, and that was all they could do.
However, it was not without gain. At least Bai Ye and the others found out through some insinuation that the courageous little mermaid, whose name was Selena, was the mermaid siren, the daughter of the mermaid queen, and a young duke of the mermaid clan.
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The next day.
Bai Ye was still sleeping in his room.
I heard someone banging on the door.
"Commander, Commander, come out quickly, something big has happened!"
"Who the hell is disturbing my sleep?"
Bai Ye got up very angry and opened the door aggressively:
"If it's nothing serious and you try to trick me, you'll be dead."
When Bai Ye left the room, he was stunned because the sea in front of the Black Pearl was filled with dense mermaids.
Especially the mermaid queen wearing a crown, she is so beautiful and enchanting that it makes people's hearts beat. Bai Ye couldn't help but say:
"Madam, you don't want anything to happen to your daughter, right?"