Chapter 1221
Lith could see everything clearly thanks to Solus’s tenth sense, while the girls could only perceive through their spells that either there was a crowd around them or they were in an enclosed space.

Once they stopped, Lith shared Solus’s senses via a mind link, letting them realize that the entire population of Zhen had assembled for some kind of ceremony.

The merfolk held hands, forming an upward spiral formation whose extremities lied at the monument on the seabed and at a height comparable to that of one of the tallest buildings.

The person at the top of the spiral started humming and the vibration spread down along the living spire, growing in intensity with each person it passed through. When it reached the seashell statue, the humming propagated to the rest of the city.

The phenomenon reminded Lith of whale songs, but being able to feel rather than just hear those sounds, he understood what was happening. The people of Zhen were celebrating Khalia’s short life while also mourning her loss.

The formation allowed those who knew her to share their feelings beyond what words could express, giving them a substance that even a human could understand. The sounds reverberated throughout the city, echoing inside the buildings and giving the impression that they were crying as well.

’Gods, this is incredible.’ Tista wept silently. ’When I first arrived here, I considered this place no different from an underwater graveyard filled with cold and darkness. Yet it’s exactly because of it that the merfolk have learned to give color to their life by sharing their emotions.