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Marcus has already changed directions about two times as he continued to follow the pigmen group. As they walk through, Marcus would examine each cell's inhabitant they passed by.
Marcus has gone through more than a hundred people, from what he saw there were about 13 female prisoners, all beauties.
Thinking about his inmate's characteristics, it seems that this special prison has many interesting individuals.
Excluding the beautiful ladies… there are people resembling learned scholars, monk-like bald men, and even ferocious-looking people with the bearing of war veterans.
There are a lot of people with varying scars all-over their bodies, signifying the grueling experiences they have gone through their life. This thus not even excludes some of the female inmates, there was even one lady with a mysterious ghost-like beauty who was missing an arm.
From all the people, there are about 5 people who caught most of Marcus' interest.
First was the 2nd person he saw, the olive-haired beautiful man. In all the people here, he was the only one who bothered to wish him good luck, becoming the one who interacted with him the most second only to his neighbor opposite to his cell.
The second one was the first female inmate that he saw, she was really beautiful, and he could still remember her chilling gaze back when he was checking her out. There was something about her that Marcus couldn't really point out, particularly on her eyes.
The third one was the sick person who was torturing a woman, there was no other explanation needed, just seeing what happened earlier was enough.
Fourth would be an old fellow that he saw meditating while naked, the image of him being all skin and bones just stuck through his mind, though he would be more than happy to forget it. Previously, when Marcus was looking at this old man, the old man happens to be looking at him too… When Marcus and the old man's eyes connected with each other, Marcus saw the great wisdom he had in his eyes. After giving Marcus a nod as greeting, the old man then resumed his meditation.
Then the final person who caught his interest would be the beautiful naked lady that he saw just a while ago, wild scarlet long hair and fierce-looking red brows, just one look and it was enough to tell that she was a confident and fierce lady. When Marcus was checking her out, the lady even gave him a provoking smug grin as if asking whether he liked what he sees. Though after Marcus replied with a thumbs up, she just chortled and then resumed meditating.
There are many other interesting individuals too, but these 5 are the only people who bothered to open their eyes to check him out, that's why they caught his interest.
Marcus was interested to meet a lot more people, but it seems that that would be it. Right now, Marcus and the pigmen group had long reached the part of the hallway without cells. Currently, there are only walls and lanterns.
'I can hear something'
Putting his focus on his ears, it seems that Marcus could somewhat hear some noises nearby. He thought it was nothing before, but as they continued to walk it was becoming much more distinct.
'A crowd's cheering?'
It was just like the crowd on a crowded sports event's venue, like the crowd's roller-coaster of cheers. They would be silent for a while, then erupt into cheers suddenly.
As Marcus followed the pigmen group, the sound of the crowd became louder and louder.
ROAR!!!
A monstrous loud roar was suddenly heard... then silence… after that, an eruption of the crowd's deafening round of cheers suddenly happened.
As Marcus looked in front, there was another group of people in the opposite direction, focusing his eyes, he could somewhat see a different group of pigmen escorting another inmate from the opposite side.
'Is there another group of cells right there?' Looking at the new group of people, Marcus then moved his gaze on to the inmate they were escorting.
With short blue hair, it was a young man looking like someone in his 20s. Right now, the young man is also wearing the prison's traditional clothing which is the rag-like gray clothe.
Meanwhile, the blue-haired young man is also checking Marcus out with a somewhat bewildered look.
Arriving on an intersection, Marcus' group halted as if waiting for the other group to arrive. And upon their arrival, their groups then merged as they proceeded to move on the adjacent hallway.
Two pig ladies Infront then followed by Marcus and the other inmate as they got sandwiched by the giant pigs.
As Marcus look in front, there was light coming from the end of the hallway where a gate made of metallic bars could be seen separating the world of the prison from the outside.
This time, Marcus could hear the crowd's raw cheering much clearer, the loudness, and their aggressiveness are on the high almost giving him pressure.
When their group arrives into a spacious room where the metallic gate is, Marcus could see about another 6 of the previous giant pigmen and 3 more pig ladies waiting.
There was even a member of another new kind of species. On a chair situated behind a small table, a small ugly creature was sitting, with red skin and about half as tall as the average human adult, it had small wings on its back and one small horn on its forehead. The new creature was looking at the new arrival as it was writing something on what looks like a notebook.
Looking at the new arrival, the small creature then said: "Where is special prisoner number one hundred eighty-six?"
In response to the creature, the female pig in charge of the blue-haired young man looked at pigmen surrounding blue-hair.
And then following that, the pigman holding the chains of blue hair dragged him in front of the small creature suddenly, almost making him tripped.
The small creature then looked at blue-hair, examining him. After a while, the small creature then asked blue hair, "Name?"
In response to the small creature, blue hair just laughs at him and ignored him.
Seeing blue-hair's attitude, the creature then tilted its head as it looked at the female pig in charge of blue-hair. Then as if knowing what the creature wants, the pig lady muttered some gibberish words. Then light gathers on blue-hair's metallic bracelet before being electrocuted.
"Ahhh!"
Shouting in pain at first, blue-hair then continued to stay silent as he gritted his teeth and stood his ground trying to withstand the pain. But after a while where the punishment still seems not showing any signs of stopping, blue-hair then shouted out his name.
"Wave! It's Wave!!! Fuck your pig tits! my name is Wave!!!"
Hearing this, the pig lady then muttered a few gibberish words again, as light resurfaced on Wave's metallic bracelet. Afterward, Wave sighed in relief, obviously saved from electric punishment.
Wave currently looks a little burnt and small electric currents could still be seen jumping around from his body.
"Tier?" The creature continued as he wrote something on the notebook, this time it was looking at the pig lady for the answer.
"Tier-2" The pig lady replied.
As Marcus looked at Wave, it seems that Wave was somewhat proud of hearing his tier from the pig lady's mouth.
"Okay, go ahead and wait in front of the gate, his turn would be coming next." Writing on the note, the small creature said.
Hearing its words, the pig-lady in charge of Wave then took his group in front of the gate. Hearing the outside, what's happening there is probably at its climax. The crowd is already on frenzy.
"Prisoner number three hundred sixty-nine?" The small creature asked as it looked at the pig lady leading Marcus. In response, the Pig lady looked at the pigman holding Marcus chain, then the pigman dragged Marcus in front of the small creature.
"Name?" The small creature asked again, repeating the scene from earlier.
This time, Marcus doesn't plan to repeat what Wave did and immediately told his name obediently.
"Marcus" As Marcus said his name, the small creature then looked at the pig lady in charge of Marcus as if asking for confirmation.
Seeing the pig lady nod, the creature then started writing on its notebook. Afterward, it then asked
"What Tier?"
This time, it seems that someone from the group before seems also interested in hearing the answer. In front of the gate, Wave's attention is on Marcus' group, looking interested to hear Marcus' pig lady's response.
"Tier 0" As the Pig lady said these two words, mockery was present on Wave's eyes as he then stopped looking at Marcus, putting his attention at the activity outside.
Hearing the Pig lady's words, Marcus wasn't surprised. In fact, just a few hours ago, he doesn't even know what in the world are these tiers. So being a tier 0 is more of an expected outcome.
Still, being labeled as zero doesn't feel good. Now, Marcus is interested in learning how to increase his tier.
Marcus looked at Wave. Earlier, the mockery in his eyes didn't escape him. Someone who is a veteran in being mocked like him already learned how to detect such gazes. He cannot even count how many times he had been mocked before.
Marcus thought that in their current situation such a thing is expected. In the age of chaos, things are decided by who has the biggest fist, the strong are respected and the weak mocked.
"Wait at the gate, you are scheduled after special prisoner number one hundred eighty-six"
After hearing the small creature's words, the pig lady in charge of Marcus then leads the group in front of the gate situated beside Wave's group.
When they arrived, Marcus saw all the noises were about.
Outside, is what you call a Colosseum. Thousands of inhuman creatures are shouting and cheering in a frenzy as they watch what's happening in the center.
At the center, a giant beast is facing against two humans.