2 So cute!?

In a cold cellar in a dungeon deep below ground level, rested a thin boy. With his easily recognizable ears and tail, he is identified to be a lycanthrope.

"Get out" A soldier wearing full plate armor ordered, while unlocking the cellar gate.

With heavy footsteps the boy stood up and left the cellar, obediently following the soldier out of the dungeon. The dungeon reeked of blood, it is normal for the imprisoned to be subjected to the wrath of the wardens.

Lance squinted his clear green eyes as the afternoon sun glared at him, his eyes had a golden hue around its pupils. One would say it is a pretty characteristic, but Lance did not think that way. All his buyers initially bought him because of his appearance, only to sell him away after they got bored of their new toy.

This is his third time being released from the dungeon. The first time only lasted two days in the cellar, then five days. He is being released after ten days this time around. He had an owner, who swore to sell him next time she sees him.

He watched as the soldier led him to an obese woman, seemingly in her forties. She shot a disdainful look at him before pulling the chains attached to him.

"You better look appealing, I want to get more out of your initial worth" she ordered. This is normal for people like them. They would buy an item, and later auction it so that they could earn more than what they have paid for.

"Yes ma'am" Lance replied, without a hint of emotion.

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"Welcome everybody! We are all busy people, so without further ado, let me introduce to you our delicate lycanthrope hybrid!" The auctioneer spoke with great enthusiasm, with a voice that could make a pebble into a legendary jewelry.

"This lycanthrope pub is 10 years old! A rare hybrid between a high elf and lycanthrope! He boasts great potential as one could expect from his bloodline! The Magic Potential System estimated his ability to be at the tier Gold! Don't miss out on this fabulous opportunity! The starting bid is 10 silvers with minimum increment of 1 silver!"

"11 silver!"

"12 silver."

"13 silver! He will make the perfect pet!"

The crowd fervently shouted out their bids, in the Kingdom of Argot, everyone boasts of their wealth, which symbolized power.

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A party of four were marching along the widest street in Night Fate City. This was their first time in a city, after everyone in the party broke Lv10 they were permitted entrance.

"Man the entrance fee was so expensive! It cost 77 bronze!" A young teen wearing a smooth blue robe complained.

"You should be thanking me that we got discount, if it weren't for me persuading the guard, you would have had to pay 100 bronze!" A tall girl with a glasses rebutted.

"Heheh thanks Momo, if the guard didn't take interest and ogled you with his gaze, we really would have had financial trouble" The girl walking to the far right responded.

"Jessica!!! Don't talk about that!!" Momo made a puking motion, while her face turned pale. The guard immediately got attracted to her the moment she got near the city gate. She added the guard as friend to get the discount. She blacklisted the name immediately after entering the city.

As they walked while enjoying the city view, they heard a lively voice of a merchant, or so they thought.

"I wonder what he is selling?" Jessica wondered,

"Ryu, go have a look!" Momo ordered. As the tanker and the only boy in the team, Ryu was often used to running errands. He swiftly went ahead to see what was happening.

"Momo! Jessica! Shizuka! Come here quickly!" Ryu shouted from a distance.

The trio of girls went over to Ryu, discovering a slave market.

"This game allows slavery!? How dare they!!" Jessica fumed with clenched fists.

"It seems to be a normal event, seeing as they could hold a slave auction in the public" Ryu was likewise very angry, however he analyzed that it would be difficult to condemn the auctioneer.

"....." Shizuka agreed.

"We are going to take that cute wolf away form here, even if means killing in the city" A chilling cold aura almost visible to one's eye shrouded Momo, making it difficult for her team members to breathe.

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Lance was used to this. He would get bought by a rich lady, chained and raised like a pet, then whenever he escapes, he is sent to the dungeon before being sold off.

'I wonder how father is doing... He must be worried about me,,' Lance forced himself to not cry, as crying would only make these people enjoy the show more.

As Lance was wondering who his new owner would be, a sudden figure dashed and arrived in front of him.

"Wow! He is even more gorgeous than I thought! Cute little pub, you are coming with me!" Jessica's eyes sparkled while seeing the wolf boy up close.

"Thief! Guards! Catch her!!" Auctioneer shouted immediately when he saw her approach his goods.

[Author System] Activate! Basic Strike!

Jessica was a warrior class, and displayed her most powerful skill. The attack caused -100 sign to appear on top of the auctioneer, who got knocked back afterwards.

"wowee his defense is so strong!" Jessica checked his status.

[NPC] Slave Auctioneer Jeffrey Lv. 42

39900/40000 HP

After seeing his status, Jessica felt helpless as she cut off the chains bounding Lance, and immediately ran off with Lance in tow.

While she ran with all her might, Ryu used [Provoke] on the approaching guards, preventing them from chasing after Jessica. Shizuka silently cast [Tasty Freezie] which is a control skill used to freeze opponent's movements. After Jessica and Lance disappeared from their view, Momo used [Divine Protection] on her team mates and ran away.

The guards moved in groups of threes, searching every nook and cranny for any signs of those criminal players, however they found nothing in the end.

"Sigh, that was close one. Those guards are at least as strong as that slave auctioneer, if we got caught who knows what will happen to us?" Ryu lay on the floor, exhausted from all the running.

The game was very realistic in this sense, one's stamina could only be developed either by leveling up and increasing one's [Strength] attribute, or by continuously training and slowly increasing it.

"Thanks for saving me, benefactors" Lance spoke out at this moment, expressing his gratitude. He did not know why these people saved him, but at least he is free from the dreadful auction now.

"Don't worry about it~~ You are just SO CUTE!!" Jessica hugged Lance tightly, suffocating the poor boy.

"Tone it down, will you? you are going to traumatize the kid" Momo felt jealous, she wanted to hug Lance too.

"Let's start with our introduction, I am Momo, the cleric of this team. That is Ryu, the tanker, Magician Shizuka, and lastly warrior Jessica" Momo pointed at each of her team mates, explaining their roles and names.

"Nice to meet you, I am Lance, hybrid of lycanthrope and high elf" Lance spoke honestly, no matter what others said, he was proud of his bloodline.

"Oh wow! Isn't that really rare?" Jessica looked at Momo expectantly.

"Yeah, elves seeks purity over anything so he is a really rare case" Momo replied, while pushing her glasses upwards.

"Well rarity aside, let's go find a place to stay and eat, I am famished" Ryu interjected.

",,,, me too" Shizuka whispered, so quietly that it almost seemed like she was muttering to herself.

"There is a nice inn just to the right, Allow me to show you!" Lance got up in a huff, quickly leaving the building to lead them.

"Hey, wait up!" The boy and girls followed after Lance.