The plan was simple as always and now that Phoenix was there there was a less chance of things being messed up.
First step was Infiltration :
Jay was to be placed in a ship carrying supplies (slaves) of Count Stein where he would depart after reaching the port.
And he would carry Fay Lor as a support slave.
Success : Jay has managed to Infiltration and reached the port without too much hassle.
Jay has managed to diverge off attention from Fay Lor.
When the guards reaches the port. It will be boarded by the military and they will run a thorough background check.
From every single coin no matter gold, silver or bronze. Every personnel background. And even the sponsor.
Then they will check the ship for explosives or any other contraband.
And finally they will check in the merchandise. But as they were here to buy this process was skipped. Count Stein was a very big money spender. So the guards didn't run a much thorough check in him and let the ship pass.
Jay's entire luggage was checked but they didn't find anything
As everything was well concealed.
The port itself is a fortress for there exists Complex anti siege contraptions that aims just to destroy the port itself.
Fay was asked to wear a neckband indicating that she's a slave of Jay .
They were checked for weapons and they were also taken but Jay's weapons were in the inventory and that inventory right now lies in a pool of water just in an area of 50 meters. Once the checks were completed they closed our eyes and made us walk. Through a cavern while the phone came back flying due to the darkness of the cavern and the phone's already black colour it was able to blend in with the surroundings until It came and hit Jay's back and he was able to retrieve the phone.
Phone retrieval complete
After countless twist and turns they finally opened our eyes.
As the rays of light fell on Jay's eyes he saw the sky. There was the sun and the blues sky which was covered with a thin veil supposedly the barrier. Even on the top of the barrier there were snipers lying and surveying their surroundings.
They had ended up in a cliff from where they would have to descend through stairways. Jay saw the equipment of the soldiers and the weapons they had proper psychological thoughts put into them. They had various patterns implanted into them. Which mostly promotes association to fear.
When Jay saw them he didn't feel any fear. But Fay Lor was so sacred that her acting was about to break.
Suddenly from the corner a slave came running trying to go towards the port but before he could reach he was killed in front of Jay and Fay Lor as bullets upon bullets were poured upon his malnourished body until his body looked like sponge.
The soldier spoke to the other loudly.
Soldier :
I said only one shot even the bullets are more precious than these slaves. Look at that corpse now we can't even take his organs. He's just a rotting corpse now.
Now take this corpse and burn it. We don't want disease to spread around.
The other soldier was very disgusted by the order but he still complied with tow fingers he held his skin and threw it besides the road and burned it. And until the slave burned and bones remained he stood next to the corpse. So that the slave won't be able to play any tricks and escape.
The bones were fed to the dogs after that.
The single soldier escorted them to the second checkpost and finally their eyes were opened. And the blindfold taken off.
They were taken in a small room where a magic crystal was placed which showed the magic Affinity and it's progression.
When Ajay kept it clearly displayed Fire and Metal magic. Fr wherein he was questioned about the progression of his The magician told Jay to disperse every bit of mana from his body and Jay complied and started releasing mana from majority of his pores. The entire room wwe densely compacted with mana. As a magician grabbed his hand forcefully and injected mana into his system. HR filled hisbsusy k with his own mana to gauge how much mana capacity Both of them have. Firstly the mangian emptied his entire mana into Jay but it still wasn't enough. Then he had to bring in few more mages before Jay finally took the mana he had released outside into his system.
As for Fay only 23 mages were required to fill her mana cap.
This information was recorded and submitted to the officer present there wherein he approved and let them pass.
At first when he looked at the mana cap he thought that Jay was a revolutionary who had infiltrated the island and uestionedJay about his identity. But as he was associated with the count he was released from this suspicion.
As for Fay they checked the authemcity of the collar and it was found to be authentic.
Finally both were forced to wear a mana suppressant which blocks all the mana pores. By using ones own mana to form
An blockade across the skin. It was made of iron which then was fitted with a citcyut inside.
It also worked as an to tracker within the island. Where the tracker would emit small pulses of mana and these pulses would be tracked by the security magicians.
And then finally they were let inside the island properly.
After very rigorous and harsh checks he had successfully infiltrated into the island.
And this was just the start things were about to get more and more depraved and degrading.
STEP 1 : Infiltration : Completed.
Result :
The Count's house has been raided and burned down under rule of the prince.
STEP 2 ; Base setup :
Objective :
Secure lodgings, and make it a base of operations.
As they entered through the gate. There were a line of inns offering stay. There were all types of then from small inns to inns meant for Royal families. To inns that preciously treated their goods.
So Jay had to choose his stay according to the Count's reputation. So he choose an inn not to shabby and not too royally grand. And as per stigma slaves and humans should be not seen together. Thus Jay also has to make arrangements for Fay. By keeping her in a place where slaves are treated closest to humans. As well as check in her frequently.
And Fay was ready to do it. As she braced herself wherever she had to stay. So a base of operations was set up.
STEP 3 : Survey.
The entire island has to be surveyed. Jay used the ai glasses for the Ai to record the data of topology and the entire island in general.
Ai:
There seems to be a disconnect while sending data to the base.
The barrier prevented any signal from going through. It was just a sign that what comes on the island stays on the island.
The island had high cliffs and peaks from all sides. From the 4 cardinal directions. They are surrounded by the barrier.
And surrounded by those mountains lies the fortresses.
According to Jay's survey. Even here the markets are different, Markets set up for rich and markets for the poor.
Where the slaves trickle down high quality goods where slaves having good looks, less injuries, high caliber, high mana capacity, or someone very much hated that one would like to kill. Was sold as good.
While there were markets for poor and Middle class. Slaves with injuries, bad looks, bad at everything. Ended up in the markets for the middle classes.
And for the poor were markets where slaves who were malnourished their bodies reeked with stench useless people overall ended up as cannon fodder who are just purchased for a few copper coins to die on the battlefield while accomplishing nothing or they are used as food for exotic animals and pets. As well as used for entertainment related to animals. Such as hunting bait. Or used for medical research and the cult use them for performing sacrifices. Such that they won't have to kidnap anyone else.
Then there is the black light area where with the purchased slaves one can just use them for whatever purposes they want and dispose of them there and just forget that they ever exist. The most common people who are found in this area are deviants and psychopaths and monsters who lie in human form.
And contrasting to that is the entertainment district where the slaves equipped with skills related to seduction, singing, dancing, serving and Etiquette are found. Their role is to entertain their host as best as they can. And fulfill all of their desires.
And finally the there are two palaces. For one house the Twin Dragon's The Tearing Moon and the Roaring Moon.
And another palace which houses the Ruler of this island
The Regional God : The God of disorientation : Lusio.
While many aspects of slave trading were taken from Europeans and Japanese elements. Such as the Entertainment area and the Black light area.
And it seems that X had added his own areas for an even darker fantasy.
With this the surveying of the island is complete.