As a hunter and adventurer at sea, Sifa had naturally heard of creatures like Mermaids. He also knew that the ritual required for a Seer to advance to Sequence 4 involved using a Mermaid.
Rumor had it that a Mermaid's song could make humans lose their minds and become crazed. There was no shortage of tales at sea about Sailors hearing Mermaid songs, jumping overboard, and ultimately becoming Mermaid food.
Unfortunately, these ones were already Zombies, and their bodies showed signs of decay. Most likely, they could no longer sing. Otherwise, Sifa would have liked to catch one or two and keep them, either for Caven's advancement to Sequence 4 or to rent out to Klein.
As for now—
Sifa naturally gave the order to eliminate them.
Marionette Levtor strode forward, the armor on his body gleaming with Dawn. Wielding a two-handed greatsword, he made a majestic horizontal sweep and chopped off the head of a Mermaid Zombie.
Weapons condensed from Dawn naturally possessed purifying effects. After the Mermaid was beheaded, Dawn seeped into its head and body, causing them to rapidly rot and hastening its death. Finally, golden flames rose up, and it died completely.
Sifa watched Levtor. He was not a true Marionettist, and this Marionette had already been in use for over two months. Levtor's strength and abilities had begun to decline.
This process would accelerate with each passing day. In roughly twenty days, the Marionette would become unusable.
Sifa felt a slight sense of regret. A Dawn Knight was extremely practical; a high-attack, high-defense Marionette was simply perfect for serving as a meat shield.
But there was nothing to be done about it. Marionettes obtained through String Puppet had a limited lifespan and were vastly inferior to those of a genuine Marionettist.
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