"Ah... Where am I?"
When Stone, the cook, woke up, he found himself locked in a sealed room.
Including him, there were five men and five women in the room. The men were locked to stools, unable to move at all. The women could move their arms and legs freely, but each wore a flashing collar around her neck. The sight of those collars immediately reminded Stone of the ones worn by slaves.
"Hey! Is anyone there? Let us out!"
The Bearded Man beside Stone struggled desperately and shouted at the top of his lungs, but he still couldn't move an inch.
Not only were their hands and feet locked down, but their bodies were shackled too. Stone sighed. "Save your strength, man. This has to be another game of some kind. Whoever's behind it won't let us break free that easily. I bet these things have Seastone embedded in them."
"You're right."
After struggling for a while, the Bearded Man was panting hard. He nodded. "These things are solid. I really can't break them."
"Wrong. There's no chain in this world that can't be broken. Just because you can't do it doesn't mean no one can."
The exchange between Stone and the Bearded Man had evidently stirred something in Chris, the master of God King Island.
When Chris's voice rang through the room, all ten of them were startled. Stone hurriedly asked, "What exactly do you want?"
"It's simple. We're going to play a game. It's the only pleasure I've ever had in life. The rules are simple too. There are ten of you, five men and five women, and each of you has a number."
Before Chris could finish, Stone hurriedly looked down and searched himself. Sure enough, a small label marked 1 was stuck to his shoe.