How to become a sea witch

Returning to the frozen sea area where the research ship was located along the route, Bernice just emerged from the ice cave and saw Gabriel waiting for them here at some point.

Looking at Bernice with obvious doubts, Gabriel simply explained: "There is a positioning system on board."

Immediately afterwards, he turned his gaze to the blond boy who had just surfaced behind Bernice, stood up and saluted respectfully, "Your Majesty the Sea God."

Tiago reached out and stroked back the golden forehead hair that was still dripping, and nodded slightly to Gabriel: "How are the conditions of those humans?"

"All of them have been screened for memory, and there is no risk of exposure. After the containment procedure of the magic mirror is over, Kamchatka's leakage level will be adjusted back to level two, and it is expected to be conservatively observed for nine months."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Gabriel shook his head, as if he still wanted to say something, but stopped when he glanced over Bernice from the corner of his eye.

Thiago noticed his expression: "Is there anything else?"

He nodded slightly, and glanced at Bernice.

She immediately understood: "Ah,? I'm a little hungry, let's go find something to eat first."

This is not an excuse, because she is really hungry.

However, just as Bernice made a move, a gust of water lifted her back to the surface of the sea.

She looked at Thiago in surprise, but the other party still had that calm look, and said calmly, "Let's talk."

Seeing that he didn't intend to make Bernice avoid him at all, Gabriel pursed his lower lip and reported truthfully: "The White Queen sent a newly captured sample. After comparison, we preliminarily speculated that This sample is of the same type as the absconded body previously found by the Guard in Southampton but failed to contain."

"Where is the sample now?"

"It's in the containment room of the monitoring center."

"Are you alive?"

Gabriel recalled what he had just seen about the strange creature. His lips parted slightly, but he didn't give any answer. His eyebrows were pressed suddenly, his face was gloomy, and he felt that it was really difficult to answer this question. defined.

He tried to find a suitable adjective,? But before he could speak, Thiago seemed to understand his thoughts first, so he nodded and said, "I see. I'll go back together after I get rid of this place."

As he spoke, he glanced around and released all the mutants that were frozen in the ice.

The pale ice melted little by little on the dark blue and near-black sea, and the reactivated mutants seemed to have not recovered from the deadly low-temperature confinement just now, and their movements were slow and stiff.

After losing the control of the power of the magic mirror, these mutants are no longer threatening.Thiago removed all the curses on them with almost no effort.

Looking at those sea creatures that returned to normal and began to wag their tails and spit bubbles around Tiago in the sea water, and even rubbed against him very intimately, Bernice felt sincerely that she was still an ordinary animal. the fish

Is the best.

When you are happy, you wag your tail, and when you are unhappy, you turn your belly.Except for food and natural enemies, there is no need to worry or worry about anything else every day, just relax and wait for the day when your life ends.

Thinking of this, Bernice staggered her gaze, stretched out her hands and tied her sticky black long hair in her hands.When her fingertips brushed against the empty skin of her neck, she suddenly realized that the fish scales Tiago gave her were gone.

She was stunned for half a second, quickly lowered her head and looked underwater, and then recalled that the fish scale was lost in the fight with the magic mirror just now, and it was impossible to find it here.

After realizing this, Bernice instantly felt that she was a living tragedy of the century.Not to mention that the friendly image was not restored at all, and she even lost the things others gave her.

She wiped the drops of water off her face, closed her eyes, and sighed somewhat annoyed.The sounds that were too subtle were easily drowned out by the splashing of the surrounding sea water, as well as the shrill calls of various fish and whales.

Bernice wasn't even sure if she really made a sound, but Tiago still turned his head in her direction, his blue eyes glinting, "What's wrong?"

She froze in astonishment, stopped halfway through shaking her head, and finally explained the fact that the fish scale was lost.

Before Tiago could say anything, Bernice immediately added, "How about I go back and look for it? It might have fallen near the ghost ship. If I find it, I can return it to you."

After hearing the word "return", Tiago frowned slightly, but soon returned to his usual mask-like gentle appearance, with misty eyes: "No. If you lose it, you can lose it. If you want, I'll give you another one."

It's not a question of whether you want it or not, is it?

Bernice opened her mouth, feeling completely unable to understand his point.But after thinking for a few seconds, she decided that it was better not to dwell too much on this self-inflicted problem.Since the other party didn't mind, then she simply didn't mention it.

So, she swallowed the questions that had poured into her throat again, and didn't answer whether she wanted it or not, but said vaguely: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Tiago lowered his eyelashes and let out a hmm, and turned his head away from looking at her. The profile of the wet sea water was particularly handsome in his sight, and his expression was cold, as if he was not very happy.

The air suddenly became solidified and dull, especially after all the sea creatures were waved back by Thiago, only the suddenly manic waves remained on the entire sea surface, still persistently beating this embarrassingly weird Quiet.

Gabriel stood silently at the side the whole time, thinking about this "although there is nothing wrong with it, but there must be something wrong" atmosphere with a blank face, whether it was because of his own paranoia or something else.

Occasionally, when he made eye contact with Bernice, he could clearly sense that she had the same questions as himself.Too much confusion accumulated in her eyes, which settled into a kind of thick confusion that could not be concealed.

After a while, Thiago skipped the topic just now, and turned to Gabriel and said, "That's right. Later, you can send a few people from the monitoring center to the port to pick it up. I have already asked them to take The magic mirror is brought up from the ghost ship."

"Yes."

It was already late at night when we returned to the monitoring center, but the whole building was still brightly lit.At this time, nearly twenty hours had passed since they had just set off, and Bernice had hardly eaten anything, which made her physical strength almost exhausted, and even her vision was blurry.

Those bright and dazzling lights fell in her eyes, flickering like stars blown to the ground by the wind, making her dizzy.

Hold on a little longer.

She closed her eyes, reached out and pressed her forehead and kneaded it vigorously a few times, trying to force herself to cheer up, and told herself to persist just a little longer.When it's over, she can go to the sea to grab some krill or conch that she likes to eat, or salmon and saury are also good choices.

In fact, according to the habits of demons, the content of her recipe should be to absorb the spiritual consciousness of various creatures, but Bernice didn't want to do that.

It's not that she is righteous and kind, but judging from Ursula's previous state, devouring spiritual consciousness is no different from taking/drugs for demons. Once contaminated, there will never be a day of withdrawal or satisfaction.

She didn't want to be at the mercy of the demon's own hunting instinct while being controlled by the curse of the sea witch's bloodline.Therefore, Bernice has always stubbornly maintained her previous eating habits.

Although this kind of behavior is undoubtedly tantamount to self-abuse in the eyes of other demons, it is precisely because of this that she can adapt to the prison life in the Fallen Sin Garden so smoothly.Otherwise, the change in diet alone would be enough to drive her crazy all day long like other demons.

The only downside is that this ordinary food can't keep her strong for a long time, she has to eat continuously to get rid of the intense hunger that is so frightening.

Just like now.

Bernice felt so hungry that she could eat a blue whale if she didn't digest herself.

During the process of swimming back to the shore with Tiago, Bernice peeked at the various fish around her all the way, and carefully calculated her supper recipe.She was so distracted that she didn't even notice when the other party stopped. As soon as she turned her head, she slammed into the arms of the young man in front of her.

Probably the extreme confrontation between the devil and the gods was at work. When surrounded by the pure and cold breath from Tiago, Bernice struggled away almost like an electric shock, covering her hands With the tip of his nose that hurt from the bump, he looked at the other person with numbness in his scalp, and his eyes were blank: "Ah, is this the end?"

"Soon." Thiago didn't react as much as she did, but just gently stroked the place she just hit with his fingers. The thin and hazy blue pupils couldn't tell whether it was because the light in the sea was too poor or something else. "You seem to be looking around all the time, do you want to go somewhere, or are you nervous about something?"

"Oh, because I'm so hungry. So I'm just thinking about what I'm going to eat for a while." She scratched her head, giving an answer that was rare honest and weird.

Obviously Thiago has been swimming in front all the time, how would he know if she was looking around behind?

Do mermaids have eyes behind their backs?

"That's it."

His eyes flickered, and then he smiled: "Then you go first, it's getting late, take a good rest."

"Huh?" Bernice blinked, "But didn't Gabriel say that the sample had to be..."

"I'll just deal with those things, soon."

"Oh, then..."

That is to say, can we end this tormenting and uneasy relationship in advance?

Bernice suppressed the joy that surged up in her heart, and nodded decisively: "Then thank you, Your Majesty, I will find something to eat first, and see you later."

After finishing speaking, she stepped back and quickly rushed into the deep water area, as fast as if she was fleeing.

Thiago looked at the direction in which she disappeared, and the light in his eyes was gradually extinguished. The strong color fixed on the irises was like the dark blue sky after the sun faded. All the soft expressions were gathered into one at the moment Bernice turned her back. A kind of depression close to emptiness.

He remained silent on the spot for a few seconds, then quickly turned around and swam back to the surface of the sea, seeing Gabriel waiting neatly on the shore with other angels from the guard.

Seeing Thiago appearing from the sea, they all knelt down and saluted in tacit understanding: "Your Majesty the Sea God."

"Get up." He slightly raised his head to signal, twitching his fingers so that all the waves around him retreated into the sea, and the moment the ice-blue fish's tail left the water, it turned into slender legs that were no different from human beings and stepped on the beach.

The spray is pure white, and the clothes that are condensed are also spotless.

Thiago tidied up the round buttons of his cuffs, put them in his trouser pockets with one hand, and walked up the steps briskly, with long platinum hair hanging behind him, light in color, dry and soft.

He glanced at all the angels around him, and smiled faintly: "It's good that they are all here, are you not injured?"

"His Majesty Xie Mian is concerned, we are all fine."

"Okay. Go to the containment room first."

Gabriel agreed, and quickly ordered Blake and the other two angels to stay on the shore, waiting to bring back the magic mirror, and the rest of the angels followed them to the underground storage room where the samples were located.

Like the structure of the headquarters of the Ocean Research and Observation Center, the shelters of the Kamchatka branch are also divided into land and underwater, each holding creatures of different races.

As soon as he entered the basement floor, a faint rancid smell spread in his sense of smell, and the closer the closed door at the end became, the clearer it became.

Gabriel frowned and looked ahead vigilantly, with a golden glow in his palm, and the cross pendant on his chest immediately turned into a holy sword of judgment in his hand, with a sharp blade and burning holy light.

At this time, the Huanqiong Shenyu logo that was originally carved on the top of the head for lighting and early warning suddenly changed its color, and the overwhelming blood-red light and piercing warning sound came: "Samples of unknown grade have escaped from the container. The vital signs have been lost. Execute, block the connecting gates of each area, give up intercepting the sample, and destroy it directly! Repeat the command, give up intercepting the sample, and destroy it directly!"

"What?" An angel on the side couldn't believe the content of the alarm, "That sample can kill the mutants we contain in the second area? It's not just a group of remnants without intelligence and living things ?"

"Be quiet." Gabriel interrupted him with a cold and stern tone, "Something is coming this way."

After listening to his words, all the angels immediately clenched their weapons, stretched their wings defensively to watch out for every movement around them, and only Tiago remained in his original posture, looking thoughtfully at the person at the end of the passage. door.

Soon, the sound of messy collisions and various things being smashed began to approach them continuously, and finally stopped at the gate, as if they were blocked and were looking for a way to break through.

In the chaos, Thiago noticed that there was a sound like an extremely viscous liquid boiling continuously. It was very subtle, and it was easily overlooked in the sharp and noisy background noise. It sounded creepy. Trembling.

In the next second, the originally closed metal door was forcibly broken open from the middle by an external force, and a large amount of blood-red mucus poured out like a flood.

No matter in terms of color or shape, this weird slime looks very similar to fresh blood.They are extremely active. After breaking free from the barrier of the gate, they immediately cling to the wall and the ground, and frantically surrounded Tiago and the others in the corridor.

In just a few seconds, the entire corridor was covered with blood-red mucus that was constantly wriggling and eroding. It looked as if it had been swallowed into the mouth by some monster, and it was looking at the bottomless stomach inch by inch.

After sensing the breath of living creatures around, vine-like fleshy whiskers immediately grew densely from the mucus, and Gabriel quickly cut them off with his sword.Golden flames shot out from around him, and spread out in the blink of an eye, mercilessly flattening all the whiskers that tried to get close.

Although the holy light can repel these disgusting things to a certain extent, the too small space restricts their performance, and instead provides an excellent convenience for the attack of this strange creature.

Seeing that they couldn't break through Gabriel's frontal defense, they immediately invaded his rear along the ceiling, preparing to drag him into the ever-expanding blood-red swamp from behind.

However, just when those whiskers were about to touch Gabriel, they were completely frozen by the sudden surge of coldness in the air.

A large piece of pure and flawless ice whizzed away from Tiago's feet, swallowing the blood-red mucus that seemed to want to split himself to escape.Frost raged in the overly closed environment, lowering the temperature to an uneasy critical value. The lungs were frostbitten by the air that was so cold that it was almost solidified, and even breathing was tortured.

Considering that the two-winged angel cannot withstand the extreme divine power brought by the absolute freezing point for a long time, Thiago temporarily stopped the movements in his hands, turned his head to look at the already frozen angel, and gently instructed: "It will be colder here for a while. You will be injured if you stay any longer. Go outside and block it. This kind of thing will continue to split and remain aggressive. The number should be more than what we see now. When you evacuate, go to other Let’s have a look, and tell the rest of the angels in the shelter to leave together, just let Gabriel and me stay and take a look.”

After speaking, he added: "It cannot be leaked to the offshore area."

"I... obey." Angel replied tremblingly, and quickly evacuated the corridor with other companions, preparing to check the situation in other areas.

After exchanging glances with Gabriel, Thiago stepped on the layer of blood-red mucus that had been frozen to death by the ice, and walked towards the second district along the direction it was paved all the way.

The chilly ice layer centered on Thiago, covering and spreading outwards, turning the entire underground space into an ice cave.

"It seems that its destructive power is stronger than you expected at the beginning." Thiago casually glanced at the surrounding containers that had been destroyed beyond shape, and even the corpses of dead mutants, without any personal emotion evaluate to.

"This is the first time we have encountered this kind of creature. It has no specific form, nor does it respond to any spiritual tests. Even in a dormant state, it doesn't even have basic life characteristics. It seems to be no different from a dead thing. It's just that I think that since it can seriously injure the White Queen, it shouldn't be as simple as it seems."

Gabriel recalled all the details when they first came into contact with this sample, and his face was stern: "So I just ordered it to be kept in a container and let other people guard it. This time I made a mistake in judgment, please judge me .”

"You don't need to blame yourself, Gabriel, the order you gave was not wrong. If it were me, I would have made the same decision as you." Thiago comforted, not at all To blame the other party's meaning, the tone of speech is as light and warm as ever.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

For some reason, after hearing Thiago's words, while Gabriel felt a little relieved, he also subconsciously felt a subtle strangeness.He is too forgiving.

This kind of tolerance is not so much the gentleness and kindness in the nature of the mermaids, but rather a casual attitude.

It was as if, no matter how serious the accident was, in Thiago's eyes, it was just some harmless and ordinary changes, just like ordinary wind and rain.

This attitude is calm at best, and cold and heartless at worst, which has nothing to do with any superficial upbringing.

Thinking of this, Gabriel turned his eyes to the other party, trying to see his true expression, but he could only see the boy's perfectly contoured side face in a deep red light and shadow, his eyes were as silent as the deep sea, as if he contained everything but I didn't see anything.

Turning a corner again, the second district is in front of you.

Thiago stopped, looked straight ahead and reminded softly: "It seems that we are here."

Following his words, Gabriel looked forward, and saw that the entire Second District had been destroyed beyond recognition, and the ground was covered with an ominously intense dark red color, and it was hard to tell whether it was blood or something else.