Maggie was lost in her thoughts and didn't even notice that the Ice Mermaid had retreated, leaving only the one she controlled, which could not escape no matter what.
As for the merfolk who were in the same camp, they weren't much better off; they were all watching her quietly, their eyes filled with terror.
Even Xiu stood not far away, not moving an inch, looking at the Ice Mermaid, whose face was covered in blood and who had been turned into a blood corpse by Maggie, but was still breathing. His feelings were indescribable.
Although he knew Maggie's personality was rather ruthless, no one expected it to be to this extent; it was terrifyingly inhuman.
Finally, Maggie seemed to discover something, and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes. She suddenly stood up and tried to walk into the mermaid settlement.
She had some information she wanted to share with the merman chieftain. Her individual strength was ultimately limited; if she could enlist the help of the mermen to search, the process would be much faster.
As Maggie was thinking, she suddenly felt something was wrong. When she looked up, she realized that countless eyes were staring at her.
"..."
Maggie then belatedly looked at her blood-soaked clothes and the icy mermaid, whose overall appearance was utterly miserable, like something out of a horror movie.
Looking at the way the merfolk were looking at her, the atmosphere was so strange it was hard to describe.
"Uh... Haha, you guys have worked hard."
Maggie gave an awkward but polite smile, chuckled twice, and offered her greeting.
She knew her behavior was a bit perverse, but she was genuinely just eager to learn; to her, the mermaid was just a pile of flesh and blood.
If it weren't for the fact that they would turn into ice sculptures after death, Maggie wouldn't want to dissect living ones either, since the occasional movement of the creature would still startle her.
However, Maggie's supposedly kind and gentle concern had no effect whatsoever; instead, it exacerbated her fear.
All the mermaids present took a step back in unison, their gazes towards Maggie indescribable, as if they were looking at a demon crawling out of hell.
No, you should say that Maggie is more terrifying than the devil now.
She was clearly a beautiful and ethereal young girl, yet she did things that were almost like those of a psychopathic killer.
Her delicate face showed not a trace of fear, but only excitement and anticipation, with a mysterious smile playing on her lips.
The blood on his hands was so thick that even seawater couldn't wash it off, and his whole body exuded a terrifying aura and the smell of blood.
It sent chills down the spines of fish.
After tonight, Maggie will surely become a nightmare for many mermaids, and a childhood trauma for many mermaid cubs.
The air was suffocatingly silent; not a single mermaid responded to her, leaving her standing there awkwardly.
Finally, Xiu rubbed his forehead amidst the merfolk, stepped forward, grabbed Maggie's sleeve, and led her into the merfolk settlement.
"Stop talking and come with me."
Maggie was pulled and stumbled, but she didn't struggle. The mermaid guarding the door didn't dare to utter a single word.
Putting aside the fact that Maggie is indeed a human whom Chief Run allows to enter and exit, even without orders, given the current situation...
These mermaids didn't dare to say anything.
After all, the ice mermaids do look quite similar to them, and after watching that scene, I was physically terrified.
If anyone offends this human girl, they might also be dissected.
Nobody wants to mess with the living devil.
Only after Xiu and Maggie were completely out of the sight of the mermaids did a few sounds finally emerge from the group.
"This... I heard she's supposedly the Holy Maiden of Light..."
His voice was somewhat hesitant.
"Huh? It's fake, right? That's so scary."
The other mermaid was shocked and couldn't believe the news at all.
"Yes...it's true, I confirmed it with Xiu."
A weak voice rang out, confirming what the first mermaid had said.
"Ah? No wonder the Temple of Light is so strong now. It turns out even the Holy Maiden of Light is so terrifying."
A heartfelt exclamation instantly resonated with all the fish, and they all echoed it.
"Humans are indeed a terrifying race. We'd better not leave the deep sea and go to human territory."
And so, for a long time afterward, no mermaid chose to leave the settlement and venture onto land alone.
Xiu, on the contrary, became the bravest mermaid.
...
"Next time you do something like this, could you at least do it in private?"
Xiu rubbed his temples, his face full of trouble. He didn't condemn Maggie's behavior, but offered a relatively gentle suggestion.
He spoke weakly, as if he had no choice but to give up on Maggie.
"I want to too, but those guys will run away. Didn't you tell me to hurry up?"
Maggie spoke with complete confidence, showing no remorse whatsoever.
"Why don't you just find a quiet place and drag that guy there?"
He was completely anesthetized, so he had no way to deal with Maggie.
"Oh, I didn't expect that."
Maggie was so focused on verifying her guesses that she didn't consider this aspect.
In addition, she felt that mermaids lived in the deep sea and should be used to these bloody scenes, so what she had shouldn't be a big deal.
Maggie's thoughts were practically written all over her face, making Xiu completely bewildered.
Even if mermaids have a more primitive lifestyle than humans, that doesn't mean we're not afraid of them, okay?
Xiu spoke with almost gritted teeth.
"Um."
Maggie nodded, but that didn't mean she was promising Xiu she wouldn't do it again; rather, it meant she had already received the result.
There's no need to repeat what just happened.
"However, the crucial clue I just discovered is very useful to your merfolk, so you should thank me now."
Maggie's mind was filled with the filth she had just discovered inside the mermaid's body.
A mass of substance with a similar aura to the Ash Core, except that it was liquid and flowing, and it seemed to be afraid of her touch.
Maggie caught it and brought it out, intending to show it to the mermaid chieftain later.
To this day, she still hasn't figured out what form the things spreading out from the abyss take.
There are monsters that can condense ash cores, there are imitators that can corrupt human souls, and there are puppets like ice mermaids, which are mimicking creatures.
Everywhere you look, there are bad signs.
Maggie thought she was starting to regret it.
She should have asked Archangel El for more information when she met him that day, but she was blinded by anger and only wanted to leave as soon as possible.
Looking back now, they were collaborators at the time, and if she wanted more information, El wouldn't have hesitated to share it with her.
They might even gladly tell you.
"..."
Maggie's unyielding attitude finally made Xiu give up.
I gave up on trying to persuade her to change her ways.
He thought.
Even if Maggie does something shocking in the future.
He was able to accept it calmly.
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