Prologue 7
Screams and yells echoed. I stood up unsteadily, not knowing what I should do. Most of the slaves were trying to escape, and some of them were just quivering without running away.
Many of the fleeing slaves headed to the warehouse where the skill orbs are stored. The gates of the warehouse was opened earlier to present 【Shadow King★★★★★★】 to the duke. Conversely, slaves who had taken up dangerous skills had empty skill holder slots to absorb skill orbs. Moreover, they could sell them at a high price if they took it out of the warehouse.
There was a bloody battle between the slaves and the mine soldiers who guarded the warehouse.
…What’s going to happen to me? Even if I stood still, I will only be caught by a soldier and forced back into slavery to another “master” by contract magic.
I don’t like it. I don’t want to return to that fake life.
I got used to living in this mine and thought, “It’s not so bad here. It’s at least better than being hated by my siblings and skipping meals,” but I realized that was due to the contract magic and I never want to live under such illusions again.
Having said that, I do not want to return to my hometown either.
So what I have to do now is quite straightforward. I have to acquire the power to survive on my own.
Lark. She was the first person to obtain the power to survive. And she reached out a helping hand towards me…