Soul-Snatching Underworld Dancer

As he walked over, he didn't even need to speak. The face of Sir Dai Weisi Tervalin, which he wore, was a living advertisement. The circus owner immediately came over, smiling apologetically, and greeted him.

"Young Master, you must be bored coming from Tevalinburg to this poor, remote county. I've been thinking of you, so I rushed here overnight just to entertain you!"

Well, it seemed this person knew Sir Dai Weisi Tervalin. Unfortunately, the real Dai Weisi Tervalin was already dead. Ergons didn't know this person.

However, Little Ramai, who had served as a page to the Baron, did recognize this person and casually asked, "What novelties do you have here that you dare to claim you can entertain our Lord?"

"Of course, we have novelties! Do you see that large box covered with a black cloth? That's an aquarium, and inside is a Siren! I spent a lot of money to get it. Ordinary people wouldn't have the chance to see such a thing?"

Ergons instinctively looked for William. William Adena, that notorious braggart, had claimed to have seen a Priest use Holy Light before, but it turned out the Holy Light was made from the ground-up organs of monstrous beasts.

He said he'd seen mermen, and Ergons remembered that his original body had also seen them at the circus...

Now there was a Siren, what had William boasted about to him back then?

But unfortunately, he hadn't seen it. He probably heard they weren't leaving and went off to fool around with the little widow?

He'd let it go for now. When he saw this Siren tonight, he'd see how the braggart would back up his claims.

As they spoke, night fell. In a poor village like Tervain Village, after dark, entertainment was limited to bonfires, martial arts tournaments, and... well, making babies.

Almost every villager looked forward to the circus's arrival, so dinner was eaten exceptionally early that day.

When Ergons arrived with Elisa, the largest square in the manor, around the drying area in front of the granary, was already full.

And on the drying ground, a tall frame had been erected by the troupe, seemingly for high-wire acts and aerial performances.

Everyone rose to greet him. Amidst the greetings, Ergons and his eight pages took their seats in a pre-reserved area.

The circus officially began.

First came the opening remarks, followed by a performance of a lizardfolk and a goblin on stilts riding unicycles.

This act, similar to bears and monkeys, didn't interest Ergons much. Watching the people around him laugh so heartily, he didn't understand what difficulty there was in training demi-humans to do such things.

It had to be much simpler than training animals to do this, right? And the lizardfolk and goblin were so ugly!

However, a comical little goblin did pique his interest. Looking at the goblin's eyes, it seemed to be more than just a trained beast from the circus.

The announcer before the act introduced the goblin as the village chief from a goblin village in the Kolonse Mountain Range, who had shouted about fighting back when captured.

Alas, the defeat of non-humans and demi-humans was a foregone conclusion. Now, these demi-humans could only be playthings performing for humans.

As Ergons pondered, the villagers around him erupted in applause. One act after another finished, and finally, it was time for the grand finale.

The host enthusiastically launched into a lengthy speech about legends of Sirens from the deep sea, and finally, the aquarium, over a person tall and two meters square, had its black cloth removed.

Inside the water-blue tank, a woman with blue markings all over her body was revealed. She wore nothing and was slightly curled up, floating in the water.

This woman indeed exuded a strange beauty, making one feel that her static state was the best. It was an indescribable, inexplicable beauty, the kind that would easily get a novel flagged for inappropriate content.

This woman gave no sense of purpose, even though her skin was light blue with dark blue patterns, and her hair was a brownish-green, looking like poop after eating too many vegetables, yet it was so flowing.

Suddenly, this woman, who had been quietly floating in the water like a work of art, moved. She opened her eyes, and they were indeed as brilliant as gemstones, captivating anyone who looked at them!

She even spoke. Although they couldn't understand a word of what she said, it stirred desires within their hearts.

Her voice wasn't exactly seductive, but it was soul-stirring, provoking an impulse from the depths of their beings – the impulse to draw their swords.

It seemed one of them was a devil, and this devil was about to harm the woman before them, a woman they would give their lives to protect.

Therefore, this devil must die.

The Knights drew their short swords, and the peasants took out their small knives. They were searching, searching for that devil.

Ergons felt uncomfortable. The system's continuous alerts made him feel like he was sitting on pins and needles, with thorns in his back!

"Your party has encountered a magical attack, failed the immunity check, and is in a controlled state."

"You have lost command of your troops, troop morale has decreased, troop morale has decreased, you have encountered a magical attack, failed the immunity check, and are in a controlled state..."

Ergons felt that he was different from those around him who had already drawn their swords. At least his consciousness was clear; it was just his body that was not under his control.

As for why his body was out of control while his consciousness remained clear, it was probably due to the system's continuous prompts at a critical moment interrupting the strange sounds coming from the woman's mouth?

Woman?

Ergons looked again at the thing in the aquarium. Where was the beautiful woman with blue skin and dark blue patterns?

That was a damn giant catfish! A creature with four limbs and a huge tail, a flat head, a flat face, and seemingly emitting blue slime.

What was this catfish-monster emitting? It was deepening the color of the water in the tank, and that spectrum seemed to have already penetrated the aquarium, scattering in the air like ripples.

"Holy crap..."

At that moment, he regained control of his body!

He thought about what the circus master had said earlier.

He said that Knights from other villages were willing to pay a fortune for a night with this "beautiful Siren," and even a neighboring Baron had attempted to forcibly detain the Siren as his concubine...

His face immediately turned a little bitter!

That scene was unbearable to even imagine, let alone endure.

With these men around him, swords drawn, seeing everyone as an enemy, he was truly afraid that the Siren would next order them to stab each other.

But he didn't dare to knock out the Siren immediately, because he didn't know if this situation would suddenly trigger something if the Siren was knocked unconscious.