The Male lead suffers a loss76

Since they were all given the test differently no one knew what the others had to do until they brought them together again for their punishment

When the girls heard her warning especially the ones that were tied and made to stand on the plank in the dead of the night, they immediately shivered, not only did they stand there against their will but they were thrown into the waters as the ship moved,

when they thought they would end up drowning they were then pulled back up again and the process was repeated five times which immediately traumatized those girls

The boss lady didn't care how the girls were, if they wanted their freedom they had to fight for it and if they couldn't then they would be a punishment awaiting them.

Does tricks and punishment she gave to them was something she had learned the hard way, because in every captive there would always be someone or few of them who would stand against their captor.

They had strong hearts and gave the others hope to fight back but if you could break the hearts of those ones then the rest would fall apart and be submissive.

While some would escape together but one among them would use the rest as bait while he or she escaped. Getting caught again was worst than the first time and the punishment was enough to make you snap mentally

The boss lady looked at the girls that were now as quiet as a calm sea and sighed. None of them could pass her test and none of them had the heart for the punishment, getting thrown into the sea while being tied and pulled along by the ship was really scary indeed and though no one died but it didn't mean no one had died in the past

The creatures in the sea could sense fear and if not pulled out on time the person would be devoured but because a certain someone's presence scared this sea creatures away none of the girls experienced almost getting eaten alive

The boss lady had specifically gone in every night to see which of the girls had the courage to escape, it didn't matter if it was land or sea, she had the final say and if any one passed her test she would indeed free the person, but so far all the girls that came to try their luck failed.

She had gotten report on the first day how two girls had taken the step to eat without considering if it was poisoned or not and she became interested in them but no matter how she talked to all the girls every night those two girls never for once stood up to try their luck

At first she was worried because this type were the crafty ones, they looked afraid and timid but within them they had killed you a thousand times, so during the time the ship hit a storm she brought the two out gave them instructions to hold onto a rope while controlling the sail and she hoped to install some fear in them but also to understand them

But no matter what she threw at them they never flinched but nonetheless since they never tried anything funny she suspected that they were waiting for their chance on land, but that was not her problem because once she gave them to her buyers then the matter was out of her hands

Before riding along she gave them one last warning and so when they all got aboard the wagon they were too sacred to even think about calling for help, since the ones that tried had a mental breakdown and the others lost their will

The other girls who didn't give it a try watched as those ones became submissive so they decided to keep quiet as well, they even closed the little ones mouth so an accidental sound would not escape from their mouths and cause trouble for them

The boss lady looked at them and sneered while touching her scarred face

" what's the use about being pretty if you can't fight back"

With that she took the lead and drove the wagons to a less busy street, packed it and gave her men instructions.

Somewhere on the east in a town about a thousand kilometres away from the sea port, a young handsome man sat leisurely while sipping a glass of wine, he had a very noble aura around him but presently he looked very bored.

In front of him an abnormal large looking chess board with a play field of an actual landscape was placed there as though he was playing with someone, he sighed for a moment before a knock was heard on his door

Letting the person in on his command, it was his servant who came to pass an information and quickly left.

As soon as he left the handsome young man looked back at his chess board, surprisingly he didn't touch it but a piece moved forward and mysteriously disintegrated, then a new chess piece appeared outside the chess board, and it looked entirely different from the one that just disappeared.

The chess board looked like a terrian not your usual black and white markings but with natural landmarks of the actual town he was presently in

"I guess they're really useless, not even enough to turn to soliders...in that case I think I'll head to the Ronnelle's family they have good chess piece there...but Shahan is a little difficult to deal with especially since their daughter went missing"

The young man pondered to himself while looking at the chess board when suddenly a crack showed. His calm and composed face swiftly changed to horror as his eyes widened in shock and disbelief, and he stood up hurriedly dropping the glass of wine and shattering it's contents on the tiled floor

Before he could get himself together the crack continued slowly but frightening for him.

"Master quickly turn off your skill.....a higher space has stepped on your territory if it locates you, all your techniques will be destroyed"

The young man quickly snapped his fingers three times to deactivate his skill and the chess board quickly changed to a different terrain but it became smaller in size

With a heavy breathing the young man's hand was shaking and he quickly coughed out blood,

his servants outside heard the glass shatter and rushed in only to see their master coughing up blood, but when they rushed up to check on him a tiny creature blew a soft gentle wind towards them and they soon forgot what they came for and just turned to leave.

"Master...are you alright, even though you reacted quickly you still got injured, but it's not very deep just rest and....."

"Themba....what just happened...my space is strong enough to cover a quarter of this nation and yet someone's space was able to surpass my own without me knowing until I was completely hit?"

"Master I don't think the owner of that space attacked you directly because if he did then the chess board would have been completely destroyed.....I think we should move further away from here just to be safe"

The young man soon stood back up then wiped his blood stained mouth and smiled

The tiny creature beside him shivered because this meant his Master was going to do the opposite,

"Themba let's go say hii to our new friend..... besides I just suffered a loss"

"But Master that person's space is stronger than yours.... you'll be noticed"

"It's alright I'll just turn it off or keep it on a two person radius, I wasn't careful before but now I know what to do.....by the way where did the attack come from?"

"Master.... according to where the chess board got cracked from, it should be from the sea port located at the west of this town...I believe the person just touched land, though the person's space is stronger I can tell the person is a novice or the person just doesn't care who it hits, anyway now we know the person just entered this country for the first time"

"The sea port huhh.....whomever that person is, either it's a tourist or....a slave, I believe the latter to be true.....Themba"

"Yes Master..."

"Craft a new chess board for the trip, I'll pick chess pieces along the way"

"Alright.....but what about this territory and I thought you wanted to go to the Ronnelle's family"

"Themba.....it's not everyday you come across something like this, besides I can always come back to check my other chess pieces"

"What identity will you be taking this time?"

"Hmmmm let's say a scholar whose interested in teaching children"

"Alright Master.... before you reach the residential area of the sea port I'll be done with the chess board"

With that the creature disappeared

Author's note: thank you for reading my novel and adding it to your library 🤗. Although I would love to receive a comment, review or power stones as a form of encouragement 😌

Just to inform all my dear readers that there would be no new chapters uploaded because I'm really losing my motivation....😟 😔😭, and so I'll stock pile them while waiting for your support 🤭

Don't judge me 😏. I really do need that motivation, the ML is telling me to hold his scenes back until I(Author ) get some motivation 😜. I'm pitiful 😔 I have no choice I'm also suffering a loss 😞