Chapter 54: Chapter 52 Voting Segnt
Ash opened his eyes and found that he had left Shattered Lake Prison.
He really had left.
Because his light screen popped up with the ssage, “Alert, you have now left the special service area of Shattered Lake Prison. The Kaimon service area welcos you. Reply with ‘KM’ below this ssage to receive the latest travel information for Kaimon City.”
But he hadn’t completely left.
After all, Shattered Lake Prison was just ten steps away behind him.
It might not sound like much, but as ntioned before, the main reason Shattered Lake Prison had beco an exclusive luxury hotel for death row inmates was its absolute confinent.
And this absolute confinent was based on the fact that Shattered Lake Prison was a water prison isolated within an inland sea.
So when Ash looked down, he could see the Blood Moon reflected in the dark lake tens of ters below, so beautiful as to make one doubt whether it was a dream, so magnificent as to make one feel the insignificance of oneself.
This should have been a romantic mont that made one want to express their thoughts and feelings,
But the only thing Ash couldn’t help was his trembling legs.
After all, when a person stood dozens of ters above the sea surface with only one square ter to stand on, you would tremble too.
“Ah! Ahhh!”
Not far away, a death row inmate scread tragically, “How did I end up here? Let go back, let go back!”
“Wasn’t I just walking out of the restaurant?”
“This isn’t the place for the Blood Moon Judgent!”
“I want to make a complaint, I want to complain to the council, you are ignoring the human rights of death row inmates!”
As the death row inmates yelled and scread, a familiar and frightening voice rang out from behind them, “Gentlen, ladies, death row inmates, it’s 8 PM Kaimon ti, good evening, I am your supervisor for tonight, Nagu McMillan.”
The death row inmates turned around and discovered that they were indeed on the sea-view rooftop. The lights on the rooftop were bright, and Nagu stood at the edge of the rooftop, but he wasn’t looking at the prisoners. Instead, he was looking at six floating orbs that seed to be burning eyes.
Although it was his first ti seeing them, Ash guessed by intuition that those six orbs were the recording devices of this world.
“As everyone can see, the Blood Moon Judgent has already begun. Viewers who want to browse the specific data about the death row inmates can focus on the inmates’ faces, and those who wish to change viewing angles can focus on different cara eyes on the left. Everyone can directly watch this judgent by ntally saying ‘Kaimon First Channel,’ and the rules of the judgent will be on the right side of the video.”
Everyone…
With a thought, Ash ntally said ‘Kaimon First Channel,’ and indeed, the live broadcast appeared on his light screen.
He could even see soone in the broadcast sneakily turning their head back, which looked rather comical—it was himself.
“Our mode tonight is the new mode ‘Confession on the Steel Wire,’ and the specific rules are as follows.”
Nagu calmly stated, “First, this is the breeding season for ‘Finger-tip Sharks’ in Shattered Lake’s reverse currents, and according to records from previous years, there are 35,000 finger-tip sharks gathered in Shattered Lake. Any animal that falls into Shattered Lake will vanish into a splash of blood. The Fishing Association reminds that due to the profusion and availability of ‘Finger-tip Sharks’ this month, the fishing points for ‘Finger-tip Sharks’ will be temporarily canceled this month. Attention all mbers.”
As he spoke, Nagu kicked a dead pig into the lake.
When the dead pig hit the lake and splashed water, hundreds of finger-sized sharks sward, and the water seed to boil.
Two seconds later, the carcass of the dead pig had disappeared.
Not to ntion the flesh; the bones were gone too!
Seeing this scene, Ash’s legs were not just trembling; they were also getting soft.
“Second, the teorological Mage announced that tonight the Technique Spirits are in storm mode, and the northeastern territory of Kaimon is a no-fly zone. The Mage Association advises that storm faction mages please take safety precautions tonight and remove all tal objects before entering the Void Realm.”
Nagu pulled out a tal strip and threw it into the sky.
Snap!
A bolt of lightning cleaved the night sky, shattering the tal slab!
“Third, when the judgnt vote begins, the ‘Executioner’ will be generated on the platform where the death row inmates currently stand. This ti, the Executioner will be empowered with the ‘Purification Fla.’ The Purification Fla will burn around the Executioner, causing no physical harm, but it will intensely scorch the sinners’ souls, burning away their sinful delusions.”
“However, rest assured, death row inmates, as long as you are innocent or truly repentant, you can completely ignore the effects of the Purification Fla.”
Got it, so the options are either to jump off and beco fish food or stay put and be painfully tortured to death… Wait a second!
Ash suddenly realized a loophole.
He wasn’t actually Heath Ash; what sins did he have?
He had almost gotten too imrsed; he was an innocent Wandering Soul from the Otherworld!
“Fourth, there is a steel wire in front of the death row inmates, extending to a safety platform in the distance with various weapons placed on it.”
When the lights shone over, Ash finally saw the thin steel wire under his feet, which seed like it could easily slice a person in half.
At the end of the hundred-ter steel wire, there was a large platform on the ground cluttered with various weapons, including swords, spears, guns, and even cannons.
“Fifth, this is the well-known rule of Blood Moon. When the voting segnt ends, the death row inmate with the most votes will have the privilege of winning tonight’s redemption slot; if soone reaches 50% of the votes earlier, the voting segnt will end imdiately, entering the execution phase.”
“Every single vote will empower the Executioner. The Executioner, infused with the righteous sense of countless citizens, will execute the death row inmate, personally sending his soul to the Heavenly Kingdom of Blood Moon, where the Extre Master of Blood Moon, benevolent and righteous, will forgive his sins and faults.”
“These are the rules of the Blood Moon Judgent.”
Nagu turned to look at the death row inmates and snapped his fingers.
“Now, please, central control room, release the restraints on the eight redeers.”
As soon as Nagu finished speaking, multiple ssages popped up on Ash’s Light Screen:
“Void Realm access allowed”
“Magic Power output allowed”
“Attack restrictions lifted”
ssage after ssage appeared, dozens in total, and coupled with the sensation in his body like a sudden relief from constipation—this was indeed what the dical Practitioner had ntioned, the only ti when a death row inmate got all their freedoms back: during the Blood Moon Judgent, the prison would lift most restrictions on the prisoners!
“All you sinners, please make an effort to repent. Under the illumination of the Blood Moon, repentance is the only path to redemption.”
Nagu smiled slightly, spread his arms, and loudly declared:
“The voting segnt begins! Dear audience, please cast your solemn vote, transform it into a force for justice, into kindness for the redemption of sinners!”
“This mont is the ti of judgnt!”
Ash suddenly felt a chill, as if the temperature around him had dropped ten degrees.
He looked down and saw the radiance of the Blood Moon on the platform twisting and changing like tentacles, gradually forming into a crimson, fierce spike monster, appearing right behind him!
Its body was entwined with a bluish intense fla, illuminating Ash’s terrified face!
Ash instinctively stepped back.
But as he stepped back, his heel hit the edge!
Had he not adjusted his balance in ti, he would have nearly fallen down to beco a midnight snack for the Finger Sharks!
Why … As Ash issued the ntal cry that every unlucky person emits, the information that popped up in the upper left corner of the live Light Screen broadcast answered his confusion:
“Current highest vote-getter: Heath Ash, 49 votes.”
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