Chapter 970: Tide Caller
"That's great, I'm back at Titan Peak from Ionia in the blink of an eye!"
Nami popped out of Tam's mouth, amazed at how easy it was for humans to travel on land.
"How? I'm not wrong, right? I can save a lot of time by following me. β
"Uh-huh, you're all amazing! It was the fat man's mouth that stinked, and I tried to hold my breath so that I didn't faint. β
Nami said as she let the Tidecaller's Staff gush out of clean water and rinsed it from end to end until she was clean. At the end, he flicked the fins in his ears and threw out all the excess water droplets.
With drops of water on his face, Tamu looked at Nami with bean-sized eyes, his eyes revealing a sense of indifference and cruelty that wanted to eat her in one bite.
The passenger doesn't seem to be polite and reserved, and the innocence happens to be a quality that he hates, which is really disgusting.
"It seems that our demon gentleman doesn't like the naΓ―ve mermaid lady." Jeno waved his hand, letting Tamm leave quietly, and Nami didn't even realize that the person she was talking about had left.
"Is it so convenient for you people on land to travel? How many corals do I need to recruit an errand runner? Hey, why isn't that fat man here......"
"We talked as we walked. I'll take you to some of my companions, and then tell us about your motives for going ashore, so that they will help you." β
"Fins? Is that so? As she spoke, a confused Nami let her ears move on their own.
"It's a ...... joke"
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Since flying in the sky is likely to attract gods and monsters near the Titan Peak, Jeno asks Sarah to turn off the power of the Abyss and let it float on the surface of the sea like a normal ship.
So Nami wasn't too surprised when she saw the Abyss.
"Hello Miss Mermaid, I'm Sarah, the wise and martial captain." Sarah leaned against the railing and bowed her head like Nami in the sea and greeted warmly.
Through the clear waters of the shore, she could probably see the outline of Nami's whole body.
Except for the fish's tail from the waist down, this is very different from the mermaid image Jeno described to her - she should have smooth and fair skin like milk, long flowing hair like seaweed, and shy parts covered by seashells or starfish...... But she didn't have any of that. Some are just fin-like hair and ears, a deep V but not sexy fish scale coat, which doesn't look soft and makes people have no desire to caress it.
In other words, Sarah thinks that mermaids are not beautiful, but on the contrary, they are strange. But she wouldn't say this, and after discovering that the other party was not good-looking with human aesthetics, she lost interest, or hostility and wariness.
She believed that Sindra saw it that way, too.
Seeing a lot of heads popping up on the bow of the boat to watch her, Nami was not shy in the slightest, on the contrary, she felt very happy to meet so many new friends.
"Are you all here to hear my story? Then I'll tell you about it floating on the sea, the legend of the Tide Caller...... I may not speak terrestrial very well, forgive me. β
"A long time ago, the mermaids have been infested by the monsters of the abyss for many years.
We tried to suppress the waters around them, but we didn't stop them, and a lot of people died.
Until one day, a landwalker came to the deep sea in a small boat and gave us a moonstone.
The blessed moonlight can crush the monsters and protect us, and in exchange, she needs a pearl from the deepest abyss to protect the people on the mountaintops.
We placed the moonstone in the middle of the village, and the monster retreated into the abyss in the light.
In return, we chose the strongest warrior and honored him as the Tide Catcher, daring to venture into the deepest depths of the ocean in search of pearls.
A few days later, after experiencing unspeakable horror, the first Tide Caller brought back a pearl.
Eventually, we made a deal with the Landwalkers and made a promise to share the suffering.
These are engraved on the stone pillars for future generations to remember, and never forget the story of the tide caller. Now that I've talked about the story of the Tide Calker, I'm going to talk about mine.
The Tidecaller is the hero of the Shark Clan, protecting us from the horrors of the Abyss, but the last Tidecaller died a long time ago......
A hundred years have passed, and the last moonstone is gradually fading, and it is imperative to find a new pearl.
I participated in the Tide Caller selection and I was strong, but the elders said I was too stubborn and impulsive.
I was defeated, and the cautious Rasha became a tide caller, diving into the abyss with a legendary wand.
Because the more people sent, the more difficult the monsters become, so the Tide Caller acts alone.
But a month passed, and the moonstone glow became dimmer, but the Tide Caller was still nowhere to be seen.
The elders panicked, and I stepped forward and secretly took my mother's Abyssal wand to find out.
The staff glowed, and in the abyss, I saw unspeakable terror.
The spiral tentacles wrapped around me like seaweed, and the purple core glowed intimidatingly.
I severed the haunting tentacle and escaped from it to the depths in search of Rasha.
But the monster chased after it, and chased it more and more.
It soon became clear to me that it was the glow from my wand that drew them in. The light in my hand is both my hope and a decoy.
So I dropped my wand and dived in the endless darkness.
I followed a purple light in the abyss and came to a cave. There, I saw the source of the nightmare.
Suddenly, a voice rang in my ears, it was Rasha.
When I looked over, I saw that his face was withered, his red eyes had been replaced by a frightening purple, and a large purple eyeball had grown from his forehead.
I asked him if he had found the Abyss Pearl, but he said that he had witnessed death and had come back unharmed, that he was no longer afraid of the monsters in the Abyss, and that he wanted me to hold his hand and pass on the power to me.
But I knew very well that he had become a monster.
I grabbed the Tidecaller's wand he had abandoned and fled from him. At the exit of the cave, I found the pearl. I picked it up, but the light it emitted exposed everything around me.
It turned out to be a trap, where the terrifying monster was guarding the bait attracted by the light. The tentacles wrapped around my arm, and the feeling at that moment was terrible, because it was far more frustrating to admit my defeat than death.
When I realized that I had nothing to lose, I made a desperate bet and used the power of my wand to summon a raging undercurrent to wash away the monster.
I swam and swam as hard as I could, and finally, like any previous tide caller, managed to bring the pearl back to the village.
This is the story of the Tide Caller, and it is my story. β
With that, Nami waved her wand and threw a rapidly expanding blister, enveloping herself in it.