Chapter 1097: Chapter 1096: Power
The Mermaid Leader’s eyes glistened with tears as she spoke.
After a pause, she continued, "Because of this, our leader ordered us to spread the news of us having a permanent residence as much as possible, so all the mermaids could hear this joyful news and return promptly.
The Mermaid Leader smiled at Jiang Cheng and the others and said: "Please don’t laugh at me, this matter is indeed very important to us.
"It’s fine, go on. We also want to understand you better," Jiang Cheng replied.
Continuing her story, the Mermaid Leader said: "Finally, after a few months, nearly all of our clan gathered in this place. As we were extremely happy, we also realized our clan was not as numerous as we imagined.
"However, it was a time for joy and celebration, so we began to sing." The Mermaid Leader had a blissful expression on her face: "We mermaids are a species that excels at singing; whenever something happens, we celebrate with song.
They nodded; mermaids have beautiful voices, and singing like that would certainly be enchanting.
"Although our people are fewer than we imagined, it’s still far more than the numbers we have now, so you can imagine how loud our voices were.
The Mermaid Leader’s words almost revealed the answer, but she hadn’t finished speaking: "Especially at the end, when the song reached its peak, our voices could be described as resonating through the clouds.
She added: "Since then, we’ve never sung with such grandeur again.
The Mermaid Leader sighed.
The Mermaid Leader finished speaking, and at the end, she sighed again, seemingly nostalgic for that joyful time.
After hearing the Mermaid Leader’s words, an answer to why the smuggler ended up attacked by the mermaids was apparent.
Jiang Cheng and the others glanced at each other, Yanran spoke up: "Could it be that the mermaids’ singing affected the smuggler?
Jiang Cheng nodded, analyzing: "You’ve all experienced the mermaids’ sound waves; tell me, when they sing together like that, isn’t it capable of causing significant harm to other creatures?
Ba Lv said: "Although their attack strength is lacking a bit, compared to ordinary people, their sound waves can still have a serious impact on them.
Yanran added: "Let alone with so many mermaids singing together, they might not even realize that their voices carried sound waves, and with so many mermaids singing aloud, the sound waves they emitted must have been extremely powerful.
"So," Jiang Cheng concluded: "the smuggler was indeed affected by the mermaids’ sound waves, causing the aircraft he was piloting to crash.
"What a coincidence," Ba Lv remarked, feeling deeply the terrors of fate.
"Yes, if fate wants you dead by three, no one can keep you alive till five," Jiang Cheng also agreed with Ba Lv’s words.
"Although this was an unintended consequence caused by the mermaids, the smuggler got what he deserved. The more such people die, the better peace this world will have," Ba Lv said.
Having grown up in the Dark World, no one knew the affairs of the Dark World better than she did.
Hence she had no sympathy for those in the Dark World, as she knew completely that many lives weighed on their shoulders, their hands stained with a lot of blood.
Jiang Cheng also brought up the lone wolf, and they shared the same opinion as Jiang Cheng, believing the wolf was likely the king of all Sea Wolves.
It’s even possible that those Sea Wolves are the offspring of this Wolf King and other wolves.
Their reasoning was sound. Back then, it wasn’t plausible for that smuggler to bring such a large number of Sea Wolves to escape with him.
Having lived on this planet for a long time, during which, it wasn’t surprising for those wolves to have produced many offspring.
Regarding the handling of that Wolf King, they also believed it would be best not to kill it, for this would actually benefit their plan to eliminate the Sea Wolves.
Think about it, without the leadership of that Wolf King, the Sea Wolves may become scattered bands, and in such circumstances, it would bring trouble for Jiang Cheng and his people, making it more challenging to eliminate them.
Therefore, keeping that Wolf King isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Now that all the problems were figured out, the next step was how to set up the perfect trap to capture all these Sea Wolves.
Jiang Cheng and the others again examined the terrain of the Mermaid haven, deciding to make all the mermaids hide in the cave within the bay, leaving only essential guards at the entrance.
The task of protecting them was given to Ba Lv.
Ba Lv was somewhat discontented because this arrangement meant she couldn’t be on the front lines of battle. Until she was constantly reminded of how important her task was, she realized she was the last line of defense for the Mermaids.
If any Sea Wolf slipped through, such a possibility wasn’t impossible, then the safety of the Mermaids would rely entirely on Lvluo.
"Do you really want to see even one Mermaid get hurt because of this?" Guo Ran said to Ba Lv.
What Yanran said wasn’t unreasonable; although Ba Lv desperately wanted to swap roles, she knew that, for one thing, Yanran’s abilities surpassed hers, and for another, Yanran could command the Flaming Firebird at will.
Even Ba Lv couldn’t deny that the Flaming Firebird was becoming increasingly useful, with its Flame Attack being extremely formidable, and its flames seemed extraordinarily potent, at least, ordinary water couldn’t extinguish them.
"One day, I’ll find a Magic Creature to keep as a pet too," Ba Lv sulkily considered. As a girl, she also wished deeply for a pet to accompany her, but such things were not easily acquired.
On various planets, Magic Creatures exist to varying degrees. However, some are too feral to be domesticated, making them unsuitable as pets; others have too violent tempers and excessive attack strength, rendering them also unsuitable as pets. Then there are some whose size or feeding requirements make them impractical.
Lv himself once had such an experience.
This was back when she worked as an assassin in the Black Group. Once, the organization sent her on an assassination mission, which was simple and went smoothly; nothing much to say about it.
But on that planet, Ba Lv discovered a Magic Creature.
It was a creature capable of emitting shockwaves, possessing formidable attack power.
