Besides the escaped slaves, the rebel forces gained a large number of other demi-humans who could no longer stand by and watch. Their numerical disadvantage vanished at once. At the same time, many slaves in the city rose up as well. Before long, the small clash involving a hundred people spread throughout the entire city, and nearly ten thousand people had begun rioting.
Harrot looked thoughtfully at the chaotic City of Fire. Today's riot was not caused by racial issues. Not all slaves were demi-humans; in fact, human slaves were the most numerous.
Nor was it caused by the oppression of the slave system. Slavery existed among many races besides humans. The Winged Humanoids, Lizardmen, Gnolls, and all sorts of other races had slave systems as well. In this world, where strength was revered and the weak were prey to the strong, nearly every race practiced slavery.
The strong could trample upon and humiliate the weak as they pleased. Though cruel, this view was very realistic, and deep down, the vast majority of races agreed with it.
Even a petite and adorable Winged Humanoid girl might secretly dream of possessing enough power to order others around and toy with them at will.
So how had today's riot happened? It was likely the unease and resentment other races felt because every ruler at the top was human.
In some multi-racial nations, the upper ranks of government included members of every race. For example, among the Cote Alliance's eighteen highest-ranking rulers, there were all kinds of mixed-bloods and pure-bloods from various races.
In the Correndo Kingdom, when a Winged Humanoid saw one of his own kind enslaved and bullied, he would feel uneasy and angry. Why did our race have to be the one getting bullied?
But in the Cote Alliance, when