Chapter 193

**Austin's POV**

"What mistake did he make?"

"I don't know. I didn't have time to communicate with him too much because the seabirds found me. Many Mermen attacked me from the sea with bows and arrows," Francis replied.

Brandon said, "Then follow the plan. Elroy, you have the most strength.

We'll fix the others. You concentrate on trying to get the chains off."

"Okay."

The plane descended lower, and we all leaped from the plane.

Julian swung the King's Scepter. This was the first time I had seen him use it. Shortly after he held the scepter aloft, dark clouds quickly converged, and lightning streamed through them like snakes.

Soon a torrential rain fell, accompanied by a gale of wind. The rain and wind drove away all the sea birds.

Caleb chanted the spell. In no time, behind the locked Merman, seaweed grew wildly, and the sea began to freeze.

Isidore, meanwhile, flew to a high place, watching every move on the ground, ready to assist and sneak attack.

"Now is the time, rush!"

The rest of us covered Elroy and rushed up together.

The chained Merman was indeed in bad shape. His body was covered with wounds, but no blood was visible because the wounds had been soaked by seawater.

When he saw us, he showed an expression of surprise.

"Who are you?"

Francis said, "We came to rescue you for Elizabeth. You must stay alive and hold on until you lead us to Elizabeth!"

Elroy grabbed the chain on the chained Merman's wrist and tried hard to rip it off.

"Elroy, can you rip it off?"

"Maybe, but it will take time..." The waves hit Elroy, and I couldn't tell if it was seawater or sweat on his forehead.

Brandon and I slashed the chain with our swords. Sparks collided with each cut.

Suddenly, I noticed that the ice on the sea's surface created cracks.

"Watch out! The enemy is coming out of the sea!" I yelled a warning.

Caleb hurriedly reinforced the ice, but it wouldn't last long.

Soon, countless dark mermen with long black nails jumped out from the surface of the sea. Many seaweeds were wrapped around them, but they could not be stopped.

Some of them grabbed the chains to pull the injured Merman into the sea, while others rushed up through the waves to attack us with their nails and sharp teeth.

"Lightning!" Julian shouted, and several lightning bolts landed in the direction of the scepter swing and struck at the dark mermen.

The dark mermen let out ear-piercing screams and kept summoning their companions.

"You guys are really fucking pissing me off!" Elroy roared as he grabbed all chains and swung them around, injuring many of the dark mermen who tried to approach.

Then he grabbed the chains and yanked them upward as if trying to pull something up on the other end of them.

"Fvckkkkkk-" Amidst Elroy's loud roar, we saw a pillar tied by chains being yanked out of the sea.

His terrifying strength shocked everyone, including us.

My Lord, did he destroy the building at the bottom of the sea?

Elroy smashed the pillar with one punch. Brandon and I both pulled out the swords that had pinned Merman's legs to the ground.

Isidore flew down from the sky and opened his arms wide, "Give me the Merman!"

Elroy lifted the Merman, who was still in chains, and threw him upwards.

Isidore caught him and flew with great difficulty towards the plane with him.

"Retreat! Get back to the plane!" Brandon commanded.

The pilot flew the plane to meet us. The Merman should have made it into the plane, and Carolina was smart enough to throw the chain on Merman's wrist out the hatch so we could grab it and get into the plane quickly.

When the last one got into the plane, we retrieved the chain back to the plane and closed the hatch.

Everyone was panting. We had won the battle, but it was no time to celebrate.

Countless seabirds gathered, and they formed an impermeable wall around the plane.

The pilot shouted, "They're attacking the glass! I can't control the balance of the plane!"

Suddenly, Francis stood up, "Open a window for me!"

"What are you going to do?" We were all surprised. Opening a window at this time would be a death wish.

"Open the window!"

After the fight earlier, we had built up some trust. Brandon said, "Just do what he says. Open the window!"

The pilot opened a window. We see Francis stick his head out and breathe a flame out of his mouth.

"Oh my moon goddess! He can breathe fire!" We were shocked and delighted.

The flames killed countless seabirds. An escape route appeared ahead of us.

Julian stared at Francis for a long time and suddenly said, "I know who you are. You are the legendary fire-covered monster in the forbidden valley."

Francis didn't deny it, "Yes, I am. To be precise, I was one of the fire-covered monsters. I killed all the other fire-covered monsters in the Forbidden Valley except for me."

Julian seemed deeply prejudiced and wary of him, "Did you hurt Elizabeth?"

"No. Elizabeth helped me learn to control fire. She let me know I wasn't a monster, I was a fire wolf. We became friends."

Now we finally know what happened to Elizabeth after she was sent to the fire-covered monster.

She really did perform a miracle.

"Where the hell is Elizabeth now?" We were all desperate to know the answer to that question.

Merman, the only one on the plane who knew Elizabeth's location, slowly lifted his hand and pointed in one direction.

"I can feel that she took my scale with her in that direction..."

All of us looked over in that direction.

What a coincidence. This was where we originally wanted to go - the location of the Blood Moon pack and the vampires.

"Pilots on command, full speed ahead!"