chapter 2: I Became A Slave

A small drop of water seeped through the damp, mold-filled surface,

The drop fell over the face of a young boy whose feet and hands were tied with chains, his back is full of bloody marks and wounds, and there is a large burn mark in the form of a circle, on top of which are three small triangles.

"Hmmm" with a slight twitching of his eyelids Arthur opened his eyes, his vision was weak and blurry, but he began to regain clarity little by little, he opened his eyes to find himself in a dark place with little light coming through some small windows.

"What Have I done to deserve this" with a broken voice Arthur spoke and blank looks filled his face, his pale face and dry mouth show how much he suffered, he spent a whole day hanging in this place.

After the guards caught him, they put him in this big underground room, and they whipped and tortured him, it was painful for Arthur, he had never experienced pain like this in his life since the day of the accident.

But it's different this time because he doesn't take any painkillers to ease his suffering, after they finished torturing him, they left him hanging here without food and drink for a whole day.

"Aah!" The sounds of screaming and howling came from everywhere, the screams were varied, there are some who moan, there are some who cry, some curse with all and wish to die, all these sounds reached the ears of Arthur, who regained his clarity and realized that he was in hell.

The sound of the collision of chains!

Arthur turned left to find several other people hanging here in the same condition as him, the cell he's in is full of mold and rats and there are several human bones lying around.

The person hanging next to him looked at him and smiled, his smile was scary, full of despair, he had gray hair, but most of it had fallen out, his face is pale and his body is bony due to lack of food, all this made it look as if in his last days, the old man continued to look towards Arthur and smile with his black teeth half of which had fallen out, some short period of silence, he spoke faintly saying :

"It looks like they brought some tender meat again" Arthur looked at the tied old man, then turned his head and ignored him, at first he wanted to ask him where they were but after seeing his scary looks he changed his mind.

"Hahahaha, your eyes still retain some luster, don't worry it won't be long before the light disappears from you and only darkness will remain, boy, people like you are food for the monsters of this place.

So don't trust anyone and don't believe anyone, do not relax your defense because you will become a meal for someone who is stronger than you, in the end you will lose your soul and you will remain only a submissive slave who will do whatever is said to him" the old man spoke crazily, his strange laugh was making his saliva fly everywhere.

"Shut up, old man, we've had enough of other people's screams, and now you're bothering us with your crazy talk as usual" one of the chained people spoke, his face was also pale and his body was weak with no meat, only bones, his gaze is like that of a dead man waiting for salvation.

'Is that what awaits me here, living the life of a dog, and eventually dying miserably, no I don't want that ' Arthur began to tremble in fear and horror, he was so scared, that he was shocked by what was happening, no normal person can tolerate what is happening here, especially if he lives a normal carefree life.

"I don't want that," Arthur began to move his hands hysterically in an attempt to escape from the chains, but she did not budge at all

"Stop, boy, there is no point in this struggle, you are doomed to die here," the old man spoke again, but this time his voice was full of sadness and pity.

Due to Arthur's sudden movement, the wounds on his body opened and blood began to drip, the warm feeling that something was sliding on his back made him stop moving and looked at his body.

"Wtf"

After Arthur looked at his naked body from above, he realized that something was out of place, his body looks very small, but the most important thing is that he had a second foot, he tried to move it and succeeded in it, This thing increased the shock in Arthur's heart, he lost his foot in the accident two years ago, so how did it come back again, Arthur began to look around with looks full of suspicion and amazement.

'Is it all because of the whirlpool that swallowed me, has it changed my body or what?'

The more Arthur thinks, the more questions arise in his mind, although he spent a whole day here, he noticed the changes on his body only now, 

Because of his confusion at first and also he lost consciousness when they whipped him and he only woke up now.

Srt! Srt!

With the sound of metal keys clashing together, the door of the cell in which Arthur was locked opened, a giant man about 4 meters tall appeared, dressed in black armor. His face is ugly, full of scars and has a light mustache, he looked at the bound prisoners and there was a mocking look in his face, and then, having examined them with his eyes well, he turned towards Arthur.

He untied the chains that surrounded his feet and hands and was dragged towards a long corridor full of doors, it seems that they are all private cells, whenever Arthur passed by one of the cells he heard the sound of screaming and sometimes crying, eventually Arthur reached towards a room full of people chained in a long row.

The guard brought a metal collar and put it in Arthur's neck Arthur could only struggle not to put the collar, but everything he was doing was futile the man in front of him was like a mountain, not budging no matter what, having put the collar around his neck and the shackles around his feet, he was put in the slave row and the chain was put in the collar of his neck.

Slash!!!

"Come on, move towards the quarry" with the sound of the whip colliding with the ground the slaves began to move at a slow pace towards the exit.

When Arthur got out of the prison he was in, he could see his location well, an endless flat red land stretched out in front of him, the clouds were so close to the ground that Arthur thought he could catch them if he jumped.

Arthur continued to inspect his surroundings, but when he turned back, he caught a glimpse of several luxurious-looking palaces located behind the giant prison he was in, the palaces were a white color shimmering with sunlight.

…..

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Arthur and the other slaves arrived at a place full of pits and stones, there were several other slaves breaking the stones and carrying them, and there were some of them transporting them through a small railway.

The chains around the collars of the slaves were untied by the guards, and each of them was given either a shovel or an ax and was driven to work under the blows of whips, Arthur took an ax and started working, his body was small and weak so he got tired as soon as he made a few blows with the ax, but the ground was very hard so he didn't extract any rock.

Slash !!!

"Work, you vile slave," when one of the guards saw that Arthur stopped working and began to Pant in extreme fatigue, he hit him with a whip in the back.

"Aaah" Arthur could do nothing but return to the pits and endure fatigue and pain, there was no pity or mercy in the hearts of these guards,The rocks were hard and with each blow of the ax into the ground, several fragments flew out and hit Arthur's face, causing some scratches.

He's in a hell that will only end with his death if he doesn't run away from here, the Dead looks of people were proof of that.

After several hours of work Arthur fell to the ground panting and eventually lost consciousness.

...

Arthur opened his eyes to find himself in a dark room full of moisture all he had was a cover of a shabby nightgown that he puts as his bed, and his clothes are a simple gray dress, he looked around and there were several people like him, there were several children and old men placed in the room with him.

Each person was holding a concave plate with some porridge of a sticky gray color, and in their other hand they held some black bread, when he looked at the people around him, he noticed that they were looking at him with hateful looks full of greed.