"There'll be a batch of newbies coming, that means we get to take out the old ones in the mines." Another set of new voices came in place of the other ones.
They counted the same five seconds, they waited because they wanted to be sure that it didn't suddenly change or that the distance fooled their eyes.
"Oh man, they smell so bad. I'll be sure not to eat before we deal with them."
"It doesn't really matter whether you eat or not. Smelling them will ruin your stomach for the next coming days."
Nikolai was grinding his teeth with these conversations. They didn't seem to feel bad about what they were doing at all, they were instead making fun of the people who had no choice but to do what they were allowed.
In that moment, he vowed to kill as many of them as possible. It was insane to think about the fact that there were people working as guards here but not a single one of them, not even one, leaked the news.