221 Devil’s Retaliation Part 2 (2/2)

Seeing Saleen’s perplexed face, Lex continued, ”These slaves are the ones to charge onto an enemy ship. They are also expected to sacrifice their lives when the need arises during monster hunting trips. They’re as good as dead now. Don’t worry about that.”

”Then why don’t they fight back?” Saleen asked. He knew that even when he had been poor, he had fought everything and anything that had threatened his life. Even when he had been a beggar, he had not been passively waiting for death. These over thirty swordsmen were gifted in combat. Saleen had never expected them to be slaves, and willing ones at that. This was something that he would never be able to understand.

”If you were told since you were young that you’d never taste freedom, and that you were somebody’s property, you’d be like that too,” Lex said as she attempted to explain it from a mage’s point of view instead of that of a governor.

Saleen realized that these swordsmen were just like the magic wolves that the Caucasus people bred. If a magic wolf cub was snatched away from its parents when it was young, it would view its parents’ killers as the alpha wolves and forever be subservient to them. These swordsmen were no different.

Although it was wrong, the practice of slavery was not only rampant in the Land of Wind, but also in other regions like Sikeqinya and Tanggulasi.

”Does Daniel know anything about this?” Saleen asked.

”Not yet. Just tell him what to do when the time comes. Tell him that no isn’t an option,” Lex said coldly. Lex treated Daniel differently from how she treated Saleen. That was understandable. Both of them had been through life-and-death situations together. Plus, Saleen had connections with the mentor that Lex really needed to speak to at the moment. Daniel, on the other hand, had nothing to offer. He was but a poor bloke.

Lex did not treat her mages horribly, but she did practice favoritism. Saleen figured that if he were in her shoes, he would not have told Daniel about the plan beforehand either. He did not want Daniel to become too afraid and unwittingly reveal their plan.

Saleen continued discussing the nitty-gritty details of their plan before exiting Lex’s room with ten level-5 scrolls.

Before Saleen could return to his cabin, he saw Nailisi loitering around suspiciously. Without hesitation, Saleen grabbed her by the neck and pulled her into the room next door. Coincidentally, the room belonged to Sika. Sika had been waving her new cudgel in the small cabin the entire time Saleen had been in Lex’s room, trying to get used to the sound of her new weapon as well as kill time. Upon hearing them enter, Sika continued studying her weapon, not even sparing them a glance.

Nailisi exclaimed softly, ”What are you doing, Master? Sika is in here too!”

Saleen held onto Nailisi tightly with one arm. He was not able to cast a Mute Enchantment spell, but he had other ways of preventing Sika or anyone else from hearing them. Using his free hand, he conjured a water shield that took the form of a giant water bubble. With a ”bloop” sound, the bubble encased both Saleen and Nailisi. The magical patterns on the surface of the water shield moved prettily. Saleen’s magic was getting stronger and stronger. It was already slightly comparable to the standards of Raphael.

Not only could the people inside the water bubble be protected from external attacks, but they could also prevent people outside the bubble from hearing them. This spell was Saleen’s version of the mute enchantment. He had been using this ever since he had discovered that the cabins had secret metallic pipes installed to facilitate eavesdropping.

”Nailisi, why did you do that?” Saleen asked sternly. Even though he had accepted Lex’s plan, Saleen did not want to be the one clearing up Nailisi’s messes every time. If Nailisi did not have a valid reason for what she had done, Saleen would have no choice but to punish the imp.

Instead of answering, Nailisi’s hands snaked around Saleen’s waist as she said sweetly, ”Master, I did this for you! That Fellett had stomped on your pride, and I was not going to let that slide!”

”Tell that to someone who buys it. Lex had already said that you were nothing but a servant. What’s so insulting about Fellett wanting to buy a servant?” Saleen roared as he slapped away Nailisi’s wandering hands, which had found their way to his rear.

”Master, if Fellett was gay and had a habit of collecting males as pets, what would you do if he were to touch your butt?” Nailisi asked.

”I’d drown him in a pool of his feces,” Saleen replied.

”But what if he did not do it on purpose?” Nailisi pressed on.

”That’s still unacceptable!” Saleen exclaimed, shivering in disgust as he thought about Nailisi’s analogy.

”Master, you should know why Fellett wanted to buy me off of you. We are connected via the soul bond. If I were to feel sad, or, should I say, excited, you’d be able to feel it too,” Nailisi said, giggling as she trailed off at the end. Her hands started making her way to Saleen’s rear again.

This time, Saleen did not push her away. He was too stunned to do so anyway.

He knew very well that what Nailisi had said was completely hypothetical. However, Saleen could not help but visualize Fellett’s moustache wriggling in front of him. It was disgusting, to say the least. If Nailisi were to have sex with someone, he would feel it too. What would that be like? Would it be like taking it up the…

”To hell with that pig!” Saleen roared.