Chapter 803 – 794 Warna, the Underwater City
Hwanin could not guess why the queen had called him.
Could it be that absorbing the energy generated by the wave of serenity was the problem? There seems to be no reason other than that.
Hwanin followed an elder attendant as she was about to leave her elders’ office, saw her standing in front of her door and conjured her water beads, and then walked behind her and spoke to her quietly.
“Excuse me.”
= Yes? Oh… ?!=
When she lifts her hand in the arms of the princess, she is startled and opens her eyes wide and looks at her phantom.
Although I don’t know in detail about the culture or customs of the Harin tribe, I rarely see men, and it was an action that came out of my confidence that I would not be called a rude person with a little confidence that comes from my status and position.
Of course, it also includes a ploy to build favor with the elder Sijahan by doing some tricks.
When I looked around the elders’ office, there was no sign that he was married.
And, as expected, the elder Sija shrank in embarrassment to the extent that his chest shuddered, but he did not show any sign of displeasure or dissatisfaction.
No, rather look at his planting.
= That… Don’t you feel bad? The land people say that the scales of the Harin tribe are unpleasant. Moreover, the scars on his body…=
“They have knotholes, not eyes. The elder’s scar is a badge of fierce life. I’m fine, so don’t worry about it.”
Hearing Hwanin’s actions as he opened the door and left, he felt his heart beat slightly.
Even her younger kin are afraid of her scarred self, and Sicklelings do not even try to come close.
I never asked for anything in return for defending my people and the city… Upon meeting a man who recognized her worth like this, Shi Ja-han felt a little out of breath at the feeling of his chest constricting.
Why? The body and scales touched by his hands are hotter and more painful than when he was poisoned by the poisonous Mineo.
Shi Ja-han thought that if she focused on this sensation, her uterus would become strange for some reason, so she tried to turn her nerves.
= Oh my gosh. Jahan unnie, is today the day you go to lay eggs?=
Of course, to run into that guy. Rumors will spread all over Warna tomorrow.
Shi Jahan, who had heard the mischievous voice of Nyura, who lived in the elders’ room across the waterway, scolded the same elder with cream-colored hair and scales in a stern voice.
=Newra, you are the spirit priest called by the queen. Don’t talk.=
There were a total of four rooms on the lower floor of Gakcheonggung Palace, where the house of Elder Sijahan was located.
Based on the north side, there are two waterways between them, and on the left side is the elder’s room for Elder Sijahan and another elder’s room. Across the waterway, on the right side, is Nura’s elders’ office and another one.
If the queen hadn’t summoned her, she would have guided her party of phantoms to her, her Newra.
Because she was the Elder of Essence, who collected and gathered all the information coming into Warna.
Newra, who is not a professional but is a psychic and magician with great skills, gracefully swims through the air like a high-class water spirit to approach the Hwanin party.
Then, looking at Shi Ja-han and Hwan-in in his arms, he smiled like a cat.
=But isn’t it a big deal that Warna’s two ghosts are being held in the arms of a land human like a girl?=
=I just helped you get to the waterway. Noisy. Be quite. Don’t say more =
If you tease me more, I will use violence. Shi Ja Han opened her mouth and then closed it. Newra brushed her creamy hair naturally and smiled at Hwanin.
=Hello, people from the mainland. I’m Newra Niotte. I am in charge of collecting and gathering information around Warna.=
“You are an elder in charge of the Jeongsu area. Nice to meet you, Hwanin.”
= I’m glad too. But did you say it’s a soul slaughter? Aura…=
= Stop. I have verified this person’s identity. The queen called me, so I have to go upstairs now, so don’t disturb me anymore.=
= My sister is also true. I also received a call from the queen.=
=… Why are you
= How would someone like me know the Queen’s intentions? Now, throw Jahan unnie into her waterway and come with me, Hwanin-nim ~. =
=You… !=
“How about doing that?”
Shi Ja-han, who was arguing as if they couldn’t see them, and Hwan-yeon, who was disapproving of Nura, shot at them in a slightly sharp tone.
“Your queen called the Hwanin. I wish I could build friendships later and guide you sooner. We are not in such a relaxed situation either.”
= Well. I’m sorry. Let me guide you immediately.=
Sijahan immediately apologized, climbed down from Hwanin’s arms, and made a path for water on the floor – slipping and entering the waterway.
Nura, who followed her, made her water sled instead of her sister-in-law and tried to ride her Hwanin party, but Hwan-yeon had to use her hands first.
She hardens the water to make a small boat for four people, and orders an intermediate spirit to pull it.
=My God, how do you handle water and water spirits so freely? Warna’s middle-class children are famous for not listening.=
“…」
= Ahahaha. OK.=
Seeing Hwan-yeon’s callous gaze saying, ‘Don’t mumble, just guide me.’ Newra laughed loudly as she and Shi Ja-han sank into the waterway and began guiding them.
And Hwanin continued to receive the disapproving gaze of Hwanyeon, who was sitting in front of him, until he reached the upper floor.
“…」
‘I wonder if I was displeased that I embraced Shi Jahan without any context.’
But it’s strange that Hwanyeon is jealous like this…
… Is it. After merging with Lilith and growing into a human form, he developed a bit of jealousy and a desire for monopoly.
Grumpy like that is like nervousness that the jealous self shows because it is unfamiliar.
After that, it moved along the air canal and sometimes penetrated the Gakcheong Palace, and after about 10 minutes of going upstairs, the place where it arrived was the opposite side of the place where it first arrived in Warna.
=The first place you set foot was on the other side of Gakcheonggung Palace.=
= That’s right. When you come in from the outside, everyone comes out of it.=
While the back side is somewhat plain and shaded, it looks like a huge fountain with Gakcheonggung Palace itself.
The overall shape of Gakcheong-gung can be compared to a chair with a long back and one leg that would be used in a wine bar.
If you put elegant square lines in it and cover the shape of a black horned conch, it becomes a gakcheonggung.
Kwagwagwagwa…
Tens of thousands of liters of water per minute pour from the top of Natap and Gakcheonggung and fall on the middle floor of Gakcheonggung to form a lake. In such a lake, several streams of air canals are gathering and merging.
The water from the waterfall and the aerial canal flows down again and pours down to the ground as a super-large waterfall.
What’s up?
Kyakywa~!
Anne, who was admiring the majestic waterfall lake of each palace as she entered the lake in the middle of each palace, looked around her at the sound of a hawk coming from somewhere.
And she smiles a little as she sees the innocent and innocent appearance of all sorts of men and women gathering from all directions as if they were curious.
=The vassals are gathered here.=
Innocent, on the other hand, means annoying.
Dozens of falcons gather close together, curiously following the boat or touching it, which significantly hinders their progress.
Shi Ja-han furrowed his eyebrows at the sight of them suddenly blocking his way and shouted softly at his subordinates.
= These guys. I have to go see the queen, so go away!=
What!?
Kyuu~!
Then the servants were startled and fled in all directions, disappearing in an instant.
It’s a reaction that fits the story of being scared.
Thanks to this, when I went up the middle layer waterfall lake without any further interruption and approached the waterfall, the sound of a large amount of water falling made my ears tingle.
Then, as if the middle of the waterfall had been waiting for it, it opened to the left and right like a curtain, revealing a passage in the shape of a drop of water.
=…=
=…=
As I entered the passage, the waterfall closed again and the eardrum-tingling sound of the waterfall disappeared along with it.
Locked in silence, all you can hear is the sound of the boat crashing against the waves as it advances.
The waterfall curtain is drawn and the light is blocked, and blue wave patterns begin to fill the walls and ceiling in the slightly dark passageway.
= Does the water shine on its own… ?=
Seeing that dreamy sight, Isilite muttered in a low voice and scooped up the water with her palm, but it was ordinary water with nothing special about it.
As the group moved forward, they realized that at some point they heard a small hum.
= Master. I think I can hear the singing somewhere. =
=Really. Who’s calling?=
“Isn’t it called by the Queen of the Harin tribe? She seems to be calling alone.”
His women were whispering softly, so Shi Zi-han, who had been swimming quietly ahead, looked behind her and asked for it.
= Arrive in the Queen’s presence in a while. Please don’t be rude to the queen.=
“Yes.”
It depends on how the opponent comes out, but the presence flowing through the aisle is quite harmless.
Like the atmosphere in Warna as a whole, if this is the Queen’s temperament, there won’t be a fight.
As you enter the passage, the waterdrop-shaped passage gradually grows, and the humming sound that was previously heard becomes clearer.
And soon after, the moment I slightly turned the corner, the light poured in and the space became overwhelmingly wider.
=… !=
“…」
The women froze slightly at the sight unfolding before their eyes.
The hall is about the size of a large opera house, beautifully decorated like the offshore of a southern country. A stage as large and wide as a stage, and a bed of shells large enough to fill such a stage.
And a mermaid as gigantic as a blue whale.
Somehow, a huge female mermaid with a mysterious feeling that was neither a god nor a human was lying face down on a bed of shells…
Her hair, dark blue like that of the abyss in the depths of the sea, is as thin as a silk thread, and it flutters beautifully as if it were underwater.
On her head, she wore something similar to a white veil that covered only the top of her eyebrows, and on her closed eyelids, innumerable small lights appeared and disappeared for a moment, like blue starlight engraved.
The lips are also black, as if the night sky was reproduced as it is, and twinkling like starlight.
Blue coral necklaces, yellow coral earrings, white coral bracelets, etc., Are accessories that are close to relics in terms of phase power that can be felt even with the veil worn on the head.
When the boat with Hwanin and his party stopped near the clam shell bed, the giant mermaid, the mermaid queen, slowly opened her eyes.
= Ah…=
=Nu, eyes…=
“… !”
Hwanin’s women startled and shook their shoulders in amazement.
The irises, pupils, and whites of the eyes were all pitch black. Filling those pupils were innumerable clusters of light in the shape of large and small crosses.
As soon as Hwanin received that look, he put an exclamation mark in her head, stood up from the boat, looked up at the mermaid queen, and spoke in a prophetic language.
『You are the god of the sea who saw Norn during the day.』
=… !?=
=… !!=
This time, Shi Jahan and Newra look back at Hwanin in surprise.
They are not stupid either. The elders of the Harin tribe who have lived in this sea for half a century and have had various experiences.
I know at least what that voice that thrills my soul means.
= God, prophecy? Then… God?=
= You are a stupid sister. You are God… !=
= No… If you know it, you should eat Orvinci. Why Warna? …=
The story he had just heard plays in Shi Jahan’s muttering mind.
Adnevila, the white blue dragon settled in the sea off the coast of Jormundsen Island, and that traveler… Ah God came to find the white blue dragon.
Shi Jahan’s heart beats.
While she was doing this, the mermaid queen narrowed her eyes at the story of her phantom, smiled a little, and slowly raised her upper body.
The huge, white breasts that had been suppressed regained their shape with the movement. And Hwanin found out why she was lying face down on her clam shell bed.
She was holding a man-sized crystal with a soft blue mist wrapped around her breast like a bird hatching an egg.
The identity of the crystal was, as Hwanin had guessed, a core.
And as soon as the heart core appeared, Hwanin’s pupils were enveloped in golden light, and the eyes of the new soul were activated.
‘Did you choose the path of merging with the core to make the labyrinth a city for the Harin tribe? …’
The proof is the eyes that look like they cut out the night sky and starlight.
Raising her upper body, the Mermaid Queen stretched out her gigantic arm and opened her palm to her phantom.
What formed on her palm was a small golden orb the size of a 500-won coin, an aggregate of energy generated by waves of new-style tranquility.
<<take
The women shrugged their shoulders slightly at the mysterious voice, though it was a bit short compared to the prophecy resounding in the Queen’s Hall.
Hwanin reached out to the palm of her hand and received the golden orb.
I guess that’s why I called myself.
“I’m sorry. It seems that you unintentionally caused a nuisance.”
Upon her sincere apology, the mermaid queen shook her head with her soft smile in her eyes.
“It is not something that God will apologize for. Don’t worry. Sijahan, Newra.》》
=Yes, my queen.=
=Yes.=
《<<you
=I will, my queen!=
=Yes!=
Hwanin stared blankly at the queen giving instructions to the mermaid elders.
The fact that the queen has become so gigantic… Is it one of the side effects caused by being connected to the core?
‘It might be impossible to control the core by ordinary means.’
In the Labyrinth of Palatum, the capital of Heathrond, we have confirmed that the concentration and discharge ceremony demonstrated by the magic knights does not extract core force from the core, but forcibly extracts consumable energy that is one level higher than phase power and one level lower than core power.
However, I haven’t tried the method of extorting core power by manipulating the core itself…
‘Looking at the queen’s condition, it must be considered impossible.’
Warna’s core has already disappeared from being buried in the mermaid queen’s breast, so it can’t be analyzed anymore, but looking at the situation, it seems that the only way to increase core power is to find and destroy the mysterious core.
“Stop taking guests and leave.”
Hwanin, who briefly looked at Sijahan and Newra from the back of their heads as they were about to pull her boat out of the hall at the queen’s decree, looked at the queen staring at him and buried her question in his heart.
That woman is in a very ambiguous position.
Shinsoo is a Shinsoo, but at the same time accepting the power of the core, being entangled in the core and tied to Warna… To put it a little too radically, she has become the core of the labyrinth.
She is also the world’s providential? Reason? It’s a situation where the tail fin is slightly caught on such a thing.
And the creation and destruction of the labyrinth is the same as the meaning of the world.
I don’t know what will happen if she and her own, who are different from her singularity, mention such things.
It would be better to just keep your mouth shut and walk away.
With a slight bow to her mermaid queen, she closes her eyes again, bows her head slightly, rests her head halfway against her breasts as large as her pillow, and starts humming again.
As she enters the passage on the opposite side of the canal she entered, the humming sound rapidly diminishes, and the snapping sound reverberates through the droplet-shaped passage.
“Elder Sijahan.”
=Say it, God.=
“I have not yet become a true god. You can call me by my normal name or call me a traveler if that is too much of a burden.”
= How… Oh, I see. I will do as you say.=
“Anyway, it seems that my continued stay in Warna is not good for the environment here. So I want you to go back to Jormunsen Island quickly.”
Realizing Hwanin’s will, Nura looked back at him and opened her mouth more politely than before.
= I understand what Hwanin meant. Then… For what reason did Hwanin visit Warna?=
“Adnebilla, the white and blue dragon, the owner of Aleughel Lake has settled down in the sea off the coast of Jormunsen Island. But with her search skills, it’s hard to find her. So I wonder if I can borrow the power of all of you, the people of the sea.”
= That’s right. If it’s that vast area, it seems like a search that assumes a battle is necessary… First of all, I need to check the information about the Shinsoo, the White Blue Dragon. I think I need to find the mermaid in charge, so go back to Jormunsen Island and wait for me. I will contact you the day after tomorrow.=
Si Jahan also added words to Newra’s story, minus the playfulness.
= I will help you with the search. Would you like to bring your equipment and call your apprentice to come?=
“Wasn’t Elder Sijahan on a mission to protect Warna?”
=Yes. But the Queen’s orders take precedence. We will proceed so that travelers do not have to worry.=
“All right. Then I’ll see you on Jormunsen Island.”
When I told them that the boat was anchored in the 7 o’clock bay on Jormunsen Island, the two mermaid elders nodded in agreement and went straight down to the subcontract of Gakcheong Palace.
Before leaving, Shi Jahan called a mermaid to help him return…
=Bur, are you passing away already? I thought you might stay for three or three days…=
Sidene, who was a bit dumbfounded, asked with an expression of her absurdity and embarrassment, so her phantasmagoria only told her a story that she could understand.
“Somehow, I was able to finish my errands quickly. I’m a little worried about leaving the ship behind, so please consider leaving early.”
= I see. Then I’ll guide you back to where you came from.=
Sidney, who readily understood, whistled in the water and summoned four falcons.
This time, it looks like he’ll get Maeha’s help on the way back.
=The passage connecting Warna and the outside is about 30 years old. And both the entry point and the exit point are different. The road to the fjord of Jormunsen Island is in the subterranean lake of Warna.=
Jijeo Lake refers to a deep and huge lake formed by the water flowing down from Gakcheonggung.
Sydne rode the air canal down to the lake beneath it, and Hwanin could see the men of the Haerin tribe there, who were not seen in the gakcheong palace or the waterway.
In it, there was a landscape similar to what comes to mind when imagining the ordinary life of mermaids.
“…”
For a moment, Hwanin followed with his eyes a 3m tall man from the Harin tribe who looked like he had his limbs attached to the body of a hammerhead shark.
“…”
On the other side, a 1.5m-tall fishman with human limbs on the body of a lionfish is swimming somewhere with corals and fish in an air bubble bag. We continue to build and build houses.
Mermaid and Fishman, Merman and Mermaid.
Anne, who put an air bubble on her head, asked Sydne as she was watching the nearly 70,000 Haerin tribe making their living in the lake.
= Mr. Sidney. I couldn’t see the Haerin man in Gakcheonggung or the air canal. What is the reason?=
=It’s because the men of our tribe can’t live outside the water. Women can breathe both outside and under water, but men die from suffocation when they get out of the water. That would be a fish, right?=
=That’s right.=
Anne, who has become a woman who asked the obvious question, gives an awkward answer. She looks a bit dizzy when she sees an eel fisherman riding a huge lobster.
=Anne, are you okay?=
= Uh But I… I don’t think I’ll ever be able to eat fish…=
=I couldn’t eat it anyway because of the tree blossoms.=
=… Why If you are pregnant with a child, you can eat it then.=
=Then eat it.=
=Is Dew okay?=
= Is there any reason not to be okay? If you can’t eat fish because you saw a Harin man, it’s like you can’t eat pork because you saw Luke and an leadern man.
= I see… ?=
Anne muttered a little and shook her head.
Well, even if I can’t eat now because I’m a little shocked, I’ll be fine later.
As she muttered to herself, she looked at the blue cave at the bottom of Warna’s subterranean lake.
=That is the cave connected to Jormundsen Island. The current is fast in there, so hold on to Maeha’s back. Bubbles can burst if they are bounced off or if the air bubbles scratch the wall.=
= Oh, it’s okay. We all have mermaid’s breathing pills.=
= Then it will be fine. All right. I want to enter the cave.=
