Volume 6, Chapter 0.2 – Prologue (1)

Crimson Sovereign Calendar, Year 998

Shenluo Empire Capital – Visas Western District, Heretical Tribunal.

——”Hey!!! You idiot!!! Hurry up and take the medicine!! Get that broken voice of yours fixed!! Tonight several generals specifically requested you to sing. If something goes wrong, I can’t bear the responsibility.”——

A man in black tribunal uniform with a vicious expression was roaring malevolently.

As his roar rang out, he even swung the whip in his hand directly.

“Crack——!”

The dull whip sound exploded, carrying angry intent and the whistling sound of tearing air as it heavily struck the transparent glass barrier.

Golden sparks flickered, and that heavy cage trembled slightly, yet remained intact.

On the other side of the barrier, water rippled gently. Under the dim blue light’s reflection, the girl curled up within trembled all over.

She was a girl with long pink hair, around fifteen years old.

Her hair wasn’t monotonously pink, but like the radiance on a dawn sea surface—gradually shifting from pale silver-white to soft purple from hair tips to roots, like the sunset glow reflected by sea waves.

A pair of purple eyes were crystal clear, like twin gems in the deep sea, flickering with faint light, yet revealing helplessness and fear at this moment.

After being startled, teardrops slid down her long eyelashes, turning into water droplets that shattered into a string of faint light on her pale face.

The girl’s upper body had graceful curves, with skin as delicate as snow, carrying the unique lustrous quality of seawater.

Her collarbones and shoulders were like shells carved under moonlight, emanating a faint luster. Her waist was extremely slender, so fragile it seemed it would break with just a gentle grip…

Of course,

What was most eye-catching was her lower body—that fish tail covered with countless fine scales.

The fish tail gradually shifted from pale pink to lustrous blue, with scales shining with dreamlike flowing light, like countless crushed diamonds trembling gently with the waves. The tail fin was soft and elongated, like petals blooming in water, swaying slowly with her slight trembling…

That’s right,

This girl imprisoned in the Shenluo Heretical Tribunal was naturally not human, but a member of the sea race—a Siren.

Facing Tribunal Director Molo’s angry roar, the Siren girl was filled with terror, tightly hugging her arms, her body slightly curled up like a trapped pearl sea butterfly. Tears mixed with seawater, floating around her, refracting hazy halos. That fragile and helpless posture seemed to be begging for mercy…

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Unfortunately,

For the people of the Shenluo Empire, alien races were all lowly and insignificant—alien beings that needed to be eliminated.

Therefore, Molo naturally wouldn’t develop any mercy. Instead, after seeing her cry, he felt pleased.

“Hehe, the sea race’s lofty Sea Priestess… just this level of character. I haven’t even made a move, and you’re already scared like this? Ridiculous.”

Molo let out contemptuous, disdainful laughter.

While laughing, Molo pulled out tiger pliers used for prying fingernails from the torture rack beside him.

“I’m telling you, if you don’t cooperate… believe it or not, I’ll pry off your beautiful fingernails and the scales on your fish tail, one by one~”

As these playful words left his mouth, the Siren girl was even more frightened, her face changing drastically.

While crying, under Molo’s mocking gaze, she tremblingly crawled toward the medicine thrown on the ground by tribunal personnel, picking it up piece by piece and putting it in her mouth.

Her appearance

Was as wretched as could be.

Watching the Sea Priestess that countless sea race members had worked hard to protect and cherish eating medicine from the ground like a dog, Molo couldn’t help but burst into wild laughter.

——”Hahahahaha!!”——

His Majesty was absolutely right—

These alien races were fundamentally lowly creatures.

They merely stole the Lord’s power and gained spiritual power first, which allowed them to lead us before.

Such garbage races ultimately only deserve to be trampled under our feet, becoming our playthings.

However, just as Molo was laughing gleefully,

A hysterical angry roar suddenly reached this director’s ears, directly causing his brows to furrow.

——”You bastard!!! Beast!!!! Don’t be disrespectful to the Sea Priestess ahhhhhhh!!!!”——

“Hm?”

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Molo’s gaze turned sinister as he coldly glanced to the side.

At this moment,

Dozens of captured alien race members were being escorted by Shenluo soldiers into the tribunal’s prison area. The one who had just roared was a sea race woman with gills, and numerous fish scales on her arms and face.

After being poisoned by the deadly toxin deployed by Shenluo, this sea race woman was in an extremely weak and powerless state. However, seeing the sea race’s most noble Sea Priestess being humiliated by humans like this, angry emotions still drove her to explode directly.

Remaining spiritual power overflowed from her body, and she erupted with killing intent, preparing to charge at Molo.

Facing this scene,

Whether Molo or the surrounding tribunal soldiers all looked indifferent.

After all,

Alien resistance and rebellion was nothing more than ordinary in this Heretical Tribunal.

And those who recklessly resisted

Had only one outcome…

As if guessing Molo’s next action, the Siren girl lying on the ground tremblingly raised her head, speaking in an almost pleading voice:

“Don’t… don’t…”

Her voice was melodious and beautiful, yet carried indescribable misery.

Unfortunately,

This couldn’t change anything.

The next moment,

Before the sea race woman could pounce, Molo drew his sidearm and fired at the woman without hesitation.

Then,

That demon-piercing bullet designed against the sea race’s protective water elements directly penetrated the sea race woman’s forehead, blowing her head apart completely.

——”Bang!!”——

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Accompanied by a crisp sound, the woman’s roar abruptly stopped, blood splattered everywhere… a headless corpse just collapsed to the ground.

After killing this sea race woman, Molo still seemed unsatisfied, directly turning his gun and, under the Siren girl’s agonized gaze, instantly blew apart the heads of several more sea race members in the cages.

For a moment,

Thick bloody scent permeated the area.

“This is the consequence of resistance. Not only will you die, your clansmen will die too. Understand?”

Looking at the various alien race members below who had been escorted over with shocked expressions, Molo said coldly.

Meanwhile,

The Siren girl who witnessed all this painfully clenched her fists, lowering her head… tears constantly overflowing from her eyes.

Damn it…

Again like this…

Why, why is it always like this…

Why can’t… Why can’t I do anything…

Sorry…

Really,

I’m sorry…

Due to her clansmen’s deaths, the Siren girl sobbed quietly like this.

However,

She hadn’t cried for long before the glass barrier confining her quietly opened. Immediately after, a thick hand reached in, gripping the Siren girl’s chin and roughly lifting her head.

“What are you crying for? Miss Sea Priestess, don’t forget—tonight you’re supposed to sing for several generals… If your eyes swell up from crying and you become ugly? Don’t blame me for killing some more sea race trash. There are still over three hundred sea race members in this Heretical Tribunal.”

Faced with Molo’s threatening words, the Siren girl trembled all over.

Biting her lip, she forcibly stopped sobbing.

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Seeing this,

Molo smiled with satisfaction.

“Good, good, very obedient.”

While saying this, Molo also examined the Siren girl’s face up close and sighed to himself.

“Should I say as expected of a Sea Priestess? This face is indeed good, no wonder several generals favor you so much. What a pity…”

Eyes slightly narrowing, Molo looked disdainfully at the Siren girl’s lower body—that fish tail.

Though the tail was beautiful, it obviously wasn’t what Molo wanted.

“Unable to manipulate spiritual power, you can’t even transform your lower body. If you had human legs… hehe, several generals would probably be willing to pay more money… hehe~, what a pity, what a pity…”

Seemingly thinking of some disgusting scene, lewd and crude laughter quietly drifted from Molo’s mouth.

Hearing these words, though the Siren girl felt extreme anger and shame in her heart, she could only forcibly suppress her emotions, allowing him to insult her at will.

After all, she currently had no ability to resist. Even if she did resist, it would only result in even crueler retaliation.

However, just as Molo was about to continue teasing the Siren girl, a subordinate’s report quietly came from behind him.

——”Director, more prisoners have been brought in.”——

“Hm?”

Raising an eyebrow, Molo asked somewhat puzzledly:

“Prisoners? How can there still be… forget it, where are they from this time?”

“Robusta Wildwood.”

“Mm… mm? What? Wha, what?? Isn’t that… the place where disaster broke out a year ago? They can still catch alien races there?”

“Yes, it’s true. The patrol team apparently caught an elf there.”

“Huh? An elf???”