1134 Midnight Bay
Thunk! Thunk!
Thunk!
"Faster! Faster! Faster!"
Whip—!
"Ssssss…."
Slaves sc.r.a.ped the ground away with their shovels as the burning sensation from lashes increased their thirst for revenge. Working hard under the scorching crimson moonlight, the slaves knew not to complain and work until their bodies gave out. Rows and rows of thin and sickly slaves bound by heavy chains shoveled the ground by a large lake, administered by men in white uniforms. A tranquil lake nestled between tall limestone mountains was being disturbed by the constant digging and shoveling at the sh.o.r.e by thousands of slaves.
There were no cries, only gasps of agony and tears of grief. Amidst the thunking, clunking sound, a tall raven-haired man on a horseback slowly moved past the slaves, patrolling and ensuring no one slacked. His amethyst purple eyes glimmered with cruelty as he searched for a slacking slave that could be sentenced to a serious death. Watching the man from a distance were three figures, them being Lith and the two ladies of the Qing Mei Sect.
In a secluded cave within a limestone mountain, Lith was perched atop a protruding rock and watching the chaotic tranquil scenery.
This was the Midnight Bay. A secluded area in the Midnight Bay that only the Asuras knew of.
They had a lot of slaves here to dig out rare ores and minerals. At times there were also magic stones and precious metals that came out from the sh.o.r.e. The Midnight Bay was under the Evure G.o.d Clan"s territory and as those folks did not lack anything, these resources were trivial for them. They had not realized the geographical significance of this world, and the second young master of the Asuras was trying to exploit it. Lysander was being cautious and not making any noise to alert the Evures. He had faith that there weren"t any guards protecting this world, but he was still playing safe because one could never underestimate the Evures. Lysander"s pristine white horse trotted its way around the slaves and stopped only when the man pulled its reins. Lysander found a peculiar sickly slave shoveling at the sh.o.r.e. The boy was thin to the point where he couldn"t hold the shovel properly. He seemed to have no strength to remove even an inch of soil. Lysander walked around the half naked, scrawny boy, and wrapped his arms around his shoulders like a snake slithering around a branch. He bent down to meet his level and smiled. "Someone seems to be slacking…"
The boy heard the devil"s whisper and felt a chill down his spine. In his fear, he dropped the shovel and made Lysander further ecstatic. The boy knew it was over. He was doomed. He shouldn"t have dropped the shovel. With clambering teeth, he looked around, hoping to find something or someone who could help him get out of this predicament. Alas, the boy could not find anyone and had his eyes slowly turn lifeless. "Kukuku… I haven"t even done anything and you"re showing me that reaction." Lysander cackled. "Not that I hate it…"
The slaves nearby cowered in fear and furiously shoveled, trying not to get the attention onto them and to avoid Lysander"s ire. "A cla.s.sic villain trope…"
Lith thought as he watched Lysander hara.s.s a harmless slave. "Do you know what your mistake was?" Lysander whispered like a devil in the slave"s ears. The slave shivered and didn"t answer. Lysander chuckled and ran his finger down the sunken cheeks of the slave"s face. "It"s that you were born on this planet and met me."
POP—!
Like a balloon, the harmless slave"s body popped and exploded, splattering its bones, blood, flesh, and organs onto the people nearby. There was no pain. No despair. It was a swift and quick death for him. Lysander licked the splattered blood on his lips and wiped his soiled face with a clean cloth. He then threw the dirty cloth on a nearby slave"s face and went back on his horse, surveying the surroundings. "The weak must be weeded out. If you find any near you, inform us, and we will reward you." Lysander shouted. "Oh wow, how original." Lith scratched his chin and thought.
Lysander went on to cause more trouble for the slaves and after being bored, went to his camp that was placed at the base of a lush green limestone mountain. Lith stopped looking outside and turned to the ladies near him. "Did you two see it?"
w.a.n.g Wei and Qingshan nodded their heads. "He"s a real p.r.i.c.k, young master." w.a.n.g Wei felt her blood boil when she saw how the innocent were slaughtered. "That"s just how the youngsters of the big clans are. It"s a cruel world." The sect master of Qing Mei Sect, Qingshan, said with a hint of sadness. "The strong devours the weak. That"s just how it is." Lith said with pity and shook his head. Even if he wanted to, he couldn"t help that slave. He was in hot waters right now and causing any ripple would be hazardous to the future plans. All steps from here onwards had to be taken cautiously. This place was of great strategic importance and losing it was not an option. Helping the slave would have resulted in good karma, but Lith would end up messing up all plans if he was helped. Currently, the halo on his head had almost vanished. It was thinned out quite a lot after he fixed the issues in his home world. There shouldn"t be any oddities that should arise like the ink death. As long as he was cautious and played safe, the plan would safely be executed. "Qingshan, are you ready?" Lith asked the lady. Qingshan nodded her head, clasped her hands, and said, "Yes, young master."
Lith turned to look at w.a.n.g Wei. She didn"t need to be asked. She bowed and gave the same statement as Qingshan. "Good. Let me brief you about the plan once again." Lith said to the two. The three sat down in a circle and went through the plan once again. From the start, Lith had an idea of how the Midnight Bay was. He had sent the spies of the Qing Mei Sect to look around, and they had done a good job in providing a proper map. Add to that, the Asura lady had given him a lot of information on the secret base. One important thing about the secret bases around Shen Ze that the Asura held was that they looked like a copy of the place they had a gate to. Like the Midnight Bay"s base looked exactly like one of the Midnight Bay"s important areas.
There was a pier surrounded by barren mountains in one of Midnight Bay"s important places. It was controlled completely by the Evure G.o.d Clan. Midnight Bay as a world did not have a lot of proper terrain to reside upon. It was mostly tall mountains or canyons with them being either barren, sandy, or completely made of limestone. Only at certain intervals did they have proper rainforest type mountains which were somewhat habitable. Every piece of land was surrounded by sea and there were so many islands that neither the Evure G.o.d Clan nor the Asura G.o.d Clan kept a count of. The areas within the mountain ranges like the lakes or the areas around the sh.o.r.e and the sea bed were filled with rich resources. Any low tier clan could get on the level of the top clans of Shen Ze if they had access to a place like this. The Evure G.o.d Clan were seriously taking this place for granted as they had everything with them, but the Asura"s second young master was not as stupid or blind. Even if the Asuras had everything, his sharp eyes noticed this world, and many years of planning was done to capture this place. It was not a fluke or a coincidence.
Lith was aware of it and so were the ladies of the sect. n.o.body from the Asura G.o.d Clan could be underestimated. Overestimating them was always better than underestimating as the matter was about life and death here. At present, Lith and the two ladies were in a corner of the world, away from the Evure G.o.d Clan"s area of governance. The Evure G.o.d Clan kept to the center of this world where there were lots of resources and did not bother checking up on the areas in the corners. Due to such negligence, the native life of this world hadn"t been wiped off yet. When the Asura"s second young master found himself a place, he immediately enslaved all the natives nearby and forced them to work. They had n.o.body to complain to and the Evures weren"t even aware of their existence. Lith had plans to infiltrate these natives. Not among the ones enslaved by the Lysander, but among a nearby tribe that was away from the territory of Lysander and the Evures. It was almost dawn when Lith finished speaking with w.a.n.g Wei and Qingshan. Once he was done, he pulled off his a.s.sa.s.sin hood and left the cave with the two ladies, looking for the natives nearby and executing his plans of infiltrating them.