Chapter 385: Siren and Murloc
My expression?
Faced with the girl's accusation, Angel was a little confused for a moment. Not only was she wearing a lady's hat with a veil, but she was also facing the porthole. How could she see her expression?
Besides, I didn't do anything weird...
At this moment, she suddenly thought of her first encounter with Triss in Backlund. During the conversation, she suddenly changed to a completely different expression from before, and she was completely unaware of it afterwards.
Could it be that I...
She subconsciously looked at her palm. The strange sapphire ring was not on her finger. Instead, it was sealed with the spiritual wall and thrown into the luggage.
"Denton, I said don't go over there!"
The girl's voice woke Angel from her thoughts. She found that the little boy had broken free from his sister's hand and walked in front of her again, looking up at her curiously.
"Sister, are you a mermaid?"
This sudden question made Angel laugh. She squatted down, making her eyes level with Denton, and asked back:
"Why do you think so?"
"Uncle Cleves said there are many mermaids in the sea. They use their beauty and singing to lure passing sailors and adventurers back to their homes... I, I want to be an adventurer too!"
This legend sounded strange. Could the Cleves he was talking about be the bodyguard that Klein was chatting with? It seemed like this little boy had heard too many legends about the sea, which was why he asked such a strange question.
Angel was thinking about it, and suddenly she had an idea for a prank. She took off her hat, revealed her face to the brother and sister, and asked with a smile:
"So you think I'm a mermaid?"
"Hey, yes, it's the Siren!"
It was Denton's sister who reacted first. She suddenly pulled Denton over and took a few steps away, staring at Angel with big eyes, with more surprise and curiosity than panic.
In some legends, another name for mermaid is siren.
"Donna, Denton, I remember I said that the lower half of a mermaid's body isn't legs, it's a tail."
A gruff voice came from the side. The middle-aged man who had just been talking to Klein walked over and gently touched Denton's head.
“Cleves, the bodyguard of these two children.”
He turned to look at Angel and gave a gentleman's salute, acting unfamiliar and casual.
"Hello, Mr. Cleves."
Angel wanted to give his name, but remembered that he was a companion of the "mad adventurer" Sparrow and should have similar personalities and traits to him, so he responded coldly.
Cleves didn't care. He just came to pick up his employer's precious children. Seeing that Angel didn't make any other moves, he nodded slightly and left the vicinity of the porthole with Donna and Denton.
The girl, who was about the same age as Melissa, took two steps forward and turned back to look at Angel, her eyes still full of curiosity.
Then the expression on her face turned to horror and her eyes widened.
Because Angel stood up again and slightly raised the hem of her skirt, there was nothing underneath where her legs should be, as if this tall, beautiful woman was floating in the air...
Siren!
Donna's whole body stiffened, and her eyes slowly moved upwards to look at Angel's face, only to find that she had placed her right index finger in front of her mouth, signaling the girl who "saw through her secret" to keep it secret.
The girl nodded in horror, closed her eyes, turned around, and obediently followed Cleves out of the entertainment room.
Angel, his invisibility gone, returned to Klein with a smile on his face and sat across from him at the card table. Klein had watched the entire prank with a faint smile on his face.
"If you scare children like this, they will have nightmares at night."
He followed the three people out of the entertainment room door with his eyes, then looked at Angel and joked.
"That little boy, Denton, said he wanted to be an adventurer. After he saw the legendary mermaid, he'll probably have a dream tonight where his wish comes true. As for Donna...she'll probably have a sleepless night. Consider it punishment for discovering the secret of the 'Siren'. Who makes her think I'm a monster who uses my beauty and singing to attract adventurers?"
"Aren't you?"
Bang--
Angel kicked Klein from under the table, causing the adventurer to stand up from the table with a grin on his face, attracting the curious gazes of several passengers who were fighting evil around him.
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After the novelty of boarding the ship wore off, the journey soon became dull and tedious. Klein tried to blend in with the other gentlemen and gathered around a table for a "Battle of Evil." Unwilling to cheat with divination, he quickly lost five pounds and stated with a sullen face that he would not participate in such a game again... at least not today.
Angel found a book on the treasures and legends of the sea from the bookshelf in the entertainment room and began to read it carefully by the porthole. He soon discovered that the book was full of vague and specious rumors. Even the "mermaid" she had been mistaken for had no less than five different descriptions. Their only similarity was their stunning beauty. No wonder Donna and her brother thought she was one of them.
After having an equally sumptuous dinner in the restaurant, the two of them wandered around the deck bored for a while until the night breeze turned cold, and then they returned to their own suite.
The thought of spending the next week like this made Angel's stomach cramp as he digested the delicious meal.
…
Wow, snap—
A discordant tone suddenly appeared in the sound of the waves that seemed to never stop. Angel, who was carving a "Gathering Storm", stopped the carving knife in his hand and looked towards the half-open porthole.
It was already late at night. The crimson moonlight outside the window sprinkled on the sea, turning the deep blue water during the day into a somewhat strange red. A "click" sound was heard again from under the porthole.
She walked to the window curiously and looked down. On the deck below, a stealthy figure was squatting on the edge of the ship's side, smearing something on the dagger in his hand. A bloody smell mixed with a strange fragrance entered Angel's nose.
It was the bodyguard named Cleves from the daytime... What was he doing? Back to his old job?
The idea of adventurers moonlighting as pirates at sea had always been a hot topic in various legends. Angel immediately thought of this possibility, but her dark vision quickly revealed several other people hiding nearby: a female bodyguard traveling with Cleves, and the targets of the afternoon's prank, Donna and her brother.
This strange combination dispelled her doubts.
Klein also walked out of the bedroom at this time, dressed neatly, holding a revolver, and looked at Angel curiously.
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A moment later, the two arrived on the deck below and saw Cleves sprinkling peppercorns on some bloody cattle and sheep offal.
"A lone murloc," Cleves patted the pepper on his hand and pointed to a corrosion mark on the side of the ship. "It must have tried to board the ship, but found no target to attack, so it returned to the sea. It's likely still wandering around. This gives us a chance to make some extra money."
"So you lured it with raw entrails?"
Angel asked curiously, noticing that Donna and her brother in the corner moved closer to her, pricked up their ears and listened carefully, not even caring about being afraid of her "Siren".
"They love to eat offal, of course, but they love humans the most... Pepper can cause merpeople to feel intensely excited, lose their balance, and then become severely exhausted," Cleves pointed at the beef liver on the ground. "And what I applied to the dagger was mint cream, a specialty sweet from Pritz Harbor. It's a deadly toxin to merpeople."
"You know them well?"
Klein interjected.
"Essential knowledge for adventurers."
The former adventurer replied calmly.
"That sounds interesting. Can I join in?" Klein displayed the adventurous spirit of German Sparrow, patted the revolver at his waist, and asked.
Cleves and the female bodyguard looked at each other and nodded.
"Yes, your... female companion, help Cecil look after Donna and her brother so she can join the battle without distraction. You can take 10% of the proceeds from selling the murlocs after we reach the shore."
Compared to the number of people on both sides, this ratio was obviously low, but Angel and Klein didn't bargain. They joined in mid-way, and it wasn't surprising that Cleves, who already had a complete plan and preparation, rejected their joining.
After the assignments were made, Angel came to the inner corner of the ship and stood next to Donna and Denton. The female bodyguard named Cecil, holding a single-shot rifle, saw someone replacing her and nodded before coming to Cleves' side, standing guard with Klein, armed with guns.
Cleves hung a piece of beef liver on the boom and threw it into the sea, scattering the remaining pieces of pepper-coated viscera along the side of the ship. He then hid on the other side, holding a dagger in one hand and a revolver in the other, forming an angle with the other two and surrounding the boom.
"Ms. Mermaid..." Donna beside Angel suddenly whispered, "Will the fishman really take the bait?"
"My name is Angelica, not Siren." Angel reached out and patted the girl's head. The height difference between them made it easy for her to succeed. "Listen carefully, it's coming."
A teeth-grinding friction sound came from outside the ship's side, and soon, a monster covered with dark green scales climbed over the railing and flipped over to the deck.
Under the crimson moonlight, the "fish-man" revealed its true appearance in front of everyone. There were not many "human" parts on its body. It was like an upright fish with deformed limbs. Webbed feet were where the fingers should be. Two bulging eyes were located on both sides of its face, and there were gills below that kept opening and closing.
The monster, which was nearly two meters tall, looked around vigilantly, then squatted down impatiently, grabbed the animal intestines on the ground, stuffed them into its big mouth that was open to the gills, and began to chew.
The delicious taste of the offal and the extra peppercorns made the monster quickly let out a satisfied "puff" sound, its eyes began to glaze over, and its mouth opened to the sky.
This reminded Angel of a famous dish from his hometown.
"Bang--"
A loud noise was heard in the night, and seeing that the time had come, Cecil opened fire with his rifle.
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