Chapter 51 - Prisoner (1/2)

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Grux was a massive country with a vast land that spanned hundreds of thousands of li in all directions. A majority of its surface were filled with rocks, mountains, and hills and thus didn't have Presba's lush greenery and a myriad of races. However, it wasn't all bad. Due to its geographical topography, it lacked disaster beasts and therefore was relatively safe. Its rocky area makes it perfect for mining material for armaments and buildings.

Of course, safety and a good resource that many could tap into due to its immensity had its own issues.

Overpopulation.

This level of overpopulation was extraordinary. For every child born in Presba, ten was born in Grux. Due to its overpopulation, relative safety, and abundant resource that literally anyone can mine to make it on their own, forces with power started massively dominating territories. Not only that, they launched a system of indentured servitude. In truth, it was just massive slavery. Since you can't expect elite cultivators to spend hundreds upon hundreds of years wasting their time mining every minute, they simply got others to do so, willing or not.

The imperial palace of Grux was the central hub to the strongest individuals with the highest amount of slaves in the entire country. They also possessed the most amount of mineral deposits in the entire country, making their wealth extraordinary. Unlike normal countries that fight for resources like pills, essence materials, or heavenly materials, Grux fights for slaves.

People were resources.

The more you had, the easier it was for you to earn. That was its policy. Because of this, the millions of islands and the other three countries were their highest buyers. If you had to say where a majority of the armaments materials came from in this world, it'll be in Grux.

Yan Zaizen hated this place.

If you're weak or weren't born into a great family, you were treated like a commodity. Then, those who were treated like a commodity, the few who can excel and rise in strength, treated others as commodities in return. It was a normal way of life for this country. You either make it as a slave owner or stay a slave for your entire life in the mines.

There were upsides to this, however. Because of the extraordinarily large slave market, many workers have to offer excellent conditions for their slaves, otherwise it may instigate a revolt or lead to others taking them. If you treat your people good, they'll work till their bones were brittle and their backs were broken.

When Yan Zaizen was young, his father once told him about this place, and how industrialized it was. He informed him that out of all the countries, Grux had the best conditions for the lower class. With the bad always comes the good.

He let out a sigh.

The good was only for those who weren't given punishments for crimes they didn't intend to commit. Those who were branded as criminals were given the absolute worst level of conditions. Carried off like a piece of meat, he was placed in a well-structured cell, awaiting his assignment.

”Five hundred years...screw that. If my soul energy can be reawakened, I could simply leave. Even if that middle-aged man wanted me to stay; I could still leave!” He hated how his soul form was currently undergoing some sort of transformation. However, you have to make do with what you have. He needed to build up his strength, unfortunately…