A Race Better Suited to the Black Tide

Faced with the flames, Hailan instinctively dodged, but Mr. Blackfish blocked every attack by himself.

When Hailan came to his senses, Mr. Blackfish's outer robe had already vanished, revealing his appearance.

Now that his face was exposed, Mr. Blackfish's lower half was no longer a black-scaled tail, but a pair of ordinary legs.

But what shocked Hailan wasn't the disappearance of the other man's tail. It was his face.

He looked exactly like the Wizard who had experimented on Mermaids.

No. Hailan shook his head, smiling bitterly to himself.

"Looked exactly like" was putting it mildly. The other man was clearly Alfonso!

And the unconscious Mermaid in Alfonso's arms was Pearl, the Mermaid Princess with the strongest bloodline among the Atavistic Mermaids!

The other Mermaids behind him couldn't see Alfonso's face because of the distance and angle, but they all recognized Pearl.

If they hadn't sensed what seemed to be an enemy before them, they would have rushed over already.

Hailan's mind, never especially sharp to begin with, descended into chaos. He couldn't understand how Mr. Blackfish, who had secretly helped them recover their spirit bodies and devised their escape plan, could have turned out to be Alfonso, a Tier 3 Wizard of the Judgment Court.

But the situation before him left Hailan no time to think.

He gritted his teeth and decided to keep trusting Mr. Blackfish.

Whatever the truth, Mr. Blackfish had been helping them all along, and they had nothing worth exploiting.

Though Alfonso had revealed his face, he wasn't panicking. He even adjusted the Mermaid in his arms, letting Pearl rest more comfortably against him.

"You're here." His voice remained low and steady, as if no one had just attacked him.

The footprints across from him gradually rose from the ground, forming a body bit by