The kraken had moved closer to the beach, and so had the mermaids. It was dangerous there now, and people didn't even go into the forest anymore. It must have something to do with the bait Rudra had set in one of the caves, Nikola thought to himself.
The Shiva spent all his time in them now. He had his armor and trident and waited for the kraken to take the bait. He also killed off any mermaid that swam to try to kill him and sold their parts to the market. Many women were crowding the market trying to get mermaid hearts and mermaid pearls.
Ariel had been horrified, but when Nikola had explained to her who Master Wang really was, she had simply bowed her head.
"Maybe once Master Wang defeats the kraken we can go to the beach," he said, and then he looked to Wei Caihong. "How did they do in the exam?"
