Wizard: You can become stronger by living life to the fullest.

Chapter 200, Section 037: Mermaid Sea Gills

The strange sound of the conch shell spread into the deep sea, and ripples spread across the calm surface. Soon after, a gurgling sound was heard, and bubbles rose from the seabed.

Immediately afterwards, two strange heads emerged from the sea. They looked like catfish heads, but much larger, about the size of a basketball.

The catfish head circled twice on the surface of the sea before its round eyes finally locked onto Green not far away. Then, with a splash, the catfish head swam towards a nearby reef and walked from the sea onto the reef. At this moment, Rosie could see the full appearance of these catfish heads.

They look just like humans, with two arms and two long legs, able to stand upright on the rocks, each holding a trident. However, they have thorns on their hands and feet, and their fingers are completely connected.

In addition, its skin is blue and has a layer of fine scales that shimmer in the sunlight.

Nicole whispered, "She's really ugly."

Luo Xi raised a finger to make a shushing gesture, then said, "Shh, siren creatures hate it when people comment on their appearance. What you just did is very impolite in their eyes."

Green, who was standing next to him, chimed in with a smile, "As expected of a genius from Elemental Castle, you are truly a polymath."

Rosie shrugged: "I just happened to see it in a book."

Just then, the two tidal siren on the reef raised their tridents and waved them in Green's direction, while making some incomprehensible gestures with their hands and making strange noises.

Green waved back and responded with two babbling sounds in return.

The two tidal siren nodded and then jumped into the sea.

Green said, "Alright, they're waiting for us in the sea to take us to their tribe."

"You even understand the language of the Tidal Siren?" Rosie asked in surprise.

The languages ​​of the sea tribes are quite diverse. Unlike the human world, which has a unified word order, different groups basically use different ways of communication. Some groups even have different languages ​​simply because they belong to different tribes.

Green shrugged like Rossi and said in a pretentious tone, "I just happened to see it in a book."

Luo Xi's lips twitched.

Green continued, "Alright, let's go downstairs first, don't keep them waiting."

As he spoke, he opened his spatial pocket and took out several small boxes. Inside each box was a transparent liquid soaking two thin, parotid gland-like structures. Each box contained two parotid glands, and he gave one box to each person.

Green explained, "These are mermaid gills; they help us get to the seabed."

As he spoke, he took out two parotid glands from the box and placed them on the lower jaw on both sides of his cheeks. Instantly, these parotid gland-like things seemed to come alive, wriggling and embedding their tentacles into Green's skin.

Before long, the parotid gland seemed to stick completely to Green's cheeks and began to breathe, opening and closing like a mouth.

Green then turned and jumped into the water below. You could clearly see that his parotid glands were working, and Green was able to breathe smoothly underwater.

After getting used to the seawater, he stuck his head out and waved to Luo Xi and the others on the boat, saying, "Come on down."

Luo Xi nodded, then took out his parotid gland and placed it on his chin. It was a very strange feeling, as if an extra organ had suddenly appeared in his body, connected to his respiratory tract, allowing him to breathe freely without the aid of his mouth and nose.

Nicole exclaimed in surprise, "Rosie, can you feel it? It's like I have an extra organ! Look at me, I can breathe even better than my mouth and nose!"

Rosie nodded: "It seems to be a biological artifact made from parotid glands, capable of breathing underwater like a fish. A pretty good tool."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Let's go downstairs."

Just then, he suddenly noticed that Nilu next to him was not pressing the parotid gland to her cheek, but was looking at the parotid gland in the box with a troubled expression.

Rosie asked in surprise, "What's wrong, Nilu?"

Nilu hesitated for a moment, then said somewhat awkwardly, "Um... can I not go with you? Brother Rosie, can I wait for you on the ship?"

Hellhounds are fire elemental magical creatures with an innate aversion to water. Being in the middle of the ocean already makes them very uncomfortable, and if they were to dive into the sea, the elemental reactions would be even more unbearable for them.

"It was my oversight."

Luo Xi nodded: "Alright, then you can wait for us on the boat and keep an eye on it for us."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Luo Xi."

Without further delay, Rosie took Nicole into the sea.

It's a very strange feeling. As the seawater rushes towards the parotid glands, these glands naturally filter out the seawater and deliver the remaining air into the organs.

After a short while, Luo Xi quickly mastered the technique of breathing underwater.

Nicole was having a blast: "Haha, Rosie, look, don't I look like a mermaid?"

She swam quickly in the water, and even brought her legs together to perform a transformation spell, turning her legs into a large fish tail. Except for still wearing a cloak, she was no different from a mermaid at this moment.

"Hey, you two, are you done yet? We're not here to play games."

Just then, Green's voice came from afar. He seemed to be getting impatient from waiting for too long, and he emerged from the seabed again.

Nicole playfully stuck out her tongue, then stopped her playful mood, and Rosie immediately took her with her and swam down into the sea.

Two tidal siren were already waiting beneath the sea, but the moment they saw Nicole, their eyes suddenly turned sharp, and they gripped their trident tightly, looking as if they were about to attack.

Rosie frowned and quickly shielded Nicole behind her.

Green was completely bewildered. Why did he suddenly change his expression?

He quickly swam up and negotiated for a while, then turned back to Nicole and said, "Quickly turn off the shapeshifting spell and change back. They have a significant conflict with the merfolk, and they think you're a real merfolk."

"Ah!" Nicole cried out in surprise and quickly canceled the transformation spell.

After seeing Nicole's legs reappear, the two tidal siren's expressions clearly softened, and they then mumbled a few more words to Green.

"What did they say?" Rosie asked.

Green said, "They said please don't make jokes like that again."

(End of this chapter)