After that first night when Adrien had joined the orange eyes at the bottom of the tunnel, everything gradually changed for the slaves in the barracks. This first passage was not the last. Soon, almost every night, Mordred would discreetly come to open this secret door in the cold and dusty ground of the camp, to bring, one by one, new slaves to the underground training room that he had carefully prepared with Livia.
The process was extremely cautious. Mordred never took too many slaves at once, and brought them only one night out of three, to avoid their absence being noticed by the draconic guards, but also to preserve their bodies already battered by forced labor.
Each time, he waited patiently in the shadow of the tunnel, his orange pupils glowing with gentle assurance, welcoming each newcomer with a reassuring, calm and powerful word:
— "You are safe here. As long as you follow my instructions, you will be protected."
