---- Floor 55. 1435 PM ----
There's some changes to our line up, we have 3 new members now. 2 orc Brother's Ka'toul and Ka'tal, we saved them at floor 71, both of them were trying to find their 'glorious death', by fighting 150 Ferals with only loincloth and rock brick. The other one was Cesar, a LionKin with magnificent golden hairdo or mane?, Unlike the orc brothers, we find him at floor 60 silently waiting for his death from starvation. All three of the new members were slaves just like Arnold, also they're BIG just like Arnold, muscular 2 meters high, menacing looking Man.
Simply said, I was surrounded by overwhelmingly amount of testosterone. Still, they all readily and willingly submit to me, when I said that they were no longer be treated as slaves like they used to, they doubted it but, with Arnold Support and how I treated them by giving them foods, equipment, and ranks, they no longer have any doubt, instead they wear their uniforms and fight valiantly, delight and pride was all I can see from them. In term of personality, orc brothers were a bit brash, while Cesar was a bit mannered, still all of them get along well and very respectful towards me and their superior ( Karl & Arnold).
"Sire…I smelled bloods…".( Cesar)
With superior sense of smells, and his Knight like personality, Cesar take the task as a scout along with Arnold who possess super hearing. The party composition was 2-2-2 Arnold and Cesar in the front, Karl and me in the middle, Ka'toul and Ka'tal on the back.
"3..5..10 normal footsteps, 25 odd sound footsteps.. coming straight to us…".( Arnold)
From the past encounters, I managed to create several references in how to detect and to identify a ferals. There's Multiple way to know a Ferals, and the simplest one was 1. they smells rotten, 2. They don't move like a normal being, their steps were inconsistent which produce a sound of dragging and stomping.
"Survivors.. Ka'tal, Ka'toul move to the front with Arnold and blocked the whole path with Tower Shield, Karl Identify each and every one of the survivors,..Cesar, stay back..when the survivor passed through, hold them….. Everyone in position!".
" YES SIR!! ". ( ALL)
" READY! FOR BATTLE!! ".
After 3 minutes, 14 survivors appeared 20 meters in front of us, and 50 meters behind them 50 ferals franticly chasing them.
"Mirrel!.. there's something over there!!.. it's Karl!!..".( Blonde elf)
"Run!..don't stop!…Karl!!..help us!!..". ( Mirrel)
Amongst the mixed group of survivors that coming closer to us, 2 elven females recognized Karl. I looked over Karl and he nodded and said he knows them, they were one of the Resistance.
" Don't stop!! Keep running!!…Open path!...Close the gap!…Ready to engage!!..FIRE!!..".
The heavy Tower shield open a small gap, one by one passed by until all 14 of them passed through. The gap between the tower sheild was closed, without any warning hail of bullets riddle everything in front with holes, bloods, guts, puss, splattered on the wall and ceiling, on the floor bodies fall like a domino. 20 seconds of full fire assault, hundreds of bullet casing littered on our feet and on the other side was a hallway full of rotten bodies lay down on floor.
" Officer Karl, Medic Arnold..check the survivors.. Ka'tal, Ka'toul, go and check the ferals…Cesar go search for empty room…".
"YES SIR!!". ( All)
I decided not to intervene with all the survivors for now, so I have Karl to sort them out and Arnold to treat their wounds, by the way Arnold has been promoted to Sergeant and a Medic, I teach him how to to first aid for the past few days, he was quite good at it, and with the help of his [ Healing Magic] it makes his treatment even more effective. I leave both of them and move together with Ka'toul and Ka'tal to [ Harvest ] the bodies.
"Sir, what is that?..".( Ka'toul)
Both brothers suprise when I use [ Harvest], the scene where the bodies suddenly wrapped in light and leaving behind piles of meats, bones, armour, weapon and purple crystals, made them jumped and panic.
"It's one of my skills…it's a bit rare…but with this skill I don't have to skinned or dismantle anything with my hand….it can be used on anything, if they're dead…and this…this is a Skill shards, if you crushed this with your hand, you got a skill…".
"Such things exist huh…..I never heard, one can learned skills like that..I do heard that skill card existed..but, only Noble's can have them..". ( Ka'tal)
"…It's a rare items after all, so it got a high value in the market….so it makes sense that only riches can get hold of them…beside, normally any items similar to this were very hard to get..".
"Ohh... Amazing, we never knew that…but, didn't you said it's rare?…then why there's so many here?…GAHH!!..".( Ka'toul)
"[ BUKK! ].. Pardon us sire!, This idiot older brother of mine dared to blabber his useless mouth.. please pardon us sire..".( Ka'tal)
A full power punch land on Ka'toul back head causing his head buried on the floor, makes him Dogeza in an instant. Ka'tal kneel beside him, while asking for my pardon, I wasn't actually mad, in fact I was shocked by what happened.
"Aaaaa…it's okay,..ehem.. it's perfectly Normal to be curious of such things…my [ Harvest ] skill is one of a kind, it always guaranteed that I will obtained everything from the things that I used it on…let's just describe it as a gift from God..hahaha".
It really was from a God actually, the materials collecting gone smoothly, we have to use one of the room as a crematory, to burn all the rotten Ferals remains, also due to sudden increased in our numbers, I decided to make a camp in this floor for tonight. 20 minutes later, Cesar finished scouting and secured a few rooms for us to use for the night.
Everything goes smoothly actually. I sealed up the staircase leading up, and set up a night guard for the night. The survivors were also very cooperative, the group was made from 10 females and 4 male, the 4 males was a mountain dwarves just like Karl, and the females was 6 of them were Elven( Forest Elves), 2 Dark Elves ( Moon Tribe), 1 Foxkin and 1 Minotaurus. Quite a diverse group, the one that seems to hold the highest Authority among them was a Female elves named Mirrel, a Chieftain of Forest Elves. The 6 Elves and 4 dwarves were all a Freeman, but the Dark Elves and the rest were all slaves.
I can see some of them ( slaves) still remained as an outcast, it's the same as Arnold,Cesar, Ka'tal and Ka'toul when I first meet them. To that I purposely altered the room where they would be sleeping, so they at least be comfortable. As always I'm sitting near the camp stove with a book on my hand, this time Karl wasn't here, since he probably have to catch up with his colleagues, I was staying in the same room as all the slaves, they all still in their slave mentality except Arnold,Cesar, Ka'tal and Ka'toul who were comfortable around me.
"Sir, here's your coffee…..". ( Cesar)
He handed me my canteen filled with black coffee.
"Thank you….' slrrpppp'…( too bland!)…..so, how were you guys holding up?..".
I asked Cesar and the orc brothers, since they were quite new.
"Quite good, in fact it wasn't exegerate if I said a thousand times better than when we were slaves to the Dwarves and Elves….". ( Cesar)
"I agreed…. it's only 3 week's since we joined, not once we're starved or whipped….you even gave us sumptuous meals, comfortable clothes…It makes me wondered if I was even a slaves anymore…hahaha". ( Ka'tal)
The 4 man laugh as, they nodded agreeing to what Ka'tal said. The whole atmosphere were lifted from awkward to merry, the 4 females slave who sat still on the left corner of the room feels a little bit ease and at the same time a look of disbelief shows on their faces when they saw the way I interact with Arnold and co.
"Four of you come here…guy's make room for them...sit down….Cesar, give them hot chocolate..".
I called the four Ladies to sit before me, the guys who previously sitting around the stove, move away and sat behind me, while Arnold sat on my left and Cesar on my right. Cesar pour hot chocolate drinks from the copper kettle into 4 steel canteen and place each of them in front of the four Ladies.
"So..sir lord…C..can..we?…".( Foxkin girl)
"..it's okay,..drink up.. it's served for you after all..…".
The hot chocolate really does have calming effects on the ladies, they slowly sipping on the hot chocolate before chugging on them, after a few second passed, 4 of them starts to loosen up.
"Is it good?.. there's more, if you want more…here…can each of you introduce yourself?.. it's hard to converse when both party know nothing about each other…".
"Ye.yes...im called Amerada, 48 years old... I'm from a Snow Fox tribe...…T..thank you, Sir Lord Master...".( Foxkin girl)
I was actually stunned and almost spilled the hot chocolate when she said 48, she was about 156 cm high, white haired, pale white skin toned, she possess a cold beauty type of faces, blue eyes, sharp and small nose. She also have a fluffy tails on her lower back, I moved along and face the 2 dark Elves.
"…I see, here…what's your name?..".
"T..thank you Sir Lord Master…I am called Niuma, 105 years old, I'm from the Dark Elves of Shura plains…". ( Tall Dark Elves )
"I'm Nune, 95 years old..also from the Dark Elves of Shura plains…t.. thank you Sir Lord Master…".( average Dark Elves)
Guess what, more shocking facts comes out. 3 out 4 was older than me, they appearance makes me question my sanity. Niuma was about 185 cm high, red haired and tan colored skin, quite muscular toned body but still the bulges were quite impressive, both front and back, she falls to a serious beauty type. Nune was about 170 cm tall, also red haired and tan skin, a well toned body but less than Niuma, she fall to a gentle type beauty.
"You welcome…how about you?..".
"...…". ( Minotaurus Lady)
As I tried to poured the hot chocolate to her canteen, she just sat there quietly while her eyes closed. Witnessing the scenes, the guys were shocked, Cesar almost want to shout at her but, I raised my hand to stop them, I looked at Niuma,Nune and Amerada, all three of them said that she was apparently blind and deaf. She was one of the 'Milk Tank' belong to the Ferals King, she has been subjected to so many unspeakable tortured, she was going to be eaten but were saved by Niuma when the chaos breaks out, ever since then she has been providing 'supplements' ( @ Her breast milk) 'willingly' to the resistance.
"Sir Lord Master, she can talk..but, only 'yes' and 'no', she can't see or hear…let me..".( Niuma)
"It's okay..I understand….let me talk to her…".
Before Niuma finishes her sentences, I stop her. I slowly take her hand, she was startled, and immediately grip her fist tightly while her body starts to shivers. I put my hand on her fist, for a few minutes she seems puzzled, but after a few second her grip loosen and I carefully open her fist and wrote 'its okay, I'm not gonna hurt you... you're safe now..', her breath slowly becoming normal and she opened her mouth.
"WHO ARE YOU?! WHERE'S MY FRIEND?..SAFE?…NO MORE BAD MASTERS?..".( Minotaurus Lady)
She finally spoke, but her voice were quite loud, she was shouting. I know she can read, because she wasn't a normal Minotaurus. As for the others reaction, they were shocked to actually heard her spoke loudly and in a longer sentences.
" 'GASP!'…H...how?…how can Sir Lord Master spoke to her?....". ( Nune)
I wrote on her palm once again," 'calm down, speak slowly, I can hear you..yes there's no more those abusive master or anyone that can hurt you or your friends.. you're all safe now,..". She nodded and replied.
"Really?..thank you..sir..?..".( Minotaurus Lady)
"James Joon…what's your name? Lady..". Is what I wrote on her palm.
"I'm Eliza…thank you for saving us Sir James…thank you….". ( Eliza)
Once again I wrote on her palm, " you're welcome Eliza, it was my pleasure to help you and your friends..from now on, I will be helping you and your friends…so, be at ease..". Looking at her conditions, I think I probably can do something about it, I do remember seeing a Restoration Potion on Online Mall before.
"...I think, I can heal her…".
""..wait what?!…"".( All)