Ladirma’s eyes shook as he could not believe what he heard. He never heard such a curse, but he did not dare to try it out as well.

“What about the range? Can you tell me the range?” He wanted to know how far he could move from this evil woman to avoid a silly death.

Avyn merely smiled playfully, “Why don’t you try to find out the range? I can melt the ice if you are freezing to death.”

‘Evil woman! She is an evil woman. It’s true that pretty girls are mostly evil, and I have to be careful around pretty women.’

“From now on, you Worm1. That’s your name until you regain your freedom thirty years later,” Avyn flicked her finger, and the ice boulder broke into pieces.

Ladirma was not really happy that he was from the ice because he was now someone’s slave. He was the famous Black Iron Adventurer, the feared Tempest Swordmaster, and the respected figure in the Adventurer Guild. All those statuses disappeared within the blink of an eye. More than that, he had a new name now, Worm1 which was humiliating.historical

“Why Worm1 though?” While he was recovering from the black ice, he couldn’t help but ask. He was curious why he was named Worm1, why not just Worm?

“Don’t worry, you will have brothers and sisters soon. They will be named after you as well, Worm2, Worm3, and so on. You will not be alone.”

That meant he was not the only one who received the offer. Soon everyone in the Turan Adventurer Guild would become slaves just like him. This was a crazy revelation, and he got more curious about the identity of this unknown group. They dared to fight the Adventurer Guild and The Temple at the same time which only a madman would do. The two strongest factions in Aqura.

“You don’t need your right foot to fly,” Avyn was impatient as it was too long for Worm1 to recover. After saying that, she immediately flew back to the city.

Ladirma snapped out of his thoughts and panicked. He remembered the Ice Curse in his body and immediately followed after the evil woman, ‘At least I will not be alone….’ That was what he thought until he returned to the castle.

Now he looked at it from the air, he could see the surroundings. Dead bodies were everywhere. The street in front of the castle was painted red with blood while the castle became half-ruin with bodies scattered around. The bad part was he did not see anyone from the Adventurer Guild alive.

That meant the adventurers and the Vice Guild Master chose to fight instead of becoming slaves. He admired their bravery, but that was it. He treasured his life more than anything. The reason he went through a lot of hardship in this dog-eat-dog world was to survive, not to die.

“You look sad that you don’t have your brothers and sisters. But don’t worry, we will fight more adventurers in the future. We will accept the surrenders as a slave, and you will have friends.”

lightsnοvεl Ladirma ignored the remark as he noticed something peculiar where the skeleton gathered the dead bodies while The Black Draconian stored the dead bodies in the inventory. He glanced at the evil woman and wanted to ask why they gathered the bodies, but then there was no reason for her to tell him their secret.

The Tempest Swordmaster followed Avyn to come down to the bloody street. He attracted the Black Draconian’s attention, “You got him?” He heard the deep voice of the Black Draconian.

“Easy. The strong one usually treasures their life more than anything else. The weak one is stupid because of how little experience they have,” Avyn shrugged.

“You can’t mock their bravery. They still fight for their lives even though they know they cannot win! They are more admirable than me,” Ladirma did not like it when the Evil Woman mocked his former comrades. He felt like what they did deserved respect.

“You don’t have the right to voice your opinion unless I ask you, Worm1!” Avyn shrugged, “Sure, it’s foolish bravery. You have no chance to win, yet still risk your life for it. That’s foolish bravery. You can call them brave without calling them a fool if they had a chance to win and try to fight to win, not fight to their death. That’s just stupid. It’s not like we are offering them a bad deal. They are slaves in name, but they receive an even better salary than the normal citizen. They will receive pay, a new home, and will not starve.”

Ladirma could not refute those words. It was indeed foolish to fight even though they knew they could not win the fight. They just fought to their death even though they were given a chance to live.

“Worm1?” Tang Shaoyang was intrigued by the name. If he was not wrong, the man’s name was Ladirma, Black Iron Adventurer.

“Yes, that’s his new name. You will call him Worm1 until his slave oath is over,” Avyn introduced the new slave, “He will be your fastest, and make sure to stay close to him or you will die.”

Ladirma was surprised that the leader of the group was the Black Draconian. He thought the leader would be the angel or evil woman next to him. Both had an aura that was stronger than this Black Draconian.

“Is there any hidden force in this city, Worm1?” Tang Shaoyang asked. He was not just talking about the Adventurer Guild, but also The Temple’s knights.

“I think you have killed all notable adventurers. The remaining adventurers are below The Epic Rank,” Worm1 answered as the evil woman glared at him, “I think The Temple made separate camps for their army to the west of the city. It’s the army prepared to fight The Orin Kingdom.”

“We need to clean up the army before Frost’s army arrives,” Tang Shaoyang muttered, then he glanced at Tisha, “How long until the army arrives in the city?” He wanted to avoid a big battle. It would be more troubled if a fight broke out between the two armies. He did not like it because he would be limited if the warrior from The Orin Kingdom was on the same battlefield.

“They will arrive in three or maybe two hours,” Tisha answered.

Tang Shaoyang forgot that he came to the city flying, which only takes a few minutes, “Pick up the pace guys. We will fight another army in a few minutes.” He was talking to the skeletons, “We will depart after we clean up those knights to the next city. One temple will not be enough to lure Rubia out. We need to destroy at least three temples.”