“I think this is where we would meet everyone,” Christopher said as he and Selestia stopped in a somewhat remote and not-so-lit area of the base. “It’s right here,” he said again, clearly remembering the specifications Neledia had given of where she wanted to meet.

“Look how everyone is arriving,” Selestia commented and pointed towards the entrance.

They both watched as all those people who would participate in this delicate and important mission approached the base.

It is worth noting that the base is large, because otherwise it could accommodate a lot of people who even have their (shared) rooms there.

The Gignit base has a ground floor, first floor and a basement.

Among those who arrived, the great variety of races and species was notable.

“Each and every one of them is willing to put their own lives at risk in order to save our people,” Selestia continued.

“Just like us, right?” Christopher added.

Selestia could see that her brother's words were accompanied by a lot of determination, which was contagious to her: "We will save all of our people."

“We don’t plan to save only our people, you know that, there is no distinction here” Christopher looked at his sister and his gaze became serious. On his face there was a strong determination “we will save all the people who have been victims of this nefarious and disgusting organization of slaves”

“Yes!” Selestia nodded, clenching her fists. “We will overcome this mission, just as we will overcome other missions that will be even worse. As we have said, we will take care of all the damn mercenaries that stand in our way.”

“Well said!” A voice came from the side, and the voice was approaching the two of them. “We haven’t even started the mission and I already feel my blood boiling.”

Mathias and Anita joined in with their arrival, all dressed in black.

Mathias wearing special shoes that mold to his beast form.

Anita wearing adventurer armor that's well molded to her body and her snake whip sword resting to the side.

Mathias and Christopher fist-bumped while Anita chatted with Selestia. “You know, Mathias was too nervous until he was infected by the determination you two radiate.”

“In fact, we were in the same boat as well,” Selestia said. “It’s true that we are determined, but we are still scared. After all, this is the first mission of this kind that we will have.”

“Yes, I feel the same way,” Anita added, letting out a sigh of weariness. “Who wouldn’t? But it’s like they said, we’ll get through this mission and all the ones to come.”

“It seems we all think the same thing,” Sebastian arrived at the place “this is a mission that does not correspond to our rank of adventurers, PORCELAIN, but if we manage to overcome it we will be able to take on other more complicated ones and perhaps we can ascend to BRONZE rank.”

“Well, I agree with you.” Selestia nodded. “But Sebastian, aren’t you afraid?”

Sebastian started to laugh quietly, though his laugh was rather short. He looked at Selestia somewhat amused. “Of course I do, remember, it’s a mission that doesn’t correspond to our rank! What kind of madman wouldn’t be afraid in our position?”

“Are you scared? Ha, cowards! Obviously I’m not scared.” Well done by Mathias who decided to crack a joke to change the tension. But he did get a tug on the tail and ear from Christopher and Anita, as it should be.

They finally left him alone and at that moment something caught Christopher's attention.

“Hmm?”

He glanced a few meters behind Sebastian, more specifically towards a tree where someone seemed to be watching the group.

He understood, so he called Sebastian and pointed towards that spot. “So you finally agreed to let her be the last member of our team.”

It was impossible for the others not to turn their heads and look around in search of who Christopher was referring to, until they finally managed to spot someone who was looking at them quite timidly.

“That’s right,” Sebastian replied, scratching his head nervously, thinking that perhaps they wouldn’t like the idea of including her.

But it was Selestia who was in charge of clearing up any doubts he had regarding her choice.

“Don’t stay there alone in the dark.” She called out to her and gestured with her hands for her to come with them. “Come with us, Diana. You are now part of our team so we need to talk about many things!”

Hearing Selestia call her startled her. She inhaled and exhaled, then let herself be seen.

She was nervous and that was normal, she couldn't help it because even though Sebastian had told her that she was the best option, it was still difficult for her not to think that maybe the others wouldn't agree with her inclusion in the group.

The fact that they got along well was not enough reason for them to accept her, perhaps they would have wanted someone more experienced.

Her nervousness was such that she couldn't detail Selestia's cheerful tone when she called out to her.

She walked towards her friends, looking and studying the expressions of each of those present, due to the state of nervousness that Diana was going through, her mind made her see the expressions of her friends deformed into a grimace that only denoted disgust.

She could even hear non-existent comments they made, referring to her: "Is she coming too?" "Wasn't there anyone else?"

Diana was having a bad time, but for no reason.

“So glad you joined us, Diana,” said a smiling Anita.

Mathias just nodded, because in his opinion it was too obvious that the last member of the team would be her.

Diana looked up at her friends.

“For us, you were the best choice. After all, we know your abilities.” Selestia smiled at him in a very good way. “In fact, I already knew that Sebastian would invite you to join us. Although it is a shame that your foolish brother did not tell you before.”

And it was Christopher's turn, due to the feelings she has for him, it was his words that she most eagerly awaited.

Probably if he reacted badly it would be what would hurt her the most.

“I actually took it for granted that you would join us. I always knew that you would be the last member of our team and I actually thought that you were the best choice.”

Diana smiled, and her smile reflected nothing but happiness.

Christopher crossed his arms, trying to sound serious. “Although at this point, we wouldn’t accept anyone other than you, Diana. If not, we’d simply opt to be with an incomplete team. We’re lucky you’ve joined us.”

“Besides,” Christopher added again, “your unique magic is very powerful against men, it could become vital to our survival.”

Diana wanted to shed a few tears because she felt happy. She held back because this was not the time to cry. She nodded, now she just had to show determination and give her all to contribute to the team.

Finally they heard footsteps approaching them. The leader of this team had finally arrived: Neledia, the strong female Wolf and one of the heavyweights when it comes to combat.

Neledia was wearing her typical battle attire, the same one she wore the day she helped Selestia.

In the queue he was still wearing that bracelet with the button that activated the blade hidden inside it, a very good weapon. What had changed were his weapons, this time it was a pair of axes that he used in each hand, but they were not the same ones he used that day.

The iron handle was timidly curved, the lower part of the handle taking the shape of a ferocious wolf's head showing its intimidating fangs. The area where his hand would hold on very tightly was wrapped in a soft and resistant material, positioned in such a way for comfort and grip traction.

On both sharp blades you can see the face of what would be a Valkyrie with her long hair. The edge was fearsome, giving the sensation that just by placing the finger on it it would slice through it without effort, although right now it was covered by its respective sheath. If enough force was applied it could easily decapitate or at least break the neck.

What comprises the back edge would have the shape of a dagger with a tip resembling those that halberds usually have.

The axes were placed behind their backs, one on top of the other, forming an X, and two sticks of equal size crossed them vertically. At one of the tips of both you can see that they match each other, meaning that these parts can be integrated to form a larger BO stick.

“I appreciate you coming early,” Neledia said, even though she was a werewolf without any problem, you could notice that she was smiling.

Neledia looked at Diana, still smiling. “So you’ll be the last member of our team, huh?”

Neledia said while Diana nodded trying to appear very calm. “I'm glad it's you, after all we already know each other and I know your skills,” this was when Neledia's smile disappeared and gave way to much more serious expressions and attitudes “your unique magic will be quite advantageous when it comes to fighting.”

Diana noticed that both Neledia and the others had changed their attitudes, this was one of the many differences she could notice between her and the others. Experience for this type of situation, so now was her time to start cultivating herself.

Neledia called everyone and did so with just her gaze: “This will be the only time we touch on this topic, then, I only want to hear things related to the mission, if you want to say something I ask that it only be ideas or strategies that contribute to our team and that help us get back alive.”

“Guys, keep in mind that this is not a game,” the boys pricked up their ears and listened to every word Neledia said. “If we make any mistake, we will undoubtedly die or become slaves.”

She looked at the three young women who, before Neledia opened her mouth, already knew what she wanted to convey to them. “It is very likely that Christopher, Sebastian and Mathias will be sold as combat slaves, the same would happen to me because I am a beast woman and I do not think they want to prostitute me. But girls, you three are very beautiful and you already know what I am getting at.”

It was serious, so the girls didn't do anything stupid like blushing or being shy. “I assure you that, without a doubt, you will be sold as sex slaves. Maybe to a nobleman or to a brothel where you will become prostitutes. But without a doubt, you will be abused until the end of your lives.”

Only Diana looked a little nervous about what was mentioned, the others nodded without the slightest hesitation while she nodded nervously.

Once again, Diana noticed how the others, despite being nervous, knew how to control their emotions while Diana seemed to have been touched.

What happened was that she remembered that battle in which she fought for her life. They wanted to make her just that, a sexual slave. Play with her in many ways and destroy her body. Imagining that she had to face people just like them made her very uneasy, but even so she managed to swallow her anxiety.

As they continued talking, more people arrived, including Mathias's parents who watched their son receiving instructions.

“Please take care of yourself, son,” Mathias’s mother thought to herself as she followed her husband inside.

Neledia continued the conversation.

“Remember that as your superior, my orders are sacred words to you” everyone nodded, they already knew.

Neledia knew what she was talking about, unlike all of them, she has a lot of experience in missions of this kind. She knows how to proceed. Selestia and Christopher are aware that on several occasions she has led groups on expeditions to other cities and everyone has returned safely.

“But, if you have a plan that can get us out of an unfavorable situation and maybe it is better than mine,” she smiled again. “Don’t hesitate to tell me, as the team leader, I will always choose to follow the best route and best possible strategies as long as we all return alive.”

The boys did the same, Diana sighed a little calmer because for a moment she felt like everything was overwhelming her, here she had a good taste of what awaited her when she becomes an adventurer. Diana knew what the talks were like for these types of cases, maybe in the future she will form a team for a certain mission and some leader will mention the same words, she could even become the leader as she climbs the hierarchy.

“So guys, I hope each and every one of you will pay full attention to what we are told before we go out and take our positions,” Neledia added.

“Yes ma’am” they all said in unison.

Some fool who is not familiar with being an adventurer, a knight or the like would think that these guys were exaggerating. But that was not the case, the key to many missions is order and having a very clear chain of command. Keeping all that in mind makes this type of missions where many lives are at risk easier, even if only a little.

“Perfect,” Neledia added, “so now, I want to ask you the most important question of all,” and everyone already knew what that question was, since each of them had that talk, it was literally a talk which in one way or another changed their lives.

“Are you aware that you may have to take the lives of your enemies?” There was silence, but she shook her head. “No, it’s not that you may have to take lives, but do you know that tonight you will kill your enemies?”

The boys nodded with absolute seriousness, they already knew the question, but hearing it again filled them with certain feelings of discomfort and even fear.

Diana gulped as Neledia, with a cold gaze of sharp eyes, looked at her, reaching her heart. “Even you will have to kill a person, Diana. You may not be very active in this mission, but, in case you find yourself in the need to face an enemy, I ask you not to hesitate to kill them. Please do so. Remember that they will not hesitate to ruin your life, if they capture you, you will be unhappy until the day you die.”

“Yes,” Diana replied, and ironically, the one with the most doubts was the only one in the group who said it out loud. “I will kill my enemies if necessary, no, I will kill my enemies or else they will kill us.”

Neledia nodded and continued talking about the need to kill.

“Killing someone, even if it is your worst enemy, is not very pleasant.” She looked at her hands. “I can tell you in advance that they might even have horrible annoyances. Even a feeling of discomfort could distract them at that moment, but please be strong. Remember that they will have no qualms about killing you in order to get rid of you.”

“Yes,” said Christopher, “we already know and we will not doubt it.”

“As we have told you, Neledia,” Selestia added, “we are willing to do anything to rescue our people from the nefarious hands of VARANUS.”

“And don’t even doubt it, we will do it,” Mathias commented.

Sebastian preferred to remain silent, but he nodded his head in agreement with everything mentioned. At the same time his sister imitated him, she was still very nervous, but she knew she had to give her all and follow all the instructions.

Neledia nodded, quite seriously, then finally called the boys, “So, boys, it's time for us to go inside.”

...

The meeting place before the start of the mission is the basement of the guard base. It is a very large place where a good number of people can easily fit.

A kind of wooden stage emerges from one of the four walls, from where a speech will surely be given.

“I knew that many people would participate in this mission,” said Christopher, scanning the place with his eyes and observing all the participants, “but there are many more people here than I expected, there are as many adventurers as members of the divisions and there are many of them.”

Neledia noticed the gaze of all the boys and they were directed at the adventurers.

“You guys want to follow the life of adventurers, right?” Neledia asked as everyone nodded.

“If so, you will notice that when you climb the adventurer hierarchy you will encounter these types of missions.” Neledia also observed each of them, seeing some of her companions chatting in the distance. “Destroying criminal organizations is not an easy task, it requires a lot of effort and collaboration with many teams.”

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“But are there so many organizations that require deploying people in this way?” Diana’s question was very interesting, so much so that the things that others had to say vanished from their minds as if they had never thought about them, and speaking of thinking.

A lot of things related to these kinds of missions came to mind. Diana continued, “I say this because I understand that there are missions where you are also asked to dismantle criminal organizations and some are even for a single person.”

“Very good question” thought Sebastian, feeling proud of his sister.

Neledia nodded, “What you say is true, there are missions to destroy criminal organizations that only require one person or a few, do you know why?”

Diana shook her head, here everyone stopped and listened because literally what Neledia was about to say would be truly useful information to take into account in the future "it's because it depends on how big the organization is, small organizations where its members are just starting out in the criminal world don't require so many assets to destroy them, their members tend to have very few strong people or simply none are."

The beast woman raised a finger trying to emphasize a point “now, things change as those organizations grow.”

Neledia pointed her finger at the ground: “As these kinds of organizations grow, they acquire more power, capital and therefore they are equipped with more experienced criminals. In this way, things become more complicated.”

Things with criminal organizations were serious “if they do not succeed in eliminating these organizations from the beginning, these organizations have the potential to become much larger, becoming unstoppable, although until now there have not been other organizations as large and unstoppable as the Big Five.”

“You mean the ones that require the help of an incredible number of people and the aid of entire armies to destroy them?” Selestia asked.

“That’s right,” Neledia continued, “compared to the Big Five, VARANUS is still very small and can still cause havoc on levels we can’t foresee, because of all that, they will always find missions like getting rid of criminals or small or growing organizations.”

“Eradicate them before they become more problematic,” Sebastian said, which seems to be true.

“Exactly.” Neledia smiled. “Maybe these missions to kill people seem cruel, but you have to keep in mind that for one of these requests to have reached any guild, it is because those people have already committed terrible criminal acts.

The boys nodded as Neledia continued, “A mission to take down a kidnapper is because that person will have already taken a few people. A person labeled as a murderer will have already killed someone and if not stopped could even become a hired hitman, continuing to kill and perfecting their tactics.”

“That is to say, none of them should make us feel sorry for them” Christopher brought his hand to his chin, touching it in a characteristic thoughtful gesture. Neledia nodded because that was a cruel truth.

“That makes a lot of sense,” Anita nodded.

Suddenly, within the group's field of vision, but located several meters in front of them, they could see the two strongest PORCELAIN-ranked individuals in Gignit City parked and talking to a group.

It was a beastman from the feline clan and a young human girl, the same age as Christopher's team, but with much more experience.

The man was a beastman of the feline clan, Panther Man who boasts a rather dark blackish fur, his eyes were yellowish and the pupil was slit diagonally.

Mathias raised an eyebrow as unlike him, the beastman seemed to prefer fighting using Wakizashi swords. The shape of these swords is very similar to what a Katana looks like. Although the blade is thinner meaning it can hurt individuals more severely, the aforementioned carried one on each side of his hips.

With the young human woman, her face and part of her body were marked by multiple scars.

Although a huge scar stood out above all the others, the scar runs vertically down, starting at the left eyebrow, running across the face, also passing over the eye and reaching the neck area.

His eyes and hair were purple, and although the eye where the scar passed through had completely lost its color, the pupil being now white, he still did not lose his vision.

This young girl's weapon of choice is two pairs of Sais placed behind her back and a pair of Nunchaku linked by chains. The tip of this weapon went from being rounded to sharp.

This was attached to the support on the lower back horizontally, something that these two adventurers shared were their bodies marked with many scars, at least in the young woman it was much more evident and visible.

“Those are the strongest PORCELAIN rank adventurers in Gignit,” Christopher commented.

“I think you told us that they would be near the entrance to the base that belongs to us and other teams,” added Sebastian without taking his eyes off those two.

“That’s right,” Neledia nodded in affirmation. “As you know, in recent days we have discovered that there are four hidden entrances in total through which one could gain access to the enemy base. The job of those two and their team will be to monitor the area and defend it against enemy attacks that approach from the vicinity of these entrances.”

“A very important task” And what Selestia mentioned was true.

“Yes,” Neledia said, “although before that, they would destroy all the detection seals so that we can access without being discovered.”

“Neledia, tell me something,” Mathias now joined the conversation, “do we have a map of the inside of the enemy base? So far, we know where the entrances are, but they still haven’t told us what the inside looks like. Do you have any information about that?”

Mathias, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up to say something truly useful and at the same time crucial. And he was absolutely right, the issue of the map inside the lair should be extremely crucial for this mission, unfortunately Neledia had to give bad news.

She stopped and looked at everyone. “As far as I know, the scouts were completely unable to get into the enemy base. They tried every possible way, but they couldn’t find a way. The only way was to destroy those seals, but they ran the risk of being discovered.”

“And that would put this mission at too much risk,” Christopher finished as Neledia nodded.

Diana swallowed, it was amazing to hear everyone giving opinions which in one way or another helped to get a little more information, even some points could be analyzed and debated.

While she hadn't been able to think of anything beneficial to contribute, it was only the experience that developing adventurers like them had against her that she still had yet to learn.

But compared to everyone her age, she was light years ahead of everyone else.

…

Tadeo could be seen introducing his right-hand man.

He was a rather tall man with dark skin. If Tadeo was tall, this man was taller by an extra 20 cm. The man was quite muscular and wore dark-colored camouflage clothing.

A massive Claymore sword waited behind him, and throwing knives were attached to his belt. Finally, a Chakram as big as a beach kitchen plate was resting on his waist, held in place by chains.

On the other hand, Selestia saw Doraida talking about important things with some of UNO's subordinates. Selestia noticed that Doraida and the other Elves must have been comparing the shape of the arrows because the subordinates were examining Doraida's black arrows and commenting on some things that she couldn't hear.

In fact, everyone inside Gignit's base was constantly talking about the reliability of their weapons and such.

Sebastian, who truly liked swords, was surprised because it would not be wrong to say that it was the first time he had seen so many designs of swords and Katanas, both forged and natural, of all shapes and sizes.

The diversity of races and species in just this room was incredible: Humans, Demi-humans of various clans and species, Elves, beastmen also of various clans and species, dwarves like Alrika and others who participate with her.

The various hair colors were quite striking as there were people with hair and fur of different shades of colors: Blonde, black, brown, chestnut, white, golden, gray, green, blue, pink, purple hair and even others with two shades of color in their hair, such as someone with whitish hair and black streaks.

Finally the Ruler of Silence returned and immediately decreed the death of noise in the room.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and paid full attention, looking at the highest place. There stood Alexander and Valentina, accompanied by some of the ten strongest.

“I don’t have any motivational speeches I can give you,” Alexander said very seriously.

“I can't tell you not to be afraid and that everything will be fine because each of you is exposing yourself to danger. What kind of idiot wouldn't be afraid of death? Who wouldn't be afraid of leaving their lives behind.”

“Unfortunately, we will always have this kind of missions in which we must put our lives in danger, where time and again we must go to rescue our own from the filthy and dirty hands of these damned slave hunters.”

At that moment each of the people stamped their feet on the ground.

“And here we are again, like five years ago.”

Alexander clenched his fists very tightly.

“Preparing to once again go face those damn scum who want to enslave our people, our friends, our children, our lovers, our family.”

Once again, everyone hit the ground.

"But it's about time we made it clear to all those bastards that they shouldn't mess with Gignit."

“Let us show them that it is a grave mistake to mess with our people, and that they are damn cowards for only going after people who are not capable of fighting. Those poor people have already suffered enough, it has cost them blood, tears and even part of their bodies to free themselves from their lives of slavery and escape to our city, for these scumbags to enslave them again.”

"I don't want our people to try to repeat the escape attempts that have taken place in previous years. I think we all remember what happened at that time."

Several years ago, in some of the cities within the human empire, there were some rumors regarding a city outside the territories of the empire, said rumor spread from mouth to mouth among the slaves, more precisely those of non-human races.

''In Gignit they do not discriminate'' ''In Gignit they will not treat you badly'' ''In Gignit you will no longer be a slave'' ''In Gignit you will be able to progress'' ''In Gignit you will be able to work'' ''In Gignit you will not die of hunger'' ''In Gignit you will be able to have children'' ''In Gignit your children will be free'' ''In Gignit they will not hurt you'' ''In Gignit they will not punish you'' ''In Gignit they will not torture you'' ''In Gignit they will not kill you'' ''In Gignit you will be free''.

“And because of those rumors, many slaves gave everything they had to escape their sad lives of slavery.”

“Such rumors circulated among slaves and non-human beings who sadly lived their lives, enduring days of misery and despair. The weariness and strong desire for freedom led many to try to escape by any means necessary.”

“Day after day, a “normal” person living in these big cities saw and heard about the escape of slaves, whether human or non-human. They remember that many of them managed to do so and searched everywhere for information about the city of Gignit.

“Those who managed to find Gignit were given a long-awaited restart to their lives. These people arrived in the city exhausted, beaten, bleeding, with bruises and large scars adorning their bodies.”

“I remember that others arrived without an arm, with one eye, without their ears, without their fangs, without their horns and even with their bones in pieces. But the fact that they had reached the city was a balm for their wounds.”

“You know what was sad? All those people, all those human slaves, demi-humans, some Elves and even beastmen who failed to escape. Those who were simply executed instantly were considered lucky, however, those who didn’t have such beautiful “luck”, once caught, their masters took it upon themselves to make their already pitiful and miserable lives a living hell.”

“They were beaten to exhaustion, and were subjected to horrible and bloody torture as punishment, being left without food until they almost perished from hunger and thirst. One by one, all their teeth were pulled out, their fingers were cut off, their tongues were burned or cut off, and their eyes were removed without even the slightest supply of any medicine or anesthesia to lessen the pain.”

“And this was still mild.”

“I learned that some masters, furious with their slaves, simply decided to give them away to the sickest vagabonds who had not even touched a woman's skin for years. Hungry and eager to get their filthy hands on them. And sadly they were disgustingly raped by these scum. Men were not spared from this, as punishment they were also raped by other men who liked men. There was no mercy at all.

“Does anyone want that for our people?” Alexander asked.

Everyone present shook their heads in unison.

"NO!".

“Did anyone know the sad and horrible way in which many slaves lost their lives?”

“Decapitation, some were tied up and incinerated while still alive by launching a magical fire attack at them. Others were impaled, drowned, electrocuted, crushed by large rocks, buried alive, butchered, dismembered, beheaded, whipped, bled to death, even beaten.

“Many torture devices were even used, such as the dreaded iron maiden, which was a horrible way to die. One of the saddest forms of torture was for those who did not want to die but who, due to the collar of slavery, were ordered to take their own lives.

“Do you want that for our people?” he asked again.

“NOOOO!” they responded louder.

Alexander raised his eyebrows angrily and clenched his fist with remarkable force, raising it to the level of his chin while bending his knees.

“WE NO LONGER WANT TO REPEL THEM, MUCH LESS DO WE WANT TO CAUSE THEIR WITHDRAWAL SO THAT THEY CAN COME BACK IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, NOT ANYMORE!”

Alexander was truly furious, his eyes turned slightly red, veins appeared on his forehead, his swollen muscles denoting the tension his body was being subjected to.

“THIS TIME WE WILL FINISH THEM ALL! NOT A SINGLE ONE WILL BE ABLE TO ESCAPE FROM US, NOW IT’S THEIR TURN TO CRY! NOW IT’S THEIR TURN TO BEG FOR MERCY! NOW IT’S THEIR TURN TO CRAWL AT OUR FEET AND BEG FOR THEIR LIVES!”

Alexander tried to keep his voice from breaking because of his overwhelming desire to cry.

“AND ABOVE ALL, NOW IT IS OUR TURN TO DENY THEM MERCY!”

“YEEEEEEEEESSSSSS”.

The scream was in unison and was accompanied by all kinds of feelings such as anger, fury, hatred, sadness, anguish, melancholy and even desires for revenge.

Many cried at the words of the Lord of the city, thankful for having a chance for revenge against slavers. Eager to take the lives of mercenaries.

But one thing stood out above all else, and everyone agreed on it, even if they never mentioned it: it was the desire to save all those poor victims.

Many knew what they must be going through: rape and torture, and they wanted to rescue them as soon as possible, knowing how horrible it feels to be on that side.

And they would do it, they would save all their friends and slaughter all their enemies and with pleasure they would watch the moment when death itself dragged them to the depths of hell.

The boys were shedding tears of rage, even Diana tightly gripping the handle of her sheathed sword. Any hesitation she had regarding killing her enemies disappeared, why would she hesitate to kill people who want to hurt her? Who want to kill her or rape her so savagely.

They wouldn't let them get away with it.

“TOGETHER WE WILL GET OUT OF THIS, NOW IS THE TIME FOR GIGNIT TO TAKE THE OFFENSIVE AND TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE.”

“WE WILL SEND ALL SLAVERS TO HELL!”

And so Alexander ended.

Adrenaline exploded and everyone screamed with rage and an infinite desire to begin the mission.

Valentina jumped off the stage and quickly went to one end of the room, where a strange seal-like circle was waiting to be activated.

“It’s time,” Valentina said, imbuing the wall with magic.

Immediately the walls separated and on the other side a wide and long secret tunnel could be seen which was only illuminated by torches along it.

“THIS CONNECTS TO THE BACK OF THE CITY” she shouted, the leader of the entire operation “THE END OF THE TUNNEL IS DIVIDED INTO THREE EXITS LOCATED IN THE FOREST. THE DISTRACTION UNIT WILL GO THROUGH THE LEFT EXIT, THE ATTACK UNIT THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND THE RESCUE UNIT WILL GO THROUGH THE RIGHT. I ASK YOU PLEASE TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO NOT GET SEPARATED FROM THE TEAM TO WHICH EACH ONE BELONGS-.”

“YES LADY VALENTINA” they all shouted in unison again.

“YOU ALL BETTER COME BACK ALIVE,” she turned around and looked into the distance of the tunnel, trying to see the distant end. “Let’s get started with the operation.”

Everyone followed her, the unit leaders and team captains, everyone who made up the three units.

But a few people stayed behind watching as the others advanced “then my good friend”. Alexander called out to Herman who nodded to his Lord “let us begin the mission of the fourth unit... let us destroy all the DAIMONAS we encounter”.

...

The labyrinthine enemy base was divided into many corridors and strategic areas, where large rocks impeded passage. From above these, mercenaries and slavers acted as guards to ensure that everything was in order and that no one passed through the place.

There were a lot of “rooms” from where screams and sad moans could be heard, these places were considered places of fun, because here were all those slaves who for various reasons could not be sold.

Some reasons were, for example: body with too many scars, that made them unattractive, lack of teeth or fangs, among many other reasons.

There were also private rooms, belonging to very loyal and well-known members of the organization.

And inside one of them, lying in a bed, a very attractive young man was sleeping very peacefully after a good session of intimacy with his slave.

And where was the slave? Very close to her master, her hands and feet imprisoned by strong handcuffs and at the same time chained to the hard rock wall.

The slave's clothing was so destroyed that it barely covered her body and her private parts, leaving her breasts almost exposed.

Bruises are visible along his arm, legs, parts of his face, areas of his abdomen and probably also on his back. Some blood was coming from his nose and he mercilessly fell to the ground.

A pitiful moan came from her, she barely moved her head, once again trying to reach the bandages that kept her world in darkness. A tear managed to slip through a small space between the bandage and her skin.

Stained with dirt and dried blood, Nina sighed, her whole body aching, especially where her once beautiful bunny ears were, now cut off.

The left ear was cut so short that it was only a couple of centimeters short of the root, the right ear was further down than halfway.

Her beautiful cut hair was now very short.

Between sobs she remembered the day it all began.

Their date had started well, very timid at first, but as the hours passed everything progressed, they ate and had fun walking. In fact, she even wished the day would never end, but pausing the day was something absolutely impossible.

The silver-rank adventurer had to leave, “I really had a great time Nina, please agree to go out with me again another time,” giving her a kiss on the cheek.

And this was where Nina lost “wait” she called him shyly “w-would you like to come to my house?” receiving an affirmation from the adventurer.

For Nina this was an unforgettable moment because it was the day she was made love to for the first time. The adventurer was so kind and gentle with her.

He treated her like a princess, enjoying her magical first time.

Unfortunately for Nina, it was all a cruel and vile lie. That adventurer only wanted her for one thing, to make her his slave.

Seven days ago her lifestyle changed, now she spent her days being abused over and over again, every day without fail.

He shuddered as his mind was transported back to those first days when he had arrived:

…

In order to ensure that Nina would not be considered for sale, this adventurer made her unfit, damaging her body in indescribable ways: in addition to assaulting her body, the wretch spent his time torturing her.

“AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”.

Nina's heartbreaking screams echoed in that room, while the man used scissors to shorten her ears, every two centimeters they squeezed her ears tightly, cutting them off again and again.

Nina could do nothing but cry and scream.

Until now, she had never felt as much pain as this sadist caused her. His screams were so pitiful that the slaves sitting near that room trembled with fear, afraid of being next.

…

She was somewhat uncomfortable, so using some of the little strength she had she moved to one side, at least she would try to fall asleep, but when she moved her legs she felt a strong pain in the area of her breasts.

He complained, clenching his teeth, making it evident that his large rabbit teeth had been removed.

…

It was Nina's fourth day of captivity, and once again she was being abused by the wretch. He asked her to use a certain part of her body to give him pleasure.

“Nina” he called her, ecstatic and unable to think clearly, “use your mouth and give me oral sex, quickly.”

And so as not to be hit by the bastard, Nina proceeded to do it. She was inexperienced, she didn't know how to do it and because of her large front teeth she ended up hurting her master.

He groaned in pain, hitting her and pushing her. “I-I’m sorry,” she barely managed to say before the bastard lunged at her with a pair of pliers that were within his reach.

“I like you so much, Nina.” He looked at Nina’s big buck teeth, “but those buck teeth of yours are stopping you from showing me how much you love me.”

Terrified, Nina shook her head, begging him not to do it, but her pleas fell on deaf ears and in a gesture of pure sadism, she ripped them out with the help of those pliers.

“AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH”.

It was the second time she felt so much pain, instantly the blood made an appearance, spilling all over the floor and splashing everywhere she went.

With her torso soaked in blood, Nina did her best to cover her mouth, but, as she was, without a shred of mercy and without the slightest hint of compassion, she forced her to comply with the request to give her pleasure using her mouth, and that regardless of how much pain she was feeling and how much blood she was shedding.

…

Nina, still bandaged, was crying and falling mercilessly to the ground. “Why me?” she asked herself quietly.

He couldn't hold back the slight, almost inaudible sobs that were beginning to fill the room.

“I have never done anything wrong to anyone. Why does this have to happen to me?”

The tears increased, the drops fell like rain forming a small puddle on the ground.

“It’s not fair,” Nina tried to bite her lip, “why only me?” and for a moment she remembered her mother’s face as she implored her to run away and save herself.

“I see,” his smile of resignation was truly discouraging and melancholic.

“That's why,” the tears kept falling, “it's why I abandoned my mother, I always knew I should have died with her.”

Her sobs no longer allowed her to breathe normally, the slight spasms made her chest swell and deflate.

Nina Begging the Gods for some mercy “please” a sad and disfigured expression ruined her face “someone save me”.

And at that moment, an explosion occurred outside the base.