Chapter 5

"Did you find something?"

"Yes, I found something. That woman is indeed down here. Prepare to go in and take her."

I just cowered while trying to hide myself from their line of sight, the horde of people seemed to have already started their movement into this hole. I had no way to escape, no shortcuts to get out of here, even if I made a hole I didn't have enough time for that either.

Their footsteps that were exposed to the snow and ice could be heard quite clearly at that time. It caused quite a contrast of fear in my heart. Even though I was sure that I had just a few seconds ago heard the words of those who were still discussing from the top of the cliff of this deep hole, but now they were already at the bottom of this hole and were preparing to explore this hole to find me.

'God, is my life going to get worse after this?'

I sobbed silently and I kept my mouth shut even as my body continued to shake softly from your sobs that I couldn't take for granted. The first time I met Michael's Mutiiner group alone made me feel scared because such groups must contain people who are quite fierce and strong. Especially when I met the Mutiiner group that was labeled as a group of robbers from other Mutiiner groups.

That means the Mutiiner group that bought me from Michael is not a good Mutiiner group.

"That woman is over there."

That was the end of my history, they had discovered my whereabouts and several people of unknown shape and appearance had already started walking towards me. I could feel the vibrations creeping from this cold piece of ice that their footsteps were very close to me. I could only surrender that even if I fought back, I didn't have enough energy and I didn't have a good chance.

"This is the woman you bought, sir. Are you sure the price you paid to buy a woman like this is a fair and appropriate price? We think she's just an ordinary woman."

"You have no good judgment and apparently your taste is very poor. Can't you see that this woman fits the criteria that our group needs? Quickly do what I said earlier, you are free to do anything to her."

I, who had just been looking down because I didn't dare to look at them, turned my head with a frightened look. If this man who seemed to be the leader of the Mutiiner group said so, there was a possibility that they would do something very bad to me after this.

Goosebumps literally spread all over my body, the man's words were similar to those of the antagonists in crime movies which showed that the men had lecherous desires for me.

They then approached me with a contemptuous and condescending look, looking like they had evil plans for me. One of them pulled out a rope, another pulled out a gun, and the rest seemed to be removing their protective body armor.

"Hiks hiks, if you intend to defile my body with your depraved intentions, then I invite you to kill me," I said desperately. "And before you do that depraved thing, kill me first so that I can't witness you doing that."

For a moment the men exchanged glances, they shrugged their shoulders and looked astonished, I who saw that thought that they misunderstood the meaning of my words.

"Do you still not understand? Kill me right now. I don't want to be the object of your lust while I'm still alive and witness it all with my own eyes. That hurts me more than anything," I said.

I was so emotional, my emotions were exploding, to hell with the fact that it would anger them and make them feel like I had been insolent to them. That's what I wanted so they wouldn't hesitate to kill me quickly.

Those who had been looking at each other then looked at me with their confused poses. I still don't understand, what's wrong with my request? Is it harder for them to kill someone than to rape someone? This is crazy.

"Hey Miss, we don't need that. Our dicks like aliens even more than that."

I was flabbergasted and now I was even more flabbergasted. When one of them said that, his partner elbowed the man's arm and hissed in annoyance.

"Forget it, missy. He's the only one. We don't prioritize sex while traveling, we just need money. Would raping you bring us money? If it did then we would have done it, unfortunately it didn't result in anything other than our sperm being wasted."

The man who looked like their leader shook his head and lowered his hat for a moment as he seemed to be annoyed by his colleagues' remarks.

"Can you guys please stop talking nonsense before I burn your asses with this gun? Hurry up and execute that woman to prove whether the money I paid you was worth it or not," the man said, interrupting our conversation.

The men turned their heads and shrugged their shoulders, but just when I thought nothing had happened, they all attacked me at once.

When I thought they were going to attack me at the same time to get a massage, it turned out that they were attacking me to measure my physical abilities and how to fight.

For the time being I thought so because what they were doing to me was fighting me with their own skills. Some were using tools and some were using their bare hands.

Even so, somehow I who had been feeling very hopeless suddenly had a glimmer of hope, even though it wasn't hope for life but in fact it seemed to raise my spirits a little for a moment. It was like the euphoria of a child getting his first game console after not playing for a long time.

"Your skills are fine, but this is just the beginning because you still haven't reached the core stage of the assessment. Our backs haven't warmed up at all," said one of them.

I, who heard that, was quite dumbfounded because I felt that I had started to lose my energy. It was only natural that I would feel more tired than them because I had been confined to the cold temperature here since earlier and had also traveled quite a distance with Michael's group, but I had to admit that their stamina and fighting skills were indeed extraordinary.

"That's enough, I think I have another way instead of this boring way," said the man who seemed to be the leader of the Mutiiner group.

All of us, including me, fell silent when we heard his words that interrupted our fight. For some reason I also immediately obeyed the man's words like he had an inevitable command to anyone who heard it. I was starting to get interested in how to hypnotize someone using command words so that others would unconsciously follow our orders without feeling forced like that.

"Hey Miss," the man said, instead pointing a gun at his friend. "What are you going to do when I give you two choices? The first choice is that if you choose to save your life then you just close your eyes and let me shoot my friend here. However, the second option is that you try to save the person I'm pointing at with this gun but I will shoot you on the spot. I give you 5 seconds to choose, you must quickly choose one of the two and cannot choose both at the same time."