Lost

The clan

“Hmmm, you say he turned back with a dark frown.

"N..no... nothing". Ruby regretted speaking as he took back his words.

Pa! Pa!, a guard kicked Ruby sending him flying to the other side. He coughed as he rolled on the hard floor  You dare talk!, the guard moved forward as he punched him again, he felt like vomiting.

The black coated man flicked his sleeves as he walked out with the chubby middle aged man who followed behind him, as he left the room became dead silent no one uttered a word. The captives wore terrified faces.

"Pauh", ruby face flushed red. So painful w...what power". he groaned as he felt the pain wrack his body.

In the mornings of the next day, they were taken out and divided into groups. The pale white girl was also not among them. They were taken to a long stretch of field, Ruby could see other people who were probably held captive to work on the fields. 

The field had one particular type of flower planted in mass, it was so wide that he could not see the other ends of it.

"Phew!, it is really the red budded flower", redo touched my shoulders with a downcast look he shook his head.

"W...WH... What's the matter", Ruby panicked, trying hard to whisper silently and audibly at the same time.

"They..... are species of flowers that take much off your energy to harvest and also requires utmost concentration, It's common for weak captives to die after prolonged herb picking exercise". Redo continued, he seemed to be a very knowledgeable one.

Beads of sweat started to roll in Ruby's face, he felt cold run down his spine. "So creepy", he looked at the other captives and some had facial expressions that seemed to know one or thing about the situation.

A long bearded middle-aged man walked towards them, the guards around patted their chest as he passed.

"This set is really so-so, why don't they ever get to allocate better people here".

His face showcased disgust. His clothings were a little different from others and held on to a short staff. That was decorated with shiny hairs from animals he couldn't identify. His head was bald, and he wore a long flowing kimono.

Behind him, they were servants carrying tools that looked similar to sickles, but we're more curved and guessing they were probably sharper. The servants drop the tools and stepped back.

"Grap the tools and get to work, warder......,,,, here will give you examples of how the flowers are harvested, but if you have prior knowledge you can go ahead but bear in mind that for every damage to any flower it means no food and of course.....", he gave a siinister smile and raised his fist.

Taking the sickle like tool........., demonstrated the procedure three times.

"Get to work", he ordered, leaving a guard in charge.

Ta! Ta! Ta!

Sweat poured down Ruby's face and his back. " Damn, this is harder than it looks, how does he do it?". He used his sickle like tool to tug at the flower. He could remember how that man easily cut through the plant like he was slicing through pizza.

"Pizza huh? There are probably known here", he sighed as he raised his sickle like tool and tugged at the plant again. 

"Huh?, not budging ", the plant was indeed weird, " this is just a flower how could it be so hard…"

Huh?

Looking around, he discovered that the other captives were faster than him and had already done a few. Although they cut deeper and had better skills, they appeared to be getting weaker after harvesting every plant but they carried on harvesting and swung their tired arms. 

"Gulp".

Ruby stole a quick glance at the guards wearing similar clothing with the corner of his eyes, they were only a handful around to oversee the herb picking exercise, but they looked forceful and terrifying. With broad chest and odd-looking weapons, they seemed to be cut off for battle. 

Ruby tried best not to have eye contact with them while cutting the herb with the herb cutting procedure. After few moments passed, he had only just harvested a stalk and went for the next one.

"So pitiful", Ruby could only say as he panted for breath dropping the sickle-like object with sweat dripping down his jaws.

" Hey you, really having a hard time?, the flowers are to be nipped at with accurate precision at.... Redo gave the tips on how to harvest the weird and stubborn flowers easily. By his side were already three harvested stalks.

He looked at the other captives, and some had facial expressions that seemed to know one or thing about the situation. There were all exhausted in the evening, ruby had barely managed to harvest a few herbs, even with the tips he got he couldn't really do any better.

"Such a retard" the attendants gave an unsatisfied howl, and he could only pass the night with a plate of poorly cooked.......

W...wait w....what is......this......?!

Teaser: A middle-aged man approached them along with several groups of other people. Wearing smug expressions, they walked over to the new slaves.

These were very weird looking herbs, and he had no idea of what and where they were probably gotten from. He hadn't seen or heard of any this type of leaves before there were small and blue in color and were used to cook the soup that gave off a scent of leafs that were used to produce medicine, the scent made his stomach knot as his face twisted into a frown.

"Feeling reluctant", the rambling man with a weasel like face smirked as he drank the soup, sticking his tongue from time to time he gulped the soup. "Hahaha aren't you worried you would end up dead soon", he said.

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