Pirate Kingship-Chapter 626 - 445: I’ll Keep Your Secret for a Lifetime (6300 in One)_2
So, I have to figure out a way to make Saranthe fall in love with the dark mermaid who visits him. And those followers of my father-in-law, the Priests, they must be saved as well.
Let me think... I've got it!
Aboard The Golden Deer, Byron withdrew his gaze and immediately turned excitedly to Succubus Therese:
"Miss Theres, could you give me some of your... female pregnancy hormones?"
The Succubus extended her pink tongue, licked the corner of her lips, her eyes as captivating as the warm waters of spring:
"Your Highness, I wouldn't mind providing them to you in various ways, but are you sure you want them here?"
As she spoke, she also glanced over at Violet, who was standing beside them.
Byron immediately realized his faux pas and, with a strong sense of self-preservation, hastily added:
"Ahem, I mean the fish hormones produced by you, a Succubus."
He then repeated his plan to them.
Everyone trapped in this Secret Realm was continually transforming. It had yet to be confirmed whether the Material World was sliding into the Primordial Ocean, but it was unquestionable that this group was sliding towards Beastliness.
Their every code of conduct was transitioning from human to that of fish and various other marine creatures.
Humans express love in human ways; beasts naturally have their own methods.
Anyone who has studied biology knows that when a female fish releases pregnancy hormones into the water, it can attract male fish and promote the secretion of gonadotropin from their pituitary glands to accelerate their development and maturity.
So, once the 'sea king' is overwhelmed by his Beastliness, a combination of fish hormones and Succubus fluid will guarantee he obediently follows the dark mermaid.
As for whether this cousin from my mother's side will come seeking vengeance when he wakes up? He can't defeat me anyway; it's a trivial matter.
After preparing the tactics, Byron waited with The Golden Deer in the icy wilderness for a full two days.
It wasn't until the messages in bottles became increasingly scarce, with none seen for half a day, that he felt the timing was almost right. He then created another identical dark mermaid, equipped her with the secret weapon, and sent her down.
He also brought along the Number 13 Crystal Skull, 'Goddess of Suicide,' which he had just obtained.
Both items were crucial.
During their second encounter with his cousin Sarant Tudor, the latter's form had become even more distorted, resembling more and more an abomination that crawled out from the Deep Sea.
His fish head was more swollen, and his body haphazardly sprouted human hands and fins; his two furry thighs had transformed into two separate fish tails.
Even a radiation fish couldn't grow so arbitrarily.
The dark mermaid did nothing but stand at the end of the corridor, pour the liquid from the glass bottle onto herself, and let the hormones fully evaporate.
She waited a short while.
CRASH!
With a loud noise, the other party burst through the door and chased after the dark mermaid.
His bloodshot fish eyes were filled with fury, his nostrils and gills heaved like bellows, and as if he wanted to devour her, he kept roaring:
"Beauty! Beauty!...
Come with me to continue our Species... have little fish, have little fish..."
If this isn't "falling in love," then what is? The plan worked!
The dark mermaid wore the Miracle high heels, 'Dancer of the Whims,' on her feet. Under the direction of Byron, who knew the terrain like the back of his hand, she dashed through, specifically aiming for the places where the followers and Priests were.
This Miracle item originally belonged to 'Conqueror' Cortes.
Wearing these shoes allowed her to dance freely on any terrain's stage—not limited to leaves, treetops, the surface of the water... or even knife edges.
A fish monster on land could never catch such a target.
In the castle, every obstructing presence was utterly smashed into a bloody mess and Blood Mist by the frenzied Sarant.
But the Crystal Skull on the dark mermaid lit up, promptly collecting the soul and a drop of blood from each casualty.
They were all part of this huge Secret Realm. Within the Secret Realm, there were no exploitable rules to logically save everyone who had been severely tainted.
But Byron had a way to cheat the system.
The Number 13 Crystal Skull, 'Goddess of Suicide,' could shelter the souls of the dead, temporarily fixing them between life and death.
If a perfectly fitting new body could be quickly prepared for them and their souls inserted, they would become complete living people.
POP!
Some fifteen minutes later, the dark mermaid running in front successfully broke out of the Secret Realm, 'The Little Mermaid's Dream of Bubbles,' and reverted to her half-human, half-fish Mermaid form.
Sarant Tudor followed close behind.
As soon as he left the Secret Realm, Little Snail, who had been lying in ambush, immediately lunged forward with dozens of tentacles, wrapping him up tightly.
He was thrown onto the deck of The Golden Deer. Byron immediately held out a cup of the 'Panacea,' prepared in advance, and poured it down Sarant's throat.
Of course, the eternal life property of Byron's own Panacea was effective only for him.
It was a byproduct of the complete digestion of the 'Ritual: Crimson Holy Grail' series of prerequisites.
Unlike a certain monk's flesh, where merely consuming a piece could grant others eternal life, his Panacea could greatly extend others' lifespans and eliminate transformations and side effects.
Apart from Catherine and Violet, who shared his lifespan, anyone else wanting immortality would have to replicate the 'Ritual: Crimson Holy Grail' once themselves.
GASP... GASP...
The fish-monster form of Sarant Tudor lay on the deck, panting heavily, gradually shedding his fish-like features and reverting to human form.
