Child of Calamity, demigod, madness...
Putting those three words together made Xu Ye's heart sink. This was big trouble.
He wanted nothing more than to turn around and run, but then he remembered his promise to Xia Heze to record a mermaid's singing-and it had to be a "hymn."
Should Qin Feng and I team up, take Lillian hostage, and force her to sing? Then we could toss her back into the sea like a discarded lover.
That was a good way to avoid trouble.
The only question was what Sequence Talent she possessed. She also seemed to be at Sequence 7, and they were out at sea, where she could easily escape. That would make things troublesome.
Or I could coax her into recording a song first. At worst, I'd have to make some grand promises.
Xu Ye fell silent for a while. Just as he was about to speak, Lillian gave him a strange look.
"My human friend, I regret to inform you that not every mermaid can sing a 'hymn.'"
???
"You know what I'm thinking?" Xu Ye asked, stunned.
"I don't know all your thoughts, but occasionally I can pick up on your ill intentions toward me. It's an innate ability of our mermaid race."
"At the end of the First Era, we didn't have this ability. Because we were precious and few in number, and could develop unique Sequence Talents, other creatures often hunted us."
"To survive, we could only place our faith in a deity, the Child of Calamity. It gave us protection, allowing every mermaid to possess the Sequence Talent [Malice Detection] from birth."
"That made survival much easier for us."
So that was it.
As long as he didn't think about anything malicious toward the mermaids, she wouldn't be able to sense