Unsold Slaves Returned as Heroes

11. The night that shines exceptionally

“What is this?”

“It shines brightly.”

“Pretty.”

Yellow, Black, and White each looked at the back of their hand as if possessed.

The stigma engraved on them had the same shape. The light felt somehow warm.

“Let’s go out first. Can you stand up?”

“Yes. Are all the wounds okay?”

“I can walk.”

All three were out of shape. They looked at each other and let out a dejected laugh.

The strongest yellow stood up, supporting the black one. Hayang also desperately moved his legs, grabbing his head, which was dizzy from lack of blood.

Then the landing they were heading for became noisy.

“Vanguard, enter! The stairs are narrow! Stay vigilant!”

With the sound of iron armor rattling, the shining knights rushed in with their shields.

“Secure the line of sight!”

“Glow!”

The knights, who were accustomed to forming formations, could not hide their embarrassment at the sight of the brightening situation.

It was because the corpse of a Chimera, a cataclysmic monster, was lying in a not wide space, and only three children were stumbling around.

“What kind of situation is this?”

Among the knights, a man with a deep voice walked out with an aide.

Yellow, who knows letters well, was able to read his business card right away.

“A knight?”

Yellow was a little relieved when he saw that word. At least they weren’t bad people, I thought.

“Three children and all are slaves. What happened here Who defeated the Chimera?”

The knight commander’s aide approached the three with a stern expression. Hayangyi held back her fear and stepped forward.

“Look, everyone is very hurt. Please treat me….”

“Answer the question!”

The aide shouted loudly. The startled Hayang fell on the spot.

“We knocked it down. It’s okay?”

Black got nervous and barely answered. The aide snorted.

“Because he is a lowly slave, he has no manners. Even something like this. Aren’t the dark elves the evil Dark Elves?”

Hearing that word made Black’s blood boil. But he didn’t even have the energy to get angry. He was on the verge of losing consciousness because of his body injuries.

“This is a man with a rare job that lowly slaves like you shouldn’t even look at his face properly. Don’t lie, you can’t answer straight!”

The aide strode towards Black and tried to grab his hair.

Pak!

In an instant, the yellow guy grabbed his arm and reversed it.

“What? This child, the power….”

He was a yellow man whose expression hardly changed, but right now he was clearly angry with his brow furrowed.

“You are not a knight.”

“Now what… Aww!”

As the yellowy twisted his arm, the aide’s body spun in the air and landed on the ground in an instant.

Charleuk!

Other knights who witnessed the scene immediately raised their shields and reorganized their battle formations. It was clearly recognizing the three as enemies.

“Wait!”

As they stepped forward, the knight commander raised his right hand. At his signal, the knights relaxed.

The leader of the knights walked slowly and stood in front of the yellow.

“Show the back of your hand.”

The captain of the knights snatched the wrist of the unresponsive yellow man right away.

He opened his eyes wide in amazement as he checked the glowing stigma.

“All these things happened.”

His aide woke up and witnessed the stigma as well.

“Everything, Captain. No way.”

“It is the mark of a warrior. All three.”

“A warrior?”

All three of them were puzzled by the unfamiliar words that came to their ears.

“Heroes are beings who are chosen by the Goddess and change fate. That proof has been made here and now.”

The commander of the knights turned toward the knights and shouted in a loud voice.

“I command you guys! From now on, the main unit will carry out an emergency mission to escort the warriors to the imperial castle! This operation must succeed and is strictly confidential!”

The knights’ strong answers came back.

“Holy Knights, heal the warriors immediately! The wound is deep!”

A few knights rushed out of the main unit and started casting healing magic on the three.

All of the yellow, black, and white were confused and embarrassed at the sudden and drastic change.

“What do you mean, a warrior?”

“It is literally. You three have been chosen as warriors by the goddess.”

“Hey, what kind of escort….”

“From now on, you will go to the imperial castle with us. The treatment will be decided after that.”

The pupils of the three people widened when they heard that. Yellowy was the first to protest.

“I’m not going.”

“There is no choice…. Right. I have a problem to solve.”

The knight commander lowered his head to the three and asked a question in a low voice.

“Who is your master?”

“What? Why do you ask that?”

“Heroes are beings who will become heroes who will fight for the fate of all countries on the continent in the future. It’s absurd that Is written on their nameplates. I will terminate the contract with your master.”

Ha-yang gave out his voice in a panic.

“Poetry, no! I’m not going to break up with my older brother! In the first place, my brother said he couldn’t even terminate the slave contract… !”

“Then killing him would be enough.”

The knight commander sighed coldly. The three faces hardened.

“What are you talking about… !”

The moment Black was about to shout something to refute first.

“Guys!”

His voice came from the landing.

***

I ran mindlessly for a while.

The artifact for emergency communication died in less than a minute.

It was garbage technology. Even though it was bought for two gold coins.

Why are you in such a hurry?

Because of the original setting, when those kids are in danger, they wake up and put my life in danger?

I thought so until now.

But not anymore.

It’s been a long time since I’ve forgotten about the four kings of the demon army, the black knight, the lich, the monster king, or the words written on the wiki.

Right now, I couldn’t think of anything other than the one-dimensional wish that the three of them, Yellow, Black, and White, would be safe.

“Uh, isn’t that a wicker? Hey, the dungeon is now the capital knights….”

“Get out of the way!”

I had no time to deal with him, so I passed him and went straight to the dungeon entrance.

Unlike usual, not a single monster was visible inside and it was clean. It seemed that the Knights of the Capital had already entered and cleaned up.

I run after their trail. Go down the landing, follow the passage, and go deeper underground.

“How many floors are there?!”

Beyond the 6th floor, the 7th and 8th floors.

A dungeon with more than 10 floors requires an A-class adventurer. It has even been left unattended for over a year. Because of such a risk, the capital must have dispatched a knight corps in a hurry.

Finally beyond the 9th floor to the 10th floor. A voice was heard from below. I had a gut feeling that this was the end.

I also felt that there would be three of them.

“Guys!”

I shouted as I ran down the landing.

My prediction wasn’t wrong. There, I saw about 30 knights in heavy armor, yellow, black, and white.

Three of them were being treated by sacred knights for injuries. However, once I confirmed that the three were safe, I was relieved.

“Older brother!”

But they weren’t very welcoming to me.

Black was about to say something, but a knight stopped in front of him. Looking at his name tag, he knew that he was the knight commander. Also that he is a noble because he has a last name.

“Since he is a slave trader, it is easy to understand. Are you the master of these three?”

Did the knights subdue the monsters and help the children?

The Knights of the Imperial Capital probably aren’t the bad guys. Rather, the villain here was me, a slave trader.

Before misunderstanding, I had to explain that I was willing to free them.

“Yes, I am the owner now. But it’s a forced contract….”

I was suddenly out of breath and couldn’t finish my speech.

When I lowered my head, before I knew it, two spears were piercing the place where my lungs were supposed to be.

The knights rushed at me in an instant and threw spears at me.

“Ha.”

It’s a question and answer dance.

You underestimated it.

– Mister!!

Feeling the sound of screams ringing in my ears, I collapsed unsightly.

I couldn’t breathe no matter how much I moved my uvula. I felt my brain, which had lost blood, stop thinking.

―Older brother, older brother!

―Human bastards!!

Someone shook himself. Is it white? Not well distinguished.

―Save me right now! Or even a hero or whatever will die right here!

My head is ringing. He could not perceive sight or sound.

―Brother, brother, brother… Whoa…

―You, wake up!

Is this far?

I came back a long way, but in the end, it seems that I was destined to die as in the original story.

I met these three people as if it was inevitable, and I wonder if it was useless even if I struggled.

The resentment that has hit the bottom so far, and the anger of having to die without being able to say a word, will drain away with the blood.

If there is still one regret left.

Yellow, black, and white.

Lucas, Testia, Yuri.

I wanted to see how the three of them would grow.

― …… Bunny………… Thank you……

― … Don’t die……… Later……

A voice continues in my ear.

― …… I’ll go see you.

At the end of that sentence, consciousness was completely cut off.

***

“Heo-eok.”

It was midnight when I opened my eyes.

I was abandoned in the forest near the back gate of Elend.

I touched the chest. The armor was pierced, and the wounds had healed slightly, but the pain was still there.

Beside it was a notice along with my bag.

It was an order stating that he was banished from Elend. The reason was the illegal child slave trade.

I looked around.

It was filthy quiet.

I tried to concentrate.

I couldn’t feel any trace of where all three had gone.

“hahahaha.”

I raised my head and looked up at the sky.

Six letters were proudly shining instead of stars.

“A f*cking slave trader.”

Thirteen years have passed.