Chapter 8: The Prison Scene
"Silly big man, you can't touch me!"
Flotra grinned and stuck out her tongue mischievously, and the orc's arm was under my grip.
"How is this possible?"
The orc didn't expect an ordinary-looking Brighton man to have arms comparable to his.
"No wonder you dare to provoke me, it turns out that you are very confident in your own strength," the orc withdrew his arm in shock, then ripped off the leather coat he was wearing and threw it on the ground to raise a cloud of dust, revealing rough hair and swollen chest muscles, "but you can't win me, and you will pay the price of blood for your provocation!" ”
At this time, I secretly touched the razor in the palm of my hand, stared coldly at the artery in the neck of the orc, and did not say anything.
The battle is on the verge of breaking out.
"Wait, Pokur."
The tense scene is broken by a sudden accident. It was Uratin who rushed over, and he stopped the orcs who were about to move, and I temporarily restrained my killing intent when I saw this.
"What's the matter, Uratzen? You've disturbed my interest! ”
"This newcomer is of great value, and His Royal Highness has high hopes for him."
"His Royal Highness?" After hearing this title, Pokur, who was eyeing me aggressively, forcibly calmed down, "Lucky for you, get out of the place I can't see and stay." Don't rejoice too soon, we still have an unsettled account between us! ”。
"Thanks for the reminder. I hope you don't take your temper out on irrelevant people, it will make you look like you're not planted," I put my right hand on the shoulder of a new prisoner on my right, who was trembling at my conflict with Pokur.
Hearing the disdainful snort coming from Pokul's side, I smiled indifferently and pulled Flotra out of the so-called "rookie reprimand room".
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"That is, there are no separate cells or beds available, and we have to take care of everything ourselves?"
"Yes. It claims to be a prison, but it's actually just a mine with a locked gate. Most of the time the guards will only remember to provide us with food so that we have the strength to mine ore. As for what we wear and sleep, they don't ask. ”
Uratzen just helped me out. While I don't think I'm going to be down in the dark when it comes to fighting Pokur, it's always nice to get into less trouble - the High Elf mage I killed the other day has taught me enough lessons, and this orc clearly has a backstage.
"Who was the 'King' you just mentioned?"
"The leader of the Oathbreakers, Mednachi, known as the 'Ragged King.'"
"Oh, that title sounds even more sleek than the lord's name." Noticing that Uratzen's tone and expression were very respectful, I continued to ask, "Is he the man behind this prison?" ”
"That's right, the beast you met today, Pokur, is the king's right-hand man. I know that a simple-minded orc with well-developed limbs will be overwhelmed by a mage's IQ, but if you get into a fight with Pokur, the whole pit will be against you. ”
I shrugged helplessly, "But it seems to have gotten stiff now." ”
"It's fine." Uratin comforted me and shook out an important message to me, "I have just sent a note to His Royal Highness, and I will take you to him tomorrow morning." ”
"Oh? Thank you so much! "The thought of meeting the ragged king, the leader of the oathbreakers, the ruler of the shadows in the mines of Hidana, immediately aroused my interest, "What shall I do when I meet him?" ”
"You just need to prove that you can play a bigger and more critical role than to use death to quell Pokur's anger."
"A bigger and more critical role? Like what? ”
"For example, if you refine Scuma from Moon Sugar, His Royal Highness will definitely praise your craftsmanship."
Well, I thought it was a technical issue in terms of improving the yield and quality of ore.
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The enclosed pit does not see the light of day, so it is impossible to determine exactly the exact moment, but time means nothing to the prisoners here. As the prisoners had dug up enough ore to finish the day's hard work, the room where Uratin was located was about to become overcrowded. So I took Flotra around the underground tunnels, and finally found a slightly quieter hollow.
A few eyes were on us who had just arrived, or more precisely, on Flotra. Some are doubtful, some are novel, and some are ...... It is undisguised malice.
I covered Flotra's eyes again, before she could look in that direction.
A lame, dirty man, staring straight at Flotra, even taking off his tattered pants and playing with his thing in front of us.
“Yol! …… Toor!! ”
Out of a strong sense of disgust, I couldn't help but shout an extra syllable.
Under the punishment of the flames, every hair on the other party's body was not spared, and the dirty man slapped the burnt hair with one hand, and covered the burning crotch with the other, and fled out of my sight in a panic, and his ugliness was revealed.
"Get out of the way I can't see and stay there." The words of the beast Pokul were conveyed to him by me as they were.
"New here? You're arrogant. "A bystander prisoner expressed his displeasure with my actions and words.
"That's because I have arrogant capital." I led Flotra to a clean clearing and sat down, and replied to the man.
"Yo, then how did our arrogant mage be imprisoned?"
This guy has a prickly tone in his words, which makes people uncomfortable to listen to. Forget it, I'm here to find a place to rest, not to entangle with these little gangsters endlessly. As long as you don't touch my bottom line, whatever he says, I don't have much anger in my heart to vent.
"That's because the people who brought me in were even more arrogant than I was."
"Hehe, Silverblood, these damn bastards ......," the prisoner chattered to vent his frustration with the Silverbloods, but the specifics of the words made me laugh, "They can snatch property from anyone at will, but they don't allow us to steal a single thing from them!" ”
A stupid thief, there is no need to communicate. I turned to look at the prisoner who was staring at us on the other side, "What crime did you come in?" ”
"Some people say I'm an oathbreaker."
Well, as soon as you hear it, you can understand that the method of planting blame and deducting hats is cliché but effective.
"So you're on your back?"
"Yes, I slept all night that night when I was drunk, and I still don't even know who died!" Talking about his unjust imprisonment, the prisoner complained indignantly, "Damn the Nords! ”
"How many times have you said that? Even if you weren't an oathbreaker, aren't you now among us? The other prisoner must have been tired of interrupting his nagging.
"And how did you get in?" I asked another prisoner who had just spoken.
"Unlike him, I'm a true acumber. An operation failed seven years ago, but Silverblood couldn't afford to kill a sturdy laborer, so I was caught here and mined for them. ”
"Digging for seven years...... What do you think? ”
"If I can regain my freedom one day, I'll kill a few more Nords!"
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"The conditions are really simple, so let's just go to sleep."
"Hmm."
I took off my sackcloth prison clothes and carefully measured them to determine how I would sleep at night. Unfortunately, unless it is completely torn from the middle, it is impossible to create a properly sized floor.
So I sat in the corner, and Flotra curled up in my arms, sleeping peacefully.
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