After a simple breakfast, the group headed to their destination.
"By the way, what is the name of this city that we have to reach?" Betty asked Asteri.
"The name of the city is Urtù, apparently it is one of the cities that most supports the corrupt regime of the new ruler. For this we must be very careful when we are near them". Asteri wanted to take few risks, so it was not his intention to enter Ursù.
After those brief words, the trio fell silent as they headed towards Ursu. The path became quiet again, they saw only two patrols, but they passed them in silence without any problems.
Finally I came to the edge of a wood they were crossing, and from there they saw the walls, Ursù.
"Mhhh a normal city, but seeing it I have a bad impression, like ... as if its corruption could be felt from here." Asteri gave his opinion on the city, for the boy it was one of those cities full of underworld.
"True, who knows how many people suffered for those oppressors. But we're not heroes anyway, so it's not our problem." She allatu she wasn't particularly sorry for the misfortune of people she didn't know.
"Now that we're here it's time to go to the slavers' lair. From what Jack told me it should be northwest of Ursu. There should be a little mountain range there, there should be a cave there." Asteri explains where the location of the bandits' lair should be.
"A cave as a base for slavers, original, don't you think?" Allatu seemed bored with this information.
"Well, they don't have much choice around here. But we shouldn't underestimate the danger of a cave anyway, it's a great place to set traps and ambushes." Instead, Betty thought of the dangers she might be hiding in a cave.
"Like it or not, we have to go. Let's hope the girl is unharmed." Asteri wanted to go soon to this den of brigands, he was a little worried about the situation of the kidnapped girl.
"Why do I get the impression that girl is safer in that cave full of slavers than next to you?" Betty rolled her eyes as Allatu chuckled at the half-breed's claim.
"I can't deny what you say, my lovely Betty." Asteri smiled at Betty, making her blush.
"Hmph!" the girl, in response, just snorted.
After this brief interview, the trio immediately headed to the mountains, avoiding Ursù to the best of their ability.
. . .
At the same time, in a very dark place, where the sunlight did not reach anything, there was a room carved into the rock. More precisely it was not a room but a kind of prison. The only way to enter was a wooden door reinforced with iron plates, and arcane runes were engraved on these plates. Apparently the inside of this prison was not only protected by a very common door, but was also covered with a magical power.
There was a bed inside, or at least it was the closest thing given the ugly state it is in. And the other item was a small wooden bucket, apparently these were the only things put in this room.
But they weren't the only ones there. Leaning against the edge of the bed, sitting on the floor with her face buried in her lap, was a girl. With the little visibility that she was there you could not see exactly the features of the latter, the only things that could be glimpsed were; her clothes, a little damaged. Apparently they had been ripped off, but not too much as they could still hold much of her skin, but that wasn't enough to keep people outside the prison from recognizing the quality of the materials she was sewn with, she was very precious. And beyond them was a chain tied to the ankle, which extended to the center of the room where it was connected to a wooden pillar, which ran from floor to ceiling.
Suddenly they start to hear footsteps headed for this prison. From their rhythm it was deduced that two people were walking.
"Boss, we've been holding her hostage for days, but you haven't allowed us to taste the girl yet. And you haven't even tasted her, boss, why? She's our prisoner, so we have the right to do it whatever we want." . One of the two people started talking.
"Idiot! The customer has specifically stated that we can't touch her directly. Why do you think he hasn't tasted her pussy yet? Do you think he's become a guru, so on the spot?" the other figure was speaking, from their voices one could guess that they were two men.
"Since when are we interested in such a request? In the end we always did as we wanted, regardless of this bullshit. After all, what's the problem if we take it once or twice, I promise we will be careful not to damage the girl .. . "the man insisted on this speech.
"Ahhhh why are you so stupid? This customer is not just anyone, we have to be careful what we do, it's also where we do it. So try to stick it in that empty head you find yourself in, I hate repeating myself twice ... you know what happens if I get mad, right Flink ?. " The last sentence of the speech contained a hint of a murderous aura, which made the man named Flink shiver.
"Y-yes, boss. I swear I won't ask again." Obviously Flink was afraid of the other man. 'Who knows who this client is. I've never seen the boss so serious about a deal.' Flink was thinking in his head.
"Stop talking about unnecessary problems, we need to prepare for the next step of the plan." as the two men talked, they both reached the prison door. "Isn't that right, precious young lady?" The man looked inside the prison, watching the girl with a smirk.
He looked up slightly to meet the eyes of the man the words came from.