"Buzz buzz..."
Dick's sight was firmly fixed on the ground. Among the scattered fragments, the coral slurry staff was slowly rising automatically and suspended in mid-air, with a dazzling white light emitting from its entire body.
In the dim white light, a shadow gradually appeared, and then slowly solidified - it was a woman.
To be precise, the woman is half human and half snake, and the white halo is like a high-precision projector, clearly projecting her in front of Dick's eyes.
A pair of deep green eyes, those eyes seemed to contain endless magic power, any creature would be involuntarily immersed in it as long as it looked at her.
It's not that her fatal beauty is unattractive, but the magic power contained in these eyes is too powerful and can easily capture people's hearts.
Key parts of the upper body were covered by a hazy halo, and the snake scales on the lower body glowed with the luster of mother-of-pearl, entwining a long turquoise tail.
This long tail not only does not have the unique fear of cold-blooded animals, but also adds a bit of elegance and dignity to her.
What surprised Dick the most was that there was no hair on her head like ordinary people, instead there were countless small, twisting snakes.
Even though this creature is breathtakingly beautiful, the strange way it appears at this moment must be inextricably linked to the high priest.
Dick quickly crossed his swords and assumed a vigilant defensive posture.
"There is no need to be nervous, Demon Hunter, I am Medusa, the high priest of the deep sea." Her voice was soft and kind, and the snake's tail swam to draw an arc in the water-like halo.
"Are you the high priest? You and the monster I just killed are both high priests. Is the identity of high priest so common nowadays?"
A faint forced smile appeared on Medusa's face,
"He is not the real high priest, but my priest Chris.
Because I made an unforgivable mistake, I used magic to trap him in the deep sea magic circle.
Unexpectedly, the violent fluctuations of elemental magic power on the mainland recently caused him to be projected here from a different space.
While I was tracking him, I vaguely noticed that his life breath was quickly dissipating, and then the magic circle was completely broken, and my projection also tracked here.
Strictly speaking, I can be considered as saving your life."
Dick's expression gradually relaxed, and he was keenly aware that the woman in front of him had no ill intentions towards him.
"Do you know what your priest has done in our human world? A dozen innocent civilians died tragically in his hands. How should this blood debt be settled?"
"Demon hunter, I know this profession on your continent.
Although I was born deep under the sea, I have also read a lot of human books and understand many things in the human world.
This matter is indeed our fault and caused by my negligence.
As compensation, I would like to give you the treasure Deep Sea Clan, which should be regarded as a reward for your demon hunting operation."
She picked off a fluorescent scale from the snake scale around her neck, and the colorful scale shot directly into Dick's chest.
Dick instinctively wanted to dodge, but at this moment he found a new prompt appearing on his body panel.
Talent: [Underwater Breathing], you can breathe freely in water.
Seeing Dick looking surprised, Medusa showed a gentle smile.
"This is a bit of sincerity on my part. Is this still satisfactory?
Strictly speaking, you have completed the commission, and the ability I gave you is an additional gain."
Dick rolled his eyes, smiled on his face, and stroked his chest as a courtesy:
"Dear Medusa, my name is Dick. With your generous help, you must have something you want to entrust to me, right?"
"You are very smart, Dick." Medusa's eyes flashed, "I hope you can help me find someone."
"But it doesn't matter. As long as it's something within my ability, I will do my best." Dick solemnly responded.
"Don't worry, just look for it in your free time.
If you really can't spare the time, I will launch Deep Sea Clan to search for it on land."
Dick nodded solemnly, "If I have time, I will do my best to help you complete this matter."
"It's like this, the king of our Deep Sea Clan is called Siren, which is the mermaid popular among you humans.
Now there are two members of the Siren Royal Family. The sister among them, alas, that child, actually fell in love with a leader of the human world.
Five years ago, she drank the potion prepared by our priest and turned the fish tail into legs, but now her whereabouts are unknown.
I need you to help me find out more information about her.
The name of this Siren Royal Family is Nazi, and the leader who falls in love with her is called Red Hair."
"Red Hair?" Dick's mind recalled the rumors of drinking and chatting with the golden dragon Leofu, "Does this Red Hair like to persuade others to stop fighting?"
"You know him?
Then the matter will be much easier to handle.
In view of the agreement Deep-Sea World made with the human world, I cannot easily show up in the human world."
"Then if I find her, how should I contact you?"
"When the time comes, Nazi will find a way."
"Then what if I fail to find her?" Dick asked.
The air fell into a brief silence. After a moment, Medusa slowly spoke:
"Witcher, if you fail to find her, there is no need to contact me again.
I will treat her as missing and let her story stay in the sea fog in front of Dawn.
Now, I'm going to teleport you to the lake outside."
"Wait." Dick hurriedly stretched out his hand, tentatively holding the coral staff left by the priest in his hand. A cold tremor came from the staff, and Dick felt like he was holding a hibernating snake.
"Are you interested in this relic? I originally planned to take it back and give it to my brother, who is a priest."
"Hey, my partner is a warlock. Recently, the Flames element in her body has gone out of control. I thought this staff, which can control water flow, might help her suppress the restlessness in her body."
"This staff is exclusively for deep-sea sacrifices. It will be useless if you take it."
Dick let go.
"But...Flames went berserk?" Medusa's eyes were filled with light, and his entire pupils instantly turned white, and star pattern-like patterns appeared on the scales on his forehead, as if he was performing some kind of complex calculation.
After a few breaths, she suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blue blood, and a trace of panic appeared on her originally easy-going face.
The shadow of blood quickly dispersed in the air and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
"I wanted to calculate your partner's physical condition for you, but I didn't expect... Sorry, this matter is beyond my ability." Medusa sighed softly.
"Ms. Medusa, you have done enough." Dick frowned and unconsciously rubbed the anti-slip pattern on the sword hilt.
Even the legendary creature in front of her couldn't help Xiya. It seemed that her physical condition was far worse than she imagined.
"That's it, we will meet again in the future, Dick."
Medusa's words and phantom also disappeared.
In an instant, Dick's eyes flashed with white light.
When he opened his eyes again, biting cold hit him from all directions, the smooth touch of water plants came to his fingertips, and the surroundings were dark.
There was a dull crashing sound from below, and the luminous moss on the altar pillars was extinguishing in pieces - the place of evil rituals of sacrifice was gradually dissipating.
"I'm coming out."
He noticed that the boots he had lost before were back under his feet, and Dick began to slowly swim upward at the bottom of Great Inland Lake. During the swimming process, he tried to open his mouth but only tasted the fishy lake water.
"Gulu gulu."
The cold lake water stung his lungs, and he stopped breathing quickly:
It seems that Underwater Breathing is not that simple.
Then, he discovered a strange phenomenon:
Tiny bubbles kept coming out from under the light armor, but his lungs did not feel dull at all.
"Huh?"
Dick opened his armor in the lake and was surprised to find fine silver streaks on the skin under his ribs where it came into contact with the water.
In an instant, he understood the principle of Underwater Breathing:
It turns out that oxygen penetrates into the blood vessels through these magic lines and is directly supplied to the body.
In this way, although I can't swim freely like a fish in the water, at least I won't suffocate due to lack of oxygen.