City Dungeon.
In the damp prison cell, the occasional sound of dripping water could still be heard.
Several village chiefs imprisoned in the dungeon sat on the ground.
"Here."
The prison guard holding the dungeon, holding a few black steamed buns and two pieces of greasy meat, threw them in front of the cell.
Chen Yu's city-state,
Gave certain respect to human rights.
Although there were no such laws in the underground world, prisoners would be given food if the guards were in a good mood, and none if they were in a bad mood.
When the judgment from above came down, these prisoners would be used as black slaves for labor.
However, none of the chiefs of the several camps took the food.
"Hmph, still got some backbone." The prison guard sneered, his eyes full of contempt. "After all, they are the chiefs of the great camps. Do you think this food isn't good enough? Do you know that this mouthful of steamed buns was once a luxury we refugees yearned for?"
The village chiefs remained silent. Seeing this, the prison guard directly picked up the buns and greasy meat.
"Then starve."
"If you don't give them to me, give them to me!" On the opposite side of the chiefs' cell, Hyena Mu Cun stretched out his hand and shouted, "I don't mind."
"The City Lord has ordered that you are not given food."
The prison guard's answer caused Mu Cun, who was struggling to beg for food, to fall directly to the ground. It also made Sviier, who was held here, roar with red eyes.
"Chen Ba Tian!"
"Roy!!!"
"Let them both come and see me, let them see me!"
No matter how Sviier shouted, the prison guards seemed too lazy to even look at them. Mu Cun, with some bruises on his face, reached out and tugged at Sviier's arm.
"Young Master Sviier, stop shouting. If they beat us again..."
"Get lost!" Before Mu Cun could finish speaking, Sviier kicked him to the ground. "If it weren't for you, would I have ended up in this situation?"
Mu Cun, who was kicked, didn't dare to speak and let Sviier vent on him.
Or rather—
He had no strength to resist.
Since being taken into custody and to the dungeon, he had not eaten. Even the strength to breathe was faint, let alone concentrating to gather elements.
A magician who cannot gather elements is no different from an ordinary person.
Perhaps, it was even worse than many ordinary people in the underground. Those at the bottom worked daily, and their physical fitness was much stronger than that of magicians.
Sviier, who was continuously venting his emotions, looked at Giles lying on the bed.
"And you!"
"Why did you answer 'no' when the mermaid envoy asked you? If you had answered 'yes', would the mermaid envoy have stood by and done nothing?"
Giles glanced at him sideways with narrowed eyes, and the enraged Sviier choked.
"It's all your fault, all your fault."
Muttering, Sviier silently retreated to his own spot, plucked moss from the corner of the cell, and occasionally stuffed it into his mouth.
"When I get out, I'll kill you all, kill you all..."
"Hoh, Young Master Sviier has started eating moss?" Suddenly, a playful laugh came from outside the cell. Everyone looked and saw Chen Yu appearing in the dungeon.
The village chiefs were still very quiet, making no move.
Mu Cun wriggled his lips as if begging for mercy, but the intense pain from being beaten by Sviier earlier made him unable to make a sound.
"Chen Ba Tian!"
"Not bad, you've got spirit." Chen Yu outside the cell smiled, "It seems my moss in the cell is growing quite vigorously. It can support Young Master Sviier for so long. But you're too greedy, you should at least share some with the others in the same cell. Look how hungry Mu Cun is."
"Let me out, let me out!"
Mu Cun, imprisoned in the cell, pounded on the cell door with his hands.
"Let me out quickly, do you know who I am?"
"Oh, that's interesting." Chen Yu grabbed Sviier's arm and forced it downwards through the prison door, "Do you know who I am?"
The intense pain turned Sviier's face pale.
With a crisp cracking sound.
Sviier's left arm was directly broken, white bone piercing the flesh, and blood flowed incessantly.
"Ah!!!"
Piercing screams came from Sviier's mouth, and Chen Yu quietly watched him and said in a deep voice,
"Come on, tell me again, who are you?"
"Before I was captured, I had already sent a message to my uncle. Soon, my uncle's cavalry will trample your broken city, and then I will personally kill you, flay your flesh... Ah..." Sviier, with a face full of gloom, suddenly cried out in pain.
This sudden pain was precisely because Chen Yu had grabbed his broken arm.
"Even now, you still can't see the situation." Blood dripped from between Chen Yu's fingers. "You are just my prisoner now, I am the master here."
He gave Sviier a cold glance and then looked at the prison guards.
"Let him know who he really is!"
"Yes!" All the prison guards opened the cell door and dragged Sviier out of the cell. "Remember, don't let him die, keep him barely alive."
Screams echoed in the dungeon for a long time.
Mu Cun, curled up on the ground, had fear in his eyes. Giles, lying on the bed, also stood up, his gaze towards Chen Yu filled with terror.
But Chen Yu ignored them and turned to look at the village chiefs.
"I heard you are not satisfied with the food here," Chen Yu said with a slight lift of his eyebrows and a smile. "You refuse the food given to you, do you want to express your pride by starving yourselves? If so, why didn't you fight to the death outside the city?"
"If you want to kill us, then kill us. There's no need to come here to humiliate us."
The one who spoke was the leader of the Lionman camp. Even in this dirty environment, his golden fur remained spotless, and his eyes revealed an innate pride.
"Hmph, interesting."
Chen Yu standing at the door let out a cold laugh.
"You don't want to be insulted, yet you clung to life on the battlefield until now. I did not order them to capture you alive. Some chiefs died in battle. You chose to survive, and now who are you showing your pride to? Your tribesmen are not here, are you showing it to yourself?"
The Lionman leader remained silent, and the other chiefs also ignored Chen Yu with shared indignation.
"I have good news for you." Facing the silence of the chiefs, Chen Yu said with a smile, "Your camps no longer exist, and your tribesmen have been brought to the city-state."
The chiefs remained silent.
They all knew that their defeat had sealed their doom. Fortunately, they had notified their relatives before realizing the defeat.
"Among them, there might be a few you wish to see."
"Your relatives!"