Chapter 13: Chapter 13
[T/N]- Well Hi! How are you all? Been a long time (?) I guess. I should start uploading daily from now on again and I don't have any trips upcoming so I don't think I'll put up another hiatus xD.
The translation might seem a bit rough because I tried translating this chapter when I was on my trip and well... It shouldn't be that bad xd.
Enjoy~
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It was no wonder that Arata didn't recognize Hancock before. As Hancock was now, although she looked pretty, It wasn't at the level of what she would be in the future.
Probably because she hadn't eaten the Love-Love Fruit yet. But this didn't prevent Arata from trying to form a friendship with her.
While it was one thing for Hancock to look good. The crucial thing was that she was also one of the future Seven Warlords and she was in the upper ranks of the warlords.
After learning that the other party was the ruler of the "Amazon Lily", Arata instantly became enthusiastic. Him having multiple strong friends in the sea was better than multiple enemies.
And currently, Hancock was just an ordinary girl, She didn't have her "Pirate Empress" attitude right now, It was a great opportunity to gain favorability ahead of time.
Arata had already come up with a plan. After a few days, when the effect of the medicine on his body was over, he would take the three sisters to escape.
But things were counterproductive. Reality was often crueler than imagined. The efficiency of the medicine hadn't worn off at all in the past few days.
On the second day in the past, A buyer came, and he seemed like a rich man but he was also the buyer that Arata didn't want to see.
"Master Charles, are you satisfied with these slaves? They're all good-looking goods. If you want stronger slaves, there are many fishmen here."
He spoke to the man behind him that was wearing a glass cover and something similar to a spacesuit.
The person in charge of the slave auction followed him like a pug.
The other party's dress and defensive appearance, coupled with the civilians who worshipped him along the way, all proved that he was a "Celestial".
Celestial Dragons, people claiming to be the descendants of the saviors who saved the world, are mostly defiant, and regard others who are not "Celestials" as "Inferior People."
They didn't even bother to breathe the same air and have skin contact with "Inferior People" Which explained their weird way of dressing.
Almost 99.9% of Celestial Dragons were garbage. Every year, They squandered the tribute from countries around the world, and regarded the lives of ordinary people as trash, and killed them whenever they wished to.
The "Saint Charles" who came today was also a pampered Celestial Dragon. He had come to buy new slaves since the ones he previously had were already killed off by him.
That's why he had gone out today, To bring in a new batch of goods. As for their purpose? Of course, it was for his own entertainment.
"Oh, there are still rare goods here? So is there a beautiful mermaid?"
He looked at the person in charge who was rather awkward and asked expectantly.
"I'm sorry, Lord Charles, the mermaid was too difficult to catch, and they rarely leave the fisherman island, so our firm is temporarily out of stock. If there is any other stock, I will notify Lord Charles as soon as possible."
The person in charge answered a bit nervously, trying to make his words sound more respectful.
These "Celestials" were all arrogant trash, and if he said something that displeased Charles he might just get shot and killed.
And absolutely no one dared to resist. If a person who can't see Mt. Tai dared to resist a "Celestial", the headquarters of the marines was nearby, They would certainly teach him how to behave.
For the "Celestials", the so-called World Government was their dog. If, The owner was humiliated then of course the dog would come and bite the culprits.
"Forget it, the mermaid in my fish tank can still jump around for a few days, so I won't buy a mermaid this time."
"Don't conduct any auctions today. I want all the slaves here. The slaves who were just returned to my father are almost dead. Just give him some as well."
The words of Saint Charles relieved the head of the slave auction house, causing him another burst of ecstasy.
Although the "Celestials" were assholes, their business could only be so prosperous because of the help of these "Stupid People With A Lot Of Money"
"Okay, thank you, Lord Charles, we will go down and immediately prepare all the slaves here for you."
Hearing their conversation in the iron cage, Arata grew gloomy. Did his luck rank in the legendary "E"?
But why was he so unlucky? Obviously, after a day or two, the effect of the medicine would disappear.
And there were quite a few days till the so-called "Slave Auction Day", but now a "Celestial" had suddenly appeared.
The Celestial wanted every single slave here and there was no doubt that he too was included in the category of "every slave", which meant that he would also be packed and taken away.
Obviously, he was going to escape soon, but all his plans were suddenly cut off. If he was taken away by a Celestial would he be even able to survive?
Although in the original work, the three Hancock sisters did serve as slaves to the "Celestials", but they were later rescued alongside many slaves by the fierce man known as Tiger who attacked the Holy Land.
But Arata was unsure whether he could survive till the day Tiger comes.
One must know that the "Celestial Dragons" were all snake essence diseases, They never took human lives seriously, and how long the slaves who were brought back by Celestial Dragons could live was simply unknown.
"Unfortunately for you, you were actually taken by a Celestial, even death is a relief that you lot can only hope for..."
The staff of the slave market began to install Arata and the others in batches. For the notorious Celestials, they knew them all too well.
Not to mention slaves, even ordinary people like them would have to immediately become slaves if they were taken a liking by any Celestial. There was no room for resistance at all.
Moreover, the slaves in the hands of the Celestials would most likely end up dead or disabled, and some were even tortured into lunatics. It was a luxury to have a painless death as a Celestial slave.
Arata measured his current physical condition and estimated the rate of success if he tried escaping.
Arata found out that his current strength had already recovered to about 10 or 20%. It wasn't a problem to bring down the people in front of him, but there was a chance of some strong ones rushing over and pummeling him to death.
For those who were just doing the human trade, The probability of them having very strong guards was very low. After all, there were definitely no enemies in the business of slave trading.
After weighing the pros and cons, Arata decided to not take risks. The current Celestial slaves didn't have that kind of self-explosive collar. (After Tiger made an uproar with Mary Joa, the terrified Celestials ordered the Ministry of Science to do it.)
In addition, a Celestial wouldn't possibly value him who was as weak as a chicken. When Arata's strength was fully restored, it shouldn't be difficult to escape with his own "Abilities".
Although it was said to be a Holy Land, It still had some pampered trash Celestials living in it. Otherwise, Tiger alone couldn't make such trouble with Maria and successfully release such a large number of slaves.
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