Todd nodded slightly and asked Rita, "Are you the chief of the tribe?"
“My mother was the one. She led her people to investigate the whereabouts of the Black Demon…” Rita’s voice trailed off at this point, “But she never returned…”
Todd sighed and changed the subject: "You've always lived underwater, haven't you ever wanted to contact land creatures before? For example, to trade or ask for help?"
"The ancient sea god Krakhosh has repeatedly warned us that the creatures on land are greedy and brutal, a bunch of mindless destroyers, and the best way to deal with them is to avoid them."
Todd frowned upon hearing Rita's words.
These words certainly sound like Leviathan's style.
Todd then asked, "Have you never encountered any land creatures all these years?"
Rita rested her chin on her hand and said in recollection, "From birth, as far as I can remember, my people have indeed encountered ships and caravans at sea a few times. However, we strictly adhere to the teachings of the ancient gods and try our best not to come into contact with them."
Rita suddenly remembered something: "Oh right, I heard the elders in the tribe mention that there was once a sister who witnessed a shipwreck during a storm and rescued a sailor from the sinking ship, dragging him ashore. Later, she seemed to have fallen in love with this sailor."
Todd recalled that the story sounded like a beautiful fairy tale, and he asked with interest, "And then what happened?"
“This sister violated the teachings of the ancient gods by making unauthorized contact with the outside world and even planning to escape the ocean…” Rita said as if she were talking about something trivial: “Their people executed her and threw her body into the bottomless trench.”
"Forehead……"
The unexpected ending left Todd somewhat taken aback.
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