The seaweed was gone, leaving only a massive chain that bound a creature resembling a skeleton, neither human nor fish, vastly different from the half-mermaids, and distinct from the nagas behind it—a creature that was only a layer of skin draped over bones, tightly bound to the obelisk. Its sunken eyes had witnessed ages pass by and lost the divine brilliance they held just moments ago, now they were dull and lifelessly staring at Lin Hao.
"To awaken three thousand warriors would cost me my old life. But I have lived too long, too wearily. Once, I was a human, but now, look at what I've become? My race has been suppressed deep in the ocean, enduring countless years, and has undergone massive mutations."
"Half-mermaids? They stole the treasure of my race, forcing the remaining beings of my race to live away from the sunlight. They are traitors; they nearly doomed my race to eternal downfall!"
