"Where am I?"
Around him, there were all types of strangers, all of them with chains on and behind bars.
"Wasn't I walking home with Mom?"
Going back a few moments, Josh was walking home with his Mom when a lamppost hit his head, Sigh, quite a sad way to die, clearly, the God of Death pitied him, but he would find out about that in the distant future, for now...
"Why the hell am I in pris-" -Josh was about to say when he saw a guard take a man through a door.
"Excuse me, could you tell me where we are?"- he asked a guy resting against the wall.
"Huh, you don't know where we are? HAHAHAHA. We're in the back of an auction house kid, you're doomed HAHAAHHA" the man said as he laughed hysterically.
"Wha- are you telling me I'm about to be sold to some rich prick, and why would you call me a kid, I'm much older than you asshole"
"Much older than me.... -pffft, you're like 12 kid who do you think you are"- the young man said to him while giggling
"What?" -Josh started touching his skin as he realized he didn't realize have any hair on his face.
"Oh wow I must be quite handsome, don't you think mister"
"I'm not going to feed your ego for legal reasons, anyways, how did they find you?" - he asked Josh.
"I don't remember anything before this, I just woke up here"
"Oooh that's interesting, to be in such a high-class auction you must be quite special"
"High-class? Why are you here then?" Josh got curious.
"Oh me, I'm just bored so I decided to spend my next decade as a slave HAHAHAHAHA"
'What the hell is wrong with this guy?'- he thought - "HAHAHA you're funny why would you auction yourself off, you're only lying to yourself"- Josh said.
Whatever kid, you said you didn't know where we are right? Well we are in Darkstone city, the most popular city in the Eastern Side of the Dark Continent, all the princes, princesses, sect leaders, elders and influential figures of the entire Dark Continent, even the royal family shows up to this Auction hosted by the House of Merchants every century, obviously it's not only a human auction, there are many rare artifacts, treasures and pills to increase your cultivation"- the young man explained to Josh
"I see..." -he murmured to himself - "Wait, cultivation? What is that"
"... are you serious?" - he said in surprise.
"Y-yes"
"HAHAHHAH you're funnier than I thought, hey kid, my name is Long Hao, we may meet in the future if destiny permits it" the young man said with a mysterious smile.
"HEY YOU, LET'S GO" a guard shouted at Alex.
"My name is... White, but what do you mean by cultivation"
The young man smiled quietly while Josh was dragged out full of questions.
"What an interesting child, I never thought I would see such an unparalleled talent in this tiny plane, HAHAHAHAHA, change of plans, I might stick here a few years longer"