Even though she had lost her memory, as a demon, with the guidance of the giant snake and Tang Chen, two great demons, Tang Sui became familiar with the demonic power flowing within her body and the other suppressed soul power in just half a day.
Tang Chen told her that this was the power she possessed before losing her memory, the foundation of this world—"soul power."
After spending two days catching up on basic knowledge of the Douluo Continent and being instilled with some of what Tang Chen had seen and heard through another pair of eyes, Tang Sui's worldview of this strange world gradually took shape and reformed.
The only constant was that the weak were preyed upon by the strong, and the strong were respected.
The final day of training tailored for her by Tang Chen was completed. The little princess, confined to the tower, finally took her first step into this sinful city reeking of blood.
The veiled girl, a confidante of the Slaughter King Tang Chen, had a resounding title within the Slaughter City: "Messenger," the envoy of the Slaughter King.
Within the Slaughter City, no one dared to offend the majesty of the Slaughter King.
With the messenger accompanying her, many gazes that had been fixed on Tang Sui due to her pure aura became much more timid.
The messenger was unperturbed and had no intention of explaining Tang Sui's identity to those people.
Death and blood were like wild grass here, growing everywhere.
Tang Sui watched as three black-armored knights patrolling walked past a pile of rotten, foul-smelling bones that were no longer human-shaped, and dispassionately disposed of this "garbage."
That pile of bones, clinging to blackish blood and flesh, was the remains of a soul master.
His entire body's blood had been drained by scavengers or murderers, leaving only a useless corpse.
A slight feeling of nausea rose in her throat. Tang Sui raised her hand, her small brows furrowed as she looked at the "garbage" being handled.
With her eyesight, even though the blood had dried, and there were only a few drops, she could see marks on parts of the flesh that looked like they were cut by sharp weapons.
The messenger followed Tang Sui's gaze. She was accustomed to this scene. Beneath the black veil that covered half her face, the corner of her lips even curved into a malicious arc. In an elegant tone, she stated to Tang Sui, "Little Princess must not be accustomed to this place yet, which is why you react this way. Do you... find it cruel?"
Even though she harbored doubts about Tang Sui's strength, due to the unequal master-servant contract with the Slaughter King, she executed all of her master's orders with high loyalty and dared not underestimate Tang Sui.
Because she knew very well that even if this little princess of unknown origin asked for her life, her master would probably not stop her.
The wise know when to submit.
This was the experience she had gained from hundreds of years of struggle.
Tang Sui, covering her mouth and nose, glanced at the messenger. There was no fear in her eyes, only a hint of faint disgust, "I just find it a bit gruesome."
What kind of person would cut into a corpse whose blood had already been completely drained of its value, and then cut off such a neat piece of flesh?
What was it for?
Tang Sui felt disgusted just thinking about it.
Although Tang Chen had explained in detail the methods for demons to become stronger when he was educating her, including absorbing the flesh and blood and souls of the strong to enhance oneself, Tang Chen had also said that he had only seen two demons on this continent.
One was the giant snake coiled on the Hell Road, and the other was her.
The same was true for the entire Slaughter City.
Tang Sui looked at a food distribution point set up not far away and asked in confusion, "There's a place giving out free food, so why would they resort to cannibalism?"
"Because the food supplied daily is limited. Our Slaughter City is not a charity, and food, of course, is only for the 'useful'." The messenger emphasized the last three words, diverting some of her attention to observe the changes in expression on Tang Sui's little face.
Because today, she was not only the little princess's guide and protector, but also had a more important task—a monitor.
Understanding the reason, Tang Sui did not say anything about changing the established rules or making the food supply more abundant. Instead, she turned her head, took a step forward, and said indifferently, "Let's go. The air here is too foul. Let's go somewhere else."
The smile on the messenger's lips became more genuine. She cast a half-smile at those who were watching and scrutinizing them, then took long strides and leisurely followed her young master.
Other suspicious voices became more evident as the messenger walked away.
"That little girl, is she new too?"
"She looks less than ten years old. Did she commit a crime so young?"
"Hey, what if she was exiled here? She seems... not to have killed anyone yet..."
Towards the end, the speaker's tone became subtly different, and the eyes of others became fervent, revealing intense killing intent.
After all, newcomers who entered the Slaughter City received protection from the messenger, but only for twelve hours.
Once the twelve hours were up...
The black-robed figures who had been aimlessly wandering the streets, looking for their next unfortunate victim, exchanged glances. The meaning in their eyes was self-evident. Only after Tang Sui and the others had gone a considerable distance did they pretend to be nonchalant and follow.
First, they would find out where the other party lived.
When the twelve-hour newcomer protection period passed, a little girl who hadn't even fully grown her fur, who hadn't seen blood, wouldn't she be their new victim?
With such thoughts, a group of little tails followed not far behind Tang Sui and the others.
Of course, among these little tails, there were those who couldn't stand others having the same scavenging intentions and started fighting amongst themselves.
— Author's Notes —
The next two days will have triple updates~
Special thanks to the lord "Bread is super sweet" for the reward! And thanks to other little cuties for their rewards and votes, mwah~