Saiyan stowaways on the Ark

Anita did not join the riots, which ended much faster than expected.

She stayed by her grandmother's side, who could only throw stones at Quintus from afar because of her mobility issues.

After all, having lived in Saltwind City since childhood, this was how life was, and she even thought that "it could only be like this"—although Skadi, as an outsider, made her realize that the outside world might be more interesting than she imagined, she did not, like others, become angry and hateful because she realized that she had lost too much.

She just felt that everyone was acting strangely today.

Having long been accustomed to the abnormal, I find it difficult to understand when I see normal things now.

"What should we do? Burn his body?"

"Who knows if it's poisonous! Maybe we should ask the judge?"

"The judge doesn't care about anything, and might even think we killed someone and lock us up!"

While people stopped crowding around, they began to plan for what had already happened.

The bishop who caused them to become like this has been killed.

What's next?

Saltwind City remained impoverished and desolate, and its inhabitants were still trapped within the city and forbidden from leaving.

People remember how terrible their days in Saltwind were.

The bishop only made things worse—the so-called "gratitude" of distributing food was insignificant compared to his malice.

Some people started to cry.

After the anger subsided, they had more time to wallow in grief, and some memories lingered in their minds, becoming a new kind of torment.

"Are they saved?"

Tomat and Skadi arrived with the crowd.

However, they have maintained a distanced position and will only intervene when they feel it is necessary.

But now it seems unnecessary.

Quintus's weakness exceeded their expectations, and his lack of resistance was even more surprising.

"Not counting."

Skadi shook her head.

"That's true, it wasn't just Hai Si who made them suffer so much."

Looking at the crowd in the distance who had experienced great joy and sorrow, Tomat continued to ask some questions that concerned him deeply.

"But why did he run down in the middle of the night and get beaten up? Did he have a change of heart? Also, didn't you say this guy was related to Hai Si? He's been beaten to death and Hai Si hasn't come out yet."

"I also find it strange, where exactly is Hai Si...?"

The bishop's strange behavior and the missing Hai Si, although some of the residents' problems have been resolved and they are no longer victims of the bishop and Hai Si's collusion, more questions still linger over Saltwind City.

"Yeah, where exactly is it... hiccup."

Tomat let out a burp filled with the smell of seawater and looked back at the murky sea in the distance.

Skadi then jumped down from the height and returned to Anita's side.

"Skadi, the bishop... the bishop is dead, but I don't really understand why he died. Everyone says the bishop ruined their lives, so will things get better after he's gone?"

Anita looked at Skadi with a puzzled expression. In her mind, Skadi, who had brought about such great changes to the people of Saltwind City, must be able to answer this question.

“Not necessarily,” Skadi said ambiguously, but then walked toward the end of the street where the crowd had dispersed, the unknown place where Quintus’s body was, and continued, “But if he doesn’t die, he will never be able to.”

Under the puzzled gazes of the crowd, Skadi raised her boot and stomped heavily on the blurred flesh and blood once more.

"Get up! Stop pretending to be dead!"

[Event] Beneath the Tide, All Seafood: Chapter Eighteen Quintus: I Crack

I've heard that some people in this world have a strange fetish for being trampled on by beautiful women.

Skadi, now dressed in a red dress and dancing boots, certainly meets the standard of "beauty".

However, no one would want to accept her current trampling—

With just one strike, the ground began to shake.

The moment the foot was stomped on, a circular depression appeared on the ground centered on Quintus's body, with countless cracks spreading out from the center, shattering everything in their path.

People either fell to the ground in terror or clung to whatever was beside them, watching the smoke and dust dissipate to reveal a large mass of mangled flesh in the very center of the pit.

That was Quintus's body, which had been destroyed again to the point that its original form was unrecognizable.

However, it is now standing upright, its twisted shape "standing" in front of Skadi.

"I see... I understand now..."

"It's you..."

"It was you, you filthy bastard, who caused the messenger to abandon me!!!"

The rotten flesh split open with a toothless fissure, from which twisted bytes were squeezed out.

Did Quintus offer no resistance before?

He was simply driven to despair by what was happening in front of him.

He saw the person who should have been under his control now turning against him with swords.

These people were originally sacrifices to the sea, tools to win the favor of messengers and greater beings.

But they lost control...

That's right!

The wise messenger must have discovered that I couldn't even control the livestock I raised, and thus became utterly disappointed in me and abandoned me!

That must be it! That must be it!

And how can I salvage all of this?

His fanaticism for Haisi made him ignore attacks that could not harm his life.

He just kept thinking, and the consciousness that should have abandoned emotions was now gripped by fear as it sought a way to avoid being abandoned.

Until Skadi—another colleague in the mouth of that filthy hunter—stepped on her.

Quintus did not know what Skadi looked like.

But from that vague feeling, he was certain that the woman looking down at him with the same gaze she had for trash was the filthy hybrid between the Agorians and the Seas—the Deepsea Hunter.

These vile beings who have violated the realm of the gods have even turned their barbaric violence against Hai Si's race. If... if she were to be used as a sacrifice...

That will surely win over the envoy! And make him change his mind!

These are the deep-sea hunters that the Sealings hate the most, aren't they?

Quintus has naively found a "way out" for himself.

For now, all we need to do is move forward!

Quintus's body is changing at an extremely rapid pace.

His research has already yielded results, although it is not yet stable, but it is enough to possess evolutionary capabilities and adaptability similar to those of Haizi while maintaining self-awareness.

However, he still has his own limits, which is why he pursues the abilities of the legendary higher sea beings, intending to reside within them.

But... even if it's not quite fully developed yet, it's still more than enough to deal with a deep-sea hunter!

This is not the ocean, but land, so he needs to transform himself into a body more suited to the land environment.

Vital organs are concealed within the body, the body surface is covered with a hard structure, vital organs have multiple backups, muscle and bone density are increased, hemoglobin levels are increased, and light, heat, and vibration sensitivity are enhanced...

Asexual reproduction! Environmental adaptation! Extreme evolution! Mechanical imitation!

Excellent, the ultimate biological killing weapon has been born—

"What a Nightmare Frankenstein's monster... What a tasteless transformation."

Thomas gazed at the body that was gradually swelling in the crater, and was unsurprised by the sudden change.

Some even personally told him what "enhanced transformation" was.

Quintus then maintained this shape for approximately 0.1 seconds.

It once again took the shape of a large pancake and sank deep into the earth.

That was Skadi leaping into the air, making a striking motion that was not elegant for her current attire.

She raised her smooth, beautiful legs high, almost forming a perfect standing split. Logically speaking, if someone were facing her directly, they would definitely be able to see what was under her skirt.

Of course, the corresponding result was the same as Quintus's: dying under a skirt—perhaps even less fortunate than Quintus.

The heel, slashing down like a blade, cleaved Quintus's massive form in two, while the impact of the kick shattered the high cliff behind him—a huge fissure stretched upwards, reaching the top of the church, collapsing along with the entire cliff.

Meanwhile, Quintus, now split in two, was still active on both sides, with numerous tentacles growing from the broken ends and intertwining with each other, seemingly trying to reassemble its body into one piece.

But how could Skadi possibly let him have his way?

She didn't fall from the height she had jumped into earlier. After retracting her leg, she clenched her fists and punched downwards.

Her fists rained down, and the sonic booms generated by each blow were enough to create a recoil force that prevented her from falling further.

Quintus’s colossal form continued to collapse under the impact, its exoskeleton and internal skeleton both breaking apart. Its rapid regeneration could never keep up with the speed of destruction.

Quintus's body, along with the constantly collapsing cliff, gradually sank deep underground due to Skadi's beatings.

"boom!!!!"

Until one moment, a gushing spring erupted from the bottom of the pit, propelling Quintus's fleshy body into the air.

"Hey! Go easy on me, don't sink the city! Can't you see there are still people here!"

With a flick of his finger, he shattered the flying rocks, preventing the hiding crowd from being affected. Tomat loudly reminded Skadi, then pondered with a slight headache how to explain the situation to the local judge.

Damaging public property?

Hopefully Rhodes Island can help reimburse me.

"Ah, the opponent is a guy who imitates Hai Si, and he's a little out of control. You can take care of him and make him calm down. Consider it repaying the favor of cooking for me, isn't that good?"

Skadi smiled—though very subtly.