How to become a mermaid

Chapter 17 Hope in Despair

Torbion's death caused everyone in the fleet to panic again.

Are these shark people planning to let none of them go? !

Seeing such a situation, Batonio also felt bad.

He looked solemnly at the dense shadows under the water, and said, "I know there is a leader among you, how about we discuss it?"

The swimming speed of the shark people slowed down for a moment, and several shark people even swam in the same direction.

The appearance of this phenomenon made Batonio squint his eyes.

He seems to have found the position of the leader.

Although the murloc who casts [Slowness Aura] is pretty smart, the other murlocs are not that high in IQ, which immediately exposed their bosses.

Batonio held up five fingers and said loudly: "I'll buy my life for five hundred gold coins, how about it?"

"Gulu Gulu..." A large number of bubbles floated on the surface of the water, mixed with some strange chirping and quacking noises. These sharks seemed to be talking underwater.

"Snapped!"

A black fish shoots out of the water and hits Batonio in the face unexpectedly.

The black fish slid down slowly, the thick and slippery mucus on Batonio's face left water marks like snot water.

It is not very harmful and extremely insulting.

Batonio's fists were clenched and his eyes were slightly red.

"Kill you, the boat... meat... people, wealth... all...ours!"

A sharkman emerges from the bottom of the water, chirping and quacking in a somewhat vague Common Tongue.

It was holding another fish in its stubby palm, and it was obvious that it had smashed the fish just now.

The sharks do not accept Batonio's negotiation, as long as these ships sink, these humans will become their food, and everything on board will also become theirs!
"It's different! The five hundred gold pieces I was talking about are not on board now."

"I bet that all the ships here can't find five gold coins! I'm the son of the richest man in Sebatore Town. As long as you let me go back, I will definitely ask my father to give you five hundred gold coins !"

Even though he was so angry that he was about to go berserk, Batonio still suppressed his anger and negotiated with these murlocs.

There is actually a precedent for negotiating with murlocs.

Although the murlocs have a high probability of killing everyone they meet, there are still a few lucky ones who can meet the conditions with the murlocs in exchange for a glimmer of life.

But unfortunately, this lucky one is not Batonio.

"Whew!" There was only a light sound, and the sharkman who surfaced threw the other fish in his hand out.

Dodging sideways from the sea fish that hit his face again, Batonio could no longer contain his anger.

"You bloody bedbugs!" Batonio roared.

He took out a black pistol from his pocket and quickly pulled the trigger on the sharkman who was throwing fish at him.

"bump!"

Orange bullets flew out.

There was only a muffled sound, and blood mist bloomed above the sharkman's head before he had time to dive.

Its body wobbled twice, and finally fell to the surface of the sea with a plop.

Large pieces of blood gushed out from the bullet holes above the sharkman's head, dyeing the sea area red.

"Grumbling..."

Vigorous foam rose from the sea.

Seeing the casualties of their companions, these sharks were furious!

"Bump!" "Bump!" "Bump!"

Angry shark people ram the boats underwater.

"Ahh! Don't come here!"

"Go to hell, don't come near me!"

Several ships had sunk, and the occupants were attacked by sharkmen as soon as they fell into the water.

Johnny's boat also sank a lot, and the whole boat lost its balance and fell backwards, leaving only the bow floating on the water.

"Damn it!" Batonio scolded.

He didn't want to anger these shark people so quickly, but he couldn't control himself!
The bow of the boat where Batonio was standing was about to sink into the water, and he saw the sharks around him ready to move, impatiently wanting to pounce on him.

When the situation was critical, he didn't care about the shark leader in the water who might attack at any time.

Batonio's legs bent down and his body jumped up.

However, the moment he jumped up, his body suddenly became heavy, as if he was carrying some kind of burden.

This is not the attack of the Sharkman leader, but——Johnny!
Johnny, who had been lying paralyzed on the deck, finally moved. He seized the right moment and hugged Batonio's waist the moment Batonio jumped up.

Jonny hung on Batonio's body with all four limbs, and said viciously: "It's all your fault! I can't run away, and you don't even want to go!"

"roll!"

Batonio hit Johnny's head hard with his elbow, knocking his head to one side, but he remained unmoved and still clasped Batonio's body tightly with his hands.

And when the two of them reached the highest point, there was a new movement in the sea water.

"[Sluggish Aura]!"

A bright yellow halo floated out of the water, and the leader of the shark people used his skills again.

With just one skill, this sharkman leader played tricks.

The halo instantly approached the two of them, Batonio's body froze, and his body fell into the water uncontrollably.

"Ahhhhh!!"

And at the moment he was about to enter the water, Batonio let out an angry growl.

The muscles of the lower limbs swelled suddenly, and Batonio activated the [Leap Strike] skill again.

The falling body jumped up again, making the sharks waiting in the sea empty.

The leader of the shark people in the sea didn't activate the skill again. Obviously, this skill also needs time to prepare.

In this way, Batonio rolled Jonny to the observation deck of the ship next door—most of the ship had sunk, and only the sails were still standing on the water.

"Johnny! I'm going to kill you!" Batonio was furious, wanting to trouble Johnny.

However, his movements suddenly stopped.

A pitch-black pistol was firmly placed on the back of Batonio's head!
Johnny took Batonio's gun away while he was dealing with the Sharkmen!
"Don't move or I'll shoot!" Jonny yelled.

"Can you use a gun? You have seen such advanced things..."

"Click!"

Just as Batonio was about to taunt, he heard the sound of a bullet being loaded, which made his words choke in his throat.

"Now you know I can! My grandfather was a merchantman! Do you think I haven't seen a gun?"

"Even if it is a sequencer, if he is shot in the head by a gun at such a close range, he will die, right?" Johnny moved the pistol closer and pressed it tightly against Batonio's scalp.

"Don't! Johnny, don't be impulsive. It was my fault before. I shouldn't lose my temper with you. I apologize to you!"

Batonio hesitated.

Jonny hugged Batonio tightly, put a gun to his head, and said, "Jump up and take me away!"

"How do you want me to leave! There's a Sequencer underwater! That damned shark-man leader can use skills! As long as I jump up, it will attack!" Batonio said angrily.

"I've found out where it is, and I've seen it glow yellow in the water when it's attacking! As long as you jump up, I'll hit it with something so it can't attack!" Johnny Said.

"But...how is this possible!" Batonio still hesitated.

"This is our only way out! You can't walk on your own, and neither can I. We must cooperate!"

"Do you, Uncle Barto, really want to die here with us stinky fishermen?" Jonny shouted.

"Who will die with you wretches!" cried Batonio.

"Then give it a try! We're running out of time!" Jonny roared not to be outdone.

In desperation, he burst out with strong courage and faith.

"Okay...that's what you said, watch my back!" Batonio compromised, and he decided to cooperate with Jonny.

"Yeah!" Johnny nodded firmly.

　Who do you think is the real "protagonist" in this story of the fleet being attacked?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)