Synthetic Wizard - Chapter 359 - 218: The Abandoned Siren Sea Demon (Part 2)
“Attack, finish this early, and return to make our report to the teacher.” Sherman said.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
They had been in Rainbow Sea for nearly four years, and they also wanted to settle things here quickly and return to Starlight Academy.
This battle is the navy fleet’s debut; as long as the new fleet shows enough combat ability, proving Star Alliance has the power to dominate the seas, their mission here will be complete.
As the order to start the battle was passed on, the metallic outer wall of the magic ship suddenly lit up. The light expanded, turning into a very faint light shield, covering the huge ship.
From afar, all the ships of the flotilla seemed to be wrapped in gigantic bubbles.
In the next moment, these bubbles broke the sea surface and sank underwater.
The heavy water pressure came from all sides, but it only slightly distorted the light shield, unable to break through this layer of defense.
Hundreds of magic ships slowly sailed and submerged into the sea.
Soon, a cluster of undulating buildings appeared in sight.
Many Siren Sea Demons wielded tridents, gathered in front of Coral City, pale-faced as they looked at the dense mass of looming figures before them, fear unconcealed in their eyes.
They never imagined there could be ships capable of diving into the sea!
The ocean they relied on as a shield could no longer stop this human invasion.
Seeing the magic ships spread out, surrounding the entire Coral City, despair began to appear in the eyes of many Siren Sea Demons.
At this moment, a silhouette suddenly stepped forward, swimming towards the magic ship.
“Chief!”
Seeing clearly the figure, the Siren Sea Demons were shocked.
A few who seemed to be high-ranking among the Siren Sea Demons instinctively wanted to follow, but Aida stopped them with a hand gesture.
Watching from afar, Sherman was curious about what this Siren Sea Demon chief wanted to do and ordered the magic ship to hold fire for the time being.
Aida went straight to the front of the largest magic ship, opened her mouth, and the unique, beautiful sound of the Siren Sea Demons echoed far across the sea.
“The leader of Star Alliance, please come out to meet me!”
“What is she planning to do?” Fleming frowned in confusion.
Everyone was similarly puzzled, their eyes uniformly turned to Sherman and Cole.
Although Andrea was the official leader of Star Alliance in Rainbow Bay, Sherman and Cole actually held the highest status.
Sherman glanced at Cole and seeing he had no intention of coming forward, leapt down from the deck.
“I’ll go talk to her.”
He manipulated Water Element Energy Particles to create a waterless space around him and quickly approached Aida.
“Chief of the Siren Sea Demons, what do you have to say?”
Aida looked Sherman up and down, seemingly surprised at his youth, hesitated, and said, “Can you decide for Star Alliance?”
“Within Rainbow Bay, as long as the demands aren’t excessive, I can make decisions.”
Sherman had a faint inkling of her intention.
Sure enough, Aida spoke with a low tone, “As long as Star Alliance can guarantee the safety of our people and not harm any of them, we can surrender.”
Sherman smiled slightly, “Of course, as long as you don’t resist, we don’t want unnecessary casualties either.”
Seeing Sherman agree, Aida breathed a sigh of relief, her feelings very complicated.
Being abandoned by Mi Xia, the Siren Sea Demon clan simply couldn’t resist Star Alliance’s power, surrender was their only option.
The anticipated great battle did not happen, saving a lot of effort.
Arranging the Siren Sea Demon’s affairs was left to Andrea. Sherman and others took Aida, traveled on a Level 1 Magic Ship back to Rainbow Bay, and then swiftly teleported back to Dragon Forest.
Half an hour later, Aida met the true master of Star Alliance in the reception room.
“Sit.”
Sunan pointed to the sofa opposite.
Aida sat on the sofa somewhat nervously.
On the way here, Sherman had told her his mentor, the master of Star Alliance, wanted to meet her.
But upon meeting him in person, Aida’s innate keen perception felt an overwhelming pressure from him.
What further puzzled her was that this pressure seemed somewhat similar to Mi Xia.
“The Siren Sea Demon clan, have you really been blessed by a Divine Spirit?” Sunan went straight to the point.
Aida hesitated for a moment, shook her head, “I’m not sure now.”
Before Star Alliance’s fleet arrived, she believed profoundly in Mi Xia, trusting Mi Xia was the legendary Divine Spirit, the gospel of her Siren Sea Demon clan.
But a Divine Spirit should be omnipotent.
A ’Divine Spirit’ who unhesitatingly abandons their followers during a crisis, is that truly a Divine Spirit?
Aida’s heart at this moment was full of confusion and puzzlement.
Sunan caught the changes in Aida’s expression, and connecting it to the Siren Sea Demon’s surrender, he quickly guessed the truth behind the matter, revealing a meaningful smile.
“Looks like you’ve been abandoned by that Divine Spirit.”
Before Aida’s expression turned ugly, he quickly changed the subject.
“Tell me about your encounter with that Divine Spirit.”
Aida sighed and began to speak softly.
The appearance of that Divine Spirit dates back fifty years.
During a great battle with the Deep Sea Naga, the opponent suddenly intervened, conjuring waves and storms, overpowered the Deep Sea Naga, allowing the nearly defeated Siren Sea Demons to survive and then turn the tables.
When Aida sincerely expressed gratitude and asked for the opponent’s name, the other claimed to be the Ocean Goddess, having been sealed thousands of years ago and only recently revived.
Since before her sealing, the Siren Sea Demons were her followers, after awakening and seeing the Siren Sea Demons about to be massacred by the Deep Sea Naga, she intervened to help.
Hearing this, Sunan immediately concluded the so-called Ocean Goddess was definitely a falsehood.
Not to mention that Ocean Goddess had never appeared on the Starlight Continent, even if it did, it would surely have been captured by Wizards from other realms.
If it were the latter, Wizards would never have left such a valuable resource on the Starlight Continent when they departed thousands of years ago.
Even in the unlikely event such a thing occurred, that a Ocean Goddess was sealed on Starlight Continent, without followers’ faith offerings, unable to absorb faith power, how did she restore her strength and wake up?
Absorbing from other realms?
That’s even less possible; the Starlight Continent is still under dimensional lockdown.
Thoughts raced through Sunan’s mind, but outwardly he showed no emotion, continuing to listen to Aida’s story.
At first, Aida was also skeptical.
But with the ’Ocean Goddess’ teaching the Siren Sea Demons exquisite combat techniques, helping them master stronger Illusion Techniques, and teaching them many rare plant cultivation methods, Aida’s doubts gradually faded, eventually accepted the claim that she was the true Ocean Goddess, offering her devout faith.
After this, the ’Ocean Goddess’ sent down an oracle, asking them to collect the Sea Hearts, claiming that if she obtained enough Sea Hearts, she could descend in a saintly form, leading the Siren Sea Demons to dominate the Rainbow Sea.
“Collecting Sea Hearts, huh…”
A thoughtful expression crossed Sunan’s face.
Sea Hearts are extremely rare materials, usable for creating magical items or some valuable potions, like Water Element Potions.
The latter are precious potions many Wizards use for element transformation.
Beyond this, he knew no more uses for Sea Hearts nor understood the so-called ’Ocean Goddess’s’ purpose in collecting them.
“So, you’ve never seen the true appearance of the other party?”
“No.” Aida shook her head, “Mi Xia… she said she had just awakened, her power at its nadir, only able to stay conscious for a short time each year, thus arranging an annual meeting day, and at each meeting, she appeared before me in book form.”
