The creatures in Black Lake were actually supposed to be called merpeople, scientifically speaking.
It was just that they were too ugly, nothing like the mermaids in fairy tales. With their sharp teeth and bulging eyes, they only reminded Su Ming of those monsters in Azeroth that went "Wawuuuu," so he had always called them Murlocs.
Hermione had simply been led astray by him and used the same term. If they said it to other wizards, they would only be baffled. It counted as a private code between master and student.
Though he had gotten their name wrong, she had not mistaken what she saw. Around a hundred meters ahead of them, there was a peculiar forest of red algae on the lakebed, where several Murlocs seemed to be hunting.
Whether merpeople or Murlocs, they had to eat. They mainly fed on fish, but unlike humans or wizards, they liked foul-smelling food, much like the bait fish enjoyed but most people could not stand.
Su Ming did not fish, but he knew some fishing enthusiasts. He had heard that some fish liked rotten, fishy bait, and if it did not stink enough, they would not bite.
Apparently, Murlocs were much the same in that regard. An evil smile appeared on Su Ming's face. He gently opened the gift box in his hand, then used The Force to manipulate the water and send it forward.
The black gift box was inconspicuous in the lake water. In the blink of an eye, it arrived above the group of Murlocs. Deathstroke placed a finger to his lips in a shushing gesture, signaling his student not to speak and to wait and see.
The Murlocs were not surprised when something obviously belonging to humans fell from above. After all, Hogwarts students often threw things