185 Ch. 185 'Mission Accomplished 3 '

The head owner did not move in her place but looked at Niken and the others with questioning eyes. Her eyes were shining blue, and her hair was purplish under the moonlight.

At the very least, this one wasn't an evil mermaid, which meant… Aqua's ritual had worked!

Niken couldn't help but overjoyed to see the end of the result of their plan.

Not long after, several other heads also appeared, making Lionel and Kazuto dumbfounded at the scene before them.

They had indeed seen mermaids when they watched the show on the first day of their arrival. But at that time, they didn't feel anything because the show was just an artificial illusion.

Whereas now, they could feel a lot of magic pressure emanating from these mermaids.

This was the first time they had come face to face with a real mermaid and, at the same time, felt overwhelmed from their powerful magical aura.

Kazuto had never faced a wizard before besides Sir Zehell, his mentor, and Zephyr, the person who entrusted Ren to him. But he had never encountered many spirits who were magic users.

Unlike wizards, spirits don't need to activate a magic circle to use their magic. In other words, the ability to use magic, the spirit race, was at the top of magic users.

Unlike Lionel. He had joined Ace's forces, so he often met various kinds of wizards. But he always ran into one or two wizards, and of those few were purebloods. But now he's met dozens of magic users without needing to activate a magic circle.

As for Niken, she was not surprised to see so many mermaid heads that had begun to surface. She was a wizard herself, so she was not too intimidated by the many magic users in front of her.

Apart from that, she had also met all of them and stayed in the lake for several days with Merylin.

However, she still felt anxious. Not because she was facing them, but her eyes continued to search for the mermaid princess she wanted to see.

Where's Merylin? Why doesn't the princess mermaid swim up?

She remembered the wizard helping her told her that the mermaid princess's transformation would be twice as fast as that of the other evil mermaids.

The evil mermaids turned into evil as their consciousness and sanity were buried in their innermost souls. Meanwhile, Princess Merylin's soul and consciousness were forcefully expelled and formed into an orb.

Merylin's empty body without a celestial soul should be unconscious, but because the dark force energy absorbed into her skin, Merylin's body also turned into an evil mermaid.

The wizard had helped her return Merylin's celestial soul to its owner's body. So that Merylin's recovery will be faster because there is no need to dig into her sanity.

It should be, but why couldn't she see Merylin? This made Niken very worried.

That's why Merylin prefers to rest on her throne seat without knowing Niken is eager to see her right now.

Aqua smiled with satisfaction as she saw so many mermaids who had recovered and now swam up. But she also felt sad to see that there were so many carcasses at the lake's bottom.

These carcasses were mermaids who were skinned by the lord for sale. Whenever they were dying and no longer useful, the lord brought these mermaids to this lake, and the next second they became evil mermaids.

That is why the number of evil mermaids increased day by day, making the dark force flow in the lake water more intense and thicker.

Even Aqua herself did not expect to use more than half of her strength to purify this water. After this, it seemed like she wouldn't be able to use her power for the next year.

Aqua dived down to the palace hall, feeling that Princess Merylin still hadn't moved from her throne seat.

Aqua smiled gently when she saw the princess closed her eyes to rest her fibers. One of the finale to complete this ritual is the combined power of the royal members with the throne chair's energy, along with the blood of a mermaid who is determined to save the mermaids.

Initially, they planned to use Merylin's celestial soul with Ceryle's blood drops. Who would have thought, sitting on the royal throne's seat was Merylin herself, and the mermaid princess used her own blood to complete this ritual.

Nothing could match the princess's desire to save this place. That was why this purification ritual had gone any better.

"Princess Merylin, you did a good job."

Merylin opened her eyes only to see the little girl extending her hand towards her. Merylin welcomed the helping hand and recognized Aqua's identity right away.

Ah, apparently, this little girl is the ocean lord's familiar spirit. No wonder this girl can purify lake water that has been polluted with dark force energy.

"Come on, let's meet your friend. She has been waiting for you for a long time."

Merylin's eyes shone when she knew who the familiar spirit meant.

Niken.

She's here! Merylin was impatient to meet the girl, her adoptive sister.

Meanwhile, Niken, who could no longer be patient, was about to step into the lake when she saw the mermaids swimming away, forming a circle.

In the center of the circle, another mermaid's head appeared. Only this time, the head owner's magic aura was many times stronger, and there was a small tiara on top of her head.

Upon seeing the mermaid's newly emerged face, Niken's pair of black eyes glistened with tears while Merylin smiled gently as she swam toward the shore of the lake.

Niken walked over, Merylin turned her tail into a pair of legs and walked over to Niken.

The two of them embraced each other with great emotion and relief. At that exact moment, the sun rose so brightly as if welcoming a new day.

The sun's light touched their skin as if the sun was also celebrating their success.