"No, let him suffer. After all, he should be used to it by now. Meanwhile, the life lantern almost went off some days ago, meaning he was in a life-threatening situation." The old man reached his hand forward, and a silver lamp in the shape of a dragon appeared in his palm. The dragon’s tail served as the handle, and its open jaw as the spout—burning mysteriously with a green flame."This time, never you lose track of him again," the old man said with a dark look on his face."Yes, my lord. I will do as you said," the man under the cloak replied. He stood and bowed deeply to the old man before disappearing into the darkness. The transparent old man stood there for a while before finally disintegrating into fragments of white energy.........................That same night in the valley, Alator and the other slaves were in a queue for food. The hefty man from earlier walked toward the line, and everyone quickly moved aside for him. The man just walked straight and stepped into the fir

Alator had just broken the man's hand that grabbed his shoulder with an elbow strike."You…!" The first man was shocked. Seeing his colleague in such a situation, he immediately jumped in. He punched forward toward Alator. Instead of avoiding the blow, Alator grabbed his colleague with a broken arm and used him as a shield."Bang!"The incoming punch landed on the broken man instead, breaking his jaw and sending a few of his teeth's flying. Alator reacted quickly and flung the broken man over his shoulder, and the man crashed into the river behind him.The first man, seeing that he had injured his own colleague instead. He became furious and pounced on Alator.He punched forward, and Alator ducked below, avoiding the punch as it flew over his head. At the same time, the man’s left knee came popping up from below and struck Alator on the face."Bang!"Alator staggered backward and crashed into the river with a swollen bump on his face. Just then, the second guy Alator had flung into th

The guy Infront of Alator had almost turned into a lich as a result of the intense torture he had been through.Alator could clearly see deep whip marks, knife stabs, deep cuts, and fist marks on his body and half-destroyed face. Even some parts of his body were burnt with fire. He looked dirty with mud, dry blood, and fresh ones clinging to his body. His hair were tattered and messy. There were two big heavy chains from either side of the walls attached to the iron round cuffs on his wrists, and sure enough, Alator could see the Arcsteel Cuff on his wrists as well.Alator walked towards him as he gazed at him. His eyes were partly closed; he looked exhausted and tired. On a closer look, Alator could tell that the guy was a bit older than him."Hey… are you okay?" Alator asked, standing in front of him."Why don’t you guess?" the guy said in a husky, tired voice. As he slowly raised his head, Alator could see a crazy smile stretching out on his dry lips.Alator shook his head and said

Seeing the incoming beast, his eyes turned grim, and he quickly threw himself to the side."Bang!"The beast landed at the exact spot where he was a moment ago. It skidded a few meters, with its claws digging into the ground, scattering dust into the air. Alator quickly rolled to his feet and stared down at the beast in front of him.With the appearance of the beast, the crowd was sent into a frenzy of excitement. Many began to place their bets at the tables located at the corner of each floor. There were two men sitting across the table, conducting the bets.A large red board stood by the side, showing two different columns, representing the two opponents in the arena. Looking at the list on the board, ninety-nine percent of the bets were actually in favor of the beast. Of course, looking at Alator and a beast, who would dare place their money on Alator? That would surely be a loss for them.However, looking at the beast now, the creature looked like a giant, mutated polar bear, but

Alator quickly slid through the dust and caught the beast on the leg. He reached out his hand and grabbed one of the spikes on the back of the creature and pulled himself up, landing on top of the beast.The creature jumped up and down as it tried to throw him away. But Alator stubbornly clung to the spikes on the head of the creature, refusing to let go as he rode on the flaming beast, ignoring the heat coming from the fire.Looking at Alator riding on the flaming beast, his figure was epic, and the crowd was astonished. Like, who in their right senses would climb a beast burning with fire? This would surely be a lasting memory they wouldn't forget anytime soon. The tale of the flaming beast rider.Meanwhile, the creature madly dashed toward the wall, planning to slam Alator against it.Noticing the intention of the beast, he tightened his grip on the ice spikes on the back of the beast as he yelled,"Ahhhhhh!"He forcefully broke the two spikes on the beast. Just as the creature was