Boiling Beast Bloodline
Chapter 1045 - 265: Mermaid Lament_2

Chapter 1045: Chapter 265: Mermaid Lament_2

"I also heard that voice," Qian Qian nodded.

"A sigh? A confession?" Liu Zhen shook thiefishly and suddenly realized there were many sacrifices behind him, so he quickly became serious, "... Um... It’s like a soul being ’coerced,’ imprisoned in a dark dungeon, emitting that kind of painful moan."

As the people who knew the boss best, the four chief eunuchs and several militia leaders almost burst out laughing on the spot. Fat Luo and O’Neal laughed loudly on purpose, and were fiercely stomped on by Madam Helen. Many sacrifices also discerned the profundity in it and struggled to hold back their laughter. Gomes, however, had thin skin and couldn’t resist, bursting into laughter.

Moer stared blankly at the blue flames on the hands of the Goddess Moni statue, her face turning red and then pale in an instant. Liu Zhen was tugged by Guoguo on his shoulder and noticed Moer’s unusual expression.

"I find it strange too, this temple has been built for at least three thousand years," Golinny said, her face flushing, "By all logic, how can the Sacred Fire burn for thousands of years? Even if fire pearls are used as fuel, it surely wouldn’t last this long! This temple has been abandoned for at least a thousand or two thousand years, hasn’t it? Without anyone adding fuel, how could the Sacred Fire possibly keep burning for so long... It’s really strange..."

"There’s nothing strange about it!" Moer’s face turned iron blue, "This blue flame emits a wintergreen scent when it burns, and there’s a strange sound when the flames roll. It’s clearly refined from the fat of mermaids, extracted and brewed from the body of a mermaid, enough to ensure it burns for five hundred years without going out. Just by extracting the fat from twenty mermaids, it’s not a problem to keep the Sacred Fire burning for ten thousand years."

"Mermaids?" Golinny’s beautiful eyes immediately widened in shock, clearly not quite understanding Moer’s meaning.

The sacrifices were similarly confused. Mermaids are the rulers of the Sea Clan, whose power is unquestionable. Who could go into the sea, kill a mermaid, and then extract and bring back their fat to be used as lamp oil? The difficulty of such an endeavor seemed too great, let alone twenty mermaids. If the Sea Clan were so weak, a single sea-land battle wouldn’t just eradicate an Aquatic Race from Beamon.

"I’m not talking about the Sea Clan royalty. I’m referring to ’freshwater mermaids,’ the Seia mermaids are ’ocean mermaids,’ there’s a difference between the two," Moer said in a typical Avril tone, gritting her teeth, "Many years ago, the rivers and lakes of the Aegean Continent were inhabited by a sizable number of ’freshwater mermaids,’ directly related by blood to the mermaids of the Sea Clan, belonging to the noble mermaid family."

"Lady Moer, your tone truly frightens me," the model’s chief priest Qi Dan rolled his eyelid-less eyes, looking shocked. He clearly hadn’t expected that a little butterfly beauty returning from overseas less than a year ago would know such ancient secrets, and Moer’s tone sounded almost like that of a mermaid rather than that of a Yufrey."

"’Freshwater mermaids’?" Liu Zhen thoughtfully asked, "So, the Koutao Merfolk could be considered a part of them too?"

"Go to hell, the Koutao Merfolk can at most be considered Mermaid people, they belong to mermaids, but not to mermaids," Moer said with a smile that thawed the frost of spring.

The sacrifices all stared, this overly affectionate tone and gesture, albeit characteristic of Avril’s customary behavior, aggravated some of the rumors—speaking of which, the style of the Shaman of Divine Songs, Richard, in the Bimon Kingdom was far more famous than that of the title God-King Priest.

Among the two hundred sacrifices, those fond of gossip were not in the minority; these series of soft private discussions, although spoken in hushed tones, didn’t miss a single word in reaching the ears of several individuals concerned.

"Ahem..." Seeing the sacrifices’ eyes slanting over, Helen quickly feigned a cough to remind Richard and the other sacrifices to pay attention to their image.

Moer and Liu Zhenhan rolled their eyes at the sacrifices around them who were making a big deal out of everything.

"Anyone who doesn’t understand can ask a sacrifice, and if a sacrifice doesn’t know, they can ask a prophet... Esteemed Cangqiong Prophet, Moer, your erudition truly makes me feel ashamed. Could I specifically ask about what you meant by ’freshwater mermaids’? Why are there no ’freshwater mermaids’ in the Aegean Continent nowadays?" Golinny frowned, quickly picking a topic she was interested in: "And as for what you said about extracting lamp oil from the fat of ’freshwater mermaids’ that burns for a century, how cruel that is! Did such an outrageous tragedy really happen in the Aegean Continent!?"

This topic was quite fresh, immediately grabbing the attention of many Beamon officers who were working. The discussion that had just occurred also caused the surrounding staff and officers to whisper secretly among themselves.

"Lady Golinny, the last sighting of the freshwater mermaids can probably be traced back to three thousand years ago! The cause of the freshwater mermaids’ extinction was the fanatical followers of the Moni Religion who discovered that mermaid fat could be used as fuel, which not only ensured it burned for centuries but also produced a wondrous flame when it burned—the Moni Religion is also known as the ’Sacred Fire Religion’. These followers believed that by finding the eternal Sacred Fire, they could also achieve eternal life under the protection of the Goddess Moni." Moer bit her lip hard, her face filled with suppressed anger.

"Is it your meaning to say that the extinction of ’freshwater mermaids’ in the Aegean Continent was caused by the Moni Religion..." Golinny shivered twice, unable to continue.

"At that time, the Moni Religion was an extremely popular sect, and temples dedicated to the Goddess Moni were built all over the continent. While the sea mermaids of Seia were untouchable, the ’freshwater mermaids’ living in the lakes were vulnerable. In order to perpetuate the undying Sacred Fire, there was a craze of hunting ’freshwater mermaids’ across the continent." Moer sighed, "Since the Aquatic Race was under the jurisdiction of the Bimon Kingdom, the ’freshwater mermaids’ really had no strong warriors to protect themselves. Although they were adept at water element magic, the overwhelming disadvantage in numbers and the frenetic movement of the whole populace soon led the ’freshwater mermaids’ to the end of their lives."

"But... why didn’t these ’freshwater mermaids’ escape into the ocean through the inland rivers? You know, many rivers in the Aegean Continent lead to the sea! Once they reached the sea, couldn’t they find their kin and ensure their safety?" one female sacrifice asked curiously.

"My child, the salt concentration in seawater is very high, whereas freshwater contains no salt. Whether it’s the Sea Clan or the Aquatic Race, briefly entering unfamiliar waters is not a problem, but over time, it would certainly become unbearable. It’s like how the mammoth clan can live in the icy snow without any problems, while we, dressed in fur coats, couldn’t last long in Mount Tamerlarya," Liu Zhenhan’s erudition made the female sacrifice nod in realization.

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