Chapter 442: Owl

Chapter 442: Owl

After polite pleasantries were exchanged.

Each national team then went to their respective teleportation halls to prepare for teleportation.

Buzz!!

Soon.

The massive teleportation array under Ling Zhan's feet, which connected directly to the Dragon Kingdom, emitted a dazzling light.

In the next second.

The light faded, and everyone's figures vanished from the spot.

The staff here watched as each national team was teleported away, full of emotion.

Hmm...

This year's Beast War Tournament was undoubtedly the most shocking and exhilarating.

They witnessed the heroic stances of every contestant.

They also witnessed the legendary moment when the non-specialist from the Dragon Kingdom achieved double championships.

"I just wonder if we'll ever see that non-specialist figure again in the future..."

......

While the national teams were returning home.

On the other side.

In a dilapidated factory in the slums of Darklight City.

Forty girls sat around a campfire.

After waking up in the morning, they had already finished washing up.

Each of them showed their fair and delicate faces.

Originally, there were over a hundred slaves in this batch, all intended to be sold to wealthy buyers by slave traders.

Each girl was outstanding in appearance, meant to serve as companions to the rich.

In this world of job changes where the strong prey on the weak, mere beauty was not only useless but could also bring about their destruction.

Strength was the only fundamental way to protect oneself!

"Luni, our rice barrel is almost empty..."

At this moment.

A girl with pink hair whispered.

The girl named 'Luni' froze upon hearing this.

She glanced around at her companions, just about to speak.

But then...

Bang!!

The factory door was kicked open with great force!

At the same time, voices rang out.

"Hehe! This is the place! Boss, there are forty female slaves here!"

"Wow! Not bad quality! Each one looks so pretty!"

"Damn! I'm tempted just looking at them! Boss, can I keep one? I haven't touched a woman in ages!"

"I want one too!"

"..."

In the terrified gaze of the girls who huddled together, more than a dozen thuggish young men wielding weapons swaggered in.

Leading them was a bald, chubby man.

The man had a menacing centipede-like scar on his head, wore an eyepatch, and was dressed in a vest showing strange tattoos on his body.

Listening to his companions' chatter, his one fierce eye turned towards the forty trembling girls huddled in the corner.

His lone eye lit up.

Indeed, they were all beauties!

"Looks like that cripple didn't lie to me! There's indeed a treasure trove here!"

The one-eyed bald man laughed heartily.

His single eye flashed with a terrifying gleam of desire.

"Yeah, Boss, if we sell them individually, each one would fetch at least several thousand Holy Crystals! These are high-end goods!"

"Several thousand Holy Crystals!? Really that much?"

"No shit! Look at the quality! Way better than what I've found at the brothel!"

"Damn! Didn't expect a gold mine hidden here!"

"..."

The group of youths cursed and swore.

You have to admit...

Though the factory was rundown, the girls kept it so well-maintained that there wasn't a hint of foul odor; instead, a pleasant milky scent lingered.

"Leave ten for us to enjoy, and the remaining thirty, hands off!"

The one-eyed bald man immediately ordered.

"Why? Can't we all have a go? No one would notice, right?"

"Idiot! Haven't you heard? Only an intact jade piece is valuable! Broken jade is worth nothing!"

"Move aside!"

"Tie them up now!"

Saying this.

The group of young men, holding ropes, sneered and approached the girls.

The girls pursed their lips, terrified, and stepped back.

They made no cries for help.

Because they knew that crying for help here was pointless.

At the same time...

They never expected that the one who leaked their location was the cripple they once helped.

Back then, the cripple was on the brink of starvation, and they had given him their last bit of food, which saved his life.

Yet now, for profit, he had betrayed them.

In the end...

They were still too young and naive.

They underestimated the ugliness of human nature.

Here...

Some were once the daughters of fallen aristocrats, some were daughters of bankrupt tycoons, and others were princesses of decaying empires.

Though they had become slaves due to some misfortune, perhaps their upbringing and pampered backgrounds still kept a compassionate heart within them.

But what they didn't know was...

Compassion was the least needed thing in these slums.

At this moment.

What awaited them was inevitably hell.

They would be sold like commodities.

Then sent to the homes of the wealthy.

And the other ten would suffer even more, being violated by these scumbags.

As the youths, with perverted smiles, approached.

All the girls shut their eyes in despair.

Tears silently flowed.

They prayed in their hearts for someone to save them.

But they also knew, no one would come to save them.

Absolutely not...

Time passed in despair for a full ten seconds.

Hmm?

The girls who had closed their eyes in despair all felt a sense of confusion.

Despair...

Hadn't come?

When they cautiously opened their eyes, they were shocked by what they saw.

The dozen or so young men who had approached them with twisted smiles were now standing silently in place, eyes rolled back, drooling at the mouth.

Including the one-eyed bald man.

But what shocked and intrigued the girls even more...

Was the black-haired woman dressed in a black-and-white maid outfit standing before them.

She smiled sweetly at the cute, beautiful girls.

"Who... who are you?"

Luni cautiously stepped forward.

She didn't know the identity of this beautiful sister, but she knew the strange state of those scum was caused by this sister.

"My name is Xiaoye, you can call me Sister Xiaoye from now on."

Xiaoye took Luni's hand willingly.

At this moment.

The girls, who had been shivering in fear, also stood up from the corner.

Their eyes, still glistening with tears, were filled with curiosity and lingering fear as they stared blankly at the maid-dressed lady.

What they didn't know was...

Ahead of them lay a new life.

And...

In the future, they would form a mysterious team codenamed 'Owl.'

This team would wholeheartedly serve a certain individual.

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