Perhaps the opponent's humanoid appearance no longer possessed the oppressive power of the dragon shape. Rita, who slowly put down her guard, gradually began to speak more.

"The ancient gods have shown us the Apocalypse many times in the sanctuary. The human race has always been a group of moody guys. They can ignore the worst consequences that follow for their immediate benefit." Rita turned her head. I glanced at the citizens on the shore: "Stay away from them is the best way."

Todd asked, "Your ancient god, why did you want you to come to me? Has he ever said my identity?"

"The ancient gods once told my mother in the sanctuary that the protector of the Dragon Kingdom is a wise and intelligent god. He has no prejudice between races and no vulgar desire for profit. If we come to you , Will definitely get help."

Todd touched his forehead, feeling in his heart that Leviathan had dug a hole for himself.

"Let's return the topic to the ancient god. Has he mentioned any clues related to seabed pollution?"

Rita seemed quite confused: "The ancient **** Krakow said more than once that this black pollution is a catastrophe and a purge. The great he seems to have known all this will happen, but the ancient gods have Tell us that he cannot stop or interfere with all this."

Todd wondered inwardly, is it because of the agreement between the forerunner and the crystal?

"The ancient gods told us to escape this black plague and go to the east coast, where there is a sage holy king who can provide shelter for the mermaids."

Speaking of this, Rita paused for a moment, and then continued: "The ancient **** said something strange at the end."

"Strange words?"

Rita nodded: "He said: Today, you should be grateful for shelter; in the future, you must come forward."

Todd's brows twisted together.

In the future, the mermaids must come forward?

What does this sentence mean?

Is it possible that the future of Dragon Kingdom needs the help of these mermaids?

Todd, who was puzzled, cast his gaze into the distance, thinking about things that didn't have a clue, and slowly, it no longer appealed to him.

Not far away, a ship laden with cargo slowly approached the harbor, and boxes of cargo were transported out of the cabin.

Todd turned his attention, looking at the mermaids who were taking the goods carefully, and asked strangely: "I have a question, those of your tribe, why do I only see women?"

Rita shook the fish's tail lightly: "In my tribe, women are responsible for the important affairs of the tribe. Men are not qualified or able to deal with such occasions. Most places suitable for them are grazing, reef picking or guarding. ."

Todd raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "So, your tribe is a matriarchal society?"

Evie, who was standing by, suddenly said: "I think it's normal, it's not a strange thing."

A mermaid slowly swims to Rita's side in the sea, watching Todd and Evie in alert, while holding a small bag of things to his chest.

Watching the two mermaids talk in a strange language, Todd waited for them to finish and asked, "What's the matter?"

Rita opened the bag, pointed to the pale white powder inside, and said in a bewilderment: "They said this is food? But how should it be eaten?"

Todd glanced intently and laughed blankly.

Standing on the side Evie said to Rita: "This is wheat flour, which can be fermented with water and baked into bread... Oh, I almost forgot, you live in the sea..."

Todd looked at the bag of wheat flour and asked softly, "Rita, what do you usually eat in the sea?"

"Raw fish, seashells, fish eggs..." Rita said with her chin resting on her hand and licking her lips: "There is a soft bug called a sting, which bites like kelp, but it's juicy and rich."

Evie closed her mouth tightly, her face turned pale, and her stomach began to turn over.

Todd smiled and asked, "Can you eat cooked food? Will you not be able to adapt to condiments and spices?"

Rita thought for a while, shook her head and said, "In my impression, mermaids are not picky eaters."

Todd nodded and said to Evie next to him: "Did you bring anything to eat?"

"I still have some sweet biscuits from the Beverly Bakery." Evie said with a painful feeling, covering her chest, "But the goods in that store need to be queued early in the morning, and they are also available in limited quantities. "

Todd was a little strange: "You like sweet biscuits so much, can you just buy that store?"

Evie took out the small paper bag with biscuits from her arms and handed it to Rita, while muttering: "The food you buy in the queue is not the same as the food cooked by the servants. You don't understand..."

Taking the biscuits from Evie, Rita looked at these small, cute, exquisite snacks in various shapes, and asked in amazement: "These are all made from this bag of wheat flour?!"

"Almost, but there are some complicated processes in between."

Rita picked up a cookie and wanted to deliver it to her mouth.

The mermaid who had been guarding her side hurriedly yelled.

Rita first glanced at her companion, then at Todd, and said something to the other mermaid, and finally put the cookie in her mouth without hesitation.

Rita's expression was nervous at first ~lightnovelpub.net~ and then surprised, but at the end it was a flushing explosion of happiness.

She chewed **** her cheeks, as if eating the most delicious delicacies in the world.

"I've never eaten something so delicious!" Rita grabbed a handful of biscuits and put it in her mouth, and said vaguely: "Good times, good times."

Todd smiled and said, "It seems that the mermaid is also acceptable to food on land."

After devouring a pack of biscuits, Rita licked her lips intently: "Anything else?"

Evie said angrily: "Yes, there are many in the city, as long as you are willing to bring the money to line up early in the morning."

Rita lowered her head to look at her fishtail, and said frustratedly: "We can't get into the city."

Todd reminded her: "Moreover, once these foods enter the water, they will be soaked, and they will no longer be able to enter the mouth."

Rita thought about it for a long time, and suddenly her eyes lit up: "We can trade with people in the city!"

"In the ocean, eyeball-sized pearls, colorful corals, and gold buried in the seabed. For us, these things are just dispensable decorations in our homes, but people on land should I will like it!"

Rita said as she unwrapped a string of dove egg-sized pearl bracelets from her wrist, and asked Evie and Todd, "Can such a string of pearls be exchanged for a bag of biscuits?"

Evie smiled bitterly: "With this, you can buy a whole ship of biscuits."

In the end, Todd decided to upgrade the trading post on Waiheke Island into a commercial town dedicated to trade between West Side City and the Mermaid tribe.

In the early stage, a number of food-related shops will be settled on Waiheke Island, such as dessert shops, pastry shops, bakeries, pubs and so on.

The mermaids can exchange the property in the ocean for a corresponding amount of coins in the Royal Bank of the town, and then consume them on their own.