“According to the laws of Fontaine, surrendering and performing meritorious service can reduce your sentence,” Eris said with a blank expression on Furina’s face.
“But deceiving a deity is a crime on top of a crime, enough to border on the death penalty.”
Her tone revealed a hint of unwillingness, as if she really wanted to sentence these two to death.
And that was indeed the case.
As the saying goes, on the internet, judgments start at the death penalty.
Anyway, since her words couldn’t possibly come true, the general public would naturally view the case based on their own simple sense of justice.
The side that is morally right will definitely be sympathized with, and the perpetrators must be sentenced to death—these are basic operations.
Eris had no pressure acting naturally.
And the two men did indeed hear this unwillingness; they could tell that the Hydro Archon before them really wanted to sentence them to death.
But they had to thank Furina for the continuous legal education in the Opera Epiclese over the past five hundred years, which established her persona as someone who values the law highly.
No matter how unwilling she was, she should still abide by the verdict of the law…
right?
As for the previous words, hey, it’s not the first time the Hydro Archon has talked big.
In the end, she always fulfills her duties as the God of Justice.
This isn’t a big secret in Fontaine; the Marechaussee Phantom wouldn’t even care if you discussed this with others.
This isn’t a state secret (lol), why would something that everyone knows need to be kept secret?
“Now, lead the way,” Eris commanded, eyeing them coldly.
“We will send the victims out first.”
As she spoke, the water ball in her hand spun rapidly, as if it could take their lives if they were not careful.
In fact, Eris was already quite different from the Furina who had been the Hydro Archon in Fontaine for over five hundred years.
Whether it was her tone, expression, phrasing, or methods, anyone familiar with the Hydro Archon, such as Neuvillette or others who were in frequent contact with her, would notice something was wrong.
But the people in front of her were not in that category.
Two thugs from the bottom of society—thugs who, no matter how much money they made selling les, could never spend it lavishly—and a group of ordinary girls with no influence…
Honestly, Aurelie, an unknown theater troupe leader, was the one with the most status among them.
After all, Vacher’s research on primordial seawater required young girls, and kidnapping girls from the upper echelons of society was obviously extremely risky.
Only those bottom-level people with no voice were the best experimental subjects.
Heh.
The two thugs only had survival on their minds; they wouldn’t even think about the question of Eris’s identity.
In the eyes of these girls, she was the savior who had come to rescue them, the last ray of light shining into their dying lives amidst the desperate darkness.
How could they doubt Eris’s identity?
And so, the escape began in an orderly fashion.
Those who were still relatively healthy supported or carried those who were suffering from illness due to cold and hunger.
Everyone did their best to help each other, following behind Eris—or rather, Lady Furina in their eyes—as they walked out of the prison.
The two thugs were trembling as they opened the way in front.
And in the most hidden cracks in the bricks, on the walls, and on the ceilings, hidden water currents flowed.
At every moment, Eris was using her Vision to command the elements to condense water bodies and spread them outward, preparing for the battle that might occur.
Fortunately, this place was underwater, and the humidity in the air was quite high, so there was no need to worry about the water supply.
Moreover, the ruins were in disrepair, so there was no shortage of stones and debris.
Perhaps pure water flow really couldn’t do anything to Clockwork Meka—after all, it was a hell of a joke that the Clockwork Meka used for actual combat in Fontaine, the nation of water, were afraid of water—but if the water flow carried this debris and filled the spaces between their gears…
The more precise the machine, the less it could withstand such an accident, probably.
She could only do her best, treating a dead horse as if it were alive, since she really couldn’t bring herself to abandon these poor girls and escape alone.
Besides, she couldn’t escape first and then go out to find someone to rescue them.
Eris wasn’t familiar with the terrain at all and didn’t even know where the gate opened.
The process of escaping would definitely be discovered, and she didn’t know how to stealth.
If these criminals discovered they were exposed and intended to destroy the evidence of their crimes, wouldn’t these girls die because of her?
Destroying human evidence was so simple: just throw them into the primordial seawater, and nothing would be left.
Eris didn’t want to bear that consequence.
If there was really no way to save them, she could console her heart, but now she had a chance, right?
Tsk, honestly, with this solid image of a righteous character, even Paimon would probably grant me the title of a righteous person based on these deeds, right?
Sigh, who told me to be kind-hearted since I was a child?
I can’t stand seeing such human suffering.
Genshin is still okay; back then, I was cut to pieces by the writers of Honkai Impact 3rd.
How could you be so heartless!
It turns out that anything related to Honkai never ends well.
Not to mention Honkai Gakuen 2, with all kinds of chaos and wild abandon; Honkai Impact 3rd was painfully sad; and Honkai: Star Rail currently has a trend of being infected…
we can only wait and see how it develops.
I wonder if I’ll have a chance…
“Hey, why did you two bring everyone out?” Soon, the first test was about to arrive.
A few thugs passed by, looking suspiciously at the girls behind them.
“Are we using so many people for experiments today?” The leader frowned upon seeing this.
“How come I don’t know about this?”
“Uh, Boss, this is…” The two thugs broke into a cold sweat upon hearing this, not knowing what to say.
That’s true, they were just two ordinary thugs; one couldn’t expect too much from them.
Seeing this, Eris sighed and walked out from behind them.
“Fu-Fu-Fu-Fu…
Lady Furina?!”
As expected, the thugs opposite immediately fell into chaos.
“According to the laws of Fontaine, resisting stubbornly is a crime on top of a crime,” she said with a blank expression, while using the water flow to condense guards in various poses around her.
From fully armored knights to bizarrely shaped armors, and then to various grotesque monsters.
How should I put it?
Fortunately, I was a corporate slave proficient in drawing, and handling various 3D models was second nature to me.
Coupled with the boost from my Vision after transmigration, recreating these things would have been quite difficult otherwise.
Walking towards me was Reinhardt from Overwatch holding that exaggerated hammer, flanked by several Zealots from StarCraft.
Nearby, Excalibur from Warframe stood menacingly, wielding its Exalted Blade.
Beside them were terrifying Hydralisks, while an Assassin lurked in the shadows of the Hydralisks, waiting for the right moment…
And behind them, a Vanguard-class titan from Titanfall was aiming its cannon—the diameter of which was terrifying—directly at their heads.
Actually, the Thor from StarCraft is quite good, and the Odin has an even more imposing presence, but unfortunately, the space here and Eris’s abilities don’t support such operations.
Even many details of the titan were quite blurry, and the other models weren’t any better, but that didn’t matter!
Look at these thugs; would they dare to question the face of the Hydro Archon?
That’s right, these models are just empty shells; one could say they look quite intimidating, but in reality…
they can only intimidate.
But Furina’s reputation is even more intimidating.
In the nation of the God of Justice, I doubt there are many who would dare to draw a blade against a deity; at the very least, these thugs don’t have the guts.
This is also one of Eris’s assets; relying on Furina’s prestige (lol), she should be able to avoid the vast majority of conflicts.
At the very least, getting these victims out in one go shouldn’t be too much of a problem.
As for these models…
Sigh, Blizzard, why are you so disappointing?
As the saying goes, wasn’t every Blizzard-hater once a Blizzard-lover?
The time Eris spent on Overwatch and StarCraft is a fond memory of hers…
How to put it?
I can only say that Overwatch 2’s ratings on Steam are well-deserved.
As for Warframe…
the once conscientious DE has gradually started acting up over the years…
The entire gaming industry is in a state of chaos.
Oh, I’ve digressed.
Eris pulled her thoughts back from these models and then said to the thugs: “To raise weapons against a deity is tantamount to rebellion, a capital crime.”
Upon hearing this, the group of thugs all knelt down with a clatter.
Asking these people to bully others or commit crimes is something they are adept at, but asking them to raise weapons against a deity…
they would only say to you, “Are you out of your mind?”
Just kidding.
Again, if they had that kind of courage, why would they be thugs?
“At least you have some self-awareness,” seeing this, Eris realized her goal had been achieved.
The stick had been wielded, and it was time to offer a carrot.
“All of you, go to the Fortress of Meropide and reflect on your crimes.”
Upon hearing they were to be sent to prison, the thugs were not only unafraid but actually felt relieved.
After all, for them, compared to dying right now at the hands of these bizarre things around them, serving time in the Fortress of Meropide was practically a blessing.
Seeing this, Eris satisfiedly withdrew the water constructs used for intimidation; after all, they were just for show and couldn’t actually fight.
Then, two of the thugs stepped forward and whispered something to the new arrivals…
and one by one, their faces turned pale with terror.
It seems they realized that Lady Furina had truly wanted to kill them earlier and had only suppressed the urge for the safety of those girls.
Consequently, they all became as obedient as could be and immediately led the way.
It seems her previous actions were still somewhat effective.
Along the way, they weren’t without encounters with other members of the criminal organization, but after Eris “flashed” Furina’s face, they all became so obedient they didn’t even dare to breathe loudly, and could only follow the thugs’ group.
Regarding this, Eris remarked that Furina’s face is truly effective in Fontaine; no one dares to doubt the identity of a deity.
Even though she revealed so many flaws.
Seeing the number of people in the group ahead increasing, reaching nearly twenty, Eris slowed her pace.
The biggest factor slowing the group down now was the girls behind her, who were tormented by cold, hunger, and illness.
“Some of you, come here,” she had to say to the thugs in front, “help them a bit.”
Hearing this, the thugs stopped and then obediently walked back.
But the girls pleaded, “Lady Furina, we can walk!”
“Please, don’t let them near us!”
Upon hearing this, the thugs who had walked back were at a loss.
Eris sighed.
In their eyes, she was Furina, the Hydro Archon of Fontaine.
She should have had no rivals in this criminal den, so even if they walked slowly, they didn’t want those thugs getting close to them.
This would be perfectly normal, but the problem was that this Hydro Archon was fake.
But Eris couldn’t tell them the truth here.
She could only walk to Aurelie’s side and silently help her support the unconscious Clécie.
“Continue forward.”