"Tide Surge? Wasn't that Aberrant Species activity triggered by astronomical tides? Nick had that kind of ability?" Ronan was somewhat surprised, firing off three questions in a row.
Blood Demon shrugged. "Same table of dishes—just change the menu a little. After all, in the current ocean environment, aside from Poseidon, no one knows Marine Aberrant Species better than him. And he has that partner, 'Water Tank'..."
The so-called "Water Tank" was likewise listed in the Extraordinary Species Card Deck, bearing the Diamond 4 card. Rumor had it that he came from the Wilderness and shared a "symbiotic" relationship with Nick, possessing a peculiar Life Link-type buff:
As long as one of them did not die, the other would survive no matter what.
Those two Extraordinary Species never appeared at the same place at the same time. One stayed in the light while the other hid in the shadows, appearing and vanishing in turns. They gave everyone a genuine headache.
Ronan did not know exactly how Nick and Water Tank's "symbiotic buff" worked. But considering Nick's bizarre symbiotic state with the aberrant fish schools, it was not hard to imagine something along those lines.
"Would this count as coercive kidnapping?"
Ronan knew very well how much pressure the annual Tide Surge placed on coastal cities like Xia City. That was under the premise that the Aberrant Species populations in the surrounding waters had already been nearly wiped clean.
If the environment was already harsh, and Nick decided to add a little something extra...
How had the military not already killed Nick with a round of saturation nuclear strikes after a stunt like this?
"A few years ago, there was a period when things were that simple and brutal. It also ruined his reputation across the Four Oceans. But times have changed.