The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　Professor Sylph paused, then turned to Lily, only to find her whistling with her head tilted back, looking up at the ceiling.

　The atmosphere in the reception room gradually became strange.

　After a long pause, Professor Cazell spoke up, "Actually, I also have the door crystal on the 120th floor."

　“Alright, Kazel, I’m not blaming you.” Professor Sylph sighed and said, “In fact, the reason why this Abyss Organization has this order now is mostly because of that leader. I’m not saying that the leader of the Abyss must be the Golden Mermaid, but tell me what the Golden Mermaid looks like, how easy is it to get in touch with, and how can we communicate with her? Once she has a self, she is no longer a monster, and using force is, after all, a last resort.”

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　Professor Sylph felt a sense of foreboding: "You wouldn't have done something particularly outrageous, would you?"

　Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Professor Jones tapped the table and said, "Alright, Sarah. What they want is the Golden Mermaid's tears. Making a demon shed tears isn't easy; we'll have to use some tricks."

　I kept writing, and I went through two leave slips before I finally got it right! Damn it (〃>皿<).

　Stop writing in a lyric block! o(口)o!

Chapter 616 Looking Up, Unreachable (4k)

　Professor Sylph remained silent for a while, then tacitly agreed with Professor Jones's statement.

　Monsters have no independent consciousness and lack a sense of self, so it is almost impossible to make them shed tears naturally.

　Kazel and his group were unaware that monsters could develop consciousness, and they probably used some extreme methods.

　After thinking about it, she decided to let the matter drop.

　But after a slight hesitation, Professor Kazel took the initiative to say, "From what we can see, the process of monsters awakening themselves is also gradual. They don't become complete in an instant, but gradually perfect themselves as memories flow in. We didn't see a clear self in that golden mermaid back then, and we can't be sure if it had awakened at all. So I may not be able to answer what you want to know."

　"The Shadow Rat's memories come from the Plague Lord Osbrook. Regardless of its initial temperament, its gradually perfected self after the memories flowed in made it almost identical to the Plague Lord."

　"The little bear, which is a parasitic spirit, awakened its true self when it was still the Ice Princess. Its memories come from the Ice Princess Sherry Augustine. Even after being reborn as a parasitic spirit, it still retains the personality of Sherry Augustine."

　Professor Sylph frowned in thought and realized it was true.

　Cazell continued, "But we can certainly look at it from another angle."

　"In other words, as long as we find the golden mermaid that has left an important mark in history, we can deduce the specific identity of that golden mermaid and thus conduct a reverse analysis of its personality."

　"Moreover, unlike the Shadow Rat, the Golden Mermaids do not have a large population. They are rare individuals and are revered as descendants of the sea god among the sea creatures. They rarely leave the seabed."

　"What they have in common is that they are all level bosses at the beginning of their awakening. And the level bosses in the dungeon are originally manifestations of these famous historical figures."

　"The Shadow Rat is like this, the Ice Princess is like this, and the Golden Mermaid will be the same."

　"One is the high priest of the sea race who once summoned a whirlpool hurricane to shred the entire demon navy that invaded the sea race."

　"The other is a sea princess whose tragic love story has been passed down through the ages. She is also the one whose tears can restore youth and keep her young forever."

　"Therefore, there probably aren't many golden mermaids that have left an important mark on history as a whole."

　"In my memory, there are only two golden mermaids that meet the criteria."

　The professors pondered carefully as Professor Cazell spoke.

　"But these two are different in appearance and temperament from the golden mermaid boss I saw."

　Do you have any other leads?

　Professor Sylph nodded and said, "I grew up in a coastal area, and I heard the legend of the Sea Witch when I was very young. Sailors would often wear seashells engraved with the Sea Witch's name when they went to sea, to pray for a safe return. Later, I investigated whether the Sea Witch really existed. Although I didn't go into too much depth, if I'm not mistaken, she should be a mermaid. I just don't know if she's a golden mermaid?"

　“Speaking of which, I suddenly remembered something,” Professor Jones said. “In the southern seas, there are also legends about mermaids. They are called the Dawn Light, and it is said that they come with the sunrise, bringing sea fish, pearls, and love to the coastal residents.”

　After a long pause, Professor Sylph said, "Have you heard of the Sea Witch?"

　Claire casually remarked, "A witch from legend who often appears during storms and thunderstorms to guide ships?"

　Later, they suddenly discovered that there were so many legends about mermaids.

　What's even more frustrating is that while it's impossible to confirm whether those legendary mermaids are golden mermaids, it's also impossible to confirm whether they aren't.

　The professors shared their opinions, and Dak occasionally chimed in with a few words.

　Professor Sylph nodded and said, "It's about time. Let's get ready to go."

　So everyone got up one after another and began making final preparations.

　In the end, Professor Sylph could only conclude: "In short, most of the legends about mermaids are good. After all, they are symbols of beauty and nobility among the sea creatures, and they pose no threat to humans on the continent, so they have a relatively positive image from the beginning. But as Kazel said before, legends are just legends, and it is not reliable to infer whether a golden mermaid is good or bad based on them."

　Claire smiled and said, "Then we'll find it and get to know it face to face."

　Then Professor Sylph looked at Lily.

　Lily quickly grabbed Dark's arm and emphasized, "Of course I can do it too, right?"

　Professor Sylph instructed Dark, "Next, we'll ascend to the 102nd floor, then traverse the entire level to reach the reception hall on the 102nd floor. Going up against the flow from the reception hall will most likely lead us into the depths of the level, where the danger is extremely high. Moreover, it's below the 100th floor. Therefore, you must stay close to Lily!"

　Dark took a deep breath and replied, "I will, Professor Sylph."

　Out of caution, the professors immediately began summoning magical spirits.

　Professor Sylph shook her head and said solemnly, "Summon the magical spirit. I don't want any accidents to happen."

　Lily: (<ゝw) Hey

　Dark was very curious about the professors' magical sprites and couldn't help but watch them more intently.

　Professor Sylph acted the fastest, being the first to summon a fourth-tier magical spirit.

　They either used special summoning methods or directly sacrificed themselves to summon. Except for Professor Nini, each professor summoned a fourth-tier magical spirit.

　In normal life, apart from the magical duels of top players, it is almost impossible to see fourth-tier magical spirits.

　The magical elf of the elven race had bare, jade-like feet, and a gentle breeze swirled around it, radiating a bluish-white light.

　It was dressed in the traditional clothing of the elves, and its chest was smaller than Professor Sylph's own, but still had a mountain-like shape.

　When the fourth-tier magical spirit materialized in the wind, Dark couldn't help but show a look of astonishment.

　He had wondered what kind of magical sprite Professor Sylph would summon, but he never expected that she would summon a blonde sprite that looked exactly like her!

　Above his brow, a blue wind rune shone.

　Except for the ears, the facial features are exactly the same as the person's.

　Her long hair was exactly the same as hers, a light gold color, flowing in the wind.

　The long ears that emerged from the golden hair were longer than the person himself, making him look more like a pure-blooded elf.

　Dak was momentarily stunned.

　Suddenly, Professor Lily breathed into her ear and chuckled, "Want to know what Sarah's magical spirit is?"

　However, its demeanor and temperament are undoubtedly much gentler, exuding a mild and delicate charm.

　That looks like a pure-blooded, gentler version of Professor Sylph.

　“Sylph?” Dark was surprised.

　The King of Wind Spirits is naturally the ruler of all wind spirits, possessing the power to command them.

　Darke instinctively replied, "Yes."

　Lily tugged at his arm and shook it, then whispered in his ear, "That's the Wind Elf Queen, Sylph!"

　The important thing is its name!

　The name of this Magical Spirit card is the same as Professor Sylph's surname!

　Of course, the Wind Spirit King, as a Magic Spirit Card, is only a clone-like imitation, and its powers are somewhat limited.

　But that doesn't matter.

　“Lily!” Sylph suddenly turned around and glared at her.

　Professor Lily stuck out her tongue and quickly began summoning her magical spirit.

　Seeing the surprise in his eyes, Lily said smugly, "Don't you think the Wind Spirit Queen Sylph looks exactly like Sarah? Actually, it's not that the Wind Spirit Queen Sylph and Sarah look alike, but rather the other way around, Sarah and the Wind Spirit Queen Sylph look alike! Of course, I'm talking about the real Wind Spirit Queen Sylph!"

　But beyond that, our knowledge is limited.

　Since Professor Sylph is a half-elf, her other half of her bloodline must not be from a pure-blooded elf—and then what?

　Dark, however, fell into deep thought.

　He knew that Professor Sylph's father was a pure-blooded elf and was currently running a tavern in Travelers' Street.

　He realized he had been making some assumptions.

　"Meow"

　Following conventional thinking, Dark subconsciously assumed she was a hybrid of a pure-blooded elf and a human, but that was not actually the case.

　How could a hybrid race, resembling the Wind Elf King, be born between elves and humans?

　It is described as strange because it has the head of a cat, the wings of a dragonfly, the limbs of a sea turtle, the tail of a dolphin, and two dragon horns on its head.

　Dark had never seen such a strange creature before; even the legendary "four unlikes" was not this bizarre.

　Suddenly, a huge tongue drooped down from above and licked his face.

　He quickly took two steps back and saw the magical spirit that Professor Lily had summoned—it was a strangely shaped long-necked dragon!

　Lily smacked the magical sprite on the head, stopping it from doing so.

　Dark couldn't help but ask, "What kind of magical spirit is this?"

　But the magical sprite seemed to like him a lot, meowing and licking him.

　"Don't make trouble."

　This fantasy fairy dragon has none of the imposing presence of a fourth-tier dragon species.

　However, to say whether it is strong or not, it is still only in the fourth tier.

　Lily flew down and said proudly, "Never seen this before, have you? This is a magical spirit that only Lily possesses—the Fantasy Fairy Dragon!"

　"Fantasy Fairy Dragon?" Dark tried to reach out his hand, and the Fantasy Fairy Dragon lowered its round cat head, allowing him to knead it to his heart's content.

　When the giant bear was first summoned, it was as tall as fifteen or sixteen meters, resembling a building. Its body was covered with layers of rock armor, and its tail, like a dragon's tail, supported its majestic body as it stood on two legs.

　Dark had seen information about this magical spirit in books before.

　Unable to fathom the situation, Dark temporarily turned his attention to the magical spirits of the other professors.

　Leaving Claire aside for now, the fourth-tier magical spirit summoned by Professor Pavajohns was, unsurprisingly, a giant bear.

　Its power is terrifying; a single claw strike can tear the earth apart.

　But in the blink of an eye, Dark noticed that Professor Jones had activated another magic card. Then, the rock-armored giant bear visibly shrank to three meters tall.

　This is a rock-armored giant bear, a bird-beast type, Ground/Rock type. As long as it stands on the ground, it can draw power from the earth to heal itself at high speed.

　The Rock Armored Giant Bear is nothing special; it's just pure strength!

　After shrinking, the Rock Armored Giant Bear's defense nearly doubled, and combined with its high-speed self-healing ability, it became an impenetrable iron shield.

　"Spell Card - Shrink!"

　In stark contrast to another spell card, Giantization, Shrinking reduces the size of the magical spirit while lowering its attack coefficient and increasing its defense coefficient by the same amount.

　But both the lion and the tiger were kept in Claire's bedroom in a very ordinary way. If one hadn't witnessed her perform three sacrifices to summon them, one would never have guessed that the fat lion she often kicked around was actually a fourth-tier magical spirit!

　"call"

　Following Professor Jones, Claire finally summoned her own magical spirit.

　Dark had expected her to summon the rather handsome white tiger. But instead, she chose an incredibly lazy, fat lion!

　Claire nudged the fat lion's belly with her foot, and it finally moved, shifting its position to continue lying down.

　The summoned fat lion lazily lay down at Claire's feet, saying, "Time to get to work."

　A thought suddenly struck Dak, and he remembered something.

　The dust lion is a magical animal in nature.

　Dark couldn't figure out what kind of magical spirit this ordinary fat lion could be, so he had to ask Lily beside him.

　Lily, with an air of "I know everything," said, "Dust Lion, ever heard of it?"

　The only similarity is that both can attract dust and clean the room.

　They are born from dust and are the same type of species as the coal-bearing dust sprites.

　But the Dust Lion and the Dust Sprite are like a dragon and an ant, they are not even in the same league.