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

With the added bonus of eleven points in constitution, the enormous wing on the left side could easily hold the fishman in its palm.

No matter how hard she struggled, it was all in vain.

Then Evan stuck out his tongue and licked a large amount of the female Deep One's scales.

Put the deep-diving fluid in your mouth and savor it.

A few seconds later...

"vomit!"

"This smell is much stronger than the smell I found in the bathroom back then."

"The overall taste is comparable to the putrid, fishy smell of countless rotten fish piled together."

"Wait! This tastes kind of familiar!"

Evan instantly realized why the taste was so familiar.

Because when he drank the purifying potion, he was in that boundless, eerie ocean, and the taste there was so similar to this one.

[You have ingested Deepdiver fluids. Effects last: 20 minutes.]

[Effect: During the duration of the drug's effects, your swimming speed increases by 25%.]

Does this reverse the side effects?

"Reversal".

[Reversal progress: 4 hours.]

Chapter 186: (July 10th, requesting monthly votes) This guy must be a gargoyle!

Seeing the actual effect and the timing of the reversal, Ivan's eyes were full of thought.

"Four hours is equivalent to the number of potions developed by Priss, which generally have the lowest toxicity."

"Because normal potions, even those temporary low-level potions, generally have a reversal time of at least six hours."

“Trace doses do not require time reversal and have the same effect as regular medications.”

"And this time there are no prefixes or affixes, which means that the amount I licked was normal."

"A 25% increase in swimming speed..."

"This thing is usually dispensable, but it can be a lifesaver in some critical moments."

"But it's not very useful to me, since I can fly now."

"I wonder what the subsequent plot twist will be."

Just as Evan was pondering the effects of the Deep One's bodily fluids, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark figure out of the corner of his eye.

He then dodged with incredible speed.

A harpoon, about 1.5 meters long and carved from bone, flew up from where it had been before with a whoosh.

It then flew upwards for about twenty meters before crashing down helplessly.

Ivan watched the skeletal javelin fall freely, without tempting himself to grab it.

What if there's something inside that javelin?

What if it explodes if touched?

He now exudes a very high level of prestige thanks to his cape.

He didn't want to do anything that carried potential risks.

Looking down in the direction of the javelin, Ivan could see a dozen or so deep divers floating on the surface of the bay at the estuary.

Eleven of them are relatively small.

These guys were dressed in relatively simple clothes and wore seashell necklaces around their necks.

With four to six skeletal javelins stuck in their backs, they held in their hands devices that resembled tuna.

One of them can be seen stabbing a skeletal javelin into the device, which functions somewhat like a harpoon gun.

The one leading them was a deep-sea diver who was noticeably larger than the others.

He was covered in some unknown alloy armor and held a huge skeletal machete.

This deep-diving creature also has a beard and wears a crown made of bone.

His fish-like eyes, surrounded by various folds and scales, swept across the sky.

Unfortunately, even with his rank, he still couldn't see what was in the sky.

Seeing their own people struggling in the hands of the enemy, and the mission objective being snatched away from them at close range.

The strong deep-diving man had a rather cold expression and his posture was full of anger.

"Who exactly are you? What do you want?"

"That child is of the blood of the Deep Ones! Do you intend to become an enemy of the Dagon Cult?"

The final sound rang out, echoing back and forth across the canyon walls before the bay, creating a continuous resonance.

Standing in the sky, Evan looked at the Deep Ones on the ground, and suddenly his eyes darted around.

He knew very well that these deep-diving beings had no way to deal with him.

If there were even the slightest way, they wouldn't be here like a helpless husband, only able to helplessly call out to themselves.

He could easily kill the female Deep One and then fly back to Bolton with the child.

It might even arrive earlier than that train.

However, after seeing the other party's emphasis on the Dagon cult and their power, Ivan harbored some ill intentions.

"Since these Deep Ones are so territorial, could I impersonate them for a while?"

"Anyway, various organizations have been trying to cause trouble in Bolton City recently. Introducing an extraordinary force into the mix might just make things even more complicated."

"So who should I impersonate? How about I just impersonate Klaus's ghoul?"

The next second he shook his head in denial.

"Hmm...not really."

"Although flying gargoyles among the ghouls fit my current situation."

"But this act of directly stating my name could very well make the other party suspect that I am an imposter and deliberately trying to sow discord between the two organizations."

"In that case, I'll move up one more level!"

So Ivan, carrying the female Deep One and the child, slowly descended from the sky.

At this moment, the captain of the deep-sea diving team, Joshua, looked quite grim.

The person arrested now is one of his most trusted lieutenants, who will also be one of his chosen spouses.

Now, seeing his spouse being held hostage by the other party, he can only sit helplessly in the sea.

This feeling is quite painful.

His pride was further aggravated when he saw his spouse being licked by that guy.

After all, the movement was quite obvious; he could even clearly see the detail of Lily instinctively turning her head to the side.

Upon seeing the figure approaching the sea, Joshua immediately ordered, "Everyone, get into battle mode!"

"But remember! You are not allowed to act without my order!"

"If nothing unexpected happens, this guy is very likely to be a master."

Upon hearing this, the other Deep Ones nodded repeatedly on their ugly, wrinkled, and scaly faces, their pupils filled with fear.

These monsters have lived in human society for many years.

Many of their habits have led them to lose sight of whether they are instincts of deep-sea divers or simply human instincts.

After all, over the years, Deep Ones have intermarried with humans on a large scale, resulting in all sorts of mixed-race offspring.

Today, even many of their traditional behaviors have been influenced by human customs.

Under the watchful eyes of the deep-sea divers, they saw their tribesmen and the child, floating in mid-air, gradually approach the surface of the sea.

In an instant, all the deep-sea divers tensed up and prepared for battle.

When the other party stopped standing about thirty meters above the sea level, a deep male voice rang out.

"What are you stinking fish people doing here instead of hiding in Innsmouth?"

Joshua gritted his teeth: "This child has the blood of us Deep Ones! What's wrong with us taking our child back?"

After a second of silence, the other party said calmly, "Whether this child is your child or not is not for you to decide."

“Now I’ve taken a liking to this child; he can be of other use to me.”

Joshua replied forcefully, "You should know what the consequences are for provoking the Dagon Cult."

Then they heard the other party sneer: "What will happen if you provoke us? It should be you who provoke us and what will happen to you."

"If you offend the Sap Chamber of Commerce and its partners, you'll have nowhere to spend your money!"

“If our Lord Sap doesn’t give the word, who would dare to make a deal with you?”

"Where are you going to get those necessities? And where are you going to get those essential offerings?"

Hearing the other party's forceful words and the name mentioned.

Joshua was silent for a few seconds: "Does Your Excellency just want to humiliate us and then declare war on us on behalf of the Sap Merchant Guild?"

With overwhelming strength, he didn't even have the confidence to argue.

Ivan casually tossed the female deep-sea diver back into the sea.

Feeling free and finally back in the sea, Lili returned to the group as quickly as possible.

His face was filled with the relief of surviving a disaster.

Ivan continued, "I have no interest in you stinky fishmen."

This is merely a warning to you!