Haruhiko swept around.

This circle is very wide, covering almost the entire passage.

If you don't have Chiyonu's magical conch, you will inevitably lose a lot if you rush down.

And, as Kaoru Aizawa said, it will spread deeper and cause a chain reaction.

Maybe the entire ruins will be destroyed.

The passage is not long, about a hundred meters.

At the end, Haruhiko's eyes couldn't help but widen.

It's a labyrinth with no end in sight.

Various buildings are piled on top of each other and fill the space in an eerie arrangement.

And overhead, there is a halo of light hanging high, like the sun, providing light.

There is no doubt that someone has lived this time.

Even if they are not human, they are intelligent creatures.

At the entrance to the labyrinth is a ship.

The hull of the ship was tilted into the silt, exposing only the deck.

Although the deck was in tatters, it was still clear that the style of the ship was out of place.

Haruhiko guessed that it was the missing ship of the Great Imperial Palace.

Sure enough.

The next moment, Aya Aizawa spoke: "It's the ship of the Great Imperial Palace, I'll go and see if there are any members alive on the ship." ”

She walked up to the boat, clenched her fists, and slammed it out.

The fist landed on the hull of the ship, and there was an immediate thud.

The expected burst did not occur, and Aya Aizawa used ingenuity to cause all the mud covering the surface of the hull to fall off.

She jumped onto the deck, opened the door, and entered the cabin.

It's already a mess inside.

Aya Aizawa stretched out her hand, and the light of psionic energy flashed, and a sword appeared.

As she walked, she opened the way.

There was a constant noise.

It wasn't long before she reappeared in front of the three of them.

"According to the information of the Great Imperial Palace, there are a total of twelve members on this ship, but there is nothing in it."

Aizawa said with a puzzled expression, "If it's dead, there should always be a corpse, and there won't be." ”

"Is it not dead?"

Haruhiko looked at the labyrinth and said, "Maybe they walked into this palace together." ”

"Possibly."

Aizawa nodded, but quickly changed her tone, "But it's more likely that there are no dead bodies." ”

Haruhiko didn't speak again.

That's what he actually thinks.

There are many inexplicable things about the ruins.

It is very common to die without a whole body.

"Teacher?"

Haruhiko suddenly noticed Chiyonu's appearance.

Her expression was mixed, with a mixture of joy and fear.

With her status as a fifth-order psionic, she really shouldn't.

"It feels familiar."

Chiyonu's voice sounded in Haruhiko's headphones.

Restless and confused.

"Looks like we've come to the right place."

Kaoru Aizawa glanced at Chiyo and said.

Ever since she became the president of the University of Tokyo, she has been following her orders to search for relics related to the merman.

Although she didn't know why, she did investigate.

After the God Dynasty, there was no record of the shark people in the entire Dongying, as if they were completely extinct.

There must be something going on.

"Hmm."

Chiyo nodded, and there was a rare hint of urgency in her tone, "Let's go in." ”

Seeing this, Kaoru Aizawa walked in the front.

She felt that Chiyonu might be the reason for her revisit, and she didn't seem calm enough.

If she plays the front, there may be some accidents.

Kaoru Aizawa thought and took out a sword.

Because she was wearing a diving suit, her sword was stored in the space spirit tool.

Taidao appeared, and the nearby water automatically drained to both sides.

Haruhiko couldn't help but look at it twice.

The blade is thin and long, with a faint water-colored glow.

It should be a good famous knife.

When he got closer to the labyrinth, Haruhiko realized that it wasn't the door.

It was two dilapidated two-storey wooden houses that had been forcibly inlaid together.

This is clearly artificial.

Maybe to defend against something.

Haruhiko could see that the other three people were naturally the same.

Kaoru Aizawa raised the knife, and the spiritual energy silently ignited with blue light, and in the blink of an eye, a long strip of sword qi flew out.

It smashed on top of the wooden house, and suddenly it was like chopping melons and vegetables, cutting open the wooden house, revealing what was behind it.

A large mouth of blood, and several huge touches of flesh.

In other words, if you open the door normally, you will enter the belly of this octopus monster.

Screams rang out.

Kaoru Aizawa is a fifth-order psyker, and with a single blow from her hand, she has the strength of the fourth-order.

Black blood gushed out, staining the nearby sea.

"Toxic."

Kaoru Aizawa reminded, "Step back." ”

If it's just poison gas, there's nothing wrong with it.

After all, he was wearing a wetsuit, but the poison gas mixed with the water and turned into a corrosive liquid.

Falling to the ground, there are all kinds of big holes.

And what's weird is the tentacles dropped by the octopus monster, as if they are living creatures, constantly swimming.

Seeing this, Haruhiko used a spell, the Burst Charm.

The psionic energy tore through the spell, creating countless outward tensions that instantly expanded and exploded.

One of the tentacles closest to him suddenly splattered a lot of black blood.

But all of them were blocked by Aya Aizawa.

She did as she said before, and became Haruhiko's bodyguard.

"Tsk, that's disgusting."

Aya Aizawa frowned and complained.

[You assisted in the destruction of the special monster Takeda Shigenobu and gained 50 psionic points. 】

After a few moments, the game prompt sounds.

Haruhiko was a little surprised.

It's not that it's unexpectedly psionic, it's because of the name.

The Takeda clan was a famous swordsman family, or samurai family, thousands of years ago.

At his peak, he once occupied the eastern part of Toei and had the ambition to dominate the world, but was finally annihilated by Oda Nobunaga.

By now, it has completely declined.

But for some reason, it appeared here.

The most outrageous thing is that it has become an octopus monster?

Is it a forbidden technique?

Haruhiko thought of Utsunomiya Shogo.

He's fused with alien demons, and he's completely unhuman, it's hard to say what it is.

It can only be called a stitching monster.

The black waters were quickly purified, revealing the collapsed wooden house and the octopus monster.

Kaoru Aizawa slashed it in half with a single sword, and the remaining tentacles were destroyed by Haruhiko and Aya Aizawa.

What remains now can be described as a pile of mud.

At this moment, a faint light suddenly hatched from the octopus monster's head.

Haruhiko subconsciously showed a look of vigilance.

He followed the light.

Soon, a figure condensed.

He was dressed in shabby samurai armor and covered in blood, but he was still alive.

Because he was coughing violently.

If nothing else, it's Shigenobu Takeda.

"Who are you?"

Chiyome tilted her head and asked.

She felt familiar again.

But I just can't remember.

It's not that there's something wrong with her memory, it's that during that time, she wasn't in a state of consciousness.

She vaguely remembered the influence of the circle.

Shigenobu Takeda heard the voice and struggled to his feet.

He was badly wounded.

Blood was constantly pouring out of his chest.

When he sat up, Haruhiko saw that he had a hole.

"Betrayer!"

Shigenobu Takeda suddenly raised his voice.

He stared at Chiyonu.

His eyes contracted violently, revealing hatred.

But before he could say the next word, he had already fallen.

Chiyome was silent.

Betrayer?

She already knew where the samurai in front of her was coming from.

Takeda.

Chiyo was thoughtful.

At the same time, it's rare to be a little excited.

As Kaoru Aizawa said just now, she did find the right place.

"Let's go."

Chiyonu stepped into the labyrinth.

Kaoru Aizawa hurriedly stepped forward and lined up with her.

Haruhiko and Aya Aizawa followed behind the two.

The surrounding buildings are all wooden or stone houses, showing a kind of simplicity.

But it was all empty, and there was no one.

Chiyome walked a few steps and suddenly stopped.

"Teacher, what's wrong?"

Kaoru Aizawa clenched the long knife and asked, "Did you find anything?" ”

"We're in a huge circle."

Chiyome raised her head and said, "This circle is called King Isohime. ”

Isohime is the official name for mermaids or mermaids.

Does the King of Isohime mean the queen of the mermaids or the patriarch?

But why a circle?

The three of them looked at each other in confusion.

But Chiyo didn't say anything more, just said, "Follow me." ”

Since she knew this, she must have understood it.

Besides, she was originally a merman, judging from the name, this should be the magic circle of the merman clan.

Haruhiko used the speed charm, which kept up with Chiyome's speed.

After a few minutes, there was the sound of swords clashing.

"Someone is at war."

Kaoru Aizawa raised an eyebrow and said, "Be careful, especially junior brother." ”

The octopus monster just now almost has the strength of the fourth order.

This shows that this site is very dangerous.

For Haruhiko, it is a situation of ten deaths.

"I'll protect him."

Aya Aizawa said with a smile.

Kaoru Aizawa nodded and didn't say anything more.

The four of them arrived at a square and were stunned when they saw the battle in front of them.

On one side is a human being, wearing the same samurai armor as Shigenobu Takeda before, and he has a sense of age.

On one side are mermaids, their upper body is human, the lower body is a fishtail, and there is not a wisp on their body, only a large piece of fish scales at the key point to cover it.

Haruhiko is the first time he has seen a real merman.

It's true that Chiyo is a merman, but she has never shown a demon body.

He glanced and found that the mermaids were all women, and there were no men.

With the battle, all kinds of ups and downs made him suddenly feel a little angry.

It's no wonder that he hasn't seen the world, it's equivalent to going to a Victoria's Secret show.

It's all tall, beautiful, and attractive models, and they haven't worn much yet.

But Haruhiko soon realized that something was wrong.

Because he saw the slain merman resurrect a few seconds later.

"Illusion?"

Aya Aizawa asked uncertainly.

When Haruhiko heard this, he was stunned for a moment.

If it's an illusion, then it proves that what he saw was only a picture from a long time ago.

They were all dead.

Pity.

Haruhiko couldn't help but sigh.

So many beautiful sharks, all of them have come to naught.

"Why does illusion still exist?"

Haruhiko couldn't help but ask, "Illusion is a spiritual spell, and it stands to reason that as long as the subject of the spell dies, it will be terminated. ”

"It means that there are still people who are not dead."

Kaoru Aizawa suddenly raised his sword and swung it.

The blue sword qi broke away from the blade and slashed towards the figure on the left.

It was a female merman.

He has fiery red hair, a bumpy figure, and a scepter in his hand.

Sensing the danger, she lifted her hand, and the scepter fell heavily to the ground.

A strong wind appeared out of thin air, swept up the surrounding water, turned into a whale, and crashed straight into the knife qi.

There was no excessive roar.

The whale was cut in half.

Haruhiko immediately determined that this merman was only a fourth order, or even lower.

As he pondered, a wall made of water condensed rose from the ground, blocking the sword qi.

After two seconds of stalemate, they both vanished.

Kaoru Aizawa did not continue the attack.

Fourth, it doesn't pose much of a threat.

It's more important to get intelligence.

She looked at Chiyome and asked, "Teacher, what should I do now?" ”

Kaoru Aizawa doesn't know much, so he transfers the choice.

"Chiyonu."

The merman suddenly called out her name.

Kaoru Aizawa was suddenly a little surprised, and turned his head to stare at her, but only on alert.

Haruhiko acted as a melon-eating crowd.

Even if he didn't know about Chiyome's past, he knew that this relic was closely related to her.

Anyway, he's only a second-order, and he can't do anything, so he should increase his knowledge.

"I should have seen you."

Chiyo carefully looked at the other party's appearance and spoke.

"Of course I do."

The merman sighed faintly and asked, "Ling's body is full of traces of time, tell me, how many years have passed since you escaped?" ”

"Almost a thousand years."

Chiyonu said softly.

"A thousand years."

The mermaid froze in place.

Tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, which soon turned into pearls and fell to the ground.

The crisp sound is followed by a little white light.

"You're already a wraith."

Seeing this, Chiyo Nu's little face suddenly felt a little sad.

If it is a real merman, that pearl will not dissipate

"yes."

The merman regained his composure and said, "I died in that war, and I stayed here only because of obsession. ”

"What obsession?"

Chiyome was silent for a moment and asked.

I thought I would meet a member of my kind and find the spirit tool.

I didn't expect it to be just a ghost.

Fortunately, she is a fourth-order and retains a lot of memories from her lifetime.

"Princess."

The merman's turquoise eyes stared at Chiyonu and asked, "Do you know where it is?" ”

"I don't know."

Chiyome told the truth, "I can't remember well during that time. ”

"I really can't blame you."

The merman suddenly shook his head and said, "It's already a miracle that you can succeed. ”

"Can you tell me where that spirit tool is?"

Chiyome took a deep breath and asked.

She couldn't say that name, otherwise, it would trigger the curse in her body.

But the merman can understand.

She was a little moved and said, "I really don't know how you survived. ”

As she spoke, a look of hesitation appeared on her face.

"What do you want to say?"

Chiyome noticed her expression and said, "As long as you tell me where it is, I can help you with things." ”

Hearing this, the merman clenched his scepter.

After a moment, she let out a breath.

"Help me find the merman princess and take her back to the Sea of Eternal Life."

The merman said in a deep voice.

She is now a groundbound spirit and can't leave the square, so she can only ask Chiyome.

"Where is the Sea of Eternal Life?"

Chiyonu held back the joy in her heart and asked.

"I don't know."

The merman shook his head and explained, "The sea of eternal life is the origin of the merman clan, and only the princess knows about it. ”

"And where's the princess?"

Chiyonu asked with a frown.

"If I knew, I wouldn't have let you look for it."

The merman's words really confirmed the guess in Chiyo Nu's heart.

In other words, there are no clues.

Four thousand words. The second and third shifts.

(End of chapter)