Chapter 307 - The Ark Of Breeders

"The guys will help with the breeding while kidnapping more girls or just getting supplies. And once the women complete their last phase, the doctors kill them off. That part I am not too sure, since I'm not that sector."

"Then what is your main thing to do?" asked Mavislin.

"To kidnap more girls since there was been a slight change. There are more guys than girls for now. Since the person in charge is going through the breeders at an alarmingly fast rate we need to get outsiders as well."

"But why do you need so much? Women can give birth quite a lot.," asked Bryan.

The two females in the area looked at him with confused and amused faces.

"And, how did you come about that piece of information?" asked Mavislin, tugging on his shirt.

"There was a woman near the place that I lived who had over ten children. I don't know the exact ones since she gave a few kids away. They were quite poor."

"Is she a trading cart? For babies?" asked Mavislin.

"Nevermind that, how about the women in this place? Why are they being killed off just because they gave birth once?" asked Bryan, trying to shift the topic back to Rie.

"Here the catch, the person in charge is a bit off the wagon. He thinks that women are a one-use sort of thing. Once they have given birth, he orders them to die. He believes that the first one will be the only one to continue for the breeders. That they will have the best results."

Bryan instinctively placed his arms in front of Mavislin, as a small way of shielding her from Rie. Mavislin didn't think too much as she loved the warmth.

"So, what you are telling us... Is that the women you've kidnapped are made to be breeders? And their babies that are females get to replace them as well?" asked Bryan, trembling on the last few words.

"Affirmative. It sounds terrible, I know that."

"Then why would you agree to it? They are torturing and forcing women to go through pains that they didn't deserve. You are a mother yourself, but that is by your own will. Don't you feel any guilt for doing so?" asked Bryan, shaking his head.

Rie clenched her fists and bit her lips. She knew what was the risks involved but she never once thought about how the victims felt. Had she been one of them, she would feel nothing but anger for herself.

"I have no choice, he said that he would cure my baby. He developed a fever when he was less than six months old. He is turning one soon, and I like him to be alive to see that."

"So you decided to take away those innocents lives to fuel your kids' life? What kind of a sick trade is that?" asked Bryan, as he slowly got angrier.

Mavislin quickly hugged him to calm the Slayer down. He looked at her softly like how would comfort a child. But he needed to get the information pounded into Rie's face. That just because if single life, she had no right to take those girls away for such horrible treatments.

"I was only doing what any mother would do! I didn't know where to go, and I've been working here way before I had this kid. So the only thing I could do was to find a cure and to cooperate with my workplace for them to do so."

"Don't give me such a lousy excuse! Those girls have mothers as well! Who are you to take them away for such selfish reasons?!" said Bryan, trying his best not to attack.

"I know! I know it's wrong now, I was just so scared of losing my own kid! I love him, and I promised that I would do anything to cure him. He said that he would cure my baby, so long as I did what I am told to do. To continue kidnapping to find a cure."

"When was the last time you saw your child?" asked Mavisklin, finally getting a say.

"Not since I've brought him here," murmured Rie, softly.

"This might be bold of me to say, but... Do you still think that your kid is still alive?" asked Mavislin, slowly.

Rie was taken aback by the Valkyrie's blunt words. She knew that he hasn't woken up because it was to slow his fever down. But the fact that he was deceased did not occur in Rie's mind. Now, the thought of death was dangerously near.

"Because no normal human can without having a fever for nearly six months. Especially an infants The mortality rate is too high. Unless he's Mage, there's no way he could survive for this long."