The number of Devil Towers vanished at a visible pace, allowing Liszt to witness all manner of devils. These devils had largely retained the forms they possessed in life.
There were devils fallen from mermaids, devils fallen from Naga, devils fallen from Fish Ugly, as well as half-human, half-crab devils, half-human, half-lobster devils, half-human, half-shark devils, and so on. All of them had been intelligent races living in the Devil Sea, subjects under the Mermaid Kingdom.
There were even devils that had fallen from sirens.
Unfortunately, after the Devil Sea had been contaminated by the Curse Dragon, not a single race escaped; all had turned into devils. The sea's natural purifying power had, over countless millennia, restored life to the Devil Sea, and all kinds of marine creatures had multiplied anew. Yet the devils had gathered into towers, resisting nature's cleansing.
Until Liszt led his people and wiped them completely from the sea.
"The sea truly is vast. Three months have already passed, and we've only cleared devils from a third of the Devil Sea." Riding upon Water Dragon Walter's back, Liszt sighed with feeling. "I've seen no fewer than four Leviathan whale falls alone. That shows just how prosperous the Devil Sea once was."
Leviathans were giant beasts of the ocean. They seemed to be extinct now, leaving only their corpses to slowly sink to the seabed, their nutrients nourishing the barren sea contaminated by devils.
Compared with the waters near the coast, the Devil Sea still had far, far too few living creatures.
"Once the devils are purified, the sea will one day regain its former splendor and diversity. But the Mermaid Kingdom's wise rule will never return." Grand Duke Etenia sighed softly. She was the eldest mermaid. Though she had been born in the polluted sea, she