I'm a proper student; I only take nine kinds of potions every day.

Then, like an eagle leaping from the sky, he soared off the train.

"That's twenty dollars! No one can take the money that's in my mouth," Evan said through gritted teeth.

A gust of wind swept past Evan's ear, blowing his full head of silver hair into a large slicked-back style.

The valleys on both sides receded rapidly at the edge of our vision, while the surging river below drew ever closer.

Despite the rapid descent, Evan remained completely calm.

Because he can stop the descent at any time and adjust his posture freely in the air.

This is the exhilaration and confidence of breaking free from the constraints of gravity and being able to fly freely.

"Cool!"

In less than three seconds, Evan flew to an area about twenty meters above the river below, and his keen eyes immediately spotted the swimming figure in front of him.

Whoosh!

The body rushed forward at an extremely fast speed.

Meanwhile, in the river below, a bloated female monster covered in wrinkled skin and fish scales is moving swiftly forward.

At this moment, she was less than 500 meters away from the estuary. Once she crossed the waterfall in front of her, she could return to the sea.

This female monster has four limbs that appear to be somewhat degenerated.

The fingers are webbed together.

At this moment, she used a strap to tie the baby to the top of her ugly head.

Then, its bulky body swam swiftly in the water with a speed and agility completely incongruous with its appearance.

This speed is quite fast, even comparable to a normal person's 100-meter sprint.

With current technology, even many ships cannot keep up with the speed at which this female monster swims.

"Those bookworms at the University of Michigan are all idiots! They actually fell for such a simple trick."

She is called Lily, and she is a mixed-race Deep Diver.

Now, as she has grown older, she has completely lost her human form.

However, due to her exceptional spirituality, she gradually acquired some extraordinary qualities.

That invisibility she just demonstrated is now a supernatural ability that she is very proud of.

Using this ability to become invisible, she was able to do many things very conveniently in the city.

They gradually became adept at navigating urban areas within their species.

Lili was then given a treasure by the priest.

It was a special vest woven from fish scales.

Wearing it can mask the unique fishy smell that Deep Divers naturally possess.

Of course, there are limits to this kind of cover-up.

The longest it can be concealed at one time is ten hours, after which it needs to be immersed in seawater for an hour to regain its special power.

Lili used both of these methods.

The magical artifact she gave the female poet was a level four artifact from the deep sea.

Its main effect is to allow the target to enter a dream state through sound.

In addition to this function, the badge is also a device similar to a detector.

She can see what's happening around her through the badge.

After seeing that Ivan was completely unaffected by the hypnotic effects and even snatched the badge, he then used a rather bizarre method to severely injure the tree spirit and the demon.

Lili knew that with these three good-for-nothings, today's mission was bound to fail.

So she quickly approached while that strange fellow was interrogating the tree spirit next door.

Then, before the two bookworms could react, they snatched the child and jumped into the river.

"I'm such a genius at playing pranks!" Lily thought highly of herself.

Because she was the one who devised the plan for those three members of the Secret Brotherhood.

She deliberately split the three people into two groups so that if anything unexpected happened, she could divide the enemy's forces and give herself a chance to make her move.

The reality is now almost exactly as she had predicted.

She succeeded with ease!

Once again, they made a fool of those self-righteous University of Michigan staff.

She is now swimming happily in the river.

The waterfall at the estuary is less than 300 meters ahead.

As long as you jump down the waterfall, there are twelve tribesmen waiting there at the estuary to meet you.

The leader was a squad leader who was considered an expert by humans.

As Lili swam, she felt the faint breathing of the child above her.

"I never expected such a young child to have such a strong aura of a Deep One."

"To possess such spirituality without any change in appearance, it seems the priests' judgment was correct."

Just then, the waterfall at the estuary was within reach, and Lili leaped forward in a rather graceful manner.

But just as she leaped out of the water and was about to descend...

A sudden, swift gust of wind rang out.

Before Lili could react, she immediately felt an enormous hand suddenly grab her and wrap her up tightly.

This hand is so strange and so huge.

Only when it is held in your hand can you clearly feel the numerous steel-like structures on your palm.

Some look like bones, some like scales, and some like some kind of special growth.

Feathers may have a similar feel, but they could not possibly have such a hard texture.

Lily screamed and began to struggle, but to no avail.

Her sunken, lifeless eyes frantically looked around, but she didn't see anyone.

She couldn't figure out what had grabbed her.

They were even more confused about who had captured them.

At this moment, she can't see anything!

This gave her an indescribable sense of fear.

After all, the unknown threats that cannot be judged are what these intelligent beings fear the most.

Who are you! Why are you attacking me!

Do you even know who I am?!

"I am the agent of Dagon's esoteric teachings! I am the child of the great Lord R'lyeh!"

"Let me go right now!"

Just then, Lili vaguely sensed that invisible force moving.

Then she discovered that the child she had tied to her head had been taken away by this invisible force.

Then, under her gaze, she saw the child float about a meter away from her, still being held up in the air by some invisible force.

"What...what is this?"

Lili's pupils constricted to the extreme.

Just then, Lili suddenly sensed an incredibly dangerous aura, like that of a ferocious beast.

Then she sensed a powerful, slender tongue licking the scales on her cheek.

The tongue was so powerful, and its surface was so rough.

It's as if it can easily scrape away everything that's been licked clean.

She could clearly feel the strange sensation of the barbs and protrusions rubbing against her own scales.

"Damn it! What kind of monster is this! What kind of monster are you!?"

She began to struggle desperately, trying to dodge.

During this process, her keen ears heard a swallowing sound.

The other person seemed to be tasting themselves through the mucus on their skin.

In an instant, she thought of many terrifying monsters.

Those monsters feed on the Deep Ones, and many are their natural enemies!

In many cases, they are captured not for food, but simply for torture and killing.

Thinking about this, Lili felt like she was about to collapse.

But no matter how much she struggled, it was all in vain.

In contrast.

Ivan easily caught the female deep-diving as she leaped into the air.

After grasping it in his large, winged hand and giving it a quick look, Evan immediately recalled his unexpected discovery at the New Haven Hotel.

He discovered trace amounts of Deepdiver fluid while licking the floor.

"Now that we've finally seen a normal adult, we should taste it to see if it's salty or bland."

"But since this female merman can't see me, I'll try to remain mysterious and not let her realize that I'm a person."

Thinking of this, Evan opened his mouth.

Thanks to his current physical flexibility, he raised his hand and stretched his tongue out to be thin and long.

The tongue of a normal person suddenly transformed into the long, thin tongue of an unknown beast.