When the 1,200 Blood Jackals were released, mayhem followed. It was like hell on earth. Thousands of slaves were running for their lives. Meanwhile, above the arena, the crowd was laughing and cheering. To the nobles, it was just entertainment, the slaves were nothing comparable to domesticated animals, to live or die was theirs to decide.
Among the crowds, most of the slaves watching don't care about the massacre that was happening down below. This was nothing new in the Slaves City. They have also seen far more crueler than this. The mentality of being slaves calloused their hearts. Compassion and remorse towards another slave were nothing but unnecessary.
Just within 15 min when the Blood Jackals were released, out of the 10,000 plus slaves, about 3,000 plus died miserably. This was due to that most of the slaves were inexperienced warriors and had weak bodies. With many crushed by the stampede.
In the western part of the arena, a skinny brown-haired youth with golden eyes was running for his life. Two Bloody Jackals were trying to catch up to him. Zane doesn't have a way to fight both of the Blood Jackals, so he just ran for his life.
A few moments ago, when Zane and Goz killed the Bloody Jackal, another two showed up on his peripheral. That is when Zane started running for his life.
Ahead of him, five slaves were fighting two Blood Jackals. With their cooperation, it was just a matter of time before they killed it. However, things always don't go to plan.
The smell of blood from one of the slaves attracted another two Blood Jackal. Fighting four of these Jackals makes it impossible for just five slaves. Soon enough, without any surprise, they were all killed one by one.
Now, behind his back, there were two Blood Jackals. At the same time, another four Blood Jackals were eating the corpse of the fallen slaves in front of him.
All around him was chaos. He saw slaves being torn apart. Many slaves just gave up and let the Blood Jackals have the free meal. Many committed suicide just to avoid the pain.
For Zane, the most heartbreaking part was seeing families being together. When the slaves were transported, some were with their families and were never separated. He saw a father who was protecting his two children and wife, unfortunately, his family was a huge target for the Blood Jackals.
He knew there was no way for him to defeat the incoming Blood Jackals. Then that father saw Zane in the distance and made eye contact with him. However, before he was able to ask for help, he was swarmed in all directions. Before he died, his eyes were fixated on Zane, with his eyes begging to help his family.
Zane knew what the man wanted, with things going too fast, the tragedy already happened. Zane was extremely saddened. Although he was immune to the gore, seeing families suffer like that was nothing but too cruel even for him.
He cursed in his mind, 'I promise in the future if I have the power I will burn this arena on the ground!'
Suddenly, a claw reached out to Zane. It missed his back about two feet away. With almost harrowing experience, his back broke into a cold sweat. One of the Blood Jackals was already behind him.
The good thing was that the other Blood Jackal found an easier target. This man was crying into tears with his left leg missing and bleeding out. Zane remembered this person. It was the man named 'The Destroyer,' who claimed to destroy all the immortals.
He also saw another familiar person, it was Ben who told everyone to head straight to the center. His corpse was mangled, with his lower part missing. Only his torso and head were recognizable.
Zane did not bother to do a life and death scenario with his attacker. He started to run again. A few meters away, he heard his name being called somewhere.
"Zane!! Here!!"
"Old Gramps!" It was the village elder who was taking care of him before the army came to his village.
Old Gramps saw that the Blood Jackal was chasing Zane and almost caught up to him. He lifted his arm with a spear, and suddenly his biceps started to swell; he retracted it and threw it in a blink of an eye. It was so fast that Zane could not even react to it. The spear flew few inches away from his head, stabbing directly to his pursuer. The Blood Jackal died miserably with a spear on its chest.
"Zane! Are you alright?" Gramps asked. "Do you know where is Jack is? I remember he was with you. Did he...?"
"No, he is still alive, he was bought by a rich merchant."
"Good. At least he is not in this shit hole."
Zane used his Identification on Old Gramps.
Max Farn (Old Gramps)
Age: 77
Level: 7
Vital Signs: (Weakened due to old age)
Strength: 5.4 (weakened)
Agility: 2.4 (weakened)
Perception: 4.2 (weakened)
Constitution: 1.2 (weakened)
Mana Capacity: 0
Old Gramps stats are pretty higher compared to most of the slaves. However, with his old age, all of his stats are weakened. He was probably a high commander before and retired due to his age.
"Zane, come with me, let's regroup with others. It is very dangerous here." He added, "I can see that most of us are regrouping in the center. We should head there. Follow me!"
A few minutes later, Zane and Old Gramps were chased by two Blood Jackals. "Let me handle it, stay back!"
Although at a late stage of age, the Old Gramps movement was very fluid. He was able to hack one, killing it on the spot. Sidestepping, the Blood Jackal tried to bit his arm off. He counter-attacked immediately making it bleed profusely but unsuccessfully killing.
When the Blood Jackal was limping, Zane suddenly shouted, "Gramps. Rest for a while, let me handle it!"
In Zane's mind, he was shouting, "Let me fucking level up!"
Before Old Gramps can reply, Zane has already started sprinting. Like a piece of meat on a platter, Zane used his two-hand wildly to hack the Blood Jackal. Zane took about four slashes before it finally died. Even the Blood Jackal died, he was still hacking it off, with a mindset of 'just in case.
Looking at the bloody scene, Old Gramps started to shake his head. 'This kid, already lost his mind. He probably received trauma from his current situation, and it must have been a shock on him with so many deaths happening around him. What a poor boy. I must take care of him.'
Meanwhile, Zane, in his mind, was jumping with joy. He finally leveled up!