Bandit Star.
Slave gladiator arena, headquarters of the Black Fox Pirate Crew, inside an enormous cage.
All around the cage, countless slave girls from every major race were imprisoned, packed together in dense masses numbering no fewer than a hundred thousand. It was practically a gigantic slave market.
These slave girls were bound with shackles, chains, slave collars, and the like. There was no way they could escape. Even if they did, the collars could be detonated at once, blowing the slave girls to pieces without leaving even bones behind.
"We're finished, completely finished. We were actually captured by the infamous Black Fox Pirate Crew. There's no way to escape."
"We'll be sold all across the universe. No one will ever be able to find us again."
"That's right. We'll be put on auction stages while those wealthy people of the universe bid below."
"But wasn't slavery abolished long ago? How do these bastards dare do something like this?"
"They're pirates. What wouldn't they dare to do? They commit every evil imaginable."
"Is there no one who can bring them to justice?"
"It's useless. They've run rampant through the universe for who knows how many years. Even human nations can do nothing to them. I heard they have Saints backing them, which is why they're so utterly lawless."
The slave girls were terrified and deeply unsettled. Some clung to each other, as though only that could temporarily ease the fear in their hearts.
"How did this happen? I only saw a recruitment notice online saying I could become a big star, but I never thought I'd become a slave. Let me out, now!"
One slave girl screamed. She came from a humble background and had wanted a high-paying job to help support her family. Yet the moment she arrived for