Inside Neridia’s Royal Court…

A gigantic monster, about 9 feet tall, is sitting over Neridia’s throne.

Pitch-black eyes, a dark red body, human-like but without hair on his head, and a muscular build. His nails are very long and dirty.

This monster is none other than Aegis himself.

His left leg is resting over Azura’s head, and the right leg is resting over Drakon’s head. Tidalia’s body is lying in front of him, and his dark minions are eating her.

Suddenly, five dark minions walked inside the Royal Court with Seafern’s unconscious body.

“Master, we have brought him here…. Hehehe,” the minion spoke as he laughed evilly.

“How many of you did he kill before going unconscious?” Aegis asked.

“About ten thousand, Master…” The minion replied.

“So, he is the strongest here… huh?” Aegis asked.

“Yes, Master, but this guy is blind. He can’t see anything,” the minion reported.

“Don’t worry; I will fix him and make him an obedient minion of mine,” Aegis spoke as he stood up from the throne and crushed both the skulls at the same time.

Crack

Crack

He then stepped over Tidalia’s head and crushed it as well.

Crack

After this, Aegis walked up to Seafern and grabbed his head.

“I, Aegis, will turn you into my minion by inserting my negative mana into your body,” Aegis declared as he started transferring the dark mana into Seafern’s body.

The negative mana was too harsh on Seafern’s body, and due to the unbearable pain, he regained his consciousness.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…” Seafern shouted in agony as he felt unbearable pain in his body.

The negative mana inside his body was tearing his muscles apart and recreating them again and again to make him obedient.

Ten minutes passed, and Seafern stopped shouting. Seafern’s body was now covered with a dark aura, same as the minions, but he had his eyes glowing bright green.

Seafern stood up from the ground and looked at Aegis for one second. He then immediately went down on his knees and showed him respect.

“Hahahahah…. Very good. You are now my minion… Aegis’s Minion. You will guide my minions and find that Queen, who you helped in running away… Do you understand?” Aegis asked. 𝘦𝑎.𝒸ℴ

“Yes, Your Majesty…” Seafern replied as he immediately stood up from the ground and walked out of the Royal Court to find Neridia.

“Where will you run to now, Neridia? I will catch you and take what’s mine… Hehehe.” Aegis spoke as he walked back to the throne and sat down.

Somewhere in the middle of the ocean…

Neridia is swimming, but she is scared of her environment.

“I should’ve learned how to ride a seahorse properly instead of taking the magic class,” Neridia spoke as she felt that someone is watching her.

Neridia stopped and turned back immediately…

“W-Who is it?” Neridia asked in a very low tone, but no one came into her sight.

‘Was that an illusion?’ Neridia spoke as she turned her head back to the front and started swimming again.

Tap-tap

‘Okay… That was a noise.’ Neridia thought as she turned around almost immediately to see who is following her.

Suddenly, she noticed that two dark minions are coming towards her from behind with full speed.

“N-Nooooooo….” Neridia shouted as she started running away from the minions with full speed.

Neridia kept running for the next 30 minutes, and all of her stamina is exhausted now, but the minions behind her are still at the same speed.

“Father, please forgive me… I couldn’t save the empire.” Neridia spoke as her speed started slowing down.

Suddenly, the locket that Seafern gave her earlier started shining brightly as she felt a boost of stamina in her body.

“Seafern…” Neridia spoke as she gathered everything inside her body and boosted her swimming speed so much that the minions couldn’t follow her anymore.

Neridia turned her head and noticed that the dark minions aren’t following her anymore.

‘They are gone… Finally.’ Neridia thought as she stopped swimming and decided to take some rest before continuing.

But resting outside was a stupid decision right now, that’s why she started searching for a wrecked ship to rest in.

After swimming for some time, Neridia found a big wrecked ship, stuck over a giant rock.

“Yes, a wrecked ship…” Neridia spoke as she immediately rushed towards the ship.

Neridia entered inside the ship and started swimming towards the deepest part of the ship, its hull.

But as soon as Neridia entered inside the ship’s hull… She noticed that she wasn’t the only one hiding inside the ship.

There were about 300 mermaids and sirens inside the same ship’s hull.

“Nooooo… Don’t hurt us.” Some of the mermaids shouted, meanwhile, the sirens pointed their weapons towards the unwanted visitor.

“Who are you? Identify… Yourself.” One of the sirens asked.

“She is the Queen of the scared mermaids, keep the weapons down.” The siren Queen, Lorelei, spoke as she walked up to Neridia and grabbed her hand tightly.

“Huh..?”

“Get inside or all of will die, Idiot.” Lorelei spoke as she pulled Neridia inside the room and closed the doors once again.

“My Queen… Are you alright?” A mermaid asked as she touched Neridia’s hand.

“Y-Yes… I am alright.” Neridia replied with a serious expression.

“I guess, Your castle is also sacrificed huh?” Lorelei asked with a serious expression.

“Y-Yes…” Neridia spoke.

“So, You ran away too huh? Just like me.” Lorelei asked with a smile.

“It wasn’t my choice. I am nothing like you… I know how to protect my people.” Neridia replied with an angry expression.

“Obviously… Why would the great Queen run away from her people?” Lorelei spoke in a mocking tone.

“Both of you stop fighting, and you keep your mouth in control… Lor.” An old siren spoke from behind.

“Grandmother… She was the one who started it.” Lorelei replied with an angry expression.

“If you don’t apologize right now… I will hit you with my stick.” The old siren spoke.

“I-I am sorry… Neridia.” Lorelei spoke.

“Is this all of us?” Neridia asked.

“No, There are about 30 other ships… That have several other sirens and mermaids within them, but all of them are far away from each other.” The old siren informed.

“Which one is the nearest?” Neridia asked.

“10 kilometers from here…” Lorelei replied.

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