Chapter 4: A meal at a Celestial Dragon Palace

The rats wandered among the human bones that are in the ground, from time to time they attack the injured humans in the place if he cannot defend himself, the rats will start eating him while he is alive,

The rats in this place were wild and hungry and their main food was humans, there was a death at least daily among the ranks of slaves,

In winter, the death toll rises and can reach up to 10 people a day, and the people in charge of monitoring the slaves don't care much about it because the people in this world are spread everywhere and they can bring more slaves anytime they want.

One of the rats approached a hanging little boy with blood oozing from every part of him, it was Arthur and he was whipped so badly that new wounds filled his body, 

The old wounds that had not yet healed opened up, causing his body to become in a disastrous state.

The inventory arrived next to Arthur's foot and with the intention of taking a bite of this meaty meal in front of him, 

But suddenly a white light shone from Arthur's body, making the rat run away in a panic after sensing the danger, the light was not very bright but completely surrounded his body,

The light made all the rats in the room run away, which made the hanging prisoners feel strange about what have happened, but they could not see the light surrounding Arthur.

The light continued to radiate for about a quarter of an hour before it disappeared, and then with blurry glances Arthur opened his eyes.

"I'm back to this place again" Arthur looked around and found himself in the same room where he was imprisoned on his first day, but this time the pain he felt was less than the previous time.

As usual one of the guards came and led Arthur towards the usual quarry, Arthur took the shovel and started working.

"I thought I was going to have excruciating pain, but it went really well. I feel my body is lighter than usual. it makes me think my wounds are gone."

"Wait a minute, where's my surgeon?!" Arthur threw down the shovel and began to look at his hands and touch his back, the wounds disappeared,

Or more precisely it healed, although it left a visible trace, the pain from it became significantly lighter.

"What happened to me?" No matter how Arthur thought about it, he could not find anything logical to justify what happened to him. 

Slash !

"Get back to work" a strong blow with the whip cut the rope of Arthur's thoughts and brought him back to reality, he picked up his shovel and went back to work.

...

[A week later ]

Arthur sat down and held a piece of black bread in his hand, he began to get used to living in this place, although he began to lose his luster and the light color of his skin, which became yellowish-black due to lack of food and a lot of work.

"This is wonderful, Arthur, you have healed all your wounds, are you one of those people who have great endurance, I saw one of them when I was in my village, he was a pirate who was hit by 7 shots, but nevertheless he stood still and fought 3 guys from the Marines equally, he was great, I wish I was like him."

Rick sat next to Arthur and in his hand was also a piece of bread.

"Yes, something like that," Arthur answered, chewing on a hard piece of bread, he himself does not know how his wounds healed so quickly.

The relationship between him and Rick has deepened over these two weeks and they have become close friends.

"Hmmm what is this" next to the cell door stands a group of Knights whose shining golden armor was something unusual in this place, because these are the guards of the internal department.

The slave cells are divided into three large sections:

The first section contains slaves assigned to hard work such as construction and quarry work, their section is located a few hundred meters outside Mary Geoise.

The second section contains the personal slaves of the Celestial Dragons, so that any Celestial Dragon who owns slaves puts them in this place, which is similar to the pet section, the treatment there is a little lighter than here, as they eat a little decent food, but nevertheless the daily torture they are subjected to by their owners is unbearable.

The third and final section is where the warrior slaves are placed, their only task is to fight to the death in the Colosseum-like arenas, their fights are considered a recreational activity for the Celestial Dragons of Mary Geoise.

These Knights are the people assigned to monitor the slaves in the second section,

The door opened and 3 Knights accompanied by several guards entered, their golden armor made the few rays of light in the room reflect through it.

One of the Knights stepped forward and began to inspect the slaves one by one, when he arrived towards the crazy old man who had mocked Arthur on his first day in the dungeon he stopped and looked at him intently,

"Take this," the Knight pointed to the guards of the place and then they pulled the old man, the old man remained silent and did not ask Where to take him, he is aware that he will take a lot of beating if he bothers them in any way.

The Knight continued to wander among the slaves, until he arrived in front of Arthur, pausing for a short moment before returning to the cell door,

"Take these two boys too," the Knight signaled to the guards to take Arthur and Rick.

'I don't think any good will come of this" Arthur realized that what will happen next will never be a good thing, 

These people will not suddenly have tender hearts to sympathize with an old man and two young children.

...

In the middle of a vast room, there was a large table surrounded by several chairs and some people were sitting on it, the number of people in the room was 13 person,

Arthur was among them, he was sitting quietly, every now and then he would start turning his head and checking his surroundings, the room was very white and incredibly clean,

There were some vases on their sides while two guards stood in front of the door leading outside.

They put an explosive collar around their necks and put them in this room,

The Hoops were programmed to explode in case the detonation button was pressed, which is owned by the owner of this place,

So all the slaves present sat very submissively.

After Arthur finished checking his surroundings, he began to look at the people sitting with him in the room, there were 13 people, including him, Rick and the old man who was with them in the cell,

While the other 10 people were of different races, there were 2 yujins, one of them was similar to a shark,

His huge body and wide mouth full of sharp and large teeth made him possess a fierce appearance.

The other yujin looked like a sardine, his appearance was goofy and he didn't look as fierce as the other yujin.

The other people were normal humans, but one of them had two of his hand's elbows, which made them tall, close to the ground.

Although he has a very human appearance, his long arms made him look strange.

All those present sat in eerie silence, none of them dared to speak even the fiercest one among them did not move a finger,

They are in the House of a Celestial Dragon, and anyone who does something that upsets him is doomed only to torture to death.

TOOT! TOOT! TOOT!

The annoying sound of horns made everyone pay attention to the big door in the room, then a group of maids entered carrying several silver dishes,

The maids kept coming until Arthur thought there was no end to them, but in the end they all left, leaving a table full of all kinds of delicacies,

The food on the table made everyone present salivate, the meat of sea monsters, beef, fish meat, all kinds of fruits,

It was a very tempting table for these slaves, but none of them dared to extend his hand.

"You can eat" were the words of the guard at the door like a starting whistle, the slaves began to eat very greedily, Arthur crammed anything he could eat,

Tears were filling his face, a meal with such a delicacy he considers Bliss to be enjoyed,

But his tears were not the product of happiness, but of sadness.he realized that what awaits him is something dark. there is no person in the world who gives something for free.

...

In one of the rooms sat a man dressed like an astronaut costume, his hair was silver in color and his eyes were sky blue,

His face was handsome and did not possess those usual idiotic expressions possessed by Celestial Dragons.

"Enjoy your meal because it may be the last thing you will eat."

In front of him there is a large Den Den Mushi screen showing slaves greedily eating the food offered to them.