The creature continued dragging Shin down but this time he didn't fight it. He quietly surveilled his surroundings.
He was under the lake which was much larger under ground. When Shin finally took a look at his captor he saw it was a mermaid.
Shin looked around and noticed he was being followed by a group of mermaids. When he looked back, he saw a bright light in an underwater cave.
The group of mermaids entered the cave along with Shin. His eyes grew wide with shock.
He saw a large underwater kingdom. It has castles, chapels and medeavil buildings. He looked at the arena and many mermaids had gathered there.
Just as Shin was in awe he began suffocating. The mermaid that had him saw this and made an air bubble for him and placed it on his head.
Air bubbles. Mermaids. What the fuck is happening here.
The mermaids swam into the middle of the arena and dropped him info middle before swimming into the crowd and taking their seats.
The mermaids in the stands roared in cheers. Shin looked around.
"Hey Shin. Look behind You," a voice called out.
Shin turned around and saw that it was Bael. He too had an air bubble on his head. Shin swam up to him.
"Oh mighty demon prodigy. How do you get get captured?" Shin asked, mocking Bael.
Bael frowned as he got closer to Shin.
"I had my guard down," Bael answered, a little bit annoyed.
"Well then what is the situation?" Shin asked.
Bael remained silent and pointed towards the top of the arena, towards where the king and queen are normally supposed to sit.
Shin turned his head to see that a mermaid was sitting on the throne. It had a large golden trident, but something was off about it.
It was much larger than normal mermaids had had eight octopus tentacles on it's waist as well as fins on it's arms and had long black scaly hair.
It sat on the throne overseeing the whole arena. Shin felt a veil of uneasy fall on him as a question crossed his mind.
What stage could this one be
Shin focused his eyes on the mermaid as he watched the creature's heart give off a feint light.
The colour which Shin saw left his face pale. Green. It's soul glowed green. Shin turned his head to look at Bael with a terrified expression on his face.
Bael just nodded at him.
"Yep. It's an evolved mermaid," Bael said as he grabbed Shin's shoulder to consult him.
"I can take it in a fight but, we are underwater right now. In it's natural habitat and, without my sword I'll have to rely on spells," Bael said as he looks at the evolved mermaid.
The evolved mermaid smiled at them. It raised it's trident in the air and the other mermaid fell silent.
"Welcome land dwellers. I hope you can understand me well," the evolved mermaid spoke out.
Bael and Shin looked at the mermaid with faces of both shock and confusion.
The mermaid chuckled as it stared at their bewildered faces.