As Kiana sank into thought, William spoke again, "I have heard your tragic story and I am truly sorry, however, I cannot allow you to continue to take advantage of the doctor's kindness gratuitously."
At William's words the whole group looked helplessly at the ground, after all they had nothing to pay with, Kiana steeled herself and replied "we have nothing to pay them with, but if you give us the opportunity we can work".
William smiled "O I see, with what I work and can I know what exactly they know how to do? Have they ever worked in the field, or in any other place?, so that you know, most of the work in the town has been occupied , and although there are certain areas that need labor, it is work that requires training, or are you asking me to teach them how to work for free?
William's words made sense, but they angered Kiana, who clenched her fists "So what exactly do you want? It's exactly as you said, we're useless people who don't know how to do anything, all our lives we've lived in a prison waiting for someone to come." He will buy us, is that what you want? You are the same as all other humans, it is fine I will obey all your orders, if you want my body you will have it, just leave the others alone".
William smiled again "I see you plan to sacrifice yourself to save others, but that's not enough to pay for the lives of all of you, besides it's not like I need your body for anything", since she had been sold to humans, Kiana had seen how every man looked at her like lust and had thought that by using herself she could help her companions, but hearing William's words, and noticing the beautiful twins that accompanied him, she realized that she really had no absolutely nothing to offer.
Kiana couldn't take it anymore and fell to her knees as she cried "so what do you want, what do you expect us to do to pay you?" Before the sudden fall of Kiana some of her friends tried to comfort her, while others looked at William with hostility and resentment.
William sighed "don't look at me like that, I'm just telling you the truth, do you think that, in any other place, they would be treated the same as here? Unlike what you think, I don't see them as useless slaves who can not do nothing, in fact, I think you have great potential, it is a pity that your biggest obstacle is yourselves".
William's words had only served to confuse the group even more, seeing this William sighed "You really want to stay as a useless group, waiting for someone to do what they want with you? Wouldn't you want to gain enough power to defend yourself? Or even the power to take revenge?
At such words, one of the men in the group responded with a shout "you say it as if it were easy, we were born weak, we are weak, it is our reality and we cannot do anything", William erased the smile with which he had arrived and spoke seriously "The only thing weak is their minds, do you think that sitting down to wait for your destiny without fighting would change anything? Have they ever even tried to fight? With that mentality they have they are nothing more than simple slaves waiting for their destiny".
After a moment of silence William continued "but it is not too late for you, I offer you an opportunity, an opportunity to change your lives, however, it will not be easy since you will have to go through hell and without enough will I do not think that they can achieve it, therefore, I will give them a single day to make their decision, if they want to continue living as slaves at the expense of others or if they want to gain enough power to control their lives"
Without giving them another look, William simply left perplexing everyone present, even the twins who took a while to realize the withdrawal, so they quickly said goodbye and hurried to catch up with William.
The group of 30 was in total silence, they all had mixed feelings, anger, sadness, hope, William's words had affected them a lot, mainly Kiana, who was still kneeling, during William's speech she did not dare to raise anything. moment the face, for some reason he felt that all his words were real, and he was wondering what they had done until today? Why did they have to go through so much suffering? Was it worth fighting to continue living?.
While all those questions haunted his thoughts, some memories began to emerge, memories of his family, of his old home, which was a beautiful plain where they lived in peace, but everything changed when one of the 4 great nations of beastman set his eyes in them as slaves, everything was to earn money, they were simply seen as objects of good value.
After remembering, a dark feeling came over her, she wanted revenge, she wanted to end the people who took her family and her happiness, all her life she had felt powerless, however, just now someone was offering her a way out for everything. his accumulated hatred, an opportunity to take revenge.
He clenched his fists tightly and under the gaze of his companions he got up, his previously dead eyes had gained a certain color, and before everyone he began to speak "Until today I had given up trying to escape, I always thought that my destiny would be to become the toy of some dirty human, even though I hate that person's words, I'm going to follow him, I don't know if what he just told us is true or false, but I'm going to grab any chance to live and get revenge.
Although they were dark words, for some reason the entire group could feel Kiana's words deep in their souls and without any exchange of words, they had come to a unanimous decision.
On the other hand, William and the twins had arrived at their job, they had already spent many weeks working together and their relationship could be said to be one of mutual understanding, the twins admired and respected how serious William was and William respected the effort that he made. They put the twins.
Until now the 3 of them talked quite often about all kinds of things and had a certain degree of trust between each other, however, just at this moment the room was in total silence, seeing this William decided to break the ice "so do you think that I was harsh with them?", surprisingly Olivia replied awkwardly "I think you have your reasons, but honestly I don't understand them, if you want them to follow you, shouldn't you have been nicer?
"At first I thought to be nice to them, but their eyes, it's something I've seen many times, they are the eyes of someone who has lost the will to live, I don't need that kind of people to follow me, I don't need puppets, since I have come to this world and noticed that it is a world full of all kinds of dangers, until now we have been living in this place without having contact with many people, but in the future it will be different, and I need trustworthy people to be able to create a place sure, people who are capable of thinking and making decisions when the situation warrants it, not simple puppets whose only objective is to die to escape their own suffering, I hope that my words manage to give them a life objective, it is up to them to make the decision" .
Listening to William's explanation, the twins managed to calm down, a moment ago they had been thinking about many things that made them somewhat uneasy, but now they felt comfortable, after all they had their own objective and at this moment they hoped that William could help them. help in the near future and hoped they could trust him.
The next day, Kiana and her group showed up of their own volition in William's office, seeing them, William smiled "what a surprise, I see that they have made a decision", Kiana nodded and together with the 30 they lowered their heads "I don't care he eat, but please give us the power to control our own destiny."
"Fine, how direct, I like that, but what do I gain? If I give you power and then they decide to kill me or harm one of my loved ones, wouldn't that be a bad thing?" Without raising her head, Kiana continued, "Always and when you allow us to take revenge, we will obey any order you give us, we will even die for you if you wish", while Kiana finished speaking, with the help of one of her nails she cut the palm of her hand and brought it to her chest.
"I, Kiana, belonging to the catman tribe, swore on my life that as long as William gives me the means to fulfill my revenge, I will obey each of his orders regardless of the consequences", when he finished speaking, a slight glow could be seen in the spilled blood, then turned into particles that entered right into the place where Kiarna's heart was located.
If someone were able to see her heart, they would notice a strange rune that formed on its surface, William, somewhat confused, looked at Madison waiting for an explanation, Madison had been somewhat stunned by the scene, but she noticed William's look so in a low voice he spoke "he just made a blood oath, it could be considered as a low level magic, but it can only be performed with one person at a time, usually the nobles force the slaves to perform this kind of oath, they only can break by killing one of the two parties, if she tries to go against the oath she will die".
The scene did not end there, since each of the 30 beastman made their own oath with the name of William as a base, at the end of the impromptu ceremony Kiana spoke "we have nothing to pay you, we can only do this to show you our will, I hope That just as you said, keep your words."
William sighed "very well, I accept your determination, from today you are under my command, so prepare yourselves, the road that awaits you will be hell, you will have to work hard and I will not allow you to give up halfway, for now, go back to your accommodation and rest, because tomorrow begins your hell".