"They're Terran?" Sammy, the other 'guard', stepped forward and looked at them up and down. By this time, the 'slaves' were also allowed to be at ease.
With the renewed confidence of clearing a relatively large monster mob on their own, they even started whispering amongst each other.
"When did they sneak in?"
"Isn't that Yayoi?"
"You know him?"
"Yeah, he was one of our citizens. He disappeared one day, but we didn't think too much…" After all, many people disappeared every few days. Sometimes, they were taken by monsters, sometimes, they were taken by humans.
"We're not slaves… we tried to escape, and have been hiding," Yayoi said. "A lot of us had died, however, leaving just a little over 2 dozen people."
Otto looked at them. "How long has it been since you left the territory?"
"Should've been a couple of months now."
"What? How did you survive so long without a territory?"
