Chapter 2545: Misunderstanding
“What happened?” The Mermaid Queen’s mind turned blank.
Zu An quickly draped her bridal gown over her body. “Quick, put on your clothes. Something seems to have happened to the Chang clan.”
The situation outside unnerved him, but he didn’t dare to leave the Mermaid Queen alone in here, fearing that something could happen to her. His grim expression relayed the severity of the situation to the Mermaid Queen. Her lust faded, and she quickly put on her clothes. Only then did Zu An lead her out of the room.
The Mermaid Queen took a sniff, and her expression warped in shock. “Blood stench!”
The Mermaid race revered nature, so they were exceptionally sensitive toward such smells.
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Zu An didn’t say a word. He grabbed her hand and led her outside to further investigate the situation. Several ladies were sprawled in the courtyard; these were the people who had escorted the Mermaid Queen into the consummation room earlier. They were beautiful, but all of them had stopped breathing.
“They're dead?!” The Mermaid Queen was appalled. It was not long ago that these people were cheerfully dolling her up, and some even teased her about Zu An. It was shocking to see them as corpses just hours later. Tears brimmed in her eyes.
Zu An nodded grimly. He continued heading out to investigate the situation. Most of the Chang clansmen had been gathered in the square. It was still bustling there when he slipped off to the consummation room, and youths had still been dancing merrily together.
But by the time he arrived there, the whole place had fallen silent. All that could be heard was the crackling of burning firewood. The Chang clansmen were sprawled out on chairs, tables, and the ground. There was a strong alcohol smell in the air. Were it not for what they'd seen earlier, perhaps they'd have just shrugged it off as the Chang clan being drunk. But now, this silence just felt eerie.
Zu An inspected some of their bodies; they had no pulse.
Soon, he found the old chieftain. He was lying amid a couple of older women, and they were embracing one another comfortably. But there wasn't the slightest smile on his face. His face was twisted in fear as if he had seen something utterly horrifying.