Alomitsu

Chapter 7: The Prisoner (2)

“Get out!” The strong man’s yelling made the people in the cabin shiver.

Everyone stood still, and the stout man grabbed a white man’s hair in one hand and fanned it against his haggard face to the point where his teeth were falling out.

“Uh ah~” This white man screamed in pain. I had infinite anger in my heart watching this scene. This kind of guy who regarded human life as nothing, this kind of guy who should have gone to hell, this kind of guy shouldn’t appear in the residue of the world, this guy who only rationed pigs for breakfast. Why did God leave him in the world?

My whole body trembled with anger. In this age of the Industrial Revolution, society, human principles, and laws had all been greatly improved, but the people in front of me turned out to insult people like a jackal.

“Dante.” Just when I couldn’t help but rush forward, Rui touched my shoulder. This touch restored my sanity a little, but the anger in my heart still burned.

“Slaves, get a move on! If the great sea monster gets angry, you will all die!” The stout man took out a bow and arrow, and the sharp arrow put fear in all of our eyes.

“You!” The stout man kicked the fainted white man and snarled at a yellow man, who the yellow man was trembling with fright.

“For you, how do you think of the sea monster at night.”

“I don’t want to be eaten by the sea monster.”

“You don’t want to be eaten, then why are you not moving forward?”

“I-I.” The yellow man was speechless with fear.

The stout man swept across each of us with a vicious look, “listen, you slaves, your value is the same as that of despicable ale. If you don’t want to die, give it to me, I don’t mind killing all of you right now.”

The murderous look in the rough man’s eyes and his words made me return to reality, which was frightening and more cruel then I could never imagine.

This was exactly like the original food chain, which was without any sympathy.

The burly man took a black man and pushed him up the bloody wooden stairs. When the black man was pushed up, the others followed him one after another.

Just like the law of the jungle, once there was an animal that went first, there would be an animal that went second. This law was engraved in our human genes, because we humans were social animals. Even if we knew it was bad, we would still follow the pace of others.

At the beginning of our industrial revolution era, we advocated people’s free thinking, advocated equality and mutual love between people, and advocated people’s independent thinking.

I knew this, but I still honestly lined up behind the line and walked up. I was ashamed of my obedience.

We walked through the second floor full of alcohol. On this floor, there were many clothes that were the same clothes that of the burly man, and their clothes had a pattern of blood dripping from a sharp knife.

“Rogue group? Pirates?” I immediately understood that these people were desperados. Among them, reason and justice no longer existed, because in their eyes, they were justice.

When we all walked to the second floor, I saw the robbers on the second floor walking towards the bottom of the cabin with a smile, and women’s wailing and crying were heard immediately below.

My teeth were creaking. If I had the power of god, I would kill these wolves in human skin.

The realistic result was that all of us men were squatting on the deck. This was a ship made of heavy wooden planks, and there was a pattern of blood dripping from a sharp knife hanging on the mast. I couldn’t imagine where this pattern came from even if I broke my head from thinking about it.

A waterproof oil lamp hung on the bow of this triangle-shaped ship. This oil lamp was for the navigator to distinguish the obstacles in front of the ship and drive away the sea monsters that came near.

Now, the sky outside was gloomy, like the remnants of the sunset in summer. The stench of the sea breeze sweeping through the sea irritated my nose, and the edge of this deck was stained with dry blood. It was impossible to imagine how many people were killed by these men in order to leave this stain.

“Captain!” The stout man respectfully kneeled to the knight who was wiping the machete in front of us. He even put his right hand on the heart to express his eternal allegiance to the man in front of him.

I wanted to raise my head and look at the man who was called captain carefully, but the person next to me suddenly sneezed, and his head just instinctively lifted up a little bit. The next moment, warm and stenchy blood spilled on my face.

I opened my eyes wide and watched his head roll down under my feet. It was the first time I saw someone die in front of me. My breathing was uncontrollably rapid, and the fear of death instantly suppressed my anger. Everyone else was also the same, as everyone trembled.

“Who! Permit! You lowly slaves to raise your heads! You guys who don’t understand gratitude!” It was a clear and cold male voice that said this, he was most definitely the captain who I couldn’t see clearly.

“In this age of turbulent war, who gave you that piece of black bread and water.”

“Answer the captain!” The thick man took out his whip and immediately beat the slave next to him.

The slave wailed. “It’s you, great lord, it’s you,” the slave shouted, and everyone else shouted.

“Yes, that’s right. It’s me, the great Captain Kild, the lawless walker in this sea, the emperor of the sea!” The crisp male voice yelled loudly, which made me completely realize that this guy was crazy.

“Next, you should make contributions to this great captain and give your ugly lives.” His words made my whole body tremble violently. Is this lunatic going to kill all of us?

“Now, I allow you to raise your heads and once again see my great figure and dignified face.” After he finished speaking, we still didn’t raise our heads.

Again, the slave in the middle was grasped by the thick man by his chin. Looking at the captain, I was very glad that I was in the middle position, and we dared to look up when the slave looked up.

The captain’s face had two scars. These scars gave me a sense of visual impact, and his messy black beard. Judging from his appearance, this guy is definitely a wicked person who killed people without blinking.

The sea breeze still cooled down with the night. The black and gloomy sky, the waves that were constantly beating the boat. There were crazy robbers, and even our group of slaves squatting together. Is this the dark side of the world?!

“You should be happy, your despicable souls will be given up for me. My great kid has a smoother voyage, my kid will let you ascend to heaven, where you will not be suffering.”

“Rejoice, be high, be proud, it’s all for me, the great Captain Kild.” He shook his arms, and the villains on the deck raised their weapons and howled.

The sweat on my forehead kept dripping because of the tension. I was afraid that If I went on like this, before I would be killed, I would become dehydrated and die.

“Now, let us start!” The Captain Kild took the pirate’s curved machete and pointed at us, the poor people who were more vulnerable than sheep.

“All you slaves, stand on the deck for me and look at the sea below. If anyone dares not open their eyes or turn their heads, I will just throw you into the sea!” the thick man roared.

I watched the slaves next to me walk towards the edge of the ship’s guardrail with a painful look, and I was right next to Rui, who was now the person I trust the most.

We were powerless people standing on the edge and looking towards the bottom of the sea. Under the gloomy sky, the floating sea was extremely deep, and my instinct told me that there might be some terrible creatures at the bottom of the sea.

At this moment, a pirate came next to me. The pirate was laughing and looking at the bottom of the sea like me. His hands kept touching my buttocks. This guy was definitely into the same sex.

But I couldn’t care, I desperately wanted to know their reason for doing this. I couldn’t ask Rui, nor could I look at others.

As time passed, the gloom of the sky turned into darkness, and the oil lamps were lit one by one. Under the dim light, the pirate next to me released his hand from my hip. He left me and stood behind me.

The surging of the waves became more and more intense, and the sound of slaps on the ship’s plank became more and more harsh. This harshness was not the vibration of the slap, but a strange harshness.

It’s like the sound of a carpenter pulling a grid of wood, and like a rat’s creaking on a bone. Under the dim oil lamp, I saw a huge flat shadow appearing on the bottom of the boat. It was not like a fish or sea monster from those fairy tales, it was definitely real.

I didn’t know how big it was, but I could be sure that it could easily overturn the ship.

The shadow at the bottom of the sea kept the surface of the sea floating, and I saw a certain kind of creature that seemed to exist under the shadow, and I seemed to hear its breathing and its whispers.

I was sweating from behind. Since I stepped inside that cave, I experienced terrible adventures. Were my adventures not over yet?

At the moment, my brain was like cement, and my head was suffering a splitting headache, like being beaten with a fist. This extreme discomfort made me dizzy and about to fall down.

“Time is up.” Captain Kild’s cold words fell, and I heard the sad and muffled voice of a slave. The captain killed someone.

“Everyone turned around.” The roar of the thick man made us turn around honestly.

When I turned around, the pirate behind me also walked to the side, but what made me almost vomit was the neck of the dead slave. The rope was entangled, and then hung on the bow by the group of pirates. The corpse was swaying on the bow.

Just like a prisoner sentenced to death by the criminal law, his desolate and lonely body hung there. It was as thin as a cicada’s wings. A person like me was so weak, I was like a boat with an oil lamp deep into the sea, powerless.

The anger in my heart suppressed this fear for the first time. The tied fists were held tightly in anger. I would fight back whenever I had the opportunity. The declaration of equality and the freedom that people pursued were worth nothing in this cruel place.

This was a dark place, a ruthless place. My whole body was shaking violently. Others might think I was shaking with fear, but I knew I was not. I had the desire to kill for the first time.

“I am not only the darkness in the enemy’s eyes, but also the ghost in the enemy’s eyes, and even the representative of death in the enemy’s eyes.” Just when I was about to be overtaken by anger, cold and extremely quiet words sounded in my ears, and I suddenly turned to look around.

Except for the trembling slaves and pirates, no one else was there, so who just said that?

“Who is it?” I whispered, but no one responded to me. Is this my own auditory hallucination?

Just when I was puzzled, I was pulled to stand with these people called slaves, and then watched the slaughter and cruelty in front of me.

When this tragic slaughter was over, each of us was given some water and fed a small piece of crusty brown bread the size of a child’s palm. This bread was stuffed directly in our mouths, and our hands were tied and we couldn’t take it slowly. Eat, and then all of us were driven to the bottom of the ship again.

This hard brown bread stank and was extremely difficult to swallow, but in my current state of hunger, I swallowed it very quickly and even wanted more.

There was a constant cry of women coming from the bottom of the boat. Because the bottom of the boat was too dark, I couldn’t see it. However, I could clearly notice that they were hugging each other and crying. This was their only way to comfort their souls.

In the darkness, a person touched my shoulder. This familiar touch gave me the only trace of relief in the darkness. That was this kind Rui, and the only person on the ship who responded to me.

“Rui, I want to know what you saw on the bottom of the sea just now.” The first thing I asked Rui was the shadow of the bottom of the sea, which might be one of the reasons why I came to this pirate ship.

“No, Mr. Dante, you may not understand what I told you. Please let me start from the beginning.” Rui paused in the darkness.

“I also drank some water now, I feel that my throat is better. I will tell Mr. Dante about our current situation. It is natural for Mr. Dante not to know, but I still hope that Mr. Dante will listen carefully, because if I say too much, my throat will be dry, and I am afraid that I will not be able to bear the hunger and thirst during the day.”

“I see, Rui. Just pick the important things and tell me.” Rui’s words were exactly what I wanted, and I pricked my ears and started listening.

I was afraid that I would miss any of Rui’s words.