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Chapter 57 Sacrifice (Part 1)

Lynn noticed something was off about the statue, but he didn't touch it carelessly.

Instead, they maintained a safe distance from it while storing all the valuable items in the laboratory into their spatial rings.

The statue emitted a low, murmuring voice, and Lynn narrowed his eyes and frowned.

The next moment, the statue in front of them emitted a piercing, sharp sound.

Lynn covered his ears and quickly used his last bit of strength to put the statue into his spatial ring. Only after the statue was out of sight did Lynn breathe a sigh of relief.

If it weren't for this spatial ring, I might already be dead.

Outside, numerous whirlpools appeared on the sea surface, causing ships to move forward, but their speed was greatly affected.

"This is a wizard's ship! How dare you block a wizard's ship? Do you damned, foolish sirens want to experience another massacre?!" On the ship, a ghostly captain, who was completely transparent and glowing with blue light, stood on the deck and shouted angrily at the sea.

As he spoke, a pale green lantern lit up on the ship's mast.

The eerie green lanterns illuminated the surrounding sea.

The wizard apprentices, drawn to the deck by the commotion, also got a clear look at the scene on the surrounding sea.

On the dark, deep sea, countless humanoid creatures floated on the surface.

These humanoid creatures have fish-like gills, and their eyes gleam in the light. Their upper bodies are naked, and their exposed skin is covered with hard scales. These humanoid creatures with long, seaweed-like hair look quite similar to humans. Apart from having fish gills and humanoid scales, their facial features are very similar to those of humans.

Some of them held long forks, while others held curved knives. In the distance, on the sea, there were also some mermaid-like creatures riding sea beasts, like knights of the sea, circling the ship in groups.

At this moment, these humanoid creatures surrounded the ship, neither daring to attack nor willing to disperse.

"These are sirens, intelligent creatures that live in the sea," a knowledgeable wizard apprentice recognized the creatures.

"Why are they blocking our ships? Are these sirens crazy?"

"A wizard apprentice said in horror."

On the deck not far away, lay the corpse of a wizard's apprentice.

This wizard apprentice came from a kingdom, had brown curly hair and delicate features, but he was now dead, with a large hole piercing his chest.

He was pierced by something sharp, but the weapon was not visible; only his clothes were soaked with seawater.

"Newrys is dead. Those damned sirens killed Newrys."

The apprentices were shocked and furious.

"These sirens dare to attack wizards, they're courting death. I heard that sirens were slaughtered and captured by wizards in the past, and these sea maggots only dare to hide in deep ocean trenches. Now they dare to come out and attack wizards."

"We have to teach them a lesson."

"Go and inform Lord Harlin that an apprentice has died, and Lord Harlin will surely punish these sea monsters."

The wizard apprentices were buzzing with discussion and shouting.

"Quiet," the ghost captain on deck called to the students around him.

He had already sent a ghost sailor to inform the wizard on board the moment the incident occurred.

However, for some reason, Lord Harlin has not yet appeared.

A faint coughing sound came from the direction of the cabin.

"What? Someone died?" A gloomy voice came from behind. Someone said that Lord Harlin had arrived, and the noise on the deck stopped in the blink of an eye.

A middle-aged wizard with light purple hair, a thick beard, a hooked nose, and thin eyebrows emerged from the back of the cabin.

He walked unhurriedly to the body of the dead wizard apprentice on the deck. "The ice melted into water because the heart was pierced by a projectile ice crystal spear. The hit rate was not bad. Which sharpshooter hit it?" Harlin said calmly, looking at the sea.

"No one's answering?" Harlin's lips curled up, but the smile was icy cold.

"You dare to attack the wizarding academy's recruitment ships, but you don't dare to stand up? It seems that the sea monsters of your Black Tuo Sea clan need to undergo a massacre."

"It was I who did it, my lord wizard." The sea monsters on the sea surface dispersed.

A female siren, who was the leader, rode out of the ranks on a sea beast.

"We didn't know beforehand that this was a ship used for recruiting students for the Wizarding Academy. We are very sorry, Wizard, and we are willing to offer compensation," said the hot and beautiful siren.

"Our clan's treasures have been stolen. The thief used illusion magic to escape this way. We thought the thief was on the ship," the siren said humbly.

The siren was helpless; if she had known earlier that this was a ship used by the wizarding academy to recruit students, she would never have attacked it.

The seas are vast, and as sea creatures, the sirens have almost no forces they cannot afford to offend—except for wizards.

She never expected to run into the wizard's recruitment ship; her luck was truly unbelievable.

Harlin remained expressionless. He knew that in recent years these sea monsters had become increasingly arrogant in the seas because of their ability to live in water and their intelligence. As a result, many sea monster clans had been taken in by wizards as their followers.

Because they became servants of wizards, these sirens rose in status.

Over time, these sirens gradually became arrogant and domineering.

But that was for other people; this time, the ship was transporting new students admitted to the wizarding academy.

"Leave a hundred corpses behind; I'm still short of materials for my experiments," Harlin said calmly.

The sirens, upon hearing Harlin's request, caused a commotion.

On the sea, the waves rolled, and sea creatures lurking beneath the surface revealed their backs, patrolling in groups.

Numerous sirens appeared densely on the surrounding sea surface. In the distance, their glittering eyes shone like stars in the night sky. As far as the eye could see, the surrounding sea surface was filled with the sirens' reflective eyes.

At that moment, these wizard apprentices even had the illusion that they were surrounded by an army in the sea.

The atmosphere grew tense as the wizard apprentices on deck watched the scene with trepidation.

This is the open sea; if the ship sinks, they will be lambs to the slaughter.

"Yes, my lord." The leading siren agreed to the request without hesitation.

The female siren leader raised her right hand, and the next moment, a large number of powerful siren personally took action.

In an instant, hundreds of sirens were slaughtered, and blue blood appeared on the sea surface. Soon, strong sirens warriors carried the sirens' corpses onto the deck.

The female siren leader then led a large number of siren back into the sea.

The countless sea monsters that stretched as far as the eye could see on the surrounding sea all sank into the sea and disappeared.

The whirlpool that had been binding the ship quietly dissipated, and the ship continued to move forward.

Harlin extended his right hand, and a silver light shone from his fingers. The next moment, all the sea monster corpses on the deck vanished.

"Chief, why should we? Even if there are wizards on that ship, so what? This is our home ground, and there are so many warriors around. Even if it really is a wizard, it's not impossible."

At the bottom of the sea, a strong siren warrior asked in bewilderment.

The siren leader gave him a deep look. "How does our siren race compare to its peak power?"

"No comparison." The siren warrior shook his head.

At their peak, the Siren race even established a Siren Empire on the seabed, possessing various advanced professions, taming countless deep-sea behemoths, and commanding numerous elite legions.

Now, the sea monsters of the Black Tuo Sea are not even as strong as a hundred times their peak.

"The death of only one apprentice who hasn't even joined the academy is somewhat forgivable. But if we dare attack the wizarding academy's recruitment ships, the price will be our entire race lying dead in the ground," said the siren leader.

Although she knew the escapee had likely boarded a ship, the wizard was clearly prepared to protect him, and she had no choice but to let the siren race officially wage war against the wizards.

(End of this chapter)