Don't let him get away with it. He's a topper!

　The sound of a wild man's voice and laughter. And the sound of hooves gradually approaching. From a short distance away, the sound of carriage wheels bouncing on the ground could also be heard.

　There was a figure, driven by the sound, running away hard.

　It was a girl with pale light blue hair, with triangular ears and a long, upturned tail of hair that had a hole in her skirt that came out of it.

　Her petite body struggled to move her thin limbs, and the girl looked around with tears in her eyes.

　The girl was running at an astonishingly fast pace, but eventually the horse caught up with her.

''Oraa!''

　A man on a horse shouted and threw a rope with a weight on it and wrapped it around the girl's leg.

'Geez!'

　The girl screams and rolls on the ground. The girl falls face down on the ground as her body is slammed into the ground with a horrible momentum due to the speed she was gaining.

　The man who stopped his horse dismounted, laughing. With two carriages following him, the man walks towards the fallen girl.

　He pulled a dagger from his waist and grabbed the fallen girl's shoulder with his left hand.

''Tsk!''

　Immediately after, the girl turned around and waved a small knife.

　The sound of hard metal hitting sounded, and the knife blade in the girl's grip and the man's dagger made a distorted cross.

''Beastmen are so feisty, aren't they?

　The man laughed and said this, stamping his foot dexterously on the girl's arm holding the knife, and grabbing her head with his right hand.

'A lousy one will get bitten by a lousy one, but I'm not like that idiot, you know.

Uhhhh...

　The girl let out a scream, unable to flap her arms and legs, as if she was being held too tightly.

　Eventually the carriage caught up with them, and the driver stopped the carriage and the two of them came down.

''Hey, you were tumbling like crazy,''

You're not hurt that you can't fix, are you?

　The man sniffed troublesomely at the two men who appeared with such a statement in their mouths.

'I wouldn't make that mistake. Here, bring me a slave seal.

What's wrong with you?

This guy moves too much. Let's get a head start in case he gets away.

　The moment the man said that, the girl burst out screaming like an animal. Holding it down with force, the man looked back at them.

'Nah?'

Oh, wow. That's very encouraging. Here's your slave card.

　Saying this, the man took out a box. It was a sturdy looking box with a large lock on it. When he opened the box, a white rectangular seal-like object emerged from inside.

　The man who seized the girl shuffled his chin and looked at her.

'Here, now press it while you can.'

No, no! Oh no!

　The man with the markings approached the screaming girl with a sneaky smile on his face. The man muttered something and the markings glowed a light green color.

'Don't move? Once you press it, it won't disappear. If I had a mark on my face, I wouldn't be able to sell it...

　The man said this with a laugh and then abruptly disappeared.

'An?'

　The men, unable to grasp the situation on the spur of the moment, froze when they saw their companion blown backwards with the slave seal in his hand.

　Then, they noticed a giant behind the stunned man.

''Huh?''

　The moment the man who had seized the girl raised his voice, the other fellow, who had been frozen in place with a dumb face, was blown away.

　He swung one hand to chase the fly away from the side with the other. But the momentum was so great that the unprotected man was blown away like a ball and rolled on the ground. Seeing his companion who had fallen with his arms pointing in a strange direction, the man got up in a hurry.

''Nah, why is there a golem here...!

　As he said it, the man grabbed the girl up with one hand and glared at the golem.

'Where's the sorcerer! This.........

　The man who raised his voice didn't have time to speak until the end, when he grabbed the girl and took a strong blow to her arm and head, knocking her into a stupor. The girl fell to the ground and hit her head lightly, gasping as she noticed the man falling next to her.

　The man's arm was broken and the broken bones were poking through the skin.

''Uh-uh...''

　The girl looked up at the golem, frightened, and stepped back a bit. After looking at the girl for a while as she moved her arms and legs awkwardly to retreat, the golem walked towards the carriage.





[Taiki]

Wow, they've got a whole wagon full of them.

　The images on the screen showed multiple beast people, young and old, crammed together in a miscellaneous manner. Although there was a roof, iron bars surrounded it on all sides like a prison, and there were no chairs or anything inside.

　Inside the two carriages, the beastmen showed a frightened look. Seeing that, Eira raised her eyebrows.

''It's.......terrible. I hope they haven't received the slave markings.......''

Slave signs? Don't tell me you're branding me?

　Eira shook her head from side to side as she scowled at the pain.

In ancient times they used to mark their backs with a burnt iron, but over the last hundred years they have been wearing a mark called the slave mark. It was developed by a large desert nation, but it quickly spread around the world because it was an indelible mark. You can burn it right after it's attached, you can use your recovery magic to heal it, but a slave mark that's kneaded with magic is not a wound and cannot be healed.

That's egregious.

　When Eira let out a sigh at her explanation, her expression clouded over and she pulled her chin back.

''I heard that a slave seal that enforces orders is also under development, but fortunately, at this stage, it's only powerful enough to inflict a light punishment. It's enough to make your body numb and unable to move. However, they will whip you when you can't move, but........

Wow, it's scary what people in every world can come up with, isn't it?

　I replied and reached my finger to the screen, placing my finger on the A1 item and opening my mouth.

'Can we bring everyone in? We need to evacuate the area in the first place.

　As he said this, A1 lifted the carriage with both hands.