As the Deep Ones and Star Kin prepared to begin their ritual, Older Brother Jayad flew south at extreme speed, his target Atos Island, with Night Bird guiding him.
“Such powerful magic. The Sea People’s aura is stronger than before,” Jayad observed, not yet able to see Atos Island but already feeling the immense magic emanating from that location.
At this moment, Older Brother Jayad suddenly stopped and looked back at Saint Port Island. Night Bird relayed my voice: “Brother, my maggots sense the presence of many Sea People kindred on Saint Port Island, emitting a special signal.”
“Some people are still up to no good,” Jayad sighed, then turned his gaze back towards Atos Island. Countless sea monsters emerged from unseen depths, swarming towards Older Brother Jayad.
“They certainly won’t let you land on the island peacefully. They used a group of controlled Sea People to connect to the mental network and send an alarm signal, marking you as an enemy. These sea monsters are just mindless low-level creatures that act on instinct; they are too easy to control,” I stated.
My maggots also received their alarm signal, or rather, a distress signal. They marked Jayad’s location and identified him as an enemy, inciting the Sea People to attack him.
Just as normal mortals can’t withstand blessings and become mindless Fear Fish, the Sea People, in their rampant expansion, assimilated a large number of sea creatures. These sea creatures ultimately became mindless sea monsters, as they lacked intelligence to begin with.
Sea monsters are the lowest-level Sea People, typically used as labor, as vanguards for external expansion and habitat exploration, and as test subjects for evolutionary directions. They usually live leisurely lives in the sea, but their lives are not valuable.
Individuals capable of becoming true Sea People are usually at least monsters, retaining a certain degree of personal will and evolving in a specific direction according to their own desires, but still obeying the command of the group consciousness.
The highest-level individuals who retain their intelligence are the strong ones. Even if assimilated by the Sea People, they retain their previous intelligence and memories and have the freedom to choose. However, under normal circumstances, their mindset and stance align with the interests of the Sea People collective. As members of the Sea People, they use their wisdom to make decisions for the Sea People and guide their development.
This is a race with a structure akin to a bee colony, but miraculously, within the Sea People, these three types are completely equal, with no distinction of rank or status.
There is no instance where an intelligent Sea Person can force another Sea Person to do something, nor do higher-level Sea People receive more of such things. Sea monsters do not need to bow to intelligent Sea People; both merely perform their respective duties.
I learned all this from the knowledge stored in my brain. After I landed on the island and witnessed the Sea People firsthand, the memories in my mind continuously surfaced, helping me quickly grasp much about this race’s ecology. Of course, I informed Older Brother Jayad of everything.
“Brother, what do you intend to do?” I asked Older Brother Jayad. This area was already Sea People territory, and the countless sea monsters swarming from the sea were innumerable.
Even if most of them couldn’t fly, they possessed some form of long-range attack. These thousands of sea monsters, with just one focused volly, could instantly kill strong individuals not skilled in defense. Older Brother Jayad needed to be careful.
“They are not wrong. I am indeed the enemy. Do not think I have come to bring peace to the seas; I have come to bring war to the seas,” Jayad declared with a strange resolve, ready for slaughter.
As Jayad finished speaking, his aura shifted. Previously, as a Divine Envoy, his aura was mysterious and otherworldly, fitting the image of a Yellow King believer.
But now, he became sacred and solemn. He also took out a wooden staff, a gift I had bought for him long ago. He looked like a priest tending to God’s flock.
The ocean beneath his feet began to glow, with countless specks of light gradually intensifying until they formed a sea of light. This was the light emitted by tiny algae. The ocean beneath Jayad’s feet had long since become entirely Sea People territory.
Then, immense amounts of seawater surged upwards, and countless water spears, bone spurs, and acid were shot towards Jayad like a rain of bullets, each capable of piercing steel or city walls.
With so many sea monsters launching a collective attack, a veritable barrage of projectiles came from all directions. However, Jayad was shielded by a shield of holy light. Even with this massive synchronized assault from thousands of sea monsters, the light shield did not waver even slightly.
“The First Calamity, the Blood Water Calamity,” Jayad declared, flying downwards. Holding his wooden staff, he struck the seawater. Instantly, with the point of impact as the center, the seawater rapidly turned red and spread, soon turning the entire sea crimson.
Normally, the color of the seawater would not be discernible at night, but the ocean was illuminated by the light of the algae. As the seawater turned red, the light was also reflected in a blood-red hue. It was likely that from the various islands of Madeira, this scarlet light piercing the sky could be seen.
But soon, the light rapidly dimmed. The algae began to die in large numbers, the Miasma covering the seabed began to wither, and then the sea monsters in the water began to convulse and float to the surface.
This was what Jayad meant when he said he was about to begin his slaughter. Although the King in Yellow’s power was immense, what he truly wielded adeptly was the power of God he had obtained earliest.
The paradise transformed by the Sea People instantly became a deadly hell. In a very short time, the surface of the sea was covered with the corpses of various fish monsters. If the algae and microorganisms were included, Jayad had killed tens of millions of lives with just one move.
“The Second Calamity, the Frog Calamity,” Jayad raised his staff again, pointing towards the location of Atos Island. He uttered a very strange phrase. Could frogs also be a calamity?
But in the direction of Atos Island, the magic immediately became chaotic. A violent and enraged mental force targeted Jayad. If before, someone had merely instructed Jayad as an enemy, now the collective will of the Sea People regarded Jayad as an enemy.
In Jayad’s eyes, Atos Island materialized. With the countless frogs rampaging on the island, Jayad directly used a miracle to generate a large number of frogs on the island. They swarmed and harassed the Sea People, making Atos Island no longer a “non-existent” place for him.
Countless Flying Fish and jellyfish rose from Atos Island, charging towards Jayad in the sky, attempting to intercept him. Jayad merely pointed his staff at them again: “The Third Calamity, the Louse Calamity.”
Countless lice appeared on the Flying Fish and jellyfish, biting them ferociously. These sea monsters, unable to bear the combined pain and itching, fell from mid-air into the blood sea.
