PFC Chapter 1572 The whole story
Chapter 1572 The whole story
"Please follow me this way!"
Looking at Lei Xiao's calm face, the merman princess's fair face was filled with excitement, and she began to lead the way, while the merman ministers and generals also followed, all looking extremely anxious.
"Your Highness the Mermaid Princess, there is one thing I don't understand."
Lei Xiao rushed along the corridor of the quaint castle decorated with shells and corals, and asked, "What's going on on the beach outside the city?"
After Lei Xiao finished speaking, Lila, Hollis and others who were accompanying him also cast curious glances at him.
I have to say that the chanting scene seen at the beginning was indeed impressive, but from the words of the mermaid princess just now, it can be judged that they should be praying to the gods mentioned by the other party.
"We are trying to appease the wrath of the Lord God. It must be because the Lord God is angry that he trapped my father in the temple."
The Mermaid Princess bit her red lips tightly, nodded at Lei Xiao and said, "Unfortunately, even though we tried our best this time, there was no effect at all. It seemed as if the Lord God didn't hear it."
"Are you saying that this strange chanting was effective?"
Jasmine, who was a singer of the forest language, frowned slightly and asked subconsciously.
You know, although this girl is usually careless and looks clumsy, she is also a qualified forest elf priestess.
Just as Theresa said, the priests were the people closest to the gods back then, so they naturally knew how to communicate with them.
However, the strange scene that our group had just witnessed was not any of the rituals that Jasmine was familiar with.
"Yes, this is the prayer that the Lord God taught us personally."
The Mermaid Princess nodded heavily and responded, "Every time we chanted before, the Lord God would be very happy and would guide us to find some natural treasures around us. It was also because of the Lord God's guidance that we did not suffer from famine under the suppression of the Broken Wing King."
"But you should know that since the blank era, the gods have left this land and no longer care about this world. Where did your so-called gods come from?"
Jasmine's face was filled with a rare solemnity, and she said very bluntly: "Isn't the so-called Lord God you are talking about a false god whose origin is unknown?"
After Jasmine said this, not only the merman princess, but also the other merman ministers around her lowered their heads, all with expressions of uncertainty and even regret.
Regarding this point, in fact, many fishmen had similar doubts at the beginning.
However, the being who claimed to be a god did not show any malice. Instead, he guided the mermen to find many rare treasures and even ancient relics. In addition, the old king of the mermen trusted the other party very much, which eventually led to this situation.
The only strange thing about him was the prayers he taught himself.
But each time the other party only asked for these chants in return and did not make any other requests, so after becoming accustomed to it, even those questioning fish people slowly let down their guard.
Until last night, the old merman king went to the temple alone to listen to the divine revelation as usual, and never came back again. It was not until those densely packed strange white eyeballs suddenly appeared that everyone became alert.
As a result, the guards and ministers who rushed in to rescue the emperor were all devoured by those strange white eyeballs that ignored all attacks. The Fishman Kingdom was thrown into chaos, leading to the current crisis situation.
Putting aside the fact that the old king's sudden disappearance would inevitably arouse the covetousness of the Broken-Winged King, no one even dared to think about whether those strange white eyeballs that reproduced at an extremely fast rate would continue to spread and devour the entire Fishman King.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the fishmen showed the expressions they did just now when Jasmine mentioned this.
If the old king had been dissuaded from the beginning, perhaps things would not have developed to the point where they are today.
Now it seems that the existence that calls itself a god is obviously completely different from the gods who favor all races in the Silver Moon Era. After all, many elite and powerful fishmen have died at the hands of those strange white eyeballs.
Noticing the extremely complicated expressions of the fish people, Lei Xiao's eyes revealed a hint of hesitation.
What Jasmine said made some sense. Combined with her previous speculation, it was enough to prove that the other party was indeed a being of unknown origin, and was definitely not one of the gods who once favored all races. If the other party was really a god himself, then he was probably an evil god.
However, it is worth noting that the prayers taught by the other party personally, if that is the reward the other party requires, I am afraid that they contain some power that can make the other party happy or even restore strength.
"Your Highness, please tell the fishmen outside the city to stop immediately. This will only make the enemy stronger and make it more difficult for us to rescue your father."
Lei Xiao did not hesitate and immediately said to the other party: "That mysterious existence is definitely not the god you imagined."
"Your Majesty, do you mean...?!"
The Mermaid Princess reacted quickly and ordered several Mermaid ministers around her: "Quick, tell the subjects and soldiers outside to stop. We are only making things worse!"
"Your Highness, if you make the God unhappy..."
One of the fishman ministers had a hint of hesitation on his old face and stammered.
"What Lord God? Your Majesty is right. If it was really Lord God, why would he have trapped my father and killed so many of my fishmen?"
The Mermaid Princess finally spoke out what she had been holding back in her heart, and said without question: "That is the root cause of the troubles in my Mermaid Kingdom!"
After the merman princess said this, all the fishmen around her were silent and just nodded.
In fact, they have already vaguely realized this, but no one is willing to break this window paper. After all, the current situation is complicated and no one knows what exactly happened, so they dare not easily draw conclusions.
"As you command, Your Highness Princess!"
A look of certainty emerged on the old face of the fishman minister who had just raised the question. His body in a sea-blue robe flashed and disappeared on the spot like a wave.
"Your Highness, when did you first start to contact each other?"
Looking at the quickly departing backs of the fishmen ministers, Lei Xiao asked again.
At this time, the group had already walked up the long stairs and arrived at the slightly dark underground passage of the castle, and continued to move deeper into the ground.
"To the Human Majesty, it was more than a hundred years ago."
The Mermaid Princess' starry eyes dimmed as she responded, "At that time, we were renovating the castle. It was deep underground in the castle that we accidentally discovered a strange white space, the so-called palace. That's when I first came into contact with that mysterious being."
“Is it really a strange white space?”
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, and then explained: "That is not a palace, but the inside of the other party's skeleton."
"Inside the skeleton?!"
After hearing Lei Xiao's words, everyone looked at each other, especially the fish people who had seen that place, they were stunned, obviously not understanding the meaning of the former's words for a moment.
"We'll talk about this later. What happened after that?"
Lei Xiao's eyes swept through the long passage engraved with wave patterns and continued to ask.
"At first, we didn't believe what he said, until he helped us find a lot of valuable natural treasures and even the Gate of Truth. Only then did we give him all our trust."
The merman princess sighed heavily and said, "Father in particular, even obeyed his orders, including the matters concerning the trade in the Throne Corridor. This is why the merman in the wasteland gradually became the target of the second-rate forces and was not welcomed by other forces."
"From a timing perspective, it does match up."
Hearing this, Lila nodded thoughtfully, frowning and saying, "So, the things you did to take advantage of others were actually caused by the bewitching of that mysterious being?"
"Although I have no intention of shirking my responsibility, that is definitely not the intention of us, the Wasteland Murlocs."
A look of certainty emerged on the fair face of the merman princess, and she immediately said, "If the mermen of the wasteland like me can survive this crisis, I will compensate you for your losses even if I have to give up everything I have."
After hearing what the merman princess said, both the Lila sisters and Hollis and others felt less disgusted with the mermen.
If you think about it carefully, except for the recent period, the Wasteland Fishmen have indeed been living in peace with the world since the Blank Era, and have not done anything else despicable.
“Everything is basically clear now.”
After all the questions in his mind were answered, Lei Xiao looked at the mermaid princess's galloping back, and a hint of doubt rose in his heart again. Until now, he didn't even know the other party's name.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I was just thinking about introducing myself, but it has been delayed until now."
The merman princess obviously sensed what Lei Xiao was thinking, and quickly said, "My name is Lena, and I am the youngest princess of the wasteland merman."
"It turns out to be the little princess of the wasteland fishmen."
Hearing this, Lila and Hollis both nodded thoughtfully.
It is said that this little princess of the wasteland murlocs is quite talented and is a rare great foam mage even among the wasteland murlocs.
As for the foam spells, they are variations of the water spells, and only a very small number of gifted and powerful people can master them.
"Your Highness Lena, how far is it to our destination?"
Lei Xiao already held Rolandel in his hand, and was surrounded by a dense energy barrier. It was obvious that he was ready to fight with the opponent.
"Your Majesty, you can just call me Lena. Compared to Your Majesty, I am just an insignificant little person. How dare I call myself Your Highness?"
A slender sea-blue metal staff also emerged from Lena's slender hand, and the sea-blue gem on the top of the staff sparkled: "It's not far ahead!"
As Lena finished speaking, the group's eyes suddenly opened up and they had already walked out of the long underground passage into a spacious and bright underground hall.
There were crowds of people in the hall, including densely packed elite murloc soldiers and many priests wearing strange murloc masks, which were very similar to Lena's outfit just now.
It can be clearly seen that the atmosphere in the hall is extremely tense, all the murloc soldiers have their swords drawn, lined up in neat rows, staring at the entrance on the other side, while the murloc priests are all in a prayer posture, chanting in the same strange accent as outside.
"See Your Highness the Princess!"
Seeing Lena's figure, everyone bowed respectfully with their hands on their chests. Several murloc generals and high priests immediately came forward to greet her.
"Stop chanting immediately."
Lena nodded to the chief priest first, and then asked several fishmen generals: "What's the situation?"
"Reporting to Her Royal Highness, those strange white eyeballs are still wandering around the temple, and their number is increasing, almost to the point of being densely packed."
A sashay response sounded, and a slender female fishman general stepped forward, making a crisp sound of armor colliding.
The other person seemed to be about the same age as Lena, but his wheat-colored face was filled with calmness and sharpness.
This is not the most important thing, Lei Xiao can feel it clearly.
There was a special and obscure energy fluctuation in the aura emitted by the other party. Although it was not easy to detect, it was not unfamiliar to him, because it was exactly the same as the aura of Xuan Ji, Xiao Jie, Xiao Jing and others.
"Stone elf? Its strength is almost the same as Xiaojie and Xiaojing, at least it has reached the sixth level and five stars."
Lei Xiao felt the other person's breath and nodded slightly.
After a series of fierce battles that stimulated power, Xiaojing and Xiaojie's strength have improved compared to before, and the strength of the stone elf in front of them should not be underestimated.
"Lena mentioned earlier that under the guidance of that mysterious being, the fishmen discovered a door of truth. It seems that this strange stone elf was discovered at that time."
Just as Lei Xiao was thinking about this, the strange stone elf also apparently noticed Lei Xiao, and asked Lena with a vigilant look on his face: "Your Highness, who are these strangers?"
"They are all the helpers I found. Father can be saved this time!"
Lena's voice was filled with excitement, and she nodded heavily to Lei Xiao and said, "Your Majesty, we will go to the temple right away!"
After saying that, Lena took another step and walked towards the end of the hall.
There is another passage connected there, which is where the fishmen soldiers are on high alert.
"Wait, Princess, this is too dangerous!"
The strange stone elf quickly blocked Lena's way, and then cast a suspicious look at Lei Xiao and his group, obviously doubting the latter's abilities.
After all, those strange white eyeballs are immune to all attacks. Even if ten more level 7 warriors come, they will just die. (End of this chapter)