144 Ch. 144 'Evil Mermaid'

"GROWWWWWLLLLLL!!"

The queen's serpent body swayed very fast to the point of destroying anything it touched. The Elementalists, trees, and beautiful plants on the land were damaged apart from being hit by the queen. Even mermaids at the bottom of a dry lake are also affected.

They were all thrown to and fro due to the queen's monster's pounding body, which was very long like a giant snake.

The Water Elementalist felt overwhelmed by the inexplicable attack movement from the queen, and the defensive wall of water in the sky became unstable. As a result, the lake water that has been risen up fell back, pouring down to fill the lake's through the queen's monstrous body.

All the water that passed through the body of the water hydra turned black. In an instant, the water in the lake turned black as if it was contaminated with black ink. Flynn dived back into the lake following the queen's, which had increasingly drowned underwater.

But what he saw was not only the queen who would exhale her last breath, but he also saw the mermaid started behaving strangely.

"Aaaaarrrghh!!"

"Grrrrrr!!"

They all acted crazy while their pure fair skin began to flake as some disgusting black scales appeared on their skin. Their fairy faces were now darkened like an ugly monster, and their eyes wholly blackened to the point you could not see their eyeballs.

Flynn just realized that the black bottle intentionally spilled by the wizard was filled with a dark force!

This dark force will make all the affected spirits become evil spirits. That's why all the mermaids began to turn horribly into an evil mermaid. While the queen... her soul had vanished without a trace. She exchanged her life to turn into a water monster, yet she failed horribly.

Flynn immediately turned and swam at full speed to Merylin and Niken's place. He breathed in relief the dark force contamination had not yet reached Merylin's place. He had to bring Merylin and Niken out of these waters.

Once again, Flynn activated his power and teleported himself and the two girls out of this lake. Right when the three disappeared, black water that had been contaminated by dark force arrived at the border of the open sea.

After a few minutes, black water had become neutral due to the water's impact from the seas, and the dark force has also dimmed and no longer spreads. Unfortunately, all the mermaid in the lake has become evil mermaids. They did not have a heart nor mind and only swam up to look for prey.

Before the evil mermaid reached the mainland, the same wizard who had cast the dark force built a barrier around the lake to the open sea border. In this way, the evil mermaid will not be able to get off the land or run away and swim freely in the open sea.

Since then, the beautiful mermaid lake has changed drastically into a dangerous evil mermaid lake.

***

Niken looked to her side, where Merylin was still fast asleep. Strangely, Merylin's tail had also been replaced by a pair of human legs.

"Merylin, Merylin, wake up."

"Uhm..." Merylin stretched her muscles and woke up while rubbing her sleepy eyes. "What's wrong?"

"We are not at the lake."

"What do you mean?"

"Just look around."

Merylin still yawned once again and then looked at her feet. She moved her toes lazily because her brain was still not working well.

As soon as her brain had finished digesting what she saw was a pair of legs instead of a tail, Merylin shouted loudly.

"WHAT THE HELL!? So I slept all night with human feet all night? Gosh! My magic! My magic will quickly run out!?" she cried frantically.

Niken was speechless at the complaint. That's not the case at the moment, princess. Moreover, the magic of a successor heiress to the Mermaladia crown will not be quickly exhausted just because it turned its tail into a human foot overnight.

"Merylin, I think we should go back to the village. I have a bad feeling." Niken somehow felt something had changed in the surrounding atmosphere.

"Alright, we're going back. But how did we move here? Are we sleepwalking?"

"That's what I want to know."

They walked to go down to the village, but something strange happened. Niken could still walk, but Merylin could not walk beyond where she slept as if a wall was blocking her.

Merylin raised her hands and slammed her hands to the invisible something. Precisely as she thought there was a barrier that secured her in this place.

"Someone is planning to lock me up here."

"Ah? But I'm fine? Nothing holds my way." Niken walked towards Merylin, and nothing was stopping her. Why couldn't Merylin step forward like Niken?

"This is a special barrier. Only a spirit cannot cross this wall. You're not a spirit, so you can walk through it."

"Special barrier? Why is there such a barrier here? Why would someone want to keep you here?"

"I have no idea. But I know who placed this barrier."

"Who?"

"When will you take off your invisible cloak, huh, Flynn? I know you are here."

Niken gasped at the name. She turned her head towards the source of the noise behind her, and she saw Flynn appear there while removing the cloak.

Niken and Merylin were even more surprised when they saw Flynn's eyes, which were usually filled with lively and mischievous, now filled with deep sadness.

"Flynn? What's wrong with you? Why are you locked me in here? Let me go!" Merylin instantly became restless as her instincts told her that something had happened to her lake - her family.

Is that why Flynn brought her here?

Dug! Dug! Dug!

"Flynn, get me out right now!!" Merylin ordered in an annoyed tone while banging the invisible barrier wall.

"Sorry, but you should leave this place immediately. Once you reach the village, the Elementalists will catch you."

"What do you mean? What did the Elementalist capture me for? Get me out!! Niken, help me break this barrier."

Niken nodded in agreement and now reformed her magic circle into a dagger. She thrust the dagger and sliced the wall causing a gap in the barrier. The hole was big enough for Merylin to step outside.

As soon as Merylin stepped out of the barrier, her body stiffened, plus her expression turned pale. Niken couldn't help but be alarmed by the drastic changes in her sister's facial expression.

"Merylin, what's up?"

"Mother... I couldn't sense my mother. She... she left this world." sobbed Merylin in a weak voice. Her head became dizzy, and her body felt weak and would fall down if not supported by Flynn. "What exactly happened?" tears flowed so hard wetting the princess's cheeks made Niken confused.

"Why did all my family become evil mermaid!?" hissed Meryln with anger she had never felt before.

While Niken was very surprised to hear this.

Evil mermaid?