Chapter 129 Black Mermaid
The black mermaid was floating at a distance from us, staring at me intently.
...Of course, it wasn't that he was staring at me. After all, there was something wrong with the way he looked at me.
There is also the "Son of God" setting that seems to have been inserted suddenly.
Don't make such a weird setting appear suddenly???
As if noticing that others couldn't understand what he was saying, the black-haired mermaid opened his mouth again, and this time everyone could understand what he said.
"...The Sea Festival is about to begin."
"You are the priests of Lord Poseidon."
He paused his gaze on me and looked to my side, "%&*&##￥&%￥@."
Deliberately encrypting the call, right?
"Lord Saint Son, you are finally back. We thought you had long forgotten your family."
I pretended not to understand.
Theoretically, it is related to Brother Slice, but... clan.
Also, Arinea said before that Verard is my dependent.
The two words "clan" and "dependence" sound somewhat related, and this type of words usually describes vassal or accompanying existence.
There is no problem with Villar being my dependent, after all, he is a unique local specialty.
But the clan... sounds like some kind of race I created.
It was not necessarily created by me, but by the protagonist of this world.
I looked at him. His whole body was black. He didn't look like any kind of fish. Instead, he looked very similar to me now.
A fantasy Little Mermaid feel.
And, he was truly the first person in this world who had no aversion to me.
"We are priests of the sea goddess Arinea. Do you also know about the Sea Festival?" Yang Muqi asked from the side, his eyes looking through the back at the white underwater church.
"Of course, the entire world, whether above or below the sea, holds the Sea Festival every ten years, which is the grandest festival on the planet."
He stood in front of us. At this time, a few mermaids swam over from behind. Compared with Yang Muqi and the others, I looked more like these mermaids.
"When the Sea Festival begins, the ocean will cover the entire planet." He spread his hands to describe the scene. "We can also float in the air along the water."
Yang Muqi: "...the whole planet?"
The black mermaid looked at him and said, "Come with me. There are many things you should know about the Sea God. Then you can complete the ritual when the Sea Festival begins."
He waved his hand, asking everyone to follow him, and his expression became even more respectful when he looked at me.
“%&￥#*#￥% (I don’t know why you seem to remember nothing, but even after five thousand years, you’re still as beautiful as ever.)”
He swam a circle in the water, as if giving me a subtle salute, and then led us towards the white church.
"...Shi-san, do you know him?"
I shook my head.
I was even shocked by that “five thousand years”.
…No, what did I do in the future, or what did that brother who was supposed to be exactly like me do in theory?
And can you mermaids live that long?! I haven't even lived for 5,000 years in the world of immortal cultivation!
"...Maybe it's because I've become somewhat similar to them, so they think of me as one of their own kind."
I said this to Yang Muchi without really meaning it.
…
Only when I swam to the front of the white church did I realize how big it was. It was like a silent palace in the water, but without a trace of ruin. Beautiful mermaids of all sizes shuttled through it. The glowing sea plants and shellfish illuminated the place but not too brightly. The light was just right for the mermaids' vision.
Along the way, I could feel that many mermaids were staring at me, but maybe they had some special way of communication, the black mermaid seemed to tell the group of mermaids not to get close to me.
In short, in terms of various gazes, I felt the normal gaze that I had not felt for a long time.
My good popularity is back!
But the system can't reply to me now. I found that since I entered the deep sea, the system has been offline for a long time.
…after all, there's a stalker hogging the phone line.
My eyes were fixed on the pager on my waist, which didn't match my outfit at all. The sea-blue light flickered like a breathing light, but I was the only one who could see it.
Arinea was always there, but he said nothing.
——You don’t feel embarrassed when I call you a stalker, do you?
But he thought he hid it well, but I found out at the beginning.
The black mermaid stopped in a yard that was beautifully decorated with various sea creatures, but there was a flower field that seemed a bit out of place.
"It was planted by the kids, and they're not very good at this kind of thing yet."
He said so.
...No, I just took a look, don’t start telling me about it right away!!!
In the middle of the yard was a skeleton, which looked like some kind of whale. The skeleton was made into decoration, and there were some cushions woven from water plants placed on it layer by layer. He motioned for us to sit on it and it hovered in front of us.
"Our race cannot be described in a language that the priests can understand... In short, we are the followers of the Sea God. We are scattered across the sea to guard it."
"It's also to serve as a guide for the Sea Festival."
"Every ten years, fifty priests will walk from land to sea to present the grandest celebration for the Lord of the Sea."
"The leader of each tribe will learn the language of the land. I am the leader of this tribe. My name is Nilgara. This is how I pronounce myself in the language of the land."
Nilgara looked at me, and I looked into his eyes and for some reason I suddenly understood the meaning of his name.
His name, pronounced in that strange language, means "black vortex".
...I always feel that this name has some deep meaning.
"Fifty?"
Yang Muqi looked at me, and I instantly understood what he meant.
I am the fifty-first person.
If there are only fifty priests, then I am the extra one.
"Of course, according to our records, the largest number of priests was fifty... and the smallest was only three."
Nilgara's words came at the right time, and I even had the illusion that he was helping me out.
"Of course, if other priests have gone to other tribes, they might find other priests besides you on the day of the Sea Festival."
He waved his hand, and the white skeleton stretched out as if being pulled, and he sat on the bones.
"Tell me about the things you are confused about."
"For example—the Sea Festival I just mentioned, and the incident where the ocean submerged the entire planet."
He drew a circle in the water with his hands, and I could see the light spots around him becoming brighter in his hands, forming a circle of light.
"Land people come from the ocean. We live in the ocean, but we never meet because the ocean is our barrier. Only during the Sea Festival do we have the chance to meet."
"During the Sea Festival, the cities of the landfolk will open their massive barriers, and their saints will build sturdy waterproof facilities for them. The Sea Festival is a festival for us to meet again and thank the Sea God."
The light ring in his hand surrounded us and then made something like a cover.
"Although you may not have tried it, once you enter the ocean and become completely alienated, the sea surface will become your barrier."
"Just like us, it will never be possible for them to reach the surface of the sea again."
He looked at me again. "Of course, there are exceptions. Mermen who existed two thousand years ago would not be subject to this rule."
...No, no, no, I'm not that old, don't imply anything!
“…Why is there such a rule?”
Yang Muqi spoke, his tentacles wrapped around the whale bones, and even the color almost merged with the white whale bones.
"Because of the curse."
"Two thousand years ago, the sea goddess Arinea cursed those who ventured to land. From then on, the land and sea tribes were clearly separated. The sea tribes were not allowed to go ashore, and the land tribes on the shore were not allowed to return."
I subconsciously glanced at the pager on my waist, and the sea-blue light there, which looked like a breathing light, didn't change at all.
"The specific reason is not recorded in our historical records, but it is only from that time that the Sea Festival was established."
"The original purpose of the Sea Festival was to ask the sea god Arinea to appease his anger, but he never appeared again, so now it has become a celebration."
Yang Muqi nodded.
"But a thousand years ago, land people began to want to return to the sea."
Here comes the key.
"The island you're on is the original 'Holy Island'. Mysterious priests would awaken there, and the people of the land believed it would be the island closest to the sea goddess Arinea."
"So when the sea floods the entire planet, the people of the Holy Island can return to the embrace of the sea with the priests."
I heard a few exclamations.
“…That’s what the land people said, and it remains true to this day.”
Nilgara's expression was mocking. "But that's impossible."
"So the island won't have the barrier you mentioned?"
Nilgara nodded, "They all volunteered to be sacrifices for the Sea Festival."
We looked at each other in confusion. I was fine, after all, I had known about this for a long time. Except for Yang Muqi, the expressions of the other four people were not very good.
After all, they all knew that there were still a few people who wanted to give up.
If any of them had ever thought of giving up, they would probably have given up alienation. By then, when the sea water covered the entire island, they would have been doomed.
"Why didn't anyone on the island tell us about this?"
Wenwen's voice was a little nervous. She was the person who spent the most time with the people on the island, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to get the nautical chart so easily.
"Because you are priests, priests are guides to them. If I tell you and you don't enter the sea and complete the Sea Festival, then their wish will not be fulfilled."
Wenwen wagged her tail, wanting to retort but unable to find the words to say.
"Okay, you know the general information. You're going to a depth of five thousand meters. However, your alienation isn't strong enough to support you going that deep, especially since these priests aren't from deep-sea races."
Nilgara wagged his tail.
"Although we are one ethnic group, in reality, I am the principal of a kindergarten."
His expression was filled with satisfaction. "You've also seen those adorable little mermaids—they're the young of nearby tribes and our own. They're still new to the sea, much like you."
I:……
This is a sentence with so many flaws!
What is it like, that unfamiliar feeling with water?
"So, you'll probably be staying here for two days."
…
I began to wonder about those contestants who planned to wait until the very last minute to go into the sea. Can they really reach the Altar of Poseidon within the time limit?
So all your high-end venues are scams, right?
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Then we were taken by Nilgara to the playground that we had seen from afar before, where a group of young mermaids were playing.
"#￥@%￥ (Baby, we have to start studying early today. Can you help our Saint Son?)"
…
Sometimes I hate myself for being able to understand. Although I will unconsciously raise my voice when talking to the cub, isn’t he raising his voice a little too much?
What kind of male mom is this?!
Then I felt that the group of little mermaids turned towards me, and a few brave ones even swam to my side, paddling their hands in the water with curiosity in their movements. When they raised their heads, I realized that these mermaid cubs were completely different from the adults.
Their eyes cannot see.
I looked at Nilgara, and he smiled and shook his head.
"%#&*& (We can only see it when we are adults. This is the rule set by 'you')."
He mouthed this to me.
I felt like a pot had been dropped on my head.
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