Using their powers, they manipulate the water to enable them to swim away with fastness. The issue here was Princess Chu Hua who Dishi wasn't ready to go and leave her lying lifeless there.
The approaching creature doesn't have legs nor does it have tails. It gestured towards them with speed as it was ready to attack them.
A sense hit Dishi, and he remembered that he could do something to save Princess Chu Hua if she was alive.
The necklace on his neck with a magical gem. He said a few words, and both he and princess Chu Hua became invisible.
All other mermaids ran away and hid nearby behind caves and rocks. While others hide behind the ocean planes that are somehow taller and wider than them.
Water covered everywhere, but it couldn't touch Princess Chu Hua because she was invisible. As if she knew that Dishi was going to be her savior and she insisted that he follow her.
Unbeknownst to Dishi, the monster before them can see invisible things. The monster sighted Princess Chu Hua lying on the ground, but Dishi caught its attention as he looked good for food.
The monster paused for a few seconds and examined Dishi, but to him, he thought the monster didn't see anything, and it wanted to go back to the cave, suddenly the monster began coming towards him with speed.
That's when Dishi knew that something was wrong somewhere. He brought out his two swords from their sheaths and held them in both hands. The more the monster came closer, the more Dishi got a better view of it.
It has eyes like a fury fire pit and a gigantic body side that can contain many mermaids inside it if swallowed by the monster. It has rough skin and sharp long teeth that were showcasing themselves like sharp irons.
As the monster approached closer, it widened its mouth to attack Dishi, but he dodged it.
" Hoaar Hoaar!" the monster roared in anger as legs grew out from nowhere from its body. It was having sharp claws that were almost long like a sword that could pierce through someone's flesh directly.
' This is unbelievable. How did it suddenly get legs?' Dishi mumbled.
" Eeeeeh…" one of the mermaids came out from her hideout to attack the monster from behind and the monster turned around and roared, and its eyes turned red and became like a furry furnace.
Shockingly, the mermaid who was about to attack the monster was frozen to an ice block by the monster.
" No…" Dishi cried out in agony as the mermaid died immediately after being frozen.
Out of anger, Dishi commanded," Warriors are people who are not afraid to stand and fight their enemies. Why are you all running away like cowards?" he spoke in anger and added," Take up your weapons and come out from wherever you are!"
On hearing this, all the mermaids came out from their hiding and rounded the monster as they put it in the middle.
As this happens, Princess Chu Hua was still lying lifeless on the ground, but she was still invisible to the sight of those that have spiritual eyes. For this reason, she remained untouched by the water.
Dishi said an incantation and screamed," Attack!" he commanded, and they all attempted to attack. The monster tried to freeze all of them, but the incantation made by Dishi was at work as it couldn't allow the monster to do that.
Spears and many other weapons were being thrown at him, but the hardness of his skin resisted it all.
Although many dodged the monster's attack, some mermaids were taken to their early graves, using its claws as weapons.
The monster was tough to get rid of…
Nevertheless, Dishi was able to get access to its back and injured one of its legs. This made the monster angrier that only Dishi became its prey at that moment. It began chasing him around as it uses all its magic to kill Dishi.
Luckily for him, the necklace that has the magical gem was also protecting him against his enemy, the ocean monster. No mermaid dare go close to them because the battle between the two of them was beyond the mermaid's power.
Dishi was badly hurt as the monster cut his thigh with its claws, and he was seriously bleeding as he lay helpless on the rough ocean stones.
He groans in pain as he drags himself to rest his back. Dishi was looking helpless as no one could come to his rescue. No one… everyone was afraid to go close to the scary and powerful creature before. But what they don't know is, Cthulhu was even bigger and more powerful than what they are seeing before them.
Dishi counted this moment as the last minute to tell the world ' goodbye' as the enemy before had raised its claws to the air to strike him to death. He shut his eyes which made him look like someone who was blind as he always does.
He did this so that he could speak to Princess Chu Hua in her mind. But then something intriguing happened. As the monster was about to strike, a spear pierced through its eyes and came out from the other side of the head.
Dishi was shocked to his bones after seeing this. Scanning around, he sighed Princess Chu Hua heavily breathing after throwing the spear.
'She killed it!'
The ocean monster painfully roared as it violently fell to the ground and began to roll on the ground in pain. Suddenly, it began to burn in flame despite being in an ocean filled with water.
Princess Chu Hua was currently visible, but the water wasn't a barrier to her as Dishi's incantation made it happen that way. He has the power to control water like every other mermaid, but he was exceptional because he has the second position in the mermaid kingdom after queen Andarta.
On seeing this, Dishi knew that danger was approaching. To save everyone, he screamed out," Everyone, run…!"
At first, everyone was confused about why he said so, but when they saw that the monster was about to explore, everyone began to hasten away.
Within seconds, the monster exploded like a bomb.
~~~
King Qiangsheng was sitting on his throne as he glared at Commander Lucifer who bowed before him as he got scolded for being the reason for his daughter being in that condition.
King Qiangsheng pleaded with Princess Xiang to open her door but she refused and he got angry and left for his chamber.
" For the last time, I'm asking you, what have you done to her?" King Qiangsheng asked with gritted teeth, but commander Lucifer kept giving the same answer. " Nothing, Your Majesty."
" Lucifer, I knew you as a good warrior, but since the day I was informed that you disappointed king Cheng, I was so embarrassed. And since that day, I have been avoiding anything that will join between you and my daughter. Please, I'm pleading with you not as a king but as her beloved father. Kindly tell me what happened between you and her that is making her bitterly weeping."
King Qiangsheng spoke with a gentle voice, and commander Lucifer explained everything that happened between them.
" I now know what's happening." King Qiangsheng muttered and added, "Be ready to take her as your wife if she insists that she loves you, and that's my decree. Because her happiness is also my happiness."
" But Your Majesty…" before commander Lucifer could speak out, a guard rushed in to inform them what just happened.
" Commander! Commander…"
" What's after you?" commander Lucifer fearfully asked as he drew out his sword from its sheath.
" We… we were on the tower, suddenly we sighted a fire evaporation from the great ocean." the young man explained.
" What do you mean by that?" king Qiangsheng curiously asked.
" Your Majesty is like there was an explosion from the ocean which shun in the ocean, making the ocean evaporate." the guard responded.
' Explosion? In an ocean? What on earth does that mean?' commander Lucifer wondered.
" Carry your men and go check what's happening and don't stand here to figure out things." King Qiangsheng ordered commander Lucifer.
" Yes, Your Majesty. We would do just that." commander Lucifer replied before standing on his feet and hastening away.
At this point, commander Lucifer was left confused about what to do. Should he think about Princess Chu Hua's situation? Or getting married to Princess Xiang? Or saving the kingdom?
Which one?
" Gather all the troops. We are going out immediately. Only a few men would be left behind." Commander Lucifer commanded commander Yufei.
Despite living in commander Yufei's kingdom, he still takes orders from commander Lucifer no matter what.
" Remember you asked me to do that before leaving to see His Majesty. Remember?" commander Yufei responded.
" Oh, I did? I have forgotten."
" I can see. But don't be offended. Why is a face looking like a dungeon?" commander Yufei inquired.
" What do you mean?" commander Lucifer was confused.
" I mean you seem not to be alright. The look on your face is strange."
" Hmm… I don't know how my face looks to you but that's not my problem right now. Let's face what is coming against us and stop talking about my mood." commander Lucifer smirked.
" As you wish," commander Yufei spoke before turning around to go and meet his men outside the gate who were ready for the battle.
' Why am I feeling empty and weak? What's happening to me?' commander Lucifer cried inwardly as he continued swinging his head with pity.