I Own A Brothel In Another World (Ch. 1-196)

Chapter 158 - Evacuation

"Safi, Emi, could you please keep watch around us while we talk here?" I turn to my lovely Slime ladies.

Safi makes a polite nod. "Of course, Master. We will let you know when enemies start heading this way."

"Master can count on Emi!" The emerald beauty shows a wide grin.

"Thanks. We won't take long. Be careful out there and don't do anything silly." I point a finger at them.

They both nod and come closer to receive a parting kiss before departing in opposite directions. They return to their original forms and roll away at a quite decent speed. This is definitely much faster than them running the way the usual humanoids do. And I have to admit, it's much cooler watching them roll around in these bouncy shapes.

"We will join them and cover the other two directions," Cornelia says and Neira stands by her side. "You and Meru should be enough to take care of the situation here. Let us know when we are going to move."

"Alright. You be careful too." I smile at them and repeat the gesture with the other two ladies before they leave.

Cornelia uses a simple chilling spell to cover the ground with ice and skates north while Neira creates a small wave of seawater and rides it south. It all feels like I'm watching superheroes go on a mission or something. Well, they definitely are super to me.

I turn to Meru, receiving her calm and collected gaze, and then glance at the still-shaken crowd made up of male Merfolk. The aquatic men with skin colour in various shades of blue stare back at us with some level of uncertainty. I observe their figures with more attention, noticing a bunch more details about them, like their fin-like ears and gills on the sides of their chests. They don't have tails but their toes are webbed, and their fingers have some membranes to a certain extent too.

It looks like the Sahuagins didn't steal their clothes to humiliate them even more after conquering their city so the men do wear some remains of their pre-battle attire like short pants, waistbands, loincloths, and such. Their chests were most likely exposed from the start. And, with how handsome they all seem, it isn't really a surprise.

"So, you might not know me, and I might not know you, but I would like to say that we are here to help, as you might have seen a moment ago," I begin, running my gaze over their faces. "Our goal is simple, to get rid of the Sahuagins. Thus, even if you find it hard to trust a Human-like creature like me, try to cooperate at least in consideration of my Nershark friend here, whose home was destroyed by those bastards. We'll kill all of them here and be on our way. It's up to you if we will be able to save some of your captured people while doing so or not."

"Alastair is my mate and he doesn't bear ill intentions towards other races," Meru joins in. "You have a choice of working with us or doing things on your own, though I think we all can see how things have turned out when you tried the latter option. Are you going to aid us or keep to yourselves?"

The Merfolk men begin whispering amongst themselves while looking around. I'm pretty sure they understood my words correctly as I've used the same language as Meru did. Thankfully, I have a few that the aquatic races usually use, excluding some dialects or unique ones, of course. But, it's quite likely that they do know bits of Common too.

After a short while, the crowd starts parting and one guy walks forward. He doesn't look like anything special, fitting with the others more than well. But, regardless, a dude with dark green hair brushed to the back and bright blue eyes stops in front of us, making a respectful bow.

"Thank you for rescuing us, Saviour. My name is Fheylan and I would like to pass our verbal gratitude onto you," he says, trying to act kind and proud.

"Gods, not this Saviour shit again." I roll my eyes with a slight chuckle. "Just Alastair is fine. But, anyway, you are? I assume they haven't picked you as a representative randomly."