The moment Rosette and Maggie entered the Mermaid Kingdom, Maggie keenly sensed several pairs of eyes looking at them, all hidden in the shadows.
On the surface, everything seemed normal.
Maggie looked thoughtfully at the highest point of the entire Mermaid Kingdom, where a palace-like building was constructed of stacked bluestone, exuding a sense of antiquity and weight. The moss clinging to the walls seemed to proclaim to everyone that it had endured countless years.
According to Rosette, the Mermaid Kingdom was built a long time ago, an underwater palace constructed using countless resources when the mermaids still ruled the entire continent of Coral.
Although it looks somewhat dilapidated now, it is still sturdy and awe-inspiring, showing just how powerful the mermaid race was during the Deep Sea Mermaid Era.
This is the benefit of a powerful race with abundant resources and a strong foundation.
However, due to the undead calamity and the growing strength of other races, the merfolk can no longer spend money as lavishly as before. Without the resources to keep such a large royal city functioning normally, its decline is obvious.
However, the higher-ups in the mermaid community could not tolerate the decline in their quality of life.
So... they resorted to extreme measures, and Rosette became the victim.
Although Rosset never revealed the reason for his betrayal, perhaps due to her gossipy nature, Maggie felt somewhat sorry for him.
There's no way to learn the secrets of the sea god anymore.
She and Rosette entered the royal city today as ordinary mermaids, but because of Rosette, they were both closely monitored, with countless eyes lurking in the shadows.
It's clear they're still quite wary of Rosette.
"Is that red-tailed mermaid in that palace?"
Maggie asked quietly.
"Yes, but he's not our target."
Rosette nodded, his gaze seemingly casually sweeping over the sun wheel overhead, signaling Maggie not to do anything rash.
Maggie nodded without saying anything more, but her heart was filled with turbulent emotions.
According to the information she obtained from the comics, the former Red-tailed Mermaid seemed to have a higher status than Rosette. His original background was more noble. Compared to Rosette, who was once a commoner mermaid, the current mermaid leadership clearly hoped that Rolaslin could ascend to the position of sea god.
Rosette's answer now confirms her suspicions.
Rosette, who also possessed divine status, became the target of suppression.
Maggie couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Intelligent species were indeed prone to fighting, even doing such short-sighted things. She knew that having another contender for the Sea God would be a good thing for the merfolk.
Now, for his own selfish desires, he has forced the originally powerful Rosette to be confined to this sea area, unable to leave to participate in the war of the gods.
How tragic and lamentable.
However... Maggie does have some information about the red-tailed mermaid Loraslin. If Rosette turns out to be too weak, she might as well add fuel to the fire and make things more interesting.
Maggie is actually quite relaxed right now, probably because she's invincible. When she participates in these events, she feels more like she's playing a game than an NPC.
Thus, her inherently playful nature gradually began to surface, without her even realizing it.
“That symbolic tower is the closest place to the Sun Wheel. I am forbidden to approach it, but you look harmless and weak, so no mermaids should stop you.”
"I've already concealed the scent of your heart and disguised you as a mermaid. No one will notice anything unusual about you. Retrieving the heart is quite difficult, and I need to be there too. Without absolute certainty, we can't act rashly, or we'll alert the enemy."
"The next operation will be more difficult, so I need you to sense the distance and bring back some intelligence."
"Once I determine the difficulty of seizing it, I will formulate a new plan before making my move."
Maggie recalled Rosette's words to her in the cave, and felt inexplicably angry. How dare he say she was weak!
However, she is indeed too weak right now.
Maggie sighed, shifting her gaze from the underwater palace to the landmark-like building at the center of the Mermaid Kingdom—the Tower of Symbols.
If we had to say something, the Tower of Symbols doesn't actually have any practical function; it's just a place to commemorate the mermaids who once expanded their territory in the deep sea during the Mermaid Era.
Many of those valiant mermaid warriors and magicians left their mark on the continent's history.
Building the symbolic tower closest to the Sun Wheel is also a way of paying tribute to and respecting our ancestors. It can only be said that all intelligent species have similar behaviors, which is quite normal.
Rosette ultimately possessed the power of a false god. Although she couldn't truly change Maggie's race, she could still use illusions to conceal the fact that Maggie was human.
This made Maggie's actions much simpler and prevented her from attracting strange looks.
For the rest of the time, Maggie and Rosette strolled around the Mermaid Kingdom like ordinary mermaids buying necessities.
Rosette wasn't completely forbidden from entering or leaving the Mermaid Kingdom. He possessed divine power, and if things were taken too far, causing him to make a desperate fuss, it would be detrimental to the Mermaid leadership, and even more so to the Red-tailed Mermaid.
Furthermore, Rosette remained eerily quiet from the moment her heart was taken away, showing no signs of resistance, which lowered the guard of the merman leadership.
Although there were eyes secretly watching Rosette, no mermaid guards actually appeared to stop them from strolling around.
Maggie truly experienced what it means to have exotic customs. The mermaids eat and use things that are completely different from humans. Raw fish is a change of pace for humans, but it is an everyday occurrence for mermaids.
There are also special seashell costumes... They're called costumes, but they're actually just a few seashells pieced together. Occasionally, a few mermaid ladies pass by, their snow-white and delicate skin and stunning beauty captivating Maggie's attention.
Because they were submerged in water, the mermaids had a very high level of skin exposure, which truly gave her a feast for the eyes.
Strangely enough, whether it was Nophele, Grecius, Haranthal, or Rosette, every god was far more handsome than ordinary beings, but Maggie was completely unmoved by their looks.
It's not that I'm not a fan, I just think it looks good, but that's about it.
Once you've seen it, you've seen it; it's just a matter of pure appreciation, without any impure thoughts.
Maggie herself would quietly sigh that this might be the difference between humans and gods, neither of whom could make her have any messy thoughts.
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