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Chapter 4 - The Caged Watcher

Son of man, born his flesh,

Through incantation, born thy power,

You son of man, twisted by fortune,

Fight the darkness within, sunder their tongue.

The feth! I think I just heard voices in my head. Thanks to that my headache is now even worse. What does that even mean? Still, more bigger problems is here now. My early life is about to be snuff out.

As the panel flew into the darkness beyond. Here I am weaken, for some reason not being able to move. Is it the heat I wonder?

If I don't do something to get out fast I'm going to either be dinner or someone's else pet! Boy, I don't want that.

AAAH! Why did I even decide to see humans! Maybe I'm just lonely huh.

The pannel suddenly shakes and the lantern flickers. All the guards suddenly took their stance and the pannel suddenly stop and went below to the darkness.

Crytals light up and flicker, the pannel shakes until we land. Everyone looks around until they focus on one side. I could see hordes of people wearing ragged clothes, chained to each other from their arms, necks and legs as they are force to march. From childrent to elderly, male and female.

One of the guards with a puffy feather on his helm. Presumably the captain, holds a whip and starts whipping the ground shouting:

"Get moving you Corruks. Don't you dare stop or more whipping will come!"

The elder walks ahead accompanied by the commander and one guard. When the whip captain see the elder, he walks toward her.

He bows his head to the side saying, "Greetings Elder Tinyuri. I'm sorry for the inconvinients," only to hear a female voice. She takes out a piece of paper as she says that and give it to her.

The elder takes it and starts reading it. She hands it back saying, "Elder Junova wants some feeds for his pets huh? I guess since this is for the carnival, I'm sorry for disturbing you. Please continue on," she said as she lower her head.

The captain panic saying, "N-no please raise your head grand elder it's okay. But I thank you for your understanding we will move as soon as possible."

She immediately pull out her whip that looks like it's made of sharp spiked metal connected by something and she start whipping the ground screaming, "Double time you sobs! Be happy that you can be use for something!"

As the horde march faster one women starts to fall to the ground, coughing blood as a child ran to her side.

He shakes her screaming, "Mother! Mother! Anybody please help!" The mother wheeze as her body spasm on the ground.

As everyone watch the child screaming for help. I can't see everyone face since their whole head is covered with their helmets. But I could see one person. A face of disgust and cold eyes show on the elder's face as she stares down at them. The whip captain grips her whip harder and whips the child away, when a man rush infront taking the blunt of the whip. The man was blown away with such force, dragging the others down with him. when the chained up child started to tear up shaking tge man to get up. Seeing his voice getting louder.

The captain clicks her tounge screaming, "Halt your steps."

As the horde stop marching. The captain grabs a key and releases the women.

She drags the mother by grabbing her hair and walks ahrad when the child tried to stop her the other prisoner stopped him. The captain suddenly whips the boy so fast that I was barely able to see it. The boy drop to the ground limp. The prisoners holds the boy in their arms whispering something. She continue to one of the guards infront. The mother doesn't even scream as she starts to get wraker. she drags her body up to one of the guard in the front asking, "What is this?"

The guard in the front shakes his head saying, "I don't know maam."

"You don't know!" She drops the mother as she screams, "The orders are healthy feeds, can't you even get that right!?"

She raise her feet and steps the mother head flat on the ground splattering her head as it's inside flew everywhere. When a giant magic circle appear and reappear as something is disturbing it, burning the body to nothing and cleaning up the remains as it was never there.

"Oh a tongueless, that's rare," the commander whisper slowly.

Some of the people in the horde covers their mouth and face as to not see and stop from puking. Some blocks the view from the childs. While the guards watch silently, the elder looks away.

"I got no time for this. You're getting your punishments later grunt. You got that?!"

"Yes maam!"

"Now move out, double time or the same thing will happen to all of you!"

The march continues until it dissapear from view. The lights stop flickering and the guard starts asking the captain as they walk back.

"So that's a Corruck huh? They really have no magic in them. Captain, why aren't we treating her?"

"Ah right you must be a city boy. You see, neither potion nor magic work on Corrucks. They may look human but they are nothing more than pest on this world. So remember this, a good corruck is a dead corruck."

The guard that was asking stares at where they went. He looks down saying, "Yes sir. I'll remember that."

The captain holds his shoulder saying, "Yea I've been where you are. You'll get use to it soon enough. Symphatize with them and only ruin will come your way. They are not worth your time."

All of the guards start surrounding me and the elder hits her cane on the pannel once more. Floating away a few meters above to where we came.

... What the actual shizel was that! Holy brownies. That's... I don't know what to say. They don't even treat them as humans. I'm starting to regret more about this world humans.

Everyone stays quiet as we pass. I wonder if those people will... NO, NO, NO, NO. I'm in no luxury to think about them for now. Dammit even with a monster body my human heart still ache. Wait a second my monster instinct are not acting up. Is this because I'm weaken that I can think with my human mind? Now that I think about it. This is so not like me, getting so serious like this.

Either way. What can I do? I'm clearly trapped here.

We suddenly stopped to a wall. The elder move forward and raise her cane when the walls deconstruct to reveal a dungeon. Each cage has a monster inside that rampage trying to break the bars. When they all started to growl lower and back away.

The commander looks around scrathcing his chin saying, "Okay that's weird."

The elder looks at me when she smiles saying, "Looks like he or she captured a champion class monster. Not bad."

The guards suddenly backs away a little saying, "This is champion class? But it's so small and docile."

Docile huh? I don't think so myself. When they start moving again and stop at one of the cells. The pannel starts to fuse with the floor creating a bridge. Everyone moves to the side as they make way and opens the cell.

The golem moves and bring me inside. The guards immediately shuts the gate and lock it back. The golem digs it's legs on the ground and the barrier dissolve. Yet I still can't move I guess it's really the inviroment.

The commander look from beyond the bars saying, "Hmmm, that is certainly weird? No Monster are this docile. Could it be sick? Elder you've fought a champion class beast before what do you think?"

"It's pretty normal for champions. One of the things that makes them special is their unique behaviour. It may be resting and wating to kill anything when it knows it can. The most troublesome encounters you can find to be honest."

"I see just in case , I'll call some vets to check on it. We don't want to feast on a sick beast."

"Nice one commander," one guard says as he nods.

"What are you talking about grunt?"

The elder closes her eyes saying, "Suit yourselves. Just tell the vets to be careful around this beast."

"Yes maam."

As they walk to the pannel and left. The light dims and darkness reign.

This is it I thought to myself. My second life will trully be over. It's only been a day and my life is now going to end...

LIKE HELL I'M GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN!!!

Adrenaline rushes within me. I force my self to move as I was finally able to stand. Even for just a little longer. Even if the chance is slim. Even if I have to fight the world to gain this second chance, I will survive!

I walk to the bars with my fiery heart. With eyes that is barely able to see in this darkness, I could still see my neighbours. I crawl my way through before suddenly collapsing. My vision darkens and I finally collapsed.

[Why didn't thou show such ferocity into yourself before?]

[I did, yet even with all the proof that I present, they never trully care for I hold nothing no more. Friends who I had was sweet talked, my partner who was by my side was not there. My only one true love, the one who brings peace to my mind. Dissapeard without a trace... I was truly in my lowest point. A law that was so sharp below and dull above that's where I live in. I wonder if this world is the same? Though that doesn't matter anymore. Does it voices in my head?]

[I am but a yourself. Your new self. Listen well son of man.]

He son of man, through blood he gains.

Triumphant he plays, unravel he knows.

As his heart gathers, vigorous he goes.

Unyielding for his foes, that is how he vows.

The feth, stop speaking in some unknown vodoo dodoo. But I do know one thing, I will fight.

I open my eyes and see the orange silhouete of another monster beyond the walls. I pump my leg for the last time and retract my hands till it's maximum capacity.

[I will survive!]

The walls smashes to rubble with a sound of a great explosion as the monster beyond flew across the other room. The monster is the same yak I ate this morning. It's leg, broken as it cries while crawling away with it's arms.

I walk in four while coat in flames. My skin charred and so is my white fur. I stab the leg of the yak with my fingers as it comes of easily.

The yak screams and cries as it drag it self to a corner and scratch the walls. It cries resound throughly on my head and the area as the other beasts begins to cause an even bigger uproar as they try to escape their own cells. Steel clamours, agains claws. And my hand sunk it's nails against it's arms and my teeth to it's skull.

My burns heal. My pains numb. My muscles expands and my energy rejuvinated. My head still hurts. I'm feeling more alive than ever. I savor each and every part not leaving a drop of blood. My vision redden, I scream the ear piercing shriek.

Whem suddenly my vision darkens and I finally lost conciousness. For some reason I feel bad killing that yak all this time...