World Gate Online

Chapter 3: Contract

Chapter 3: Contract

In a narrow alley way, a figure wearing a tattered hood and robe was being chased by a group of what looks like the city's guards.

As for why she was being chased, she was supposed to be a slave to be handed to the king. Of course if anyone knew of such matter, there would be a scandal, that's why her existence was supposed to be a secret.

Conversely, there is no one in the city that would listen to her plea and will be accused of fallacy since no one will doubt the king. That's she can only rely on herself.

She was only lucky.

She was kidnapped in her village and was chained by an [Anti-magic Chain] in order to rid her of her magic. There and then, she had lost the will to live and simply stare into nothingness. For weeks she stayed in a cage waiting for a buyer, that is...until yesterday.

A buyer came, and whether by good fortune or not, she was sold to the king residing [Drachedge].

While being handed to the corrupted guards controlled by the king to secretly buy her, there was a moment where the chains that bound her were removed.

Perhaps due to carelessness or because they thought she had lost the will to fight back, they removed the [Anti-magic Chain] first before placing the [Anti-magic Collar], in any case, that led to an opportunity.

She unleashed a powerful spell [Whirlwind] and blew away everyone surrounding her, using that moment, she was able to make a run for it. However, her pursuers didn't back down so easily, they continued to chase her until she finally managed to lose them.

Now, according to the story above, she was supposed to be free already. So how come she's being chased again?

Because even if she returns to her village, there's no guarantee she'll be able to stay there without getting kidnapped, rather, it was more like an offering. She was an offering that was sent to the slave dealers in order to let the village live.

And besides, there is no way to get in or out in the village because of the powerful gatekeeper.

So she thought of a solution.

In the first place, her village was prisoned in that cave guarded by the gatekeeper. And the root of their imprisonment was due to 100 000 years ago, when a certain king became obsessed with power and used their clan for it. The first slave was said to have a written contract hidden in the castle, if she can present it to

the church, their clan will no longer be hated and will be freed, at least, that was the plan.

As the current situation suggests, she failed to infiltrate the castle only to be seen by the guards and is now being pursued.

This was a good opportunity for the king, he can hide the fact that she was bought by him as a slave and treat her as a criminal who tried to infiltrate the palace. This way, he can mobilize the other city guards without bribing them to keep it a secret.

As a result, it was a lot harder to escape.

Even though she was the most exceptional in magic in her village, she was already running low on mana after so many hours of being pursued.

"[Wind Arrow]!"

"[Fireball]!"

The guards behind her started to attack with magic.

Having no choice but to conserve her mana, she used her own instincts to dodge the attack.

"[Earth Wall]"