Chapter 1171 (1/2)

”What do you say?”

”Ancient Atlantis.” ADINA repeated, ”it's a language that we used to speak in Atlantis. It's so old that even within our mermaids, few people can understand it.”

”So complicated?”

”It's not complicated, it's not universal. This ancient Atlantis is the language we used when the mermaids were just starting out, when we were very weak. Later, with the continuous growth of our mermaids, some of the races that we conquered or took the initiative to turn to brought some new phrases and words. In addition, we later established an alliance with the black octopus and the turtles. After the interaction and interference of the three languages, the New Atlantis language we use now is basically the seabed At least 80% of the undersea peoples use our Atlantis language, while the ancient Atlantis is the ancient language of the mermaid, so the people they can speak are limited to a small number of historians or large families of mermaids. Most mermaids directly learn the New Atlantis language, but their mother tongue is gradually forgotten. ”

“№◎§※＆……” The metal octopus in front of us suddenly made a strange sound again.

I turned to look at ADINA. ”What is he talking about?”

”He said I was a mermaid, but it was strange that they used honorifics just now.”

”Honorifics?”

”The parliamentary system used by mermaids came into being after the amalgamation of various ethnic groups. At the beginning, we had a monarchical dictatorship. When the lower races met mermaids, they had to use honorifics.”

”So they're inferior races?”

”Even now, I don't dare to talk nonsense! They have been scattered for so many years, and ghosts still know whether they still admit that they are inferior

I nodded and then said to ADINA, ”the specific things will be discussed later. First, explain to them that the hole was not made by us on purpose, and ask what is the relationship between the thing we killed and them.”

After a long time, she thought that we could forgive them for attacking us. The big squid we killed just now was a monster that invaded them. Originally, this was their city. Later, the thing ran in somehow. Then they were forced to evacuate to the city beyond the isolation gate, and this side was closed by them. They're happy to hear that we've killed this thing, and they want to thank us. ”

I nodded. It seems that this is a better race to get along with. ”Did you ask why they spoke ancient Atlantis?”

ADINA talked to me and said, ”he said that they always use this language. But he also said their elders might know. He said that he wanted us to meet their elders. The elders here had said they wanted to look for mermaids, so... ”

”I understand. This race should have been a vassal or companion race of your mermaids. See you. ”

”Yes.”

Under ADINA's and the creature's translation, we exchanged information as we moved toward their city, but most of the time we were answering their questions. It seems that this race has been in a closed state for a long time. They almost know nothing about the outside world, so they don't know a lot of common sense things. However, I also found a problem in the conversation, that is, it seems to be an auxiliary race. The so-called auxiliary race is the kind of race that lacks independent survival ability and needs to rely on a race with strong fighting capacity. Of course, the auxiliary race is not a completely useless race. Otherwise, the fighting race will not have a parasite like race in vain, will it?