Early in the morning, watching the smoke slowly drifting in the sky above Dusk City, and listening to the laughter of the citizens in the distance, Todd picked up the slightly cool honey snake fruit tea and took a sip gently, a peaceful smile appeared on his face.

His comfort didn't last long, and a dull voice like thunder suddenly sounded in Todd's head.

"Here they are. ”

Todd's eyes widened, carefully discerning the source of the voice, and finally asked uncertainly, "Leviathan?"

The voice in that head grew louder and louder: "My children are coming, they need help, they need shelter. ”

Todd put down the teacup in his hand and reconfirmed Leviathan in his mind, "Who are they?"

"Soon, you'll know. Leviathan's voice, like the waves crashing against the embankment, came and went quickly, and before Todd could react, it had gradually faded to nothing.

Just when Todd was baffled by Leviathan's brainless words, there was a commotion in the direction of the port area of Twilight City.

Todd stood up and walked to the end of the garden, looking up the hill in the direction of the harbor, where a large crowd had gathered on the shoreline, blocking the entire bay.

Waving a Valkyrie on duty, Todd pointed to the port and said, "Go there and see what's going on!"

At the same time, at the port shoal of Twilight City, the orc Carol, who was in charge of security on duty, stood on a high trestle, looking at the creatures on the sea in the distance, and was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

Seven mermaids, who only appear in myths and folklore, float on the surface of the sea, holding strange weapons that resemble pikeguns, and watch the people along the shore vigilantly.

These mermaids are all women, with beautiful appearances, the upper body is indistinguishable from that of a human, a beautiful woman, and the lower body is a beautiful fish tail covered in scales, and the body is a simple costume tied with shells and seaweed.

The woman at the head looked like the leader of this group of mermaids, but she looked like a girl of eighteen or nineteen, with long beeswax-colored shawl hair, slender willow eyebrows, charming eyes, a beautiful nose, and red cheeks.

Although her expression looked a little pretended to be calm, her slightly trembling body showed her uneasiness and fear.

"In the name of Krakosh, the ancient god of the sea, we ask to meet the Holy King of the Twilight, the patron saint of the North, the descendant of the gods, and the protector of the alien race!"

Hearing the merfolk's shout, the orc Carol touched the back of his head with a headache.

Aldenan, the werewolf standing beside him, reminded in a low voice, "At this time, should I ask the above?"

Carol nodded, and quickly returned to the harbor barracks, and found a Harpy Banshee of the Holy Cult, and asked her to report what was happening in front of her to the palace as soon as possible.

Carol breathed a sigh of relief as the harpy flew into the sky, and when he returned to the shallows, he saw a large group of citizens watching the bustle, surrounding the group of weak mermaids, discussing each other's thoughts.

"They are the most beautiful women I have ever met!"

"I've heard that their singing can confuse and trap the most determined sailors!"

"I can't see their lower bodies, is it really the tail of a fish, as the legend says?"

"Why don't you just jump into the sea and see it yourself?"

"By my way, why don't we get them up?"

Listening to the unbridled conversation around them, as the focus of everyone, the seven mermaids clenched the pike guns in their hands and curled up back to back, each with a desperate expression on their faces, only the woman in the lead was still anxiously shouting: "In the name of the ancient god of the sea, Krakosh, we ask to meet the Holy King of Twilight......"

Carol jumped on the wooden box, broke the wooden pillar beside him with a punch, and shouted, "Shut up for me!" Before the Holy King's edict arrives, if anyone wants to cause trouble, I will be more than happy to let him taste my fist!"

The citizens of Twilight West City, looking at the unkind eyes cast by the group of Holy Sect soldiers, hurriedly closed their mouths and quietly waited for the follow-up development of the matter.

A few minutes later, a Valkyrie riding a griffin slowly landed on the boardwalk of the harbor.

Jumping off the back of her mount, the Valkyrie, wearing a feathered crown and carrying a hunting bow, spotted the mermaid in the water, and after a moment of surprise, began to convey orders from the palace.

"The Holy King has decreed, no one shall neglect, hurt or insult these guests from afar for any reason!"

Hearing the Valkyrie's words, the mermaids, who were originally extremely nervous, let out a long breath, and their pale faces finally had a little blood color, and some of the less timid mermaids even began to cry quietly.

The mermaid at the head first looked at the Valkyrie standing on the plank road, then looked down at her fishtail, and said in embarrassment: "We are very eager to see the Holy King now, but our bodies can't go ashore......"

The Valkyrie thought for a moment, then untied a necklace from her neck, carefully threw it at the merfolk, and said, "Touch the badge on the necklace with your hands......

After a pause for a second, the Valkyrie whispered again, "Be careful, don't break it." ”

The mermaid at the head caught the lost necklace, looked at the dragon-shaped badge on the necklace, nodded at the Valkyrie, and then asked her sisters to come closer and touch the badge together.

In an instant, the souls of these seven mermaids were pulled into Todd's soul space.

The blue sea, picturesque islands, towering snow-capped peaks.

The dragon, glowing with a dazzling light, perched on the top of the mountain, protruding its head from the clouds and overlooking the sea.

The dark golden dragon pupils stared at the seven mermaids floating on the sea, and the dragon was silent.

Oppressed by the powerful dragon might, the merfolk could not raise the slightest resistance, as if facing the mortal creatures of the gods, they bowed their heads and trembled.

"You ...... Want to see me?"

Hearing the dragon's question, the mermaid's leader, a woman with long beeswax hair, said in a trembling voice, "My name is Rita, and we are the inhabitants of the sea, and we have been hiding from the creatures of the land for thousands of years......

The dragon nodded, motioning for her to continue.

"At the moment, a catastrophe is unfolding in the ocean, and we have not only lost our food sources, but also had to leave our homes to escape the attacks of unknown creatures......"

"In the midst of this calamity, we received a revelation from the ancient god of the sea, Krakosh, who sent us to Twilight City to seek the protection of the Holy King. ”

The ancient gods of the sea?

Krakosh?

Almost without thinking, Todd immediately understood that this ancient god was the Leviathan he knew, and the mermaids in front of him were creatures created by Leviathan with the ability to materialize his soul.

"Tell me, what exactly is the so-called catastrophe in the ocean?"

Rita pursed her lips and said in a trembling voice: "Just a few days ago, a large amount of black oily material appeared in the currents at the bottom of the sea. Whether it is a whale or a shrimp or crab, as long as it touches a little bit of these substances, it will kill instantly. ”

"At first, we were told to stay away from these black substances. But soon, these black oils, like tenacious seaweed, kept growing and spreading, and finally filled the vast ocean. ”

Rita's eyes widened, as if remembering something extremely terrifying, and she whispered, "Next, the most terrible thing happened. The creatures that were killed by the black substance all came back to life. Their bodies begin to decay, and they no longer possess minds, like walking corpses, attacking all living objects. ”

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