How to become a mermaid

Chapter 379 Scales
After reading the records of the royal family of the Atlanta Empire in the history books, Moni began to recall the history of Digea.

They don't seem to have premature aging emperors in Digeya, right?All of them lived to their old age before dying. Even Rafael III was poisoned and his body began to decline. Otherwise, he could continue to dance for hundreds of years.

Could it be that the emperor of Digea had no blood relationship with the royal family of Atlanta?
No, it can't be!

Moni quickly rejected this idea, because after thinking about it carefully, he found that there were no unlucky emperors who were prematurely aging among the royal families of several other countries in the northern border.

All of these countries were split from Atlanta, so they couldn't all be fakes, right?
Then, there is only one truth left!
——What did Barkley Atlanta do before his death, passing the curse that spread among the royal family of Atlanta to Edwin!

This may be the most reasonable explanation, and it can also explain why that old Edwin hates the northern border so much.

As for the real body of this curse...

If I guessed correctly, it should be accelerated aging!
No wonder there was such a strong sense of disobedience after seeing that old guy Edwin last time, no wonder his voice was so hoarse, like a broken bellows, it turns out he really is a bad old man!
After searching for the information, Moni hurriedly took all the information to Shamanleir.

"Boom! Boom!"

"Little fish! I may have found the source of the curse on Edwin!" Money said excitedly.

"Squeak~" The door opened quickly.

"You found it so quickly? Tell me!" Shamanleir poked his head out of it and welcomed Moni in.

After entering the room, Moni didn't hold back, and directly showed the information he had found to Shamanleir.

About ten minutes later, Samantel finished reading the history of the Atlanta Empire.

He looked at Moni, and said with some surprise: "In other words, in that place called Pala Island, the founding emperor of the Atlanta Empire encountered something extraordinary, and since then he has reached the pinnacle of his life, but at the same time Bearing a curse passed down from generation to generation?"

Good guy, why is this plot a bit like the road to the rise of the hero at a certain point?

It's just that his death was a bit hasty, and the story was a bit "unfinished".

Mony didn't know what Shamanleir was thinking now, and replied solemnly: "That's right! The key point should be on that Para Island!"

"Have you checked that place?" Shamanlael asked again.

Moni nodded, and replied with a regretful expression: "I checked, but that place sank not long after Sival Atlan left!"

"There are not too many records about what happened to Sival on Para Island in the history books. It seems that this part was hidden on purpose."

"However..." Moni changed the subject, took out another document from nowhere, pointed to the content on it and said to Shamanleir: "I searched for some information about Para Island from other places, and then got A few clues."

"Before the island of Pala sank, several strange things seemed to have happened!"

Listening to Moni's words, Samantel opened the new document again.

[In the 739th year of Auer's star calendar, a fishing boat on Pala Island went fishing and did not return for several days.

The island sent people to look for it, but failed.

Half a year later, the fishing boat floated back to the beach from nowhere. 】

[In the 788th year of Auer's ephemeris, a child in Para Island went to play on the beach and strayed into a cave on the way.

It is said that the child escaped after being trapped for half a day.

However, the strange thing is that when he left the cave, he was already a young man.

The child himself was not aware of this, only felt that he had been walking in the cave, and his appearance had changed when he walked out.

What's even more bizarre is that the child's body began to age rapidly after returning home, and passed away on the second day as an old man. 】

[In 803 of Orr's ephemeris, a fisherman family in Para Island disappeared mysteriously.

A few days later, the residents of the island found their pulverized bodies and a scale of an unknown creature in their houses. 】

Shamanleir glanced at the scale depicted on the information, and found that the shape of this scale is a bit like... a dragon scale?
"Money! What is this?" He looked up at Mooney, wanting to ask him for confirmation.

Moni shook his head and said, "It's not the scales of any kind of dragon that I know of, and my subordinates say they don't know them either."

"But I also think it looks like a dragon scale. I plan to contact the dragon clan later to see if they recognize this scale!"

Hearing what he said, Samantel felt relieved.

He put down the information in his hand and began to analyze the situation on Para Island.

"From these materials, it seems that there has always been a phenomenon of premature aging on the island, and it is likely to be caused by some kind of creature. The pirate ship that Sival Atlan was on probably sank because of that thing... "

"As for him himself, it is likely that he had reached some kind of agreement with that creature before he escaped."

"When the true identity of that creature is found, maybe the matter of the curse will be cleared up."

Moni did not deny this conjecture, obviously he also had this idea in his heart.

He pondered for a while, and said, "I hope there will be an answer from Long Island!"

"Hmm..." Shamanlael also nodded.

At this time, as if he remembered something, he took a notebook from the desk and handed it to Moni.

"About the plan to stop the Sacred Fire Cult, I have already written it here. If you think it is feasible, try it first!"

Money took the notes and read them carefully.

After he read it carefully, he closed the book and said to Shamanlaer in a solemn tone: "Then try it according to what is written here first!"

……

Moni sent his men to contact the Dragon Clan and ask about their scales.

However, the human world in the dragon gathering place is a bit far away, and it takes at least a week to come and go.

In the past few days of waiting for the news, Moni was not idle. In addition to deploying according to Shaman Lair's plan, he also led the Arctic delegation to eat, drink, and visit human cities every day.

Samantel also took a carriage ride around the entire city of Polpo for a few laps. Apart from seeing the customs of the different world, the main purpose was to investigate the construction of the Poch Church on the spot.

There are more than 30 Poch churches in the whole of Polpo, basically there is one in a block.

Every evening when praying, many believers will pour into the church, and it looks quite hot.

To this end, Shaman Lair also did a small experiment.

He asked Moni to find some painters and paint portraits of Pozzi outside some randomly selected churches.

It turns out that, in fact, most people don't know much about Pochi's real face.

As long as the artist draws these key points—a beautiful mermaid with black hair, a white tail, and a bright smile—even if the facial features of the portrait are somewhat different from those of Pochi, people will recognize him as Pochi.

Obtaining this result, Shamanlell asked the painters to try to paint a portrait of Edwin in public—the kind that is different from Edwin himself.

As a result, the painter who painted was almost reported by the citizens of Digeia, saying that he spread cult ideas.

With the support of these experimental results, Shaman Lear has more confidence in his plan.

On the night when the experiment ended, more than a dozen citizens' applications for changing their names were secretly accepted in Digeya.

The names they want to change are all——Edwin Jean Kendall.

On the same day, Monian's spies in the Mayan Empire and several other countries also took action.

……

Just as Moni and Shamanleir were intensively implementing the plan, there was also news from the Dragon Clan.

Not only was there news, they even sent the dragons themselves!
That night, the men sent by Moni to deliver the message hurriedly flew down from the sky and knocked on Moni's window.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Your Majesty! Lord Onega asked you to meet him in person!"

Onega?
Isn't this one of the few old dragons who discussed cooperation with Di Geya at the beginning?How would it appear here?

Hearing this somewhat familiar name, Moni walked over to open the window for his subordinates, and asked him, "Are you sure that Onega came in person?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is Lord Onega!" The subordinate nodded vigorously, then pointed to the sky with his finger and said eagerly: "It is waiting for you above the palace!"

"Okay! I'll go see it now!" Moni didn't dare to neglect the old dragon, and after responding to his subordinates, he transformed into a red dragon and flew out of the palace.

"Huh—!" Facing the bitter wind, Moni kept flying straight up and flew to the sky above the clouds.

When the entire palace could not see any shadows and became smaller than a sesame seed, Moni saw a huge red-brown figure appearing in the distance.

Onega was indeed waiting for him!

Most of the time, the strength of the Dragon Clan can be reflected in its size.

Unlike Moni, who is only 30 meters long, Onega's body has reached a terrifying [-] meters, and he is recognized as the strongest in the entire Red Dragon Clan.

It quietly floats high in the sky, and even without flapping its wings, its body can maintain a suspended state, just like the thing that lifts its huge body is not the wind, but the entire sky.

"Lord Onega!" Moni flew to Onega and bowed his head respectfully.

Hearing his voice, the giant beast with its eyes tightly closed seemed to be resting its eyes and slowly opened its eyes.

Its pair of giant scarlet pupils exuded a tyrannical aura, and the chill revealed from them even froze the surrounding air, making Moni dare not look directly at it at all.

"Money Degea...raise your head!" A voice like a bell exploded above Mooni's head.

The trembling sound waves continued to spread outward, even pushing away the surrounding white clouds.

However, after spreading out to a certain distance, these sound waves disappeared instantly, as if they had hit something.

Apparently, Onega didn't want his conversation with Moni to be overheard.

Money slowly raised his head and looked at the giant beast above his head.

"Master Onega, you came here yourself for... that scale?" He asked with some uncertainty.

"That's right!" Onega's bell-like voice sounded again.

I saw it took out a scale from nowhere and threw it to Moni, "Is the scale on the portrait you showed me exactly the same as this one?"

Hearing this sentence, Moni clenched the thin scales in his claws and began to observe carefully.

This scale is about the size of a wagon wheel, obviously several times larger than the dragon scale on Moni's body.

Even the scales on Onega's body are a circle smaller than this, which shows how huge the owner of the scales is.

The scales are off-white as a whole, but they are not dull at all, instead exuding a lustrous luster like ancient jade.

On its surface, there is also a circle of dark lines that are difficult to detect without careful observation.

Mooney squinted his eyes and observed carefully, and found that the combination of these dark lines looked like a clock dial.

In the information he found, it seems that the unknown scale also has this kind of dark lines!
After holding it in his hand and rubbing it for a while, Mooney confirmed that the scale and the one on his profile should come from the same creature.So he raised his head and said to Onega, "Master Onega, I think this scale is the same as the scale on that portrait!"

Except for the larger size, no matter the color or texture, everything is right.

Hearing his affirmative answer, Onega exhaled two thick and long white breaths from his nasal cavity, and said excitedly: "That's right!"

"This scale is the scale of Time Dragon!"

"Time Dragon?" Mo Ni had never heard of this dragon species, and was a little dazed for a while.

However, seeing Onega's excited appearance, this kind of dragon should be very powerful, so he asked: "Since they are called time dragons... do they control the power of time?"

"That's right! The time dragon has a very close relationship with time. It is said that the dragon egg has the ability to manipulate time. When it grows to the old dragon stage, it can even move backwards and forwards freely! It is an almost eternal legend. Creatures!" Onega gave an affirmative answer.

"Then why haven't I heard of such a powerful dragon before?" If Onega hadn't mentioned it, Moni would not have believed that such a creature existed.

He looked at the serious expression on Onega's face, and felt that it was not fake, so he asked again: "Why does such a powerful dragon leave its scales on a small island of Para?"

Under normal circumstances, dragons will not lose their scales, unless they are injured or pulled out by themselves.

Moni felt that such a powerful guy wouldn't be injured and live in Para Island, right?
Hearing Moni's question, Onega also showed a trace of doubt on his face, and said, "I don't know that either."

"Even I have never seen the Time Dragon with my own eyes. I only know that the previous generation of Dragon Gods seems to have a Time Dragon's best friend, and they are very close!"

Moni had learned some information about the previous generation of Dragon God from the Dragon Clan.

Its name is Yato Guna, and it is a red dragon.

Yatogonga is a good-tempered dragon that is rare in the entire dragon clan. He is not irritable and does not like to mess around, so he stands out among the dragon clan and is loved by humans and many other races.

In addition, it is powerful, so it has also established prestige among the Dragon Clan. Over time, it has accumulated enough faith and opened the rank of God.

At first, it refused to be a god, but then somehow agreed, and it did a decent job, becoming a god representing the sky.

As for the time dragon, it is only mentioned in a few words in Yato Guna's biography.

If it weren't for this ancestral scale, Onega wouldn't believe that this dragon is a real creature.

Whether it was Moni or Onega, their understanding of Time Dragon was extremely limited, causing the atmosphere to froze for a while.

After a while, Moni heard Onega's voice again: "The matter of Time Dragon...we will investigate!"

"What you have to do now is to stop those ants from the Sacred Fire Cult from doing things!"

(End of this chapter)