Chapter 194 - Sea Demon Tiel’s Big Adventure (1/2)
The sea demon, Miss Tiel, was discernibly not too pleased about herself having “swam the opposite way”…
And Gawain also finally understood how this deep-sea creature had foolishly come to humankind’s continent through his conversation with her.
According to her claims, the sea demons had a battle with a group of humans a month ago, and it had been at the Endless Sea in the east that was far from land. They were “a group of crazy humans, dressed in long black robes and tunics, and could use strange spells”. The battle did not last for a long time. Although those humans had formidable spells, they were isolated and helpless on the island, and they were numerically disadvantaged. The sea demons broke through their defenses with just two summons of lightning storms and several tsunamis. The humans escaped in a hurry.
Miss Tiel lost contact with the main unit during the latter half of the battle —— the spells that those humans used might have interfered with her judgment (she said so herself), resulting in her being unable to distinguish the directions. She was originally swimming towards the sea demons’ territory but ended up at the humans’ continent as she swam on and on…
“I still found it odd at first —why the landscape of the seabed looked increasingly unfamiliar.” Miss Tiel sat on the edge of the well, her fishtail beating the ground on and off. ——Gawain was very curious about the composition of her fishtail; it could actually bend to such an extent. “As I swam, I saw land and a large river’s estuary… I thought that I had rounded to the back of our landmass.”
“Your landmass?” Gawain was stunned. “You people have a landmass there as well?”
“We do.” Tiel nodded. “But you can call it a slightly bigger island too… I’m not familiar with the situation on land. We stay in the sea the majority of the time.”
Another useful fact!
This sea demon was definitely a heaven-sent surprise. Gawain felt that his knowledge of this world would be greatly improved with Tiel’s supplement. He could not help but continue questioning closely, “Do you all know the background of the humans who battled with you?”
“How would I know. They suddenly came to our territory and even occupied an island, wanting to hold some ritual —— that was in a danger zone. There are very strong and unstable energy fields at the bottom of the sea. Ten to one, a mishap would happen if they messed around there. So, we sent people to remind them not to do so. In the end, those humans, without a word, rushed over shouting ‘the storm is rising’ and was beaten up by us…” Tiel tilted her head as she recounted, as if rather lost with the illogical thinking of creatures like humans. “We don’t have many dealings with humans, but it was really our first time seeing those mad fellows…”
“It’s the Sons of the Storm!” Pittman immediately guessed the identity of those people from Tiel’s descriptions. “That’s right… Other than the Sons of the Storm, who else would appear in the sea area so far from land? That bunch of lunatics have kept clear of human territories after their degeneration, 80 to 90 percent of them have all gone to the sea.”
As he spoke, the little old man could not help but twiddle his beard. “Who would have thought, who would have thought…? Not only had that bunch of fellows run to the deep sea, they actually also fought sea demons there…”
Heidi also looked towards Tiel. “In that case, your people wanted to remind those mad humans not to take the risk. They refused to listen, and that’s why you all fought?”
Probably because she had said a lot, though Tiel’s languidness was still present, she had started to answer the others’ questions. “Yeah. Otherwise, who would be so idle as to go fight you humans? —— We’re very busy every day, alright?”
“Do you know what those humans were holding the ritual for?” Gawain frowned and followed with another question.
“I didn’t understand, couldn’t read it. The spells of you humans are too strange. I couldn’t figure them out at all.”
Gawain sighed, thinking to himself that nothing could be done about this. The two races have almost zero exchange of knowledge; to have a sea demon clearly explain what those human heretics were doing specifically would be truly imposing.
Meanwhile, Rebecca had become curious about Tiel sleeping in the well. “Have you been hiding in our well the whole time?”
“It wasn’t the whole time. It hasn’t been long since I reached here.” Tiel yawned. “I swam for so long and was exhausted. Then I found a spot where the water flow was relatively gentler, so I planned to get some sleep… I never expected to have my head struck in the middle of my sleep. Say, who exactly was it that hit me with the pail?”
Gawain: “…”
Don’t fish only have seven seconds of memories? Why was it that this sea demon still remembered this!
“Don’t mind who hit you with the pail.” The corner of Gawain’s lips twitch. “Who would know there would be someone sleeping in the well?”
Tiel looked at Gawain curiously. “Is sleeping in the well against the law with you humans?”