Wizard: I Can Synthesis Everything-Chapter 189 - 186: Inheritance of the Mysterious Artifact

Chapter 189: Chapter 186: Inheritance of the Mysterious Artifact

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Waves churned tumultuously.

Three days later, Lin Suo stood on the surface of the ocean, looking into the distance which was utterly silent.

He couldn’t sense the Shark-men anymore.

They were most likely dead, which was certainly not good news.

After all, the Shark-men carried the aura of Demon Spirits, categorizing them as inherently evil creatures. Even they were attacked and died without a resting place, which just showed how dangerous the sea had become.

"This is troublesome."

He spread out the map and glanced at the town icons drawn on it, then looked down at the sea below, not knowing what to say.

The vice principal had planned out five major towns for him, with a total population of around five hundred thousand before the apocalypse.

His mission was to rescue thirty thousand people.

He was now at the second town, having only managed to rescue three thousand from the previous one, significantly below the target.

This showed just how severe the disaster was.

Humans couldn’t survive underwater, so Lin Suo didn’t delay long before deciding to leave, but then he heard a call that sounded like that of a Sea Demon.

Lin Suo instinctively soared into the air to escape.

After flying several hundred meters, he circled back, his tone surprised.

"Lin Ni!"

There floated a creature with a human upper body and a fish lower body, its mouth full of sharp teeth—quite pretty, as long as it didn’t open its mouth.

The problem was, it had transformed into exactly like the dried-up Sea Demon Lin Suo had encountered on his way to Crow Court before starting his sea journey.

Just less shriveled.

"How did you become like this?"

Lin Ni Xinya, of the Mermaid clan, had gone to the new mermaid city with Tifa a few years ago.

As soon as Lin Suo said this, he realized he had misspoke and quickly corrected himself.

"Where’s Tifa?"

At this remark, Lin Ni’s body trembled, her suppressed emotions surging forth once again.

Her teeth sharp, her eyes blood red.

She screamed with a soul-piercing shriek!

A Sea Demon, a purely corrupted being, the natural enemy of the mermaids.

Lin Ni Xinya’s sister had been killed by Lin Suo.

He had even taken the Sea Demon’s skull specimen, and now they met again to see she too had become a Sea Demon.

It was hard to say how much sanity she still had.

But her strength was too weak; such a level of soul-shrieking couldn’t even break through the automatic defense of the Heart Seal.

Lin Suo quietly waited for Lin Ni to vent her negative emotions with her shrieking.

It took a while before she calmed down.

Tears streamed from her eyes, instantly turning into crystalline gems.

Lin Suo’s eyes lit up.

The value of Sea Demon’s Tears was much higher than that of Mermaid’s Tears, as the former were emotionless beings that lived for self-service, extreme egotists.

Making them cry was very challenging.

And Lin Ni Xinya, in her Sea Demon body, still retained emotions, albeit with some sanity issues, was still worth investigating.

He cheerfully gathered the tears.

Lin Ni was annoyed, biting down on Lin Suo’s wrist.

A shard of sharp little white teeth flew out, making the scene all the more dramatic.

"Uuu~"

"You’re still the same, always bullying others."

"Ha... ha..."

Despite the awkwardness, Lin Suo, true to his simple and thrifty character, caught all the flying tear gems.

These were valuable items.

Used to make Deep Sea Potions, they could enhance the speed of meditation, and were extremely useful even for Upper Grade Wizards.

Lin Suo offered no comfort.

Perhaps feeling deflated, Lin Ni stopped crying, and started talking about what had happened after they separated.

It turned out that Lin Ni Xinya was the third daughter of the Mermaid Queen, still a little princess, due to some reasons.

When Tifa’s ship wrecked.

They were together stranded on an island, shrouded by some special kind of fog that could be entered but not exited, including underwater.

After years of imprisonment, the two became very close, like sisters.

This time, it was Tifa who had earned enough money.

She bought a boat, intending to take Lin Ni to the old capital of the Mermaid Kingdom to trace their roots.

But they were hijacked by sea robbers.

Coincidentally, they discovered Lin Suo’s Wave Breaking, and the rest is history.

The difficulties they initially faced were all smoothly resolved by a twist of fate.

Just as the two were headed to the new capital of the Mermaid Kingdom to verify their identities.

Everything was developing in a good direction.

Then the Curse descended.

The Crow-men and members of the Blood Clan, confident in their superior power, slaughtered the Mermaid Kingdom to extinction.

All mermaids became corpses, bodies cursed.

Overwhelmed by intense hatred and despair, Lin Ni became corrupted, transforming from the Mermaid Third Princess into a Sea Demon.

Many of her kin also turned into Sea Demons, and in an instant, their numbers swelled to thousands.

However, Sea Demons are ruthless after their corruption.

Instead of striking at the Crow-men, these Sea Demons joined them, attacking the old kingdom’s kin and humans.

"Why were you able to retain your sanity?"

"Because of a Legendary Mysterious Artifact!"

Mysterious Artifacts are different from Magic Tools; not only are they scarce, but the powers they contain also vary, unless they are mass-produced by human Wizards, naturally formed Mysterious Artifacts are all unique.

The powers of Mysterious Artifacts are also random.

Powerful Mysterious Artifacts surpass Legendary Witch Tools, like the legendary Fire of Truth.

Weaker Mysterious Artifacts might even be inferior to an Apprentice’s Witch Tools.

"What kind of Legendary Mysterious Artifact?"

Lin Ni hesitated for a moment, feeling she had nothing left to lose, and knowing Lin Suo, besides his unlikable character, his personality was actually good.

Otherwise, Tifa wouldn’t have hung out with him.

If Lin Suo knew what she was thinking, he would probably spit in her mouth.

Personality? He clearly attracted Tifa with his appeal.

"The Mermaid Queen’s Scepter, that’s the Legendary Mysterious Artifact. It has extraordinary effects on us mermaids, but unfortunately, I only retrieved the White Pearl from the shaft - the staff is still lost in the capital."

"I see."

Lin Suo quickly understood.

Mermaids and Sea Demons were hereditary enemies; it was not surprising that their inherited Mysterious Artifact could suppress Sea Demon Bloodline; Lin Ni only had a large White Pearl embedded in the scepter.

The effects were unstable.

Thus, problems such as irritability and aggression arose.

"Do you want me to help you?"

"Yes, if we can retrieve the complete Mermaid Scepter, the Sea Demon Bloodline can be stripped away, Tifa is also waiting for me."

"What about the payment?"

"You still want payment?! It’s Tifa!"

Lin Ni’s eyes widened, looking very angry.

But Lin Suo shook his head calmly.

"Given the current sea conditions, worse than before, I cannot help you for free, even for Tifa."

"If she dies, I’ll be sad, but it won’t affect my life."

This is why Lin Suo doesn’t want a wife, only friends with benefits – the world is too dangerous.

He can’t keep his wife caged up like a canary.

Facing danger means risking his own life.

Even if it’s just a friendship like that with Gang Bao, if they died, he would only sigh with regret; the same applies to Theresa.

"You...!"

"Alright, I agree, how about one hundred Sea Demon’s Tears?"

"No."

Seeing Rhein’s gaze fixed on the scepter in her hand.

Lin Ni steeled her heart.

"I understand, after the deed is done, I can give you the scepter, but only after I’ve stripped away the Sea Demon Bloodline."

Lin Suo pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"Alright."