The three of them were stunned.
There were actually more than a dozen wooden crates like this on the tiny deck. The other crates were all covered with cloth, but the cloth on this one had just been pulled away by that dragon.
"What are these?"
"Mermaids."
"Mermaids? So are they people or fish?"
Da Da's head was full of question marks.
"Didn't you see? Their upper bodies are human, and their lower bodies are fish."
Chi Xiu looked at the Mermaid in the crate. She looked like a girl of sixteen or seventeen, very young, though he had no idea how long mermaids lived.
"Are they going to eat these mermaids?"
Xiao Xiao asked.
"Probably. That dragon said sunning them would make the meat taste better."
"Her upper body is human and her lower body is fish, but she still looks really pretty. No wonder they're called mermaids."
Xiao Xiao said as she leaned against the edge of the crate. Clearly, this was her first time encountering a Mermaid.
"How about we secretly release them into the sea?"
Da Da suddenly suggested.
Chi Xiu glanced at him and frowned. "Don't make trouble. We don't know whether these mermaids are hostile toward us. It'd be a huge loss if we ended up getting ourselves killed. Let's get to Dragon City safely first."
Hearing Chi Xiu reject him again, Da Da secretly rolled his eyes.
Still, he did not act on his own this time. What Chi Xiu said made sense, and he had to protect his sister.
The three sat back down against the crates, facing the sea as the ocean breeze blew over them. No one knew what the others were thinking.
Naturally, Chi Xiu was thinking about how to pass this God Trial. Once they reached Dragon City,