The Third Path

"...to get myself the compensation."

Saying so, Lith jumped down the mountain and explosively landed on the ground, creating a small crater beneath his feet.

The slave miners stopped working when they heard this noise and looked at the source, only to see Lith standing straight like a lance and gazing at everyone with a calm yet murderous glint in his eyes.

The slaves trembled in fear as they watched him and nobody dared to utter a single word or move from their place.

The young child who used to beat Lith was near him as well.

He saw Lith didn't have his shackles on him and noticing his domineering stance, he was ticked off. How dare Lith show such an attitude? He thought to himself.

The kid took great strides and walked towards Lith with an air of authority and yelled,

"YOU DAMN SLAVE, HOW DARE YOU BREAK FREE OF YOUR SHACKLES!"