Original War

Chapter 282 Those Slaves

The slaves with their wrists tied up by the vines barely wore anything on their bodies. Even if they were worn, the animal skins were tattered and could not cover much.

After being exposed to the sun in this way, one by one was tanned, with chapped lips, described as haggard, and walked barefoot on the ground. There were some slaves who had wounds on their bodies, but they had not received good treatment. The wounds had rotted away, and there were some flying insects that smelled around and followed them all the way.

“Where did the slaves go?” Shao Xuan asked. He doesn’t ask, and other people won’t explain. Of course, he has to take the initiative to speak. Even if he is laughed at by others, Shao Xuan doesn’t care, as long as he knows what he wants to know.

When Shao Xuan asked this sentence, some people sneered, but some people answered, whether they said it in a mocking tone or not, Shao Xuan only needs to know the answer.

“Of course it was sent to the place where the slave owner was.” Someone said.

“Where do the slave owners live? That’s where we are going this time?” Shao Xuan asked.

“Why, are you scared?” a member of the Tianshan tribe said with contempt.

Shao Xuan said nothing. He looked at the sky, and then at the surrounding environment, recalling the topography and landforms along the way, and said: “Slave owners, the place where he lives seems not to be very good.” If he keeps going forward, he might go to the desert area. Slave owners live in the desert? This made Shao Xuan very curious.

Although he knew that the slave owners would stay away a bit to avoid the big tribes in the middle, he didn’t expect them to go to arid and barren areas.

“Not good?” An older middle-aged man next to Huang Ye snorted: “They are having a great time! Those who are having a bad life are just slaves.”

That’s also true. Slave owners are naturally the ones to be served.

Just as he was talking, a slave suddenly broke free from the shackles of the vines and ran towards Shao Xuan and the others in that long line of slaves. Although he looked skinny, he ran so fast that he couldn’t see the weakness just now.

Someone in the slave line yelled and looked at the runners, and the dark slave with unkempt hair and shaggy hair who was running, ran towards Shao Xuan and the others, shouting in a hoarse voice that seemed to be bleeding. So, probably because he wanted to ask for help here, Shao Xuan could see the light of hope in his eyes.

puff!

A sharpened piece of wood pierced the running person’s body, and a drop of blood fell on the ground, and the light in the slave’s eyes quickly faded away, dim.

A man dressed in animal skins and holding a whip walked towards the slave to the bottom. On his forehead, there is a tattoo that looks like “Taiwan”.

“It’s a slave of the title of’Taiwan’.” Someone in the team said. The tone was calm, and there was no emotional fluctuation because of seeing a slave being killed just now.

Slaves are also divided into ranks. Lower slaves do not have any titles, while higher slaves start with “Tai” because they will be tattooed with a tattoo similar to the word “Tai” on their foreheads. Known as “Taiwan” title slave. In terms of strength, they are equivalent to the general totem fighters among the totem fighters.

For those who become slaves, their goal at the beginning is the “Taiwan” character slave. What about becoming a slave, as long as they can obtain the power equivalent to a totem warrior, it is enough.

Slaves with the word “Taiwan” are the inferior slaves among the higher slaves. Above the slaves with the word “Tai”, there are slaves with the word “servant”. There are also some “servants” in this slave team, but they don’t take whips, they only carry knives, and they don’t care about things. They seem to be harmless, but as long as they do it, they will be stained with blood. It’s not just a slave. Therefore, when the slave ran away, the “servant” slaves just glanced at it casually. Some didn’t even raise their heads and continued on their way. Anyway, there were lower-level slaves with the “Taiwan” word to solve them.

The Taiwanese slave strode towards the fallen slave, and glanced at Shao Xuan and the others. There was no vigilance, no worries, no other extra emotions, numb and cold as a knife, looking at the lower slaves. It’s no different from looking at other dead objects.

Bend down, stretched out a hand to grab the foot of the slave who had lost his breath on the ground, and dragged it back to the team.

A long blood trail was left on the ground due to dragging.

The Taiwanese slave dragged the dead slave back to the team, and with a wave of his arm, he randomly threw the person in his hand into the ranks of lower slaves. Then, Shao Xuan saw those who were tied up with their wrists. The slaves scrambled to surround it.

“That…that is…” Lei stammered a little.

On Weiba’s side, an indifferent voice said: “They are rushing for food.”

Tie your wrists, but you can still move your fingers, your arms, and your legs and feet. They are rushing for food. Although the “food” is the same as them, if they don’t eat it, they are likely to starve to death, and they can live only if they eat it.

Seeing Shao Xuan and the others were silent, someone from the Tianshan tribe said: “Can’t see it? If you can’t see it, you can save the next two low-level slaves. If you just run closer, you will be able to shoot in time.”

Seeing the reactions of others in the team, Shao Xuan and the others also knew that there were some things they didn’t know about. Most of these people looked at the slaves with disgust.

Totem warriors do look down on slaves and feel that they are boneless and betray their own ancestors, but they are not like these people in the team, especially the Weiba people, even with hatred in their eyes.

Shao Xuan learned the reason from Qu Ce. A few years ago, some Weiba people encountered a similar incident, rescued a few low-class slaves, and cut down a few slaves with the word “Taiwan” along the way.

“In fact, at the beginning, Weiba’s people were very secretive when they acted. They disguised themselves and they shouldn’t have been discovered, but they were discovered. A young girl from Weiba gave a slave a piece of dried meat before leaving. The slave saw a spider she was carrying. Later, the slave failed to escape, was caught, and informed the secret. After a while, the few people who shot were almost all caught while traveling with friends and elders. Kill.” Qu Ce said.

There were more than ten Weiba people killed, among them there were even high-level totem fighters, and the slaves who attacked them had more than 30 slaves with the word “Taiwan” and at least four slaves with the word “servant”. If it is one-to-one, even if it is a “servant” character slave, it is only equivalent to the level of an ordinary intermediate totem warrior, and it will not cause such a tragic result. However, these slaves are almost suicidal attacks, hurting the enemy two or three. When they do things that hurt a hundred by themselves, they don’t even blink their eyes when they do it.

Slaves are just tools. The tool is gone, and if you build another one, those slave owners don’t feel bad about it.

“After that, the people of Weiba killed all the slaves, no matter high or low, as long as they shot, they won’t be left alive, and they won’t give anyone a chance to inform them.” Qu Ce looked at the three Shao Xuan, ” There are actually many such things, and almost every tribe has encountered them. Remember, those slaves can betray their own beliefs and ancestors, and can also betray anyone.”

“Including the owner who betrayed them?” Shao Xuan asked.

“…It depends on whether they dare. Different slave owners will have different slaves. You will know when you see more.” Qu Ce said.

After the slave team left, their line continued to move forward, and the slave who was eaten left only a pool of blood stains and a few bones that couldn’t be put together. Some carrion-eating insects surround the surroundings, sharing this last “good meal”.

Later, Shao Xuan and the others did not encounter the slave team again, and they took a different path.

The farther you go, the more clearly Shao Xuan can feel the dryness of the air.

The surrounding vegetation is much sparse. Compared to other places, the flora and fauna are pitiful. The sparse grass on the ground has also wilted.

After walking for another five days, some people in the team started to languish.

“A little further ahead, there will be a tribe where we can rest for a few days.” An elderly person said.

Hearing this, the young people were shocked, “There are tribes? There are tribes in this place? What is it called?”

“Rain Tribe.” Someone replied.

Shao Xuan looked at the clear sky. Rain tribe.

I don’t know what happened to that kid Yang Sui, whether he has successfully inherited the position of witch in the Yu tribe?