17 Cavern (1/2)

One of the guards saw that something rushing towards their direction but before he could say anything the figure disappeared. He thought he was just seeing things and was going to ask his partner if he had seen the same thing. When he turned to look at him all he saw was his headless body standing there with a kid standing in front of him holding a saber that was covered in some blood.

The guard was shocked at the sight that his body locked up and he wasn't able to move. The aura coming from the kid was not helping one bit as he felt like he was suffocating just standing near him. His internal energy refused to move and any that did move were flowing at a sluggish pace that made it impossible for him to do anything.

Finally the kid stopped looking at his friend's corpse and cast his eyes on him. All the guard felt from looking at his eyes was a never ending emptiness that was sucking him in telling him that there was nothing he could do to save himself. Before the guard could think anymore he started to feel that he was suddenly falling not only that but as he was falling his body didn't follow him down instead it stayed standing there.

After killing the two guards Sagar swung his saber to clean off any of the blood that was accumulated on it. He then entered the cavern to see how many were inside. He could sense them now that he was close by but their number was larger than he thought there would be and a lot of the bodies he sensed felt weak so he wasn't absolutely sure if he was correct about it.

He came across a sort of room that held a bunch of the bags he saw different members carrying. Looking inside some of them he saw they contained a bunch of miscellaneous things that would probably be sold off for some coin. Other than that he found a all the food that they had gathered from the raided villages in some bags. This group was ready to move at anytime it seems but he wasn't surprised as from the conversation he overheard they were being chased.

Making his way further down the cavern he came across another location but this time it was filled with children. Sagar figured that they were being gathered to be sold into slavery which is technically illegal in the Griffin Empire but there are still channels for it and it also didn't mean other Empires across Mellem considered it illegal. The girls would be gathered as they were young and pure they woulds sell for a high price especially for those who have such interests in them. As for the boys they would sent to do work of some kind or end up being used up as meat shields during battles, either way most of them wouldn't live for very long.

Seeing someone walk in the children began to curl up and gather near each other. All they could see was Sagar's figure as the lighting was very faint in the cavern and they weren't warriors that would have excellent vision even in the dark. Sagar looked around and saw that a majority of the children, especially the boys, were in poor condition seeming to be malnourished. The group probably barely feeds them just enough to keep them alive for selling and they would feed the girls more so that their in good condition. Another thing was that the smell of the place was rancid as the children can't go anywhere and just use somewhere in here to relief themselves.

Putting that aside Sagar spoke out to them, ”Don't worry I'm here to help everyone.”

His words seemed to fall on deaf ears as most of the children refused to even look at him. They actually couldn't tell how young he was as his actually figure was almost the same as a small adult but if anything his actually voice should give away how young he was as well. His voice was still in the transition phase so while it wasn't higher pitched than a grown adult it was still lower than the rest of the children.

Soon someone walked out of the group of huddled children, it looked to be the oldest out of the entire group maybe a bit older than Sagar himself. Sagar looked at the boy and the boy looked at him, the boy then said, ”Now that I look closer at you, you're definitely not part of the group that kidnapped us.”

Sagar nodded his head and responded, ”That's why I said I was here to help. I just need everyone here to move to the room where they have all the supplies in. It doesn't have as much room but it should be able to hold everyone here including the women that are I assume are further down the cavern. There's also food there so you can feed those who need it. I just need you all to wait there for when I get back so I can take everyone out of the forest.”

The boy didn't question whether or not Sagar could do what he said but to be able to get in here he had to take out the two guards at the entrance he had to have some ability. The guards themselves from what he has learned are both at the Intermediate level but for this person to take them down and he seemingly was uninjured he had to be relatively powerful.

As the boy was gathering the children Sagar asked him something, ”Do you know how long everyone's been here?”