It was a long and difficult night. Not only could the people in the hall not sleep, but the people in the room could not sleep either. Everyone was afraid of taking responsibility, but they could not leave the inn before dawn. As soon as dawn came, the people from the mayor's office would come to investigate. At that time, everyone would probably be controlled and investigated one by one.
In fact, Du Feng could not sleep either. He was not worried about being investigated, but worried that this matter would not be solved well. He was also afraid that the girl would be silenced. Because the inn owner was too suspicious, and those who could open an inn in Sea City had more or less some connections in the mayor's office.
At this time, in the sea outside the northern city wall, a group of merpeople had gathered. They were anxiously waiting for news. Because their companion had entered the city and had not come out yet. In theory, there was a curfew after midnight, so he could sneak out when there was no one on the streets and bring the human woman here.
"What's going on? I can't get in touch with Old Six."
The merpeople were not simple fish. They were as intelligent as humans. Not only were they intelligent, but they also had organizational discipline. They could cooperate with each other to complete a mission, and they could also sacrifice themselves for the benefit of the group. In some ways, they were more powerful than humans.
"Something might have happened to him. Let's be careful."
There were not many merpeople in this group, less than twenty. Each of them held a fork in their hand and waited. In order to maintain the advantage of fighting in the water, their lower bodies were still in the shape of fish. The upper bodies also retained the head and arms of humans, but the torso was still in the shape of a fish. Because the cylindrical body was good for swimming in the water, and the scales could also play a protective role.
"Someone seems to be coming!"
The merpeople noticed a black shadow approaching and immediately became alert. After all, they had sneaked in. If it had been during the day, they would have been destroyed.
"Don't be afraid. It's probably our mole."
To be able to arrange for the merpeople to sneak into Sea City and dare to bring the human girl out, there must be a mole. They guessed that it was the mole who had come to report about Old Six. Because communication through a voice transmission talisman could be monitored.
The person who came was dressed in black and covered his face with a black veil. However, there was a red bell tied to his ankle that could make a strange sound. This sound could not be heard by normal humans. Only merpeople could hear it. As soon as they heard this sound, they knew that the mole had arrived.
"What's going on? Where's my sixth brother?"
The Fishman leading the team saw the spy coming and immediately asked about Old Six. If he didn't come out for such a long time, something might have happened.
"Your sixth brother has been captured and is currently being held in an inn."
The voice of this spy was very low, but the merpeople could hear it clearly.
"What? Didn't you agree to cooperate? Why don't you just let him go during the chaos?"
"That's right. The law enforcers don't act at night. Why don't you let him go?"
The murloc's doubts were reasonable. In fact, as long as the law enforcers were not present, the inn could completely take advantage of the chaos to let Old Sixth go. But the problem was that the person who caught him was Du Feng, and Du Feng had also caused a commotion among the guests of the inn. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, it was impossible for them to let him go.
"You mean to …"
The Murloc Captain understood what he meant. He wanted to kill Old Six to silence him. Because he knew too much, he would expose the secrets of the merfolk and certain people in Ocean City.
"What? You want to kill my sixth brother? Absolutely not."
There was a merfolk in the team, who was Old Six's brother. When he heard that his brother was going to be killed, of course he didn't agree.
"No, I want to go in and save him. Lead the way for me."
It wasn't that easy for the merfolk to enter Ocean City. They needed someone to cover them. Otherwise, once they entered the range of the city walls, the alarm would be triggered immediately. Then a storm of arrows would be shot from the watchtower, guaranteed to turn him into a hornet's nest. If he wanted to enter the spatial magic treasure of the Ocean City residents, then it would be fine if this person brought him in.
"No, the boss said that if you go in, it will make things worse."
The man in black was neither fast nor slow, and his voice was still very low. What he said made sense. If the merfolk wantonly entered Ocean City, it would only make things worse. At that time, it would attract the attention of the City Lord's Mansion, and it would be impossible to cover it up.
"Then what should we do? We can't just watch my sixth brother die."
The Murloc Captain was really a little anxious. Of course, he was considering the interests of the merfolk. After all, the boss who cooperated with them had received a lot of benefits from them. They couldn't just ignore it like that.
"Don't worry, the boss said that to avoid future trouble, he told us to kill all of you."
When the man in black said this, he was still very calm. When the merfolk heard this, they didn't react for a moment, thinking that there was a good solution.
"What did you say?"
The Murloc Captain was still a little uncertain, so he asked again.
"I said that killing all of you can avoid future trouble."
The man in black used a low voice and slowly said it again. Every word that came out of his mouth was like a knife inserted into the merfolk's heart.
No, there really was a knife inserted into the merfolk's heart. The Murloc Captain, the first person was killed. Then it was the two team members who were closest to him, and then the ones who were further away. The man in black moved extremely fast, so fast that his shadow couldn't be seen in the night.
"Run!"
When the remaining merfolk saw that the situation was not good, they hurriedly ran into the sea. They weren't a match for the man in black at all. Only by jumping into the deep sea would they have a chance of survival. Unfortunately, they were too naive. Before they could swim far, they were caught by a flying hook. There was a rope behind the flying hook, and it directly pulled them ashore. One stab at the heart, all of them were killed cleanly.
The merfolk weren't gods, so they couldn't be resurrected in the divine pagoda. Moreover, their souls were also very weak, much weaker than humans. This was the difference between beasts, demons, and humans. Although the bodies of humans were slightly weaker, their souls were very strong, so the chances of resurrection were also very high.
In comparison, among the gods of the same level, the souls of demon gods were slightly weaker, but they were still much stronger than demon beasts. After all, they had cultivated a human form.
It was the same situation in the sea. The merfolk's souls were slightly stronger than the sea beasts, but they were far weaker than humans and members of the primordial gods. The man in black didn't need to harvest their souls at all, because it was too close to Haicheng. The merfolk's souls lost the support of their bodies and were directly absorbed by the city walls. Like a super large sponge absorbing water, it absorbed cleanly without leaving a trace.
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