The hadal ogre led Lin Xinghe to a palace guesthouse.
Jiuge and Xiao Xue Ji followed behind.
Along the way, Lin Xinghe chatted with the hadal ogre.
She even learned that the hadal ogre's name was Wendy.
"Your name in Barbarosian is pronounced ##%."
Wendy seemed delighted, repeating it, then a new sentence: "#%#%#@#%#."
Lin Xinghe said with a straight face, "Oh, my! You are really talented in languages! You speak Barbarosian very well, #%%@#%#%, this is a compliment for your intelligence."
Wendy repeated it perfectly.
Lin Xinghe praised Wendy sincerely again.
Wendy warmly sent Lin Xinghe to the door of the guesthouse and said to her, "His Royal Highness Barbaros Sea King, you can call me at any time if you need anything."
The palace door closed.
Jiuge, who had been silent the whole time, asked Lin Xinghe, "Do you really understand the language of the South Seas?"
Lin Xinghe said confidently: "Of course I don't understand. I'm just an ordinary mortal. I have to rely on fantasy potions to go into the sea. How can I know any South Seas language?"
Lin Xinghe continued, "The essence of nonsense is to believe that you are right. No matter whether you have something or not, you have to say it. Whether it is right or not, I am right when you believe me!"
Jiuge pondered and concluded, "...I admire that.
Lin Xinghe told him, "Take a rest, we will go out for a walk later and chat with them to integrate ourselves. We need the information. Ill need you to continue to be a Sea Man."
Jiuge asked, "...Do I need to speak?"
Lin Xinghe said, "No, just do some simple motions. Or you can do stunts that surprise them and show off your skills."
Jiuge: "...I can make my hair line up like 一 and 人 for a while..."*
Lin Xinghe happily decided, "Okay, this ones good!"
Next, Lin Xinghe took the toolpeople Jiu Ge and Xiao Xue Ji to make a grand entrance into the hadal ogre palace. Wendy greeted them warmly and introduced them to every hadal ogre they met on the way. The sea king from Barbaros was the guest of honor.
Although Lin Xinghe was petite, she had the Jiuge-brand Super Fierce Dog Head as well as the advantage in height, coupled with her South Seas exotic culture and friendly gifts of South Seas specialties—— the dog head woven by Jiuge's hair quickly captured the hearts of the hadal ogres.
Under the subtle manipulations of Lin Xinghe, the hadal ogres revealed, "Our hadal ogre tribe does not have as long a history as Barbaros. A hundred years ago, all of the creatures on the sea floor were stronger than us. Later, our great chief, Anthony I, under the guidance of the gods, became stronger and gradually established the current tribe. Later, our founder Anthony I met Queen Lilith, and our tribe became more and more prosperous...
Lin Xinghe asked, "The gods guidance? Oh, my friend, is it like Anubis of Barbaros?"
The hadal ogres said proudly, "No, Anthony I had an epiphany while on an adventure, which was a gift from the gods."
"What kind of epiphany?"
The hadal ogre replied, "This is the secret of our tribe and cannot be told to outsiders."
Lin Xinghe could roughly guess what the secret was after interrogating the captain and Steward Lin about the alpine rimerose.
According to what the hadal ogres said, the previous hadal ogres were the weakest creatures until Anthony I rescued the ghost ship, devoured the souls of some cruise employees, and gained powerful strength. But the hadal ogres couldnt leave the ocean, and their strength would be weakened if they left the ocean, so they sent the cruise as a fresh human soul delivery vessel.
Because of this, the tribe of hadal ogres gradually became stronger.
Lin Xinghe didn't ask any more questions, and she brought up Princess Mary Su of Barbaros, mentioning her potential marriage into the hadal ogre tribe. She showed a monarchs worry about her daughter's future partner.
When the princess married into a tribe, the only person who she could marry was the chief.
Unexpectedly, when the hadal ogres heard this, their expressions turned dark, clearly signaling that they did not agree to this betrothal.
Lin Xinghe was good at observation, so she asked unhappily, "The princess of Barbaros is beautiful and powerful, isn't she worthy of your chief?"
"Of course, it's just a rule left by our hadal ogres since ancient times, the chief must marry a human."
Lin Xinghe asked, "Why?"
"Our tribes female chiefs were all human."
Lin Xinghe asked again, "But when I looked at the sculptures in your palace, they don't look like humans..."
"After humans marry our chiefs, they will be turned, and the children born with the turned humans will have stronger powers."
Lin Xinghe retorted, "How do you know that the children born with the princess of Barbaros will not be stronger?"
The hadal ogres couldn't answer her.
Lin Xinghe carefully stated, "But I think your chief seems to be very interested in the princess of Barbaros..."
Their faces turned dark again.
Lin Xinghe continued, "But you don't seem to be willing. If you can convince me of why not, I can consider not marrying the princess in..."
One of the hadal ogres said, "Our chief is not gentle enough, hes short-tempered and capricious."
"Yes, the chiefs temper is becoming more and more elusive."
"Yes, yes, I heard from the elders in the tribe that our chief is most rebellious. He isnt suitable for your princess to marry."
"Well, yes, it's not suitable, His Royal Highness Sea King, please don't let your princess marry him. Our chief doesn't sweet-talk people, and he has a mighty bad temper."
Lin Xinghe never expected that this group of hadal ogres would be so resistant to marrying off their chief to a non-human that they would talk ill of their chief.
She collected all that information and gave them the Jiuge specialties before expressing her sleepiness to Wendy.
Wendy said they could go back.
Lin Xinghe said to Wendy on the road, "Our country of Barbaros pays attention to treating each other equally. How many of you are there? I will prepare the remaining specialties."
Wendy replied, "Not many, just nine people left."
Lin Xinghe said, "Okay, I understand."
Wendy hesitated.
Lin Xinghe coaxed, "If you have anything to say, you can tell me directly."
Wendy sighed and revealed, "Actually, our chief was not like this before. He had been looking forward to marrying a human bride, but one day, he suddenly smashed the sculptures of the two chiefs' wives and began to hate humans. But not all the time. Sometimes he said he wanted to marry a human bride, but sometimes he said he wanted to kill all humans."
Lin Xinghe asked, "What happened?"
Wendy replied, "None of us know. Some people asked the chief, but he didn't answer. Since then, the chief has either stayed in the forbidden area or gone out, so we rarely see him stay in the palace for a long time."
Lin Xinghe asked, "What is the forbidden area?"
Wendy didn't say much, only admitting, "It's a place where only the chief can go."
Not long after, they reached the guesthouse.
As soon as the door closed, Jiuge had already slumped over on the chair.
Seeing Lin Xinghe's strong communication skills, he didn't want to say anything anymore and only wanted to continue to be a shield quietly.
Lin Xinghe asked Jiuge, "How many specialties did you give away in total?"
Jiuge cut one hair into a dozen sections to make his specialties. After hearing Lin Xinghe's question, he zoned out for a while before he said, "Twenty-eight."
Lin Xinghe did the math and murmured, "That's not right, is my guess wrong?"
Jiuge asked, "What guess?"
Lin Xinghe replied, "Didn't you realize that the hadal ogre's color scheme looks a lot like that of alpine rimeroses? But now, you gave out 28 specialties. Including Anthony III and the 9 people who werent there tonight, there are only 38 hadal ogres. This doesn't match the number of roses from the exam prompt, remember? There are supposed to be fifty alpine rimeroses."
Lin Xinghe fell into deep thought.
Suddenly, she blurted out, "Wendy took us around their palace, but there was one place that they didn't take us to, which must be the forbidden area of their hadal ogres. This kind of place is usually hidden. I have to go and spy on them."
She thoughtfully said to Jiuge: "Jiuge, you don't have to go with me, Xiao Xue Ji and I will go. But I need you to help me take off this hood for a while, it's too huge and conspicuous, it's not suitable for sleuthing. I'm going to find out if Anthony III will be in the forbidden area first."
Jiuge had no objection.
Soon, Lin Xinghe dug out the information.
Anthony III would be resting in his bedroom.
So, after the hadal ogres were all asleep, Lin Xinghe, who had taken off the huge dog's head, quietly went out with Xiao Xue Ji.
There were no hadal ogres guarding the forbidden area.
Lin Xinghe was a little confused at first because this kind of place should generally be guarded by heavy troops. Soon, Lin Xinghe discovered the reason no one was there. The structure of the entrance to the forbidden area was exactly the same as the cruise ships safe room, called the god room by the hadal ogres. It was made of metal unique to the deep sea, and only the chiefs of the hadal ogres could enter.
... No wonder there werent any people guarding it.
Lin Xinghe stood at the entrance.
She looked up at the gate of the forbidden area and tilted her head slightly.
After a while, she asked Xiao Xue Ji, "Can you become Anthony III?"
Xiao Xue Ji swayed her body in the water, as if thinking.
She slowly changed into the appearance of Anthony III.
She kept revising from memory.
Lin Xinghe was actually a little bad with faces. As far as she was concerned, she felt that the hadal ogres all looked alike, with green bodies and white heads. It's probably because they were of different races, so the hadal ogres didnt seem distinctive to her.
But Xiao Xue Ji was very talented and rigorous in this regard.
She only stopped when she felt impeccably similar to Anthony III.
Then, she looked at Lin Xinghe.
Lin Xinghe said, "You stand at the door and try."
... Since only the chief of the hadal ogres could enter, it meant that this place was locked. Maybe it was based on face identification, it was a good place to start.
It was a pity that there was no response from the entrance of the forbidden area.
Xiao Xue Ji failed to pass the face identification.