Sign of the Zodiac: Taurus
Dumbing

A drop of dried blood stuck to the walls and floor. Even a few pieces of bones that resembled human bones were scattered all over the place. Bianco now understands where the stuffy smell of bacin comes from. The condition really made him nauseous. Even so, Bianco can control himself.

“Hold this,” Ekhtuya command while thrusting the lighter which is now an impromptu lamp.

Bianco complies and holds the lighter as a temporary illumination. Ekhtuya took his bow, then stood by. An arrow he had already stretched, preparing to attack anything that might appear ambushed them. The two walked slowly through the room. The dim lighting makes their visibility very short. However, Bianco now knows the structure of the room.

The prison was very large. He found several intersections after walking inwards. In some places there are cells with iron bars that are just closed. Strangely, the prison was empty of leaping, with no occupants at all. At least without living people. Because what Bianco witnessed inside increasingly feels sliced. The pieces of the human body are now not only bones but fresh flesh that bleeds. The smell of blood was also getting stronger inside. The air was so stuffy that Bianco thought where the room actually got its oxygen supply from.

The question was answered immediately. At the end of the dark room, they both found a large culvert about two meters high. The culvert hole is what seems to lead to the surface of the ground.

“So from here they call that chogoru-chogoru. I thought they were hiding an evil spirit in here at first. That means it takes a lot of living people who are included here to call the choruses appear,” Ekhtuya said while lowering his bow.

“Usually they include unsold slaves after the auction is over,” explains Bianco.

“Then the thief must have known this secret path. Those culverts will bring us to the surface. He must have run there,” said Ekhtuya then ran to enter the culverts. Bianco hurriedly prevented it.

“Too dangerous, Ekhtuya. We'd better get back. Even the officers who chased us earlier did not dare to go inside here,”, Bianco warned.

“If we go out now, those officers will catch us, right?”

Ekhtuya took a deep breath. The girl finally gave up.

“Alright if that's what you want. But after this we fell poor. Can you survive in the forest?” ask Ekhtuya later.

“I think it's better than dying in the swallow malignos in this place,” says Bianco fast. Whatever he's gonna do as long as he gets out of here.

Disappointed, Ekhtuya followed Bianco back down the dark room to get out. They walked in silence until their footsteps sounded so loud. Just the silence in that place, made the tense atmosphere even more gripping.

As he was about to reach the exit, Bianco suddenly heard the commotion and in front of him. He then realized something that might be more terrifying than the current situation: the unskilled slaves had already been put into the room! This rite of reckoning is about to begin in a moment.

Automatically, Bianco and Ekhtuya ran towards the source of the commotion. And sure enough, dozens of people were now swarming behind the exit. They talked to each other, whimpered and begged to be released. With this number of people, the possibility of the emergence of malignos is getting higher. Bianco can't count well in the dark. But at least twenty slaves were already there. Maybe more.

“What should we do?” bianco started to worry. The door to the room was locked again. Ekhtuya then shouted past the slaves towards the exit. But the slaves were angry and rebuked Ekhtuya.

“What the fuck are you! Why push me! I also want to come out like you, you rough little girl!” exclaimed a slum-looking male slave.

Ekhtuya stunned for a moment. He did not expect that these slaves also turned out to have the same bad qualities as other Nuchas. Even so, Ekhtuya's shock did not last long because suddenly, his expression turned wary. With a sharp look, Ekhtuya turned around without words while raising his bow. Bianco followed the direction of Ekhtuya's shot and his heart immediately slipped. Malignian.