Chapter 28 - Memory Erasure

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Seeing that the merman priest had arrived, Lei Luo didn’t waste his breath and said, “I need the Conch of Forgetting. Go down and bring it up. Then, gather all the members of the Merman Race together. Don’t do anything behind my back.”

“I can keep you alive or kill you. I hope you’re smart enough.”

When faced with this life-threatening threat, the merman priest nodded and said, “Alright, I’ll go get it now.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he glanced at Sharbao. However, he noticed that Sharbao only had an icy cold and defensive expression in his eyes. Furthermore, Sharbao didn’t have the slightest respect towards him, the priest of the Merman Race.

This meant that Sharbao had completely sided with the Poison Dragon and wouldn’t help the Merman Race cover up the news. The fate of the Merman Race was really up to the Poison Dragon now.

However, his strength was inferior to Sharbao’s, so he could only lower his head and endure it.

The merman priest sighed silently. If he hadn’t been greedy back then and hadn’t coveted the benefits of the Poison Dragon, he wouldn’t have suffered today. It was too late to regret now.

Lei Luo did not care what he was thinking, nor did he want to know. Instead, he raised his head slightly and signaled to Sharbao, who was standing at the side.

“Follow him down. Inform me if anything happens. If nothing goes wrong, you will become the tribe leader of the Merman Race, and the remaining members will survive.”

“However, if I find out that you’re stirring up trouble, I’ll think of a way to inform the human race. Perhaps you’ll be exterminated.”

Sharbao’s body trembled, and he hurriedly said, “That won’t happen. Esteemed Poison Dragon, I promise you that this won’t happen.”

“I’ll go down and keep an eye on him. I’ll come up after taking the treasure.”

With that, Sharbao jumped into the sea and followed the merman priest.

The two travelled side by side in silence.

With Sharbao monitoring him, the merman priest did not do anything. After retrieving the Conch of Forgetting and gathering his clansmen, he swam towards the shore.

Although the other members of the Merman Race were puzzled, the excuse that the sea beasts were about to launch a surprise attack covered up the matter.

While swimming, the merman priest suddenly asked, “Where’s Shardin, who went with you? What happened to him? Did you kill him?”

“He’s doing very well and will return in a few days. Anyway, the Merman Race is in a terrible state under the leadership of you and the tribe leader. Is the Poison Dragon bloodline something that our Merman Race can deal with? Even if it’s only a young dragon, we are far inferior. How many clansmen have been sacrificed because of your foolish decisions?”

“I will change your decision and firmly support the Poison Dragon bloodline. No, I will only support the Great Poison Dragon above us.”

Sharbao stared at the merman priest and spoke seriously.

He would support a Poison Dragon. This might be the first time such a statement had appeared on the continent.

If news of this got out, the Merman Race would have no place to live!

The Poison Dragon was ostracized by the entire world. They could live slightly better lives because they were strong. In history, there had been a Demigod-leveled Poison Dragon. Furthermore, the Dragon Race had their own advantages. How could the Merman Race compare against them?

Upon hearing Sharbao’s words, the merman priest’s pupils shrank and he looked at Sharbao in shock. “You… How could you have such thoughts!”

“No matter how bad my decision is, I only sacrificed a few clansmen. Meanwhile, you want to destroy the race!”

“Sharbao, do you want to become the sinner of our race?!”

“You’re the sinner of our race!” Sharbao roared with a ferocious expression. “It wasn’t that you were greedy and directly issued a mission instead of informing the humans. Why did you lure the Poison Dragon over? Sacrificing a few clansmen is indeed nothing, but what do you know?”

“If not for my persuasion, the Merman Race would have been slaughtered today, and we would have been completely exterminated tonight!”

“Do you think you or the dead clan leader can resist the Poison Dragon?”

After scolding the priest, Sharbao floated to the surface of the sea with a cold face. He had already made up his mind. He would persuade Lei Luo to kill the merman priest to prevent the news from leaking.

He had sided with Lei Luo. In the eyes of outsiders, he already had relations to the Poison Dragon, and he was a member of the Merman Race at the same time.

Once the matter was exposed, no matter how it was explained, the other races would definitely think that the Merman Race was related to the Poison Dragon Race. Perhaps they knew the secret of the Poison Dragon Race. Wouldn’t they capture them and interrogate them for information?

This was unless the Merman Race could capture the Poison Dragon and sell it. Only then would they be safe. However, the Merman Race had already been crippled and there was no hope.

Under such circumstances, the only way out was to follow closely behind Lei Luo and bet on his bright future.

Perhaps he could rely on the Poison Dragon to strengthen his race and betray him after a few hundred years.

Sharbao thought about it and moved forward silently.

Meanwhile, the merman priest was greatly affected by Sharbao’s words. He went ashore and hugged the Conch of Forgetting in a daze.

“What’s going on with him?” Lei Luo asked curiously.

Sharbao snatched the Conch of Forgetting and brought it to Lei Luo. Then, he said in a low voice, “I suggested to him that the Merman Race should completely rely on Your Excellency, but he seemed to find it hard to accept. He even scolded me just now. Perhaps it’s because of this.”

“After dealing with the humans, I suggest that we get rid of him. Otherwise, we don’t know when he will inform the humans.”

“He can’t stay in the race during this reception.”

Lei Luo did not seem to mind and nodded. Then, he took the Conch of Forgetting. “How do I use this?”

Sharbao explained from beside him, “It will erase the short-term memory of living beings within a certain range according to how much magic power is injected into them. It usually erases memories from the past three or five days.”

“The effect is very poor on creatures that are higher-leveled than the user.”

Lei Luo glanced at the merman priest, who was still in a daze. Sharbao had spoken to him in a hushed voice, and the contents did not spread. Thus, the merman priest did not know what Sharbao had said.

The merman priest was at Level-4, so the effects of the Conch of Forgetting would be poor on him. After Lei Luo was done with his work, he would take the priest away tonight and return to his island to watch over the priest.

After the humans left, the merman priest would have no value. It was better to eliminate him directly. After all, he knew too much and it was difficult to control him.

If the priest was like Shardin and Shardin, Lei Luo would have been able to accommodate him.

Many thoughts flashed through Lei Luo’s mind. Then, Lei Luo jumped into the sea and said, “You two stay up there. Come down later.”

Not long after, a long sound came from the bottom of the sea. The Conch of Forgetting was being used.

About ten minutes later, Lei Luo flew ashore from the bottom of the sea and chased the merman priest and Sharbao down. He asked them to do the handover of power and appease the Merman Race to cover up everything that had happened recently.

Lei Luo’s gaze was deep as he looked at the surging waves. The Merman Race could be considered to have been suppressed, and the hidden danger had been eliminated.

When the human nobles left, he could grow in peace until he had the strength to head south.

According to Sharbao, if he headed south, he would reach the human continent once they left the sea. There was news of his parents and even his father’s corpse there.

However, he was still too weak, and he was unable to head there.

After reaching the Level-7, the Dragon Race could transform into human form and would have sufficient strength. Only then could he set off.

“Or perhaps I should swallow the Earth Core Lava in the extinct volcano. I can also control the Merman Race to find precious ores at the bottom of the sea for me to devour and extract their characteristics. I should eat six meals a day to increase my energy accumulation.”

“Although it’s a little risky, with my current constitution, the Earth Core Lava won’t be able to kill me.”

“Perhaps the humans discovered something when they suddenly headed to the abyss rift. Power is the foundation of survival.”

At the thought that the human nobles would head into the depths of the sea, Lei Luo felt a vague sense of danger..