Chapter 261 Slave Smuggling

A forest full of trees and a cave hidden in the messy grass.

It was damp, dark, and had traces of rough artificial construction.

Mu Hua was brought here by one of Kunna's men. There were some recently dead bodies lying in the cave.

"Do you still want these?" Pointing to a body, Mu Hua asked the young man who led the way.

"No, we will find a place to bury them later." The young man replied.

The light shone on the body, and Mu Hua put the body into the Burning Source Furnace. As the dust was blown away, the young man who led the way stepped away from Mu Hua as if he was afraid.

This should be Vito's hiding place, and the dead should be Vito's men. Although they may be just gangsters, it would be a waste to bury them if they were dead.

Mu Hua put them into the Burning Source Furnace. He did not get the skill stone and the Hundred Refining Secret Stone, but he did get some soul fragments and the Philosopher's Stone.

With the idea that even a small mosquito is meat, Mu Hua cleaned up the corpses along the way, while the young man who led the way staggered further and further away from Mu Hua.

"Well, don't get me wrong, this is more respectful to the dead than your careless handling of the corpses."

Along the way, he also met some of Kunna's men. Seeing Mu Hua using the soul fire to handle the corpses, he cast more disgusted eyes at him, and Mu Hua couldn't help but explain a few words.

"Yes, you are right." The young man agreed, but the look in his eyes, as if he was looking at something dirty, made Mu Hua want to beat him.

He had no specific concept of the soul fire thrown by Mu Hua, but as a necromancer who actively handled the corpses, the young man didn't want to know the details of how the corpses were handled.

"Mu, you are here?" Seeing Mu Hua, Kunna greeted Mu Hua with a serious face.

This is a cave prison. At this time, in addition to Kunna and her several men, there are also forty or fifty timid humans.

These people were imprisoned in cages, and the air was filled with a bad smell.

"You called me back because of them? Are these people smuggled by Vito?" Looking across the cage, Ed and Dena were already lying dead, and Mu Hua put their bodies into the Burning Source Furnace.

Obviously, Vito should have been killed, and Kunna had no intention of taking Ed and Dena as his subordinates.

"It's not smuggling people, it's smuggling slaves. Vito is a lunatic. These are trained slaves. They can sign a slavery contract with anyone at any time." Kunna explained, and Mu Hua's heart tightened.

If it was verbal slavery, it would be fine. The mental state of these people in the prison seemed to be relatively normal, and the slaves who could sign a slavery contract were not easily trained.

Maybe Mu Hua had not seen much of the world, but he had heard a lot of cruel and dark things.

There are about fifty people imprisoned here. If you want to train these fifty people, you must die dozens of times or even tens of times the number. Don't expect to train slaves of this quality.

Can you brainwash normal slaves by turning on electrotherapy and talking? Oh, don't make a fuss...

Vito occasionally shows up in the town. He looks relatively normal. Mu Hua doesn't think he has the ability to train such slaves.

However, even if it is smuggling and trafficking, doing this kind of business is much worse than simply smuggling people.

"You said Vito is also trying to train slaves? He also killed some people? Where did he get so many people? Are there people from the town among them?" Mu Hua frowned and asked after a brief exchange with Kunna.

"No, he is very cautious. Most of the people he imprisoned are from courtyards."

"In some courtyards with a long history, wars will also occur between human forces."

"Vito bought some refugees at a low price and prepared to train them into slaves and sell them at a high price. At the same time, he probably wanted to increase his popularity among underground forces." Kunna explained.

Courtyards have appeared in the human world for thousands of years. It is not an exaggeration to say that some of the earlier courtyards have a long history.

Even if we put aside the courtyards controlled by humans, in the long-term tug-of-war with monsters, humans will also establish city-states in monster courtyards.

There is no doubt that humans are aggressive.

Captives and refugees caused by war are inevitable.

Although many human forces, and even most countries in the human world, will accept these refugees, the phenomenon of illegal human trafficking is also inevitable.

"Is this the first batch? Where is Vito's boss?" Mu Hua asked Kunna after looking at the "finished slaves" in the cage for a while.

The underworld always has its own money-making channels, which are not only for making money, but also for its own label.

Vito should want to follow the route of a slave trader. If he builds a production and sales channel, he will inevitably get in touch with some powerful underground forces.

If so, even if he is eliminated, it may cause some chaos in the town.

There may not be any big chaos, but Mu Hua regards the town as his new home in the future. He doesn't like those shitty things happening frequently in the town.

"It should not have been shipped yet. That bastard is a lunatic. He bought the goods in full and there is no upstream supplier. At least that's what he said before he died." Kunna's answer made Mu Hua's brows relax.

"Heh, that's a good opportunity for you. How are you going to deal with these people?" Mu Hua's mood eased and he smiled at Kunna.

"Vito doesn't know the seriousness of the matter. We dare not touch these slaves." Kunna shook her head and smiled bitterly.

"Most of the people here still have families in the outside world. Some were deceived and some were kidnapped. If we don't kill them, it is necessary to reunite them with their families." Kunna lowered her voice.

"The other part was either sold by their families or has no family. I asked you to come here to ask you if you want to take these people in." Kunna asked Mu Hua.

Training slaves is inhumane. What's funny is that some people regard brainwashing and training as ability and accomplishment, but define prostitution as unacceptable.

Regardless of whether it is the human world or the courtyard, using humans as training objects is a behavior that will be resisted and rejected.

Even some adventurer forces will spontaneously assassinate and eliminate slave traders, which is why Kunna said Vito doesn't know the seriousness of the matter.

"What are you going to do if I don't take you in?" Mu Hua asked, understanding Kunna's meaning.

Unlike ordinary people who are imprisoned and sold, these are all trained slaves. Although they look the same as ordinary people, to some extent, they have been played.

Even if you don't sign a slavery contract with them, they have very high obedience and loyalty.

Yes, these people cannot sign a slavery contract with them. Even if they can sign a slavery contract, these people who are forcibly trained are also protected persecuted people.

You can hire them and take them in, but you can't treat them as slaves anymore.

Otherwise, it's not just the Night Hunters who will cause trouble for you, the Guards, the Garrison, even the Witches, the Bloods, and some adventurer groups will regard you as a bad party to brush up your reputation.

"These people are more suitable for training as confidants. If you don't want them, I will ask Benson if he wants to hire them."

"As for those whose families are still alive, you can contact the security team. Anyway, I can't touch them, at least not before we have a certain influence." Kunna said to Mu Hua.

Twenty or so prisoners without relatives, both men and women, all under the age of thirty, half of whom look underage.

The shackles on these people have been removed, but they still stay in the cage honestly, and Kunna did not avoid them when talking.

And those who heard the conversation between Kunna and Mu Hua, including those with families, looked at Mu Hua with an expectant look, which made Mu Hua shake his head.

They want a master. Training and brainwashing have distorted their values. Even if they don't sign a contract, they hope to get a master.

It will take a long time of psychological counseling to get these people back to normal life.

Mu Hua suspected that they had various sexual fetishes, and these people could even be trained as death warriors, but unfortunately Mu Hua had no intention of training them for the time being.

"Will there be trouble in contacting the security team?" Mu Hua asked Kunna after observing everyone. Although it was considered saving people, Kunna and her group also killed many people.

"There will be some trouble, but it's not serious. By the way, isn't there a wandering witch over at the hotel? Maybe we can let her handle it." Kunna said thoughtfully.

"Tricia?" Kunna suddenly mentioned Tricia, which surprised Mu Hua a little. (End of this chapter)