Chapter 184: Turmoil in the Fishing Village on the Magic Continent 6
“Today’s Cold Attack was so strange, why did it disappear so quickly?”
Three beginner wizards from Bai City Magic Academy were sitting by the fireplace in the hall with Huang Jun, the boss of the Tidal Inn.
Huang Jun glanced upstairs and replied absentmindedly, “I don’t know. Please, honored guests, rest here for a while. I’ll go upstairs to take a look.”
‘Bang——’
A loud noise came, the door opened, and an ugly-looking Fish Monster walked in step by step from outside the door.
The Fish Monster’s skin was covered in pustules, and even grayish-green pus was flowing out. Its scales were like barbs, piercing into its skin.
It walked upright on its legs, leaving deep marks on the ground with every step.
Seeing the Fish Monster entering from the door instead of coming from upstairs, Huang Jun’s face instantly turned pale. The three magic students quickly stood up, holding their magic staffs, ready for battle.
“Don’t worry, boss, we’ve got this. You hurry and find a place to hide!”
Huang Jun forced himself to calm down. He looked at the three magic apprentices with a look of anticipation on his face and said, “Then, it’s up to you three Wizard Lords!”
Luo Cheng smiled shyly, holding a magic staff in one hand and awkwardly touching his earlobe with the other, “W-we aren’t wizards yet.”
Huang Jun: “But right now, in my heart, you three are Wizard Lords. Please don’t be so modest. You are all talented young men, and you will become wizards one day. I’m just calling you that in advance. Besides, since you saved me today, in my heart, you three are no different from real wizards!”
Chao Hai, who was already arrogant, felt like a real wizard instead of a magic apprentice upon hearing Huang Jun’s words.
He waved his hand grandly, “Just watch, shopkeeper, we’ll take care of this Fish Monster right now!”
Chao Hai rushed forward first, his eyes flashing with immense confidence. He waved his magic staff, and a green light flew towards the Fish Monster.
The green light was like a bolt of lightning, striking the Fish Monster’s chest. Small sparks made a ‘sizzling’ sound on its chest.
The Fish Monster blinked, looked down, and saw the sparks jumping around like fleas, extremely annoying. Just as it was about to pat them out, Chao Hai excitedly shouted, “It’s working! Everyone, quickly use the Thunder Fire Spell to attack it!”
The Fish Monster stared blankly at the excited young man.
Chao Hai truly believed it was effective and quickly called his companions to use the Thunder Fire Spell. Huang Jun, who was preparing to ambush them, slowly lowered his hands.
‘Ah——’
A tragic scream was heard. The Fish Monster swatted Chao Hai, who had rushed up to attack it, away with one slap, then slowly patted out the sparks on its chest.
Tian Meng and Luo Cheng were startled and stumbled backward. Just as the Fish Monster was rapidly running towards them, a Fire Dragon instantly flew out, wrapped around its waist, and dragged it away.
“Father!”
Huang Jun reacted and quickly chased after it, unleashing magic arrays from both hands without hesitation, repelling Xiao Yi Fei’s Little Fire Dragon.
Luo Cheng turned his head dumbfoundedly to look at Tian Meng, “B-boss is calling who?”
Tian Meng: “It, it couldn’t be the Fish Monster, could it?”
Chao Hai: “What are you two thinking? It must be the person who just saved us. Boss is such a good person, how could he call a Fish Monster father? Idiots, hurry up and help me up. Let’s go out and see how the boss’s father subdues the Fish Monster!”
“Oh, okay!”
The three youths helped each other up and walked out.
Outside the door, Xiao Yi Fei’s Little Fire Dragon stood proudly on his shoulder.
The Fish Monster was on the ground. Huang Jun stood in front of it, “Esteemed sirs, please spare my father’s life!”
Sang Chu walked past everyone to Huang Jun and looked at the dying Fish Monster, “He’s your father? So, he’s also an experimental subject?”
Huang Jun looked up abruptly, “H-how do you know about the experiment?”
“Now I’m asking you. Tell me, how many people like him are there in your Small Fishing Village now?”
Tian Meng and the other two recognized Sang Chu. Seeing that she was accompanied by so many people and had subdued the Fish Monster, they wished they could shrink themselves, hoping she would forget about their fight for lodging.
Huang Jun collapsed on the ground, looking at Xiao Yi Fei, who had defeated him in one move, and said through gritted teeth, “Not many.”
Sang Chu smiled, “We’ve captured ten in total so far, plus your father makes eleven. And you say ‘not many’? Are you planning to feed them with passing guests, or are the other ordinary people in the Small Fishing Village also their feed?”
“So what if it is! If it weren’t for you high-and-mighty wizards, how would my father, my mother, and my aunt have ended up like this? Feeding you to them is what you deserve!”
Huang Jun roared furiously. Chao Hai was startled by his frenzied appearance, “W-what does this have to do with wizards?”
“Hahaha, what does it have to do with it? A lot.” He smiled bitterly, his eyes bloodshot, and struggled to stand up from the ground, looking at Sang Chu, “You know they are experimental subjects, right? Then how come you don’t know what this experiment is about?”
Sang Chu: “Mermaid.”
“Yes, it’s the Mermaid. One year, my uncle caught a little Mermaid while fishing. He felt sorry for it and let it go. But unexpectedly, he was tainted with the Mermaid’s aura. Coincidentally, a wizard came to our inn for lodging at that time. The wizard pretended to be friendly, found out the location where the Mermaid was caught, and after the Cold Attack, he immediately set out to sea. He didn’t expect to actually catch it.”
Sang Chu: “Was that wizard Wu Qi?”
Huang Jun glanced at her, seeming a little surprised that she knew about Wu Qi, but it didn’t matter now.
He continued, “No, that was just someone from Wu Qi’s team. After he caught the Mermaid, he dismembered her, cutting the meat into pieces and storing it in a Storage Ring. My uncle and the others didn’t know, they just thought he had caught some magical fish. After all, there are many strange creatures in the Deep Sea.”
Everyone looked at him intently, waiting for him to continue, but he stopped like a storyteller, remaining silent for a long time.
Sang Jing Wen: “He treated the Mermaid Meat as ordinary fish and fed it to your family?”
Seeing someone had said it, Huang Jun smiled bitterly and slumped to the ground, “More than that. He gave the Mermaid Meat to many people as ordinary fish. I don’t like eating fish, so I escaped. Later, later, you all saw it, my father and the others turned into Fish Monsters and were captured.”
Sang Chu: “They turned into Fish Monsters first and then were captured?”
“Yes.”
Huang Jun’s single sentence overturned all of Sang Chu’s previous deductions. If they turned into Fish Monsters first and then entered the Witch Hospital, then Wu Qi might not be the mastermind behind the Witch Hospital.
