"What is the matter mortals? Scared?" The mermaid queen asked as it chuckled.
Shin looked confused by the revelation that a monster could talk. Bael looked a bit annoyed.
Bael looked at his surroundings. He counted roughly thousands if not tens of thousands of mermaids. Though luckily all were dormant mermaids.
Bael looked back at the evolded mermaid.
Gear three should suffice but.....I'm underwater right now so I should use gear four. Worst case scenario I use gear 5 unless Shin can think of something.....maybe.
Shin turned and looked at Bael. Bael looked back. Bael saw a confused look on Shin's face but, he noticed a hint of calculation mixed in as well.
"What do you have an idea?" Bael finally asked, snapping him back into reality.
Shin looked at Bael.
" Let's just do what it wants for now. I have a way for use to move well underwater," Shin as he turned back towards the mermaid queen.
"Oh! You are finnaly done chatting," the mermaid queen said as she got up from the throne.
She looked down at Shin and Bael. The mermaid queen gestured towards one the arena's gates.
A group of mermaids entered the arena carrying a large wooden weapon rack filled with tons of weapons. Spears, swords, bows and arrows, whips and shields.
Shin and Bael immediately knew the implications of this.
"We are bored of having to fight amongst each other for entertainment, so you two shall entertain us by fighting one of the serpents," the mermaid queen said as the mermaids erupted in cheers.
"If that's so that means you want us to pick weapons to fight with?" Shin asked as he drifted over to the weapon rack.
"You are a smart one land dweller. The beast you will be fight is a very formidable opponent. It has devoured nineteen of my best warriors. It took six just to subdue It," the mermaid queen said.
She tapped her trident twice on the floor and the other mermaids immediately fell silent. A low growl came from the cage behind Shin and Bael.
They turned around and saw a pair of glowing deep blue eyes in the cage. Shin suddenly taught of something.
"Wait. You said it devoured nineteen of your best warriors?" Shin asked.
"Yes," the mermaid queen answered, annoyed.
If it ate nineteen. If it's a dormant creature that means it's near evolution. That is going to be a problem.
Bael swam towards the weapon rack. Both of them picked a shield and sword. Shin grabbed the traditional long sword while Beal grabbed the odachi.
"Isn't that too big?" Shin asked as he inspected his sword.
"Not big enough," Bael answered, swinging his sword around.
The mermaid queen smiled. She raised her trident in the air. The mermaids all did a chant, being more synchronized than they should be.
The gates of the cage opened. The low growl slowly swam forward. Out came out a twelve metre long giant sea serpent. It had cuts all over his body.
His deep blue scales shone bright in the darkness of the invisible veil of the mermaid queen's mana.
The sea serpent roared as it prepared for battle.