The middle-aged security guard nearby heard the piercing scream and sprinted toward its source, pressing the call button as he went.
"Cabin 3129, requesting backup. Suspected Transcendent attack. Please notify Captain Shen Ci immediately!"
After finishing his report, the middle-aged guard immediately activated his Legend ability.
Layer upon layer of fish scales appeared across his skin. His face changed abruptly as gills sprouted on his cheeks and a fish tail burst through his uniform, transforming him into something like a fish-man.
Since this was a passenger ship making the long voyage to the Empire, all the security personnel aboard were Transcendents with an affinity for the sea. What was more, the lowest Rank on the security team was Upper First Rank.
Together with twenty squad leaders who were Second Rank, they should have been more than capable of suppressing most disturbances under normal circumstances.
The fish-man guard warily pressed himself against the edge of the bloodstained doorframe.
Hearing muffled sobs and cries for help from inside the room, he thrust his trident forward. At his will, it pierced straight through the door.
With another wave of his hand, the fish-man guard ripped the entire doorframe free and tossed it aside.
At last, the scene inside the room came into view—the young female cleaner was huddled helplessly against the edge of the bed, while in the middle of the room, the black-haired girl's body had been cleanly severed in two.
Blood snaked across the floor beside her. Combined with the dim yellow ceiling lamp flickering from the aftershocks of the attack, the room looked like the site of some Evil God's ritual.
Hearing someone break down the door, the female cleaner turned toward the entrance as if she'd been saved.
Instead, she was met by a fish-man monster in a security