Deep within Mount Amagi.
Ancient trees towered overhead, their branches lush and dense.
Thick vines coiled around the trunks, like a richly painted canvas.
Sunlight streamed through the gaps, scattering dappled shadows.
Beams of light shone down from above, illuminating moss-covered rocks.
Warm water trickled from cracks in the stones, steam rising into the air.
White mist drifted across the surface of the hot spring like a gauzy veil.
Yet this natural scene, which should have been peaceful and harmonious, was now permeated by an ominous stench of blood.
The bodies of river monkeys lay scattered all around the hot spring.
Their blood seeped into the soil, staining the ground a horrifying dark red.
The mountain forest, once filled with birdsong and animal cries, had fallen into dead silence.
Only when the wind passed through the trees did a mournful wail arise.
As though it were recounting the river monkeys' grief, resentment, and pain.
What had they done wrong?
They had merely been soaking in a hot spring as usual, only to invite a deadly calamity.
"Waaah, please spare me! I've already told you everything I know, my lords! Please don't kill me!"
Whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, this river monkey had been deliberately spared by Miria.
It desperately kowtowed and begged Charlotte Linlin, Brook, and the others for mercy, its face covered in terrified tears.
"Why don't I pull out its soul and verify whether it's telling the truth?"
Loli Mercury suggested this from the side with obvious malicious amusement.
The river monkey nearly collapsed in terror upon hearing that.
"Ah! No, no, no! Please don't! Leave some descendants for our river monkey clan!"
Charlotte Linlin laughed. "Forget it. This world is more interesting with more species in it. Mamamama~"
However, her body had shrunk considerably. She appeared