741. The Resigned Mermaid

The little mermaid who had brought Norris over had already fled into the distance in a panic.

Sword Saint Puji shielded Norris behind him, two tentacles sweeping out to weave a tight net of swords before him, blocking all the oncoming torrents.

"Sephiria, calm down! I really am Elwin!"

"How dare you insult me like this!" The Mermaid Empress's thoughts were filled with fury, the scales on her face lifting slightly in her agitation. "Do you think I can't tell? There isn't the slightest trace of transformation magic on you!"

"It isn't transformation magic. I was resurrected as a mushroom!" The Sword Saint had never imagined telling the truth could be this hard.

"Since you refuse to tell the truth," a cold gleam flashed through Sephiria's eyes, "I'll find it in your minds myself!"

"Sephiria, don't!" The Sword Saint tried to stop her, but the enraged Mermaid Empress would not listen at all.

Sephiria used [Charm Voice] with all her strength.

Yet the moment her song rose, [Sword Heart] was triggered, and a sharp sword light slashed through the depths of the Mermaid Empress's consciousness.

Sephiria was struck as if by a Heavy Strike, and her song turned into a shrill scream.

She clutched her head with both hands and rolled in agony through the water. Her long hair tangled around her arms, and the controlled currents, losing their support, scattered with a splash into strings of bubbles.

The mental wound caused by Sword Heart's counterattack made her emotions collapse, and her voice shook with choked sobs. "Why—why did you have to use him to deceive me! We already have no future—the monster will eat everything in the sea! I only—I only wanted, at the very end—to see that bastard again—"

"The Empress!"

"Protect the Empress!"

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