Chapter 237: Mermaid city

Chapter 237: Mermaid city

While the settlement of mermaids was not a secret thing very few wizards actually knew the sheer size of it in truth. Just from the overhead view of it he had Nick could tell it went on in at least two miles in every direction from the trident wielding statue at it's center. It's residents weren't beautiful by any stretch of the imagination with fish tails below their waists and pale blueish skin along their humanoid portions. Each of them had faces much more like fish than humans with massive eyes and protruding faces.-

Along the sides of their torsos were a set of six slits that opened and closed in unison. Many of these mermaids had heard him splash into the lake but had ignored him until now but were starting to hide as he descended. Mermaids were fairly weak creatures in terms of strength and as a result had been seriously bullied by wizards over the years into the timid species they are now. "Halt outsider!" a shrill voice spoke up from the side and Nick turned to look at the one who spoke. It was a merman with short green hair and a scar under his right eye wielding a stone spear and sea rope whip.-

It was nearly the length of a foot ball field from tip of tentacle to the top of it's head and very similar to a squid in appearance. The difference however was that it had nearly fifteen tentacles and slightly rounded head but still cone shaped unlike an octopus. It was rather chilling to see how quietly the behemoth of a cephalopod moved through the water. There was no disturbance at the top of the water nor any current from it's movements. Even when the thing got right next to Nick he couldn't feel it move at all.-

"I admit that's actually a pretty cool ability for a predator to have." Nick said completely relaxed since the thing hadn't snuck up on him. He could have sworn he saw a flash of disappointment in the things massive eye but it seemed to be replaced with curiosity. "You are probably trying to figure out why I am here right now." Nick said amused at the actions of the massive but gentle creature. It was strange however as the kraken actually seemed to nod at what he said. 'Can't believe I am actually having a somewhat conversation with a monster that can probably kill me on accident.' he thought amused before explaining his reason for visiting the lake.-

A flash of understanding flashed through the giant eye before the creature seemed to bid Nick farewell and swam away. It was nearly right after that that the previous merman returned with a much older looking mermaid with many beads and strings of shiny stones on her person. "I was told of the reason for your visit , what do you have to offer for our knowledge?" the elderly mermaid asked without any fear at all. Nick grinned "What do you want for it?" he asked thrilled about where this may lead. L1tLagoon witnessed the first publication of this chapter on Ñøv€l--B1n.