Sera stop by on the old woman sat on a wooded chair in front of her was a wooden table where her goods are displayed. she strayed to far away from forest. She wanted to look around at the market place to find some cool stuff however, her stomach grumbled and now is staring at the weird looking food that the old woman sells. It looks distorted and inedible. But She only got a few coppers left on her pouch. saving the money is what important than having an upset stomach which is she can heal herself if ever it happens
she end up buying couple of weird distorted dried tentacles or something and some oddly looking balls.
She take a bite as she got it from the old lady.
"Whoa! this is good. I didn't expect it to be good!" she swallowed it before speaking. she began eating again.
"You're an adventurer aren't you?" She asked Sera
"... Yes... What kind of meat are these?" She asked the old lady.
"those are monster. some of them have pungent taste some are good. slugs also good when it is grilled. Exotic food are the best... That is why until now I still live my live"
Sera look at the old lady. she smiled and swallowed the last thing she had.
"I see... See you later. I need to go now." Sera bowed to her as to excuse herself before waling away. The old lady smiled at the time sera turn her back to her.
For few days in the wagon, they have been travelling inside the burned forest leading to the border. Which is the opposite way to avoid the war that is ongoing on the other side of the border.
She can only see only darkness and can't even breathe from the sack on her head. Her keen sense of smell is not properly working due to the immense smell of the sack. Thee sack might have been use for some herbs.
The only thing she can feel is the wooden planks underneath her and surrounded by her fellow beast men. The road made them fell to each other body as they bounce of the floor. They are leaving the hellish living but another hell is probably waiting for them.
Who wanted to be enslave by a mere human? No one. They are more evil than them. More wicked than their father who is claimed to be devils.
Euphora is not expecting another chapter of her life filled with freedom. She lost her happiness in life. To this point, she might just pick the road to death.
Her skills and abilities got level up after eating her family. A weir feeling to be felt.
She just got a new skill wherein she is able to get a ability after devouring a living creature. She wonders if some of the demi human inside the wagon also had the same ability as her. She open her mystic eyes she got to enhance her eyesight however, her skills is not that high level to see properly. She sighs as she felt hopeless.
Euphora a seventeen years old girl who was sweet and gentle to her family. She helps her parents from household choirs to carrying responsibility as the eldest daughter. She is one of the demi humans who is close to the werewolf the only difference about them is that werewolf can take human look completely, unlike them, they do have a body of human but do have ears and tail of a wolf. They cannot take a form of a wolf.
They do have keen sense of smell and sight. They have incredible agility and dexterity. They are good at close range fights. They are no mana energy to cast magic. they are resistance to any magic.
Euphora lay her back on something and later on fell asleep from being exhausted. As she closed her eyes she just wish for tomorrow to not come.
"get up you filthy beast!" A loud yelled accompanied by a loud bang startled the demi humans making them sprang up from their place.
"get down. There" He yelled one more pulling one of the demi humans on the floor and throwing it outside of the wagon. The child face went on first kissing the dirty ground of the human continent.
"Move! Move!" He yelled and start pushing others out of the wagon. Euphora who was still sleepy accidentally bump the human who was yelling in there.
"You filthy sht. You dare bump me" he yelled and Euphora instantly dodge the upcoming punch from him and went on her way.
"Hey Teron. Stop hurting the good it can spoil the price. You Iris clean them and make them wear those rags" The leader of the group named Filipos ordered them.
The man named Teron frowned as he give a deadly glare to the silver furred demi human.
Iris took the children on the way to the bath house, before that Iris put on the collar embedded with magic crystal that lower their physical attributes, it weakens them and give them a handicapped to fight.
Iris took off the sack on their head. Euphora stared emptily on the wooden interior of a bath house. This will be her first bath after a year. Euphora look around in the unknown place.
So this is what the human continent had. She sniff the air and she thought again. So this is the human continent smell like. She look at the other demi humans that is also looking around and crying silently. Every one of them was so thin and frail. Iris who went out came in with other ladies.
The demi humans took bath and been dressed. Tomorrow, they will be put to the stage for bidding. This time they are about to auction the demi humans rather than the humans.
The black society sell and auction human, demons and other they knew that will become a hit especially to the weird nobles. They kill and sell flesh to satisfy the noble's uncommon interest and desire. The black society is become known to the common nobles who do weird things inside their chamber nor domain.
Iris gave them their needs to replenished them self and even heal them to look presentable and desirable in front of the men who is thirsty for them.
Filipos came to Iris as he look carefully to the demi humans that is silently eating their meals. They only want to the children and lady who got charms and killed every one on the village. After that, they only gain ten children with the age of 8- 10 and eleven who ages 10 -18. Sixteen of them was females and the rest are males.
"We start a high bid to those five girls right there. They are high quality. Also to those males, just start low on them. No one might like to have a male slave unless we got a female bidder." Filipos stated as he crossed his arms. Iris nodded in agreement.
"Will we put the beast in the line too? He might be sold if we try?" she suggested glancing at him waiting for an answer.
"I will, we are keeping her for some days already awe should just put her to an auction so we get rid of her. Also don't forget to wake Elisha up she will be putting the seal on the slaves." Filipos reminded and she nodded.
"I'm going to take a rest. Keep your eyes opened to those brats" he said before leaving the room. She put her attention again to the children that is busy filling their empty stomach. Tomorrow is where their fate will change.
Second time that she drank the potion to keep you awake. She is too tired to do this tack yet she cannot say no to Filipos who was strict and scary. She sighs as she grip the spear she is holding. Outside the room, there is also some guards guarding them. But she can't just put down her guard and feel at ease. Her life will be doom if ever something happened.
'This job is pain in the ass. Why am even here?' She mumbles as she stares at the void. The night is already deep. The sounds of the frog on the marsh is the only thing she can here that accompany her that night.
Sera tried her new skill at the group of bat flocking towards them… Forest step back as Sera raises her staff.
The fire she sets spread onto the air and burned the bats that is on the front. The fire magic she created is just something she thought of doing. She called it flame thrower since she is continuously throwing flame to the monster. However the longer you use it the faster your mana is waste.
The truth is, after getting far from her home, she is still ignorant to magic spells and etc. She don't know anything about it, nor their attribute. The only thing she is aware is that mana can be convert to an energy that can be part of your body… the energy extracted from the mana can be control with your will.
"that was cool but I feel my mana is getting exhausted. I should not do that trick anymore." She said to herself and pick the bodies of the burned bats on their way.
"Last time, I never got a chance to pick some of this, You should help me pick those. We should not waste the blessing of the Gods" She said as she stuffed the bats on her bottomless pouch.
As they are busy picking them. Sera drank a mana potion to refreshed her mana. She is not in the mood to fight with a sword, right now, she wanted to put more efforts in leveling up her skills.
She has too way far from becoming a person who can help forest. Sera look at Forest busy picking up those burned bats.
"Is he always reading my mind?" She thought and an answer came to her mind.
"I hear your thoughts very loud." Sera exhaled and went to him.
"Can you stop that?" She asked, looking at him.
He stood up and gave her what he got. Forest shook his head as replied to her.
"What if I think of something lewd?" She exclaimed.
"You better not!" forest retorted back.
"Don't worry I do not have any ideas of something lewd. How can you tell if something is lewd or not?" She asked. Forest shook his head and went to his way.
"Hey… did you really lost your memories. You can't remember even one thing. What about the things yo did… Doing that thing with your wife or concubine? Or with the maids?" she asked. "That will be the best memories to be remember doesn't it?" she walk along side with him and took a glance.
His face flushed as he remember her kissing her. However, that woman is kinda more mature than her. Is there a possibility that she is that woman or not. Why is he only remembering that scene and not the others?
Sera threw fire balls on the slugs that concealed themselves on the ceiling. She was once attack by those last time. The slug fell on her head and almost suck away her life. Fortunately she got away by seeting the slug on fire. She is not damage by her own magic since she had a control.
"get those burn slugs… the townfolks said they taste good." Sera smiled on the slugs on the floor as Forest took it.
the large blood sucking slug lose its size. It become distorted and look weird enough to call it unedible.
"Are you sure?" Forest asked as he got the slug and took it to her.
"yeah yeah. Tasting it later will give us an Idea if the rumor was true or just a hoax" She pat his shoulder and went ahead.
Three minutes of walking in the maze like tunnel. They are already lost, Sera forgot the map in the inn. How unlucky was she today.
"If that gnome appear again, Lets kill it and look for another gnome to send us back in the entrance. Isn't I am genius?" She said cheerfully. Her voice echoed in the narrow tunnel they went.
"Isn't that a light?" Forest pointed the small light peeking out of the void.
"Hmmm. What if a cyclops with glowing eyes were lurking deep inside there?" She answered Forest frown.
"There is no Cyclops that live under the earth"
"But what if that cyclops got lost and found itself here?"
"You are being ridiculous" Forest glance at her with a frown. He is already tired yet sera kept on talking so loud. Can't she feel tired walking around in the unknown place.
"Lets go there and attack" forest nodded and walk along side her.
They walk silently, Sera is curious and she grip her staff with her two hands as she walk. She is ready to cast her magic.
The light didn't seems to be moving and it doesn't change its sized. They Already walk so long in the muddy path. Her Light is flickering n her side. She casted another light orb.
"Let's sit and eat the slug" Sera exclaimed. She took it out from her puch and took her stiletto weapon out of the pouch. She pierce the slug on the stiletto and she lay her palm open facing upward and let out a fire.
"Grilled slug might be a hit." She exclaimed.
"I do have some sandwitches in the pouch too. Mind to get them?" she said.
"You put those dead carcass on the same pouch where you put your meals?"Forest suddenly asked with disguted look on his face as he got the sandwich. It was not wrapped and it is already had molds on it.
"What the fuck is that?" Sera asked as she kept her hand on the position as her eyes pasted on the thing Forest is holding.
"A sandwich"
"A sandwich? That isn't… Ahh I remember… That sandwich was been three days ago. We can grill it too to make it look like edible…"
"You're disgusting Sera… Why are you acting so weird today?" He asked.
"It's because, I tried something new before we set our foot on the forest. You are not paying attention to me so I didn't gave you those sweet, yummy, delicious weird street food I saw on the way. Also the seller is the one who told me that slug can boost you're… What is it again?" she look up as if she was thinking.
"Lets eat" She yelled and took a mouthful of grilled slug. The juices within the slug exploded into her mouth like a fireworks in the sky that has different style and colors. The slug has different taste, At first the chewy skin is like a leather, as the teeth dig in and piecing it, the juices came out. The taste of lime and lemon, that sour taste waking you up from the real world you live in. the sweetness of the aftertaste and the bitter ness