MTLNOVEL Chapter 924: You Are Not The Saviour
The Off-Worlder gestured to himself, "It was me. I was the one who took those girls away."
I turned to look at Katsuki for a moment before turning back to him.
"Umm… Ok? So… I guess you should let them go now, right?"
He crossed his arms in front of his chest and stood in the centre of the hall, "Those girls are no longer slaves. You can go back and tell the city lord or whoever that they are now free women and will no longer go back to them."
I tilted my head at him, "Eh? Is that what those girls told you to say?"
"Hmph! Of course!"
I really doubt they did but just in case…
"Could I hear it from them then?"
"Ha! Do you think I'm stupid?! The moment you see them, you're going to just take them away and escape! Well too bad for you, you fell into my trap by coming here!"
He then clapped his hands together and the walls around the room lit up, revealing runes had been carved into them.
Katsuki immediately leapt in front of me to shield me with her body, though we weren't sure what these runes were supposed to do yet.
Of course, I wasn't going to let her sacrifice herself in case this was a trap that was aimed to kill so I had already instructed Eins and my Shadow Guards to come out and protect her if this was indeed that kind of trap.
The Off-Worlder scoffed at us, "Hmph… Typical of using someone else as your shield. So that's your true colours huh?"
Dude… Did you not even see that Katsuki was the one who jumped out in front of me on her own? How the hell did you even come to that conclusion?
I didn't get to say anything since he continued, "This isn't a trap that is meant to kill you, so you don't need to worry about needing to sacrifice someone else to save your own skin. This is a defensive rune where as long as you have intentions of hurting someone inside this area and try to do so, it prevents you from doing it. Also, anyone who fits that criteria would not be able to leave or enter!"
Ok… So it literally just stops us from harming him? I don't particularly want to hurt him now so does it actually stop me from leaving?
Before I could say anything, Katsuki had thrown a knife towards him but the knife stopped in midair before dropping onto the ground.
He smirked, "Like I said… No acts of violence can be made against me while the trap is in effect."
Hmm… Is it only limited to acts of violence? Then are we able to… Say… Push over a large cabinet to make it fall on him as an 'accident'?
But there's a more important question right now…
I frowned at him, "So what do you want from us? You want us to leave or are you trying to kill us by starving us here?"
He smirked at us, "Initially I just wanted you two to fuck off since it would be a bother if I had to fight you and then throw you somewhere else but I just had a better idea."
He went over to the door and gestured towards it, "You want to know where the girls are? They are right behind this door. So why don't you come and see for yourself?"
What the hell? Can you make up your mind? First you don't want us to see them, now you want us to see them, what the heck do you even want?
Whatever, let's at least see the girls to make sure they're ok first.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure Mother or Mary is nearby and watching this entire thing so if things go south, I should still be able to call them for help.
But for now, I'd like to deal with this guy myself if possible since idiots like him are giving us Off-Worlders a bad name. Continue reading stories on empire
Why can't you be like Eldoria and go be a pastry chef instead huh?
Ah crap… Now I'm thinking about the sweets she would make for me… Not good, focus! Focus!
We went towards the door like he asked, though Katsuki was now taking the lead and standing in front of me instead of following behind me like usual.
She really is quite protective isn't she? She's so cute~
He opened the door and stepped inside with us following through behind him.
It seems like this room also used to be another Dungeon since I saw a few chains on the ceiling and in the corner with some manacles bolted onto the walls, but it was now refurbished into a rather comfortable looking living space with bunk beds and a dining table in the centre.
There was also a walled off space which I assumed was the bathing and toilet area.
Oh, when I say comfortable, I meant in comparison to the dungeon we just walked through. This place was still quite a squeeze especially when you had over thirty girls all squeezed in the same room.
The moment we entered, a red haired girl wearing only a large sized shirt over her top scoffed at us from beside the door.
"Brought back another of your victims I see. Who is it this time?"
The Trasif Off-Worlder turned to look at her with a sympathetic gaze, "Don't worry, I know it is hard to accept that there may be people who actually want to free you from oppression. But I swear to you that my intentions are genuine. I truly want to free all of you from your wretched circumstances."
Another girl who was laying on her bed looked up and scowled, "And we keep telling you that we don't want this! Take us back! I was supposed to be the centrepiece for today's auction, damnit!!"
The Off-Worlder turned to her, "Look at that… They were going to trade you for money. You should value yourself more instead of selling yourself away."
"I needed the money!!!" She screamed at him. "It would have paid for the debt that my stupid father racked up before his death!! Now my family is still in debt and my little sister might have to be sold as well!!"
The idiot in front of me seemed to falter a little but he straightened himself again, "Look at how the system has exploited you that the only option to settle a debt like that is to sell yourself. How can any civilised place allow such barbarism to continue?"
The girls all looked at each other in confusion, probably because what this guy just said did not make sense at all since this World's version of slavery for volunteer slaves was actually pretty good.
Unfortunately, the guy mistook that as a sign that what he said resonated with them and he tried to push further.
"Together with me, we can dismantle this horrible system! I already have an idea where we can free even more of you to stage an uprising to overthrow the current regime and change the system! We'll make slavery illegal and free all the slaves!"
He then turned to gesture at me, "Look! As proof of my work, I have already captured one of your oppressors! They came here in order to capture you and enslave you all again! You are free to do whatever you want with them! You don't need to worry about them fighting back because this place is still enchanted with--"
Before he could finish his words, every single girl in the room leapt to their feet and pushed him out of the way to rush towards me.
I could see that while he was initially surprised at being pushed away, his lips curled up into a smirk when he realised that all of them were rushing towards us.
No doubt, he thought that the girls were going to tear us apart or something.
Katsuki still remained standing in front of me protectively despite the mob rushing at her but I wasn't really worried.
From the earlier interaction, I already knew that all the girls here did not want to be freed and saw this guy as an idiot.
That's why I wasn't really surprised when they all crowded around me with pleading gazes.
"Miss! Are you here to save us?!"
"Please take us away from this madman! I will do anything!"
"Please believe us, we didn't want to be taken here! A hole just appeared below us and then we fell into it and the next thing we knew, we were already outside!"
"Yes! Then he forced us to come here and kept saying that we don't need to thank him and that he is open to harems or whatever! We didn't want to be here!"
"Hey… Ermm… Is it just me or does she look pretty hot?"
"Eh? Oh… You're right… Hey… We can do anything to them right?"
"Ehehe~ Wanna have some fun? I've been pent up the last few days…"
"Ohhh~ She's a futa~ This is perfect~"
"Ehehehe~ Just a little wouldn't hurt right?"
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How the hell did the situation change so fast?!!