Talengard has been completely transformed into an above-ground city of demons.
The skies near Talengard are always gloomy due to the hundreds of thousands of demons stationed here.
As winter gets closer and closer, the temperature gradually drops, and places lacking sunlight will become colder.
A strong gust of wind blew by, and the human slave in ragged single clothes was so cold that he covered his chest, trying to slow down the loss of some heat.
Snapped!
A barbed whip ruthlessly tore open the flesh and blood on the slave's back, causing a trail of blood to rise.
What is distressing is that this long whip does not come from evil gods and demons, but from fellow humans.
"Damn it, if you don't do a good job, I'll throw you into the hellhound's kennel!" the overseer behind the slave cursed loudly.
Compared to the pale slave, the overseer looked much better, but he still felt that the slave was not doing enough.
Snapped!
Another whip!
Scenes like this can be seen everywhere in the open-pit sulfur mines near Talengard.
In a corner of the mine, Dewey was digging sulfur ore, sweating profusely.
Kirk, the overseer, was pleased with him.
The recently recaptured exile was so strong that he mined three times the sulfur output of the others every day.
In order to encourage the slave to give birth, the overseer Kirk not only did not whip him, but even encouraged him with kind words.
"Newcomers should work hard. I, Cork, have no other abilities, but I can still speak in the slave camp. If something happens, I can protect you. In this hellish place, surviving is more important than anything else. "
The Griffin Claw's inner line at Talengarde has been disrupted.
In order to continue the transmission of intelligence, at the current critical juncture, a warrior with sufficient consciousness and experience must return to the Talengard slave camp to continue building an intelligence network and try to rescue more people.
After the discussion between Li Ran and Umberto, Dewey naturally became the candidate.
When the Devil's Sons Chapter, composed of fallen humans, searched for the Griffin Claw guerrillas and the exiles hiding in the mountains in the Iron Spine Mountains, they discovered Dewey living alone in a straw hut.
Under such a disguise, the Ranger Captain of Griffin Claws returned to the place that gave him nightmares after many years.
As the sky grows dark, the long work finally comes to an end.
The slaves in the sulfur mine were driven back to the slave camp outside Talengard by the Son of the Devil.
The slave camps were built by the slaves themselves. The main body was made of huge logs, with tall towers and stone walls. Tens of thousands of people lived in several concentration camps without any clothing.
The only reason the devil allowed them to live was to increase Talengard's sulfur production.
The production of sulfur is crucial to increasing the number of the demon army.
Dewey followed the numb crowd and slowly walked into the gate of the slave camp.
As the work ends, dinner time begins.
The fallen humans of the Daemonspawn Chapter used carts to dump mounds of the squirming red jelly-like substance into the midst of the slaves.
That's a by-product of brood demons producing demons.
The Brood Demon is a fat primal demon whose huge body with tentacles resembles an upside-down octopus with a slit on its head.
They are an important production unit of demons and can continue to produce demons in places other than hell.
As long as there are enough sulfur, lava and other resources, the brood demon can produce low-level demons all the time.
And what the devil's son feeds to the slaves is the by-product of this monster giving birth to devils.
But even such things were valuable food that slave camps fought with each other to survive.
Fallen man deliberately dumped food among a group of weaker slaves.
Before these slaves could even touch the food, they were punched and kicked by their fellow slaves.
“Damn, this food is labor-intensive!”
"You bitch, get out of here!"
The mine supervisors in the slave camps sent strong men to stop the chaotic looting, distributed all the food according to strength, and then transported it back to their respective residential areas.
Hannibal, the biggest overseer, got the biggest share, while Dewey's owner, Kirk, who was a little powerful, also got some - he gave Dewey a whole cup.
Looking at the squirming bright red flesh, Dewey felt nauseous. He lowered his head and saw an old man curled up, lying on the cold ground. Hunger made his pupils dilate weakly.
Dewey showed an unbearable expression.
He is too old to participate in the fight for food.
Moreover, because of old age and frailty, his daily sulfur mining volume was less than one-tenth of Dewey's. Cork did not give him any food at all. If this continues, he will die in less than a week.
Dewey placed the cup of food in front of the old man, intending to give some to him.
"Hey! Look here!" Another slave under the overseer stared at Dewey with a hateful look and shouted, "Someone wants to give the food to others!"
After hearing the news, the Son of the Devil came to Dewey and kicked him to the ground. Then he raised his spear and was about to execute him.
Upon seeing this, overseer Kirk immediately begged for mercy: "Sir! Let him go! He is just a slave just captured from the Iron Ridge Mountains, and he doesn't understand the rules yet!"
Kirk put a small piece of gold sand into the fallen human's hand, "Also, I know your Captain Philip, can you be accommodating?"
The fallen human Jie Jie smiled and said: "Keke, you are always the shrewdest one. If you hadn't begged for mercy, he would have been dead. That's all. I'll spare you this time."
The fallen human raised his head high and shouted to the slaves: "Next, I will read out the great lord's reward order again. All demons and slaves in Talengard must remember it!"
"Anyone who captures the Grand Duke Isabel of the Griffin Principality, or provides effective clues to slaves or demons, will receive a reward from the Demon King, be promoted to the Lord of Hell, and receive a vast territory in Shelgo!"
"Any slave or demon who captures the leader of the Griffin Claws, Umberto, or provides effective clues will be rewarded by Nebiros, the High Lord of Talengard, and will be promoted to a Hell Knight and gain a territory within Talengard. , in charge of three demon legions at the same time, and has a group of succubi for control and fun!"
"Any slave or demon who captures members of the Claws of the Griffin or provides effective clues will be rewarded by Grand Priest Larrick, undergo a demon transformation ritual, and gain immortal demon life! The transformed ones will be bathed in the True God's E Under the glory of Garth and Lord Kabeleus, crush the false gods Asha and Elrath!"
After the fallen humans left, Dewey couldn't help but ask Kirk, "Why can't I give the food to others?"
Facing this most capable slave, Cork couldn't help but say a few more words: "In the slave camp, only robbery is allowed, and unconditional aid is never allowed. As long as your fist is big enough, you can have it all to yourself." All the food.”
"Why?"
"This is the devil's creed and the rules of the slave camp. If you don't abide by such rules, you may be a spy of the Griffin Claw."
After saying that, Kirk gave Dewey a strange look.
Dewey asked in confusion: "What is the claw of the gryphon?"
Kirk breathed a sigh of relief and said: "They are just a bunch of idiots who want to destroy themselves. You don't know what's best."
Dewey mused, the environment here has changed a lot compared to when he escaped in his early years.
Under such harsh conditions, those who knew Dewey back then have long since disappeared.
Slaves had no nightlife, and if they wanted to survive, they had to conserve and restore their physical strength as much as possible.
So, at the darkest moment of the night, Dewey took advantage of the convenience of going out and came to a big tree on the west side of the slave camp square.
The stone walls here are pitted and stained with old bloodstains.
Fortunately, he quickly followed the "messenger"'s prompts and found a note in an inconspicuous wall hole.
The hole in the wall was open both inside and outside. Obviously, the insider who joined the Son of the Devil stuffed the note outside the hole in the wall.
Dewey immediately opened the note. There was only one sentence on it.
"Are there any of our people in the slave camp?"
Dewey dipped his index finger into the blood stain left by the "food" near his mouth and wrote a word heavily on the note.
yes.
