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Marina approached a few coral merchants and old fishermen, trying to track down the exact location of the hidden black market."Excuse me, do you know where to find the Black Market Auction in the forbidden sea border?" Marina asked, breathless, addressing a red-scaled merchant.The merchant eyed Marina up and down before bursting into a dry laugh. "The Black Market Auction? Why would an outcast princess like you be asking about a death trap like that? That place isn’t for disgraced nobles or fragile young mermaids like you. Get lost!"It wasn't just him; the surrounding mermen who overheard her question began nudging each other and laughing. Not a single soul offered a straight answer. They were either terrified of royal guard retaliation or simply saw Marina as a powerless nobody.Marina balled her hands into tight fists. She couldn't give up. Hidden beneath the folds of her blue gown, her fingers brushed against a Voice-Recording Shell—a keepsake from her late mother that could cap
Powerless
High-voltage iron chains bit deep into Ryker’s wrists. Searingly hot electricity surged up his arms, designed to fry his nerves and paralyze his muscles. But Ryker wasn’t a man you could break so easily."ARGH!"Ryker let out a silent roar. His throat was locked by the System’s low-tier form restriction and his power output was heavily capped, but his battle instincts flared to life. Dropping his weight, he whipped his tail and spun violently through the water.BOOM!The three elite guards holding the ends of his chains were violently catapulted backward, slamming into the coral reef and shattering it to pieces. Lightning-fast, Ryker snatched a stray spear floating in the current, spinning it in a lethal arc to sweep back four more guards charging his position."Restrain him, now! How does this vagrant mer-trash have so much power?!" Commander Julian shrieked, his eyes bulging as he watched a rogue merman in tattered scales lay waste to half his squad."Let him go!" Marina screamed hy
Captured
After handing over the piece of dried kelp bread, Marina forced a faint, tight smile. The burning agony across her back flared up again, shooting icy jolts of electric mana straight down her spine and into her tail. Without waiting for a response from the ragged merman, Marina slowly turned away, intending to search deeper among the dark coral crevices for red lotus leaves.She took only a single stroke of her fin before a firm, warm grip caught her wrist.Marina flinched, instinctively trying to pull back, startled by the stranger's sudden touch. Gathering what little strength and composure she had left as a princess, she looked into Ryker’s sallow face and whispered softly."Please, let me go, kind sir..." Marina rasped, wincing against the sharp pain in her chest. "I didn't mean to disturb you. Take the bread and get out of here before the royal guards spot you and drive you off."Ryker kept his grip steady. Raising his left hand, he began gesturing with his fingers. He understood
First Encounter
The leftover electric current from the executioner's whip still scorched the flesh on Marina's back. As the icy stone floor pressed against her cheek, darkness slowly pulled back from the edges of her vision.Marina woke up on a thin bed of straw in a poky room at the far end of the palace’s back tower—a cramped, damp junk-storage closet smelling of dry moss, now serving as her personal quarters. Her badly mangled back quivered violently with every shallow breath she took.Through the crack of the rotting wooden door, the faint laughter and chatter of two palace maids cleaning the hallway drifted in."Poor Princess Marina," the first maid murmured, wringing out a cleaning rag. "Her back is flayed wide open, yet no healer is allowed to even look at her.""Pfft, why pity a traitor?" the second maid snapped back nastily. "Look at the difference with Princess Cassia. She gets a tiny coral scratch, and the whole palace's lotus-oil supply and best royal healers get mobilized immediately. Qu
Aquatic Adaptation
Deep within the subterranean cavern, the crystal-blue lake housing the Earth Core radiated a soothing, gentle azure light. The violent seismic rumbles that had previously threatened to tear the region apart had completely vanished. Ryker stepped out from the lake’s edge, snapping his shoulders to shake off the dense mist clinging to his cloak.Without warning, the System’s translucent UI flashed into view before his eyes, glowing with brilliant gold lettering.[ EARTH CORE REPAIR: COMPLETE ]Special Achievement Unlocked: Passive Skill — Soul Eavesdropper (Grants the ability to hear the unspoken thoughts of those nearby).Scanning Environmental Field... High-tier female lifeform detected in the underwater zone.Navigation Alert: Surface exits are permanently blocked by rockfalls. To trigger a return portal to the mainland, the Master must establish a bond with one new Primary Female from this region."A new girl... underwater?" Ryker muttered under his breath. He gave his Aether-Spear
The Water Palace
The Pearl Palace floated gracefully in the depths of the Azure Ocean, encased in a transparent protective dome that allowed the radiance of water crystals to illuminate its white marble walls. Yet behind the magnificence of the undersea architecture, the main corridor leading to the First Princess’s chambers abruptly turned tense as the sharp crack of breaking porcelain echoed against the stone floor.CRASH!A ceramic cup etched with ancient coral reefs shattered into pieces on the ground. It was no ordinary ornament; it was the final keepsake left behind by Marina's late mother, preserved with painstaking care since she was a little girl."Oops... my bad, Sister," Cassia murmured with a subtle, near-invisible smirk, fluttering her gleaming golden tail fins. "My hands were just so slippery today.""Cassia! What did you do?!" Marina gasped, her breath catching in her throat. Her deep-blue tail trembled violently as she swam forward, attempting to gather the shattered pieces of her moth
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