The Escape

The five of them split into two groups. The first group, including Van Minh and Truong, went around a large rice field, while the second group, including Tuan Hai and Quang Minh, went straight through the pine forest. Their next destination was Azarient City, about 40 kilometers away from the city where Heilop's villa was located, Polihland. When they reached the edge of Polihland, the five of them took off all their clothes, weapons, and shoes and replaced them with clothes like the local civilians, clothes that Ky bought from a random all-day and all-night clothing store in the city, for 1 silver coin (equivalent to 1000 copper coins). At this time, the four people in the group, except Ky, took out their glasses and put them on. All five of them were now wearing loose white sheepskin pants with leather belts and foreign leather shoes, Quang Minh wore a brown tunic with a regular straw hat, Hai wore a dark brown tunic, Truong wore a silver tunic and a hat similar to Robin Hood but in a light brown color, Van Minh wore a gray tunic, Ky wore a grayish brown tunic and wore a brown cowhide eyepatch over his right eye. The first group traveled by horse, horses they stole from Heilop's stables, this group quickly reached Azarient City when the first rays of sunlight hit the city.

The second group was not so lucky. Hai and Quang Minh accidentally got lost while walking in this large forest.

Quang Minh walked alone, approaching a more open and less tree-lined area in the forest. Quang Minh saw a woodcutter about 20-30 years old sleeping nearby, when he was about to approach to ask for directions, a succubus lay on the woodcutter. The woodcutter woke up, seeing the succubus with pink eyes and hair, a devil tail, a sexy and youthful body looking at him with a lecherous gaze. She had what looked like a multi-circle heart tattoo the same color as her eyes on her lower abdomen.

"Who are you?", the woodcutter looked at the succubus in surprise.

"Don't panic, young man, I just want a little "pleasure" with you~", the succubus replied in a sweet, seductive voice.

"But you're…you…should…", the woodcutter's voice gradually lost its sanity as the succubus emitted a pheromone so strong that the smell reached Quang Minh, 10 meters away, causing Quang Minh to cover his nose.

The succubus forcefully kissed the woodcutter and drained his life force. Quang Minh witnessed the whole thing with surprise, and disgust. After 5 minutes, the woodcutter had visibly lost weight. There was still no sign of stopping, the succubus continued. Two minutes later, the woodcutter had become so thin that he was no different from a skeleton covered in skin, the succubus finally stopped, sitting up.

"Do you like this pleasure?~", the succubus whispered.

There was no response.

"What's wrong with you? What a pity? At least I really like this feeling~", the succubus chuckled.

"I wonder who will be my prey.", the succubus looked around, and their eyes met.

Quang Minh shouted, and that made the succubus even more interested. She quickly flew to Quang Minh, pushed him to the ground, and forcibly hugged him with her plump body. Quang Minh tried to resist but it was not very effective. The succubus still held Quang Minh tightly.

"You have a lot of vitality, young man~", the succubus whispered into Quang Minh's ear.

Quang Minh tried to stay calm.

"You seem obedient, such a good boy~", the succubus patted Quang Minh's head, rubbing her cheeks against him.

Quang Minh was trembling.

"You seem a bit scared? Let me satisfy you!~", the succubus stretched her tongue twice as long as a normal person's to the back of Quang Minh's throat.

Quang Minh was really panicking at this moment, the pheromone smell became strong. Quang Minh's consciousness gradually decreased.

"You really are a Half-demon, no normal human male can resist this to this extent like you.~", her voice was still so seductive and enchanting that it was impossible to resist.

Quang Minh did not respond but continued to resist.

"Do you want to enjoy more pleasure from this body?~", the succubus whispered into Quang Minh's ear.

"No thanks, now let go of my friend.", Hai angrily attacked from behind by throwing a rock that was just right at the succubus's head.

Unlike what Hai thought, the rock cracked in half. The succubus turned her head to look at Hai with disdainful eyes, as if he had just done something stupid.

"You fool! Succubus cannot be harmed by normal physical damage.", she flew towards Hai at lightning speed.

Hai tried to dodge but she approached and controlled him from behind in a split second, forcing Hai into a nearby tree.

"If you're a bit stubborn, let me charm you too~", the succubus smiled, her lewd and evil eyes shining into Hai's bewildered eyes. Hai tried to struggle, and like Quang Minh, the boy couldn't escape. Quang Minh was still enchanted, still lying still in one place and drooling, his mouth grinning. Hai helplessly watched as he and his friend Quang Minh were about to be drained of their vitality.

It really happened. And it continued for several hours. At least, Hai could feel lucky that she had not touched their virginity. For some unknown reason, she could only use the method of draining their vitality through kisses, forcefully, of course, but fortunately, the genetic transformation into other races had significantly increased Hai and Quang Minh's vitality, enough to satisfy the succubus' hunger. Since she had also drained the soul and vitality of the unfortunate woodcutter, at most she could only drain half or almost all of Hai and Quang Minh's vitality. Quang Minh fainted from too much vitality.

Well, it was time to do it yourself so…

"Acid Blow!!!", Hai shouted loudly, releasing a large stream of concentrated sulfuric acid from his hand towards her…

…Morning in Azarient City…

"Thank you.", Van Minh nodded, took the five ID Cards and left.

The young man waved happily, and when Van Minh left the office, he let out a sigh of relief. He thought to himself: "I thought I was about to die when I met this aggressive guy, damn it, he almost killed me if I didn't change some information in those five cards."

"Sexual orientation!? How would the medieval people know about these things? Or is it information that helps get to the guillotine if you're not heterosexual?", Van Minh frowned and thought to himself, thinking for a long time but still couldn't figure it out so he just clicked his tongue and continued walking.

Walking on the paved roads, entering a large market, both sides of the road were filled with beggars, even beggar families, their clothes were torn and looked like rags, their bodies were skinny and bony. Just sighing, continuing on, Van Minh continued to witness the scene of young girls being forcibly dragged away by soldiers somewhere, only they knew. Van Minh looked to the right, it was a slave market where women over 25 years old but still had no family of their own were sold. Shivering, trembling, panicking, bewildered, surprised, those were the words that could describe his feelings when he saw the words at the entrance of this slave market that read "MARKET FOR BUYING AND SELLING UNMARIZED WOMEN OVER 25 YEARS OLD: CHEAP PRICES, DOGGY, RESPONSIBLE, LOYAL GOODS. COME AND BUY THEM, BOYS!", inside the market were women who were forced to be naked and had their bodies groped by all the men passing by, were humiliated by children including little girls, somewhere there was a slave owner who used a whip to whip a woman who was sold for fun, the men inside laughed gleefully at the woman's painful screams. Too terrified, Van Minh turned his head, looked to the left, and continued walking. Right in front of him was another slave market, where people from other worlds, like him, were sold. The people on display were many Asian races, ranging in age from 10 to 19, just like what he had first seen a few months ago when he was first summoned here. Unlike what he had imagined, the people from Earth were summoned here for the sole purpose of becoming unpaid laborers under conditions that were even worse than slavery. That was the harsh truth that Van Minh realized. Looking through the faces of the desperate people, he recognized his fellow countrymen, but there was nothing he could do to help them. Because the process of the five people in the group being able to escape was a miracle, a blessing, and if they could survive, it was a blessing.

Right next to it was… a public execution site. And the crime of those about to be executed was… a surprise to him: They were homosexuals. The people watching the scene kept shouting "Rainbow people, alien demons, die! Die!". Van Minh didn't dare to watch even a little bit, just hearing the screams, the chopping, the cheering was enough to make him shiver. The items taken away included smartphones, headphones, electronic cigarettes, strange items for the people of this world.

"It's highly likely that sexual orientation, electric lights, toothbrushes, magical engines, and many other terms are among the many factors that Earthlings influence on the people of this world. But the people here perceive those factors exactly as the medieval people would.", Van Minh thought to himself.

He continued walking until he reached the outskirts where Truong and Ky were resting under the shade of an oak tree. "Here are the five ID cards, with the names, ages, and races edited.", Van Minh handed Truong and Ky their ID cards.

"You threatened the guy who made the card to this extent….", Truong took his card, smiling wryly.

"Van Minh, what are STR, DEX, INT, CON, WIS, CHA?", Ky asked while looking at the card.

"STR is Strength, meaning physical strength, DEX is Dexterity, meaning the ability to move, balance, and reflexes, INT is Intelligence, meaning wisdom, memory, logic, and academic knowledge. CON is Constitution, meaning vitality and endurance, factors that determine health, WIS is Wisdom, meaning will, perception, and intuition, factors that determine alertness, CHA is Charisma, meaning physical beauty, presence, speaking skills, leadership ability. The symbols in front and their meanings are exactly the same as in the video game Life in Adventure. The average STR, DEX, INT, CON, WIS, CHA stats at a good level (something that is difficult or difficult for commoners to achieve) are 10, 8, 8, 8, 10, 10 respectively. The good level is above 18, the excellent level is above 25.", Van Minh explained.

Truong listened attentively, nodding, "How do you know?"

"Threatening the guy who made the explanation card, before that I thought it might be a trap or a hint that we are people from another world."

"You intend to hide our origins, race, and the special abilities of that race along with ours. Looks like the main characters in this Isekai anime.", Ky teased.

"Yes, maybe you and I, the other three will have to show off, but in 99% of situations, it is forbidden to reveal. 1% of cases that must be used must meet three conditions: Really urgent, Bring short-term and long-term benefits, Ensure confidentiality.", Van Minh replied.

"Is there a problem with that?", Ky squinted, continuing to ask.

"Otherwise, you will lose your head easily, or at least become a slave, suffering 100-500 lashes every day.", Truong said seriously.

"I understand...", Ky trembled as he recalled the days when he and his four friends were slaves to Heilop.

"But I'm wondering, why are the people summoned to this world all between the ages of 10-19?", Truong asked.

"Easy to use, easy to control, easy to eliminate if needed.", Van Minh replied.

"Explain!", Truong continued to ask with interest.

"Health and psychology are not fully developed, knowledge is also not complete, both academically and socially. Therefore, they are more subdued, at this age they can work, but also easily threatened and eliminated if necessary. And… less rebellious.", Van Minh said.

"Didn't we just have a big rebellion?", Ky asked back.

"Wasn't that the only big rebellion in the last 36 months in this world? Looking back at the articles in the last 36 months, there was no rebellion that was both led by minors and large-scale. However, after this incident, security will be tightened, making escape and survival more difficult…", Van Minh sighed.

Ky and Truong's stomachs growled.

"Haven't eaten yet?", Van Minh asked.

"Yeah!", Truong replied, holding his stomach, his face slightly pale.

"I haven't eaten either, but aren't you hungry?", Ky asked.

"I took the opportunity to eat a dozen bunches of wild berries in the forest.", Van Minh said.

"Why didn't you invite us to eat together?", Ky pouted. "You should have taken advantage of it… The Cazadors chased us away so hard, but you stayed behind and said, 'Guys, stop for a bit, eat some berries to ease your hunger.' Ah?", Van Minh replied with a frown.

"Oh, there's a notice board for goods to be delivered to a town 2 km away from Azarient City, go there and get it, the pay is 300 copper coins, enough for a lunch right now. Young men and men in the Middle Ages usually need 2 people, you're a Half-demon so you're stronger than others, go there and grab it first, hurry up.", Van Minh pointed to a man who was hanging a sign looking for delivery people on the side of the road.

Ky was as happy as a new year, ran over to receive the job immediately, he carried two boxes of goods at the same time, running like the wind towards the nearby town. The man was a bit surprised but didn't pay attention. Truong also looked around, saw a farmer harvesting wheat in a fairly large field, so he ran over to look for an opportunity.

"Search him!", a female crusader with two other crusaders pointed at Van Minh and shouted loudly.

The two crusaders rushed over and quickly restrained Van Minh. Before Van Minh could understand what was going on, the female crusader walked over and searched every pocket from the leather bag to the trouser pocket. Not finding anything valuable, the three of them got annoyed and left. Van Minh stood up and dusted himself off.

"The crusaders are so obvious… Be more careful, and bring a knife or a sword. Those guys are targeting you because you didn't bring any weapons.", Hai patted Van Minh's shoulder, then sat down.

"Why are you only here now? Did something happen to your group?", Van Minh asked worriedly.

"Nothing, I encountered a succubus, couldn't fight back and was drained of life force. Then I shot acid, killed her and escaped.", Hai replied.

"Then we collected some dry wood and some berries, cleaned them, and made them look nice, and sold them for 200 copper coins instead of 100 copper coins." Quang Minh happily held up two 100 copper coins in front of Van Minh with a bright face.

"I earned 350 copper coins. That guy paid me 50 copper coins extra for delivering them early." Ky jumped like a rabbit with joy to Van Minh, showing off, almost dropping his blindfold to reveal his right demon eye, and frantically adjusting it.

"Why are your clothes so disheveled, Van Minh?", Quang Minh replied.

"You were just robbed and harassed by the crusaders at the same time.", Van Minh replied.

"Oh, that's harassment. Why don't you sue?", Ky asked.

"Ky, human rights are something that doesn't exist in this feudal society. Besides, haven't we been subjected to these humiliations regularly for several months from the time we were summoned until yesterday…", Van Minh rolled his eyes, replying indifferently.

"So what do we do now?", Truong ran back to the four people after finishing his work very quickly.

"Continue to Jejimon City, a city located on the edge of Heilop's territory, not too far from Azarient.", Van Minh said.

"So how will we move?", Hai asked.

"I just bought 5 horses by selling 3 horses that we robbed. There's still money left over.", Van Minh led the five newly bought horses, a bit smaller than the other three. "Heilop's three horses sold for 12 silver coins, the five new horses cost 1 silver coin each, so I still have 7 silver coins, enough for us to hold out for a few more days.", Van Minh replied, climbing the oak tree next to him and taking out 7 silver coins.

"One silver coin is worth a thousand copper coins, right?", Quang Minh asked.

Van Minh nodded. Then, the five of them climbed onto the five horses, cut the ropes, and rode off, continuing their aimless journey.