All the mermaids move under the command of Princess Chu Hua. They were all walking on foot like dry land. Queen Andarta ensured that.
It was the widest ocean on earth. Reaching the end of it within twenty-four hours could almost be impossible for anyone. Not even the mermaids who swim faster on the water.
Almost every angle in the ocean has caves with scary creatures. Both unknown and known creatures that can make one shiver upon sighting them.
" Stop!" Princess Chu Hua signaled everyone as she stood still without taking a step forward.
Dishi who had been blindly walking around suddenly opened his eyes and brought out two swords from their sheaths which were hung on his back. He fixed the handles of the two swords together, making it look like a single sword with a handle in the middle.
Other mermaids separated their spears into two parts as well. While others made there to have two sharp edges and the down part looks like a rolling blade with iron teeth.
Princess Chu Hua, who gave a command for everyone to stop stood confused and speechless.
She turned to Dishi and shockingly asked with whispering," What the hell are these things coming out from?"
" This is not the right time for this. Let's face what we are here for and not get confused about popular things like this."
Dishi responded as he scanned a cave which he was suspecting there was something dangerous inside it.
" But I need to know. Why would you all be under my control and I can't tell what everyone is holding? It doesn't look good…" She smirked and Dishi blinded his eyes again, making his eyes ball, sinking into the eye socket.
" This is why I distance myself from females. They talk a lot and I dislike it. You should have known me by now if you were that smart." he sniffed.
" But I…"
Before Princess Chu Hua could complete her statement, she found herself on the ground, which had rough and smooth stones on it. She didn't notice that she had been standing on a plant vine.
It tightened her two legs and pulled her, and she violently fell to the ground.
On touching the ground, the tendrils wrapped around her neck. The knot was too tight that she almost suffocated to death within seconds.
As Dishi raised his sword to cut off the vine, something intriguing happened. It lifted Princess Chu Hua and flew her in the air. This calls for everyone's attention as they all rushed to rescue her, but almost everyone got trapped. Only a few of the mermaids were left or escaped from the tendrils that tried to wrap them.
The plant sprang up and showed itself to everyone. It was bigger than they expected. This indicates that they have been standing on the gigantic plant all this while.
Those that got trapped were in the air as the plant hit them against each other, and others were thrown to a far distance that they broke into after being smacked against a rock or cave. Blood was gushing out from some mermaid's foreheads, while some were already dead because the knot on their necks was too tight for them to breathe.
Despite almost suffocating to death, Princess Chu Hua never let go of her sword as she tried to cut off the tendrils that trapped her, but she couldn't because there was no chance to do that as it kept flinging them around.
" Save me!" all victims cry out for help.
The ones who weren't trapped, including Dishi, were trying to save the victims, but all in vain as the tendrils kept on bringing out new ones immediately after being cut off.
Dishi who was tirelessly cutting off the tendrils found a way to get rid of it, but the plant was too gigantic and powerful to get access to its weakness. It was impossible…
The only way to get rid of the plant is to pierce a sword in the middle of the plant. But how can one do that? The plant looks like an octopus that has many tendrils but grows beneath the ground where no one can cut it off.
" Throw your smooth to that middle…" Dishi repeated the statement almost a thousand times to princess Chu Hua, but she was dying, and she wasn't listening to what Dishi was saying.
Princess Chu Hua became breathless and her grip on the sword loosened, and it got off her hands. Surprisingly, the sword landed in the middle of the plant. Within seconds, the plant shredded into pieces and died off.
Those that were still on the tendrils got loosened. Some fell to the ground lifeless, while some were intensively coughing from being choked on the neck.
Rushing to princess Chu Hua, Dishi raised her head as he tried to wake her up.
" No! You can't do this to… You can't die like this. It's too early…" Dishi cried out as shook her to open her eyes, but all in vain. He placed his mouth to hers as he breathed air into her lungs, yet to no avail.
Every other victim was being helped by other mermaids that were safe. This was the beginning of their battles with the ocean enemies.
" We just started, but some people are already dead. The person in command is also breathless. How will this end? How can we face the great enemy that awaits us from a far distance?"
One of the mermaids cried out to Dishi, and he was lost in thoughts. It was clear that they would lose any battle if they didn't think of a better way to fight their enemies.
" I'm speechless," Dishi muttered.
" You can't be speechless, Dishi. You have to do something if you don't want our kingdom and the entire world to perish. One man and one weapon can save the whole world, and you know what that means. And that man is you."
" Me? No… Not me. The man who was assigned that sword is responsible for saving the world and not me." Dishi retorted.
" But he isn't here. You are our only hope now." The mermaid worriedly spoke.
" Stop misinterpreting things. Queen Andarta is your hope after that young man," he smirked, and the mermaid shook her head in disappointment.
Injured victims were wailing in agony as they went through pain, but Princess Chu Hua wasn't awake. Dishi tried his best to see her opening her eyes, but she didn't. It was clear to say, she was dead, but he wasn't ready to believe that.
" Run…" one of the mermaids screamed after sighting flaming eyes coming towards them from one of the caves. It indicates that it was something terrifying and gigantic.
Will Princess Chu Hua be safe?