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Chapter 188 (July 10th, requesting monthly votes) This guy must be a gargoyle!

Seeing the actual effect and the timing of the reversal, Ivan's eyes were full of thought.

"Four hours is equivalent to the potions developed by Pris, which generally have the lowest toxicity."

"Because normal potions, even those temporary beginner potions, generally have a reversal time of at least six hours."

"Trace doses do not require time reversal and have the same effect as regular medications."

"And this time there are no prefixes or affixes, which means that the amount I licked was normal."

"25% swimming speed bonus"

"This thing is normally dispensable, but it can be a lifesaver in some critical moments."

"But it's not very useful to me, since I can fly now."

"I wonder what the subsequent plot twist will be."

Just as Evan was pondering the effects of the Deep One's bodily fluids, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark figure out of the corner of his eye.

He then dodged with incredible speed.

A harpoon, about 1.5 meters long and carved from bone, flew up from where it had been before with a whoosh.

It then flew upwards for about twenty meters before crashing down helplessly.

Ivan watched the skeletal javelin fall freely, without tempting himself to grab it.

What if there's something inside that javelin?

What if it explodes when touched?

He now exudes a very high level of prestige thanks to his cape.

He didn't want to do anything that carried potential risks.

Looking down in the direction of the javelin, Ivan could see a dozen or so deep divers floating on the surface of the bay at the estuary.

Eleven of them are relatively small.

These guys were dressed in relatively simple clothes and wore conch necklaces around their necks.

With four to six skeletal javelins stuck in their backs, they held in their hands devices that resembled tuna.

One of them can be seen stabbing a skeletal javelin into the device, which functions somewhat like a harpoon gun.

The one leading them was a deep-sea diver who was noticeably larger than the others.

He was covered in some unknown alloy armor and held a huge skeletal machete.

This deep-diving creature also has a beard and wears a crown made of bone.

His fish-like eyes, surrounded by various folds and scales, swept across the sky.

Unfortunately, given his status, he still couldn't see what was in the sky.

Seeing their own people struggling in the hands of the enemy, and the mission objective being snatched away from them at close range.

The strong deep-diving man had a rather cold expression and his posture was full of anger.

"Who exactly are you? What do you want?"

"That child is of the blood of the Deep Ones! Do you intend to become an enemy of our Dagon Cult?!"

The final sound echoed back and forth across the canyon walls before the bay, creating a continuous resonance.

Standing in the sky, Evan looked at the Deep Ones on the ground, and suddenly his eyes darted around.

He knew very well that these deep-diving beings had no way to deal with him.

If there were even the slightest way, they wouldn't be here like a helpless husband, only able to helplessly call out to themselves.

He could easily kill the female Deep One and then fly back to Bolton with the child.

It might even arrive earlier than that train.

However, after seeing the other party's emphasis on the Dagon cult and their power, Ivan harbored some ill intentions.

"Since these Deep Ones are so territorial, could I impersonate them for a while?"

"Anyway, various organizations have been trying to cause trouble in Bolton City lately, and introducing an extraordinary force into the mix might just make things even more complicated."

"So, who should I impersonate? How about I just impersonate Klaus's ghoul?"

The next second he shook his head in denial.

"Hmm...not really."

"Although flying gargoyles among the ghouls fit my current situation."

"But this act of directly stating my name could very well make the other party suspect that I am an imposter, deliberately trying to sow discord between the two organizations."

"In that case, I'll move up one more level!"

So Ivan, carrying the female Deep One and the child, slowly descended from the sky.

At this moment, the captain of the deep-sea diving team, Joshua, looked quite grim.

The person arrested now is one of his most trusted lieutenants, who will also be one of his chosen spouses.

Now, seeing his spouse being held hostage by the other party, he can only sit helplessly in the sea.

This feeling is quite painful.

His pride was further aggravated when he saw his spouse being licked by that guy.

After all, the movement was quite obvious; he could even clearly see the detail of Lily instinctively turning her head to the side.

Upon seeing the figure approaching the sea, Joshua immediately ordered, "Everyone, get into battle mode!"

"But remember! You are not allowed to act without my order!"

"If nothing unexpected happens, this guy is very likely to be a master."

Upon hearing this, the other Deep Ones nodded repeatedly on their ugly, wrinkled, and scaly faces, their pupils filled with fear.

These monsters have lived in human society for many years.

Many of their habits have led them to lose sight of whether they are instincts of deep-sea divers or simply human instincts.

After all, over the years, Deep Ones have intermarried with humans on a large scale, resulting in all sorts of mixed-race offspring.

Today, even many of their traditional behaviors have been influenced by human customs.

Under the watchful eyes of the deep-sea divers, they saw their tribesmen and the child, floating in mid-air, gradually approach the surface of the sea.

In an instant, all the deep-sea divers tensed up and prepared for battle.

When the other party stopped standing about thirty meters above the sea level, a deep male voice rang out.

"What are you stinking fish people doing here instead of hiding in Innsmouth?"

Joshua gritted his teeth: "This child has the blood of us Deep Ones! What's wrong with us taking our child back?"

After a second of silence, the other person said calmly, "Whether this child is your child or not is not for you to decide."

"Now I've taken a liking to this child; he'll be of other use to me as well."

Joshua replied forcefully, "You should know what the consequences are for provoking our Dagon Cult."

Then they heard the other party sneer: "What will happen if you provoke us? It should be you who provoke us and what will happen to you."

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"If you offend the Sap Chamber of Commerce and its partners, you'll have nowhere to spend your money later!"

"If our Lord Sap doesn't give the word, who would dare to make a deal with you?"

"Where are you going to get those necessities? And where are you going to get those essential offerings?"

Hearing the other party's forceful words and the name mentioned.

Joshua was silent for a few seconds: "So, you just want to humiliate us and then declare war on us on behalf of the Sap Merchant Guild?"

With overwhelming strength, he didn't even have the confidence to argue.

Ivan casually tossed the female deep-sea diver back into the sea.

Feeling free and finally back in the sea, Lili returned to the group as quickly as possible.

His face was filled with the relief of surviving a disaster.

Ivan continued, "I have no interest in you stinky fishmen."

"This is merely a warning to you!"

"If you dare to interfere with our plans again, I won't be so amiable next time we meet."

After saying these words, under the bewildered gaze of the fishmen, Ivan and the child rapidly ascended.

They quickly disappeared from their sight with the child.

The group of Deep Ones fell into a deep silence, staring at the direction Ivan had left, unable to utter a word for a long time.

After a long while, Joshua turned to Lily and asked, "What exactly happened just now?"

Lili quickly recounted what had just happened and her plan.

Joshua frowned. "An expert who looks very young? And with such a silly expression?"

The Deep One, standing nearby, tentatively asked, "This guy claims to be from the Sap Group. Could it be that those capitalists are really at odds with us?"

Joshua scoffed, "Those capitalists just look down on people, that doesn't mean they're stupid!"

"I have a strong feeling that someone is trying to sow discord between our Dagon Tantric sect and those capitalists."

The other deep-sea divers fell silent, unable to comprehend these complex questions.

Then Joshua asked Lily, "You had some contact with him just now. Although we couldn't see what he looked like, you should have been able to sense his posture."

He said meaningfully, "And the other person even licked you."

Still shaken, Lily suddenly snapped out of it and exclaimed, "I remember now! This guy is definitely not human!"

"He's not one of those capitalists! He's not even a human being!"

Everyone immediately asked, "How did you figure that out?"

Lily said, "He did lick me!"

"But my scales could clearly feel that the tongue was thin and long, which was definitely not a normal human tongue."

"And then there was the way he grabbed me! It wasn't a normal human hand, it was a huge claw."

"I estimate that claw was at least two meters long!"

"It has a large number of hard, tightly packed protrusions on it, and it is long and narrow in shape."

"It's probably not scales, more like growths on some kind of bone, like those dense bone spurs."

Joshua's eyes suddenly lit up, and he slammed the bone sword in his hand directly onto the wave, saying decisively.

"I know! I know who that guy is!"

The deep-sea divers quickly turned to look.

Joshua puffed out his chest: "This guy is a ghoul! And a high-ranking gargoyle at that."

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"It has a long, thin tongue, enormous claws, and can fly at will!"

"These perfectly match the characteristics of a gargoyle."

After hearing this, Lily thought about it carefully and immediately nodded, saying, "Yes, yes, yes!"

"He did indeed possess that sinister, corrupt aura unique to ghouls."

The deep-sea divers all looked on in sudden realization: "Our captain is really too smart."

"By the Lord of R'lyeh! It is my honor to be a soldier who serves as captain."

"Father! Captain, how do you possess such vast knowledge?"

Joshua's vanity was greatly satisfied by the flattery, and he then continued his analysis.

"I've received some information from them."

"I heard that someone is spreading a plague in Bolton City recently."

"Meanwhile, those ghouls in the Dreamland have been causing quite a stir lately, seemingly wanting a certain divine child to descend."

"While those ghouls have some cooperation with the capitalists, they also seem to be enemies with each other."

As he spoke, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Everything makes sense now!"

"Those ghouls want a certain divine child to descend, so they've been frantically collecting the necessary vessels!"

"Then they set their sights on this child who possessed special powers!"

"Their goal is to make this child one of their experimental subjects."

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"Yes! That's it! That must be it!"

Joshua became more and more excited as he spoke.

"That guy was a gargoyle!"

"His purpose in disguising himself as a capitalist was to conceal his true identity and then incite conflict between our Dagonite Cult and the Sap Merchant Guild."

Lili was puzzled: "If he wanted to provoke conflict, why did he let us go? Wouldn't killing us have made the conflict even bigger?"

Joshua sneered, "Lily, you're still too young and too naive."

"These ghouls still have to rely on the power of those capitalists."

"They don't dare to openly provoke conflict between the two sides; they only dare to do some underhanded things."

"If he really kills us today, our priests will absolutely not let this matter rest so easily."

"If the higher-ups really find out about the Sap Group, both sides will quickly realize that he is the one secretly stirring up trouble between them."

"He won't have a good ending either."

He proudly raised his head.

"And now they've only taken a newborn mixed-race baby, and haven't caused us any real impact or harm."

"This way, the matter becomes a trivial little thing, and it won't even escalate to higher authorities!"

"After all, as long as no one dies, there is no blood feud between the two sides."

"This way, he can obtain valuable test subjects, sow discord between us and the Chamber of Commerce, and conceal his true identity."

Everyone instantly understood.

My thoughts became incredibly clear, and all my previous doubts were now completely resolved.

Then even more compliments poured in.

Surrounded by the crowd, Joshua's face was filled with immense pride and smugness.

The compliments lasted for more than ten minutes, after which Lily tentatively asked, "So, Joshua, what if this mission fails?"

"Just report it truthfully," Joshua said.

"Although master-level ghouls cannot come to the material world."

"But even if that person wasn't a master, he was still very close to being a master."

"Because I could sense the method he used just now, unlike Lili's invisibility."

"That's a pure crushing defeat in terms of spiritual vision. We don't have that level of spiritual vision, so naturally we can't see the other party's existence."

Everyone agreed.

Then a group of deep-sea divers turned and plunged into the deep sea.

One of the Deep Ones asked, somewhat puzzled, "We're not human, so why do we have the same limitation as humans—vision?"

Joshua scoffed, "Fool! Insight is a talent shared by all intelligent beings."

"It's not a restriction, but a protection for us!"

"Don't you even think about whether you dare to look our great Heavenly Father in the eye?"

Upon hearing this, the group of Deep Ones trembled and lowered their heads.

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