Epilogue of Chapter 95: The End of the Sea Hag
After the wedding of the mermaid princess and the human prince, the Sea King summoned Rhine and Aurora again in the Sea King's palace.
The two human children were still inside the big fish with a transparent belly.
“Dear Master Magician, now, the Kingdom of the Sea and the Kingdom of Man have reached an alliance.
"The two countries will start trading, and both will benefit from it. The human king is also working hard to let the people on earth understand us mermaids and wash away their past prejudices."
“Thank you for helping my daughter and all of us mermaids.
"From now on, if you two have any requests, the people of the Sea Kingdom will do their best to help you. In addition, I am willing to pay you."
"Reward?" Rhine thought for a while and asked, "My partner Aurora is a strong super warrior. Ordinary weapons can't withstand her fighting intensity. Can I find a weapon suitable for her in this sea kingdom?"
At this moment, Rhine suddenly had a strange association: the story about a monkey looking for a handy weapon in the sea.
Neptune summoned his ministers and after discussing for a while, he finally said that he was powerless.
Even Aquaman's trident is more of a symbol of power than a powerful weapon.
"Great magician, I am so sorry. Please choose another reward."
Rhine nodded with a hint of regret:
"Then I'll just take some specialties from the sea."
After getting the promise from the Sea King, Rhine touched thousands of large pearls in the Sea Kingdom, and then he touched many beautiful coral products, handicrafts made of clams and shells, and other beautiful things that can only be found in the sea.
"Your Majesty, as a magician, I have left my mark on these items. I can summon them whenever I need them," Rhine explained.
Because the compensation Rhine asked for was too ordinary and cheap, Aquaman strongly asked Rhine to take more, but Rhine felt it was unnecessary.
He thought: "These products made in the sea are common in the maritime countries, but their value will increase a hundred times when they are brought to the land. Just taking a large pearl out will be worth a fortune.
"Next, I am traveling with a kingdom's worth of wealth!"
In the western part of the continent, most of the kingdoms are not large. Rhine is sure that the wealth he owns in the sea is enough to buy most of the kingdoms on the western continent.
After returning to the palace, Aquaman sighed again: "Now there is only one last question.
"The magic potion you have brewed can turn humans into mermaids and mermaids into humans. This will be necessary for long-term communication between land and sea.
“Relatively speaking, it would be safer for humans to grow fish tails and go to the sea than for mermaids to grow legs and go to land, because they don’t have to bear the terrible curse.
"However, these magical potions can only be brewed by you. I am willing to pay you a generous reward for this.
"But I heard that you will eventually travel far away and cannot stay here for long.
"What shall we do after your Excellency leaves?"
Rhine smiled and said, "It's okay. I can recommend another potion master to Your Majesty. I will give her the formulas of both potions.
"After I leave, if anyone wants to go to the world on the sea, or if humans want to come to the kingdom in the sea, please ask her for help."
The Sea King was stunned: "What do you mean?"
Rhine smiled and replied:
"Of course it's the sea witch who lives in the coral forest."
…
Passing through turbulent whirlpools and steaming gray wastelands, Rhine, the Sea King, and a group of soldiers from the Kingdom of the Sea came together to the bone hut where the sea witch lived.
"Who is it? Who is looking for me again?"
The sea witch thought that business had come, and when she opened the door, she saw Aquaman holding a trident and many fully armed mermaid soldiers, and she was immediately frightened.
"Your Majesty?" The sea witch trembled.
She knew that her reputation was not good, but she did not expect that the Sea King would come to her with such a large force! "Could it be that the Sea King came to trouble me because he knew that I wanted to cut off Ariel's tongue?" The sea witch panicked.
Her magic is not yet strong enough to directly fight against the entire Sea Kingdom!
"Hello, Sea Witch, I'm back again to fulfill the wish you made before." Rhine's voice sounded.
It was at this time that the sea witch discovered the big fish with a transparent belly and the familiar little magician inside.
"What I said before..." The sea ghost woman couldn't help but be stunned.
"Didn't you say that you wanted to gain recognition from His Majesty the Sea King and even the entire Sea Kingdom?" Rhine said, "Now, the opportunity is right in front of you."
Under the sea hag's incredulous and shocked eyes, the mermaids saluted her together.
The Sea King showed a kind smile that belonged to the Lord of the Sea, and stretched out his hand to the ugly witch who had always lived in the nightmares of the mermaid children:
"Please become the pharmacist of my court, respected sea witch. We need you.
"I will hire you as the monarch of the Sea Kingdom and make you a distinguished guest of the Deep Sea Palace. From now on, your good name will be known throughout this sea."
The sea hag felt like she was dreaming.
No, no, the scene that I dared not imagine even in my dreams actually happened right in front of me! "Thank you... Thank you."
Although the sea witch didn't understand the situation, she knew that this must be Rhine's credit, and nodded excitedly several times at the human.
"I have already provided the corresponding compensation. According to our agreement, you should give me the information about the Witch Society." Rhine said with a smile.
"By the way, I would like to remind you that the Witch Society seems to be considering kicking you out and getting rid of you since you know too many of their secrets.
"Of course, if it was done deliberately and without intent, it might be easy to get rid of you quietly. But once you have entered the Sea King's palace and have been warned and prepared in advance, it may not be so easy to kill you."
The huge amount of information made it almost impossible for the sea witch to react.
The old sea witch turned to Rhine and nodded stiffly:
"Thank you for your kind reminder, great human magician. I will be prepared in advance!"
…
After handing the potion recipe to the Sea Witch and obtaining the memory bubble containing information about the Witch Society, Rhine asked the Sea King to search for magical creatures with self-healing abilities in the sea.
Because, among the various ingredients for preparing potions, magical blood is the most important, and the sea hag's own blood is obviously not enough.
Relying on the deep-sea mermaids' familiarity with the ocean and the help of their ability of prophecy and divination, they soon found a magical giant whale in the vast ocean that could heal all injuries every morning as a provider of blood.
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After joining the court of the Sea King, the Sea Hag was extremely enthusiastic about her new job.
It is estimated that within half a year, for the mermaids of the Sea Kingdom, she will no longer be the protagonist in the horror stories that parents use to scare their children!
In the palace of the Sea King, there is an alchemy room specially designed for the Sea Hag.
"Thank you, Rhine."
The sea witch carefully crushed the medicine in the jar and raised her head to look outside the amber window at a group of mermaid children who were playing.
The children passed balls of woven seaweed to each other and told each other endless stories.
"Have you heard? There is an old and ugly witch in the coral forest. She lives in a hut made of bones and likes to eat children like us!" said one of the children.
Unexpectedly, the other mermaid children all retorted:
"What are you talking about? Those are all lies. That witch is the court pharmacist of His Majesty the Sea King. How can she be a bad person?"
…
Inside the palace of the West Asian Kingdom.
Rhine combined the intelligence he had obtained and listed the information known by the Witch Society one by one.
"Teacher, teacher," Aurora ran into the room happily.
"The witch in the sea said that just providing you with a little information is far from enough to express her gratitude. Moreover, you not only fulfilled her wish, but also reminded her of the possible danger. So, the witch in the sea asked Ariel to give us another gift."
Aurora took out two glittering, gem-like plant roots and placed them on the table.
"The sea witch said that this is a very precious plant from the sea, and she has not been willing to eat it for many years. As long as you eat this plant, you will be immune to all poisons from now on. Moreover, many evil spells and curses will be less effective on us."
"Immune to all poisons and resistant to spells? That sounds really good." Rhine said, "Your blessing lacks this kind of protection."
Previously, when dealing with the poisonous snake transformed from the old witch's magic wand, the invulnerable Aurora had her right hand corroded by the poison.
After simply confirming that the roots of the plant were harmless, Rhine and Aurora ate them.
After eating, Rhine suddenly felt a warm current flowing through his body. Apart from that, there were no other external changes.
"By the way, people have been saying lately that Prince Eric is no longer the same after his marriage," Aurora added.
"What's different?" Rhine asked.
"Both the king and others say that Prince Eric seems to have become more mature. He seems to be trying hard to learn knowledge that he did not know before, and strive to become an excellent king in the future." Aurora shared her experiences.
"As expected..."
Rhine looked out the window at the blue sky.
"Prince Eric - the future king of the West Asian Kingdom, a symbol of friendship between humans and mermaids."
“I guess he wanted to work hard to become a great and respected king, and spend his life reshaping the world’s perception of mermaids and washing away human prejudice.
"He may not like being a king, but there are some things in this world that neither powerful warriors nor knowledgeable magicians can accomplish. Only a king can do it."
Even though these words were only directed at Prince Eric, Aurora nodded thoughtfully.
"Prince Eric once said that he hated politics the most. I didn't expect that after he had a new goal, he would eventually become the person he hated." Aurora teased with a smile.
"You have a better sense of humor than before." Rhine shrugged and said with a pun, "It shows that people will change after experiencing some things."
At this moment, Rhine was suddenly stunned.
He felt that an unprecedented and extremely surging power of desire had finally gathered and was rushing towards him like a tsunami!
(End of this chapter)