Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Forging an opportunity

Year 397 of the Holy Calendar - Slave market house

(Vakhtang POV)

"So let's be strong together" Raccoon little girl

The forced smile of the little girl whose face was full of tears marks was comforting this stupid old man.

"..." Vakhtang

I looked at her and my tears stop.

Just what am I doing here crying in front of a caged child?

I lost the opportunity to protect my family, but I can become the opportunity to live for other people.

Just as a village chief should act and just as the Primordial Mother Gaia would like it to happen.

"Thanks, kid" Vakhtang

I stand up and grab the iron bar in front of me.

"Your hand!" Raccoon little girl

Blood was still present in my hand.

"It is okay, now move a little back" Vakhtang

"Ah, okay" Raccoon little girl

Unlike me, she didn't have a chain to her neck so creating a space in the cage should be enough for her to escape.

"What is your name little one?" Vakhtang

I ask as she slowly gets out.

"Thalia, nice to meet you"

His body seems as malnourished as mine, how can they treat children like this?

"My name is Vakhtang, nice to meet you too"

There are no more slaves in this back part of the house as if it were a special showcase for someone...

We have no time for this.

"Let's go, follow me" Vakhtang

She gets behind me.

"Yes" Thalia

Getting out of the back part, I start walking to the closest cage to free the next one.

"Ughp?" Bodyguard

When one of the Bodyguards of the slave dealer founds me.

"Ughp!" Bodyguard

Pain.

"UGHH" Vakhtang

"Iaahh" Thalia

Both of our slave seals activate, mine on my forehead and hers below her neck.

"This...!" Vakhtang

The pain is weaker than that time with the slave dealer, so I am still standing, but with an immovable arm and a broken claw, fighting in my current state will be difficult.

"Ughp" Bodyguard

"AAahh!!" Thalia

She falls to the floor, barely enduring the pain.

"There is no choice!" Vakhtang

I can only fight!

"!" Bodyguard

While he walks towards me, a scaled tail grabs him by his neck and slams him close to a cage.

"RUN!" Lizardkin

A claw stretches out from the next cage and digs into the flesh of the bodyguard.

"DON'T MIND ABOUT US!" Leopardkin

Two legs deftly come out of the cage on the other side and force him close to the cage in the middle.

"SAVE THE CHILD AT LEAST!" Rabbitkin

"I..."

I can believe it, in this moment, in this place, these people are giving out their lives to let us escape.

"GO!" The three Beastman

The Bodyguard is starting to get free.

"We will be grateful to you three for life" Vakhtang

I grab Thalia from the ground and run out the front door without looking back.

...

The sun, daytime, people everywhere...

"Seriously?!" Vakhtang

How am I supposed to escape with my slave seal shining below my fur in the middle of a crowd of people?

"Look at that!" Citizen

They discovered us?!

"A red comet in the sky!" Citizen B

?

A chance!

I sprint into a run without even looking up.

"Is it a demon attack?!" Citizen C

They are distracted looking up at the sky, but it is a matter of time before someone looks at my forehead.

"I can... help" Thalia

Covering my forehead with her hands as I hug her to my chest with my only functional hand, we both cover each other Slave Seals.

"We can do this" Vakhtang

I reach a checkpoint to get out of town, normally it would be hard to get out as slaves, but right now...

"KYaaa!!!" Citizen D

"A demon attack!!" Citizen E

"Let us out!!" Citizen F

There were already some people wanting to go out.

"If you wanna go out, go. That ball of fire is not even coming this way" checkpoint guard

The guards temporarily open the gate to everyone because of their laziness.

"..." Vakhtang

And like that, we escaped the slave life, all thanks to the opportunity given to us by the Primordial Mother Gaia.

...

......

.........

It's been about a year since we left that town.

"Hup" Thalia

Thanks to my sense of smell, we were able to avoid most monsters, demons, and huge crowds of people.

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"Hup, hup" Thalia

I finished setting up the tent a few meters near the river.

"Did you see that? I kept the ball in the air without using my hands for a minute" Thalia

That malnourished child is nowhere to be seen.

"Good job" Vakhtang

Just a happy 10 years old girl playing with a ball is what was left.

"Fufufu" Thalia

We survive as nomads, even if we can't enter big cities, we can sell some food and monsters parts in small villages and live from it.

"Father, Can I go swimming in the river now?" Thalia

To create a compelling story for other people about why we are together, we both decided to act like a family.

"Of course" Vakhtang

She likes to play in the water a lot, probably because of her elemental affinity. According to her, she obtained the ability to cast Water skills when she was 4 years old.

If someone had bought her, probably she would have her hands full of blood by now... but let's not think too much about it.

"Thalia, leave the ball out of the water" Vakhtang

"But it is funnier to play with it in the water" Thalia

"You already lost three balls to the river current, if you lost this one you will not have another in some time" Vakhtang

She is not very careful with her toys.

"Uhg, okay" Thalia

She turns herself to go to the river and bumps into someone.

"Sorry..." Thalia

Someone in this place? How did I not notice him?

"A simple sorry isn't enough" ???

"!" Vakhtang

That purple tuxedo!

"Did you know how much money I had to waste to bring another merchandise with those exact features in less than one day?" Slave dealer

I can't smell him even now! That shining diamond brooch on him must be a concealment artifact!

"KYaa!!"

He lifts Thalia by her hair.

"Let her go!" Vakhtang

"Ughp" Bodyguard A

"Ughp" Bodyguard B

The Bodyguards throw me to the ground and hold one to each arm.

"I will never recover the money I used that day, but selling you to a particular type of costumers will close the cost" Slave dealer

I can't let him take her!

"Earth magic!" Vakhtang

Get off me!

"Earth wall!" Vakhtang

"?" Bodyguard B

Startled by the sudden wall rising below him, the bodyguard on the right lets go of me and falls backward.

"GWHAAAAAA!!!" Vakhtang

I try to free myself from the left one, but it is too strong and it won't budge.

"Kill that useless thing, I can find thousands of the likes of him" Slave dealer

"Vakhtang! Water Ski...!" Thalia

"Sleep!" Slave dealer

Her slave seal shines.

"GYAAAaaa...!!!"

And she loses consciousness.

"Ughp" Bodyguard

The Bodyguard holds me tight from my left arm and I can smell his bloody stinking fist raising above my head, with his strength he probably can destroy my skull with one strike.

"Thalia!" Vakhtang

I dodge the fist at the last moment and slice my left arm off at the shoulder with my own claw.

"Ughp?" Bodyguard

My body is now free to move.

"THALIA!!" Vakhtang

I run directly at her.

"Lowly product" Slave dealer

At that moment, I already knew that escaping was impossible.

"D..." Slave dealer

The moment he ends that word and activates my slave seal, it will be the end. I will die and Thalia would have a fate worst than death.

"DO.." Slave dealer

But I could only move forward, knowing that only effort can create an opportunity, a miracle!

"DOW." Slave dealer

I will create that miracle!

Give me your strength... GAIA!

"DOWN!" Slave dealer

That instant when he uttered that word.

That instant when my blood touched the ground.

That instant when I bet my all.

That instant changed everything.

"GWHAAAAAA!!!" Vakhtang

The mana inside me that was supposed to be almost empty, exploded in a skill that I never saw before.

"..." Slave dealer

"..." Bodyguard A

"..." Bodyguard B

Countless spikes of earth pierce the trio of slavers lifting them several meters into the air and killing them in the act.

"THA...LIA!!" Vakhtang

"..." Thalia

Her defenseless body is flying to the river after leaving the hand of the Slave dealer.

"UGGGHAAA!!!!" Vakhtang

Even with the Slave dealer's death, the Slave seal was still activated and the pain assaulted me, but that didn't stop me from hugging Thalia in the air.

"I will...protect you..." Vakhtang

My mind only stays awake as our bodies reach the water current.

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