Chapter 18: The Mermaid
"Are we looking for Geralt?" Ash was a little excited, and Ze Liszt was sweating profusely from the oars.
What made him feel strange was that he was the only one rowing, but the speed of the boat was extremely fast, and it didn't take long for him to see a large red reef in the distance.
"That's it, because of the tides, the terrain in the vicinity is changeable, and we have to slow down......"
Knowing that Geralt had disappeared here, Dandrion and the others began to get nervous.
Roger walked to the bow of the boat, his gaze swept wide, as if observing the terrain around him.
"Go over there!"
He seemed to know the terrain well, and under his guidance, the boat was unhindered, and gradually came to the depths of Dragon's Tooth Reef.
And at this time, even Zelistt, who was sweating profusely, found something abnormal.
Because it's too quiet all around.
There was no sound of the waves, no chirping of seabirds, and no fish could be seen even underwater.
"This witcher ...... first My hand hurts, my lord, please let me rest......"
Ze Liszt trembled and stretched out his hands, and a few drops of blood fell into the water along the edge, and the blood was diffused in the water, and in the next second, a pair of cloudy eyes emerged from the bottom of the water.
With a strange scream, a terrifying creature covered in scales and bulging eyes leaped out of the water.
"Click!"
The first to be bitten off was Ze Liszt's hands, and then the monster violently pulled him into the water with the oars.
Ze Liszt only had time to let out a short scream, and his pale face disappeared completely.
"Weird...... Monster! ”
Dandrien stumbled in fright, and his body fell backwards violently, the back of his head slammed heavily on the edge of the boat, and a sharp pain struck him, followed by Ash's cry in his ears:
"Get out of the way!"
"Monster!"
"Whoa!"
The water wave was broken, and another figure leaped into the air, Dandrien's limbs stiffened, and his eyes widened to see a figure covered in scale armor rushing towards him.
"Help!"
"Help me, Roger!"
Seeing that Dandrion was about to follow in the footsteps of Ze Liszt, at this time, Roger turned slightly sideways, and the long sword behind his back drew a trajectory.
"Huh!"
Dandrion watched as the monster that pounced on him was split in two, and what was even more amazing was that the monster's internal organs crackled and fell out without a trace sticking to his body.
And by this time, more monsters had appeared around the boat next to him.
"Don't panic, stand in the middle."
Roger's voice calmed the emotions of the two, and then they saw an extremely shocking scene.
Luo Ming's hand is like lightning, and every attack pierces through the monster's head, and sometimes there is no trace of any monster in the place where he attacks, but at the same time as the sword is released, a monster will take the initiative to come up and be pierced by Roger's weapon.
In just a few breaths, a large body appeared around the boat, and the stench filled the blood, staining the entire sea area red.
"This ...... This is the Witcher!? ”
Ash's face flushed, and his gaze at Roger became confused.
"Wake up, we are not out of the crisis yet!"
Dandrion clutched his head groggily and shouted.
"And I have to tell you, not all witchers have that ability."
"As I said, he's a dragon rider!"
But by this time Ash couldn't listen to a word, her heart was pounding, and she didn't know what to think in her head.
Just when Dandrion thought that everyone was about to get out of the crisis, there was a sudden violent tremor under the ship.
"Oh no, they're going to scuttle this ship!"
The thought of that terrible result turned pale.
Roger frowned as well.
Although these things were weak, he was also a little annoyed to kill, and he touched the pendant between his neck, and he was thinking about a solution.
At this moment, the waves in the distance were broken, and a green figure jumped out of the sea.
The water vapor diffused around her, and the sunlight refracted it, and some of it hit the scales of her lower body, which caused a halo around the figure.
"God, what do I see?" Ash screamed.
"Fishman, mermaid!!"
It was a creature with a fishtail in her body, green hair, delicate features, and an upper body completely exposed to the air.
The lower body is a slender fishtail.
Her skin is also green, and she holds a sharp harpoon in her hand.
"Damn it, why is it green?"
Dandrion muttered quietly.
Thump.
The mermaid fell into the water, and soon more and more fishmen appeared, and then Roger felt that the vibration of the hull of the ship had been reduced a lot.
It didn't take long for the tremors to disappear completely, and the mermaids around them surfaced, and at this time, a particularly beautiful fish-man appeared in the center.
The most surprising thing for everyone is the familiar figure next to the mermaid.
"Geralt?!"
Dandrion let out a low roar, and there was indescribable envy in his tone.
"You didn't come back yesterday, could it be with ......?"
Geralt's face was pale, and traces of injuries could be seen on his body, and he was shirtless, his weapon long gone.
"Have you been in the sea all night?"
Dandrion exclaimed.
"Not really, after all, the witchers always have some special means that allow us to fight underwater."
"Fighting?" Dandrien looked at the mermaid's plump breasts and snorted coldly.
"Besides, you shouldn't be here, it's a trap, a trap set by the Duke, and I'm trying to explain it to them."
Geralt opened his mouth and uttered a series of strange words.
Immediately afterwards, the mermaid beside him shook her head.
"Trap, what trap are you talking about?" Dandrien, carefully looking at the figure of the mermaid Miaoman, seems to be looking for the so-called "trap" in the other party.
Geralt smiled wryly.
"There was no such thing as an attack, no one died, it was all a lie."
"The Duke is in charge of the pearling industry at Cape Brimwood, and if he wants to make more money, he must expand his business."
"But unfortunately, only the nearby sea belongs to him, and the farther ones are not owned by him."
"It was a treaty between King Hidaris and the surrounding sea creatures, but Duke Agrovar wanted to break it."
"The area in front of you is the border."
"But why did he let you come here?" Dandrion looked puzzled, "A temptation? ”
"Not really."
"He needs an excuse, a turmoil caused by someone who doesn't belong here, and he'd better die in the sea."
"I was negligent." Geralt sighed, "They played tricks on the boat I was on, and along the way, the boat attracted monsters from the depths of the sea. ”
"So there was a chaotic battle, and although many monsters were killed, there were also some mermaids who were injured."
"If it weren't for the fact that I happened to know a little bit of their language, then I don't think this misunderstanding would have been cleared."
"But obviously." Geralt looked at himself.
"I also paid some price."
"I'm sorry, Roger, for involving you."
"I see." Dandrion nodded, "I knew you couldn't leave alone with the money. ”
"What money?" Geralt looked confused.
"Ze Liszt said that the Duke paid you half of your remuneration in advance."
"I haven't received any of them!" Geralt snorted.
"This bitch raised it!" Dandrion scolded.
"I suddenly want to visit the Duke's mother!"