Chapter 93 Atelan
Mischief City Palace
The defeated Red-Eyed Elf army drifted back to the palace like a puff of smoke, and shouted to the Little Thorn King on the throne, "Report, Your Majesty, we are defeated!"
The Little Thorn King sat solemnly, "I understand."
General Thorn flew out, "Your Majesty, should we send someone to join forces with those warriors outside?"
The Little Thorn King snorted, "It was the Fantasy Park Director's men who defeated us, not those useless tourists. They are not worthy of joining us!"
General Thorn: "Then what about our agreement with Fantasy Land?"
King Little Thorn's face was stern, full of pride. "If those tourists can't pass the test, it's their incompetence, not our breach of contract."
The red-eyed elves' innate skill is mischief. They can neither deal with monsters nor provide convenience for other races. Even their production and creation capabilities are very low. Therefore, they have been hiding in the thorn jungles of the old land of the Thorns Empire for thousands of years. Although they do not communicate with the outside world, they are not a cowardly race, otherwise they would not be able to protect even a thorn jungle. Over the years, other races on the continent, including humans, have forgotten them. However, the owner of the fantasy park sent people to find them and defeated them.
King Little Thorn originally thought that the owner of Fantasy Park went to such great lengths just to merge with him, but after thinking that the owner of Fantasy Park and his subordinates were all human and very strong, and that there would be no disadvantage in following them, King Little Thorn agreed.
At first, it thought that this prank city was a residence built by the owner of the park specially for them, and it felt very happy. However, after two days, it learned that this place was for tourists, and they, the red-eyed elves, had to serve those tourists as workers like the dwarf elves and tree spirits.
Although they can use pranks on tourists appropriately to exercise their talents, at the same time, tourists can also use nets to capture and threaten them, which makes the Little Thorn King's original idea completely different!
King Little Thorn suddenly became angry.
How could the red-eyed elves, a noble race, be placed on the same level as the dwarf elves' cooks? That was fine, but why should the tree spirits, a worthless race enslaved and imprisoned by humans, be placed on the same level? The red-eyed elves could never be like the dwarf elves and the tree spirits.
The Little Thorn King shook his palm-sized cloak, stood up, and walked back and forth on the table. He said to the Elf General, "Has that human gone down yet?"
Elf General: "Go down."
King Little Thorn: "Where are the other humans?"
Elf General: "They have already begun to climb the walls, trying to get into the palace. Your Majesty, are we really going to do nothing?"
The Little Thorn King snorted. "I know what you're thinking. Those human tourists may not be as good as the park owner's minions, but they can still be used with some weaker members of their own kind. However, we must not take the initiative. If we do, we will be chosen by humans. We are noble red-eyed elves. We are different from the dwarf cooks and the enslaved wimps like the tree spirits. We must seize the initiative. Only we can choose humans, and humans have no right to choose us!"
It raised its chin and tossed its cape, its red eyes filled with dominance. "I know you're afraid of the owner of Fantasyland, but don't blame me for provoking conflict. As a king, if even I can't stand firm, then who else can lead you to prosperity?"
The elven general and a group of elven guards listened with their blood boiling and tears in their eyes. They all raised their thorn forks and shouted, "Your Majesty is mighty, Your Majesty is mighty!"
King Little Thorn looked at his subordinates in front of him, his mouth curled up, and his exposed white fangs seemed to sparkle under the light.
Little did they know that everything that happened in the palace was also presented to the audience in the live broadcast room.
The audience was just worried about how Duoduo and others would break through so many monsters and get to the palace. Now, seeing the conversation between King Little Thorn and his subordinates in the palace, they immediately started to post comments crazily as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
——Wow, the little Thorn King looks so cute standing on the coffee table and giving orders!
——It’s so cute when it talks, its little fangs are so cute, and its little feet are so cute. The proportions are exactly the same as in the official picture. It can be held up in one hand!
——Your Majesty is mighty, Your Majesty is mighty... King Little Thorn, I’m cheering for you!
Isn't the owner of Fantasyland the director? Do they think the director is powerful? Are they afraid of him? Do they suspect the copywriter is secretly flattering him?
- Does anyone know what it means for tree spirits to be enslaved? The red-eyed elves seem to know a lot about them!
——The above readers have either never been to the children's area, or they didn't read the background introduction at the door carefully after they went there. It says that tree spirits are sold as slaves by humans because of their talents but weak beauty. They are very pitiful.
King Thorn is getting a little personal. How can dwarves be just cooks? They're incredibly adorable creatures capable of both formal and informal living! This dwarf lover is getting upset.
——There is a situation, there is a situation. Everyone, go and watch Liao Aiguo’s live broadcast, you will finally know what the test is!
This comment was bold, red, and large, taking up almost half of the screen.
After Liao Aiguo was turned into a mermaid, the audience became very interested in him. Later, Liao Aiguo was sucked into the wardrobe and then had to crawl with difficulty in a damp and dark corridor. The audience was bored and zoomed out to watch other people's videos. At this time, someone reminded them, and the audience enlarged Liao Aiguo's live broadcast screen to watch.
I saw that a mermaid appeared beside Liao Aiguo without knowing when. Compared with Liao Aiguo's rough appearance, this mermaid looked very much in line with human fantasy of mermaids.
He was also a man, this one with fair skin, a slender build, and handsome, soft features. His long, slightly curly black hair draped behind him like seaweed, tied back with a white headband. He was naked, his chest covered with a thin layer of muscle below his collarbone. Further down, his four abdominal muscles bulged slightly, and there were fine scales growing beside them. He sat upright at the water's edge, his silver tail dangling in the water, his reflection slightly broken by the waves.
When the audience saw him, they collectively exclaimed, "What a beauty!"
After Liao Aiguo was sucked into the wardrobe, he fell into a long, dark and damp corridor. He had no legs now, and it was quite difficult for him to walk by relying on his fish tail. After stumbling for a long time, he finally saw a little artificial fire in front of him. He thought it was the staff coming, and was happy, but who knew that what appeared in front of him was such a fairy-tale creature.
Although he was a man, he had a feminine and gentle temperament, and his voice was so nice, just like a voice actor. Liao Aiguo immediately realized that he was either a staff member or an NPC.
"Your tail is very dry. You need to soak it in water." The other party taught Liao Aiguo some life skills after becoming a mermaid, and then smiled slightly. "Looking at you like this, you must have just become like this!"
Liao Aiguo nodded, "It's not even a day yet!"
The man sighed and introduced himself, saying that his name was Atalan and he had lived here for many years.
Perhaps because his expression and posture were so natural, Liao Aiguo immediately immersed himself in the role and exclaimed in surprise, "Is this place habitable?"
He looked around and found that this was a damp underground. Except for the hole above the pool that let in light, there was no way in or out. There was no good place around the pool either. It was just uneven ground and rock-like walls all around. There was no way to escape from this place, and there was no entertainment. He could only stare at the hole above his head in a daze. If he lived like this for too long, he would go crazy!
Atalan patiently explained, "Yes, this pool is quite deep and can satisfy my daily exercise needs. There are people dropping food into the hole above my head every day. At least, they can still allow me to survive."
Liao Aiguo became serious and said to him, "This is wrong. You are a human being. How can you live like a rat in a place like this?"
Atalan lowered his eyes, his expression somewhat dejected. "Look at me like this, am I still a human being?"
Liao Aiguo: "Why not? You just turned into a fish tail. Look, I have a fish tail down there too. I'm not as good-looking as you, but I still consider myself a human being."
Atalan smiled lightly and said nothing.
Liao Aiguo continued, "You were also turned into this by the red-eyed elves, right? They're too much. Not only did they turn you into this, they also imprisoned you. When I get out, I'm going to settle the score with them!"
Atalan was surprised. He stared at Liao Aiguo for a moment before saying, "I'm sorry, they're a little naughty, but they have absolutely no intention of harming anyone. You'll be back to normal in a few hours."
Liao Aiguo asked doubtfully, "Why are you apologizing for them? Didn't they make you like this?"
Atelan shook his head. "I was parasitized by a monster and that's what caused the mutation."
Liao Aiguo was shocked. "Can this thing parasitize the human body?"
Atelan nodded and said seriously, "I see you have some extraordinary powers, but if you encounter a monster, try to stay away from it."
Liao Aiguo didn't quite understand, "What does this have to do with you not being able to go out?"
Atalan said, "I'll scare the others."
Liao Aiguo: "How could that be? If you go out like this, everyone will love you! But it's different for me. They'll probably just tease me."
Atalan seemed to sense something unusual in Liao Aiguo's tone. He tilted his head and asked, "Are people outside so tolerant now?"
Liao Aiguo: "They're incredibly tolerant. There are even those who wear mermaid costumes and go out to perform! If you go out, you don't even need to take a mermaid certification exam, you can go straight into the job and earn a ton of money. You won't have to be locked up here waiting for others to feed you anymore."
Under Atalan's questioning, Liao Aiguo talked about many things outside, focusing on the Fantasy Park. He talked about the dwarf restaurant in the park, the tree spirit children's area, the abandoned park where many tourists paid to fight monsters every day, the Jasmine Town and the Fantasy Haunted House, etc. He talked about everything he could think of, and his mouth was dry and he kept swallowing saliva.
As Atalan listened, his slightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed. He smiled, his expression bright and cheerful, as if he were a god, which even stunned Liao Aiguo.
"I'm so happy," he said. "I never thought I'd be able to see a world like this. Please thank the director for me."
As he spoke, his body was already emitting a faint hazy halo. Liao Aiguo realized something and subconsciously reached out, but Atalan's tail flicked hard, and his body soared into the air and flew towards the cave on the top. In the white light slanting down from the cave, his whole body turned into foam and disappeared.
The scene was so beautiful, like an eternal fairy tale. The audience was speechless watching it in front of the live broadcast room, and Liao Aiguo, who was watching the scene in person, did not react for a long time.
Not long after, Liao Aiguo found an old stone tablet in the cave, which recorded Atalan's life.
Atelan, the fifth generation prince of the Thorns Empire, was unfortunately parasitized by monsters while fighting against the monster tide, and became a half-human, half-fish monster. He was later imprisoned in a cave pool... Ten years later, the Thorns Empire collapsed. Atelan hid the remaining red-eyed elves in the pool, and then blocked the entrance of the cave with his body. He was eaten by monsters and died without a complete body.
"This..." Liao Aiguo widened his eyes.
At the same time that Atelan disappeared, the Little Thorn King in the palace also sensed it. He widened his eyes and murmured, "Atelan, he is resting in peace."
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