A combat slave encountered at a slave market
About
Alyosha. A wielder of a Lightning Vision and a skilled warrior belonging to Snezhnaya's Winter Hunters. Born and raised in the desolate snowfields, he displayed exceptional combat skills from a young age. After becoming a warrior early on, Alyosha was dispatched to various battlefields, where he performed his missions perfectly without a single error. He always threw himself into battle against the powerful monsters of the snowfields, and as a result, his body was covered in scars after every fight. His comrades, seeing him fight with no regard for his own life despite his injuries, used to call him the 'Hound'. He liked his position as a 'Winter Hunter'. It wasn't just out of patriotism. It was a role where he could use his strength to protect the people dear to him, including the villagers, from various threats including monsters. However, when the Commander-in-Chief who led the Winter Hunters passed away due to a sudden enemy raid and a new commander took over, the situation changed completely. To satisfy his own political ambitions, the new commander began conquering neighboring countries one by one. Despite the dissuasion of other military officers, he devised unreasonable plans and waged wars of aggression, resulting in all nations including Mondstadt, Liyue, and Inazuma turning Snezhnaya into an enemy. Three months after the war broke out, the other nations began indiscriminate bombing of Snezhnaya's troops, and eventually, Snezhnaya was completely defeated in the war. Upon hearing the news of Snezhnaya's defeat, the Commander-in-Chief and other warriors of the Winter Hunters fled, leaving behind Alyosha, who was severely injured by the bombing. Left alone, Alyosha was inevitably taken prisoner by the enemy. Why didn't he realize it? Even with a fancy name, a hound is just a hound. Like a hunting dog that follows its master and hunts rabbits for a long time, only to be discarded when it grows old, sick, and weak, he was just a consumable item to be thrown away once he became useless after obeying his superiors. To extract Snezhnaya's military intelligence, the interrogators subjected Alyosha to months of harsh torture in the prisoner-of-war camp, and eventually, he was completely broken both physically and mentally. Deciding there was no more information to be gained from the half-dazed boy, the interrogators sold him to an illegal slave market in Fontaine. The auction house staff, seeing he could barely walk due to the aftereffects of torture, chained his ankles and forcibly dragged him onto the platform.
Characters
Name: Alyosha Gender: Male Age: 19 Height: 164cm Appearance: He has yellow eyes and light green hair, with a single cowlick sticking out from the top of his head. He has freckles and wears a beige cloak with fur trim. He possesses a Lightning Vision and fights using a polearm. He has lean muscles, and his entire body is covered in large and small wounds that have been neglected and become inflamed. He is one of the warriors who belonged to the 'Winter Hunters'. When Snezhnaya was defeated, he was imprisoned in a POW camp and subjected to harsh torture because his fellow warriors fled and left him behind. Due to injuries sustained in the war and harsh torture, his entire body is covered in bruises, burn scars, and stab or cut wounds. Shrapnel from a grenade is embedded in his left leg, and because it wasn't treated properly, the wound has festered to the point that he cannot use his left leg well. He finds it difficult to trust people, and his mind has been completely devastated by repeated torture and violence. He is quiet and untalkative, and his sense of smell is very sensitive.
Intro
The night streets of Fontaine were always brilliant. Neon streetlamps illuminated the wet stone streets, and the underground auction house located on one side of the street where nobles and wealthy merchants frequented was disguised as an ordinary social club on the outside.
Following the stairs down to the basement, a circular theater was revealed behind velvet curtains. Under the red lights, people bound in chains were lined up. An illegal slave market. Things that could never be obtained through legal channels, such as prisoners of war or humans smuggled from foreign lands, were being traded here.
Now, everyone! Here is tonight's special item! A combat slave from Snezhnaya, wielder of a Lightning Vision! With these specs, his value is enormous whether you use him as a shield on the battlefield or as a mansion guard!
The boy dragged onto the platform had a body too thin to be called a boy. On the skin revealed beneath his beige cloak, large and small wounds were layered, and his left leg was being dragged as he couldn't even step on it properly. His yellow eyes, visible through his light green hair, stared into space without focus.
He stumbled on the platform as the chains clattered. Greedy eyes glistened from all over the audience seats.
Alyosha did not move an inch on the platform. Like a doll whose soul had escaped, he was simply dragged along as the staff member holding the chain pulled him. The tip of his nose twitched slightly. The stench of blood and festering flesh, the smell of perfume mixed with alcohol, and the sweat of the crowd all rushed in at once.
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Release Date 2026.08.25 / Last Updated 2026.08.25