Alligator's Ark of Tomorrow

"Let our compatriots hide for now. The Iberian Tribunal is not worth our effort."

"..."

The Deep Sea Cultists whispered amongst themselves, but Amaya did not speak to them. She simply stroked the sea creature lying beneath her.

Even among those who are followers of the Deep Sea Cult, their beliefs may not necessarily be the same.

Some Deepsea believers joined the Deepsea Church because they had suffered too much as human beings and longed for the mutual help and support of the Sea Kings.

Some Deepsea cultists were attracted by Hai Si's powerful adaptability and wanted to obtain power as strong as Hai Si, so they joined the Deepsea Cult.

Some Deep Sea cultists joined the Deep Sea Church because they wanted to use the sea creatures to achieve their own goals.

As for Amaya, the reason she was willing to join the Deep Sea Church was because of the Sea Heir's ideals.

They will not bully the weak because of their strength, nor will they abandon their companions because of danger. Every Sea Child is equal.

As long as it is beneficial to survival, powerful sea creatures will contribute their strength to weaker sea creatures, and powerful sea creatures will also sacrifice themselves to protect weaker sea creatures.

These things that humans call virtues are simply taken for granted by the Haizi.

It was because she had witnessed too much injustice that Amaya chose to join the Deep Sea Church, because she believed that joining the masses was a better choice for humanity.

There is no oppression, no injustice.

There is no distinction between noble and lowly races, and they are not troubled by diseases.

Becoming Hai Si would mean realizing that utopian ideal, so why should she hesitate?

Many people don't understand this principle: those in power don't want to become Hai Si, because that would be tantamount to giving up their own power.

Those people keep saying they're doing it for the country and for the people, but they don't even have the ability to feed a poor person or cure a sick person.

So how could they be worthy of her trust?

Ideals and aspirations.

In the face of reality, it is ultimately insignificant.

She had seen too many people who had lofty ideals but ended up accomplishing nothing, even suffering rejection and slander from petty people, and ultimately dying of depression.

As long as humanity has selfish desires, and as long as humanity remains confined to its current physical form, true fairness and justice will never be achieved.

Only when we shed the human body, when everyone shares the same way of thinking and the same philosophy of survival, can we truly achieve this.

Good days will come.

Boom!

Boom!

A sudden commotion came from outside, sounding like someone was hurling insults, but the insults stopped quickly.

The door was suddenly flung open.

A Deepsea cultist pushed open the door, panting as he looked at the others in the room. His face filled with terror, he shouted, "Get out of here! It's not safe here anymore! The Inquisition's army has entered the city!"

"impossible!"

One of the Deep Sea cultists' expressions changed drastically.

“We have people in the disciplinary army. If the disciplinary army enters the city, we won’t be completely without any news.”

"That means he's been discovered!"

Inside the room, Amaya frowned slightly. She had noticed something amiss with the Tribunal's actions a few days ago, but none of the Deep Sea Church's agents within the Tribunal had sent any word, which was why they had let their guard down.

In retrospect, the court had anticipated this.

"Let's get out of here!"

Amaya was not worried about the Tribunal's army. The place was close to the coast, and as soon as they left the town, they would soon receive support from the Sea King.

Those who were arrested were at most peripheral members of the Deep Sea Church.

Their identities should not have been revealed yet.

The thought had just formed in Amaya's mind when she heard Hai Si beneath her let out a restless hiss, which she suddenly noticed.

Is the temperature around here a bit high?

"Lai-Wan-Ting!"

A powerful shout rang out, and as the woman's voice rang out, the numerous buildings housing the Deep Sea Cultists had hidden in suddenly seemed to be engulfed in flames.

The moment Amaya looked up, she saw a fiery red greatsword, like a beam of light, slashing cleanly across the top of her head with intense heat.

In that instant, the entire building was split in two.

Holding a greatsword engulfed in flames, the red-haired Sarkaz girl stood on the street, gazing at the Deep Sea Cultists in disarray inside the houses, and let out a soft snort.

"Leave this to me!"

The person who arrived was none other than Surtur, whose longsword contained fragments of a giant beast.

She arrived in Iberia with the teams from Rhine Life and Black Steel International. Iberia knew very well that the closer to the coast, the stronger the resistance of the Deep Sea Church.

Therefore, after the mercenaries arrived, the Iberian Tribunal negotiated with the heads of Rhine Life and Black Steel International to have a group of elites disguised as ordinary bounty hunters infiltrate major coastal cities.

Among them were Surtr and others.

"Don't be careless."

Serea's voice carried far as she gripped a shield specially made by Rhine Lab, assisting the Iberian Punishment Army in capturing the scattered Deepsea Cultists.

Seria had witnessed Surtr's strength more than once, but Surtr's strengths were obvious, as were his weaknesses.

Surtr's power comes entirely from the weapon in her hand. Once the weapon slips from her hand or she loses focus, Surtr is just an ordinary Sarkaz girl.

Nevertheless, the immense power that Surtr possesses cannot be denied.

Therefore, Surtr and Seria joined forces after securing the position of a deep-sea bishop.

One person is responsible for attacking, and the other person is responsible for defending.

With the two of them there, even if a Deep Sea Bishop's body is incredibly strong after his transformation, the two of them together would be more than enough to easily defeat him.

The same scene was happening in other parts of the town.

Although they were all young girls, the power they unleashed put many disciplinary officers and judges to shame.

If Gard were here, he would find that almost all of these girls were people he knew.

Serea, Surtr, Kanelian, Gavial, Anaconda... they are not the canaries that Gard kept in the harem.

Although they are not as good as Gard, each of them would be considered an outstanding member of the military.

Although Amaya did not know Surtur, seeing so many judges and punitive troops around her, she knew that all was lost.

This operation must have been planned in advance.

She wouldn't be discouraged by this; how could the system that human civilization spent thousands of years creating be so easily destroyed by them?

However, as long as there are people who suffer injustice, oppression, bullying, hunger, and illness, the Deep Sea Church will never be destroyed.

They are a group of people who have seen the light. Since they have seen the light, how could they be willing to return to the darkness?

"Run away."

Amaya gently stroked the sea creature beneath her.

"If it were you, you could definitely escape by yourself."

".......Together."

The dog-like Hai Si looked at Amaya, but Amaya just shook her head.

"Go."

Seemingly realizing that his only option was to run away, Canine Haisi did not hesitate any longer.

Haisi is such a creature.

If there is any hope, it will surely take Amaya with it when it leaves.

But if you can only escape alone.

It will not hesitate either.

survive.

It is a mark that has been engraved deep in Hai Si's bloodline from the very beginning.

So what is Haisi's purpose in surviving?

Amaya pondered.

Waiting for the end that is about to come for myself.

......

Chapter Seventy Change

The Iberian campaign to eradicate the Deep Sea Church initially progressed quite smoothly, since the Deep Sea Church was essentially a religious organization that existed solely based on the characteristics of the Sea Heirs.

The nature of the sea creatures dictates that, without prior preparation, it is impossible for too many individuals to remain on land.

This led to Iberia's initial campaign against the Deep Sea Cultists being almost a one-sided massacre, with several Deep Sea Bishops even being captured.

However, the Deep Sea Church is no pushover either. Although its main base is not in Iberia, the Great Tranquility decades ago severely damaged Iberia's national strength. During this period, the tentacles of the Deep Sea Church had already penetrated into all walks of life in Iberia.

The Iberian attack did catch the Deep Sea Church off guard, but once they recovered, they immediately began to organize their forces to fight back.

The Deep Sea Church's approach was simple: abandon some peripheral Deep Sea cultists, and, led by a few Deep Sea bishops, gather all Deep Sea cultists lurking within Iberia, releasing a large number of sea creatures that they had already brought ashore to cause chaos.

In the chaos, a mobile Iberian city fell, and the profound truth revealed by the Deep Sea Church at that moment shocked the entire Iberian Peninsula.

Fortunately, the Iberian Tribunal did not need to use all its power to deal with the Deep Sea Church. The mercenaries from Colombia, along with some judges, were enough to suppress the unrest caused by the Deep Sea Church.

In just one week, under the siege of tens of thousands of mercenaries, thousands of Deepsea cultists were killed, and tens of thousands of businessmen and politicians who colluded with the Deepsea Church were arrested.

Some individuals, whose relatives had joined the Deep Sea Church, were targeted in the court's arrest operation as ordinary private schools that assisted the Deep Sea Church.

In just one week, the number of people involved exceeded 100,000, which is twice the number of mercenaries who arrived in Iberia.

The Iberian Tribunal did not have the extra energy to discern the depth of understanding of these ordinary people. By choosing to help the Deep Sea Cultists, they were essentially standing against humanity.

Regardless of the Deep Sea Church's ideology, the number of deaths caused by the sea over the past few decades is an astronomical figure that no one can accept, according to the Iberian authorities.

Even though those mercenaries from Colombia came for profit, they were still shocked to see a country riddled with holes by the Deep Sea Church.

"I regret participating in this operation."

“Who says otherwise? I originally thought this operation was just a matter of making money without lifting a finger. We didn’t have to participate in any real war; we just had to capture those... well, Deep Sea Cultists, hiding in the city.”

"But when I saw those ordinary people frantically defending those Deep Sea believers, I didn't know what to do."

"Are all beliefs this terrible?"

"..."

For the mercenaries from Colombia, fighting the enemy was a matter of course, and even participating in real wars was nothing special for many of them.

The only thing that bothered them was that sometimes when they arrested the Deepsea Cultists, some ordinary people who had once been under the protection of the Deepsea Cultists would choose to resist them.

How many mercenaries can kill an unarmed ordinary person without batting an eye?

This also led to unprecedented resistance in the Iberian campaign to eradicate the Deep Sea Church in the outskirts of the mobile cities.

The plight of Iberia does not actually stem from the Deep Sea Church alone.

The mobile cities are fine; Iberia won't easily give up on a mobile city. Even if a mobile city encounters difficulties, it can receive support and assistance from other cities.

But those small rural towns aren't so easy to forgive.

Many towns in Iberia depend on the sea for their livelihood. The Great Tranquility of decades ago not only destroyed a large amount of arable farmland, but also made it impossible to find any edible seafood in the waters surrounding Iberia. As a result, many small towns in Iberia lost their food source.

At this time, the Deep Sea Church appeared. With the help of the Sea Heir, the members of the Deep Sea Church were able to bring a large amount of seafood to the town's residents as food.

In this situation, when faced with an Iberian siege, the Deep Sea Church only needed to raise its arms and call upon a group of Iberians with nowhere else to go, who would then be forced to help the Deep Sea Church resist the Iberian Tribunal.

By the time the Iberian Tribunal realized what was happening, the Deep Sea Church had already gathered tens of thousands of residents from coastal towns, forming a terrifying force that no one could ignore.

If it weren't for the arrival of another wave of mercenaries from Colombia following the initial 50,000, Iberia would probably have been unable to suppress this wave of peasant uprisings among the coastal residents.

The Iberian Tribunal oversimplified the current situation in Iberia. The soil that truly nourishes the Deep Sea Church is not the Sea Heirs themselves, but Iberia itself.

To eliminate the Deep Sea Church, the soil that led to its existence must be thoroughly purified. If one were not driven to desperation, who would willingly abandon their original body to become a sea creature?