Chapter 863 - Lloyds
Mermaid Shells usually stayed hidden deep in sand or dirt, and when somebody took the time to dig them up, they’d be long gone. Only mermaids could harvest them by using their songs to attract them to the surface. This was how the shells got their name.
Due to their price, a Mermaid Shell could earn its finder enough expense for several years. For this reason, mermaids and mermen living in Lloyds would search for them whenever they had time.
Angor was curious to find out what kind of horrible sight the little mermaid just saw, to the point that she even discarded her precious shell.
He tried retrieving a tiny trace of nightmare energy from the mermaid so that he could catch a glimpse of the illusion. This was usually impossible for the common Fear cantrip, but Angor’s enhanced “Nightmare Fear” was a different case.
Removing a part of the illusion could easily alert the victim and allow them to tell that it was an illusion, but the young mermaid probably wouldn’t notice anything.
Angor grasped the nightmare energy in his hand and closed his eyes to feel what was within.
“This is a… shrimp?”
Inside the image, he saw the mermaid being chased by a giant and ferocious shrimp with a pair of sharp pincers.