Chapter 682: Chapter 682: Splurging on upgrades

Michael arrived back in the Nation of Reborn, near the Lamia District. There, he saw Serena, Nixie, and the other mermen playing around in the rivers. He approached them and immediately asked Serena for help. "Serena, can I purchase Soo drops from you?" She immediately saw the serious look on his face and immediately changed her attitude. "Of course. How many do you need?" "I need six," he said, giving her a bag of Sand Dollars containing exactly 60,000 Sand Dollars. Serena immediately accepted the bag and waved her hand, gesturing a unique set of stances as she commanded the water around her to part and create a half - dome indentation on the water. "Drop the bag here," she said to Michael. "Once the water has verified the amount, then it will return the appropriate amount of Soo drops that you have purchased." Michael did as she said and gently dropped the bag into the water. And suddenly, like there was a vortex underneath the water, the bag was sucked into the half - dome indentation in the water. The bag seemed to have disappeared off into another location, as it was nowhere to be seen on the bottom of the river. A couple of seconds later, the half - dome suddenly churned and created a whirlpool before small green vials began to burst out of the water, landing directly in Michael’s hands. He got six vials in total, each containing a drop of Soo just as Serena said. "I do not keep Soo drops on me. Everything is still stored in the deepest vaults of Atlantis," Serena explained. "I am merely a middleman that allows humans to purchase Soo drops from Atlantis." It made sense. If she brought Soo drops with her, then it would have been extremely dangerous for her to keep walking around in the Surface world. Even the corporations would get tempted to take Soo drops from her, much more if they were just smaller companies. "Thank you," Michael said to Serena. She then dipped her hands in the water and flung drops towards him. This was a custom for mermen as a way to express their wishes for someone to become successful. "I wish you good luck in whatever you’re trying to do," she said. Even Nixie mustered up her strength to shout towards him. ".good luck. big bro!" He nodded with a smile, appreciating their gestures. And just as he was about to transport himself back to Metropolis, he suddenly felt someone grab his arm. He turned around, only for him to see an old Mermaid with a hunched back and eyes that resembled unblemished pearls. He had never met her before, but he knew who she was. Reed talked about her, saying that she was very instrumental in convincing them to journey in the surface world to find a cure for Nixie. She was called the Old Seer. "Victory over monsters lies not in becoming one, but in refusing to." After saying those vague words, the Old Seer let go of her grip on his hands and walked back into the water, as if nothing ever happened. However, he didn’t have any time trying to decipher her words. The more time he wasted, the more people could become in danger. He nevertheless thanked the Old Seer for her advice with a nod of acknowledgement before transporting himself back to the Nation of Reborn. He began pouring each drop of Soo into his Drone, which slowly got absorbed into its surface.