The Lost Mermaid City—Maggie remembers the comics saying it was located somewhere near the Mermaid Territory.
However, given that Xiuzheng is being hunted by the Ice Mermaid branch, Maggie only intends to reach the edge of the Mermaid territory. After all, based on Rosette's personality, she will definitely seal away the former Mermaid King in a dark place.
Although legend has it that Rosette's confidants know the location of the Mermaid King's city and can even enter and leave it, Maggie doesn't really count on it.
She was a human, plus two fire spirits, and a 'traitor' who stole the mermaid's treasure. It seemed impossible for her to find such powerful people to help her.
Maggie and the twins followed Xiu, swimming deeper and deeper into the sea. The further they went, the colder and darker it became.
It makes one wonder if the mermaid is really down there?
However, to Maggie's surprise, she was prepared to use the Light spell to illuminate the area, but Xiu's big tail was actually glowing, allowing her to see the surrounding water clearly.
Maggie had to admire the mermaid's evolutionary abilities; it could even make its tail glow.
She admired him, unaware that this was Xiu's deliberate release of his power. Not every mermaid would do this; in the pitch-black depths of the sea, emitting light intentionally signifies danger.
Predators will come to hunt.
Of course, there are very few hunters in the ocean who can defeat the merfolk, but normal aquatic creatures don't choose to glow for no reason, and merfolk are no exception.
Gemini, on the other hand, uses water-repelling gemstones, making them quite adept at navigating water.
The group swam in the pitch-black environment for an unknown amount of time, until Maggie was exhausted, but Xiu showed no sign of stopping.
This made Maggie sigh that mermaids are indeed more free in the water, and become delicate flowers on land.
However, Maggie was also a speed demon. Even though she was very tired, she didn't say anything and kept her head down, continuing to descend.
Fortunately, not long after, a glimmer of light appeared on the seabed, which was so dark that nothing could be seen. As the group approached, the light grew larger and larger, gradually forming an area in Maggie's eyes.
A somewhat rudimentary mermaid settlement.
That's right, it can't be called a city, it can only be called a settlement. The style is a bit too primitive, which makes Maggie a little doubtful.
She always felt that mermaids shouldn't live such a life, but rather... a more luxurious and extravagant one.
Maggie thought to herself, glancing at Xiang Xiu. His expression remained unchanged, as if this kind of life for mermaids was perfectly normal.
"Tsk tsk, no wonder mermaids all like to run to land. They would rather leave their homeland and face the risk of being hunted than not live in human territory."
Spurr gave a disdainful comment, which made Maggie's brow twitch.
This is, after all, their territory. Anyone with a modicum of emotional intelligence shouldn't speak like that.
Unexpectedly, Xiu was not angry when he heard this. Instead, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, his tone ambiguous.
"You're right, mermaids... do indeed yearn for human life."
Maggie paused, sensing that Xiu's words had a hidden meaning, but she couldn't quite grasp it, just like how he and Spitbol had been talking about riddles all the way, leaving even her completely baffled.
It was a minor incident that didn't cause much of a stir, but Spald's gaze toward Xiu grew increasingly intense and unfathomable.
Since they could see the mermaid settlement, it meant that it was Maggie's turn to do the work. She was the only one who knew anything about the mermaid capital, and that information came from the comics.
Legend has it that the Mermaid Kingdom is hidden beneath a pile of ruins, above which lies a huge, broken stone ring. However, due to the passage of many, many years, the stone ring has been buried by the silt in the sea.
However, if you look carefully, you might be able to find places with similar terrain structures.
Maggie touched her chin. This was the only clue she had. As she thought about it, she looked up at Sperr and Sperr, along with Xiu, and a malicious smile suddenly appeared on her face.
"You guys, look around for any terrain with a very large circular structure. It doesn't matter if there's a break in the middle, as long as it's roughly that shape."
"You have to look down from a very high altitude to find it; you can't search close to the ground."
Maggie carefully explained her ideas, and although she used the word "close to the ground," she actually meant searching close to the seabed.
She wasn't sure if this clumsy method would work. The Mermaid City had been gone for countless years, long before the Sea God ascended to power.
Now that so much time has passed, it's wishful thinking to think that we can find traces of its former ruins on the seabed.
Even setting aside seawater erosion, the sand and gravel that flowed by would be enough to obscure its existence.
But she figured she might as well try anything; if she could find it, she wouldn't have to go through all the trouble of repairing it.
Since Xiu was the one who first found the Mermaid King's City, it felt a bit cruel to look at his pale face and bleed him just to find a location.
Perhaps sensing Maggie's slightly sympathetic gaze, a hint of doubt flashed in Xiu's eyes.
"Huh? We still have to do work?"
Spurr was a little unhappy after hearing this, and pouted, feeling very unwilling.
He probably felt he was there to have fun and didn't want to waste his energy on such troublesome matters, so he wasn't very enthusiastic.
Spitbol smiled and nodded, softly agreeing to Maggie's words.
"Okay, my brother and I will come back and let you know when we find it."
For him, this was a small matter; Maggie's favors were very valuable.
From the moment he arrived at the temple, everything Maggie did was considered excellent in his eyes. At first, he focused more on observing Maggie.
Now, Spotet sees Maggie more as a potential asset.
Ability is not the ultimate criterion for judging a person.
If it's a bet, betting on Maggie will definitely make you a lot of money.
So far, Maggie's actions have not disappointed Spud.
He was more than willing to do anything that was easy, and he would even do it if Maggie ordered him to kill someone, because in his view, the reward would be much greater than what he was getting now.
Spitco then pulled his younger brother away, leaving Xiu and Maggie staring at each other blankly, with no intention of leaving.
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Maggie gave him an inquiring look.
"You'd better have less contact with him; he's very shrewd."
Xiu spoke in a calm tone, and there was no doubt that he was referring to Spall, because Spall didn't seem like a cunning person at all.
Unless Maggie is an idiot, she wouldn't guess it was her brother.
A reminder that surprised her somewhat made her realize that, given Xiu's personality, he wouldn't gossip about others behind their backs.
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