Chapter 856 The bottom of the sea

Chapter 856 – The Bottom of the Sea
“Going to the bottom of the sea?” Sol hurriedly followed, “I’m going to take a look too.”

Royer gave Saul a meaningful look, “The amount of pollution at the bottom of the sea right now is seriously over the limit. Are you sure you want to go?”

Saul insisted, “Just in case, to adapt to being pulled under the sea in advance.”

That was true, except would the other party really continue to fight even in that dangerous situation?

But if Saul had said so, he couldn’t refuse.

Originally, the place where Alfonso was wasn’t a secret place either. It’s just that there’s probably no one else besides him who can stay in the sea for such a long time now.

The two transformed into two black shadows and smashed headfirst into the sea water that was churning with deep blue and nearly black waves.

The visibility under the sea was even lower than before. The disjointed roots and branches were like a maze.

Instead of relying on their eyesight, Saul and Royer swam down towards the sea based on the spiritual power transmitted by Alfonso.

After some effort, they finally swam out of the densest place of tree branches on the seabed. It was much emptier in front of them.

Although it was still dim, Saul could already feel the mermaids lying in layers on the sea bed like the last time he went down to the sea.

These mermaids were in worse shape than the last time they had seen them. Lazily, they looked like they were half asleep.

It was no wonder that they were not completely unaffected, even though their resistance to the black tide far exceeded that of ordinary people and sorcerer apprentices.

Now that the pollution index in the seawater had reached a dangerous threshold because of the incoming black tide, these mermaids had also been affected in no small way.

For the time being, they couldn’t die yet, but it was definitely very hard to feel bad.

It’s just that no one cared if they were uncomfortable or not.

Swimming down a few dozen more meters, Saul finally spotted Alfonso.

The other party was standing in a sorcery spell formation at the moment, and when he sensed Saul and Royer’s proximity, he took the initiative to come out of the spell formation.

“Why did you guys come over?” Alfonso’s voice rang out in the two men’s minds.

Because it was a one-to-one voice transmission, Saul did not hear what Royer and Alfonso said. He just saw Alfonso nodding silently.

“I’ve come to see what’s going on under the sea.” Facing Alfonso, Saul didn’t say such a grandiose reason.

Alfonso finished exchanging words with Royer before turning his head to Saul, “The spell I have here is a concealment spell, and just now when the monsters attacked the wizards on the sea, there were actually wandering monsters under the sea. It’s just that the strong magic fluctuations of the wizards on the sea attracted their attention more. If the monsters aren’t cleared in time at a later stage and the number grows, you really might need to go under the sea to fight.”

So it was really necessary to enter under the sea?

But that should also be the reason why the monsters on the sea surface didn’t get cleared in time.

Then, was that the reason for the deaths of Royer and the other three Third Order Sorcerers?

Was it possible that powerful monsters had appeared at the bottom of the sea, or that their numbers exceeded expectations causing the crowd to be caught off guard?
But there were still two fourth-order sorcerers present, which shouldn’t have led to the deaths of the three.

And what exactly was the masquerade of the crowd, Saul hadn’t fully figured it out yet, but only had some guesses.

“I’m not afraid of fighting under the sea.” Saul had also fought in the Black Tide, whether it was his octopus tentacle form or his pitch-black skeleton form, both were suitable for fighting in the sea.

He looked at the mermaids around him, “These mermaids are in such a poor state, will something go wrong?”

Mermaids lived behind the defense line, as long as the defense line didn’t break, neither the Red Sea Tree nor them would be attacked by monsters.

But the defense line couldn’t hold back the pollution.

That was why Alfonso needed to keep an eye on the mermaids at the bottom of the sea. If the Ruling Court managed to hold off the Black Tide and the mermaids couldn’t handle the pollution absorbed by the Red Sea Tree after the Black Tide was over, then the Ruling Court would face a new round of pollution crisis.

Alfonso’s voice was calm, ”No problem. It’s not the first time these mermaids have faced an incoming black tide, although they look to be in bad shape right now, that’s just how it is, they’ll be more active in feeding when the black tide is over.”

His voice broke for a moment before he added, “It’s just that after every feeding frenzy, a large number of mermaids will die, so we’ll need to artificially breed them afterward as well.”

Artificial reproduction was a series of full processes from mating the merfolk to ripening the young to ensure that the number of merfolk would return to normal in the shortest time possible.

Such a means Saul had once seen in some settlements in the Lordless Lands. His first apprentice, Noah, was ripened in this way, resulting in his body being “allergic” to magic, and if he hadn’t been left in the chaotic domain by Saul, I’m afraid that he would have entered the countdown of his life by now.

After roughly understanding the situation at the bottom of the sea, Royer was ready to go back.

Saul, on the other hand, wanted to stay at the bottom of the sea for a while. Last time, he had encountered a special spiritual power fluctuation at the bottom of the sea, and he wondered if that special spiritual power would still appear now that the black tide was coming.

But neither Royer nor Alfonso advised Saul to stay at the bottom of the sea for a long time.

Alfonso was able to stay mainly because the Ruling Court had prepared a concealment spell formation for him. As long as he stayed in this spell formation, he could enjoy the shelter of the defense spell formation and didn’t have to expend his own energy to deal with the black tide pollution in the sea water.

However, this concealment spell formation could only take effect on one person.

There was still a big battle ahead, so naturally, Royer couldn’t let Saul, the laborer who had taken the initiative to send him to the door, use his energy in other unnecessary places.

Back on the surface of the sea, Saul could already feel the spiritual energy belonging to Alfonso at the bottom of the sea. It seemed that the concealment spell formation was designed for monsters in the sea, and was not completely hidden from sorcerers like Saul.

From over this weak but stable spiritual force, it also allowed one to determine that everything was fine with Alfonso under the sea.

Royer and Sol returned to the shore and grabbed the time to start meditating, recovering as much magic power as possible and stabilizing their spiritual power.

By midnight, the second wave of the black tide had indeed arrived. And this time the number of monsters wrapped in the black tide was also a bit more than the first time.

It was just that the wizards on the shore were still able to cope with it, but there were also more casualties among the apprentices.

Immediately, there were other sorcerer apprentices who filled in, not daring to say anything, and continued what the victims had done before.

If anyone dared to run away from the battlefield while resisting the black tide, what awaited him would be a ruling order, the one that would not end in death.

There hadn’t been any deaths amongst the official wizards yet, but if the battle continued to rage on, it would only be a matter of time before they died.

Just about every sorcerer who faced the Black Tide understood this, yet they accepted their fate with expressionless faces and without any resistance.

The first day passed in such an intense yet eerily calm atmosphere.

By the time dawn broke, the aftermath of the second wave of the black tide had all faded away, and most of the people returned to the shore to meditate and rest, leaving only a few people to take turns monitoring the situation on the seashore.

Saul belonged to the supernumeraries, so naturally he didn’t need to take his turn. But when he finished recovering his magic power, he was still the first to return to the sea.

From the second day onwards, the scale of the black tide was bigger, and there were more incoming alienated monsters, so there could be a change of heart at any time, and Saul had to be on the front line to make sure that he wouldn’t miss a good show.

At the same time, he also glanced at the Black Flame Emperor Ai Luo in front of him.

He had barely made a move all day yesterday, having left briefly in the early morning when most people were resting, and had only just returned.

So, was the current Black Flame Emperor, still the true Black Flame Emperor?
(End of chapter)