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The mermaid, bound to a clam shell, suddenly shook off the green hair on her head.

Deep-set eyes, a high nose bridge, and that... well, frizzy green hair, plus the sharply defined lines, it should have been a composition of a prince in distress.

—The premise is that it doesn't have a beak.

"Hey! I'm talking to you guys!" the guy was still yelling.

Renyi completely ignored the irritable fish, swam directly to the side of the boat, handed over the great hero [Pudu], and then climbed onto the boat himself.

Where did Ivan go?

Nathan asked, puzzled.

He jumped in to save someone, but then disappeared himself?

"It's not lost. I told him to go down and check how deep the kite string was."

Having just fallen into the sea, they unexpectedly discovered that the bottom of this giant clam shell was connected to a root, leading somewhere unknown. Just then, Ivan came down, so they simply asked him to follow the line and take a look.

"Give me a hand! My tail fin is about to be strangled!"

The green-haired mermaid looked like a fish on a chopping board, its huge tail slapping against the clam shell.

"..."

Where did this neurotic fish come from?

Klaus took a half step back and said disdainfully:

"Unquarantined aquatic humanoids may carry deadly pathogens or parasites. Also... their vocal organs are far louder than the safe threshold for normal communication."

Summary: Dirty, noisy, I suggest killing it.

"No rush."

He casually patted the engineer on the shoulder.

"We'll talk about it when Ivan gets back."

The group stood on the deck, watching with amusement as the green-haired fish struggled against itself, losing a piece of its shell and scales, but no one paid it any attention.

Xiao Jiu waved its tentacles curiously, imitating the mermaid shaking its hair and swaying its tail, but ended up tying a knot in its hair.

About ten minutes later.

With a "whoosh," Ivan emerged from the sea.

He glanced at the mermaid who was still cursing, climbed onto the boat, and whispered to Renyi:

"That rope was really long. I dived down to about two thousand meters and then it broke, with a clean cut."

He nodded casually.

Are you all deaf or mute?!

The green-haired mermaid struggled even more fiercely as it watched the group whispering and plotting.

"That guy who looks like a boiled chicken! Smash that stinking, worthless clam!"

Who is "white-cut chicken"?

The group exchanged bewildered glances, except for Ivan, who was shirtless. "...Me? A boiled chicken?"

The focus is arbitrarily placed on the bad-smelling broken clam.

In his view, the clam was far more useful than him. Since the line connecting it to the bottom was broken and it wasn't some mysterious sea creature trying to fish for people, it could be disposed of as it pleased.

He looked left and right. If he killed and butchered the clam directly, the fish would escape. It would be better to get them onto the boat first.

"Bring them up."

The green-haired mermaid was still shouting on the clam shell when its voice abruptly stopped.

Because he saw...

Like a tiny pendant, the little octopus slowly slid off Renyi's shoulder, its palm-sized body beginning to rapidly expand.

Although the Fate's Touch of Fate that fed it in Golden Anchor Town didn't make it grow an eleventh tentacle, it was clearly not a waste of time.

Its enormous body took up almost half of the deck.

The shadow cast down enveloped the entire giant clam, along with the green-haired mermaid.

"..."

The green-haired mermaid's arrogance froze—

Why...why are there royal mounts here?! Could there be royalty among these monkeys?

Xiao Jiu extended two tentacles.

It was as effortless as picking up a piece of tofu with chopsticks, lifting it off the surface of the sea.

The green-haired mermaid, hanging upside down, didn't dare to curse anymore.

"Bang!"

The giant clam was placed steadily in the center of the deck.

Xiao Jiu's body quickly shrank back to the tiny, palm-sized creature, its tentacles waving at Renyi as if asking for praise.

"Well done."

After shoving a strip of meat under its tentacles, I prepared to open the box.

—However, this time he deliberately avoided the mermaid's tail.

The green-haired mermaid, who was tied up, wanted to curse, but after glancing at Xiao Jiu next to him, he shut his mouth.

I chickened out = =

I casually stood in front of this thing and disdainfully touched its hair:

Mermaid

[Review: Top-notch at destroying homes, questionable intelligence, a husky of the sea, filling the void of orcas in the Ocean Era. PS: Don't be fooled.]

Any: "..."

He stared at the husky's bright, darting green eyes for a moment, then suddenly smiled gently:

"You just said...you were robbed?"

"Who did this?"

Before the other party could speak.

He spoke casually yet with concern, his tone full of sincerity.

"Please forgive our caution...after all, we are just weak humans."

After letting out a soft sigh at the opportune moment, she said quietly:

"It has neither gills for breathing in water, nor a strong tail, nor scales to protect it from harm..."

"We just..."

He tilted his head.

The mermaid's astonished face was reflected in her dark pupils. "I'm so scared of you."

Siddhartha & Klaus: "..."

Ivan scratched his head. This line... why does it sound so familiar?

Nathan nodded to himself. Wasn't this much more convincing than pretending to be a gambler in front of Willie?

It seems the eldest brother is better suited to playing the fool.

The green-haired mermaid was truly bewildered.

What are those royal mounts on the deck that can change size at will, and what is that thing that looks like a sea serpent?

A mascot?

With a quick glance, the green-haired mermaid cleared his throat, and his previously energetic cursing voice instantly became arrogant.

"Ahem... Since you know you're weak, you should understand who you can't afford to mess with."

He tried to straighten his chest, attempting to appear more authoritative...

Although being tied up like a rice dumpling is hardly convincing.

"I...I am Carlos, the third prince of the Deep Blue Kingdom. Release me, and you can choose any gold, silver, treasures, or divine weapons you desire! Otherwise..."

[Holy crap, is the seaweed tangled up in his head too?]

[When two movie stars meet, their eyes well up with tears, hahaha!]

[You lie to me, I lie to you, a two-way street—a scam version]

[Big shot: I never expected to end up eating someone else's empty promises again...]

Nathan used the cup to cover his barely suppressed smirk.

"Oh? Your Highness?"

Ren Yi's concern deepened, and he took a step forward with delight, instructing the bewildered crew members:

"Quickly, quickly untie His Highness the Prince. Be gentle, don't hurt His Highness's noble fishtail."

The seaweed ropes were untied.

Carlos, now free, sat high on the clam shell and flicked his tail.

Should we just jump into the sea and escape?

"Gurgle..."

My stomach clenched.

Forget it, he's injured now, and there might be pursuers. It's better for these guys to lay low for a while; they should be able to fool him for a while!

"You guys are smart."

Thinking of this, he proudly raised his head.

"This prince is hungry now. Quickly get me some water and food. When I return to the kingdom, you will be rewarded handsomely."

"That's natural."

Ren Yi bowed slightly. "We can also take you back. Where is the Mermaid Kingdom?"

Nathan added a nonsensical literary remark:

"The kingdom of mermaids... must be in the sea, right?"

Klaus picked up the seaweed rope and examined it closely.

"The methods used were very primitive... Judging from the binding tools, the civilization of this mermaid kingdom may still be stuck in the Stone Age."

Everyone was talking at once, and nobody was paying attention to Carlos.

Carlos couldn't listen anymore:

"We are the great Siren Kingdom! Siren! Not mermaids!"