762. Accelerating Mist

After the survivors of the Archipelago followed Sophia to the mainland, Silver Sand, the largest island in the Archipelago, was returned to nature and became a truly uninhabited island.

Vines climbed the stone walls and burrowed through cracks in the window frames into rooms that had once been piled high with shackles.

Lizards basked in the sun on the deserted square, insects built nests beneath the ruined eaves, and branches and leaves squeezed out of every crevice, slowly swallowing the brick, stone, and timber frames.

Life on the island had never been so lush.

One morning, a thick fog surged in from the sea. It rolled over the reefs, over the beach, and wrapped the entire island in gray-white silence.

After that, the island never appeared beneath the sunlight again.

At the entrance to the Tidal Sanctuary, in the temporary mermaid camp.

"Right now, there are two options. One is to cut off your fish tail, then have Puji mold you two legs so you can go ashore. Though you still won't be able to stay long."

"As for the other, we can fill Fatty Puji with water, embed a piece of transparent glass in its belly, and then you can control Puji and go wherever you want. You'd just have to change the water inside every two days."

"Lastly, there's also Puji transformation... fuck!"

Linden, who had been designing plans for the Mermaid Empress Sephiria to chase after her husband, immediately sensed the change in the mist at the edge of the distant Fungal Carpet. The mist had been shrinking inward before too, but the distance it advanced each time had not been much, like a person doing frog jumps. This time was different. The damn mist had started a hundred-meter sprint, carrying quite the momentum of the Human-Demon