As soon as they managed to get out of the mermaid lake's waters, Ceryle hastily grabbed Niken's hand and swam to the surface.
Niken opened her mouth wide to inhale as much oxygen as possible. Only then could she breathe a sigh of relief.
"Are you okay?"
"I guess so. Thanks for saving my life."
"Don't mind that. I should be the one thank you. Without your shield, there's no way we could escape from them. Now, what are we going to do?"
Niken didn't know either. This was all beyond their expectations as they did not expect that some evil mermaids would remain at the bottom of the lake and had no intention of swimming to the surface.
"I guess we better go to the mainland first and meet Kazuto and the others."
Ceryle agreed, and together they swam to the shore where Xehan was waiting for them.
However, they couldn't find Xehan or Kazuto's wolf shadow once they reached the shore. Where is the kid?