I had given up on hiding. We had walked to the park holding hands and tails out. My tails got to work and made the preparations for [Hsien]. It wouldn’t be the biggest one I’ve ever used, so it wouldn’t cause problems. The air in Gittrian slowly started to act as water as the windup of [Hsien] was ongoing.

  Giana went into her mermaid form as soon as we started floating upwards. Coral, fish and orcas appeared and the dragons went out shortly after. Raishin’s description of ‘fishbowl attack’ was quite accurate, as it seemed as if Gittrian was caught in a giant fishbowl.

  Giana and I had linked vision so the both of us could identify friends and foe.

  The dragons danced as they closed the fishbowl, and the orcas and fish attacked anything nearby.

  Giana’s voice reverberated through the whole city as she started [Ayla Aurelia], a song everyone knew. What they didn’t know was that it created an enormous jellyfish. It was at home between the other aquatic life.

  [Hsien] attacked anything that moved, [Ayla Aurelia] protected any target Giana chose. With this, I could attack the whole city without any innocent person getting hurt.

  Small jellyfish pinched off the large jellyfish and covered the innocent citizens.

  Giana was sitting on the frozen core of a large jellyfish, and a golden halo was shining on her as her countless voices traveled through the city.

  The citizens had stopped panicking. They just stood still and listened to the song and spectated the performance. The terrorists however were getting chased by jellyfish, fish, orcas and dragons.

  The bullshit spears got flung at Giana and me, but nothing connected. I didn’t even need Giana’s jellyfish, as the spears lost momentum due to [Hsien].

  The big jellyfish moved toward me and I got sucked in.

  “And with this we’re invincible!” She said, while still singing in multiple voices.

  The dragons had closed the fishbowl and nobody could leave or enter. The terrorists had done the same, but I’m sure they could escape when they wanted.

  How about you go swim around, you don’t get this opportunity often.

  Giana nodded and left the big jellyfish.

  The innocent people couldn’t move much, so Giana went to most of them and threw a [Regenerate] at them where needed.

  While not collaboration magic, this combo is helluva strong.

  More terrorists got popped out of existence as it was easy to discern who was a terrorist.

  Some fish had found the rest of my lazy team. They were covered in jellyfish so they could be brought over.

  Hahaha! You thought you could stage a terrorist attack with us in the city?! Dream on!

  All terrorist eyes were on me, but I didn’t care. What are they going to do? Stare me to death? Strong bullshit spears flew toward me, but they didn’t even make it to the jellyfish as the drag slowed them until fish and orcas could sap their mana.

  Here go play with some orcas!

  The orca’s got playful and tossed some terrorists around. They accidentally killed some, but who cares?

  It’s the fishbowl attack! Ooh that fish looks tasty!

  Go ahead if you want to lose that arm.

  I upped the tempo and more water and frost dragons started to get churned out.

  Greg, stop being a wimp! It’s not real water! But damn Giana can sing! I already knew that but damn!

  A giant mermaid was swimming between fish, orca’s, jellyfish and dragons while looping a beautiful song, spreading foam and bubbles.

  Hey Nilah, go have some fun too!

  A dragon pass by and Nilah jumped on his head before turning to her large size and pounced on the nearest terrorist.

  “Hey, lil’ bro. Why am I not sinking?”

  You’re not sinking because you’re not in water.

  Noelle moved her hand, trying to grab whatever was surrounding her. “Then what is this? I have no idea what this is, and I can’t grab it!”

  It’s condensed leyline energy, acting like water.

  Someone seemed to point and yell at me, but there was too much ‘water’ in between. She made an enormous bullshit spear and threw it at me. A dragon intercepted the spear and swallowed her.

  And another one bites the dust.

  The amount of energy that was locked in [Hsien] was insane. If I collapse this all into Nilah we might have enough to charge [Foxfire Lunacy] for another 5% or maybe even more!

  The jellyfish gathered all the innocent civilians in the park. Not all civilians had been saved and not all terrorists have been caught. My frost dragons had turned some into ice cubes, so the AA can extract information out of them.

  Oh that bulky guy looks important!

  Another ice cube for the collection!

  An orca got annihilated by his bullshit spear.

  So, you declared war. Fine!

  My arms made 2 swift movements and 2 water dragons turned into silver lightning and crashed into him.

  Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

  Nilah had turned a terrorist in an ice cube too but was using him as a chewtoy.

  And you almost lost to Zarrazax, why exactly?

  See how well you do fighting a god after dealing with a demon and being shredded by a black hole for 3 months…

  Right…my bad.

  Also, I’m dealing with humans… it would look bad if humans would kick our asses. Oh the last terrorist has been annihilated but…Deca’s song needs some spectacle.

  “You really know how to make a rabbit jealous, Agnis.”

  Heh, keep your eyes peeled!

  I swam over to Giana while accompanied by 2 orcas. Giana finished her song and met up with me.

  “We didn't save everyone, but we did get the vast majority. Thank you Deca.” Giana patted the orcas and fed them jellyfish.

  Uhh should you be feeding them jellyfish? Aren't they a part of you?

  “They are as much a part of me as this orca is a part of you. Moreover, I love orcas.”

  These orcas are a tribute to the pod of orcas that saved me when I almost drowned.

  “You do make it a habit of putting a lot of yourself into your skills.”

  That's all I have. Shall we wrap this up? I have some flashy silver dragons ready to show off!

  “I will join you with my golden halo’ed jellyfish!”

  We went for maximum flashiness as the silver dragons coiled and danced around while the jellyfish floated around like lanterns, swarmed and made various patterns with their bioluminescent bodies.

  The orcas gathered all the ice cube terrorists and dropped them off in front of the AA. Except for the one Nilah was still using as a chewtoy.

  Nilah, you can let him go now!

  Nilah ignored me and continued chewing on her new toy. What an unlucky terrorist.

  Nilah, choose! All this energy or that chewtoy?

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  The chewtoy got abandoned in milliseconds as Nilah loved energy more than her new chewtoy.

  Good girl.

  [Hsien] got collapsed into Nilah and turned into a massive amount of mana.

  A Shadow appeared below me as a giant mermaid leaped at me.

  Whoa!

  I managed to catch her just in time.

  Aren't you going to turn back to a 9t?

  “You won't carry me if I'm a 9t.”

  So opportunistic…

  “Deca, my tail is dragging over the ground.”

  You're so big! I don't know how to carry a 3 meter long mermaid!

  “Its 3.6m! I got taller!”

  Why?!

  “Well, I don't know much about them, but I think 1t get 7 meters on average, males get to 8 meters.”

  You can get even bigger? Hourai have mercy on my soul. Shidar was big but not that big…

  “But I'm a mythical beast!”

  I had managed to carry Giana to my friends with a lot of effort, as it was difficult to carry her without having her tail drag over the ground.

  Ugh, as you guys can see…I have my hands full. Can you like… deal with the aftermath for me?

  Sure, Raishin let's go.

  Aye!

  “That was very pretty lil' bro, come Yv we got work to do.”

  Noelle dragged the reluctant Yv away as she didn't move.

  “Deca, am I heavy?”

  What's with this trap question?

  That's not important right now, what's important is; are you happy with the results? We won't be able to escape the popularity now. Talks about your mermaid form won't stop.

  “I am satisfied, Deca! You're dragging my tail over the floor again!”

  I tried to adjust, but Giana was slowly slipping out of my grasp. I wonder if there's literature on how to carry giant mermaids…

  “Deca, I'm slipping!”

  I had hidden all my tails, but the whole city had seen me with 9 tails, so there was no point in hiding them. Lifting Giana with my tails was so much easier.

  “Hey Deca, do you think those terrorists will specifically target us now?”

  Probably, we are quite non-human, are popular and destroyed their plan.

  I had arrived at the park and was about to lower Giana in the pond.

  “Don't put me in the pond! That water is dirty!”

  One of my tails used [Dragonvein: Drowning Pulse], formed the water into a large sphere and kept it stable.

  Is this better?

  “Yes, thank you” Giana dove into the water sphere and stuck out her head. “This feels so different, do you mind if I stay like this for a while?”

  That's up to you. I don't mind your 9t or 1t version.

  “Do you think that the people will attribute your strength to being a mythical beast?”

  Probably.

  “But that's wrong! Most of the things you do are difficult even for mythical beasts!”

  But they don't care, why would they? I don't care, either.

  Giana’s torso came out of the water.

  “But they should care! You worked hard for that! The same happened to us… our success got blamed on us being mythical beasts… We worked so hard for it but all they said was ‘Yeah, but you're mythical beasts’ as if that makes everything in our lives easier…”

  This seemed to have made Giana upset. She looked down and in pain. This must have happened all the time. Nobody likes having their years of hard work invalidated or dismissed by an ignorant comment.

  Hey Deca. Just let them think what they want. Your true fans won't care if you're a boring human or a super sexy mermaid. They will love you and your work because who you are and not what you are.

  Giana came closer, which had her almost fall out of the water sphere I had made for her.

  In moments like this, you can find out who the real fans are and identify the fake ones. It will make it so easy to eliminate them!

  “Deca, your villain side is coming out…but you're right. It just feels bad to distinguish between real and fake fans…”

  That's because you're an idol. I don't give a fuck. I never wanted fans. Any fake fan that pulls bullshit on me can suck it and eat a [Meteor] or a [Vaporize].

  Giana came closer yet again, so my tail made her water sphere bigger.

  You hear that, fans? Being mythical beasts doesn't mean we can do anything. We are people and have feelings just like you. The only thing that comes easy to us is wiping out a city block or even a whole city in case you piss us off, that's all.

  The crowd that had gathered around us started to chatter.

  There were some nuances to that, as being a songstress would come easier for Giana, but it seems that being an idol isn't guaranteed with just an amazing voice.

  Just like being a successful adventurer is more than strength. I had fallen in that trap as they valued my utility more than strength in my younger years. ‘Water user’ had way more weight than the amount or type of monsters I could defeat.

  The world sure is rough with all those nuances and invisible parameters.

  Fans wanted to get close, but I blocked them with my tails. Most of them were real fans.

  Hehe, she's pretty eh? Sorry but you can't get closer. Sit down guys. There is something important you should know about mythical beasts.

  I felt like a professor again as the fans sat down and were ready to listen.

  I have noticed that people don't understand this well. It is a warning, but it might save lives.

  Some fans seemed on edge; most were clueless.

  Mythical beasts are just like you, we’re people. But unlike you, we also share similarities to natural disasters. I want you guys to be aware of that before you come closer. Treat this sexy mermaid as a living [Tsunami]. You will be fine if your intentions are pure, but if you trigger her or my intuition you're unleashing a natural disaster upon yourself. We can't control it, it's our nature.

  The fans got uneasy and were freaking out.

  Don't be afraid. Just know this. You guys will be fine as you're real fans, but this applies to any mythical or legendary races. If you meet a dragon. Same story. Our bodies just react differently to stress like you do. So you can come closer now.

  I sighed and rested in my tails. Most people were here for Giana. Some were here for me. They were allowed to touch my tails if they wouldn't take it too far.

  Giana and I spent the rest of the day being living attractions. Some fake fans appeared, but the real fans took care of them.

  I realized something. Having a fandom is like mass brainwashing. I don't have to do anything, these fans will remove problematic elements by themselves. I had to remind them to not become mindless drones. If I were to have a fandom, they need to be smart and competent. Not ‘ungabunga this person looks like a threat, remove him’ type of people.

  I taught them to let fake fans talk themselves into a trap and exposing them. They will just return if they get kicked out with bullshit excuses, but if they get exposed, everyone could see for themselves what was going on.

  “Deca, you're corrupting my fans…”

  I'm just making your fans a bit more competent, that's all.

  “At least I'm happy that you managed to have some of my fans also become your fans.”

  Was unintentional. If they want to be your fans, the least they could do is protect you from fake fans or haters. I just gave them tips.

  The fans had gone home. Giana and I were still in the park, and the sun had set hours ago.

  “What a day. I never expected you to let people get this close to you.” Giana said as she turned into her 9t form.

  Well I did tell them to not get used to it. Today was special. They even decided on an adventurer's name for you!

  “Ayla Aurelia…I like it.”

  Well everyone will think about you when they hear that song, so it makes sense.

  “The Silver Torrent and Ayla Aurelia!” Giana said with a dreamy expression.

  I snapped my fingers but she had gone into a dreamworld. What a weirdo.

  Talking about weirdos, where is the rest of the team? Was the aftermath so huge that they're still busy? But that works for me.

  Nilah was sleeping next to a mountain of snacks the fans had donated to her. She had of course also stolen mana.

  Nilah, wake up.

  I shook the lazy fox and she yawned.

  Let's dump this mana into the circle.

  Giana was still in a daze, so this was the perfect moment.