The girl stared fixedly at the captured Vengeful Spirits, tears streaming from her eyes. She gripped Lin En's wrist so hard that her fingertips dug into his skin.
"You'll die a horrible death!! One day, you'll face judgment!! You and your servant will both fall into hell!!"
Lin En glanced sideways at her.
"So you're willing to submit, then?"
Her eyes were bloodshot.
"Let them go... many of them haven't even gained awareness... they pose no threat to you..."
"I'll go with you. As long as you don't hurt them, I can be your slave forever..."
Clearly, Salgon's plan had worked extremely well. Her mental defenses had collapsed the moment she saw those children, and in a sense, they truly were the strongest line of defense in her heart.
But just then, a little girl's shrill sobbing rang out from inside the enormous net.
"No!!"
She immediately looked over in alarm.
Among the dazed, shrieking young Vengeful Spirits, the indistinct soul of a child looked toward her through tears, gripping the enormous net that imprisoned them.
"We finally... finally won our freedom... you've already done enough for us, big sister!! Have you forgotten?! Back then, you told us... even if you died, you would never become those bad people's lackey! You would never become anyone's slave or tool!!"
"Have you forgotten?! Even when they burned us to death, none of us cried!!"
"If we really wanted to spend our whole lives in shackles, we would have made that choice back when we were up there!!"
She stared blankly in that direction.
The young soul struggled amid the surging resentment, but her eyes were still filled with defiance.
"Have you forgotten?! Big sister! You weren't the one who brought those fiends from the Spirit Realm here!! You weren't the one who