Mermaid Queen: "???"
Although she had guessed that something had happened to the sea creatures, she didn't expect it to be this serious.
The entire sea race was wiped out?
Even the Four Dragon Kings are gone?
Zaun was no less shocked than him, thinking that no matter how awesome Mogad was, he couldn't be this awesome.
The sea race was, after all, a super-large race. How could they be completely wiped out in just a few days?
Hearing their questions, Princess Peacock waved her hand and said, "They're not dead, but now everyone is not far from death."
"What exactly happened?" The mermaid queen asked anxiously as she listened to the increasingly confused woman's explanation.
Princess Peacock then realized the ambiguity she had created and hurriedly began to explain.
After listening, the two finally understood what had happened. It turned out that a strange disease had broken out among the sea creatures recently, causing vomiting and diarrhea, as well as weakness all over the body, leaving them only able to lie in bed, and almost all of them were about to die.
Zuan frowned slightly: "This doesn't seem like an illness, it seems more like poisoning."
Princess Peacock nodded: "At first, no one took it seriously, but it spread to the entire Dragon Palace and the surrounding sea creatures in a short time. Everyone realized that they must have been poisoned, but it was too late. Soon, most people fell ill. The doctors in the Dragon Palace were too busy to treat themselves, let alone others. Only a very few of us lucky ones escaped this calamity."
"Where are the Four Dragon Kings? Haven't they come out to take charge?" the Mermaid Queen couldn't help but ask.
Princess Peacock shook her head slightly: "It started when the North Sea Dragon King had an accident. He seemed to have fallen into a mysterious coma. The other three Sea Dragon Kings went to visit him, but they didn't see anything unusual. On the contrary, not long after, they also fell into a coma. Rumors even began to circulate in the Dragon Palace that the recent events involving the sea race had angered the Sea God, who had now brought down divine punishment."
"Outrageous!" the Mermaid Queen exclaimed angrily. "We are the people protected by the Sea God. How could she punish us so cruelly? Clearly, some people are hiding in the shadows, plotting and spreading all sorts of rumors."
At this moment, the few remaining sea warriors around them echoed each other, clearly not believing that the sea god would punish everyone in this way.
"Why are you here? And who resealed the seal inside?" Zuan asked curiously. In just a few days since he left, he felt that so much had happened to the sea race. Now everything seemed to be shrouded in mystery, and he could only try to gather as much information as possible.
"These past few days I was discussing cooperation with the sea tribes, but then the Dragon King had an accident, and the sea tribes fell ill with those strange diseases, so the cooperation was delayed. I was originally going to help with the treatment," Princess Peacock replied.
"But as more and more people fell, and there were even rumors that the sea creatures had cooperated with us, which brought about these disasters, and that these diseases or poisons were brought by you mysteriously, I immediately realized that someone was manipulating all of this, and I rushed here to inform you..."
"Who knew that after arriving here, I found that the seal below had already been repaired. Helpless, I had to turn back to find those array masters from the Dragon Palace to unseal it. As a result, I ran into this group of assassins. They seemed to have followed us and wanted to kill us here." Princess Peacock patted her chest. "Fortunately, you appeared in time, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable."
Zuan's gaze fell on the assassins, and he said coldly, "Speak, who sent you?"
"Kill us!" The assassins turned around one after another. They were pinned to the ground by the golden sword energy of Zuan, and their vital energy was sealed. They couldn't even commit suicide. But how could they be spineless when they were chosen to hunt down Princess Peacock and her party?
Zuan frowned slightly. After arriving in this world, his identity as the Lord of the Underworld seemed to be temporarily useless. He couldn't throw them into hell for interrogation, so getting a confession from them was quite troublesome.
Just then, the Mermaid Queen stepped forward and said, "Leave it to me."
Zuan was taken aback. She gently plucked the strings, and beautiful melodies swirled around the assassins. Then, she stood before them with a smile: "Do you want to hurt me?"
A look of bewilderment flashed across the assassins' eyes, followed by a hint of amazement. They shook their heads vigorously, saying, "No, absolutely not."
"Do you want to see me sad?" the mermaid queen asked softly, her expression exceptionally pitiful.
"No, we want you to be happy," the assassins hurriedly expressed their affection.
"But I have many questions that are bothering me, and I can't be happy. Can you help me answer them?" The mermaid queen's eyes were beautiful and deep, radiating a sapphire-like light.
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, please ask whatever you need!" the assassins answered eagerly.
"Whose orders were you following today?" The Mermaid Queen smiled sweetly, her voice exceptionally gentle.
...
Seeing the assassins answering every question like idiots, including Zaun, everyone around was dumbfounded.
Legend has it that the Mermaid Queen's popularity stems from her mastery of enchantment, and it seems that this is indeed true.
Princess Peacock looked at her strangely, thinking that if she didn't know that she was the Mermaid Queen, she would have thought that she was a fox from Qingqiu. She was so charming that she could kill anyone.
Zuan also looked amused. The mermaid queen usually presented a dignified and noble image in front of him, but he didn't expect her to know these things.
However, he was quite certain that the other party had not used these tactics against him from beginning to end, which suggested that they were genuinely friendly with him.
The mermaid queen quickly got the answer, and she couldn't help but glance back at Zaun.
Zaun's eyes also lit up at this moment, because he heard a familiar name - Aurora Poison Dragon!
It turns out that all of this was caused by the Aurora Poison Dragon. The Aurora Poison Dragon was originally skilled in using poison, and this time it secretly set up a plague poison array in various parts of the Dragon Palace, catching everyone in the Dragon Palace off guard.
His poison array was extremely powerful, and he had the advantage of catching the enemy off guard. In addition, the East Sea Dragon King had recently summoned the high-ranking members of various sea tribes to discuss matters, so he almost wiped out the entire high-ranking members of the sea tribes.
“No, the Four Seas Dragon Kings should be strong enough to not be afraid of his poison array. If he were really that powerful, wouldn’t he be able to rule the sea tribes?” Zu An said in a deep voice.
Upon hearing this, the Mermaid Queen hurriedly questioned the assassins.
Most of the assassins were unaware of this, but one of the assassin leaders replied, "The Aurora Poison Dragon has pledged allegiance to the King of Inhumanity. He has promised that he will be the new king of the entire sea race in the future, and the so-called Dragon King will only be a passing cloud."
"The King of Immorality gave him a magical artifact called the Soul-Losing Bell, which can make people fall into a coma. He used this to control the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas."
Everyone suddenly realized why the North Sea Dragon King had been the first to suffer an accident. As the North Sea Dragon King's subordinate, the Aurora Poison Dragon would have been the most convenient to attack him.
Then, using this as bait, he could lure the three unsuspecting dragon kings into his trap.
Zaun, on the other hand, felt a greater sense of admiration; Mogad of this era truly impressed him.
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