The morning sun splashed on the earth, and the cool dew on the blades of grass walked through their short life.

There was a burst of birdsong in the woods, and the birds always got up early. Because the early bird has worms to eat~ But the early worms are eaten by the birds!

But there are people who get up earlier than the birds.

On a busy construction site not far from the forest, countless slaves in tattered clothes and shackles on their feet were already covered in sweat and panting.

These slaves were the ones that the vampires had bought. They were assigned to six construction sites and worked in two shifts around the clock to carry out the heavy lifting.

In a world without large machinery, civil engineering is undoubtedly an extremely labor-intensive task.

These slaves existed as cattle and horses. Carry it by hand, on your shoulder, on your back! That's how they forcibly transported dozens of pounds of stones from a quarry far away, and then put them somewhere according to the instructions.

After a whole night of labor, many slaves were already frivolous and crumbling. Not to mention these slaves who can't eat enough and don't have enough clothes, they are just a strong man, and it is unbearable for him to do such heavy work overnight.

Normally, slave owners would not spoil slaves in such a bad way. Slaves are their assets, and if they are used in this way, they are likely to lose their assets.

But the vampires don't care. They didn't care about the lives of these slaves.

An emaciated teenager clung to a rock, sweat rolling down his cheeks.

His name is Abigai, and when he went to the city with a dream to work hard with several uncles from the same village, hoping to improve his life. They have been deceived and their personal freedom has been controlled. After a dozen days of travel in handcuffs, he was sent to Budapest to become a slave.

His name, Abigai, means "father's pride" in lingua franca. But his father, who used to be an adventurer and was incomparably majestic in his heart, has been dead for many years. At the age of 15, Abiggay, whose father's pride was now shackled and enslaved......

The heavy work of the night, even with the help of the uncle from the same village, still exhausted the fifteen-year-old boy, and Abigai's eyes were already a little blurry, and even the angry scolding of the construction worker was already a little ethereal......

The uncle next to him, who had been taking care of him very much, saw him like this, and hurriedly leaned over and asked with concern, "Little Abigai, are you okay?" ”

Little Abigai barely cheered up and comforted: "No, uncle, I'm fine." As soon as he finished speaking, he fell to the ground with the stone in his arms.

The overseer on the side had already been staring at the two of them, and when he saw such a scene, he walked over directly with a whip.

"What? Lazy in front of me? Cheap slave! I should have given you something awesome! "The overseer with a full face has the intention of killing chickens and monkeys, and he is responsible for the progress of the project. If the progress of the project is slow, then he will face the punishment of those vampires.

He had to squeeze all the slaves out of their strength and make them work hard.

He shook the leather whip in his hand, the dark leather whip, raised high like a poisonous snake spitting out a letter, and then the tip of the whip made a crisp sound in the air, and struck little Abigay the back.

The tattered linen coat on little Abigai's body was torn in half under this violent whiplash.

The 15-year-old boy let out a desperate wail, his whole body straightened, and he almost bounced off the ground. But then fatigue and severe pain struck him down. His eyes went dark and he passed out......

But the overseer did not stop the whip in his hand. Under the wave of the thick arm, the swarthy whip whipped the boy one after another!

"Damn maggots! You get up for me! If you want to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, I'll let you really die! ”

"Please, don't fight! He's just a kid! The uncle on the side pounced on little Abigai while begging for mercy and blocked him a few times.

The meaty-faced overseer gave him a few more hard strokes before he put away his whip. He glanced viciously at the slaves around him and shouted, "Listen to me, you maggots!" If there are any more lazy people, I will hang you on this pole and beat you to death! ”

Seeing that the slaves around him turned their heads and did not dare to look at him, the overseer stepped aside contentedly. Sit in your chair and continue to monitor the work of the slaves.

The slaves around them continued their work with anger while worrying about their unpredictable future.

It's not that they haven't resisted, but the slave catchers in Budapest are too experienced in these things!

Every rebellion ended in failure, and there would be those who took the lead and were brutally killed in front of everyone. They would even deliberately show their flaws to lure the slaves into rebellion. Then, they were suppressed and their confidence was severely attacked. After a few times, the slaves did not dare to resist.

And when you have been a slave for a long time, you will no longer want to rebel, and you will even feel honored because you have been praised by your master. From then on, he existed as a slave for generations......

If a person loses his free will, then he ceases to be a complete person.

That night, little Abigai developed a high fever. The hardships along the way had worn down his immature body, and the heavy labor overnight had drained him of his last physical strength.

And the last whip of the vicious overseer beat his entire back to the point that his skin was fleshy and bloody! This became the straw that broke the camel's back.

Little Abigay collapsed in a thatched slave camp, covered with his tattered blood-stained linen coat......

The slave camp was improvised with high mud walls, unventilated and overcrowded cells, and large heavy and dark locks...... In this way, the shackled slaves were firmly controlled.

And on the wooden poles outside the camp, several corpses were hanging. Those were slaves who tried to escape and were caught. When they were killed, they were hung on wooden poles as an example......

Throughout the night, little Abigai was left unattended in a slave camp. He had been in a coma all day, without medicine or water. The uncle who is with him now has been forced to work on the construction site. Little Abigai, who was half-dead, was left in the camp to die......

If he survives, he will continue to work the next day. If he died, his body would be thrown on a cart and dragged out of the city to be hastily buried.

The uncle, who was rushed to the construction site by the overseer with a whip at night, shed a few tears. According to his experience, little Abigai, who didn't wake up all day and is still in a coma and has a fever, may not be able to survive......

Little Abigay walked on the rugged mountain road in a daze. All around was a dark, silent wilderness. He didn't know where he wanted to go, and he didn't know where it was. He just went forward in a trance.

Suddenly, he saw a little fire on the road ahead. His spirits were a little uplifted, he was a little sober.

When he walked over to the fire, he saw that it was a burning fire. And next to the fire sat a man with his back to him.

When he stepped forward, he found that it was his father, who had been dead for many years!

His father was not the weakened state he remembered after his illness, but a state of strength and confidence that he had never seen before. My father was dressed in mottled leather armor, and his great sword was sharpened.

"Father?" Little Abigai was a little surprised, a little confused.

But the father smiled and said, "Little Abigai, my son." There you are? Father pulled little Abigay to sit down.

Father and son sat by the fire, silent for a while.

Finally the father spoke, "My son, how did you get here?" ”

Little Abigai stared at the flames and said, "I'm on a rough mountain road, and I've been walking, and I've been walking. And then I came here. ”

The father was silent for a while, touched his head, and said, "You shouldn't have come yet...... Remember what I told you? ”

Little Abigai looked at his father, "Yes...... Dare to pursue? ”

"Yes!" The father smiled, "That's right! Don't forget to be courageous. ”

At the beginning, it was because of his father's teaching that little Abigai had the courage to leave the small village where he had lived for more than ten years and wanted to see the outside world......

Little Abigai was silent for a while, and asked, "Father, has it always been so dark here?" ”

Father nodded, "Yes, it's been so dark all along. ”

Little Abigai lowered his head, and after a while he asked again, "Father, will it be the same here from now on, will it always be so dark?" ”

The father touched his head again and said earnestly, "My son, no! It's not going to be dark forever. Look, what's over there? ”

Little Abigay looked in the direction of her father's finger, and there was the east, and the fiery sun was peeking out of the rugged mountains! The golden sunlight sprinkled on little Abigai's body, dispelling the boundless darkness!

Little Abigay was stunned for a moment, his eyes widened and he stared at the fiery sun, even if he wept.

The father patted him on the shoulder, "Go ahead, my son." Go after your light. ”

Little Abigai's ears suddenly heard a noisy shout of killing, and he woke up suddenly! It was still surrounded by the ragged, thatched slave cell......

His high fever had subsided, and he survived.

At this time, to the east of the slave camp, there was a shout of killing!

At this time, Charlotte had already stormed this slave camp with his men!