After the auction ended, Isabella was chained, stuffed into the pile of slaves of the "city lord's wife", and driven like a herd of animals away from this colorful tent.
The bejeweled "city lord's wife" sat on the carriage and walked in front; the slaves followed behind, walking hard on the hot ground.
The earth is undulating, but it is completely barren. As far as you can see, there is no vegetation.
There are only a few low mountain tops covered with bushes and thorny bushes; other places are covered with jagged exposed rocks and broken gravel.
Walking here, Isabella felt like she was walking on a frying pan, and her feet seemed to be smoking.
From the conversations of the people next to her, she finally knew that she had arrived at a place called the "Essa Empire". She was currently on the northwest border, near a place called "Barren Rock City".
The husband of this "city lord's wife" is the chief executive of "Barren Rock City".
Although this "barren rock city" is small in area, it is an important military fortress of the Essar Empire and an important port for trade with foreign races outside the border.
Although the Essa Empire has a vast territory and strong military force, the progress of civilization is far inferior to that of the Braden Kingdom. There is still a tradition of selling prisoners of war into slaves. As a result, they lose their freedom in life and spend their lives engaged in boring and boring tasks under the squeeze of their masters.
Physical work.
In addition, on occasions that require celebrations, slaves are sent to fight in life-and-death duels, or fight wild beasts to please their masters with death and blood.
As for Isabella herself, she was probably also unlucky and was unfortunately picked up by a slave trader.
After hearing this information, Isabella frowned slightly.
With her current physical condition, it would be difficult to untie the chains on her body, let alone fight with someone. If she were sent to the arena at this moment, there is no telling whether she would come back alive.
"I don't know how the messenger is doing now." She thought silently.
But then she thought about it, after all, the Lord Messenger came to the believers carrying the will of the gods. He had the power and wisdom bestowed by the great God of Darkness, and was determined to restore the Dark Temple to its former glory.
In Isabella's eyes, the Messenger is omnipotent. The fact that he set up a trap to kill Yaconelga in the capital is proof of his unfathomable ability.
How can the messenger be trapped in the turbulent flow of space?
Maybe, the accident that happened in the space gap was a test for her by the messenger. He hoped that she could get out of the predicament independently, complete the task, and find out the truth, thereby proving the piety of her faith.
Thinking like this, Isabella regained her confidence.
Led by a group of soldiers, they walked through the hot wasteland, passed through tall and towering city walls, passed through colorfully dressed people, and finally came to a building surrounded by high platforms.
"This is the arena of Barren Rock City," Isabella heard someone whispering beside her, "only one person out of ten can come out alive."
"But if you can come out alive, you can regain your freedom, right?"
"That's what I say, but can you guarantee that in every duel, you will be the winner?"
"..."
At this moment, the soldiers on the side suddenly heard their whispers.
The soldier swung his long leather whip and hit the backs of those people hard, making a loud "snap" sound, and shouted at the same time:
"Shut up, everyone!"
As the clothes of those people turned into blood-stained rags, they fell silent.
Isabella narrowed her eyes slightly.
However, after all, she had stayed in the Northern Tribunal of the Church of Light for two years and was already familiar with the various tortures there. Although she sympathized with the plight of these people, her mood remained calm and untroubled.
Driven by the soldiers, the slaves were driven into a narrow arch and then went down a narrow staircase.
Isabella knew that this was the underground cell next to the arena.
The torches on the wall swayed in the breeze, making the entire underground passage flicker in and out, and ghostly shadows flicker on the walls.
There was a foul smell in the humid air, which made Isabella frown slightly.
If the dungeon environment of the Northern Tribunal of the Church of Light is like being locked in a water pipe that was frozen and cracked in winter, then this place is like the dirty and hot intestines of an animal.
After a few minutes, the soldiers unchained Isabella and locked her in a narrow cell.
In this cell, besides her, there were three other people.
Those three people were all burly, muscular men. If Isabella guessed correctly, they were either prisoners of war or prisoners.
Although Isabella is tall with slender legs and is considered a tall woman, standing in front of these three people, she felt as if she was facing three mountains.
When Isabella was imprisoned, the three people had been looking at her with unscrupulous eyes, staring at her bumpy figure like hungry wolves.
This made Isabella very disgusted.
When those people's eyes fell on her body, she felt like countless mosquitoes crawling around her body.
"I can't believe that those big shots actually want to send such a pretty girl to the arena."
I don't know how much time passed, but one of the three strong men finally couldn't help but speak. While speaking, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
"Maybe they think it's exciting to send her to the arena and feed her to wild beasts!"
"Oh, what a pity."
His two companions deeply agreed with this.
"What a shame."
"It would be a waste to feed such a beautiful girl to wild beasts. Why not, before that, let's..."
"What a great idea..."
"They won't find out anyway, right?"
"As long as we are careful, won't it be all right?"
"..."
Isabella was very familiar with their eyes and knew what they planned to do next.
The last time I encountered something like this was at the Northern Tribunal of the Church of Light.
At that time, a jailer named Jim also touched her, but he was kicked unconscious by her. By the way, their faces were exchanged, and the bastard suffered two years of torture on her behalf.
Now, although Isabella is injured, the power of God's favor is still there after all. If these three bastards really want to attack her, then they will definitely not have any good results.
Sure enough, just when one of the strong men walked towards her with a smile, trying to force her into the corner, and reaching out to her at the same time, Isabella took a deep breath and gathered the power of the gods into her feet.
Pointed, and then kicked the man's crotch violently.
"Ouch!"
The strong man groaned in pain and jumped up while holding his crotch. He obviously didn't expect that a young girl like Isabella, who looked so delicate, could be so strong and responsive.
While the man was groaning in pain and unable to fight back for a moment, Isabella concentrated her divine power on her right hand again, and slapped the other strong man who reached out to her hard, and slapped him hard.
His nose was bleeding from the beating, and he had to cover his face and retreat.
After taking care of two people one after another, Isabella clearly felt the pain in the wounds on her body, like a tide, accompanied by a feeling of fatigue, sweeping over her one after another.
But she gritted her teeth, pretending to be nonchalant, and smiled coldly at the third person, making that person shiver involuntarily.
"Do you want to be like the two of them?" Isabella asked in a mocking tone.
At the same time, she strode up to the man, grabbed the man's neck with one hand, and pushed him against the corner.
"No...no..." The man shook his head slightly and said with some difficulty breathing.
Isabella was silent for a moment.
During this short period of time, she began to think about her next plan.
Listening to the words of these people, she could probably guess that in the near future, a slave gladiatorial fight would be held in Desert Rock City. And they would have a life-and-death fight with each other or with wild beasts.
If she wants to escape, the surest way is to win in the competition, and then she can obtain the identity of a free citizen, and then act in this new identity to find the envoy.
But she quickly rejected the idea.
Although this method sounds very reliable, it takes too long. If she heard correctly, the competition will be held in a month.
During this month, she had to stay with these three bastards, and there was no way she could help the Messenger.
"Maybe I need to create chaos in this prison..." she thought to herself.
If we say that what the messenger is good at is taking advantage of familiarity with the rules, using them to the extreme, and using the power of law and morality to plunge the enemy into a situation of no return.
It can be said that he is a master of the game within the order.
So, what Isabella is best at is acting according to circumstances in chaos.
Chaos is her paradise.
As long as she is in chaos, she can use her abilities like a fish in water to achieve her various goals.
When she was in the Kingdom of Braden, because Lord Messenger had made all the plans, Isabella only had to obey orders and transform herself into a powerful weapon in the hands of Lord Messenger.
But now, the messenger is not around, and she must make plans on her own.
And in this brand new dimension, she doesn't have too many worries.
She can do whatever she wants.
So, she smiled slightly and said to the strong man who was pressed against the wall: "Do you want to escape?"
The strong man was deeply surprised. He looked at her, then at his two companions who fell to the ground and groaned in pain, and said in a hoarse voice:
"You...what are you going to do?...Oh, who doesn't want to escape?"
"What's your name?"
"My name is Gunter."
"Where are the two of them?"
"The one with the bald head is called Johnny, and the one with the tattoo is called Mario."
"How did you get imprisoned here?"
Gunter replied: "Johnny and Mario raped a young girl and were caught by the Sheriff of Barren Rock City. They originally planned to execute them, but because the Sun God Sacrifice Ceremony was to be held in a month, they were sent in as prisoners.
Gladiator."
Hearing this, Isabella despised the two men even more, and only regretted not beating them more severely.
"What about you?"
Gunter did not answer, but he heard Johnny, a bald man, shout: "Gaunt, do you dare to say that you are not in the same group?"
Hearing this, Isabella couldn't help but shook her head and retracted her hands, feeling that these guys were disgustingly dirty.
If there was no need to use them in future plans, Isabella really wanted to kick them all to death right now.
Looking at these dirty guys, Isabella wanted to sigh, "Oh, man", but suddenly she thought of the always polite and graceful messenger, and couldn't help but sigh silently. She just felt that men and
The gap between men is really huge.
In her impression, the messenger's gaze was always calm and indifferent, and would never be affected by the dignity or humbleness, beauty or ugliness of others. When he looked at her, there would be no trace of emotion.
Mixed with the slightest trace of desire.
"After all, he is a messenger sent by the great god..." she thought, "Maybe in the eyes of the messenger, there is no difference between all living beings..."
In the following time, Isabella asked these people again about the situation in this prison.
These people were frightened by her, so they naturally responded in this way.
They said that there were nearly a hundred slaves or prisoners in this prison, all of whom were going to fight to the death in the arena next month.
The key to this prison is kept by the warden.
The warden tied the key to his waistband anytime and anywhere, and carried it with him when eating or sleeping, never giving anyone a chance to touch it.
He would patrol every prison every night to check if everything was normal.
"If we want to escape, we must get the key." The three strong men said in unison.
Isabella nodded and fell into deep thought.
However, at this moment, a jailer suddenly appeared outside their cell and threw some bread in.
"Gunt, this is from your mother," the jailer said in a cold and ruthless tone. "She asked me to bring you a message to ask you to take care of yourself."
Gunter grabbed the bread and stuffed it into his arms. At the same time, he shouted: "I told her a long time ago not to send anything, but she didn't listen..."
Isabella asked: "This place can still allow people from outside to send things in?"
"Of course," Mario chuckled and replied, "As long as you are willing to spend money to bribe the warden."
"So our warden is extremely rich now," Gunter couldn't help but added, "He can always think of various ways to make money."
"I'm afraid most rich people are not as rich as him." Johnny agreed.
Hearing this, Isabella suddenly felt an inspiration flashing through her mind.
She finally knew how to cause chaos.
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