"Urgh... where am i?" i groaned as i awoke from my slumber. I looked around my surrounding as i am in a metal cage. Seems like they took away my belt. No matter, they are probably taking me to the human continent. Free travel yay. Now i just have to sit tight and bail out at the right moment. I was not even tied up. I was not the only one in the cage though. There were others as well. "We are all going to get eaten!" a kid wailed. "Shut up kid, you are annoying all of us!" another prisoner shouted.
Great, now i have to wait for a long time in this dirt hole. The sound of boots walking across the wooden floor got closer and closer to the one door that i could see. 'Creak' "How are you doing?" a young soldier seemed to asked us sincerely. 'Fuck off!" one of the prisoner screamed. "Let us go!" another shouted. "Go fuck yourself!". "You guys sure are lively. That's good." the soldier seemed to say happily before taking out five small bag about the size of the palm and threw it inside the cage.
"That's food. Not that there is enough for all of you." the soldier smirked before leaving. All of us were very hungry and many of them stared at the bags with hungry eyes. None of them moved while staring at each other. There was about thirty of us in the cage but the food seemed enough for only 15 people. Then one of the prisoner rushed forward to snatch the bags.
The others reacted the same and soon, they were fighting among each other. Just for food, they fight over each other like everyone is an enemy. Some of the smarter ones like me were staying out of the fight. Then one of the people fighting rushed one of the people that was not participating in the fight. "You guys will steal the food the moment we are weak after fighting right!" one of the fighting person screamed before charging at the non-combatants.
Damn some of them are crazy. One of them charged at me with anger in their eyes. I side-stepped and tripped him over, causing him painfully on his face. Well not my business so they can continue fighting for all i care. Anyone that attacked me received a painful landing on the cold hard floor.
"ENOUGH!" one of the older one yelled. "Look at all of you! Fighting for food like animals!" he continued. "What we should do we split to food equally among each other even if we have to eat less! Shame on you people!" Many of them stopped fighting and looked down in shame while others glared hard at the old man.
The old man then helped distributed the food equally among each people. "No thanks, i don't need to eat it." i said politely. "You should eat as much as you can now youngster. The coming days are hard." the old man replied with a smile. "My name is Henry. What's yours?" the old man continued. "Uhh my name is Aoi and i really don't need it. You can give it to the kids or something." i advised.
"Well god bless your soul." Henry croaked before walking away. No point using my fake name here do i? Soon, all of us were eating half a loaf of hard bread except me. "The food sucks!" one of the kid complained. "Hoho, it seems like you all shared the food even though there was not enough for all of you." the same soldier from before mused after he walked through the door.
"So who helped to distribute the food equally?" the soldier continued to ask while smiling dangerously. "I just want to reward the person. That's all so own up." "Me!" one of the prisoner shouted out. "Come on out. You are free to go." the soldier said while opening the gate. "So long suckers." the lying man yelled in joy at us before stepping out of the cage. "Free from this place that's it." the soldier continued before taking his sword out of his scabbard and stabbing the man through his heart.
The man fell down while the soldier placed his sword back into his scabbard. Then he left the room. Blood started pooling around the dead body. "Argh!" one of the kid vomited. "We are all going to die!" "Save me anybody!" The crowd started rambling again. I let out a sigh before going to the back corner of the cage and settling down there. "Are you not scared young Aoi?" Henry walked to me and asked. "Not really. It was expected." i replied back to him. "I see...." Henry muttered before going back to trying to calm the others down.
A few hours later, many of them started dozing off after using their energy fighting and shouting. I realized that my ring was not on one of my tail. Fuck, where the fuck did it go. I made sure the ring can never be taken off. 'Ting' 'New skill learned' a voice was heard in my head. A new skill? What is it? "Skills!"
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:Otherworldly KnowledgeIV559.3%Allows user to gain all knowledge from previous life. As skill rank increase, so does the amount of knowledge he gets.
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:External Mana ManipulationV590.0%Allows you to use mana that is around you. As the skill rank increases, so does the amount you can manipulate.
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:Blessing of the CreatorNoneNoneNoneDoes nothing
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:Engine CreationNoneNoneNoneAllows user to create complex engine if there is enough materials.
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:Dimensional SpaceNoneNoneNoneAllows user to open his own personal space in another dimension.
Oh, it seems i somehow absorbed the ring and it became a skill instead of staying as a ring. Sweet. Wonder who owned this ring before me. The ring was empty though so it seemed like no one used it or maybe they emptied it out before throwing it away maybe? Who knows. I fell asleep as well after awhile.
"Wake up! Rise and shine you pathetic animals!" someone was shouting at our cage. "Today's the day where you arrive at our continent animals! Be grateful for even being able to step on our land!" a different solider was ranting on and on while splashing water on the prisoners that were still sleeping. "Everyone stand up and put on the handcuffs before getting out." the solider yelled before throwing a number of handcuffs at us. At first i wanted to make it look like it was locked but not but i decided not to.
Three of the prisoners decided to do that and they headed out of the cage. The soldiers checked and when they found out it was not locked, they took out their sword and slashed at the prisoners that didn't lock it. Looks like i was right on not taking chances. After we were checked and outside of the cage, we were led outside, onto the deck. We were on a carrier. Woah it looks like my previous world aircraft carrier except their is nests and it is not made of steel and instead, hardened wood.
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There was eagles everywhere on their nests on the deck. As we were walking across the deck, many soldiers came to watch us while some of them laughed and mocked at us. W were in a port which meant that we arrived. As we got off the carrier and climb aboard a horse pulled cage. Should i escape now? Not yet since there are too many people right now. I realized that all of the on-lookers as well as the soldiers didn't have any animal ears or tails or even horns. Seems like we really are in a human country.
We were brought through many small cities. Every time when we go through a city, the people would congratulate the soldiers and mock us while throwing trash at us. It took several days on the journey. No one in the group knew where we were being taken to. We reached the largest city we have ever seen which took a week to reach. It seemed like it was the imperial city. There was large walls surrounding the city with visible guards on top. We went through a huge gate that was impressive. The city overall was for more majestic looking than the beast kin imperial city.
We were all taken to the castle and was brought down to the basements which was a prison. "What's going to happen to us?" one of them asked the guard. "Shut up." the guard replied back, not even looking behind at us. "Henry, are you alright?" i asked him since he looked pale and tired. "Just old and tired." he replied back without any energy in his voice.
Soon many guards came into the prison started making us stand in a line and face them. "Start the separation." a high ranking soldier said to the lower rankings. They started separating us into different cages. The old and sick looking ones were taken to another cage while the women and the men were separated as well. "There is a lot of sick ones in this batch sir." "Tch, no matter. More battery for us then." the high ranking soldier grunted before leaving.
Battery? Does this mean the sick and the old were going to be used as energy source for something? Henry was in the sick and old category. The rest were going to be used as slaves i assume. "You there, the one with black hair. Come out!" the soldier ordered. I crawled out of the cage and two soldier, one at each side, dragged me out of the prison and put on handcuffs on me before handing me over to some maids.
The maid looked at me in disgust as i was dirty and smelly from not showering for a long time. I was pulled to a place which seemed to look like the toilet before the maids started taking off my clothes. "He...hey what are you doing!" i shrieked at them. "We are going to clean you obviously. Is all of your people this dumb?" one of the maid scoffed at me. So rude! Damn this people.
After they removed my outfit, they started using buckets of water and started splashing me with cold water while scrubbing me hard with a sponge. After they finished washing me, they put me in a outfit which was a dress that was white which reached down to my knees. My long black hair was wet and uncomfortable as it made the back of my dress all the way to the waist slightly wet.
I was then brought to a large hall which i presumed was the throne room. After i went in, the maid went out and closed the door. There was someone sitting down on the throne. "Come and kneel before me!" the king commanded me in a booming voice. I walked closer to him but i didn't kneel. "Hmm a troublesome one it seems." he muttered before looking down at me. "No matter then. What i want to know is why are you different from the average beast kin?" he questioned me in a commanding voice again. "Well i am only nine years old so how the fuck should i know you failure of life fat fuck!" i screamed at him.
There was no one in the throne room and usually the throne room would be soundproof. I am going to gamble and kill him right here right now because why not? He probably underestimate me since i am a kid. "You sure are rude it seems unique one." he said. "Say goodbye to your life cause i am going to take it!" i shouted at him before charging at him. I plan to take out the energy sword at the last moment but he suddenly disappeared and appeared behind the throne.
"You think i didn't take any precaution? Obviously you are special so one would assume something would be different from the usual beast kin." he mocked me while slowly taking out his sword which glowed out bright golden colour. I will make you submit and break your mind!" he casually said to me before disappearing and appearing in front of me, kicking me in the guts.
i managed to block his kick with my arms but it blew me away about 3 meters away. "Urgh..." i groaned. He is certainly strong but i won't lose! I took out the energy sword and activated it. "You must have some sort of skill that can act as a storage like a storage ring it seems. And i have never seen that kind of sword before. Where did you get it?" he asked me while swinging his sword around him slowly.
"Heh since you are going to die here, i shall tell you the answer. From your mom!" i shouted at him before leaping at him, preparing to slash him. As expected, he tried to use his sword to block but mine cut through his like a hot knife cutting through butter. He noticed something is wrong and immediately teleported away. When he reappeared, he was holding half of the sword.
"Impossible.... This sword is the holy sword that can never be destroyed!" the king yelled while staring at his sword in horror. "Your sword.... i must have it. Give it to me!" the king yelled at me hysterically before teleporting behind me and kicking me from behind. "Gahh!" i cried out as his kick seemed to have gotten stronger. "I will not kill you since you might know where more of this weapon is hidden." the king said. "Shadow Slash!" i cried out before the king could teleport again.
This time i made a stabbing motion instead of a slashing motion and something pierced through his chest. There was smoke coming from the wound with the smell of the familiar burning flesh. "Gyahhh! What is this! Stop it!" the king cried out before casting a spell. "Hellfire Flare!" and in front of the king, a huge black magic circle appeared which then shoot out black flames at me. "Sword Dance!' i immediately countered. Eight multiple sword appeared and formed a shield in front of me by spinning the blades very fast.
The black flames crashed into the blades which was being dispersed into thin air. I was still holding the king in place with the Shadow Slash which i used it as a stab instead. By supplying more mana to the spell, the spell didn't dispersed but continued to have a invisible blade stuck in the king's chest. The clothes he was wearing was starting to burn away near the stab wound while one could see his flesh turning black and crumbling away at the stab wound. The king continued to cry out in pain which then he used another spell. "Perversion of mind!" he cried out which then caused me to get blacked out as he struggled to control my mind.
My subconscious was fighting against the king for the control of my mind. "I won't do that if i were you...." a dark voice has heard in the king's head. "Wh...who are you!" "You are trying to invade my new home and i won't allow that!" the voice yelled with tremendous force in the king's head. "Arghhh!" the king cried out while clutching his head. The Shadow Slash had disperse long ago when i was knocked out. The king had taken that time to use drink a healing potion that didn't do much except regrowing new skin although his internal organ was still burning away.
The king then proceeded to invade deeper into my mind which then he encountered resistance. "You shall die." the dark voice continued as the king experienced a headache which was splitting his head literally. "AHHHHH!" the king gave out a bloodcurdling scream before his head was split into two. "You better buck up my host..........." the dark voice said with his voice getting smaller and smaller until it could not be heard anymore.
"Urgh..shit my head. It fucking hurts..." i groaned as i looked around until the king's body caught my eye. "What the fuck happen to him?" i wondered to myself before getting up and putting back my energy sword back into the dimensional space. Time to get out of here it seems. Now then how should i get out but before that, let's pillage this room! I walked around the room, pocketing anything that seemed to be special or has high value.
I also took the throne and put it inside the dimensional space because why not. After i pillaged the room, i proceeded to open the door that was at the other end of the room. After opening the door, there was a long hallway which then i proceeded to walk down. I came across many doors but i ignored them and continued walking down the hallway. Getting out has higher priority then pillaging or exploring.
I heard footsteps coming from a corner which i was going to turn to. I quickly opened one of the door and hid inside it. I waited for the footsteps to be gone before i sighed in relief. I looked around my surroundings and realized that i was in a someone's private bedroom. As i looked around, i saw a boy around the age of eleven staring at me from his bed.
Probably the king's son or something. I was deciding whether or not to kill him on the spot when he said, "You sure is pretty you know?" "Huh? I am a beast kin you know." i replied back in a ludicrous voice. "Doesn't matter to me what race as long as they are pretty so may i know what are you doing?" he asked politely. "I am escaping from the palace." i answered without any hesitation since i was planning to kill him.
"I know a way out. There is a secret passage that i always use to sneak out of the castle!" he excitedly told me. "Why are you helping me?" i asked since i was unsure whether this was a trap or not. "Because you are pretty!" he answered without even thinking much. Well even if it is a trap, i can escape from it easily as long as it doesn't kill me instantly or something. "Here, under my bed there is a secret passage way all the way to the outside of the castle!" he told me. "Thanks!" i smiled at him before going to the passage.
"Ma..may i know what's your name before you go?" he asked. "It's Aoi." i replied back before heading into the passage. If it was brighter in the room, one could see the prince blushing. "That kid sure is helpful and open minded." i voiced out my thoughts while walking while crouching. Soon, i could see a small trapdoor and i opened it and the smell of fresh air greeted my nose. "Ahhhh.... freedom!" i sighed out.
As i looked around, i was directly outside of the castle wall. What has that boy been doing anyway by going out to town? i wondered to myself as i walked to a more isolated corner before taking out clothes that was in the closet in the throne room. Don't ask me why there is a closet in the throne room. There was clothes of all sizes. I took out a my sized clothes and wore it while trying away the dress i was wearing.
The outfit i was wearing was a gothic lolita dress which was like Rory Mercury outfit from Gate jietai. Why does the king even have this outfit? For his daughter maybe or maybe he is just a pervert. Just as i wore finished, a large alarm was heard from the castle. I guess the king's body has been found. I also took out a dark robe which covered my entire body. I wore it and headed into the city.