Etenia, Marquis of the Great West, was the eldest of the mermaids. Before the mermaids had even completed their circumnavigation voyage, she had returned to the Flame Kingdom with the sea elves they had discovered.
"Your Majesty, I'm deeply sorry for taking so long and delaying your plans for the Flame Kingdom's maritime development." The moment she met Liszt in Mermaid City, she expressed her apology. Clearly, she knew Liszt had been quite dissatisfied with the mermaids' long absence.
One did not strike a smiling face, and besides, mermaids were not knights.
Liszt did not choose to rebuke these mermaids for failing to strictly follow the knightly system and become utterly loyal followers. Thus, he nodded. "You've had a hard journey, Marquis Etenia. Are the other mermaids well?"
"Thank you for Your Majesty's concern. They live very well in the sea; countless treasures of the ocean attract them. However, they will soon finish surveying and mapping the coastline of the Legendary Continent, then return to the Flame Kingdom to help Your Majesty develop the ocean... We have never forgotten about purifying the Devil Sea."
"Purifying the Devil Sea will certainly be carried out. Once the time is right, I will personally oversee it." Liszt was equally curious about the Mafa Continent on the other side of the Devil Sea.
But one had to eat one bite at a time.
He asked, "Where are the sea elves you brought back?"
"They are all here."
At Etenia's call, a large crowd of elves swarmed over. Most were Elf Bugs, along with more than a dozen Little Elves and two Great Elves. These elves had all contracted with Etenia—Liszt himself had no intention of contracting aquatic elves, and it was more convenient to leave them to the mermaids.
"What kinds of elves are