The gate to the abyss slowly emerged, causing everyone present to pause in surprise.
Wait, isn't he a member of the Cult of Dawn?
Why did you use the power of death again?
"Excuse me, I'm from the Church of the Dead." With Phil Gray's voice, an undead emerged from the Abyss Gate.
This is a ghost, but not an ordinary ghost; it is a ghost with a fish tail.
Even as a ghost, her beauty as the darling of the sea remained undiminished.
I never expected this client to be a mermaid; no wonder he asked me to summon her from the bottom of the sea.
The two mermaid royalty present were extremely shocked. How could this ghost look exactly like the war goddess princess recorded in their clan's history!
They temporarily halted their attack.
The ghostly mermaid gazed at the sea with eyes full of longing, "My beloved sea, I've finally returned—"
“Hello!” Phil Gray waved to her.
"My summoner?"
Phil Gray nodded as he fought the group. "I summoned you. Thank you for giving us the Soul of the Sea. This summoning is not only to fulfill my promise, but also to ask for your help. If you ever think of the sea again, I can summon you again."
"You mean these people?" The ghost mermaid smiled serenely, but his enormous fish tail had already swept away the few swarming chosen ones.
That's incredibly powerful!
"Yes."
Phil Gray felt more at ease.
At this moment, the two mermaid royalty hesitated before asking, "Are you Princess Eve?"
"We're from the same race, you know me?" The ghost mermaid gently waved her tail, her delicate fingers drawing colorful bubbles. These bubbles, however, acted like deadly weapons, sealing the mouths and noses of her enemies, causing them to struggle incessantly as they suffocated.
"It really is you!"
“There is a portrait of you in the Mermaid Palace. In a way, you should be considered our great-great-aunt.”
The two mermaid royalty said excitedly, naturally they dared not attack them.
"Haha, the two little ones have good aptitude. They've already been demoted to godhood. Strive to ascend to the goddess's divine kingdom as soon as possible, and don't end up like me, stuck in the abyss for someone who isn't worth it." The ghost mermaid chatted with the younger generation while quickly defeating them.
"What a powerful ghost! This is definitely the most powerful undead of the God-Descending level he has ever seen. It feels like she could even go toe-to-toe with a God-level being," Phil Gray thought to himself.
"Thank you for your help."
"No need to be polite. I also have to thank you for bringing me to this sea. When I was young and ignorant, I left my hometown and betrayed my faith for the sake of so-called love. Now it has become my greatest regret. Every day in the dark abyss, I long to see this sea again and to die in it." The ghost mermaid's smile was somewhat melancholy.
"Grandma, let us take you back to the Mermaid Temple."
She shook her head, refusing the younger generation's suggestion. "No need. I'm not worthy to go back. My summoner, is there anything else?"
“No, I just wanted to protect what belonged to my friend. You have eliminated all those who coveted it. From now on, you are free to do whatever you want in this area, but due to the limitations of the summoning skill, you may not be able to go too far away from me,” Phil Gray replied.
"That's good. Speaking of which, these two girls look a lot like a friend I used to know." The ghost mermaid looked at the two Ediths.
“If you’re referring to the pirate queen Phoenix, then we are her reincarnations,” the two girls said, exchanging a glance and smiling.
Phil Gray was surprised to learn that this mermaid was also a figure from about 500 years ago and even recognized the pirate queen. It seemed that mermaids had very long lifespans, otherwise they wouldn't be here today with these two great-aunts of the mermaid royal family.
"Haha, that's great! Today I not only returned to the sea, but also saw old friends. I have no regrets."
Upon hearing this, everyone present had a bad feeling. The ghost mermaid closed her eyes, her body turned into blue bubbles, and floated away with the seawater.
Returning to her old haunts, she had already planned to dissipate into the sea rather than let her soul linger in the abyss forever.
"Great-aunt..."
The merman royal family wept bitterly. The merman race values blood ties and kinship very much. This princess was very powerful back then, only one step away from the path of divinity. Unfortunately, she died young, accompanying her lover from the Church of the Dead in a suicide pact. This caused the entire merman race to grieve for a long time. It is a pity that they only saw her once before she disappeared forever.
They scooped up the tiny bubbles with their hands and left the underwater city.
The treasures here are far less important to them than the loss of a member of their own kind.
...
Phil Gray and his group followed Edith and the others into the passage beneath the statue, where they found an underground warehouse.
Neatly stacked iron boxes stood at the entrance. Night gently cleaved one of the boxes open with its front paws, revealing a dazzling blue light.
Wow! They're all blue crystals!
Patrick also opened the other iron boxes, which were filled with blue crystals.
Further inside, a dazzling array of gold and silver jewelry was displayed on the floor and shelves, causing both Hei Ye and Patrick to exclaim in surprise:
"We're rich!"
Phil Gray couldn't help but admire it, even this storage rack was extraordinary. After being submerged in the sea for so long, it still maintained its original appearance. Although it looked like wood, he didn't know what material it was made of.
The two Ediths were not excited by the wealth. They walked together to the stone coffin in the center of the warehouse and touched it with their hands. "This should contain our bodies from our previous lives."
Hearing their words, Patrick lost all interest in looking at the blue crystal and jewels. He walked over, wanting to speak to this Edith, but fearing the other Edith would displease him, he could only look at the sarcophagus and ask, "Can you explain to me what's going on? Why are you both her reincarnations?"
The pirate Edith patted the sarcophagus: "To know all this, we'll have to open the sarcophagus."
“I need a pair of earrings,” Edith in white said, pointing to a groove on the sarcophagus.
“Here I am.” Phil Gray tossed the earring Frank had given him to the two girls. He and Frank both thought it was the key to the treasure, but little did they know that the treasure wasn’t locked at all, and the earring was actually the key to opening the coffin.
"Cousin?" Patrick was surprised that his cousin would have this.
"Ghost Frank gave it to me," Phil Gray said, shrugging helplessly.
The pirate Edith placed the earrings one by one into the grooves on the stone coffin. After hearing a click as the mechanism turned, she gently pushed it open, revealing the well-preserved corpse inside.
The pirate queen lying inside still maintains the best condition she was in when she was alive. Her cheeks are rosy and her long eyelashes are clearly visible, making people think that she is just sleeping, rather than resting in peace.
Just as the sarcophagus was opened, they saw a wisp of the Pirate Queen's soul float out of the corpse and say to the two Ediths, "You've finally come. My soul was almost gone."
"Yes, we're here."
“The moment we met, we had some fragmented memories of our past lives, and we knew that the other person was actually ourselves, but why was that? We really wanted to know the answer.”
The two Ediths spoke in turn.
Phil Gray and the others looked at her with suspicion.
Phoenix laughed heartily, "That's because of my wish in my past life. I wanted to experience two completely different lives at the same time. I couldn't let go of the sea and wanted to continue to roam the sea in my next life, living an adventurous life with my brothers and exploring endless treasures; but I also wanted to have a refined and leisurely life like an ordinary noble lady, a life I never had. So at the Wheel of Life, I paid a price and made this wish to the god of life, splitting my soul in two."
Is that really the reason?
Phil Gray never expected this reason. As expected of the Pirate Queen, she was bold, greedy, and crazy enough. After all, who would have thought that she would ask the gods to split her in two when she was reincarnated?
Patrick looked at Phoenix's wisp of soul with resentment. "You've experienced it all, but what am I supposed to do? I'm almost becoming a two-timing guy."
Seeing Patrick's gaze, Phoenix's soul kissed his lips amidst everyone's shocked stares.
"Hmm, not bad, it seems my judgment is as good as ever."
Patrick hurriedly stepped back. He liked the two Ediths, and they were indeed reincarnations of Phoenix, but this was his first time meeting the legendary pirate queen. How could this happen!
The two Ediths looked at their past-life souls with some annoyance.
"Oh dear, why are you all making that face? Alright, alright, the time's up. It's time to become one." Phoenix smiled gently, opened her arms, and embraced the two Ediths.
The two Ediths closed their eyes, and the three of them embraced tightly.
The blue power of the ocean surged straight to the surface, and moments later, only Edith remained.
She opened her eyes, and all her past experiences flooded her mind. However, the memories of Phoenix from her previous life had become extremely blurry. All that remained were the flowers Patrick had given her at the city lord's mansion and the starry sky they had admired together on the pirate ship.
“Edith.” Patrick looked at her with surprise. Edith before him stirred his heart like never before.
I will fall in love with every half of your soul, and naturally I will fall in love with the whole you.
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