Slave boy

Year 1500, of the Sindi calender

"cirr, cirr,"

A crispy sound was continuously been created by the gradual movement of the wheels of the overloaded carriage containing heavy goods, merchants and, slaves that were being continously shipped from the various nearby small islands on the Great southern Ocean and were taking the course from the southern ocean harbour towards the Ding coastal city.

A little boy over the age of thirteen with shiny bald head wearing a damp shirt with loose trousers and having scruffy appearance with both his hands and legs being tied by strong iron shackles was standing near the lowermost corner of the deck of a moving ship, with the rapid movement of the ship over the rough sea, the high tidal waves risen were churning towards the boat as if trying to engulf it in whole.

There were about twenty other slaves, including a few children that had their hands and legs tied similar to the bald boy and were being shipped to the Ding Coastal city for the yearly annual slave auction, that was going to be held towards the end of the ongoing wintery month. The gloomy eyes of these slaves were filled with fatigue and weariness in worry for the unknown future that was lying ahead of them.

"Put the anchor down and keep a keen vigilance towards these slaves, drag each of them down while counting, there is no need to waste much time and care about their emotions, these shit are just objects of money to us," orated the chief of the gang. "Boss, I don't like the sight of this baldy black child. From the very start of the journey he has been looking towards us with angst and hatred, shouldn't we just dispose him here and remove any future trouble," asked a sidekick of the gang.

" hahaha, you halfwit don't be such a scary pussy, each member of our gang has performed uncountable heinous crimes and half of us are bandits and thugs, we have already spent nearly half of our lives like fugitives hiding from the army and roaming near these scarcely populated island and cities of the southern coast of the Great Qin Dynasty and you are scared from just the gaze of a mamma's child, do you think any of these piece of shit ever be able to become a martial artist and take revenge against our gang, these shits need to cross the seven rivers of reincarnation to take revenge against this big boss," now hurry and drag them towards the carriage, we can't be the last, the yearly slave auction is just a few days away and the distance towards the Ding city will still take some days.

" Yes, boss, we should better hurry up and quickly get rid of these shitheads, I'm fed up with the sight of these assholes from the past three months. I have also heard that the Ding city has got some good booze and bitches to bang, after traveling in the ocean for the past few months, this lackey of yours need to relive some stuff" hahaha, you are right this trip would not be wasted at all as we have even got few of them with some slaves with bits of Qi in their body, these pieces would definitely fetch us hefty money'.

After unloading the slaves from the ship they were transported to the huge beast carriage standing aside from the shore. The beast's carriage was filled to the brim with slaves before it started moving from the seashore towards the Ding coast city. The road taken was a narrow muddy unpaved path that was filled with sludge, created by the waves of the sea and was creating an infuriating sound due to the slow and unsteady movement of the carriage. The boy with a sharp bald head was seated at the left-most corner of the cart alone and was seeing outside through the open bars with his small dark googly eyes while still being lost in some unknown thoughts.

"Hey, big brother, where are these uncles taking us, they even had not provided us with any food from the past two days, my stomach is grumbling continuously because of hunger" muttered a little girl, around eight years of age with a small cute oval face which was utterly clogged with dirt while her messy small hairs were shabbily tied into a ponytail. Hearing the soft, subtle muttered voice directed towards him the black bald boy lifted his head and looked towards the girl with a tapering sharp gaze and remained silent without giving a single word in response. Seeing the needle-like dark eyes and the raspy look on the boy's face, the little girl started quivering and moving back a little as if been scared by him, while her small round eyes started to get a little misty as she started to sob in tears.

"Sorry, big brother Xin-er was just hungry, Xin-er doesn't want to perturb big brother. Xiner will not ask for food again" thinking of the infuriating gaze of the bald boy filled with annoyance toward her, the little girl became extremely fearful of him and started to apologize regarding her previous behavior with some lingering fear. "Don't worry little sister, this handsome big brother Kong wu is there to fight for you. You don't need to be fearful of just any kitty", hearing the ongoing argument going between the two, a little fatty with round chubby cheeks around the same age as the girl began to interfere in between while provoking the bald black boy with his two small fists which was directed towards the bald boy in anger and warning.

"Here, take it, I only have this last piece left", seeing the crying and fear written face of the little girl, the black baldy felt a little sorry about her and tried to find the small piece of bun from his nearly torn dirty trousers pockets which he hid earlier for himself and flicked it towards the small girl after finding it. "Thank you, big brother for the food, this little sister's name is Xiner, can big brother tell his good name ? ", seeing the kind gesture from the dark bald boy, the little girl got some confidence and started to open up a little.

"Don't talk to him little sister, you are too naïve to understand the worldly affairs of this world and take the food from any person, this handsome big brother of yours can easily tell that this black Baldy is a sinister person, he definitely has got some ulterior motive, give the bun back to him" the chubby fat kid daunted towards the little girl and started to stare with fury towards the bald black boy.

" but, little fatty, I had already consumed the bun and I don't think that this big brother is a bad person, instead you are a bad person with some ulterior motives," responded the girl angrily. " You, little sister don't know about the vastness of this world, how can you easily believe in this kind of direful and sinistrous person and even call this handsome big brother as little fatty, this is the biggest disgrace to the most handsome men ever to be born," argued the little fatty with anger written all over his chubby face.

"don't you dare stare at me like that, you little round fatty should know his place better otherwise this big sister will not waste her time and beat you into a pig" the girl stared at the little fatty threateningly." big brother don't listen to this fatty, this little sister believe you are a good person, This little sister name is Xiner, can I know this big brothers name", asked the girl again after being interrupted by the fatty in between the going conversation .

" Xian Yiwang, my name is Xian Yiwang," the bald black boy replied with loftiness as if he wants to show the pride in his mere name," big brother Yiwang, Xiner fears these bad uncles and Xiner doesn't know what they want to do to me, please save Xin-er from these uncles Xiner wants to go home, my mom and dad are waiting for my return, I was just playing near the seashore when these baddies abducted me and put me in these iron bars and transported me here, big brother please save this little sister of yours," the little girl asked with her cute timid eyes and some nervousness in her small cute face.

" Don't worry little sister, this big brother who is the most handsome man ever to be born will protect little Xiner even if I had to lie down my life, ", boasted the little fatty while interrupting the ongoing conversation again. " You little chubby-faced fatty do you want to die", anger was written all over the face of the little girl as she gazed at little fatty with rage and irritation being interrupted again and again by him.

As the argument between the three was going on the cart slowed down, the bald black boy lifted his head towards the north, A big ancient gate made of bronze which can be easily seen from quite some distance was standing in the vestiture of time, a large varied crowd comprising beast carriage, merchants and common people were continuously moving in and out of the large gate, this large gate was the entrance of the Ding coastal city, while everyone one was moving in a well disciplined and organized manner and were waiting in sequence for their turn to enter the city, there was a group of people wearing colorful robes and sitting on huge giant beast that were rampaging towards the city without the care about any life or law and order, their complete body was filled with disdain and arrogance towards the mortals, these were the warriors who had trained hard to gain supernatural strength and were known as Martial artist, watching the haughtiness radiating from the martial artists, a grin appeared on the face of the bald black boy, his already eyes started to get pitch black and blood lust and murderous intent started to engulf his already black body.

." finally, it's time to enter the human domain. My hands can't wait to get dirty with some human blood," With a cold smirk on his face the bald black boy murmured in a tone only audible to him, while also being confused from the unknown hatred he was feeling towards the other human beings.