NOVPUBThe crowned fat catfish tried to break free with his Emperor-level power, but the chains were indestructible.
Therefore, he tried to plead for help from his family. "Who are you? Ancestor, please teach this insolent woman a lesson so she can know her fcking place!"
The elderly catfish tried to help his descendant, but the mysteriously powerful intruder suddenly attacked him with her sword slash.
"!!!" The elderly catfish dodged that swift flash by a hair, but he was shocked to see his treasured stone cane artifact eroded upon contact with that slash.
The wall split into two, and the sword slash continued to penetrate several layers.
*Smack*
Zera gripped the crowned fat catfish in the head. This disgusting fish used a particular mind technique to influence and weaken her, and she accidentally crushed his skull a bit to abort his attempt.
His chance was gone by that, and she would extract information from his mind. Anything related to mermaids, especially the pink mermaid, was the only thing she wished to know.
"Wait, wait! I’ll talk. That pink fishtail... I have several other pink fishtails. But that fancy one was a gift from my son! The pink merma- argh!" The crowned fat catfish tried to reason and bought a little time.
Unfortunately, Zera wouldn’t wait. She didn’t even bother to talk anymore and instantly extracted the information related to mermaids from his mind.
The process was painful and would burden the target’s soul. The target would end up like an idiot momentarily, but she didn’t care.
"..." Zera remained silent after getting what she was looking for. She threw the absentminded crowned fat catfish like she treated a piece of trash.
Based on that crowned fat catfish’s memories, this palace had a hidden underground dungeon that locked up many mermaids and slaves. It was Catalora’s Dungeon, managed by the Catalora Royal Family.
As the Emperor of Catalora Sea, that crowned fat catfish had two sons, and this fish family was so twisted. They kidnapped many women, especially mermaids.
They used the top-tier slaves as valuable bargaining chips for other influential experts. However, those pitiful slaves were often used as experimental subjects or to satisfy one’s lust.
Catalora Royal Family was not strong but had a secret mind technique that could weaken mermaids or female sea creatures. There were also two experts at the Demi-God Peak Stage, very close to Deity-level, to protect this twisted royal family.
Dory might be one of the unlucky mermaids from the defeated revolutionary army. As the losers, those mermaids ended up as prisoners of war and were treated as the winner pleased.
"She has our Goddess Master’s and the Sea God’s blessings, but why was she defeated and taken prisoner? Not to mention her divine items... Her fishtail was even cut off so she couldn’t escape..." Zera muttered softly while observing the pink fishtail in her hand.
"..." The elderly catfish squinted his eyes. The guards had gone to call for reinforcements and told his brother to assist him. As a Demi-God powerhouse, he felt scared by her and didn’t dare to confront her alone! His hunch told him he would be dead instantly if she wished so.
However, the intruder suddenly fell silent and didn’t do anything after throwing the dazed Catfish Emperor like trash.
"Intruder, may I know why you are looking for that pink mermaid? Who is she for you?" The elderly catfish glanced at the nearby fainted mermaids and grimaced.
This evil-looking lady didn’t come to ask for a mermaid like those influential experts, but to look for one of her acquaintances. He knew this powerful intruder would soon become a nightmare-level foe if she found the said pink mermaid here. He had to do something to avoid the deadly clash ASAP!
"Lady Zera." Lynn called out and entered through the destroyed ceiling with her mother and everyone. She then bit her lower lips when she discovered the nearby pitiful mermaids’ situation.
"..." Luna pursed her lips as she could already guess the mermaid’s pitiful fate, but it was still bitter when she saw everything with her eyes.
"It’s a death penalty. Follow me." Zera raised two fingers, then pointed downwards.
A spiraling darkness emerged from thin air and shot like a drill that penetrated anything in its path, creating a passage leading deep underground.
"Wait!" The elderly catfish tried to stop the incoming group.
Yet, Luna immediately made her move. She threw a needle, embedding the elderly catfish’s shadow into the wall, sealing his movement. "Stay there. The situation has become like this, and your punishment shall await."
"!!!" The elderly catfish gasped. That vixen was a Deity!
Everyone then followed Zera straight to the underground dungeon.
They dived nearly a kilometer into the passage, and many signal-jamming items could be found everywhere so that no one could discover this underground dungeon.
Dozens of prisons were lined up left and right. The cages locked up several mermaids and slaves inside. All the mermaids no longer had their fishtails anymore. It had all been cut off on purpose to prevent them from escaping.
Several pitiful ones were lying lifeless, and some had tragic conditions. The rest were bound by chains and locked up like dangerous high-class prisoners.
An eye-catching pink mermaid soon caught everyone’s attention in one of the dark prisons. She was the cleanest among the other prisoners, with no wounds or torture marks.
However, this pitiful pink mermaid’s eyes look devoid of life. Her vacant gaze stared at the empty water like a dead fish.
"Do- Dory?" Lynn trembled and gently called out. She cut the prison bars with a heavy-duty large bolt cutter.
Dory did not respond, just like the other prisoners who were indifferent and unresponsive.
"They are still affected by a particular drug. Those villains... deserve the death penalty. Thankfully, our Goddess Master’s and Sea God’s blessings protected her, and her family’s chastity belt safeguarded her well, but her fishtail..." Luna scanned Dory and the other mermaids up close with her eye ability.
"..." Zera floated before Dory, pondering about Dory’s condition.
She then spoke directly to Dory’s mind and tried to peer Dory’s soul perspective. At that moment, she felt somewhat disappointed.
Dory’s faith faltered years ago, and her utter defeat caused her to blame Goddess Elysia because nobody helped her from her predicament. She fell into the abyss, and she condemned the Goddess she worshipped. no𝚟𝚙u𝚋.c𝚘m
"Everything was your decision, and you have the guts to put the blame on your master? You only have yourself to blame for your defeat. Since you are no longer worth serving her, I shall release you of your suffering." Zera unsheathed Celestia as she wished to execute Dory on the spot.
"Wait, wait, wait! This is not as bad as you think. Dory has never betrayed her own faith. It’s normal to blame everything when someone falls into the abyss and nightmare, especially for years under the influence of drugs. Please leave the rest to us. We will handle everything neatly with satisfactory results. Lady Zera, I beg you!" Luna immediately hugged Zera from behind, holding Zera’s hands to prevent Celestia from getting out of its sheath.
A dark aura radiated everywhere, but Zera immediately put Celestia back into its sheath.
"..." Zera looked at Luna’s eyes, then at Lynn, who was blocking her from the front. They were determined to stop her.
She handed Dory’s fishtail to Luna, then vanished into the dark mist, leaving a sentence behind. "Don’t disappoint our master."
The room soon returned to silence. Luna and everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief. If Zera determined to execute Dory, nobody could stop her here.
"Wrap them up and take them away with us." Luna gave her orders to her people.
"Roger, Her Majesty!" The surrounding experts saluted and wrapped the mermaids and slaves with big cloths.
The dead were secured, and the injured were rescued. They were placed into a safe place in a storage pouch.
"Dory, Dory?" Lynn tried to call her mermaid friend again, but the results were disappointing.
"Let me do something to bring her consciousness back." Luna approached and put her finger on Dory’s forehead. She used her spiritual technique to bring Dory back.
Deep within Dory’s consciousness, Luna dove deep and found Dory’s despondent spirit.
Luna gently called out. "We have come for you, and our master has returned to our side. Whatever has happened, is this the result and ending you want? If not, get up and return with us. All the grievances and blood debts need to be paid in full."
"Lu, Luna?" Dory’s spirit turned towards the source of the sound. She then stretched out her hand to Luna’s spirit and instantly returned to consciousness.
"Ugh, my head... the drug effects are still there. They deserve the most horrible death..." Dory held her head. She tried her best to resist the pain and drug’s harmful effects, but she still couldn’t circulate her spiritual energy as her dantian was still sealed.
"Those catfish, huh... These sea stones have a suppression effect. Don’t move. We’ll get them for you." Lynn cut the sea stone chains with an axe.
She immediately wrapped Dory’s barely clothed body with a large blanket. Everyone then came out from that dungeon with Luna as the lead. They went straight to the previous room.
"You have five minutes. Rescue the mermaids and slaves. Kill enemies." Luna immediately passed down her command.
"Affirmative!" Everyone on the elite squad, except Lynn and Yusagi, quickly split up to find and rescue the other slaves.
"!?" The elderly catfish still tried to pull out the needle that locked his movement. He could faintly feel a bloodbath would occur soon!
"Who are you? Why did you suddenly come to our palace and create such a commotion?" A muscular catfish entered the room with his elite squad. He felt furious because he found so many intruders there.
He made his move to capture and interrogate the nearby intruder. Yet, a white bunny suddenly ambushed him with extraordinary speed.
"Fall." Yusagi kicked the muscular catfish, and he fell to the ground with a loud bang. She took out a machete and cut her opponent’s fishtail.
"Argh!" The muscular catfish groaned in pain. He smashed his fish at the attacker, but the white bunny was too agile to avoid.
"General!" The surrounding guards immediately entered the throne room, spreading out in all directions to surround the enemies.
"This won’t end peacefully. You have offended something you should never offend in your life." Luna raised her hand high and signalled the Lord Leviathan to help her. When it was about destruction, he was the better candidate for that.
A massive shadow soon enveloped the Catalora Sea Palace, and chaos instantly broke out in the city.
Lord Leviathan appeared from above, peering through the large hole in the palace ceiling, inflicting terror on everyone except Luna’s group. "Hoho! The smell of blood and chaos. This is good. Do you want to wipe out this city and dye this sea with blood, my lady?"
