Chapter 19. The Human Convoy

Meanwhile a convoy from the human world was speedily approaching towards the Southern region. It was a a place of quite. Footfall in this region was bare minimum. The only noise that came from here were the roar of the huge ocean waves clashing against the rocky mountain edges. It was a place where leave alone humans, immortals feared to tread.The region belonged to the mer- people. They were a tribe created between human and Pisces. Legends have it that once when the the Twelfth Zodiac had taken a human form, it had fallen in love with a human girl. Since the mer-people were descendents of their children, they were seen as an outcast by the rest of the worlds. Even though they were blessed with tremendous power, fish-like abilities underwater, water-bending skills , astrological knowledge, they were treated like criminals and banished in the forlorn southern region. This humiliation and anger drove them into frenzy. They became desperate to prove their worth. In their quest fo