Dangerous Action

The hissing sounds coming from the throne side, accompanied by scattered words and phrases that appeared rapidly in Raymond's vision, made Raymond anxious.

Because the chip's parsing task progress bar had stalled.

Felix, who was suspended beside Raymond, couldn't even speak at this point.

Although his head was still intact, except for the viscera wrapped in that membrane in the abdomen, the flesh and blood of the rest of his body had been gnawed empty by those bugs, leaving only the white skeleton.

Staring at Raymond pleadingly, Felix was dying.

This creepy torture was called "blood sacrifice" in the fishmen's communication, the price to pay for offending them.

After persuasion from several elderly fishmen, Raymond, who saw the expression on the young fishman's face become gloomy and helpless, finally waited for the chip to complete the parsing of the most critical word in the fishman language.

Overjoyed, Raymond immediately adjusted his throat muscles with the help of the chip and emitted a hissing sound mixed with low frequencies from his throat. "Are you experiencing mild headaches?"

Raymond's not-so-loud words immediately silenced the hissing sounds in his ears.

The elderly fishmen surrounding the throne all showed surprise and fear on their faces, and their eyes immediately focused on Raymond. This feeling of being watched made Raymond's scalp tingle.

But Raymond had to say this!

Because under the persuasion of the four elderly fishmen, the fishman queen, the young fishman, the expression on her face showed hesitation and struggle. This meant that Raymond could no longer continue to wait, because he had to fight for the last half hour for the chip to fully parse.

The atmosphere in the silent hall was a little solemn. After Raymond successfully focused all the fishmen's attention, in order to ensure that he had control of the situation, he quickly combined the available fishman words appropriately. Complete fishman sentences were quickly completed with the help of the chip.

"Do you agree to live in harmony with humans?" Raymond threw out the biggest temptation and continued. "If you continue to live here, everyone's lifespan will be greatly reduced, and your headache problems will become more severe!"

"Vile humans! What do you know!" An elderly fishman heard the angry shout, took a few steps forward and shouted. "Deceiving Naga is unforgivable!"

"Naga?" This word that finally reappeared instantly improved the chip's parsing work. Soon Raymond's parsing task progress bar built by the chip became completed.

And with the chip's rapid search, information about Naga also appeared in Raymond's vision.

"Naga, humanoid creature. Male robust, female graceful. Human upper body, fish tail, multi-armed, amphibious, arm number indicates strength. Difficult to communicate, intelligent race, said to use Nazca language, lives in the ocean of the surface world..."

Raymond was greatly relieved to see that Naga belonged to the neutral lawful camp.

But because they were an intelligent race living in the surface world, the information about this race in Raymond's chip was limited to this.

But this bit of information also made Raymond happy. He continued to shout loudly. "This is the underground world, where nothing cannot be communicated!"

As Raymond spoke again, the Naga facing him showed hesitation on their faces. The young fishman even became excited.

Completely relieved, Raymond also noticed out of the corner of his eye that Felix, who was suspended not far from him, was dying.

The bugs piled on his skeleton were dense and innumerable, and they had begun to gnaw at his bones. But with his head intact, he had not yet died. He stared at Raymond and the young fishman pleadingly.

Originally, the Naga's conversation was uninhibited, but with Raymond's words in the Nazca language, they lowered their voices in surprise and discussed quickly.

Raymond was in no hurry. He patiently remained silent.

The Naga's communication was very orderly. After a while, the young Naga sat back on her throne, and a solemn old Naga slowly came to Raymond and asked, "Human, why do you speak the Naga language?"

Raymond smiled calmly and did not answer the old Naga's question. "Wouldn't the way to eliminate headaches, plus the ability to form an alliance with the Wizards College of the Scarlet Wetlands, mean that I should enjoy the treatment of a distinguished guest of the Naga tribe?"

Raymond's laughter angered the old Naga, but she quickly ordered him to be released from the altar.

But when the old Naga was about to release Felix, Raymond shook his head. "Let him calm down there for reflection."

Raymond's words stunned the old Naga.

But the last straw that broke the camel's back was so easily placed on Felix by Raymond.

Felix, who had been watching Raymond communicate with the old Naga, did not receive the help he had hoped for after the two Naga warriors released Raymond.

The moment Raymond turned away, he breathed his last, and was gnawed empty by the bugs without leaving a trace.

With his hands behind his back, following the old Naga, Raymond finally saw everything clearly.

The spacious and bright hall was like a hall in a castle. The altar was in the center of the hall. At the entrance of the hall were ten burly Naga warriors guarding there.

These muscular and ferocious male Nagas, under the chip's probe, had physical qualities above the level of human knights. And the weapons inserted in their waists showed that they were skilled in combat.

But the young Naga sitting on the throne, Raymond found after careful observation, had two slender arms hidden under her golden hair, but they were not fully formed. And from her, Raymond could not sense energy fluctuations.

Only the four elderly Nagas standing under the throne were filled with disordered energy fields around their bodies. The aura emanating from them allowed Raymond to locate their strength at the level of first-order wizards.

But in this magnificent hall, although all the furnishings were exquisite, the quantity was very wrong.

So when Raymond finished observing everything in the hall carefully and stood under the throne, an imperceptible playfulness appeared on his face...