Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 337 336 Mermaid Riot
The temple's overall strength was enough to suppress the church, but its lack of manpower was now exposed as a significant disadvantage.

Today, the temple has divided its forces into three groups. Wan Laiqiu is leading his men to guard the city gate and resist the main force of Feiquan'ao. This is one of them.

The second is at the Duanlang Bridge military road.

Several Divine Might Cannons were installed inside the military passage. Throughout history, these have been powerful weapons to contain the merfolk's counterattacks. However, with the addition of the church as a variable today, the Divine Might Cannons have not only failed to play their proper role, but have also turned the military passage into a brutal meat grinder.

Thirdly, there is the breakwater front line.

However, with the port area submerged, the cultivators who had lost their land advantage were already in grave danger.

The remaining forces were forced to retreat down the slope towards the factory area under the relentless onslaught of the merfolk, only to be met with crossbow bolts from the Divine Guard.

When the seven-colored scales cried out to the sky, the merfolk on the battlefield responded in kind.

……

Uptown.

Inside the mayor's residence, Yan Qingtian was throwing a tantrum.

"Today's incident fully demonstrates that Meng Hansheng not only lacks a sense of responsibility, but also seriously lacks work ability."

"It is because of leaders like him that the police department has become corrupt from top to bottom."

“I just gave a strict order to the police to guard the gates of the city, and look what happened—they let people from outside break in.”

"Is the upper city a place for people like them? At the very least, what if someone takes the opportunity to steal something? At worst, what if they attract those ferocious mermaids?"

Bang!
Yan Qingtian slammed his fist on the table and said angrily, "I'll dismiss Meng Hansheng from his post right now!"

Secretary Song stood to the side and listened to Yan Qingtian's complaints without saying a word.

While Yan Qingtian was drinking water, Secretary Song quickly interjected, "Mayor, why don't you go and discuss it with the temple again? You are the mayor, such a valuable position—Sail City is so dangerous right now, for your safety, you should be given priority to leave the city."

Yan Qingtian put down his cup and waved to Secretary Song: "Little Song, that's why you're still too young and can't see through the essence of things."

"Do you think the temple is going to deal with an evil god? They're going to deal with the church! The temple and the church are determined to settle things today. Don't even mention me, even if the Duke of Daguo were here today, he wouldn't be able to leave the city gate."

Secretary Song looked worried.

She wasn't worried about Yan Qingtian, but about her own life—she had originally planned to flee the city with Yan Qingtian, but seeing that this plan wouldn't work, she changed her approach.

Secretary Song advised, "When we came back from the city gate, I saw many officials heading towards the main hall and the main seat. It must be relatively safer there. Why don't we go there too?"

"No."

Yan Qingtian refused righteously: "I've wanted to criticize this matter for a long time. Ever since that priest named Mike came to the government office, those department heads have been bewitched—going to the main hall to pray? Is this something government officials should do?"

"As the mayor, I should set an example—I will not go to either the Wind and Rain Palace or the Mist-shrouded Grand Hall today."

After saying that, Yan Qingtian saw that Secretary Song's face was getting more and more unpleasant, so he lowered his voice, took Secretary Song's small hand and gently persuaded her: "Little Song, you still don't understand what I mean."

"Today, the temple and the church are trying to determine who is superior, but that hasn't been decided yet. Who knows who will be in charge in the future? So, do you think it's so easy to choose between the main hall and the cathedral? Don't you think about how we'll carry out our work if we choose the wrong one?"

Secretary Song was taken aback, then looked enlightened, but was still worried: "What if we encounter danger?"

Yan Qingtian straightened his face: "What danger could there be? The mermaids are coming from the sea, and there are temple monks holding them off in the port area. Even if they can't hold them off, there's still the Divine Guard Army stationed in the factory area, isn't there?"

"Even if they really break into the upper city, we're very close to the palace, we can still escape in time."

Secretary Song was reassured and nodded silently.

Yan Qingtian pulled her behind the desk and made Secretary Song sit down on his lap.

His hand stroked Secretary Song's thigh as he smiled and said, "Those officials can go wherever they want. Once this matter is over, I'll fire those who chose the wrong side and let our own people take their place—as long as you're sensible, I'll reserve a director's position for you."

Secretary Song lowered her eyes shyly and softly replied, "Mmm..."

Just now.

Suddenly, a long, continuous croaking sound came from outside.

Yan Qingtian was puzzled and subconsciously looked out the window: "What's that sound?" Before he could finish speaking, the mayor's wife suddenly burst into the study.

Yan Qingtian was furious. He pushed Secretary Song off his lap and snapped, "Didn't you say I wasn't allowed to disturb you when I'm discussing official business?"

The mayor's wife looked panicked: "Sir, come out quickly and see! That beast in the vat seems to have gone mad!"

Yan Qingtian got up, cursing, and followed the mayor's wife to the outer hall.

The female merman, confined in a large glass tank, was constantly banging against the glass. When she saw Yan Qingtian approaching, she revealed a ferocious and menacing expression.

"What a beast."

Yan Qingtian cursed, picked up the whip next to him, and then pulled the iron chain to drag the female mermaid halfway out of the water.

Snapped!
With a fierce lash of the whip, Yan Qingtian roared, "What's wrong with you?!"

The merwoman grinned at Yan Qingtian, but all her teeth had already been pulled out.

Yan Qingtian lashed his whip again, and the mermaid stopped struggling and instead let out a long howl to the sky.

"ah--"

"Don't scream!"

Yan Qingtian roared.

The mermaid ignored it, letting the whip fall on her body again and again, but the howling continued.

The mayor's wife hid behind Yan Qingtian, tugging at his clothes: "My lord, what's wrong with this beast? I'm a little scared."

Yan Qingtian sneered, "Perhaps an evil god has attacked, provoking this beast. Let's find a rag and gag her."

"I'll go right away."

The mayor's wife had just turned around and hadn't taken two steps when she suddenly heard a loud "bang" outside.

The two of them turned to look at the corridor.

There was a sound approaching rapidly, but it wasn't footsteps.

Yan Qingtian's expression changed slightly, and he gripped the whip tighter, demanding, "Who's there!"

boom!
A long, scaly tail suddenly pierced through the wall, its momentum undiminished, and went on to pierce the unsuspecting Yan Qingtian's chest.

His tail slowly retracted, and Yan Qingtian collapsed weakly to the ground.

At that moment, the figure emerged from the corridor; it turned out to be a male merman.

Yan Qingtian's eyes were filled with disbelief, and blood was flowing from his mouth.

The mayor's wife screamed hysterically and turned to run away, only to be pierced through the back by a tail.

The corpse hung from the tip of the tail and was casually tossed aside by the male merman. Then, the tail lashed out again, smashing the glass jar to pieces with a loud bang.

He went over and broke the chains for the merwoman, saying, "The gods are calling us; the time for revenge has come."

The merwoman pointed inside the house: "There's one more inside."

Secretary Song, who had been hiding in the study, witnessed the entire incident.

But when she saw Yan Qingtian fall, she decisively chose to escape—she climbed out of the window.

She dared not make a sound, covered her mouth, and desperately fled into the street.

But when she saw the scene on the street, she was so frightened that she froze on the spot.

It turns out that what happened at Yan Qingtian's house was not an accident.

Mermaids are slaughtering the upper city.

(End of this chapter)