Faced with Su Li's promise, Hela's vertical pupils lit up at first, but then her lips curled into a mocking smile: "What does freedom mean? I'm a hundred and eighty thousand miles away from my homeland and can never return. Going back to the Endless Sea would mean being sold again by the fleet to another place."
Su Li glanced at Melly Ramsey, making Melly a bit embarrassed as she couldn't guarantee anything. After all, she wouldn't venture out to sea that far.
Everyone understood that in this desperate and dark world, what Hela said was true. Outside the civilized order zone, chaos and despair are the norms engulfing the entire world. Once she became a slave, it was almost impossible to regain her original status. Leaving the shelter of the territory and the continent of the Empire, she would certainly be sold back into slavery by other cruel, cold-hearted sailors.
A person's destiny has a high degree of connection to whether a powerful force is backing them.
