In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

As if she remembered something, Gloria's expression became more complicated. She took a step back, trying to avoid Maria.

But Maria's response was just a cold response.

"Stop."

"Woo..."

Gladia's body stopped on its own.

Come closer and reach out.

The cold fingers slowly slid across the girl's body, from the side, and slid to the girl's chin little by little.

The strange touch was detailed and obscure, which made Gloria feel uncomfortable, but she could not escape.

It's like a whirlpool... it keeps pulling it to the center...

With her strong physique, her heart provided blood circulation at a speed that surpassed the current top-level machines of Terra. The overly violent blood rushed through her body, and her body instantly became more terrifying than red-hot steel!

But...Maria ignored all this.

She simply reached out and slowly stroked the girl's skin.

"How long has this been going on?"

Maria spoke, her voice cold.

Although normal people can't see anything, but... from Maria's perspective, the girl's skin is completely different from what a human's skin should look like.

That pink and tender skin is actually made up of layers of fine scales with a very layered feel!

They are finer than the finest hair and denser than the tiniest pores... These things hang on her body layer by layer, forming a set of armor that clings tightly to her body!

From a combat perspective, this is undoubtedly extremely powerful, but...

Why do scales grow on human bodies?

If it were just one or two pieces, Maria would still regard it as the peculiarity of human beings in this world.

But the problem is that the scales on the opponent's skin are too dense!

Before, Maria hadn't noticed it because she hadn't recovered much strength yet, but now... after the two of them were honest with each other, Maria finally saw it.

This is disgusting stuff.

Even more terrifying was that Maria could sense that these scales might not simply be exoskeletons. She could sense that these things were part of Goletia's body that she could control...

In other words, Gloria's body has one more controllable organ than ordinary people, or even these deep-sea hunters!

This is definitely not normal!

"…shortly after you left."

Gladia gritted her teeth.

She knew that she couldn't hide these things from Maria, but when they were really exposed by her, she still looked unwilling.

After being indignant for a long time, he finally spoke reluctantly.

"How many years has it been since now?"

"Ten years ago."

"……I see."

Maria blinked and withdrew her hand.

Just when Gloria thought she could breathe a sigh of relief, Maria grabbed her waist.

In front of Gloria's astonished gaze, Maria pushed her into the swimming pool without any hesitation!

"Eh?!"

"Pfft!"

The water splashed, creating ripples.

Goletia popped her head out of the water almost instantly... As an Agor, as a deep-sea hunter, no one knew water better than them.

"you……"

Just as Goletia seemed to be confused, she saw Maria raise her blade...

"Are you going to kill me..."

Gloria looked at this scene, pursed her lips, and her face soon turned into one of relief.

"As expected... you are no different from before..."

Maria has always been like this. Even all the transformed deep-sea hunters regard her as their mother, respect her and love her, but if there is any change, she will kill them without hesitation.

They...are just tools in the hands of women.

"up to you."

Gloria didn't say anything more. Instead, she stood silently in the water, looked straight at Maria.

"If you want to kill me... then do it..."

Gladia hid her hands in the water.

Although she said she was going to accept death, it was clear that she was only accepting her own death.

She knew she couldn't escape Maria's pursuit.

So she didn't want to struggle... but she was also prepared. Once Maria took action, she would immediately use her strength to tell Skadi and the others to escape quickly.

Although the possibility of the message being passed on is very small and the probability of Skadi and the others surviving is also slim, at least she cannot do nothing.

She is the honorary leader of the deep-sea hunters... She must take the responsibility of taking care of all deep-sea hunters!

Gloria's eyes were as sharp as a torch, and she was ready to die.

but……

"Pfft..."

Maria did not act as she thought.

Or perhaps Maria would not do anything to her as she thought.

She simply stabbed her wrist with the long knife, then lowered her body slightly, allowing the blood to flow slowly along the tip of her knife into the pool.

With just a few drops, the entire clear pool suddenly turned bright red, and you couldn't see the turbid water underneath!

After the blood was separated, it actually began to expand on its own!

This made Gladia's eyes widen.

But then, she also felt that her body seemed to have some bad reaction...

After the blood merged into the water, it actually began to gather towards her body!

She could feel as if her body was being opened up, and every scale was trying its best to expand and swallow as much of the blood-stained water as possible!

At this moment, her body seemed to be inserted with countless straws, and every bit of her skin was full of self-awareness, sucking the water in the pool into her body!

Itching, stinging, burning...

All kinds of adverse reactions appeared on her body, making her eyes widen uncontrollably!

Eyeballs...completely red!

……

"Ok?"

Sitting obediently on the first floor, Skadi suddenly raised her head strangely, as if she sensed something.

"Second Captain..."

Skadi stood up, a rare look of worry appearing on her calm face.

She could hear a faint, painful sound that seemed to be hundreds of meters away...

The sounds passed through the air and reached her ears in an extremely distorted manner.

This made her realize that something was wrong, and she immediately took up arms and tried to help her own kind.

But the doll slowly stood in front of the girl.

“Please move aside…”

Skadi's face was tense. She was telling herself that the person in front of her was not her mother, but at the same time she was worried whether something had happened to the second captain.

Of course, Skadi didn't believe that Maria had done anything to her, but she believed that if something happened to the second captain, Maria must be in danger too!

Although...Maria never needed their help.

"Sorry, girl, not yet."

The puppet's tone was as calm as ever, completely oblivious to the other party's anxiety.

This made Skadi a little uneasy.

The calls in my ears became more and more painful, and there were faint signs of some distortion.

This made Skadi suddenly think of something bad.

She began to worry that Maria would discover the truth about them!

This made her look even more anxious, and she even wanted to force her way through the defense of the puppet in front of her.

but……

"No, Miss Skadi."

The doll still stood there, smiling gently.

This made Skadi a little anxious.

In the past, if someone tried to stop her at this time, she could just rush over.

But facing the figure in front of her that looked almost exactly like Maria, she couldn't utter a word for a long time.

I could only stand there anxiously, at a loss as to what to do.

But fortunately, the original wailing began to gradually dissipate, as if everything had settled down and gradually calmed down.

At this time, Skadi also understood that things were gradually coming to an end. She pursed her lips and slowly returned to her original position, her eyes becoming more and more uneasy.

Beside her, the deep-sea hunter named Ghost Shark was still sleeping.

As for Shuiyue.

He still hid in the corner, saying nothing.

It's none of my business, if you guys fight, please don't get involved with me...

……

"Are you awake?"

Standing by the bathtub, Maria calmly retracted her blade.

On the floor beside, blood had completely dyed everything around it red.

Maria was the center, and within a distance of only half a meter, there was no blood at all...

"Cough cough cough..."

Not far from Maria, the naked Gloria knelt on one knee, coughing non-stop.

Blood dyed every inch of her skin red, and her body was pale and bloodless.

And some of the knife wounds on her body were recovering at a terrifying speed.

But after a few seconds, it gradually returned to its original state...

"Looks like he's awake."

Maria's eyes remained calm as she looked at the girl who was struggling to raise her head and look at her.

"my body……"

"It's suppressed for now."

Maria answered.