Chapter 63
The mermaid boy just sat there quietly, looking at them with his eyes downcast like a spectator outside a play. His expression was no longer the innocence that they had laughed at many times before.
When the mermaid calmly put away the expressions that she had deliberately shown on her face before, that kind of naturally condescending look of scrutiny and observation was like a sharp sword, piercing the chests of those present and causing pain.
He said nothing.
However, everyone present understood it instantly——
They were fooled!
I was fooled from beginning to end!
The mermaid boy did not make any explanation, nor did he show the arrogant smile after success, nor did he talk about his plan loudly. He just appeared there, and that explained everything.
This kind of silence, as if he had fooled them all the way just casually and didn't deserve to lose his composure for this, was particularly hateful!
"Ha...you really acted well!"
The blue-haired boy, who originally thought he had won in the end, slowly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, and his gaze towards the mermaid boy was filled with strong humiliation and murderous intent.
"You think... I can't kill you like this!"
Before he finished speaking, Derek, who was left in the holy spring pool unable to move, suddenly raised his hand, and his entire arm broke into countless tiny links in an instant, breaking off one by one!
In just a flash, his hand was about to pinch the neck of the mermaid boy who was still sitting quietly!
It was true that his magic power was constantly being plundered by the Holy Spring, but as a high-level hunter, his magic power was already enormous. Until now, he was still fully capable of launching a final attack and dragging this damn guy to be buried with him!
Just like what I thought before, let him show a painful expression on his face and make him regret everything he has done!
He is just a hunter with the ability to transform into a mermaid. This is not the bottom of the sea. If he encounters such a close-range assassination, there is only one result, and that is death.
The fingertips were getting closer and closer to the mermaid boy's neck, but the mermaid hadn't even reacted yet and still kept her eyes quietly down, making people wonder maliciously whether she would have this calm expression even after she died?
Getting closer.
Derek seemed to be able to feel the heat coming from the other person's pulse.
He smiled uncontrollably, and then the smile froze on his face.
——Because just when his sharp claws were about to draw blood, the mermaid suddenly raised her eyes.
Those green eyes seemed to slow down in Derek's sight, slowly curved, and then revealed a little... interest in seeing the prey struggling to death.
Derek's heart sank suddenly and his pupils shrank.
not good!
It’s not that the mermaid couldn’t keep up with the speed of his attack and couldn’t react, but the opponent’s reaction was so fast that there was no need for her to respond at all in the beginning!
He only needed to put on a mocking smile at the last second, when the prey thought he was about to succeed in counterattacking, and then...
Knock them back to hell.
“Crash——”
The mermaid didn't even move his upper body. He just swung his tail, which looked like a fragile ornament, and the powerful tail raised a crystal clear water curtain.
The fish tail, which looks like a thin layer of scales and is made of flesh and blood, is actually harder than a wall of copper or iron!
The sharp claws that Derek sent out at that moment were completely unable to penetrate the defense of the scales. Instead, due to the enormous force, they rushed straight to Derek's heart at a speed several times higher than before!
“Puff.”
My vision seemed to go dark for a moment.
A very warm liquid flowed down from my chest and rolled down my skin. It was incredibly hot, yet it seemed like just an illusion.
Derek slowly lowered his head and looked down.
The arm he sent out with the last of his magic power now pierced into his own heart, just as he had pierced his teammate's heart without hesitation.
The severe pain came only a moment later, sweeping across all his nerves.
…
He opened his lips, but no words came out. His movements were as stiff as an unoiled machine. He took off the ring on his hand and threw it behind him with his last bit of strength.
"Tick", "tick", "tick".
As the silver rings bounced to the ground again and again, the light in the blue-haired boy's eyes completely dissipated and he slowly sank to the bottom of the pool.
White, who originally thought that he would be very happy to see Derek being killed in the same way, now involuntarily clenched his hands, and his nails dug into the flesh.
“Derek…!!”
She lowered her head in pain, and in a blur, she saw the ring rolling towards her little by little, and finally stopped quietly in front of her.
That contains all of Derek's life-saving props.
"Hmm?" The mermaid boy finally spoke his first words. He smiled softly, tilted his head leisurely, and said:
"You want to help your teammates escape? You are so loyal. If you do this, will it make me look bad?"
“…”
Brent raised his eyes and stared at the mermaid boy. He finally recognized him. His brain and heart were filled with anger. His teeth were stained with blood. He said word by word with hatred:
"Su, Xing, Yuan!!"
Hearing these three words, the black-haired mermaid's expression finally changed slightly.
He blinked his eyes lightly, and casually snapped his fingers with his right hand. With a "snap", his entire body instantly turned back into a human form, even returning to his classic makeup.
The boy, who looked exactly the same as in the photos they had collected, wearing a black windbreaker, raised his index finger, curled his lips, and revealed a very sunny and cheerful smile.
"That's right, but there's no reward."
"puff--"
Brent spat out a mouthful of blood.
I was just angry.
What doesn't he understand at this point?
When he thought that the guy who stole their pass had been staying around them from the very beginning, listening to their talks and discussions on how to kill him after entering the secret realm, and that they treated him like a rare pass-through prop, and that he was probably laughing at their stupidity in his heart, he almost bit his good teeth off.
Moreover, if there had not been a "merman" in plain sight in the second level, the melee would not have been so intense, they would not have stayed around the mermaid, and the Brad Guild would not have directly lost four people!
All this happened because of Su Xingyuan!
At this moment, he forgot all about prizes, goals, and the supreme status. The only thing he wanted in his mind was to kill Su Xingyuan and avenge everyone.
But he still had his senses and knew that the prerequisite for successful revenge was that he was still alive.
Brent glanced back and found that while Su Xingyuan was talking to him, White had been slowly moving forward, with his fingertips about to touch the ring containing countless props that he had not yet used.
“Squeak——”
A stream of water suddenly rushed over, and White watched helplessly as the ring that was about to be obtained was pushed away, making them lose their last hope of counterattack.
And that stream of water came from behind.
Before White could turn around, the next moment, a trident brushed past her cheek and stabbed into the ground!
In the holy spring, Su Xingyuan raised his eyebrows slightly as he watched his magic power limit steadily rising and finally stopping at 110. He shifted his gaze to the NPCs with human bodies and fish tails who had just entered the palace.
[Name: Captain of the Atlantis Royal Guard]
……Um?
It’s actually a green name?
But... Su Xingyuan clearly felt their hostility.
He calmly observed these mermaids that appeared along with the sea water around them.
They look very different from the ones he wears with his [Assimilated Fish Tail]. The most obvious difference is that their hair color is basically light, and their facial features are also very different from human aesthetics.
—— and Su Xingyuan, a mermaid with jet-black hair who looks exactly like the mermaid in human imagination, seem like they exist in two different worlds.
One is a ten-level realistic plus sharpening version, and the other is a version with 100 layers of filters.
"Please wait a moment."
He found that they were not going to kill these humans directly, nor were they going to abandon them here. Instead, they fed them something and after barely stopping the bleeding, they were going to take them away directly. Su Xingyuan made a voice of refusal.
The corners of his lips curled up by inertia, but he said in a very calm tone:
"These are my prey."
In fact, to the player, he is just playing a game, and he is more accustomed to calling these people his red names.
But for these creatures, which are highly intelligent but still more animalistic than human, telling them that this is their prey will make it easier for them to understand the seriousness of the matter.
Sure enough, they understood what he was saying. They stopped and looked at each other, as if they were afraid of something, and stopped taking the half-dead hunters out.
The captain of the guard swam over and stopped in front of Su Xingyuan's body.
Su Xingyuan could see the vigilance and hostility deep in its eyes, and when he looked at the green sign above its head, he felt even more puzzled.
It seemed to switch its language, and then spoke awkwardly:
"How does it feel to be in the holy spring?"
Su Xingyuan blinked and said tentatively, "It's quite cool."
Captain of the Atlantis Guard: "..."
Within three seconds, at least ten expressions appeared on its face, and finally it was fixed on deep suspicion of Yu Sheng: "No... Anyone who stays here for a long time will be torn apart by magic, even the royal family... Who are you!"
After saying that, it became more alert and took a few steps back. It seemed that it had mistaken Su Xingyuan for some strange creature disguised as a human.
Su Xingyuan understood everything instantly.
As expected, the Atlanteans are equally hostile to all humans who intrude here.
Even if the first person who enters the holy spring is filled with magic power as shown in the comic strip, he will explode within a few seconds because the magic power expands rapidly in a short period of time and his body cannot bear it or expel it quickly.
But...Xingxing was originally a player.
The player's attributes are strictly limited by the current level, and the level determines the amount of magic power stored.
He can only have 110 points of magic power now, no more, and it is impossible to exceed 110 and cause himself to be unable to bear it. Even if you force it into his body, it won't fit.
Confirmed, it's a bug.
So Su Xingyuan was silent for a moment, and said sincerely: "I don't know either. After all, I'm just a player whose attribute cap is stuck at my level."
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