B2A1 - The World of Myths

Chapter 57 : Sirena II

Chapter 56 : Sirena II

-Lucy-

Now we’re up for this challenge. I don’t know if this is part of the story-line, but we needed to do this. I think we have to do this first before saving the village from captivity. Besides, the mermaid is also capsized, so we have to save her. It’s just that we don’t know where those men brought her.

We had already searched all over the boat, yet there was no sign of a mermaid around. We didn’t even see them bringing a mermaid with them as they escaped from us. Or rather, we didn't see them leave as we got distracted by battling so much. They must have hidden her somewhere already, but not in this boat. Gosh, there aren’t any clues either as to where we could find her.

“Any leads yet?” Elliot asked us as we all met each other on the upper deck of their boat. This boat is quite big, so we split up to be able to cover all the areas. I prefer calling it a fishing vessel ahahaha it sounded cool, though I don’t know the difference and the similarities. All I care about is that they’re both used to fishing.

“I haven’t found any…” Vic answered as he walked towards us. I just took a quick glance at him, then faced Elliot as he also does. I shook my head in response, saying that I hadn’t found one either. I had already been to an area where there are many compartments, yet none of those contained a mermaid or at least had been used to contain her.

“Maybe she’s not here already, maybe she escaped, or something… let’s try talking to the mermaids about it”, Avery said, giving up finding it here. I agree with him, none of us seem to find anything here, so we better talk to them or try looking in another place.

“I think so too, we’re hopeless here” Reiven said, agreeing with him. Elliot just nodded his head and walked towards the edge of the boat where we could talk to the mermaids if they could give us clues or something. Darxi stepped forward with Avery as they both can talk to them clearly.

“Uhmmm… excuse me, we can’t find her here… do you think she has gone somewhere? Or at least tell us something so that we can find something that will lead us to her”, Darxi asked directly. The mermaids look at us as if they’re still waiting for whatever news we had.

“She went gone a day ago. No one knows where she is. Her best fish friend told us that some men caught her…please help us find her. Without her, this sea might be destroyed as she is the guardian that---” blah blah blah, that’s what he kept saying since a while ago.

He said that she was his daughter, the princess of the sea. They needed her to sustain the life of the sea and to protect everything in it. No wonder those men just went dynamite fishing without being interrupted is because they already got that one who’ll stop them. And if she doesn’t go back to the sea as soon as possible, everything might get destroyed.

“The sea scales react to where she is located, but the only way to find that sea scale is to---”

“Wait what!?” Raizen exclaimed as the Merman, who seemed to be the king, continued saying something that he didn’t tell us a while ago: that sea scale he’s talking about could lead us to the mermaid that we’re looking for.

“Gosh shut up! What he said might be important. Stop interrupting”, Avery said as he told Raizen to silence himself as he just interrupted the Merman who was about to tell us something that could help us.

“What was that again?” Darxi asked once more to make him repeat what he said.

“The sea scales react to where she is located, but the only way to find that sea scale is to defeat sea eels. They have been hoarding those. The only problem is that sea eels are rare to be found in this area. Sea scales are a hundred percent drop. That might help you find her” the merman said, completing what he was saying a while ago.

“Thanks for telling us…” Avery said as he was about to go.

“Those sea scales can be made into a sea bell if you get at least ten… all you have to do is to drop the sea scales into the heart of the sea, then a sea bell will float on the water. Ring it to summon the sea star, and that sea star will lead you to her… good luck”, he added, which made him stop right after.

“What!? I thought it would be easy… I didn’t know that it’s that hard… gosh” Enzo said, complaining about it… me too, I feel like I wanted to complain ahahaha think of it. Finding see eels in this area might be hard, plus making it into a sea bell, and then look for the mermaid

“And where is that heart of the sea?” Scarlett asked as she rolled her eyes as if she was also complaining with us ahahaha I just made myself think that at least it would be easier for us to find her with the help of the sea star.

“By the light of the night, the purest is the heart. Just within the reach of the sight, the sea falls apart…” the merman said as he again went to pause, just like how he paused a while ago, as if saying that it was the end of the conversation.

“By the light of the night, the purest is the heart. Just within the reach of the sight, the sea falls apart… what the heck, I don’t even know what that means…” Darxi repeated what the merman said exactly.

“Neither do I, I’m the worst at poetry” Elliot said shaking his head off.

“That’s why we have Avery and Scarlett ahahaha” I said laughing as I looked at the other two who I know is very good at it. Though we weren’t classmates this school year, but we’ve been in the same classes before, so I know them somehow. I know we can trust them at times like this, especially Avery.

"And maybe we can use the boat that Lucio's armies abandoned to get to the sea, right?" Raizen exclaimed excitedly. He was looking at all of us with all the excitement in his face, seeking approval. "Then we can have Reiven be the captain and stir the wheel for us", he added.

"Let's check if we can" Avery said as we all went back inside the fishing vessel. We all went to the bridge to see if we could actually use it. The place where the captain controls and navigates the boat is called the bridge.

On smaller boats, it might just be called the wheelhouse or helm, but on larger warships and vessels, the bridge is the main command center where the captain and crew operate the ship. It usually has all the necessary navigation, communication, and control systems.

We all looked at Reiven as he studied the mechanism if the boat and tested some things. We all just watched him doing his thing, anticipating what's next. I admit I had no idea what he was doing. He's also using some skills to do whatever he's doing, to fix, upgrade, or make it usable.

"Well it is usable. I just refined some things so we could use it" Reiven said, smiling at us. I sighed in relief because of that news. "I just need Elliot and... let's say, maybe Lucy to stay here with me", he said, pointing at me and Elliot. Gosh, why? I know nothing about boats.

"Ok" I just said.

"Then the rest of you can look out for whatever comes," he said. One by one, they all went out, leaving the three of us here, "Well, I need someone to tell me which way to go, and someone who can help me navigate in this vast ocean, and you two are the best option" he continued speaking.

"Oh ok" Elliot said as he grabbed the map from his pocket and spread it all over the table "So this is the whole ocean" he pointed at the map. Surprisingly, I am able to see what's in there, unlike before when I couldn't. Only he, who can read it. Well, not totally can say which way to go, but I can clearly see what the ocean is telling us. Which route is safer, which is not, and so on. This is so cool.