"Did you surrender?" said Angus while pointing his finger at the person in front of him.
"*Cough* Y-Yes." replied the person while in haggard condition.
Hearing this, Angus pulls out his finger and goes out of the arena to collect his compensation. Few days have passed since the tournament started. Now, it is the last day for the preliminary stage.
During the past few days, Angus and Jayna constantly get challenged by various kinds of people. But, none of these people were part of the hired mercenary that challenged Angus before. All of them are participants in the tournament.
Since they are participants in the tournament, Angus and Jayna decide to give them a chance to surrender. Otherwise, they will not give them any mercy.
Some of the participants are quite strong and have an excellent battle sense that both of them need a little bit of effort to defeat them. Jayna even needs to use [Unbreakable Shield] once to defend against her opponent's attack.
This also gives Jayna valuable battle experience. As for Angus, although he couldn't fight using his full power, he could still enjoy the battle. After defeating his last opponent, Angus managed to secure his place among the top eight.
Seeing that Jayna is also finished with her battle, Angus approaches her to get out of the arena. After a while, they could get out of the arena without hassle with a few Sur villagers that act as guards.
Since Angus and Jayna already revealed that they are part of the Sur village, Clan Head Jade decides to give them some guard to protect them in case the other villages plan to do something.
Currently, the clan head Jade himself is very busy. He found that the other villages were too quiet in the last days and decided to keep vigilance over everything. His instinct as the Sur village leader for years warns him that they must be plotting something.
Because of this, Clan Head Jade became very busy for the last few days. He needs to supervise many important transactions with various parties in the ancestral ruin.
Getting out of the arena, Angus and Jayna decide to do another window shopping with their harvest from the arena. As they search for interesting stuff, Angus finds a familiar presence nearby.
Curious about this person's location, Angus decides to drag Jayna along with the guard towards the person's place. After a while, Angu, Jayna, and the guard found Isvel in a secluded spot using a binocular with drooling coming from his face.
"Woo.. Yes, take that towel off, baby." said Isvel
Seeing that Isvel did not notice their arrival, "Cousin Isvel, what are you doing here?" asked Angus
Surprised by Angus's call, "Hicc.. A-Angus.. Why are you here? Hahaha.." as Isvel hid his binoculars.
Feeling that there is something wrong with Isvel's reaction, Jayna immediately snatches the binocular before Isvel notices.
"Ehh.. Lady Jayna, what are you.." before Isvel finished his sentence, Jayna using the binoculars to look at the previous spot Isvel saw.
Then, Jayna immediately found a group of women taking a bath in an enclosed public bath. But, she could see in clear view from this spot. Looking at this, Jayna immediately flares up her fire mana while Isvel is getting sweating.
"Jayna, what do you see?" asked Angus, still confused about the other two people.
Before Angus could take a look at Jayna's view direction, "Don't you dare look at that way!!" said Jayna in a deep voice while melting the binoculars.
"Ahh.. My precious binoculars.." said Isvel at this time.
Hearing this, Jayna suddenly throws a fire punch towards Isvel, "Die!! you pervert!!" *BAM*
Isvel immediately flew away towards the enclosed public bath and crashed into it. Then, a series of woman screams and hitting sounds came from it.
All this time, Angus could only smile awkwardly towards his girlfriend's behavior while the guard chose to be silent and pretend not to say anything.
"Hmph.. Angus, you do not see anything in that direction, right?" asked Jayna while glaring at Angus.
"Ehh.. N-No, I don't see anything." replied Angus in a hurry.
'Actually, I already know that there is a women's public bath that way. But, she didn't need to know that.' thought Angus inwardly.
"You are not lying, right?" asked Jayna again.
"N-No.. Of course not. Anyway, let's go back now. This place is quite far from our camp." said Angus.
"Alright, Let's go. Oh yeah, how is Isvel doing?" said Jayna.
"Ohh.. he got beaten up by some wome... " as Angus stops his sentence and realizes what he just said.
"I see.. beaten up by who??" asked Jayna in a cold tone.
"N-No, Jayna. You know it's my skill. I couldn't help but know about that. Besides, you are definitely better than them." replied Angus in a cold tone.
Hearing this, Jayna immediately blushed and said, "Pervert!!" while trying to cover her body.
Jayna looks at Angus while blushing, "It's only you. If it's only you, It's okay." said Jayna with a lower voice, but Angus also hears it with his sharp perception.
Angus immediately hugged her, "Jayna, for me, you are the most beautiful person. You are mine, and I am yours." said Angus, whispering near Jayna's ear, making her blushed more.
Finally, they decide to go back from this secluded place. On the way, Angus and Jayna see a few shops with enclosed tents behind their stall. However, their stall didn't show any merchandise, and only a word called the slave.
The tent behind the stall was also enclosed without any way to see through them. However, Angus and Jayna could feel that there is a lot of life presence inside the tent. According to the guard that accompanied them, this is the place where slave traders sell slaves.
Be it in Firuman or this dimension. Some people even trade things such as slaves. Although it is ethically wrong to trade life being, this is also one of the most significant sectors for the economy.
Moreover, with the help of a contract, people could get a loyal slave that would do anything for their master without being afraid of betrayal.
The Heart kingdom itself also does not forbid this kind of trade. However, they still place heavy regulations on this trade.
Based on the rumor they heard, people that couldn't pay the compensation in the battlefield arena for losing will eventually get sold as slaves in the end. Because of this, slave traders are also kind of normal in this place.
Unlike the Heart Kingdom, which has heavy restrictions in slave trading, this place is quite insidious since there is no regulation about their slave source.
Most of the slaves here are from the debt called debt slaves. But they also come from the kidnapped people that are being enslaved forcefully. This kind of practice often happens in lawless places like Endless Battlefield dimension.
Because of this, only people that will buy slaves come to this area. Otherwise, most people will try to avoid this area in fear of getting kidnapped and enslaved. Some people said that getting enslaved is worse than being dead.
While Angus and Jayna are walking away from this place, they suddenly hear a faint voice from one of the slave trader tents.
'Why.. Why.. Why..' the whispering sound feels like the whimpering of a wounded animal.
Angus and Jayna immediately look at each other before Jayna could say anything, "No.. It's not our business." said Angus coldly.
At the moment, Angus and Jayna hear the soft whisper that few of their ancient powers are active on their own. They could listen to this soft dreadful whisper because of their ancient power.
But, they didn't expect that the most mysterious and dangerous ancient power would also be active. One of them is called [Light Bringer] from the Ancient king of light.
A power to control light and darkness. One of the most difficult powers to use among the ancient powers Angus and Jayna receive.
The ancient king of light that gives them this power has never taken an heir candidate before. It's because most of the people could never even use the basic skill of his Ancient Power.
Still, with the blessing of this ancient king, Angus and Jayna are also sensitive towards the light and darkness elements. Currently, they feel a thick dark element from one of the slave trader tents along with the dreadful whisper.
This shows that there is a person inside that tent that could use a very dark element. The dark element is so strong that it is almost on par with Mundus, the strongest dark elemental creature in the world.
If they do not feel Draven staying hidden in Angus's shadow, both of them already thought that Draven is going rampage at that location.
Besides the [Light Bringer], another ancient power called [Allegiance] from the Ancient King of monsters or Queen of the beast also activated.
This is the sole reason why Angus is reluctant to visit the store. Not because he is afraid of the slave trader, but because of the trouble from this dark elemental person.
The person with the thick dark elemental has a similar mind to a monster. If Angus and Jayna didn't have [Allegiance], a power to connect with the monster, they might never know the state of this person.