Unsafe Working Conditions

"So how strong will my opponents in the Arena be?" I asked.

"You'll be mostly fighting other slaves," Alfhild replied. "There are however three noticeable ones. Two of them are known as the Savage Brothers. I think they might be half-orc. One of them uses some kinda animal claw."

"And the other one?" I asked?

"They call him Gladiator. They say he's not human either. If he's your opponent, you're dead. Another thing is that you have to kill your opponents. If won't count as a win unless they die."

"I heard you were whipped for that reason. You couldn't bring yourself to kill Julene."

"The bonds I've formed with her and Gatar make it impossible for to consider betraying even for freedom."

"I know we've just met but I'm not sure if I could bring myself to kill you."

"It's okay. Even before being taken from my family, I have never been comfortable with taking another person's life. In fact, I never even attempted the arena until this week."

"We should get with our work." Julene said.

The three of us and Gatar entered the mines.

"We're supposed to mine for ore."

It wasn't easy. However, it turned out that the slaves had managed to mine into a new cavern.

"We'll send the new meet in there." Hera said.

I was shoved into the new cavern. I was attacked by... I don't know what to call them. Crawlers? They were scary looking monsters. They were bald, had sharp teeth, pointy ears, a Voldemort looking nose. I think they were pale skinned but it was too dark to tell. I stabbed one Crawler in the neck with my pickaxe. I then got up and ran from the others only to almost immediately run into a larger Crawler. Gatar jumped in and punched it in the face. He then roared at the other Crawlers, scaring them off.

"Thanks, Gatar." I said.

"I see you made a new friend." Hera said.