CHAPTER 69: CHAPTER 69: FREE THE SLAVES [1]

A moment later, Kael finished searching the corpses.

He returned to the cell, then threw a sword to Hans and Alaric.

"Thank you."

With a smile, the protagonist took it.

"..."

The King said nothing, just silently examining his weapon.

"What about you, Your Highness? I have an extra sword, would you like it?"

"Huh?"

Erza’s expression was as if he had just heard the most absurd thing in the world.

"I am the prince."

He pointed to himself.

Yes, he was the prince, and also the next king of Dicathen.

"And you are supposed to be my protectors?"

"..."

The atmosphere was filled with speechlessness.

All eyes were on Erza.

"Take it."

It was an order.

"Okay..."

Realizing his current situation, the prince became much more obedient.

With that, all the preparations were complete.

It was time to leave.

Together, the five of them walked out of the prison.

At that moment...

"Wait! Stop!"

"Don’t leave us behind, please!"

"We’re all humans, can you please show some mercy?"

From the other cells, voices suddenly rang out.

Damn it!

Because so much had happened, Kael had completely forgotten the fact that there were many other slaves besides them.

But the question now was:

’Should we save them?’

"You bastards, if you don’t let us go, we’ll make a scene."

Unexpectedly, a threat came from inside a cell.

’Oh.’

He and the other four frowned.

Did this guy want to die sooner?

"Do you believe that if you leave us now, we’ll scream with all our might?"

At that time, the guards from other places would gather here.

But Kael couldn’t carry these burdens either.

"Do I really have to kill them all?"

Poor people.

He took out the sword from his waist.

Wait!

Then he put it back in its place.

A strange smile appeared on his lips.

Kael had just come up with a brilliant idea.

"What should we do?"

Suddenly, Hans whispered in his ear.

Still smiling, Kael whispered back:

"Rescue them all. Don’t leave anyone behind."

***

The rescue took only 10 minutes.

And of course, everyone cooperated.

"Thank you very much!"

"Even if I die, I will not forget this favor."

"I will remember you all for the rest of my life!"

Everyone was grateful.

Except for a few people.

"Heh. You are such obedient dogs."

That was the man who had just threatened them, and behind him seemed to be his underlings.

"Now if you don’t want to die, hand over your weapons."

"You mean those swords?"

Kael feigned ignorance and approached him.

The man smiled sinisterly, then held out his hand.

"Yes. If we didn’t have those swords, how would we have escaped from here? Besides..."

His eyes glanced at Kaede who was standing not far away.

"Besides?"

Kael tilted his head, confused.

"I want that girl too."

He licked his lips, looking disgusting and perverted.

"..."

Kael was completely speechless.

Did this guy have sperm in his brain?

And it seemed like he didn’t need to kill him anymore.

Because Hans would take care of that.

Slish!

A slash rang out.

So clear that everyone was silent with fear.

Thud!

And exactly 1 second after the slashing sound ended, the bastard’s head fell straight onto the stone floor.

Rolling a few times before coming to a complete stop.

He was killed.

By none other than Hans.

"Sorry if I ruined your plan. It’s just... I can’t stand it when he talks about Kaede like that."

The protagonist lowered his head, not daring to look him in the eye.

Kael placed his hand on Hans’ shoulder, with the intention of reassuring him.

"It’s okay, even if you don’t kill him, I will."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

The protagonist’s eyes widened.

But he didn’t respond.

Instead, he turned towards the slaves, who were staring at the corpse in shock.

"Ahem."

Kael corrected his tone, at the same time, attracting everyone’s attention.

"Do you really think that letting you go means I’ll let you live?"

He drew the sword from his waist, then flashed a villain’s signature smile.

"Wrong!"

The slaves began to tremble.

They were scared.

Perfect!

"Now, I’ll give you two choices. One is to run away, and two is to stay and let me kill you one by one."

He said, at the same time, swung his sword wildly.

Needless to say, between life and death, their answers were obvious.

"Ahhhh!!!!"

"Please don’t kill me!"

"I don’t want to die!"

Just like the scenario in his mind, they began to scatter.

Scattering in all directions.

Like bees did when their hive was broken.

That was Kael’s plan.

He would use these people as pawns to cause chaos in this place.

And while the guards were trying to capture them, his group would take this opportunity to escape.

Soon, all of those slaves had disappeared into the darkness.

Except for one person.

"Huh?"

Feeling strange, Kael raised an eyebrow.

"Hey, are you deaf? Didn’t you hear what I just said? I’m not kidding."

"..."

But, that person didn’t respond.

To be more precise, from the beginning, he had never looked at him.

Even once.

"Don’t kill that person, Kael."

Erza Dicathen spoke up.

"You know this guy?"

"...More than that. He’s my closest servant. He was also captured, just like me."

In other words, this person was an ally.

"Oh my, so he’s an ally? Why didn’t you say so earlier, my prince?"

He immediately put away his sword.

Then he put on what he thought was the most approachable smile, and approached him.

"Hello, I’m Kael Draven, also your ally."

He extended a hand towards him.

"I’m Darwin, just Darwin."

He took his hand.

Kael, still smiling, observed him carefully.

Darwin’s face couldn’t be called handsome, nor was it particularly special.

It was quite common, in other words, forgettable.

And this personality...

There was no doubt that Darwin was nothing more than a supporting character, a background character.

And people like that... usually didn’t have a good ending.