Chapter 152 No Way
"High Priest, welcome back, High Priest. The Queen of the Sea has been waiting for you in the palace for a long time. She said that if you did not return by tomorrow, she would send people to look for you. Now it seems that she will not need to."
The high priest, holding the scepter that symbolized power, shook his head and slowly walked forward: "Thank you for your concern, Queen. I am back now, so you need not trouble yourself. Now take me to see the Queen. I have something important to give her."
The underwater guard nodded: "Yes, High Priest, we will take you there now."
The high priest held his scepter, a cold glint in his eyes.
I don't know how long the underwater guards walked forward, but the palace scene in front of them was clearly visible, and every now and then some angel mermaids could be seen swimming around outside.
Upon seeing the High Priest, they all greeted him with, "Greetings, High Priest!"
The high priest simply nodded slightly.
Each time an angel or mermaid who greets her turns around, she sprinkles a little of the elixir in her hand.
For no other reason than to see if any mutated mermaids were mixed in among them, waiting for the right moment to cause trouble.
After confirming that no mutated mermaids were found, the High Priest breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Atlantis had been relatively peaceful during his absence, without any large-scale massacres.
This is certainly a good thing for the high priest.
I just don't know why, but I always have this vague feeling of unease in my heart.
He and the Queen have lived together for hundreds of years. The lifespan of each mermaid is determined by the number of mermaid hearts they possess. Of course, if a mermaid has become a mutated mermaid, it will be killed prematurely.
Although Atlantis did not have enough spiritual liquid to eliminate all the hidden mutated mermaids, there was still some spiritual liquid in the national treasury.
After all, sometimes the mutated mermaids appear and disappear unpredictably. If it weren't for the spiritual liquid, the entire Angel Mermaids would probably have been wiped out.
Once all the angel mermaids have turned into mutated mermaids, Atlantis will cease to exist.
The high priest tentatively sprinkled the spiritual liquid in his hand onto the two sea guardians who were leading him forward.
Suddenly, the two underwater guards stopped moving.
The high priest froze.
He picked up the scepter in his hand with almost disbelief.
The golden scales on the two sea guardians suddenly emitted wisps of black smoke. Then, the high priest noticed that the golden scales of the two sea guardians had suddenly turned dark green!
This is…………
Upon realizing what it was, the high priest quickly poured all the spiritual liquid in his hand onto the two of them.
"They actually discovered us?!"
"What a pity... I was originally planning to give you a dignified way to die."
The two sea guardians, now completely transformed into mutated mermaids, appeared before the high priest. The moment the spiritual liquid was sprinkled on their scales, they felt an excruciating pain, as if a thousand ants were gnawing at their hearts, and their tails twitched involuntarily…
His face turned deathly pale, and he looked as if he was in great pain.
Fortunately, the survivor gave him a decent amount of spirit liquid.
The high priest breathed a sigh of relief. He did not choose to slip away while the two mutated mermaids were injured. If you don't nip it in the bud, it will grow back in the spring. If he ran away now, he wouldn't be able to escape later.
He weighed the spiritual liquid in his hand...
The high priest felt that the current dosage should be enough to purify the two mutated mermaid sea guardians in front of him, so he poured all the remaining spiritual liquid in his hand over them.
Thick black smoke billowed, and a thick fog enveloped the area.
The high priest coldly watched as the two mutated mermaids emitted painful howls. He looked around and, seeing no other mermaids approaching, breathed a sigh of relief.
He stuffed the remaining spiritual liquid seaweed into the mouths of the two mutated mermaids.
Next, all that's left is to wait patiently.
The two mutated mermaids, who originally had sharp fangs, dark green scales, and reddish-brown hair, were slowly fading their original colors, turning into…
Yes, gold.
That is, the color of the angel mermaid.
Their eyes gradually changed from fierce and violent to clean and clear.
Just then, a voice came from not far away.
"High Priest, you're still alive."
A figure slowly emerged from the seaweed.
The high priest was genuinely surprised when he saw who the visitor was.
"Princess Leah?"
"Who else could it be but me?!"
A smile played on Leah's lips; behind her stood a mermaid.
It's Rice.
Looking at the elixir in the high priest's hand, Rais and Leah asked in confusion, "High Priest, where did you get this elixir from?"
At night, it always becomes both vulnerable and ferocious.
However, during the day, Leah and Rice acted perfectly normally.
As for why the question of whether the high priest was dead was asked...
Of course it's because...
Shipwrecks at the bottom of the sea are forbidden territory for the merfolk; anyone who goes there never returns.
Even the strongest merfolk couldn't escape it when they went there.
So when they saw that the High Priest had actually returned alive, Leah and Rice were a little surprised.
The high priest saw Rice and bowed: "Prince Rice."
Rice thought of the survivor, a look of melancholy flashing in his eyes: "Is she dead?"
According to the high priest's prophecy, perhaps only that girl could save the merfolk.
The high priest shook his head: "Prince Rice, she will not die. She is a brave survivor. I believe that the future hope of the merfolk and Atlantis rests on her."
Rice's face lit up with joy: "It's good that you're alright, High Priest. What's our next plan?"
The high priest then produced some spiritual liquid, seaweed, and spiritual liquid from who-knows-where and handed them over, saying, "Prince Rice, Princess Leah, please eat this first."
When Leah and Rice saw so much seaweed, their faces lit up with joy, but they shook their heads and refused, saying, "Let's not do it for now. These things are useful to other mutated mermaids, but they have no effect on us."
Lydia and Rice did try to find a way to restore the mutated mermaids to their angelic forms.
They also used the elixir.
But there was no other way.
So he could only become a mutated mermaid, watching himself slaughter others at midnight.
Sometimes I really want to end my life, but after thinking about it, I decide against it.
Because their mother only had two children, if they died, their mother would likely leave them too.
At that point, Atlantis will truly be finished.
Neither Rice nor Lydia wanted to see this happen.
"What did the angel say?"
When the angels were mentioned, Leah's expression changed slightly, and she said, "The angels no longer want to deal with us."
She lied.
Not long ago, she failed to complete the task assigned by the angels, and the angels had abandoned them.
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