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The victor had porcelain skin and white hair, he had Caucasian features with his sea blue eyes and his strong jawline.

He preferred not to wear a shirt to show off his perfectly toned upper body but did wear trousers, he had lived for two hundred and thirteen years, but by the smell of his opponent, he was no older than fifteen, so why did he look so matured?

Also, why was his aura so frightening?

But the male hadn't come this far just to give up now.

Apollo got into a fighting stance but kept his gaze on his opponent.

He knew this merman had to be much older than Maame in order to win all his opponents, much older meant much more experienced and more powerful, probably more powerful than Apollo himself.

All Apollo had to do was stall this guy till sunrise, by then, the suitable time to mate would have passed and Maame would be back to normal, this shouldn't be hard.

Apollo pulled back his arm but yelped in pain when he was stabbed in the back by a sharp tree branch, his opponent was playing dirty.

His opponent smirked till he smelled Apollo's blood, this was the blood of a human!

He let out an earsplitting shrill as his fangs and claws elongated and a wind started to blow.

A pathetic human wanted to challenge him? He was going to enjoy this.

He appeared behind his competitor while he was still healing then blasted him onto the icy pond with a powerful current of water.

Apollo crashed hard on the clear red ice and was thrown backwards into the air, before he was caught in the air by the water in his own body, and crashed through the ice.

The male seemed glad then looked at Maame, who was unimpressed.

He frowned then looked back at the pond, but the moment he did, a thin, knife like current of water, sliced the back of his knees and he fell to hold himself on his hands but Apollo punched him right through the ground.

He knew mermen were known for their resilience and Apollo didn't even want him dead, just delayed.

The merman's eyes started to glow blue then the ice started cracking and Apollo looked up as bats stormed at him, and the moment he was distracted, a strong wind blew right through his belly.

He fell on his knees then tried to heal the wound but ice I c started to form all around him and was slowly freezing his healing body.

He shivered and was slowly losing life but, this wasn't how I taught him to go down...

He yelled and a powerful shockwave tore through the forest, leaving the merman unharmed, but the ice exploded when several bolts of lightning hit it, then the merman.

He was yelling in pain as the lightning and bases were eating through his flesh, then he activated his Pyrokenises.

Violet flames burst out from him in a spiral and spread around the forest and towards Apollo, but a wall of ice X formed to protect him.

He then blasted a Hydron Laser at the male, who sensed it coming, but it was too fast, it burned through his leg, with the lightning still hitting him, then he had enough and huge waterspouts arose from the ocean, then darted down at the male, shielding him from the lightning and healing all his burns.

The water began to take form and made a giant Great White out of ice VI and water.

The male shot it at Apollo but Apollo held it in place with his water light, which was the only one he was using.

He was slowly losing ground as the male was far more powerful than he, so he just let go then fell backwards and the shark went over him and tore through the jungle, then Apollo did a windmill to his feet which caused a strong and scorching wind to blow, which assembled into a very thin Pyro vortex (fire tornado) of X ray flames.

The male was getting burned from something he couldn't even see and his light wasn't working as Apollo had disabled it.

Apollo then asked,"Give up if you want me to spare you."

' Spare me? Is this human serious? I could still end him after a moment of weakness... ' He thought.

"But I know you won't, because you are a very honourable merman, and a formidable opponent as well..."Apollo smirked,"I'll let you live to lose another day if you back down now."

The merman couldn't stand the heat, but knew the human was right, he mustered all his strength to go on one knee, then submit as the heat went off and his body was slowly healed.

Apollo went to him and offered his hand to help him to his feet and the male took it, then pounced on him and tried to bite through his neck instinctively.

Neither of Apollo's lights were responding as the male had disabled them but the male then stopped and looked back to see Maame who had thrusted him through the heart with a sword made of ice VII.

She then said,"No one hurts my boyfriend."

Then she pulled it out and he fell to his side, lifeless, then Maame helped Apollo up then said,"Apollo, I'm so sorry, I couldn't..."

He kissed her passionately on the lips then slowly pulled back and said,"You talk too much."

She kissed him back then he slowly pulled back again then said,"I think it's about time we made this official, Maame Waterston, would you make me the happiest man on earth, whether human or merman and marry me?"

"But aren't you too young in human terms?"She asked.

"Then I could become older, just for you."He said.

She smiled then said,"Yes."

Then they kissed again and two currents of red water spun around them with colourful flowers and butterflies, as their hair flew in the wind...

"What?"I asked.

Jessica was shy as she nodded.

Anneliese then asked,"What was the message?"

"I didn't understand, that's why I'm not sure it was one, it was just like a song which kept repeating these words, ' N'dalak neruhein ' and I have no idea what they mean."

' N'dalak neruhein, why do those words seem familiar? ' I thought to myself.

"Because it's my name."My mom said.

I looked at her, confused.

We had consulted her the moment Lilith confirmed having the same ' message '.

"What?"I asked.

My mother sighed then said,"That was my name when I was still in my tribe, it was changed to Felicia when my parents and I were on the run."

"Then why do you think we would be having it in a dream?"Lilith asked.

"For you to come home..."My mom said.