Mated to the Beast of the Wasteland (Gillian and Merrick) novel Chapter 327

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Merrick raised one hand and shouted the order. “Let everyone see the truth. All troops, strip down.”

[Strip?]

[Is it what I’m thinking? I’m getting excited.]

[Commander Cole is actually a good man. I feel terrible for slandering him. Will they take everything off?]

[I bet he’s just stalling to avoid paying his massive debts.]

The soldiers shouted in unison, “Yes, Commander.”

Merrick ordered sharply, “Turn on the lights.”

A sharp bugle call echoed across the parade ground.

Hundreds of searchlights blazed to life, lighting up the dark ground as bright as midday.

Rows upon rows of soldiers stood rigid in formation-colonels down to privates, lined up in perfect square units.

The second the floodlights turned on, every soldier stripped off their bio-armor.

Their chiseled chests and abs were on full display.

Viewers could clearly see the scarred skin, corroded by the taint, and patches where parasitic scales had grown over their flesh.

[Good heavens. Did all these wounds come from long-term duty at the taint source?]

[I cry in pain from a tiny knife cut. Are the 9th Legion soldiers made of steel? How can they endure this agony?]

[I think I see my son. He’s covered in these corrosive scars. He told me he was fine in our last call. Why… why wouldn’t he tell me the truth?]

[Is that my dad? He’s been stationed at the taint source for six months. I miss him so much. Commander Cole also looks far thinner than before.]

Children across Wasteland City stared closely at the screen and quickly picked out their fathers

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and grandfathers among the troops.

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The angry insults of earlier faded away. The comment section was filled with tearful, heartfelt

messages.

Merrick glanced toward Mandy.

Mandy stepped forward alongside nine other clerics.

Dressed in spotless white cleric robes, they glowed under the searchlights like angels descended to earth.

Mandy held up a vial of black taint liquid and held it up to the live camera. “Most of you do not recognize this substance. This is pure raw taint extracted directly from the taint core. One single drop poisons thirty square feet of land, rendering it completely barren for a hundred years.”

She carefully squeezed one drop onto a metal table.

The liquid burned straight through the metal and melted a clean hole right away.

[Whoa. This concentration would dissolve every bone in my body.]

[Not only would it burn you to ash, but it would also poison the soil beneath your remains for decades.]

[The 9th Legion soldiers never talk much. This lady is gorgeous-please chat with us more.]

Merrick zoomed in on the live feed to give everyone a clearer view.

He caught the flood of comments begging Mandy to smile and talk more.

Mandy waved gently at the camera and smiled, “Hello, everyone, I’m Mandy Evans. Thank you for your kind words.”

The smile turned eerie as she thought about what she was about to demonstrate next.

[She smiled! She’s so beautiful.]

[Please keep smiling for us.]

The cheerful mood vanished the moment she began her demonstration.

She poured all the remaining raw taint from the vial onto one soldier’s forearm.

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Countless viewers shuddered violently.

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They were just about to call the clerics reckless and cruel when they noticed the soldier’s shoulder twitch.

The parasitic scales shifted and scraped against one another, making a creepy grinding noise that set everyone’s nerves on edge.

[Am I seeing things? Are these scales actually alive?]

[Don’t scare me like this! I have scaly sickness, too. I thought it was just a skin disease. Are these parasites alive? I live in Goldspine City, not Wasteland City.]

[I also suffer from this scale condition, though not nearly this severe.]

[You must have stepped away mid-broadcast. Commander Cole already explained that these parasites, together with the taint, have appeared on the Outer Planet for a hundred years. This is deeply disturbing-wherever raw taint spreads, these creatures follow.]

[Shut up and stop blocking the screen.]

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