Why can't humans do it too?

He couldn't help but glance at Jibril. The traces of her atrocities were still there, a stone tablet so conspicuous that a single glance was enough to ignite hatred. Suer was certain that the sea creatures could not have escaped unscathed from Jibril's impulsive attack. Even if there were no casualties, what about the houses and property?

This is practically like slapping someone in the face and then dancing the samba on their face, isn't it? Isn't that a bit too disrespectful to the other person?

In this situation, would marine species really welcome their arrival?

As... a guest?

Suer was skeptical of the blue-haired sea creature's words, but confident that he could escape at any time, he quietly watched as the sea creature waved at him before swimming towards its people. Her approach had been noticed; Suer could see sea creatures swimming towards her from the scattered caves.

It seems to be quite popular?

Or perhaps this sea creature held a high position among her kind? Based on the scene in her field of vision, Suer guessed that the orcs she had captured earlier had also been handed over to her people. Suer could see two sea creatures binding those poor creatures in bubbles and taking them away.

Their lives were already destined; after a rather erotic affair, their remains would be buried at the bottom of the sea.

It didn't take long; it seemed like only a simple negotiation. The blue-haired sea creature and its brethren swam toward Sur.

Chapter 190 Sudden Rise in Status

They were getting closer and closer. The mermaids, gracefully swaying their tail fins in the water, followed the blue-haired marine creature and quickly approached Suer and his companions.

Suer felt his nerves tightening involuntarily, and his hand had already instinctively gone to the bomb at his waist.

“Don’t worry, Mr. Monkey,” Xin Ke said softly, sensing the tension in the air. “Nothing will happen.”

"Huh?" Su'er asked, puzzled. She could hear the certainty in Xin Ke's words, but... why?

Without offering any further explanation, Xin Ke simply pointed to the very front of the Great Calamity Survivor, where the mermaids had stopped moving forward and were floating there in scattered groups.

They were whispering among themselves, curiously watching and speculating about the presence of Suer and his group, each doing their own thing, their carefree nature fully displayed at this moment. However, the chaos vanished in an instant, and even the distance between them became neat.

Like a lazy sunbathing on a beach under the beautiful sunshine, these marine creatures floated lightly in the water, their scales reflecting the dazzling light of the bioluminescent jellyfish that followed them. Their graceful body curves were stretched out as much as possible, swaying with the waves.

Just like the blue-haired sea creature that Suer and her companions were already familiar with, some of these mermaids were wrapped in bandages like her, but most of them, just like Suer's initial fantasy, covered their bodies with seashells. The only thing they had in common was the shiny coral and pearl ornaments wrapped around their arms, waists, and necks.

Their already snow-white skin appeared even more beautiful against the backdrop of these luminous ornaments, but what was even more striking than their beauty was their movements. There were no fixed poses, but they possessed a strange and unique beauty, following the rhythm of the water flow. Jellyfish emitting blue light darted around them, and schools of fish, seemingly summoned, frolicked at their fingertips.

"What...is this?" Su'er murmured to herself, captivated by the beautiful spectacle, when a voice with an instinctive response rang in her ears.

Click.

"It must be a welcoming dance, right?" Jibril looked at the scene captured by her camera with satisfaction. Even a discerning connoisseur like Jibril couldn't deny the beauty of the scene before her. Such beauty couldn't be preserved simply by collecting the heads of marine creatures.

Jibril has gradually discovered many different kinds of beauty and souvenirs worth collecting.

"...Remember to give me a photo later too," Suer said speechlessly, looking at the Skywing race who acted like a real tourist in every way. "Seriously, they really forgot? There's such a big crater right there."

Yes, what Jibril was holding was a digital camera—or perhaps a magic camera would be more accurate. Its functions were exactly the same, only the principles were completely different. Even the click sound was just for show; according to Sue, it just didn't feel right without that sound.

"Who knows?" Jibril yawned widely and shoved the camera into her mysterious space. "Why bother guessing what an idiot is thinking?"

"..."

What he said made so much sense that Suer didn't know how to refute it.

His previous worries seemed to have become completely unnecessary. The sea creatures might actually welcome their arrival. Such a friendly and hospitable race was so friendly that Suer didn't know how to describe it.

While one's belly may not be able to hold a boat, it can certainly hold the sea.

What a broad mind... in every sense of the word.

"Anyway, this is our ally! Absolutely no problem!"

"This is Sul! This is Hinco! This is Jibril!"

Let's give them another round of welcome!

"oh!!!"

A burst of enthusiastic cheers.

Not a single sea creature objected to such a crucial matter as allies, and all the sea creatures who had come with the blue-haired one obeyed her words, swimming and dancing joyfully.

'Do they really know what allies mean?' Just looking at these carefree sea creatures made Sur's eyebrows twitch.

“Jasmine… While we are very grateful for your welcome, could you please take us to meet your Queen first?” Sul beckoned the blue-haired sea creature closer, her lips twitching as she whispered, “Shouldn’t your Queen decide on the matter of allies?”

Jasmine Lorelei, that's the name of the blue-haired sea creature that Jibril forcibly captured. It's a bit of a tongue twister when you say it, which is quite in line with the kind of name that Sull would come up with as an idiot.

"Huh? The Queen?" Slightly surprised, Jasmine then inexplicably put her hands on her hips and proudly raised her chest, which trembled slightly. "I am the Queen! So whatever I say goes!"

"……ha?!!"

He gasped, and Suer suddenly raised his voice—The Queen?!

With a speed that seemed to snap his cervical spine, Suer could even hear his bones creaking, but that was a minor matter. At this moment, he simply stared wide-eyed at Jibril sitting in the back row. This winged creature showed no sign of tension whatsoever and was even laughing heartily.

So, I asked you to capture a marine species, and you just grabbed their queen?!

This is absolutely a major diplomatic incident!

And you, Queen! You didn't show even a hint of resentment or humiliation?!

Looking back and forth between Jasmine and Jibril, Suer felt like he couldn't understand this world anymore... or rather, he couldn't understand the thought process of the marine species at all.

"Is there a problem?" Jibril asked with a grin, leaning back in her seat. "If you're looking for information, their queen probably knows the most, right? Don't be shy~"

"...Thank you so much," Su'er said, her emotions condensed into a single sentence, her breath coming in short gasps. "By the way, Xin Ke, have you already found out?"

After finally learning this shocking truth, Suer suddenly realized that Xinke's reaction was a bit too calm.

"Ah, more or less," Xin Ke nodded and continued, "I sensed something from her unusual reaction as an elf after she entered the water, although I also felt that Miss Monster wouldn't just casually grab any sea creature."

Chapter 191 Marine Species Disqualified from Capital

Hey, hey, hey, that huge pit is still there. How can you call this simple?

You'd better apologize to the marine species right now.

To be honest, Suer really didn't want to make such a fuss. The matter of the orcs was still weighing heavily on his mind, making him feel listless no matter what he did. However, with one thing after another happening, he didn't know what expression to make, and even the heaviness and oppression in his heart were diluted.

“As long as they come into contact with seawater, the cheers of those spirits are unmistakable. Even without any deliberate effort, they can bring the sea to life just by instinct. This is something that ordinary marine species cannot do,” Xin Ke calmly explained her reasoning process.

Although she spoke in a very casual manner, Suer remained speechless.

"Hey, don't make that serious face," Jibril said casually, sitting up and kicking the back of Sull's chair. "As the world's most notorious idiots, these guys only know how to eat, sleep, make love, and play. They can't do anything else... To be honest, if they didn't have special abilities, marine species would probably be inferior to humans."

“Eating fish can make people smarter, but fish themselves are quite stupid… So just don’t think of the queen of the marine species as anything special. How about it? Do you feel calmer now?” Jibril cleverly pointed out the key point in the complicated reality, comforting Suer with her insightful words.

"Sigh, that's about right," Suer sighed helplessly, and could only force his dead fish eyes to look at Jasmine outside. "Um, cough, Jasmine? Can I still call you that? Anyway, take us to your house first, and let your compatriots disperse... There's no need for such a grand scene."

"Huh? Really, we don't need it anymore? I thought this was for our allies..." Jasmine seemed a little disappointed.

“Cough, really, that’s not necessary. We just need a quiet place. We have some questions for you… our people,” Suer coughed lightly and spoke slowly. He suddenly felt like he was lying to fools and felt a little guilty.

"Ah~ alright," Jasmine gracefully flipped over and swam towards her people, swaying her beautiful fishtail. She said something to them, and the mermaids, aside from leaving behind some seemingly reluctant and curious glances, obediently left.

To be fair, after these beautiful mermaids with great looks and figures left, Suer did feel much more relaxed. It was impossible not to be flustered, after all, he had learned a lot from Xin Ke and Jibril's explanation that these guys were undoubtedly ruthless and heartless, even if they looked very young and beautiful.

Osander, the name of the largest habitat of the marine species and their capital, sounds beautiful and ethereal. However, based on what Suer personally saw, the primitive, messy, and dilapidated scene was completely unworthy of the name. To be honest, it was even a bit lacking in style to call it a capital.

It's not that it's incomprehensible; after all, it's really too much to ask a bunch of idiots who can't work, don't produce, and only know how to play to build their home into something magnificent and splendid... fishmen.

Layer upon layer of rocky caves, adorned inside and out with corals that emit bright colors, are where marine species live in such a primitive environment. They don't create architecture with their own unique racial style; they simply adapt to the local conditions and find a place to live.

The only things worth praising are the glowing jellyfish and schools of fish; it is only through these special effects that the race's style is barely maintained, and even Jasmine's palace is no exception.

Although it is called a palace, it is actually just a larger underwater cave, which is quite similar to the caves of fishmen or lobster people that Suer saw when playing games in his previous life. Apart from a very large seashell that catches the eye, perhaps only the pearls that serve only a decorative purpose are pretty.

The image of a down-on-her-luck, impoverished, and unassuming queen is immediately apparent. To be honest, it's quite shameful that someone who owns the entire ocean could end up like this.

Stomping hard on the rocks beneath his feet, the lack of air at the bottom of the sea made them slightly slippery, making a crunching sound as they hit his boots. Curiously watching the thin membrane that surrounded him about fifteen centimeters away, Su Er almost reached out and tried to stick his finger through it, but thankfully he resisted the urge.

This is the ocean depths, thousands of kilometers below the surface. Without protection, the water pressure could crush his fragile body into a pulp in an instant. This invisible membrane separates Su Er from the seawater, balances the pressure, and constantly exchanges fresh air into it. It also automatically deforms and moves with his movements.

I don’t know if it was because of the question I asked on the way here, but not only did Xin Ke not use the magic that would allow her to breathe underwater, but she also created a space without water. Even Jibril, whose body is strong enough to withstand the pressure of the seabed, also created a space without seawater for herself.

Suer didn't know either, and Suer didn't dare to ask.

I was quite scared.

In short, my allies are welcome to visit!

Sitting cross-legged... cross-legged on her large seashell, Jasmine opened her arms and spoke in a voice of ownership.

“…Uh, it’s our honor to have you visit.” Seeing that neither Xinke nor Jibril showed any interest in birds, a marine species, Suer could only step forward and say something polite. “I remember you mentioned before that you have a friend who loves to play on the sea, right? Could you help me invite her over?”

To prevent this idiot from steer the conversation toward weird topics again, he got straight to the point.

"Ah~, fun places and places you can't go?"

A shocking event!!

This marine creature actually remembered the question that Suer and the others asked at the very beginning!

Wow, that's amazing! No wonder she's a fish that can be a queen!

"No problem~", Jasmine replied lightly, unaware that the guy she considered an ally was secretly criticizing her.

Jasmine raised her hand and summoned a translucent, water-shaped fish. She opened her mouth as if to speak, but no sound came out. A moment later, the fish made of water swam away quickly.

"Okay~, just wait a moment~, Leila will be here soon~", Jasmine didn't take this little thing to heart. What bothered Jasmine more was something related to the word "ally" - how do the guys on land entertain visiting allies?