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Chapter 1277: Chapter 723: Comoros_2

The human captives were originally more than just this number. This time they hit the jackpot, raiding more than a dozen ships and brought them all back to this temporary base. Among those dozen ships, there was a large batch of crew alone, not to mention the vast number of immigrants hitching a ride.

However, after their raided ships arrived at this location, within less than ten days, most of them were killed.

There was no resistance.

The unarmed human captives didn’t have much means of resistance in the first place. A few heavily resisting armed merchant ships were destroyed, turning into space debris; those captured were infiltrated by the Dark Spirit Race with their Blood Slaves, who stormed inside the ships, slaughtered the armed guards, then introduced specially-made drugs into several internal air circulation systems throughout the ship, knocking everyone out, easily completing the captives’ work.

This has become the common practice of the Dark Spirit Race pirates, they have become very adept at it.

Even after a successful raid, they have a rather sophisticated method for dealing with these captives.

Human population raiding is indeed the most important goal of the Dark Spirit Race when they go out to rob. Humans, whether of the human race or others, are all emotional, intelligent, and soulful advanced beings, which are their targets.

The development of Comoros requires a large population.

The Spirit Race is a population-scarce species. With insufficient population themselves, they can only rely on other races.

Supplementing labor is just one of the smallest reasons for these black sprouts capturing captives and slaves.

The largest goal is for slaughter, abuse, and amusement.

Although it sounds rather absurd, it is indeed true.

Zelnos had a long period without proper slaughtering or torturing. He felt his soul was about to dissipate. Discover more novels at Nove1Fire.net

No, it wasn’t merely a ’feeling’, it was reality.

The Spirit Race, tens of thousands of years ago, was the undisputed dominator of this universe. They possessed a highly advanced civilization, vast territories, and a splendid culture…

But all of this was completely obliterated in the Spirit Race’s boundless enjoyment, indulgence, revelry, and downfall.

The entirety of the Spirit Race became sacrifices, resulting in the birth of the youngest deity among the Subspace’s Four Gods.

Its birth consumed the destruction of a universe dominant race.

The brilliant civilization and nation of the Spirit Race thus vanished utterly, along with their ’gods’ — some fell or were corrupted by Slaanesh, becoming her toy and minion.

The remaining Spirit Race split into two branches.

Both claimed themselves as the true inheritors of the Spirit Race.

One branch, with white skin, became known as the Ark Eldar. They established sanctuaries — often an Ark sailing in space. The Ark was equipped with soul stones, creating a virtual space. The Spirit Race’s souls were placed in the soul stones, severing their souls’ contact with Subspace.

They practice asceticism, self-denial, and strictly guard their minds, enabling them to avoid being noticed by Slaanesh in life, while their souls, after death, return to the sanctuary, becoming fuel for the Ark.

While the other, with dark skin, lives in the mystical city of ’Comoros’.

Comoros is located in the veil between Subspace and the real universe.

The veil of reality supposedly lacks the concept of thickness, but during the Spirit Race’s peak era, their technological level was unimaginable, they were able to carve out a space within the veil and build a city.

This ’city’, unlike typical cities, since it isn’t in the real universe but within the veil, can use Subspace to open pathways within the city at any time, much like a Star Realm Tunnel, leading to any location in this real universe.

However, they were not located in Subspace, allowing them to escape the calamity during Slaanesh’s birth, which swept across both Subspace and the real universe.

Yet escaping the calamity doesn’t imply everything is fine. Every living Spirit Race couldn’t escape Slaanesh’s control, and this isn’t just talk. Unlike the Ark Eldar who established sanctuaries and promoted asceticism, the Dark Spirit Race had chosen a different path.

Their souls were connected to Comoros, ensuring their souls wouldn’t be immediately absorbed by Slaanesh — once this connection is severed, it’s over, their souls would be directly drawn into Slaanesh’s domain, becoming her eternal toys.

That is the most painful thing.

Should they die, their souls would also return to Comoros, preserved in the soul boxes they left. Within the Dark Spirit Race, they have high-grade blood engineers known as Blood伶 people, who would craft a flesh body to allow their souls to revive.

Of course, there would be a lengthy weakness period. Therefore, the best outcome would be being able to bring back the dead Dark Spirit Race’s body and perform surgery for much better results.

If surgeries haven’t been done for too long or the death time is too extended, then the Dark Spirit Race would truly die — after death, their souls would belong to Slaanesh.

This is the ultimate fear for every member of the Spirit Race.

They fear true death far more than any other races.

Because, unlike other races, for whom death leads to nothingness; for them, dying means eternal torment and punishment, lasting until the universe’s destruction, with no liberation.

Even if they haven’t died completely, the Dark Spirit Race is more prone to attract Slaanesh’s attention compared to their compatriots on the Ark.

In other words, Slaanesh would constantly have her eyes on them, constantly absorbing their souls. However, with Comoros’s protection, this process is relatively slow.

If they do nothing, maybe ten years? Twenty years? Fifty years?… Ultimately, their souls would be absorbed slowly.

To prevent their souls from being absorbed, they would need to find substitutes.

Through abuse, violence, massacre, and other means, creating boundless pain would serve as soul substitutes to be absorbed, preserving their own souls. Additionally, it could replenish the deficiency in their souls, achieving extended lifespan and enhanced strength. The most powerful governor in the family might even truly attain immortality.

This is the genuine reason the Dark Spirit Race continues to raid foreign populations.

Leading such a raiding fleet is Zelnos Blood Curse.

He is a mid-level cadre of the Blood Curse Family, one of the top-ranking families from Comoros. His mission within the family is to lead a raiding fleet, frequently launch attacks, and reap benefits.

With Comoros’s characteristic of being able to open a door to the real universe anytime, they can truly come and go without leaving a trace.

However, the Veil Spirit Gate doesn’t come without limitations.

A place where a Veil Spirit Gate can be opened must necessarily have an entity constructed by the Dark Spirit Race in the real universe, serving as a location’s coordinates.

The area where Zelnos frequently operates isn’t in the Spiderweb Domain but in the northern Star Devouring Cosmos.

The fierce battle in the Spiderweb Domain was daunting even for the Spirit Race of Comoros. There are plenty of places to raid so there’s no need to bother when humans fighting amongst themselves, humans battling the Void Insect Species, causing bloody confrontations.

Unexpectedly, there won’t be any attention on the Spiderweb Domain for a long time.

However, a sudden order from the family’s upper echelon forced him to be dispatched there.

He was compelled to lead his raiding fleet, return to Comoros first, then enter the nearest Veil Spirit Gate coordinates in the Spiderweb Domain — located in the northern Sword Gate Starfield of the Spiderweb Domain — followed by a long voyage in the real universe, arriving at the Fox Moon Star Domain to establish a Veil Spirit Gate and then launch raiding actions.

His raiding target is the Alliance.

Or rather, another power conducting trade with the Infinite Starfield.