Chapter 665: Searching for the Merfolk

"It's all right now..."

Loren removed the Crimson Elegy from Laila's ear. Laila had the weakest constitution and was the last to recover.

The Crimson Elegy was an accessory Loren had crafted earlier from a Vampire Duke's fang. It could store life force and then heal the wearer.

The self-healing ability granted while wearing the Crimson Elegy even surpassed the Vampire Duke's own regeneration.

At the same time, Loren was also using healing potions and healing magic, and within a few days, he had healed the witches' fatal wounds.

"Felt like I took a trip to hell..."

Laila, now recovered, stretched her body and was soon chatting and laughing again.

She was not afraid of death. Even if she were truly on the brink of dying, she would feel no fear.

As long as she could save Loren.

Starnight was the first to recover after Anna. She had transformed into some kind of creature with incredibly strong self-healing ability, and by the time the God of Light and Fire's authority on her wound disappeared, she had already healed.

The last to recover was Laila, but the most severely affected was Luna.

Her mindset was somewhat different from the others. Now actually facing an Orthodox God, it was impossible to say she was not afraid.

Especially since she had previously been left with some psychological scars from the fake God of Light and Fire.

It was just that her anger had outweighed her fear.

Now that she had calmed down, she instead felt the fear. The God of Light and Fire had only just gotten serious, and she had been instantly killed.

Every time she closed her eyes now, she saw the moment the Spear of Light pierced through her. Even though her wound had healed, she still felt a lingering phantom pain.

That Spear of Light was the manifestation of the God of Light and Fire's authority, and its destructive power was terrifying.

But as long as she thought about what the God of Light and Fire had done to Loren, Luna could not control her fury.

"Where do we go next? What is the key item for dealing with the God of Light and Fire?"

Loren had already found the two Mythical Creatures and one key item for dealing with the God of Light and Fire. What remained was the last key item.

"That is a gemstone called the Tear of the Abyssal Sea, and it is in the hands of the Merfolk.

"Perfect. We can go find the Merfolk and consolidate their forces."

Loren had always planned to ally with the Merfolk against the Orthodox Gods, but after hearing the Merfolk Princess Melody's description, his thinking had changed somewhat.

From allying with the Merfolk to ruling the Merfolk.

Many among the Merfolk had already been corrupted. The Dawn Princess had spared them from contamination, but she could not stop their hearts from being tainted.

"The problem is, how do we find the Merfolk?"

Laila asked. The Merfolk's whereabouts had always been secretive. Otherwise, Merfolk flesh would not have been driven to sky-high prices.

"First, let's go ask those Pirates. They might have clues.

"Or we can simply trust in Fate's arrangements."

Melody carried a pendant imbued with the Perpetual Observer Loren's power. This pendant could grant her Fate's guidance. That was how she had found Loren before, and this time would be no different.

What Loren worried about was that Melody would be imprisoned upon her return. Although those High-Ranking Members among the Merfolk believed in the Perpetual Observer, they were also the most terrified of the Perpetual Observer truly returning.

As long as the Perpetual Observer did not return, they could still use the Perpetual Observer's name to rule the Merfolk. So they were also very clear that if the Perpetual Observer truly returned, the first to be purged would be them.

Thus, in order to maintain their rule, they truly would imprison or even kill Melody.

They could accept the Merfolk Princess having all sorts of bad habits, and they could even accept her engaging in corruption, but the one thing they could not accept was the Merfolk Princess actually finding the Perpetual Observer.

"What if Melody gets killed?"

Laila was also worried about this problem, so she asked.

"They can kill Melody and replace her with another Merfolk Princess. Then we can also kill everyone even remotely involved and pull up whoever we please."

Having experienced the effects of the Moon card, Loren was now somewhat unrestrained.

Even Orthodox Gods could be blasted apart by Loren, let alone a bunch of Merfolk.

In the past, Loren had been wary of them, afraid they would backstab him to death on the seabed. But now Loren was not afraid.

Instead, Loren was somewhat curious. If he really used the Moon card on the Merfolk Elders, would what be summoned be the Perpetual Observer or the Dawn Princess?

Carrying these doubts, Loren and the others continued sailing on the sea.

This time they had already left the God of Light and Fire's territory. In this critical period, the God of Light and Fire had already paid a great price to capture Loren. It was impossible for Him to pursue them out onto the sea.

Unfortunately, Movila was not present. Loren also did not know what the situation in the Holy Flame Empire was now. Perhaps they had already lost quite a bit of territory.

With Scarlett around, even at sea Loren's resources were unlimited. He could eat whatever he wanted, without needing to fish like before.

For example, right now, Loren and the others had started a barbecue at sea. Loren had even specially prepared several fishing rods, hanging barbecue meat on them, to see if he could fish up Melody again.

Unfortunately, this time Loren caught nothing at all. They even encountered a Pirate attack.

People who were this leisurely on the Endless Ocean, like them, were either fat sheep or absolute powerhouses, and the proportion of powerhouses was actually even higher.

But the Pirates were still willing to take a gamble. If it worked, they would not need to worry about the days ahead.

If they died here, the outcome would not be much different from not robbing at all.

The Pirates' death rate was very high, but there would still be more and more Pirates.

It was not that they had no choice. They had simply chosen this path themselves, so naturally they had to pay the price.

At least before dying, they had a chance to live it up for a while.

The fate of this group of Pirates was having their Pirate ship split in two by a single slash from Anna. The Scythe of Harvest had already been destroyed by the God of Light and Fire, so Loren had Scarlett find Anna a similar scythe from her space.

This scythe could only make do. Loren planned to personally forge a better one for Anna when he had time.

The Pirates fell into the sea, desperately trying to cling to pieces of the wrecked Pirate ship to keep themselves afloat.

"Perfect. There are some things we can ask them."

Loren walked straight off the deck. Just as he was about to step into empty air, a pillar of water suddenly shot up from the sea and steadily caught Loren's foot.

The water pillar kept spouting, and just like that, Loren walked over to stand before the group of Pirates.

Seeing this scene, the Pirates who had originally wanted to gamble everything gave up all resistance completely.

"I'll ask you a few questions. Do any of you have information about the Merfolk?"

Loren bent down, looking down from above at the Pirates sprawled on the wooden planks.

"I do! A Merfolk appeared in a lake on an island. I guess that when the tide rose, this island sank into the sea, and then when the tide receded, a Merfolk got trapped inside!"

A Pirate behind Loren spoke up about what he knew, and even cautiously reminded him:

"An Emperor of the Pirates has already gone there to hunt the Merfolk. If you want to go, you need to hurry."