Kingdom Conqueror

Chapter 31: Brand

Drakar finished making a fire. He used the coals he shoveled from the side just as he is told to.

Clause was irritated by Drakar's attitude. He felt like he needed to teach the kid that he's nothing but a pest. Drakar needs to know his place in the gladiator house, that he is nothing but a slave.

Clause examined Drakar.

Drakar was brought in the gladiator house by it's master Priscilla. Drakar was already bruised and badly beaten when he entered the house.

Let's see if this new slave would pass out. Clause smirked.

Clause whips in the air and calls the other slaves with a whistle.

Tacus and Bartz stopped from sparring and went to Clause.

"Tacus, get the iron" Clause ordered to the middle aged muscled Tacus.

Tacus replied with a nod. Tacus' expression to the order was as if he already knows what's going to happen.

Tacus went to fetch the iron Clause was talking about.

Bartz also looked like he knows what's about to happen.

Bartz suddenly felt pain coming from his left arm. He rubbed it with his Palm to try and ease the pain. However, he was gritting his teeth.

Tacus comes back running with metal tool in his hand.

"The iron, master" Tacus handed the metal tool to Clause.

Bartz looked at the Metal tool. It made him squeeze his left arm. There was hatred in his eyes.

Drakar was just there, standing and trying to keep up with their conversation.

The hell are they talking about? I feel like i'm about to fall down in these sand any second now. Dammit! The sands look so comfortable. Drakar thought.

Drakar was trying to stay awake.

Drakar was constantly narrowing his eyes on them, trying to clear his blurry sight.

What's that? Some sort of tool? Drakar thought.

Drakar makes up a silhoutte of the metal Tacus just fetched.

"Bartz, hold him." Clause ordered to the slim and ripped Bartz.

Bartz didn't say a word and did as he was ordered. Bartz walked behind Drakar and locked him from the shoulders.

Drakar was too weak to even try and break free from the lock. But still, Bartz held Drakar with a strong lock.

Clause presented Drakar the metal tool.

It was an iron rod with a brand shaped at its end. A branding iron. It is a tool used for marking cows and claiming ownership.

"Remember when I said that these men are your brothers? Well, today you will truly become their brother. You shall become a member of this house. As a slave."

Clause puts the iron brand into the fire Drakar just made. Heating it up and getting it ready for marking the skin.

"In this house, blood isn't what tells us we are brothers. It is the mark that we bear. That is what makes us brothers. It is what reminds us who we belong to, who we serve, and who we sacrifice our life, blood, and sweat to." Clause shows his brand mark from his chest.

Bartz remembers how he got the Mark from his left arm. It was exactly just like this.

Drakar was just staring at a distance.

"This is our symbol. And it shall now be etched onto your skin."

The branding iron was done being heated. The mark was glowing from the high temperature.