"What shall I call you?" Roger spoke suddenly, but his tone was odd, clearly another language.

"Do you speak our language?" The mermaids spoke, their voices as graceful as they were in the legends, and even when they weren't singing, their voices were beautiful enough.

"That's not hard." Roger smiled.

"Sheenaz."

"Honestly, you're much smoother than your companion, and I've had enough of his lame pronunciation." The mermaid complained.

In the ensuing exchange, Roger also figured out what had happened, and as Geralt said, it was all a conspiracy.

In the agreement many years ago, this area belonged to mermaids, and if Duke Agrovar wanted to expand his estate, mermaids were an obstacle that he had to bypass.

So he needed a reason to wage war against the king, and for countless years, humans had driven the elves from the city to the depths of the forest, and became the master of the world themselves.

It can be said that there are very few areas of the world that humans have not set foot in, except for the ocean, but this does not make people feel satisfied, but breeds greater desire.

But in fact, the sea is different from the land, there are so many places that they have not yet understood, and even during the time of the elves, they rarely set foot in it.

If the war really began, it was destined to be a massacre.

"It's finally explained." Geralt let out a sigh of relief, the two days of communication had made him anxious, the mermaid's language was already extremely complex, he was not proficient, and it was inevitable that his concentration would be a little less concentrated after some injuries.

"It's just a misunderstanding, let's leave, we'll talk to the Duke in person."

"Despicable fellow, this matter can't be left like this, I'm going to teach him a lesson!"

The mermaid looked furious, "I'll go with you to meet the so-called duke, and then make him pay for it!" ”

"It's fine." Roger nodded, then lifted Geralt, who was shirtless, to the boat.

"So let's go now?"

"Wait a minute, you can change to a slightly larger ship." The mermaid waved her hand, her chest rising and falling, and Dandrien stared at him without speaking, and after a moment he opened his mouth wide.

Bang la blah.

The surface of the water broke open, and the mermaid swam underwater, followed by a wooden boat soaked in the moisture of seawater breaking through the water.

Although it is not a luxury ship, it is at least much stronger than the boat piloted by Roger.

The water on the deck emptied, the wooden boat came to rest firmly on the sea, and Roger whistled and uttered a joke that no one else understood.

"The Flying Dutchman ......"

Everyone got back on the boat, there was no need to send someone to paddle, there were mermaids under the water, the sea breeze was blowing, and the steep Dragon's Tooth Reef became no different from the ordinary sea.

The speed of returning was much faster than when they came, and just after noon, the wooden boats of the people left Dragon's Tooth Reef and returned to the nearby seas.

This time, they hadn't gone far when they saw several large ships coming towards them, Roger frowning, and Dandry screaming.

He saw the family coat of arms belonging to the ducal family on the flag of the ship opposite.

"Why is he here?"

"Waiting for us to go back?"

Geralt was now dressed and put his weapon back on his back, and a low sneer came out of his throat, "It seems that this Duke is more thoughtful than we thought, and he will not give up until he finds us in person!" ”

"Is he going to kill us?" Ash looked nervous, and in the poetess's adventurous career, it was clear that similar situations were not included.

"Don't worry." Roger comforted the crowd.

The speed of the two sides was fast, and the distance was gradually narrowed until they could see each other clearly.

Sure enough, standing at the front of the deck was none other than the Duke of Agroval.

"Witcher, how is your mission?"

The Duke's gaze was sharp, and then his gaze turned away from Geralt and landed on Roger.

"There are many people who can testify that you have taken my dear Ze Liszt, so can you tell me where he is now?"

"There are no so-called monsters, all this is your trap!" Geralt shouted.

"Ho, no wonder you have such a bad reputation, that's how you got the job done." The Duke sneered.

"Okay, count me blind, let Ze Liszt come over, I'll pay you half of the pay, and then I'll roll as far as I want!"

"Ze Liszt was killed by a monster."

"Monsters?!" The Duke put on an exaggerated expression, "But the witcher, you just told me that there are no monsters, is it because of my ear, or ......"

"You filthy things murdered my magistrate!"

"Whoa!"

At this moment, a column of water rose into the sky, and at the top of the water column, the figure of a mermaid appeared.

"Look, it's a mermaid!!"

"Look, her skin is green!"

"And those two clumps on his chest!!"

"God, I swear, it's the most perfect I've ever seen!"

There was a series of commotion on the deck, and the duke's guards widened their eyes and began to discuss.

Even the Duke changed his previous seriousness and stared at the mermaid intently.

"Please help me relay my anger!" The mermaid said to Roger.

"Tell them who I am!"

Even in a state of anger, the mermaid's voice was unusually pleasant, but the Duke did not give Roger a chance to relay it.

He raised his hand sharply, and the guards around him got the order to string their bows one after another, and they held strong crossbows and firmly locked on Roger and the others.

"So you're actually in collusion with them!!" The Duke made a look of rage.

"This is the human sea, get out of here now, or I'll take your actions as a provocation!"

Danderian jumped in anger, but wisely he didn't lean forward, but hid behind Roger and yelled.

"What did he say?" Even if you can't understand the Duke's words, you can see his actions, and the mermaid knows what that means.

Roger turned his head and relayed the duke's words, and a moment later the water rippled, and more than a dozen figures emerged from the water.

"Very well, tell that arrogant human that if he wants war, then I'll give it to him!!"

Both sides were prepared, and the battle was on the verge of breaking out.

At this time, Roger turned to look at Sheenaz, "Don't worry, there will be no war, because the grudge between me and him is still unresolved." ”

At this time, the Duke spoke again, but the object of his speech was no longer Roger and the others, but Ash, who was hiding behind everyone.

"It's heart-wrenching, beautiful Miss Ash, I have invited you several times, but you have trampled on my heart without hesitation."

"But now I'm willing to give you one last chance to leave them and come to my ship, where you are still my honored guest, and you can continue to attend the banquet in a few days."

"Not even the terms I promised you will change."

"It's a shame that if those two witchers had gone on a mission together, the situation today wouldn't have happened."

The duke's eyes were dark, and there seemed to be a hungry wolf hidden in his eyes.