The merman laughed out triumphantly as he slowly turned around. "I never thought that deceiving the King of Umbra was a child's play. I worried myself for nothing," he spat disdainfully.
Haru's eyes widened in disbelief at the sight in front of her. The merman was slowly changing his shape and appearance. He shifted into a brawny man with tanned skin and scary scars all over his body.
"A shapeshifter!" Haru loudly gasp.
"Bingo!" Ulric playfully said then snickered like a true evil villain.
Her face suddenly became savage. "What did you do with my old man?"
"The hell I know," Ulric shrugged. "He must have been tortured to death by my sadistic comrades."
"No!" Haru cried out and turned around to run. However, she halted at the sight of a huge magic circle in her way. She cautiously looked around and finally noticed that the entire area was surrounded by different magic circles. 'A protection barrier?'
